Bonanza – Season 6

Season 6 (Episode 34)

Air Date: 23 May 1965

Writers: Don Tait and William Koenig

Director: Ralph E. Black

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Grant Williams (Albert “Patch” Saunders), Bruce Gordon (Dan Bronson), Sue Randall (Ann Fleming), Lane Bradford (Stimson), Grandon Rhodes (Doctor), Mike Ragan (Charlie)

Notable Guest Stars

Grant Williams

Production Notes

• Michael Landon does not appear in this episode
• At the beginning of this episode Hoss mentions that Joe is in Sacramento and Adam is in St. Louis. Later on in the episode, Ben mentions both Joe and Adam, saying that they won’t be back for a while. This infers that even though Pernell Roberts had already left the show, Adam was still living at the Ponderosa.

Episode Notes

• Business: Bronson Mining and Engineering Co.
• Hoss and Patch become business partners at the end of the episode

Season 6 (Episode 33)

Air Date: 16 May 1965

Writer: Dick Carr

Director: Gerd Oswald

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Viveca Lindfors (Angela Bergstrom), Ron Randell (Carleton), Winnie Coffin (Mrs. Brown), Ian Wolfe (Amos/Manager), Robert Foulk (Townsman), John Frederick (Townsman), Jeanne Detterman (Mrs. Finch), Billy M. Greene (Pianist)

Notable Guest Stars

Viveca Lindfors

Production Notes

• There is an inside joke involving a comment about Shakespeare that refers to the recent departure of Pernell Roberts

Season 6 (Episode 32)

Air Date: 9 May 1965

Writer: Preston Wood

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Andrew Prine (George Whitman), Dean Harens (Jim Poole), Erin O’Donnell (Susan), Ken Mayer (Harry Kern), Angela Clarke (Teresa), Bill Clark (Will), Troy Melton (Charlie), Martha Manor (Martha)

Notable Guest Stars

Andrew Prine

Season 6 (Episode 31)

Air Date: 2 May 1965

Teleplay: Ken Pettus

Story: Frank Chase and Ken Pettus

Director: Virgil W. Vogel

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Tony Young (Trace Cordell), Joan Blackman (Clara Dorn), John Conte (Paul Dorn), Phil Chambers (Seth Hubbell), Robert J. Stevenson (Shafer), Dan Riss (Latham), Bill Clark (Deke)

Notable Guest Stars

Joan Blackman

Episode Notes

• Town: Gold Hill
• Saloon: The Silver Dollar
• Headstone: Sarah Cordell – Born 1813 Died 1852
• Headstone: John Cordell – who was born the 17 of August 1813 and died the 11 of July 18?

Season 6 (Episode 30)

Air Date: 25 April 1965

Writer: Warren Douglas

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Noah Beery Jr. (Lothario Larkin), Dorothy Green (Laura), Jim Davis (Johnny), Linda Bennett (Francine), Olive Sturgess (Nancy Gillis), Morgan Woodward (Mike Gillis), Jane Norris (Meg Jones), Frank Ferguson (Abner Jones)

Notable Guest Stars

Noah Beery Jr.

Dorothy Green

Production Notes

• Song: Laura Lee (by Stephen Foster, 1851)

Episode Notes

• Saloon: Sazerac

Season 6 (Episode 29)

Air Date: 18 April 1965

Writer: Ed Adamson

Director: Virgil W. Vogel

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Telly Savalas (Charles Augustus Hackett), Linda Lawson (Maria Hackett), John Hubbard (Carl Davis), Curt Conway (Harry Towers), J. Edward McKinley (Mayor), Phil Chambers (Sam), Bruno Ve Sota (Norm)

Notable Guest Stars

Telly Savalas

Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts’ last on-air appearance

Episode Notes

• There was a large fire in the mountains on the Ponderosa fifteen years prior to this episode

Season 6 (Episode 28)

Air Date: 11 April 1965

Teleplay: Frank Cleaver

Story: Jeffrey Fleece

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Eddie Firestone (Potts), Abigail Shelton (Lucy), Jean Willes (Mrs. Jenny Jenkins), Lloyd Corrigan (Doctor), Robert Ridgely (Wilfred), Michael Forest (Frank Shirmer), Erin O’Donnell (Peggy), Clegg Hoyt (Loy), Jay Ripley (Larry)

