Some sources credit James Doohan (Scotty on the original "Star Trek") as being the first host of the show, playing Ranger Bill for a short time at the beginning of the series. As the story goes, after the chief forest ranger called him away to fight a forest fire in November 1954, Timber Tom, played by Peter Mews, took his place. However, in his autobiography, Doohan never credits himself in the role. And the show’s first public episode was November 15th. So his time on the show was probably very short-lived.