Maverick (TV series)

=== Robert Colbert as Brent Maverick ===

=== Robert Colbert as Brent Maverick ===

[[File:Robert Colbert Brent Maverick 1961.JPG|thumb|right|upright|[[Robert Colbert]] as Brent Maverick]]

[[File:Robert Colbert Brent Maverick 1961.JPG|thumb|right|upright|[[Robert Colbert]] as Brent Maverick]]

As ratings continued to slide following the departure of Roy Huggins and James Garner and the addition of Roger Moore, Garner [[lookalike]] [[Robert Colbert]] (whose name is pronounced phonetically, rather than in the French style like [[Claudette Colbert]] or [[Stephen Colbert]]) was cast as Bart and Bret's brother, Brent Maverick. Colbert, who was already under contract to Warner Bros., had appeared on the show previously in the season four episode "Hadley's Hunters". Aware of his resemblance to Garner and wary of the comparisons that would inevitably result, Colbert pleaded with Warner Bros. not to cast him, saying "Put me in a dress and call me Brenda, but don't do this to me!"{{cite book |last1=Alexander |first1=Linda J. |title=A Maverick Life: The Jack Kelly Story |date=November 2011 |publisher=BearManor Media |location=Duncan, Okla. |isbn=9781593936785 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CjM_DwAAQBAJ&q=Brenda |access-date=October 22, 2020 |language=en}} Colbert was introduced as Brent in the season four episode titled "The Forbidden City"; Kelly made what amounted to an extended [[cameo appearance]] in the episode. Colbert would appear again by himself in "Benefit of Doubt", briefly featuring [[Slim Pickens]] as a stagecoach driver. Those were his only appearances as Brent. For the fifth season (1961–1962), the studio simply did not call him back.

As ratings continued to slide following the departure of Roy Huggins and James Garner and the addition of Roger Moore, Garner [[lookalike]] [[Robert Colbert]] was cast as Bart and Bret's brother, Brent Maverick. Colbert, who was already under contract to Warner Bros., had appeared on the show previously in the season four episode "Hadley's Hunters". Aware of his resemblance to Garner and wary of the comparisons that would inevitably result, Colbert pleaded with Warner Bros. not to cast him, saying "Put me in a dress and call me Brenda, but don't do this to me!"{{cite book |last1=Alexander |first1=Linda J. |title=A Maverick Life: The Jack Kelly Story |date=November 2011 |publisher=BearManor Media |location=Duncan, Okla. |isbn=9781593936785 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CjM_DwAAQBAJ&q=Brenda |access-date=October 22, 2020 |language=en}} Colbert was introduced as Brent in the season four episode titled "The Forbidden City"; Kelly made what amounted to an extended [[cameo appearance]] in the episode. Colbert would appear again by himself in "Benefit of Doubt", briefly featuring [[Slim Pickens]] as a stagecoach driver. Those were his only appearances as Brent. For the fifth season (1961–1962), the studio simply did not call him back.

===Guest cast===

===Guest cast===