Bonanza – Season 9

Season 9 (Episode 22)

Air Date: 3 March 1968

Writer: Walter Black

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
David Canary (Candy)

Guest Stars
Sidney Blackmer (Samuel Endicott), Bert Freed (Broom), William Campbell (Wilburn White), Simon Scott (Judge John Faraday), George Gaynes (Purdy), Tyler McVey (Porter)

Notable Guest Stars

William Campbell

George Gaynes

Simon Scott

Production Notes

• Parts of this episode’s background music (by David Rose) was incorporated later into musical themes on Little House on the Prairie

Episode Notes

• At the beginning of this episode, the year stated is 1868
• Samuel Carter Endicott is a senator from California
• The State Nomination Convention is held in Carson City on May 12-14
• Businesses: Carson City Stage Lines; Cattleman’s Hotel
• Location: San Francisco

Season 9 (Episode 21)

Air Date: 25 February 1968

Writer: Joel Murcott

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
David Canary (Candy)

Guest Stars
Noah Beery Jr. (Johnny Mule), Coleen Gray (Marcy), Lee Patterson (Virgil Lowden), Jack Ging (Cleve Lowden), John Archer (Prosecutor), John Lodge (Deputy), Bruno Ve Sota (Bartender)

Notable Guest Stars

Jack Ging

Coleen Gray

Production Notes

• Original Title: The Trial of Johnny Mule

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 9 (Episode 20)

Air Date: 18 February 1968

Writer: Arthur Dales

Director: Seymour Robbie

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Robert Drivas (Tracy Blaine), Leo Gordon (Fargo Taylor), Conlan Carter (Clay Taylor), Peter Leeds (Bartender)

Notable Guest Stars

Robert Drivas

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe
• Town: Smithville

Season 9 (Episode 19)

Air Date: 4 February 1968

Writer: B.W. Sandefur

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
David Canary (Candy)

Guest Stars
Kim Hunter (Ada Halle), James Best (Vern Schaler), John Doucette (Cash Talbott), Myron Healey (Williams), Robert Patten (Pardee), David Pritchard (Ned), Ken Drake (Jackson), John Day Douglas (Conrad)

Notable Guest Stars

Kim Hunter

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Town: Spanish Wells

Season 9 (Episode 18)

Air Date: 28 January 1968

Teleplay: William H. Wright

Story: Carol Saraceno

Director: John Rich

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
David Canary (Candy), Bing Russell (Clem)

Guest Stars
Dawn Wells (Moon Holt), Michael Murphy (Will Holt), Bobby Riha (Bridger Gore), Victor French (Aaron Gore), Gregg Palmer (Muley), Robert Foulk (Deputy Pete), Iron Eyes Cody (Long Bear), Bill Clark (Jonas)

Notable Guest Stars

Iron Eyes Cody

Gregg Palmer

Dawn Wells

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 9 (Episode 17)

Air Date: 21 January 1968

Writer: Walter Black

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Albert Salmi (Marcus Alley), Richard Carlson (Arch Hollenbeck), Ken Tobey (Heath), Anna Navarro (Prudence Welles), Myron Healey (Johannsen), Bill Quinn (Allison), John Lodge (Terry), John Zaremba (Charles), Michael Kriss (Welles), Jon Lormer (Lamar)

Notable Guest Stars

Richard Carlson

Bill Quinn

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• The last time Josiah and Alley saw each other was just after the Big Winter of 1864. They meet again in Virginia City, four years later, which means that this episode is set in approximately 1868.

Season 9 (Episode 16)

Air Date: 14 January 1968

Writer: William H. Wright

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis
Cato Troxell threatens to kill Judge Neely in front of witnesses, including the Cartwrights. When Neely is killed, Troxell has the perfect alibi…a group photo taken at The Ponderosa. The problem is that no-one can remember Troxell being there.

