He had been working in commercials and television westerns since the age of four.

There were few television westerns in which Simon did not guest star.

The peak year for television westerns was 1959, with 26 such shows airing during prime-time.

Western comics were fueled by the popularity of television westerns.

He also immersed himself in violent television westerns.

By the middle 1960s, television westerns had fallen out of favor with audiences.

As series developed, television westerns took their own shape.

And the rare attempts to spin television westerns in a younger direction have failed.

This year, its second, it focused on television westerns of the 1950's.

"As a child, I felt the myth coming from everywhere, especially from television westerns with those big landscapes," he said.