| The Restless Gun is an American western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a wandering cowboy in the era after the American Civil War. A skilled gunfighter, Bonner is an idealistic person who prefers peaceful resolutions of conflict wherever possible. He is gregarious, intelligent, and public-spirited. The half-hour black-and-white program aired seventy-eight episodes. Jeanne Bates appeared in varying roles with Payne in five episodes of The Restless Gun. The Restless Gun theme song begins: "I ride with the wind, my eyes on the sun, and my hand on my restless gun..." The song composer is probably Paul Dunlap, credited as the primary series composer, but could have been contributed to by either of the two other series composers, Dave Kahn and Stanley Wilson, also. Two versions are currently posted on YouTube, but neither posting lists any composer or performance credits. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| John Payne | Vint Bonner | 76 |
| John Ericson | 2 | |
| Edgar Buchanan | Ethan Greenfield | 1 |
| Harold J. Stone | Ben Reed | 1 |
| Fred Graham | Sheriff Barclay | 1 |
| Fred Graham | Second Deputy | 1 |
| Grant Withers | Dutcher | 1 |
| Rip Torn | Jody Gilman | 1 |
| Vic Morrow | Wes Singer | 1 |
| Dan Blocker | John 'El Bruto' | 1 |
| Dan Blocker | Ike Burnett | 1 |
| Ellen Corby | Ruth Purcell | 1 |
| Ellen Corby | Emma Birch | 1 |
| Ellen Corby | Mrs. Amy Morgan | 1 |
| Sue George | Louise Keller | 1 |
| Paul Fix | Jake Burnett | 1 |
| Roy Roberts | Kit Springer | 1 |
| John Stephenson | Joel Fletcher | 1 |
| Shirley Knight | Heide Ritter | 1 |
| Paul E. Burns | Pete Drum | 1 |
| Jean Allison | Beth | 1 |
| John Larch | Sheriff Riker | 1 |
| John Larch | Anse Newton | 1 |
| John Larch | Red-eye Kirk | 1 |
| Bea Benaderet | Madame Brimstone | 1 |
| Lane Bradford | Jesse Drake | 1 |
| Luana Anders | Lucy Anne | 1 |
| Charles Lane | Mayor Peter Mercer | 1 |
| Robert Blake | Lupe Sandoval | 1 |
| Kenneth Tobey | Sheriff Cash Harcourt | 1 |
| Jack Elam | Tony Molinor | 1 |
| Madge Blake | Emily Davis | 1 |
| Read Morgan | Bob Kenyon | 1 |
| Frank Wilcox | Sheriff Abner | 1 |
| Peggie Castle | Amity Hobbs | 1 |
| Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams | Jeff Bonsell | 1 |
| George Eldredge | Burt Newcomb | 1 |
| Herb Vigran | Jim Pincher | 1 |
| Herb Vigran | Sheriff Longhorn | 1 |
| Roy Engel | Sheriff Roy Willard | 1 |
| Emmett Lynn | Town Drunk | 1 |
| Harvey Stephens | Strad Bricker | 1 |
| Frank Albertson | Jeb Lacey | 1 |
| Tom McKee | Ralph | 1 |
| Olive Carey | Grandma Singer | 1 |
| Kristine Miller | Florence Wheeler | 1 |
| Herbert Lytton | Miles Seekamp | 1 |
| Herbert Lytton | Marshal Gavin Brandon | 1 |
| Paul Lukather | Randy Clayton | 1 |
| Stuart Randall | Sheriff Tinsley | 1 |
| Don Grady | Donny Betts | 1 |
| Don Grady | Sylvester Cromwell III | 1 |
| Don Grady | Andy Cavis | 1 |
| Ralph Sanford | Gallagher | 1 |
| Mauritz Hugo | Jed Baker | 1 |
| Jack Carr | Grave Digger | 1 |
| Jack Carr | Barfly | 1 |
| Anthony Ray | Charlie | 1 |
| Lyle Talbot | Mort Askins | 1 |
| Jeanne Bates | Anna Ritter | 0 |