Recurring Actors/Characters
David Canary (Candy)

Guest Stars
Jack Albertson (Enos Blessing), Sheilah Wells (George), Gerald Mohr (Cato Troxell), Fred Clark (Judge Neely), Andy Devine (Roscoe), Patsy Kelly (Mrs. Neely), Harry Harvey (Dr. Martin – Coroner), Steve Raines (Deputy Sheriff Milo)

Notable Guest Stars

Jack Albertson

Fred Clark

Andy Devine

Sheilah Wells

Episode Notes

• This episode is set in September 1868. Isham Troxell’s trial was on September 1 and he was sentenced to hang on the week beginning September 6.
• Dr. Martin is the County Coroner

Season 9 (Episode 15)

Air Date: 7 January 1968

Teleplay: Reuben Bercovitch

Story: Frederick Louis Fox

Director: Marc Daniels

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
David Canary (Candy), Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Warren Stevens (Sam Brogan), Bruce Dern (Cully Mako), Warren Vanders (Buzz), Ted Gehring (Grifty), Robert Lieb (Evans), Christopher Shea (Sean), James Sikking (Kevin Mako), Arthur Peterson (Snell)

Notable Guest Stars

Bruce Dern

James Sikking

Production Notes

• Michael Landon does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 9 (Episode 14)

Air Date: 24 December 1967

Writer: Ward Hawkins

Director: Don Daves

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Wally Cox (Professor Albert McNulty), Paul Fix (Barney Webb), Caroline Richter (Casey Webb), Kelly Thordsen (Vern Higgins), Dub Taylor (Simon), Chubby Johnson (Cash), Mike de Anda (Corrales)

Notable Guest Stars

Wally Cox

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 9 (Episode 13)

Air Date: 17 December 1967

Writer: Jack Miller

Director: Gerald Mayer

Synopsis
Hoss and Andy Buchanan witness a murder. Frank Scott is hanged on their testimony. When Hoss sees another man who is the spitting image of Scott in Carson City, he knows that the wrong man was convicted and he has to prove that Barnes was the murderer.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Simon Oakland (Mel Barnes and Frank Scott), Nita Talbot (Gladys), Carl Reindel (Andy Buchanan), Shannon Farnon (Eleanor Eades), John Hubbard (Arnold Eades), Tol Avery (Judge), Harlan Warde (Monroe), Byron Morrow (Belden), Claudia Bryar (Mrs. Scott)

Notable Guest Stars

Carl Reindel

Nita Talbot

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Businesses: Palace Hotel; Carson City Land Co.

Season 9 (Episode 12)

Air Date: 3 December 1967

Teleplay: Robert I. Holt and Olney Sherman

Story: Robert I. Holt

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis
The Cartwrights get involved with Jayce Fredericks after he is injured in an explosion. Joe and Candy buy a horse on his behalf only to have it stolen by men working for Jayce’s uncle Gabriel Bingham…a man who will do anything to stop his nephew from starting his own ranch.

Recurring Actors/Characters
David Canary (Candy)

Guest Stars
James MacArthur (Jayce Fredericks), Patricia Hyland (Kathy), Ford Rainey (Gabriel Bingham), Charles Maxwell (Rio), Robert Karnes (Sheriff Buhler), William Fawcett (Asa), Tom Fadden (Cowboy)

Notable Guest Stars

James MacArthur

Production Notes

• Location Scenes Filmed at Ponderosa Ranch, Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Featured Character: Candy
• Town: Rimville

Season 9 (Episode 11)

Air Date: 26 November 1967

Teleplay: William Jerome and Michael Landon

Story: William Jerome

Director: Don Daves

Synopsis
An old friend of Ben’s arrives in Virginia City and asks him to invest some money in a local business. When Ben finds out the money was obtained illegally he has to get out of the business deal he has made and ends up paying exorbitant damages. His friends decides to take matters into his own hands to help Ben out.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Burgess Meredith (Onie Dugan), David Lewis (Hubert Giblin), Richard X. Slattery (McCoy), Judy Parker (Julie Dugan), Hal Baylor (Tierney), Don Haggerty (Patrick O’Neill), Grandon Rhodes (Dr. Martin), Liam Dunn (Father O’Brien)

Notable Guest Stars

Hal Baylor

Burgess Meredith

Production Notes

• Song: Living the Life of Riley

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Saloons: The Silver Dollar; Golden Horseshoe
• Business: Cartwright Lumber Company