Who played the title character in the American television series "Yancy Derringer"?

"Yancy Derringer" is an American action/adventure series that was broadcast on CBS from October 2, 1958, to September 24, 1959, with Jock Mahoney in the title role. The character, Yancy Derringer, is an adventurer and gambler. He is a former Confederate Army Captain who has returned to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1868, three years after the end of the American Civil War, during the southern Reconstruction Era.

Widely respected by all parts of New Orleans society as a Southerner who never surrendered, Derringer is recruited by the Federal City Administrator, John Colton, to work as a secret agent. When called to action, Yancy's weapons of choice are four-barrel Sharps pepperbox derringer handguns and a knife in his belt.

Yancy's sidekick, Pahoo (played by X Brands), is a Pawnee American Indian who communicates only by sign language. Beneath a blanket wrapped about his body, he carries a sawed-off double-barreled shotgun loaded with split buckshot, which he wields in emergencies. Most of the time, however, he uses a throwing knife sheathed on his back.

Jock Mahoney, was an American actor and stuntman. He starred in two Action/Adventure television series. He played Tarzan in two feature films and was associated in various capacities with several other Tarzan productions. He was credited variously as Jacques O'Mahoney, Jock O'Mahoney, Jack Mahoney, and finally Jock Mahoney.