Notable Guest Stars

Eddie Firestone

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 6 (Episode 27)

Air Date: 4 April 1965

Writer: Paul Schneider

Director: Robert Totten

Synopsis
Howard Mead, a drifter attempts to rob Johann Bruhner and his sister Hilda. Mead is stopped by Adam, who after talking to the man, decides to help him out. However, Adam finds out that there is more to Mead than meets the eye.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Hoyt Axton (Howard Mead), Susanne Cramer (Hilda Bruhner), Steve Ihnat (Johann Bruhner)

Notable Guest Stars

Hoyt Axton

Susanne Cramer

Production Notes

• The ratings for this episode – rating: 39.9; audience: 20,990,000; share: 62
• This is the last episode to be filmed featuring Pernell Roberts as Adam Cartwright
• Pernell Roberts sings and plays guitar during this episode
• Songs: Dead and Gone; Smile As You Go By; Endless Road; Early One Morning

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Adam

Season 6 (Episode 26)

Air Date: 28 March 1965

Writer: Ken Pettus

Director: William Witney

Synopsis
Joe accidently kills Burk Shannon and is remorseful. When he finds out that Burk’s wife, Hallie thinks he did it on purpose so that they can be together, he is even more at a loss. Burk’s identical twin brother Boothe arrives, and immediately accuses Joe of murder, giving the evidence to the sheriff. Things take a turn for the worse when Hallie is found dead. Boothe is convinced that Joe is to blame for both deaths and vows he will do all he can to make sure the youngest Cartwright goes to the gallows.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Steve Cochran (Burk Shannon and Boothe Shannon), Joan Freeman (Hallie Shannon), Paul Lukather (Cletus), George Murdock (Floyd), Austin Green (Minister)

Notable Guest Stars

Steve Cochran

Joan Freeman

Production Notes

• The ratings for this episode – rating: 40.0; audience: 21,460,000; share: 63

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Joe and Ben
• Headstones: Hallie Shannon 1837-1859; Burk Shannon 1829-1859
• Saloon: The Silver Dollar

Season 6 (Episode 25)

Air Date: 21 March 1965

Writer: Alex Sharp

Director: Ralph E. Black

Synopsis
The Cartwrights’ cousin, Muley Jones returns to the Ponderosa and this time around he has brought a pack of hound dogs with him. Hoss gets the idea that the dogs can be trained to hunt coyotes and sets about doing it, with the help of Cousin Muley. However, Hoss soon finds out he has gotten more than he bargained for.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Bruce Yarnell (Muley Jones), Sue Ane Langdon (Tracy Ledbetter), Chubby Johnson (Abner Ledbetter)

Notable Guest Stars

Chubby Johnson

Sue Ane Langdon

Bruce Yarnell

Production Notes

• This is second of two episodes featuring the Cartwrights’ cousin Muley Jones (The Saga of Muley Jones)
• Bruce Yarnell sings and plays the guitar during the episode
• Song: Hound Dog
• Dan Blocker sings during this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Muley’s full name is Muley Clinton Jones
• Muley calls Hoss “little cousin”

Season 6 (Episode 24)

Air Date: 7 March 1965

Writer: Jerry Adelman

Director: Virgil W. Vogel

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Everett Sloane (Col. Scott), Mariette Hartley (Barbara Scott), Barry Kelley (Sam Chaffee), Grandon Rhodes (Doctor)

Notable Guest Stars

Mariette Hartley

Everett Sloane

Production Notes

• The ratings for this episode – rating: 40.7; audience: 21,410,000; share: 61

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Adam
• VC Business: Baxter’s General Store

Season 6 (Episode 23)

Air Date: 28 February 1965

Writer: Martha Wilkerson

Director: Tay Garnett

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Michael Rennie (Professor Poppy/Dr. Percival Alexander Mundy), Ashley Cowan (Thomas Crippen), Elizabeth Rogers (Allie Lou), Grandon Rhodes (Doctor Rob Keefer), Bill Clark (Sam)

Notable Guest Stars

Michael Rennie

Grandon Rhodes

Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Business: Golden House
• Wagon Sign: Prof. Poppy’s Miracle Pain Killer