Bonanza

Season 7 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 3 October 1965

Writer: Thomas Thompson

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Ed Begley (Clint Watson), Tom Simcox (Andy Watson), Richard Evans (Ellis Watson)

Production Notes

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

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe
• Ben narrates part of this episode
• Adam is mentioned a few times during the episode
• Town: Placerville

Season 7 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 26 September 1965

Writer: Paul Schneider

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Michael Dante (Miguel Ortega), Ramon Navarro (Jose Ortega), Adam Williams (Mueller), Sidney Smith (Minton), Roy Jenson (Harry), Bill Clark (Jim),  Grandon Rhodes (Doctor), Bruno Ve Sota (Bartender)

Notable Guest Stars

Michael Dante

Ramon Navarro

Grandon Rhodes

Season 7 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 19 September 1965

Writers: John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Tom Tully (Sundown Davis), Anthony Call (Billy Davis), Elizabeth Perry (Ruthie), Kelly Thordsen (Drugan), Walter Sande (Hamilton), John Hubbard (Doctor Snell), Dayton Lummis (Judge O’Hare), John Archer (Powell), Lincoln Demyan (Hicks)

Notable Guest Stars

Tom Tully

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 7 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 12 September 1965

Writer: William Blinn

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Tommy Sands (Wiley Kane), Brooke Bundy (Annie Kane), Ford Rainey (Sam Kane)

Notable Guest Stars

Brooke Bundy

Tommy Sands

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe

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