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Wilt Jackson is a United States Marshal who appears in the Rawhide episode Incident of the Tumbleweed. Jackson is portrayed by Frank Wilcox.

Rawhide - Incident of the Tumbleweed[]

Marshal Jackson and his Deputy Art Gray bring a tumbleweed wagon with 7 prisoners to Fort Gregg for trial. On their way to the fort he and his Deputy get shot as the prisoners try to escape. Only one of them succeeds but Gray dies and Jackson gets injured badly. Gil Favor, trail boss of a nearby cattle drive, and his ramrod Rowdy Yates come to the rescue and take over for him as he rides the wagon in the mids of the prisoners, hoping for his wound to heal.

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