Elbows sorry it has taken me a few days to reply. I'm having computer problems
Yes all the shows mentioned in my post were TV series when I was a kid. Wanted Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen was a personal favorite. I wanted a gun like his in the worst way. I was and still am a huge western fan. You can get the entire series on DVD off amazon. I highly recommend it. By the way Michel Landon plays the bad guy in the first episode
Little Joe was a much nicer fella. There is another group of characters Little Joe, Hoss, and Adam not to mention Pa