Bonanza – Season 12

Season 12 (Episode 28)

Air Date: 11 April 1971

Writer: Preston Wood

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Deputy Clem), Lou Frizzell (Dusty Rhodes)

Guest Stars
Victor French (Tom Callahan), Sandy Duncan (Evangeline), Dub Taylor (Otto), Larry D. Mann (Alex Steiner), Ted Gehring (Marshal), Hal Baylor (Shad Willis), Don Haggerty (Sheriff), Roy Johnson (Barber), John Mitchum (Meyers), Beth Peters (Woman)

Notable Guest Stars

Sandy Duncan

Ted Gehring

Larry D. Mann

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Towns: Cross Creek; Gurney’s Landing; Okaloosa City

Season 12 (Episode 27)

Air Date: 4 April 1971

Writer: Michael Landon

Director: Joseph Pevney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Alfred Ryder (Judge), Luke Askew (Deputy Hatch), Richard Mulligan (Farley), David Canary (Candy Canaday), Warren Finnerty (2nd Gunman), Jay Jones (1st Gunman), Charles Briles (Billy)

Notable Guest Stars

Richard Mulligan

Production Notes

• This episode was originally filmed in 1968
• Location Scenes Filmed at Ponderosa Ranch, Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Season 12 (Episode 26)

Air Date: 28 March 1971

Teleplay: John Hawkins and Robert Pirosh

Story: Jack Rummler

Director: William Wiard

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Glenn Corbett (Howie Landis), Sheilah Wells (Marie Landis), Clifton James (Mr. Quarry), John Pickard (Griggs), Robert Knapp (Denman), Stuart Nisbet (Fred Tyson), Remo Pisani (Bartender), Troy Melton (Gorley)

Notable Guest Stars

Glenn Corbett

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 12 (Episode 25)

Air Date: 21 March 1971

Writer: Don Ingalls

Director: Philip Leacock

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing), Bing Russell (Deputy Clem)

Guest Stars
Vera Miles (April Christopher), Henry Beckman (Dr. Phelps), Rance Howard (Sam), Michael Clark (Perkins), Kimberly Beck (Girl), Melissa Newman (Lori Christopher)

Notable Guest Stars

Rance Howard

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 12 (Episode 24)

Air Date: 14 March 1971

Writer: Suzanne Clauser

Director: Michael Landon

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Jo Van Fleet (Ellen Dobbs), Harry Holcombe (Dr. Martin), Jeannine Brown (Sally Morris), Robert Noe (Ranch Hand #1)

Notable Guest Stars

Jo Van Fleet

Production Notes

• We gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of the Braille Institute of America, Inc.

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Ben states the main room of the ranch house is three rooms in one

Season 12 (Episode 23)

Air Date: 7 March 1971

Writer: Michael Landon

Director: Michael Landon

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Deputy Clem)

Guest Stars
Steve Ihnat (Mr. Ganns), Dabbs Greer (Sam Dawson), Byron Mabe (Hunter), Ron Foster (Graham), Helen Kleeb (Mrs. Carruthers), Bruce Kirby (Mr. Loomis), Chubby Johnson (John Baines), Jesse Vint (Toby Harris), Kerry MacLane (Teddy Daws), James Jeter (Buck), Iron Eyes Cody (Winnemucca), Robert Noe (Fred Caldwell)

Notable Guest Stars

Steve Ihnat

Episode Notes

• VC Organisation: Virginia City Ladies Club
• VC Businesses: Palace Hotel; Virginia City Star (newspaper)

Season 12 (Episode 22)

Air Date: 28 February 1971

Teleplay: John Hawkins

Story: Edward de Blasio

Director: Leo Penn

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Deputy Clem), Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Meg Foster (Evangeline Woodtree), Louise Latham (Harriet Clinton), Harry Holcombe (Dr. Joshua Martin), Bill Clark (Smoky), Hal Burton (Barney Bates), Ion Berger (Dr. George Woodtree)

Notable Guest Stars

Meg Foster

Harry Holcombe

Louise Latham

Season 12 (Episode 21)

Air Date: 21 February 1971

Teleplay: John Hawkins and B.W. Sandefur

Story: Mel Goldberg

Director: Leo Penn

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Dean Jagger (General Ira Cloninger), Laurence Luckinbill (Freed), John Randolph (Judge), Linda Watkins (Bertha Cloninger), Lane Bradford (Willis), Ruben Moreno (Sam Greybuck), Stuart Randall (Sheriff Baker), Steve Shemayne (Thomas Greybuck)

Notable Guest Stars

Dean Jagger

Laurence Luckinbill

John Randolph

Linda Watkins

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe

Season 12 (Episode 20)

Air Date: 14 February 1971

Writer: Stanley Roberts

Director: Philip Leacock

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing), Bing Russell (Clem)

Guest Stars
Daniel Massey (Leslie Harwood), Jill Haworth (Jillian Harwood), Daniel Kemp (Zach Bolton), J. Pat O’Malley (Big Mac), Ronald Long (Gore Stanhope), Sandra Ego (Haida Bolton), Pat Houtchens (Reverend Williams), Red Morgan (Stokely)

Notable Guest Stars

Jill Haworth

Daniel Massey

Episode Notes

• Business: Ridgeley and Richardson – Investment Bankers – Est. 1786

Season 12 (Episode 19)

Air Date: 7 February 1971

Writer: George Lovell Hayes

Director: Philip Leacock

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Louis Gossett (Buck Walter), Ramon Bieri (Sheriff Solomon), Marlene Clark (Eliza Walter), Mike Mikler (Thad), George Dunn (Andy), Sandy Rosenthal (Davy Bent), Warren Vanders (Deputy Cal)

Notable Guest Stars

Ramon Bieri

Louis Gossett

Production Notes

• Location scenes filmed at Old Tucson, Tucson, Arizona

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Location: Phantom Creek
• Town: Ledbetter

Season 12 (Episode 18)

Air Date: 31 January 1971

Writer: Stanley Roberts

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Alan Oppenheimer (Wentworth), Linda Gaye Scott (Dixie), Jeff Morris (Turk), Charles Dierkop (Nicholson), Tom Basham (Dan Fielding), Jack Collins (Ned Blaine), Guy Wilkerson (Milt Jarvis), Stephen Coit (Mel Waters), Sam Jarvis (Telegraph Operator), Ralph James (1st Poker Player), Bern Hoffman (Bartender), John Gilgreen (Desk Clerk #1), Lee McLaughlin (2nd Poker Player)

Notable Guest Stars

Alan Oppenheimer

Linda Gaye Scott

Production Notes

• Michael Landon and Mitch Vogel do not appear in this episode
• This is the first of two episodes that featured Bradley Meredith (One Ace Too Many)
• Lorne Greene also plays the role of Bradley Meredith

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 12 (Episode 17)

Air Date: 17 January 1971

Teleplay: John Hawkins

Story: Arthur Heinemann

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Ben Johnson (Kelly James), Roger Davis (Bert Yates), Walter Barnes (Weatherby), Jerry Gatlin (Quincy), Dick Farnsworth (Sourdough), Bill Clark (Jimpson), Eddie Jauregui (Bones), Hal Burton (Smokey)

Notable Guest Stars

Roger Davis

Ben Johnson

Production Notes

• Location Scenes Filmed at Old Tucson, Tucson, Arizona

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Town: Stillwater