Bonanza – Season 4

Season 4 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 2 December 1962

Teleplay: Denne Petitclerc

Story: N.B. Stone, Jr.

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Will Kuluva (General Diaz), Leo Gordon (Forsythe), Lee Farr (Sims), Jena Engstrom (Molly), Paul Fierro (Pablo), Rico Alaniz (Miguel)

Notable Guest Stars

Leo Gordon

Will Kuluva

Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts and Dan Blocker do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 4 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 25 November 1962

Writer: Preston Wood

Director: Christian Nyby

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Carl Reindel (Billy Horn), Robert Burton (Ned Lewis), Ken Lynch (Milton Tanner), Raymond Bailey (Judge), Francis De Sales (Prosecutor), Lon Dean (Store Clerk)

Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts and Dan Blocker do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe
• Ned Lewis is Ben’s lawyer
• The southern boundary of the Ponderosa is Buck Horn Creek
• Location: The Big Sandy

Season 4 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 18 November 1962

Writer: Joseph Hoffman

Director: William Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Judi Meredith (Lottie Hawkins), John Doucette (Walter Prescott), Phil Chambers (Dick Thompson), Tyler McVey (Townsman), Roy Engel (Doctor), George Robotham (Frank), Gil Perkins (Whitey)

Notable Guest Stars

John Doucette

Judi Meredith

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Location: Willow Creek

Season 4 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 4 November 1962

Writer: Alvin Sapinsley

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis
Joe finds himself torn between his family and the wishes of his girlfriend when he is made a delegate to the Nevada statehood convention.

Guest Stars
Harry Townes (Judge Terry), Joyce Taylor (Morvath Terry), Barry Kelley (Bill Stewart), Alan Caillou (Walter Craigsmuir), David Whorf (Peter), Wallace Rooney (Judge), Harry Swoger (Charlie), Marshall Reed (Party Guest)

Notable Guest Stars

Joyce Taylor

Harry Swoger

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• The convention is held at the International Hotel in Carson City

Season 4 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 29 October 1962

Writer: Frank Cleaver

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Robert Vaughn (Luke Martin), Dawn Wells (Marty Johnson), Trevor Bardette (Jesse Johnson), Dorothy Green (Lucy), Walter Reed (Tim), Raymond Guth (Lafe), Keith Richards (Sheriff Ross)

Notable Guest Stars

Robert Vaughn

Dawn Wells

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Adam
• Locations: Humbolt River; Juniper Hole

Season 4 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 21 October 1962

Writer: Norman Lessing

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Claude Akins (Col. Edward J. Dunwoody), Robert Sampson (Bill Winters), Gale Garnett (Maria Winters), Hal Jon Norman (Shaman), Anthony Caruso (Keokuk), Andrea Darvi (Little Maria), Robert Carricart (Myoka), Ricky Branson (Little Edward Winters), George Keymas (Running Wolf)

Notable Guest Stars

Claude Akins

Anthony Caruso

Production Notes

• Michael Landon does not appear in this episode
• Location scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada – courtesy of the Crystal Bay Development Company

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 4 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 14 October 1962

Writers: Preston Wood and Elliott Arnold

Director: William Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Denver Pyle (Sheriff Tom Stedman), Olive Sturgess (Mary Ann Wilson), Roy Roberts (Fillmore), Terry Becker (Shuler), Kelly Thordsen (Larson), John Harmon (McCray), Gene Roth (Milton Conley), Rayford Barnes (Austin), Lane Bradford (Tibbs), John Mitchum (Bartender), Robert Carson (Elmer Horner)

Notable Guest Stars

Kelly Thordsen

Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts and Michael Landon do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Towns: Dutchman’s Flat; Scottsberg
• Business: Scottsberg Land Office, Elmer Horner, Superintendent

Season 4 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 7 October 1962

Writer: Frank Chase

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Dan O’Herlihy (Matthew Raine), Virginia Grey (Ann Loring), Arch Johnson (Gavin), William Keene (Stevens), S. Jon Launer (Jim), Ralph Montgomery (Bartender), Frank Chase (Jim)

Notable Guest Stars

Virginia Grey

Arch Johnson

Dan O’Herlihy

Production Notes

• Location scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada through Courtesy of Crystal Bay Development Company

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 4 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 30 September 1962

Writers: John Joseph and Thomas Thompson

Director: Christian Nyby

Synopsis
Joe decides that he has had enough of doing things with his family. He asks Ben if he can take on the job of bidding for and then transporting timber down the mountain for the Sun Mountain Mining Co. Ben reluctantly agrees let him do it. Joe successfully wins the bid and then goes about getting the timber. However, he soon realises that there are some things he can’t do on his own.

Guest Stars
Jim Beck (Dave Donovan), Grant Richards (Will Poavey), Frank Gerstle (Jake Webber), Dan Riss (Bert Crawford), Harry Lauter (Drunk), Charles Seel (Mr. Hawkins), Grandon Rhodes (Mr. Simpson)

Production Notes

• Location scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada – courtesy of the Crystal Bay Development Company

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Business: Sun Mountain Mining Company

Season 4 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 23 September 1962

Writers: Judith and George W. George

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis
Clay Stafford arrives in Virginia City and is immediately hired by the Cartwrights as a ranch hand. One week later Clay finds himself involved in a card game and is accused of cheating. Stafford then kills the miner who is accusing him in self-defence and must leave. Prior to his leaving he tells Joe that he is Marie’s son and the Cartwrights welcome him into the family. Adam and Hoss have their reservations and get Ben to investigate Stafford’s past. Meanwhile the miners are out to get Clay and Joe finds himself in a difficult position.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Barry Coe (Clay Stafford), Eddy Waller (Harry), Robert Karnes (Miner), Mike Ragan (Sam/Miner), Don Beddoe (Stan Perkins), Ben Erway (Banker)

Notable Guest Stars

Barry Coe

Production Notes

• Location scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada through courtesy of Crystal Bay Development Company

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe