Fury (TV series)
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| Format | Western |
| Starring | Peter Graves |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 116 |
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| Running time | 30 min. |
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| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | October 15, 1955 – March 19, 1960 |
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Fury (a/k/a Brave Stallion in early syndication runs) is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1960, starring Peter Graves as Jim Newton (who operates the Broken Wheel Ranch in California), Bobby Diamond as Jim's adopted son, Joey Clark Newton, and the late William Fawcett as ranch hand Pete Wilkey. The series continued in reruns on NBC until 1966 and was syndicated throughout the 1960s and 1970s by ITC Entertainment who also produced the series. It was the first American series produced by the British-based company.
The frequent introduction to the show depicted the beloved stallion running inside the corral and approaching the camera as the announcer reads: "FURY!..The story of a horse..and a boy who loves him." A typical plot involved a guest star who got into mischief, was rebellious or disorderly and got into trouble because of it, and subsequently was rescued by Fury. In most episodes, Fury would only let Joey ride him, unless the other individual did something for Fury like fix a damaged hoof. In fights, Jim won every time.
Bobby Diamond, the actor who played Joey, never got another starring role, either on TV or in the movies. Peter Graves, on the other hand starred later in Mission: Impossible and he played one of the pilots in the movie Airplane!, as well as TV commercials. The horse, whose actual name was Highland Dale, starred in Giant and Wild Is the Wind among several other major motion pictures from 1946 to 1957.
The creators of Fury would also create Thunder, another television show featuring a stallion. [1] This show ran on Saturday mornings during the 1977-78 season.
The show provided the name to German band Fury in the Slaughterhouse, as the show was aired on German TV a lot in the 1980s.
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