<P> Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real - life marshal / gambler / dandy Bat Masterson . The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half - hour black - and - white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961 . The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions . </P>
who played bat masterson in the tv series
Gene Barry