Category:Bonanza

Season 6 (Episode 20)

Air Date: 7 February 1965

Writers: Blair Robertson and Hazel Swanson

Director: Herbert L. Strock

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Ed Wynn (Professor Phineas T. Klump), Marlyn Mason (Amanda)

Notable Guest Stars

Ed Wynn

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 6 (Episode 19)

Air Date: 31 January 1965

Writers: Leo Gordon and Paul Leslie Peil

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Earl Holliman (Sherman Clegg), Robert Wilke (Al Simmons), Don Collier (Ira Tatum), Harry Carey Jr. (Bill Shelton), Ina Victor (Cynthie Tatum), I. Stanford Jolley (Holtzmeier)

Notable Guest Stars

Harry Carey Jr.

Don Collie

Earl Holliman

Robert Wilke

Production Notes

• Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Adam

Season 6 (Episode 18)

Air Date: 24 January 1965

Writer: Frank Chase

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Barrie Chase (Kellie Conrad), Warren Stevens (Paul Mandel), Douglas Fowley (Ned Conrad), Hugh Sanders (Mine Owner), Read Morgan (Tad Blake)

Notable Guest Stars

Barrie Chase

Douglas Fowley

Warren Stevens

Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts and Michael Landon do not appear in this episode
• Frank Chase wrote this episode for his sister Barrie Chase, who was a ballet dancer

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 6 (Episode 17)

Air Date: 17 January 1965

Writer: Suzanne Clauser

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Joan Hackett (Margarita Miguel), Cesare Danova (Luis), Susan Silo (Eleana Miguel), Jay Novello (Don Miguel), Eugene Iglesias (Carlos), Valentin de Vargas (Manuel)

Notable Guest Stars

Cesare Danova<

Joan Hackett

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Adam

Season 6 (Episode 16)

Air Date: 10 January 1965

Writer: Mort R. Lewis

Director: Bernard J. McEveety

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Brenda Scott (Lucy Melviney), Warren Vanders (Tuck), Stacy Harris (Martin Melviney), X Brands (Sharp Tongue), Jack Bighead (Tall Brave)

Notable Guest Stars

Brenda Scott

Warren Vanders

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe

Season 6 (Episode 15)

Air Date: 3 January 1965

Teleplay: Frank Cleaver

Story: Tom Davison

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Johnny Seven (Trager), Joan Huntington (Lily), Mel Berger (Big Ed), Bern Hoffman (Sam [Bartender]), Olan Soule (Ira), Howard Wendell (Banker)

Notable Guest Stars

Johnny Seven

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe and Hoss
• Virginia City’s Founders’ Day is held on a Saturday
• Saloon: The Silver Dollar

Season 6 (Episode 14)

Air Date: 27 December 1964

Writer: Warren Douglas

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Anthony Caruso (Charlie), Donald Barry (Bud Claggett), Virginia Christine (Martha Hale), Vickie Cos (Angela Hale), William Tannen (Lem), Myron Healy (Buck)

Notable Guest Stars

Anthony Caruso

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Ben quotes all of Psalm 23
• Charlie’s real name is Red Eagle
• Saloon: The Silver Dollar

Season 6 (Episode 13)

Air Date: 20 December 1964

Writer: Robert V. Barron

Director: Vincent McEveety

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Henry Jones (Arthur/Leo), Charles Watts (Sheriff Munsey), Robert Sorrells (Deputy Cyril), Zeme North (Phoebe), Rodolfo Acosta (Juan), Raymond Guth (Stage Driver)

Notable Guest Stars

Henry Jones

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Adam
• Town: Morris Flats

Season 6 (Episode 12)

Air Date: 13 December 1964

Writer: Don Mullally

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Charles Bronson (Harry Starr), Tom Reese (Lee Burton), Bill Clark (Warren), Robert Hoy (Klawson), Henry Wills (Stokey), Mimi Walters (Marie)

Notable Guest Stars

Charles Bronson

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Saloon: The Silver Dollar

Season 6 (Episode 11)

Air Date: 6 December 1964

Writer: Mort R. Lewis

Director: John Florea

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee)

Guest Stars
James Gregory (Whitney Parker), William Mims (Evans), Booth Colman (Flint Durfee), Michael Petit (Benji), Hal Baylor (Ev Durfee), Dave Willock (Deeter)

Notable Guest Stars

Booth Colman

James Gregory

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 6 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 22 November 1964

Writer: Alex Sharp

Director: John Florea

Synopsis
Joe convinces Hoss to wrestle Bearcat at Tweedy’s Circus which results in Hoss fracturing some of Bearcat’s ribs. So, in recompense for the income Tweedy will lose, Hoss stays on with Tweedy. After a month of fighting bouts, Joe and Hoss want to collect the money that Tweedy owes them. Tweedy, however, has lost all his money gambling and instead gives them something else. The two Cartwright boys arrive home with Old Sheba, an elephant. Ben isn’t happy and sets about trying to get rid of the elephant.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee)

Guest Stars
William Demarest (Angus Tweedy), Henry Kulky (Bearcat), Phil Chambers (Anderson), Clegg Hoyt (Barney)

Notable Guest Stars

William Demarest

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Joe, Hoss and Ben
• VC Business: Anderson’s Mercantile

Season 6 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 15 November 1964

Writer: Ed Adamson

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Richard Jaeckel (Mitch Devlin), Bob Biheller (Ken), Bob Miles (Les)

Notable Guest Stars

Richard Jaeckel

Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• The Cartwrights have sheep on the Ponderosa
• Saloon: The Silver Dollar