Bonanza – Season 12

Season 12 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 4 October 1970

Writer: Ken Pettus

Director: James Neilson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Sheriff Clem)

Guest Stars
Denver Pyle (Price Buchanan), Salome Jens (Madge Tucker), Jonathan Lippe (Kyte), Lee Jay Lambert (Jase), Stuart Randall (Sheriff Brody), Bob Vanselow (Fred Quinn), George Murdock (Luis Getty)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Town: Yucca Wells

 

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The Power of Life and Death →

Season 12 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 27 September 1970

Writer: Robert Pirosh

Director: Leo Penn

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Richard Thomas (Billy), Lee Purcell (Angie), Lonny Chapman (Colter), Elisha Cook (Marcus), Mayf Nutter (Pelletin), Kevin Tighe (Krulak), Scott Graham (Trimble), David Hayward (Hurley), Remo Pisani (Bartender), Stacy Keach (Farmer), Harry Holcombe (Doctor)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Production Notes

• Songs: Man Passing Through, Blood Brothers and It Won’t Be Very Long by Michael Martin Murphey and Owens Boomer Castleman. Vocals by Michael Martin Murphey

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe

 

← A Matter of Faith

The Wagon →

Season 12 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 20 September 1970

Teleplay: Jack B. Sowards and John Hawkins

Story: D.C. Fontana

Director: William Wiard

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Lou Frizzell (Dusty Rhodes)

Guest Stars
Jack Collins (Mayor Corey), Geoffrey Lewis (Rogers), Michael Hinn (Garrison), Bruce Gordon (Scott)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Production Notes

• First appearance of Mitch Vogel as Jamie Hunter

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Featured Character: Jamie

 

← The Night Virginia City Died

The Weary Willies →

Season 12 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 13 September 1970

Writer: John Hawkins

Director: William Wiard

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee), Bing Russell (Clem Foster), Lou Frizzell (Dusty Rhodes)

Guest Stars
Angel Tompkins (Janie Lund), Phil Brown (Wade Tucker), Edith Atwater (Roberta Lund), Jon Shank (Tim Moss), Mark Tapscott (Hamilton), Lane Bradford (Ira), William Fawcett (Whiskey Smith), Mona Burns (Mrs. Carter), Stuart Nisbet (Evans), Paul Kent (Dr. Martin)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Production Notes

• This episode was developed in order to disguise the move from the Paramount Studios set to the Warner Brothers set. Virginia City had to be “destroyed” in order to explain the new buildings and town set-up.

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe
• One of the few episodes to have both Sheriff Roy Coffee and Deputy Clem Foster appearing together

 

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