Bonanza

Season 6 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 27 September 1964

Writer: Donn Mullally

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Harold J. Stone (Chad Cord), Jacqueline Scott (Willa Cord), Conlan Carter (Tip), Buck Taylor (Billy), Cal Bartlett (Len), Bill Clark (Jim)

Notable Guest Stars

Jacqueline Scott

Harold J. Stone

Buck Taylor

Production Notes

• This episode originally aired commercial free as part of a sponsorship deal between the producers and Chevrolet. The deal was to air one episode per season commercial free.

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 6 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 20 September 1964

Writer: Dan Ullman

Director: John Florea

Synopsis
Joe teaches his childhood friend, Johnny Chapman how to handle a gun. After killing a man in a gunfight, Johnny finds out that the dead man had a bounty on his head. When Joe finds out that Johnny has taken up bounty hunting, he is disappointed and wishes that he had never taught Johnny in the first place.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee)

Guest Stars
Guy Stockwell (Johnny Chapman), Valerie Allen (Olive), Ron Foster (Al Mooney), Bern Hoffman (Sam [Bartender])

Production Notes

• This season starts showing the names of the characters the guest stars played during the final credits

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Saloon: The Silver Dollar

Season 5 (Episode 34)

Air Date: 24 May 1964

Writer: Lois Hire

Director: Ralph E. Black

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Arthur Hunnicutt (Obie), Steve Brodie (Macy), James Luisi (Willard), Vic Werber (Teague)

Notable Guest Stars

Steve Brodie

Arthur Hunnicutt

James Luisi

Production Notes

• This episode is the sequel to season four’s Any Friend of Walter’s

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• The year in this episode is 1859 since it’s been sixteen years since Obie last saw his sister in 1843

Season 5 (Episode 33)

Air Date: 17 May 1964

Writer: Frank Cleaver

Director: Tay Garnett

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Guy Williams (Will Cartwright), Kathie Browne (Laura Dayton), Katie Sweet (Peggy Dayton)

Guest Stars
Grandon Rhodes (Doctor)

Production Notes

• The fourth of four episodes featuring Laura Dayton and her daughter Peggy
• The fifth of five episodes featuring Will Cartwright

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Adam and Will
• Eleven months have past since the events in The Waiting Game

Season 5 (Episode 32)

Air Date: 10 May 1964

Writer: Don Tait

Director: Tay Garnett

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Guy Williams (Will Cartwright), Kathie Browne (Laura Dayton), Katie Sweet (Peggy Dayton)

Guest Stars
Joan Blondell (Lillian “Aunt Lil” Manfred), Charles Bateman (Rick Bonner), Robert Karnes (Jeff Bonner), Bern Hoffman (Sam the Bartender), Grandon Rhodes (Doctor), Dee Carroll (Townswoman)

Notable Guest Stars

Joan Blondell

Production Notes

• Michael Landon does not appear in this episode
• The fourth of five episodes featuring Will Cartwright
• The third of four episodes featuring Laura Dayton and her daughter Peggy

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Adam and Will
• VC Business: Sam Kiley’s Saloon/Restaurant
• VC Event: Annual Independence Day Picnic – Donnevan Flats

Season 5 (Episode 31)

Air Date: 3 May 1964

Writer: William Bruckner

Director: Murray Golden

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Dennis Hopper (Dev Farnum), Susan Seaforth (Holly Burnside), Ron Starr (Jamey Boy Briggs), Lewis Charles (Wetzell), Jim Boles (Pete Burnside)

Notable Guest Stars

Dennis Hopper

Susan Seaforth

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben and Joe
• Business: Murphy’s Rooming House

Season 5 (Episode 30)

Air Date: 26 April 1964

Writers: Jessica Benson and Murray Golden

Director: Murray Golden

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
William Marshall (Thomas Bowers), Kelly Thordsen (Sam Cahill), Alice Frost (Mrs. Gable), Ken Renard (Jed), Ena Hartman (Caroline), Jason Wingreen (Luke), J. Edward McKinley (Charlie Simpson), Robert P. Lieb (Mr. Walker), Jeanne Determann (Middle-aged Woman), George Petrie (Hotel Clerk), Don Washbrook (Telegrapher – Donnie), Russ Bender (Station Master), Dorothy Neumann (Townswoman), Robert Adler (Station Master)

Notable Guest Stars

William Marshall

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Organisation: Virginia City Culture Society
• VC Business: Anderson General Store

Season 5 (Episode 29)

Air Date: 19 April 1964

Writers: Ken Pettus and John Hawkins

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Guy Williams (Will Cartwright)

Guest Stars
Frank Silvera (Mateo Ibara), Faith Domergue (Carla Ibara), Rico Alaniz (Juan Pacheco), Anthony Carbone (Vincente), Rodolfo Hoyos (Luis), Pepe Hern (Maximo), Roy Engel (Doctor), Joe Yrigoyen (Santos)

Notable Guest Stars

Faith Domergue

Frank Silvera>

Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts and Dan Blocker do not appear in this episode
• The third of five episodes featuring Will Cartwright

Season 5 (Episode 28)

Air Date: 12 April 1964

Writer: Lewis Clay

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Marlo Thomas (Tai Lee), Benson Fong (Na Shan), Philip Ahn (Wang Sai), William Fawcett (Rafe), Mike Ragan (Rod), Phil Chambers (Mr. Tindle)

Notable Guest Stars

Philip Ahn

Marlo Thomas

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 5 (Episode 27)

Air Date: 5 April 1964

Writer: Peter Packer

Director: John Florea

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Guy Williams (Will Cartwright), Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Scott Marlowe (Lee Hewitt), Julie Sommars (Emma Hewitt), James Beck (Dolph), John Hubbard (Doctor), Corey Allen (Lt. Bower), Donald Elson (Ed Wharton), Barbara Morrison (Kate Wharton), Armand Alzamora (Fletch), Stephen Holmes (Charlie)

Notable Guest Stars

Julie Sommars

Production Notes

• The second of five episodes featuring Will Cartwright

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Will

Season 5 (Episode 26)

Air Date: 29 March 1964

Teleplay: Robert V. Barron

Story: Alex Sharp and Robert V. Barron

Director: John Florea

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Bruce Yarnell (Muley Jones), Jesse White (Eskey), Jerome Cowan (Mr. Thornbridge), Strother Martin (Yuri), Ken Drake (Brave Pony), Ralph Moody (Chief White Bear), Bern Hoffman (Bartender), Billy M. Greene (Stranger in Saloon)

Notable Guest Stars

Strother Martin

Jesse White

Bruce Yarnell

Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts and Michael Landon do not appear in this episode
• The first of two episodes featuring the Cartwrights’ cousin Muley Jones (Hound Dog)
• Songs: Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms (1808); Wait for the Wagon (1850); Beautiful Dreamer (1864)

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 5 (Episode 25)

Air Date: 22 March 1964

Writer: Jack Turley

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Guy Williams (Will Cartwright)

Guest Stars
Arch Johnson (Butler), Robert Wilke (Marshal Hollister), Gregg Palmer (Gannett), Hugh Sanders (Dr. Moore), I. Stanford Jolley (Liveryman), Bill Clark (Jenner), James Tartan (Townsman), Ralph Montgomery (Bartender)

Notable Guest Stars

Arch Johnson

Robert Wilke

Production Notes

• First of five episodes where Guy Williams plays the nephew of Ben Cartwright
• This episode introduced Guy Williams as Ben’s nephew Will Cartwright. He was intended to be a possible replacement for Pernell Roberts, who was considering leaving at that time.

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Will