Bonanza – Season 13

Season 13 (Episode 14)

Air Date: 26 December 1971

Teleplay: Arthur Heinemann

Story: Charles Goldwad and Robert Blood

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Forrest Tucker (Frank Ryan), Chief Dan George (Red Cloud), Linda Cristal (Teresa), Patrick Adiarte (Swift Eagle), Russ Marin (Sheriff), M. Emmet Walsh (Mattheson), John Wheeler (Hill), Lee De Broux (Elias)

Notable Guest Stars

Linda Cristal

Chief Dan George

Forrest Tucker

M. Emmet Walsh

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Mr. Mattheson is the Indian agent in Virginia City
• Town: Mills

Season 13 (Episode 13)

Air Date: 19 December 1971

Writer: Jean Holloway

Director: Leo Penn

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Will Geer (Ferris Callahan), Ford Rainey (Judge Taylor), Robert Karnes (Jess McLean), Robert Carradine (Phinney McLean), Phyllis Love (Miss Griggs)

Notable Guest Stars

Robert Carradine

Will Geer

Production Notes

• Flashback footage from the episodes “A Matter of Faith” and “The Grand Swing” was used during this episode
• This episode would be re-worked into the Little House on the Prairie episode “Uncle Jed”

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Featured Character: Jamie

Season 13 (Episode 12)

Air Date: 12 December 1971

Writer: Jack B. Sowards

Director: Joseph Pevney

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Ann Prentiss (Meena Calhoun), Dub Taylor (Luke Calhoun), Lyman Ward (Pete), Dan Scott (Dave), Channing Pollock (Carter), Robert Lussier (Garvey)

Notable Guest Stars

Ann Prentiss

Production Notes

• This is the third of three episodes that features Meena Calhoun and her father Luke (Meena; The Horse Traders)

Season 13 (Episode 11)

Air Date: 5 December 1971

Writer: Gordon T. Dawson

Director: William Wiard

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Clem)

Guest Stars
Neville Brand (Doyle), Severn Darden (Price), David Sheiner (Fancher), Don Keefer (Tobias Temple), Richard Yniguez (Ricardo), Michele Nichols (Judith), Chris Beaumont (Lester Brewer), John Quade (Tallman), Eleanore Berry (Emily Fancher), Scott Walker (Guthrie Amber), Bobby Hall (Goatman), Biff Manard (Suggins), Joaquin Martinez (Chavez)

Notable Guest Stars

Neville Brand

David Sheiner

Richard Yniguez

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Featured Character: Jamie

Season 13 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 28 November 1971

Writer: Harold Swanton

Director: Leo Penn

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee)

Guest Stars
Mariette Hartley (Lola Fairmont), Stefan Gierasch (Grady), Allen Garfield (Charlie), Peter Whitney (Senator Carson Bennett), Jack Collins (Mayor), John McCann (Bennett), Red Currie (Driver), Mills Watson (Fontaine)

Notable Guest Stars

Stefan Gierasch

Mariette Hartley

Mills Watson

Peter Whitney

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Flyer: Piper Opera House ~ Miss Lola Fairmont ~ One Week Only ~ Romeo and Juliet ~ by William Shakespeare
• Locations: Juniper Creek; Juniper Creek Station
• Lola Fairmont is 34 years old
• Doctor in Virginia City: G. W. Fry – physician and surgeon

Season 13 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 21 November 1971

Teleplay: John Hawkins and Robert Pirosh

Story: Robert Pirosh

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Rip Torn (Will Hewitt), Don Knight (Clayton), Loretta Leversee (Laurie Hewitt), Charles Maxwell (Keeley), Robert Ridgely (Bartender), James Chandler (McKey), Larry Ward (Deputy)

Notable Guest Stars

Rip Torn

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Jamie
• This episode is set in 1869

Season 13 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 14 November 1971

Writer: Ken Pettus

Director: Chris Christenberry

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Clem), Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing), Lou Frizzell (Dusty Rhodes)

Guest Stars
Bradford Dillman (Griff Bannon), Donald Moffat (Thatcher), Jewel Blanch (Neta Thatcher), Athena Lorde (Miss Griggs), Chick Chandler (Garroway), Tom Gillerman (Trumbull), Susan Joyce (Wilma)

Notable Guest Stars

Bradford Dillman

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Jamie

Season 13 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 31 October 1971

Writer: Michael Landon

Director: Michael Landon

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Clem Foster)

Guest Stars
Richard Mulligan (Dr. Mark Sloan), Diane Shalet (Ruth Sloan), Dan Ferrone (Eli Johnson), Ann Whitsett (Annie Johnson)

Notable Guest Stars

Diane Shalet

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 13 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 24 October 1971

Writer: True Boardman

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Jack Cassidy (Kevin O’Casey), Diane Baker (Norma O’Casey), Lisa Gerritsen (Cassie O’Casey), Walker Edmiston (Auctioneer), Lindsay Workman (Kendall), Jan Arvan (Jensen), Elliott Lindsey (Larson), Harry Holcombe (Doc Martin)

Notable Guest Stars

Diane Baker

Jack Cassidy

Lisa Gerritsen

Production Notes

• Location Scenes Filmed at Los Padres National Forest
• Parts of the background music by David Rose was later used in the season 14 episode Forever

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Featured Character: Jamie

Season 13 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 17 October 1971

Writer: Arthur Heinemann

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Michael Witney (Hank Simmons), Morgan Woodward (Sheriff Clyde Morehouse), Priscilla Garcia (Maria), Bob Hoy (Yancy), Manuel Padilla (Pedro)

Notable Guest Stars

Manuel Padilla

Production Notes

• Location Scenes Filmed at Los Padres National Forest

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe

Season 13 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 10 October 1971

Writer: Preston Wood

Story: Robert Vincent Wright

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Patricia Harty (Cissy Porter), Edward Andrews (Bert), Ellen Moss (Elaine Summers), George Furth (Jim Pender), Ivor Francis (Charlie Spears), Al Checco (Rufus), Jack Manning (Henry Clagger), E.A. Sirianni (Lon Meecham), Darrell Sandeen (Mark), Remo Pisani (Joel Sawyer), Jan Burrell (Clara), Gillian Spencer (Edith), Helen Funai (Lim Toy), Joyce Perry (Roseann), Don Chuy (Matt Tait), Cindy Eilbacher (Cathie), Ralph James (Gambler)

Notable Guest Stars

Edward Andrews

Ivor Francis

Patricia Harty

Production Notes

• Most of the “babies” featured in this episode are lifelike dolls, thanks to union laws prohibiting babies from being under the camera lights for more than a few minutes a day.

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• The first prize for the baby contest is $100
• This episode is set sometime after 1866
• The baby contest is being sponsored by the Virginia City Merchants Association
• Town: Grover’s Creek

Season 13 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 3 October 1971

Writer: Preston Wood

Director: William Wiard

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Peggy McCay (Pat Griswold), Richard O’Brien (Tom Griswold), David Huddleston (Dr. Scully), Walter Barnes (Sheriff Truslow), Tony Colti (Orv), Bill Stevens (Fenton), Victoria Thompson (Julia), Keith Carradine (Ern), Sandy Rosenthal (Steen), Evans Thornton (Flanders)

Notable Guest Stars

Keith Carradine

Production Notes

• Location Scenes Filmed at Old Tucson, Tucson Arizona

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe