Bonanza

Season 9 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 12 November 1967

Teleplay: Sidney Ellis and Robert Vincent Wright

Story: Sidney Ellis

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Kim Darby (Trudy Loughlin), Tom Tully (Burt Loughlin), William Bryant (Harper), King Moody (Carter), Duane Grey (Townsman), Matt Emery (Official)

Notable Guest Stars

Kim Darby

Tom Tully

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe
• Location: Lone Pine Canyon
• The horse race is the 6th Annual Virginia City Stake Race. It is five miles long and the winner gets $1000

Season 9 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 5 November 1967

Writer: John Hawkins

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis
The Cartwrights and Candy arrive in Coulter Corners only to find the town deserted after an attack by the Paiutes. During a search, they find Josh Tanner and later Mary Burns the only survivors. Due to the danger, they all leave for Virginia City together in the hopes of getting there safely.

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

Guest Stars
Steve Forrest (Josh Tanner), Tina Louise (Mary Burns), James Forrest (Paul Burns)

Notable Guest Stars

Tina Louise

Production Notes

• Location scenes filmed at Ponderosa Ranch, Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Episode Notes

• According to one of the gravestones, this episode was set in 1868
• Town: Coulter Corners

Season 9 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 29 October 1967

Writer: Frank Chase

Director: Harry Harris

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Clem), Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Robert Walker (Mark Cole), Lana Wood (Dana Dawson), Pat Conway (Frank Cole), Douglas Henderson (Major Dawson), Stuart Anderson (Henry Trask)

Notable Guest Stars

Robert Walker

Lana Wood

Production Notes

• Michael Landon does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Ranch Hands: Charlie and Bill

Season 9 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 22 October 1967

Writer: Eric Norden

Director: Michael Moore

Synopsis
Joe, Hoss, Candy and Valerie Townsend are witnesses to robbery and murder. A trial for one of the gang members, Billy Slater won’t happen for a few days and so the four witnesses are held in protective custody. After a numerous attempts to try and kill the witnesses, the trial proceeds but things aren’t as straightforward as they seem.

Recurring Actors/Characters
David Canary (Candy)

Guest Stars
Davey Davison (Valerie Townsend), Michael Blodgett (Billy Slater), Bill Fletcher (Doug Slater), Robert McQueeney (Sheriff Dunkel), Frederic Downs (Matt Haskell), Jerry Douglas (Jeremiah), Russ Conway (Judge Horace Wheeler), Len Hendry (Deputy Jensen), Frank Gerstle (Strand), Bill Henry (Farrell)

Notable Guest Stars

Michael Blodgett

Davey Davison

Production Notes

• Lorne Greene does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Hoss and Joe
• Featured Character: Candy
• Businesses: Sand Dust Cattle Company, Wilson’s Hotel
• Town: Sand Dust

Season 9 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 15 October 1967

Writer: Walter Black

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
David Canary (Candy)

Guest Stars
Richard Jaeckel (Dibbs), Ron Hayes (Donnie Butler), Joan Freeman (Kelly Lincrom), Teno Pollick (Carew), William Jordan (Rusher), James Wainwright (Webster), Grandon Rhodes (Dr. Martin), Eve McVeagh (Harriet Guthrie)

Notable Guest Stars

Joan Freeman

Richard Jaeckel

Eve McVeagh

Grandon Rhodes

James Wainwright

Production Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Joe and Hoss
• Featured Character: Candy

Season 9 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 8 October 1967

Writer: Walter Black

Director: John Rich

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
David Canary (Candy)

Guest Stars
Barry Sullivan (Dayton Fuller), Brooke Bundy (Mary Elizabeth Fuller), Arch Johnson (A. Z. Wheelock), Robert Brubaker (Sheriff Henning), James Griffith (Deputy Sheriff Gibbs), Vaughn Taylor (Eggers), Dabbs Greer (Prosecuting Attorney Dawes), Rusty Lane (Judge), Olan Soule (Telegrapher)

Notable Guest Stars

Brooke Bundy

Production Notes

• Original title: Judgment at Olympia

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Hoss and Joe
• Featured Character: Candy
• Business: A.Z. Wheelock ~ Investments and Properties

Season 9 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 1 October 1967

Writer: James Amesbury

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
John Saxon (Blas), John Kellogg (Anderson), Mike de Anda (Quail), Carlos Rivas (Miguel), Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr (Emiliano), Eddie Ryder (Perkins), King Moody (Charlie), Clyde Howdy (Boke), Jim Boles (Aldrich)

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Business: Virginia City Bank

Season 9 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 24 September 1967

Teleplay: John Hawkins

Story: Gil Lasky and Abe Polsky

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
David Canary (Candy)

Guest Stars
Gene Rutherford (Sergeant Ankers), Michael Forrest (Wabuska), Ron Foster (Steve), Richard Hale (Chief Winnettka), Ben Gage (Deputy Pete Hansen), John Matthews (Colonel Brill), Kip Whitman (Tim Kelly)

Notable Guest Stars

Michael Forrest

Production Notes

• David Canary’s first episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 9 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 17 September 1967

Teleplay: John Hawkins and Paul Schneider

Story: Paul Schneider

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
James Gregory (Mulvaney), Bettye Ackerman (Estelle Dawson), Joe De Santis (Dr. Isaac Dawson), Douglas Kennedy (Jonathon Frazier), Jane Zachary (Anna Mulvaney), Ken Drake (Breck), James Beck (Lt. March), Martin Eric (Telegrapher)

Notable Guest Stars

Bettye Ackerman

Douglas Kennedy

Production Notes

• Production Title: The Losers

Season 8 (Episode 34)

Air Date: 14 May 1967

Writer: James Amesbury

Director: Don Daves

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Robert Middleton (Shasta), George Chandler (Gus Schultz), William Bakewell (Henshaw), Lane Bradford (Pike), Bob Anderson (Fallon), Phil Chambers (Wesley), Grandon Rhodes (Doctor), Lincoln Demyan (Slade)

Notable Guest Stars

Robert Middleton

Production Notes

• Lorne Greene narrates in character at the end of the episode

Episode Notes

• Business: Shasta Mining Co.

Season 8 (Episode 33)

Air Date: 7 May 1967

Writer: U.S. Andersen

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Zsa Zsa Gabor (Madama Marova), Kathleen Freeman (Dorothy Hibbs), Del Moore (Hank), Doodles Weaver (Barney)

Notable Guest Stars

Kathleen Freeman

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 8 (Episode 32)

Air Date: 30 April 1967

Writer: Chester Krumholz

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Nina Foch (Clarissa Cartwright), Roy Roberts (George Bristol), Robert Foulk (Peterson), Ken Mayer (Harry Baker), Louise Lorimer (Elvira Peterson), Norman Leavitt (Telegrapher)

Notable Guest Stars

Nina Foch

Roy Roberts

Production Notes

• This is the second of two appearances by Roy Roberts as George Bristol

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben