Wilt Jackson

Marshal Wilt Jackson is a minor character featured in the first season of the Rawhide series. He was portrayed by Frank Wilcox.

Biography
Jackson is a U.S. Marshal active in the southwest United States. Around the year 1869, he was working with the deputy marshal Art Gray.

Appearances
Jackson appears during the episode Incident of the Tumbleweed Wagon, escorting seven dangerous criminals to trial in Fort Craig, New Mexico. After encountering Gil Favor and his cattle drovers camped near a watering hole, Jackson and Gray camp nearby but are ambushed by three of their prisoners; Gray is killed and Jackson severely wounded. After Favor and his men succeed in capturing two of the three outlaws, Jackson convinces them to escort him and the remaining prisoners to Fort Craig, to which Favor agrees. He takes with him ramrod Rowdy Yates for support.

The wagon is ambushed during a river crossing by Luke Storm and his gang, who is attempting to free his imprisoned wife Dallas. Favor and Yates manage to largely hold off the attack, but are forced to surrender to the outlaws. Luke shoots the English criminal Sinclair to death upon learning that he injured his wife on the trail, before he and his gang prepare to kill Gil and Rowdy. Dallas attempts to stop him, arming herself with her husband's pistol in the process. Storm proceeds to shoot his wife right in front of Favor and Yates, who manage to arm themselves and shoot him dead. Favor and Yates then collect the remaining prisoners along with the injured Marshal and mortally wounded Dallas, and continue their journey to Fort Craig.

It is unknown if Jackson survived the journey, as he does not appear after the river crossing.