Circus Boy Hortense the Hippo (Season 1, Episode 33)
TV Episode | 30 min | Family, Western

Circus Boy

Hortense the Hippo (Season 1, Episode 33)

TV Episode | 30 min | Family, Western

Colonel Jack makes up for his terrible cooking by sending Hortense, the only hippo west of the Mississippi, to become Burke and Walsh's new major attraction. However, Tim Champion's competitors intend to change all that.

Director

George Archainbaud

Writers

Lee Erwin (teleplay) | Philip Keith Palmer (story) (as P. K. Palmer)

Producers

Norm Blackburn (as Norman Blackburn) | Herbert B. Leonard

Cinematographers

Fred Jackman Jr. | Irving Lippman

Editor

Harold White

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Updated Jun 2, 1957

Release date

Jun 2, 1957 (United States)

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Micky Dolenz Corky (as Mickey Braddock) Corky (as Mickey Braddock) See fewer	The Monkees (1965)
Noah Beery Jr. Joey, the Clown (as Noah Beery) Joey, the Clown (as Noah Beery) See fewer	The Rockford Files (1974)
Robert Lowery Big Tim Champion Big Tim Champion See fewer	House of Horrors (1946)
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams Pete, the Canvasman (as Guinn Williams) Pete, the Canvasman (as Guinn Williams) See fewer	Virginia City (1940)
Harold Peary Al Garson (as Hal Peary) Al Garson (as Hal Peary) See fewer	Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944)
Frank Jenks Flash Flash See fewer	His Girl Friday (1940)
Edward Brophy Jethroe Ames (as Edward S. Brophy) Jethroe Ames (as Edward S. Brophy) See fewer	The Thin Man (1934)
Rusty Wescoatt Deputy Deputy See fewer	Captive Girl (1950)
William 'Billy' Benedict Punk (as William Benedict) Punk (as William Benedict) See fewer	The Killing (1956)
Bimbo the Elephant Bimbo Bimbo See fewer	Circus Boy (1956)
Whitey Hughes Circus Worker (uncredited) Circus Worker (uncredited) See fewer	Men in Black (1997)