The Virginian - Season 9 - Eps 5: The Mysterious Mr. Tate
Col. MacKenzie rescues a man, Tate (Lee Majors), from a lynching for a shooting he saw to be self-defense. MacKenzie is traveling on a train with the young daughter of a friend who believes she is in love with Tate who has an outlaw background. This is the first episode to include Roy Tate, although Lee Majors had been shown in the opening credits since the start of the season.
About The Virginian

Title: The Virginian
First Air Date: 1962-09-19
Last Air Date: 1971-03-24
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.5/10 (from 30 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 9
Total Episodes: 249
Network: NBC
Genres: Western, Drama
Production Companies: Universal Television, Revue Studios, NBC
Synopsis
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.
Cast

Doug McClure
Trampas

James Drury
The "Virginian"

Lee Majors
Roy Tate

Stewart Granger
Col. Alan MacKenzie