Bonanza – Season 7

Season 7 (Episode 33)

Air Date: 15 May 1966

Writer: Robert L. Goodwin

Director: Don Daves

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee), Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Sally Kellerman (Kathleen Walker), Mabel Albertson (Madame Adella), Hampton Fancher (Craig Bonner), Elisha Cook (John Walker), Robert Foulk (Seth)

Notable Guest Stars

Mabel Albertson

Elisha Cook

Robert Foulk

Sally Kellerman

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Hoss and Joe
• Saloon: The Silver Dollar

Season 7 (Episode 32)

Air Date: 8 May 1966

Teleplay: William Douglas Lansford and S.S. Schweitzer

Story: S.S. Schweitzer

Director: R.G. Springsteen

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
R.G. Armstrong (Col. Keith Jarrell), Tom Reese (Devlin), Brendon Boone (Private Lowell), Ken Mayer (Polk), George Keymas (Chief Elkoro), Clay Tanner (Wiggins)

Notable Guest Stars

R.G. Armstrong

Production Notes

• Location Scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben and Hoss

Season 7 (Episode 31)

Air Date: 1 May 1966

Writers: George F. Slavin and Stanley Adams

Director: Jean Yarbrough

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Alan Bergmann (Gilly Maples), Ivor Barry (Morgan), Margaret Shinn (Randy), Wayne Heffley (Andy)

Episode Notes

• This episode mentions that Adam has been working on a ship since he left the Ponderosa

Season 7 (Episode 30)

Air Date: 24 April 1966

Writer: Robert L. Goodwin

Director: R.G. Springsteen

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Michael Conrad (Hank Kelly), Phillip Pine (Ross Dugan), Mari Aldon (Ruby Kelly), Cal Bolder (Charlie Powers), Gene Tyburn (Smitty), Bruce Mars (Bert), Grandon Rhodes (Doctor)

Notable Guest Stars

Mari Aldon

Michael Conrad

Phillip Pine

Production Notes

• Location Scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 7 (Episode 29)

Air Date: 17 April 1966

Writers: William F. Leicester and Richard H. Bartlett

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Jack Kruschen (Georgio Rossi), Brioni Farrell (Regina Rossi), Penny Santon (Maria Rossi), Michael Stefani (Lorenzo Rossi), Robert Foulk (Seth), Robert Corso (Tonio), Hoke Howell (Billy)

Notable Guest Stars

Brioni Farrell

Jack Kruschen

Penny Santon

Production Notes

• Location Scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
• The first of three episodes centered on the Rossi family (The Deed and the Dilemma; Sound of Drums)

Season 7 (Episode 28)

Air Date: 10 April 1966

Teleplay: Jo Pagano and William Blinn

Story: Dan Ullman

Director: Gerd Oswald

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Wayne Newton (Andy Walker), Anne Jeffreys (Lily), Malcolm Atterbury (Willard Walker), Jerry Newton (Mike Walker), Robert Cleaves (Reverend Porter)

Notable Guest Stars

Anne Jeffreys

Wayne Newton

Production Notes

• Location Scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
• Songs: Old Joe Clark (US Folk Song), Scarlet Ribbons (Lyrics by Jack Segal; Music by Evelyn Danzig, 1949), Danny Boy (Lyrics by Frederic Weatherly, 1910) and The Old Rugged Cross (Written by George Bennard, 1912)
• Jerry Newton is the brother of Wayne Newton

Season 7 (Episode 27)

Air Date: 3 April 1966

Writer: Don Mullally

Director: R.G. Springsteen

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Lonny Chapman (William “Will” Smith/William Warlock Evans), Jorja Curtright (Lydia Evans), Salvador Baguez (Jesus), Grandon Rhodes (Doctor), Troy Melton (Dravas, Ranch Hand), Bruno Ve Sota (Bartender)

Production Notes

• Location Scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 7 (Episode 26)

Air Date: 27 March 1966

Writer: Elliot Gilbert

Director: Maury Geraghty

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Judi Rolin (Wendy Dant), Gene Lyons (Taylor Dant), Woodrow Parfrey (Huber), Hal Baylor (Drummer), Robert B. Williams (Hotel Clerk), Grandon Rhodes (Dr. Martin), Clint Sharp (Clint, stagecoach driver)

Notable Guest Stars

Woodrow Parfrey

Judi Rolin

Production Notes

• Location Scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 7 (Episode 25)

Air Date: 20 March 1966

Writer: Helen B. Hicks

Director: R.G. Springsteen

Synopsis
Ben’s cousin Mathew turns up at the Ponderosa with his son Jamie and ward, Elizabeth. Jamie has attitude problems and Mathew asks Ben for help. Mathew goes to San Francisco on a business trip, leaving Ben to deal with Jamie in his own way.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee), Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Michael Burns (Jamie), Ross Elliott (Mathew), Tracey Olsen (Elizabeth Drew)

Production Notes

• Location Scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 7 (Episode 24)

Air Date: 6 March 1966

Teleplay: Mort Thaw

Story: Lee Pickett

Director: Virgil W. Vogel

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Nancy Gates (Claire Amory), Wesley Lau (Carl Amory), Grandon Rhodes (Doctor), Ralph Montgomery (Charlie), Norman Leavitt (Clancy – Clerk)

Notable Guest Stars

Nancy Gates

Wesley Lau

Production Notes

• Location Scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 7 (Episode 23)

Air Date: 27 February 1966

Teleplay: Robert Sabaroff

Story: Gerry Prince Young and Robert Sabaroff

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee), Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Sam Jaffe (Joshua Norton), Parley Baer (Harry Crawford), John Napier (Chris Milner), Charles Irving (Judge), Tom Palmer (George Harris), William Challee (Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain), Audrey Larkins (Woman)

Notable Guest Stars

Sam Jaffe

Production Notes

• This is the second of three episodes that Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain appears in

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Business: Crawford Mining and Development
• Location: Bulls Creek

Season 7 (Episode 22)

Air Date: 20 February 1966

Writer: Jo Pagano

Director: Ralph E. Black

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Stuart Erwin (Jester McGillicuddy), Majel Barrett (Annie Slocum), Mitzi Hoag (Libby Spencerfield), Danielle Aubry (Yvette), Claude Hall (Ned Slocum), Wynn Pearce (Jed Slocum), Sharyl Locke (Jenny McGillicuddy), Orville Sherman (Matt), Grandon Rhodes (Doctor)

Notable Guest Stars

Majel Barrett

Mitzi Hoag