Bonanza – Season 11

Season 11 (Episode 28)

Air Date: 19 April 1970

Writer: B.W. Sandefur

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Ted Gehring (Abraham Griffin), Vincent Van Patten (Tim Griffin), Harry Holcombe (Doctor)

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe

Season 11 (Episode 27)

Air Date: 12 April 1970

Writer: Jack B. Sowards

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
John Beck (Luke), Slim Pickens (Sheriff), Hamilton Camp (Calvin), Dabbs Greer (Judge), Bruce Glover (Scooter), Tom Peters (Ray Stahl), Robert Cornthwaite (Blake), Tol Avery (Bradley), Bob Padilla (Running Cloud), Richard Evans (John)

Notable Guest Stars

John Beck

Slim Pickens

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 11 (Episode 26)

Air Date: 5 April 1970

Writer: Jack B. Sowards

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Ann Prentiss (Meena Calhoun), Dub Taylor (Luke Calhoun), Victor French (Jesse Potter), George Morgan (Virgil Potter), Robert Donner (Owen Potter), Jack Collins (John, Banker), Henry Oliver (Firman), John Harmon (Rider), Lou Frizzell (Dusty Rhodes)

Production Notes

• First appearance of Lou Frizzell as Dusty Rhoades
• This is the second of three episodes that features Meena Calhoun and her father Luke (Meena; Easy Come, Easy Go)

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Joe and Hoss
• Business: Firman’s Stable

Season 11 (Episode 25)

Air Date: 29 March 1970

Writer: Larry Markes

Director: Bruce Bilson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Marc Lawrence (Red Gaskell), Allyn Ann McLerie (Charity Moffatt), Vic Tayback (Everett Gaskell), Art Metrano (Leroy Gaskell), Len Lesser (Fred Gaskell), Sandy Kenyon (Eliah Meek), James Jeter (Blacksmith/Charlie), Jack Williams (Stage Driver)

Notable Guest Stars

Marc Lawrence

Len Lesser

Allyn Ann McLerie

Art Metrano

Vic Tayback

Production Notes

• The background music used was the original theme music to the TV puppet series Kukla, Fran and Ollie

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Charity Moffat is a Quaker

Season 11 (Episode 24)

Air Date: 22 March 1970

Writer: Michael Landon

Director: Michael Landon

Synopsis

Guest Stars
William Bassett (Jed Walker), Joe de Santis (Padre Xavier), Anakorita (Maria), George Wallace (Doctor), Rico Alaniz (Ricardo), Emile Meyer (John Walker), Joaquin Martinez (Sanchez), Victor Campos (Gunman #1), Lee De Broux (Gunman #2), Ted Cassidy (Garth)

Notable Guest Stars

Joe de Santis

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Joe and Ben
• Town: Los Robles

Season 11 (Episode 23)

Air Date: 8 March 1970

Teleplay: Robert Bruckner and Preston Wood

Story: Robert Bruckner

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Bruce Dern (Bayliss), Ross Hagen (Rader), Tony de Costa (Ramon), Charles P. Thompson (Clerk)

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe

Season 11 (Episode 22)

Air Date: 1 March 1970

Writer: Stanley Roberts

Director: Don Richardson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff), Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Sally Kellerman (Lotta Crabtree), David McLean (Marshal Steve Fallon), Joyce Bulifant (Bonnie Vernon), William Bryant (Lew McDonald), Bart Robinson (Howell – Bank Manager), Clifford Pellow (Higgins), Morgan Sterne (Stanhope)

Notable Guest Stars

Sally Kellerman

Production Notes

• Songs: How Can I Leave You and Jim Along Rosy – Words by Joe Lubin; Music by Harry Sukman
• This is the second appearance of Lotta Crabtree. The character previously appeared in the first Bonanza episode – “A Rose for Lotta“. Yvonne De Carlo played Lotta in her first incarnation.

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Organisation: The Virginia City Civic and Cultural Improvement League

Season 11 (Episode 21)

Air Date: 22 February 1970

Writer: Joel Murcott

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff)

Guest Stars
Walter Barnes (Emmett J. Whitney), Kathleen Freeman (Ma Brinker), James McCallion (Luther), Arthur Peterson (Lloyd Walsh), Mark Tapscott (Steve Rance), Billy Green Bush (Spanier), Remo Pisani (Bartender), Anthony Colti (Ollie)

Notable Guest Stars

Kathleen Freeman

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Location: White Pine County

Season 11 (Episode 20)

Air Date: 15 February 1970

Writer: Stanley Roberts

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff)

Guest Stars
Mercedes McCambridge (Matilda Curtis), Les Tremayne (Dr. Lyman), David Cassidy (Billy Burgess), Sam Melville (Coulter), Charles Maxwell (Billings), James Chandler (Osgood), Harlan Warde (Nicholson), Bill Phipps (Tom Burgess), Tani Phelps (Nora Burgess), Foster Brooks (Judge Rogers), Remo Pisani (Bartender), Lenore Stevens (Ines), Fred Gerber (Jeff), Gary Morgan (Chip), Paul Harper (Sully)

Notable Guest Stars

David Cassidy

Mercedes McCambridge

Season 11 (Episode 19)

Air Date: 8 February 1970

Writer: B.W. Sandefur

Director: Don Richardson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Mariette Hartley (Jennifer Carlis), Burr DeBenning (Tuttle Ames), John McLiam (Harry Carlis), Vaughn Taylor (Bert Taylor), Roy Engel (Dr. Byron Thomas), Don Melvoin (Morris), Jon Lormer (Preacher)

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• There is a quick reference to Adam at the start this episode

Season 11 (Episode 18)

Air Date: 1 February 1970

Writer: Preston Wood

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Sheriff)

Guest Stars
Christopher Connelly (Chris Keller), Elaine Giftos (Charity McGill), James Westerfield (Arthur Blackwell), Lou Frizzell (Charlie), Ralph Waite (Hoby), Sam Jarvis (Walt), Ralph James (Alderman)

Notable Guest Stars

Christopher Connelly

Elaine Giftos

Ralph Waite

James Westerfield

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 11 (Episode 17)

Air Date: 25 January 1970

Teleplay: Jack Miller and John Hawkins

Story: Jack Miller

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Jo Van Fleet (Amy Wilder), Linda Watkins (Margaret Wilder), Donald Moffat (Judge), Harriet Medin (Mrs. Ocher), Eleanore Berry (Mrs. Eads), Harry Hickox (Mr. Eads), Gail Billings (Mary Ann), Elizabeth Thompson (Sally), Carl Pitti (David), John Crawford (Burton Roberts)

Notable Guest Stars

Donald Moffat

Jo Van Fleet

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben