Bonanza – Season 2

Season 2 (Episode 34)

Air Date: 3 June 1961

Writer: David Dortort

Director: Robert Altman

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Claude Akins (Sam Hill), Edgar Buchanan (John Henry Hill), Ford Rainey (Colonel Tyson), Robert Ridgely (Billy Joe), Caroline Richter (Lonesome Lil), Howard Wendell (Willis), Mickey Simpson (Bartender), Richard Bartell (Hathaway), Nesdon Booth (Hotel Clerk)

Notable Guest Stars

Claude Akins

Ford Rainey

Season 2 (Episode 33)

Air Date: 27 May 1961

Writer: Anthony Lawrence

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis
While Adam is suffering from a fever, Ben remembers his life with Adam’s mother Elizabeth.

Guest Stars
Geraldine Brooks (Elizabeth Stoddard), Torin Thatcher (Capt. Abel Morgan Stoddard), Berry Kroeger (Mandible), Richard Collier (Otto), Ted Knight (Halloran), Bob Hopkins (Mariner), Bill Quinn (Doctor), Molly Roden (Mrs. Callahan), Alex Sharp (Blackmer), Selmer Jackson (Elizabeth’s Doctor), John Close (Bell), Max Slaten (Bartender)

Notable Guest Stars

Geraldine Brooks

Ted Knight

Alex Sharp

Torin Thatcher

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 2 (Episode 32)

Air Date: 20 May 1961

Writers: Jack McClain and James Van Wagoner

Director: Robert Altman

Synopsis
An old friend of Ben’s, Major Cayley, arrives at the Ponderosa. He is there to conduct a top-secret experiment on behalf of the army. Adam has doubts about the man’s intentions but decides to remain quiet. Cayley’s daughter then arrives and it seems there is more going on than just an experiment into the possibilities of man-powered flight.

Guest Stars
Sidney Blackmer (Major John F. Cayley), Diana Millay (Diana Cayley), Burt Douglas (Pvt. Bill Kingsley), Stuart Nisbet (Sgt. Hines), Jonathan Hole (Mr. Herschell)

Notable Guest Stars

Sidney Blackmer

Season 2 (Episode 31)

Air Date: 6 May 1961

Writer: John Hawkins

Director: Robert Altman

Synopsis
Joe is accused of murdering Mary Parson, who prior to her death told her father that Joe was courting her. Joe continually protests his innocence and tells Mary’s father he hasn’t seen her in ages. Things go from bad to worse when a witness testifies at the Coroner’s Inquest that he saw Joe with Mary the afternoon she was killed. The rest of the Cartwrights believe that Joe is innocent and set about proving it.

Guest Stars
Stephen Joyce (Jerome Bell), Pat Michon (Betty May Wood), Graham Denton (Jake Parson), Russell Collins (John Hardner), Dayton Lummis (Hiram Wood), Morgan Woodward (Deputy Sheriff Rick Conley), Sherwood Price (Pete Parson), Bob Harris (Bill Parson), Roy Engel (Dr. Paul Martin), Bill Edwards (Man)

Notable Guest Stars

Pat Michon

Morgan Woodward

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Hiram Wood is the Cartwright’s lawyer
• A Coroner’s Inquest is held during this episode in the sheriff’s office
• Location: Indian Leap

Season 2 (Episode 30)

Air Date: 29 April 1961

Writer: Gene L. Coon

Director: Dick Moder

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Parley Baer (Cunningham), Judson Pratt (Jim Bronson), Vito Scotti (Leon Flores), Ross Elliott (Watkins), Walter Coy (Frank Furnas), Harvey Stephens (Jock McPherson), Michael Hinn (Thornton), William Flaherty (Wheeler), Charles Horvath (Howell)

Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• VC Business: Best and Belcher ~ Mining Company

Season 2 (Episode 29)

Air Date: 22 April 1961

Writer: Ward Hawkins

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Eddie Ryder (Daniel Pettibone), June Kenney (Robin), Nora Hayden (Big Red), George Kennedy (Peter Long), Willard Waterman (Throckmorton), Vaughn Taylor (Horace Ogleby), Ken Mayer (Jeb), Shug Fisher (Jeff), Rickey Kelman (Boy #1), Richard Correll (Boy #2)

Notable Guest Stars

George Kennedy

Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 2 (Episode 28)

Air Date: 15 April 1961

Writer: Anthony Lawrence

Director: Robert Altman

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Peggy Ann Garner (Cameo Johnson), Charles Aidman (Jim Applegate), Robert McQueeney (Gideon), Joe De Santis (Morehouse), Orville Sherman (Jess Morehouse), Charlene Brooks (Peggy Merchant), Bill Clark (Clem)

Notable Guest Stars

Charles Aidman

Peggy Ann Garner

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 2 (Episode 27)

Air Date: 1 April 1961

Writers: Denne Petitclerc and Thomas Thompson

Director: William Witney

Synopsis
Joe and his friend, Emeliano while travelling from Yuma to Tyson Springs in Arizona, find that they can’t reach their destination because of Apaches. Since their water is running out fast, Emeliano and Joe decide to risk going to a Comanchero group, that Emeliano use to be a part of. When they reach the Comancheros, the leader of the group decides he wants to have the white horse, that Joe has gotten for Ben’s birthday. Joe and Emeliano, eventually escape with the white horse and set out across the desert, closely pursued by the Comancheros.

Guest Stars
Jim Davis (Sam Wolfe), Martin Landau (Emeliano), Jack Hogan (Cash), Robert Christopher (Lieutenant), Joe Yrigoyen (Cayetano), Felipe Turich (Jail Guard), Bob Miles (Wounded Soldier)

Notable Guest Stars

Jim Davis

Martin Landau

Production Notes

• This episode was originally intended to air the previous week

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• The United States army unit based at Tyson Wells is the 2nd Batallion
• Towns: Yuma and Tyson Wells (both in Arizona)

Season 2 (Episode 26)

Air Date: 18 March 1961

Writer: Nat Tanchuck

Director: Dick Moder

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Robert Lansing (Jed Trask), Shirley Ballard (Belle Trask), Richard Wessel (Big Mike Campbell), John Harmon (Weasel), J. Edward McKinley (Walker), Dan White (Simms), Bob Anderson (Thorn), Jim Hayward (Jose McCorkland), Robert Adler (Stage Driver), Bob Miles (Gang Member)

Notable Guest Stars

Robert Lansing

Production Notes

• This episode was a last minute replacement for The Gift which was moved to the following week

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Town: Latigo
• VC Businesses: Sierra Freight and Stage Lines; Comstock Hotel

Season 2 (Episode 25)

Air Date: 11 March 1961

Teleplay: William R. Cox

Story: Theodore Ferro and Mathilde Ferro

Director: Robert Altman

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Maxwell Reed (The Duke of London [Bobo]), Randy Stuart (Marge), Jason Evers (Lambert), J. Pat O’Malley (Limey), Al Christy (Bartender)

Notable Guest Stars

Jason Evers

J. Pat O’Malley

Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• The Duke’s real name is Clarence Simpson and his brother is named Harry

Season 2 (Episode 24)

Air Date: 4 March 1961

Writer: Ward Hawkins

Director: Robert Gordon

Synopsis
Adam’s best friend, Ross Marquette starts acting strangely and violently towards his wife, Delphine. Adam brings Delphine back to the Ponderosa and tries to find out if his friend is in trouble. Meanwhile, cattle have been going missing and the trail leads to Marquette. After a tragic event, Adam has no choice but to hunt him down.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
James Coburn (Ross Marquette), Ce Ce Whitney (Delphine Marquette), Ned Florey (Monk Hartley), Dean Stanton (Billy), James Anderson (Sam), Joe di Reda (Minister Joe), Roy Engel (Doctor Paul), Donald Foster (Mr. Begley), John Mitchum (Jake), Rush Williams (Matthew)

Notable Guest Stars

James Coburn

Roy Engel

Dean Stanton

Ce Ce Whitney

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Adam
• The Ponderosa brand is seen for the first time – a pine tree

Season 2 (Episode 23)

Air Date: 25 February 1961

Writer: Steve McNeil

Director: William Dario Faralla

Synopsis
The boys decide that Ben needs to take it easy as he is getting on in years. They talk him into letting them go and look for the cattle rustlers who have been stealing cows from the Ponderosa. When the boys fail to return home, Ben goes looking them and runs into Josh Tatum, with whom, he had a fight with the previous day. Tatum and his sons have been helping the rustlers and the scene is set for a gun fight between the Cartwrights and the rustlers.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Leif Erickson (Josh Tatum), Richard Coogan (Jake Moss), Burt Douglas (Jack Tatum), Joseph Patridge (Gus Tatum), Ron Hayes (Johnny Reed), Lane Bradford (Curly)