Best of the West was a sitcom airing on ABC from September 1981 through August 1982. The old West spoof featured the misadventures Joel Higgins of Sam Best, a Civil War veteran who becomes a marshal in Copper Creek after accidentally scaring off an incompetent gunfighter called the Calico Kid. Joel Franklin Higgins (born September 28, 1943 in Bloomington, Illinois) is an American actor and singer with a stage career spanning over 30 years. ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincoln+ Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Strength 2,213,363 1,064,200 Casualties KIA: 110,100 Total dead: 359,500 Wounded: 275,200 KIA: 74,500 Total dead: 198,500 Wounded: 137,000+  The American...

Sam's family was made up of his Southern belle wife, Elvira (played by Carlene Watkins) and his smart-mouthed son, Daniel (Meeno Peluce). The cast also included Leonard Frey as the villain Parker Tillman and Tom Ewell as the drunken town doctor Jerome Kullens. Meeno Peluce (born February 26, 1970) is a former American child actor, father Floyd Pelue and mother Sondra Peluce Londy. ... Leonard Frey (born September 4, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York; died August 24, 1988 in New York) was an actor. ... Tom Ewell ( April 29, 1909 – September 12, 1994) was an American actor. ...