Bonanza

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

Season 6 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 8 November 1964

Writers: Jessica Benson and Murray Golden

Director: Murray Golden

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Ernest Truex (“Square Deal” Sam Washburn), Nydia Westman (Martha Washburn), Sandy Kenyon (Gibson), Danny Flower (Danny), Sidney Smith (Judge)

Notable Guest Stars

Nydia Westman

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 6 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 1 November 1964

Writers: Richard Shapiro and Esther Mayesh

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Bruce Cabot (Reed Laramore), Walter Brooke (Tobias W. Finch), Charles Maxwell (Pickard), James Bell (Pop), Dal Jenkins (Raymond), Preston Pierce (Mike), Anthony Jochim (Deputy Sheriff), John Harmon (Telegrapher)

Notable Guest Stars

Bruce Cabot

Production Notes

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

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Adam
• Dime Novel: True Life Adventures of Captain Billy Whipple Privateer by Tobias Wentworth Finch

Season 6 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 25 October 1964

Writer: Rod Peterson

Director: Christian Nyby

Synopsis

Guest Stars
George Kennedy (Waldo Watson), Sandra Walker (Nancy Collins), Richard Devon (Weaver), Jon Lormer (Joe Collins), Troy Melton (Reese), Bill Catching (Pitts)

Notable Guest Stars

George Kennedy

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 6 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 18 October 1964

Teleplay: Ken Pettus

Story: Robert Sabaroff

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee)

Guest Stars
Dan Duryea (Sam Logan), John Kellogg (Frank Reed), Virginia Gregg (Angie Malone), Tim McIntire (Mike Crawford), Russ Bender (George), Jack Carol (Hotel Clerk)

Notable Guest Stars

Dan Duryea

Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts and Michael Landon do not appear in this episode (Adam and Joe are in San Francisco)

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 6 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 11 October 1964

Writer: Jerry Adelman

Director: Christian Nyby

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee)

Guest Stars
Rory Calhoun (Tom Wilson), Linda Foster (Sue Miller), Tom Skerritt (Jerry), Barbara Wilkin (Matilda), John Mitchum (Grimes)

Notable Guest Stars

Rory Calhoun

John Mitchum

Tom Skerritt

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Adam

Season 6 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 4 October 1964

Writer: Jo Pagano

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Aldo Ray (Lafe Jessup), Kathryn Hays (Prudence Jessup)

Notable Guest Stars

Kathryn Hays

Aldo Ray

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss