Bonanza – Recurring Characters – Season 9

Other Recurring Characters

  • Dr. Martin (Grandon Rhodes) – 2 episodes
  • Bartender (Bruno Ve Sota) – 3 episodes

David Canary

Candy Canaday (David Canary)

Episodes
Sense of Duty; Judgment at Olympus; Night of Reckoning; False Witness; Desperate Passage; Showdown at Tahoe; Check Rein; The Trackers; A Girl Named George; The Burning Sky; The Price of Salt; The Crime of Johnny Mule; The Late Ben Cartwright; Star Crossed; Trouble Town; Commitment at Angelus; To Die in Darkness; The Bottle Fighter; The Arrival of Eddie; The Stronghold; Pride of a Man; A Severe Case of Matrimony

 


Victor Sen Yung

Hop Sing (Victor Sen Yung)

Episodes
The Gentle Ones; The Sure Thing; Six Black Horses; The Gold Detector; A Severe Case of Matrimony; Stage Door Johnnies

 

 


Ray Teal

Roy Coffee (Ray Teal)

  • Virginia City Sheriff

Episodes
The Conquistadores; Justice Deferred; The Trackers; The Thirteenth Man; Blood Tie; Stage Door Johnnies

 


Bing Russell

Clem Foster (Bing Russell)

  • Virginia City Deputy Sheriff

Episodes
The Gentle Ones; Desperate Passage; Showdown at Tahoe; The Burning Sky; The Arrival of Eddie

 

← Season 8 Season 10 →

Bonanza – Recurring Characters – Season 8

Other Recurring Characters

  • Dr. Martin (Grandon Rhodes) – 4 episodes
  • Bartender (Bruno Ve Sota) – 2 episodes
  • Georgio Rossi (Jack Kruschen) -1 episode
  • Maria Rossi (Penny Santon) – 1 episode
  • Regina Rossi (Brioni Farrell) – 1 episode
  • Lorenzo Rossi (Michael Stefani) – 1 episode

Victor Sen Yung

Hop Sing (Victor Sen Yung)

Episodes
To Bloom for Thee; Four Sisters from Boston; Ballad of the Ponderosa; Tommy; A Christmas Story; Ponderosa Explosion; Justice; A Bride for Buford; A Woman in the House; Joe Cartwright, Detective; Dark Enough to See the Stars; The Prince; A Man Without Land; Napoleon’s Children; The Wormwood Cup; Clarissa; Maestro Hoss

 


Bing Russell

Clem Foster (Bing Russell)

  • Virginia City Deputy Sheriff

Episodes
Horse of a Different Hue; To Bloom for Thee; The Oath; Justice; Joe Cartwright, Detective; The Deed and the Dilemma; A Man Without Land; Napoleon’s Children; The Wormwood Cup

 


Ray Teal

Roy Coffee (Ray Teal)

  • Virginia City Sheriff

Episodes
Four Sisters from Boston; Old Charlie; Tommy; A Christmas Story; A Bride for Buford; Amigo; Clarissa; Maestro Hoss; The Greedy Ones

 

← Season 7 Season 9 →

Bonanza – Recurring Characters – Season 7

Other Recurring Characters

  • Doctor (Grandon Rhodes) – 7 episodes
  • Mr. Potts (Eddie Firestone) – 1 episode
  • Georgio Rossi (Jack Kruschen) – 1 episode
  • Maria Rossi (Penny Santon) – 1 episode
  • Regina Rossi (Brioni Farrell) – 1 episode
  • Lorenzo Rossi (Michael Stefani) 1 episode

Victor Sen Yung

Hop Sing (Victor Sen Yung)

Episodes
A Natural Wizard; To Kill a Buffalo; Ride the Wind ~ Part I; Ride the Wind ~ Part II; Three Brides for Hoss; The Emperor Norton; The Trouble with Jamie; The Fighters; Home from the Sea; The Last Mission; A Dollar’s Worth of Trouble

 

 


Ray Teal

Roy Coffee (Ray Teal)

  • Virginia City Sheriff

Episodes
The Debt; The Dilemma; The Lonely Runner; Found Child; Five Sundowns to Sunup; A Dublin Lad; Destiny’s Child; The Emperor Norton; The Trouble with Jamie; A Dollar’s Worth of Trouble

 

← Season 6 Season 8 →

Bonanza – Recurring Characters – Season 6

Other Recurring Characters

  • Doctor (Grandon Rhodes) – 4 episodes
  • Muley Jones (Bruce Yarnell) – 1 episode
  • Mr. Potts (Eddie Firestone) – 1 episode

Ray Teal
Roy Coffee (Ray Teal)

  • Virginia City Sheriff
  • Plays checkers with Hoss (Once a Doctor)

Episodes
Invention of a Gunfighter; Thanks for Everything, Friend; Logan’s Treasure; Old Sheba; A Man to Admire; The Underdog; A Knight to Remember; The Saga of Squaw Charlie; The Flannel-Mouth Gun; The Deadliest Game; Once a Doctor; Hound Dog; The Trap; Dead and Gone; A Good Night’s Rest; Lothario Larkin; The Return; Patchwork Man


Hop Sing (Victor Sen Yung)

  • Likes to play poker (Square Deal Sam)
  • Calls Ben “Mr. Cartwright” and Joe – “Mr. Joe” (The Flapjack Contest)

Episodes
Square Deal Sam; The Flapjack Contest; The Spotlight

 


Bing Russell

Clem Foster (Bing Russell)

  • Virginia City Deputy Sheriff

Episode
Square Deal Sam

 

← Season 5 Season 7 →

Bonanza – Recurring Characters – Season 5

Other Recurring Characters

  • Doctor (Grandon Rhodes) – 2 episodes
  • Big Jim Leyton (Slim Pickens) – 1 episode
  • Muley Jones (Bruce Yarnell) – 1 episode
  • Obie (Arthur Hunnicutt) – 1 episode
  • Macy (Steve Brodie) – 1 episode
  • Teague (Vic Werber) – 1 episode
  • Willard (Jame Luisi) – 1 episode

Ray Teal

Roy Coffee (Ray Teal)

  • Virginia City Sheriff

Episodes
A Passion for Justice; Rain from Heaven; The Legacy; Hoss and the Leprechauns; My Son, My Son; The Gentleman from New Orleans; The Pure Truth; No Less a Man; The Saga of Muley Jones; The Roper; Enter Thomas Bowers

 


Victor Sen Yung

Hop Sing (Victor Sen Yung)

Episodes
She Walks in Beauty; The Prime of Life; My Son, My Son; Love Me Not; A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay

 

 


Guy Williams

Will Cartwright (Guy Williams)

Episodes
Return to Honor; The Roper; The Companeros; The Pressure Game; Triangle

 

 


Kathie Browne

Laura Dayton (Kathie Browne)

Episodes
The Waiting Game; The Cheating Game; The Pressure Game; Triangle

 

 


Katie Sweet

Peggy Dayton (Katie Sweet)

Episodes
The Waiting Game; The Cheating Game; The Pressure Game; Triangle

 

 


Bing Russell

Clem Foster (Bing Russell)

  • Virginia City Deputy Sheriff

Episode
Rain from Heaven

 

← Season 4 Season 6 →

Bonanza – Recurring Characters – Season 4

Other Recurring Characters

  • Big Jim Leyton (Slim Pickens) – 1 episode
  • Obie (Arthur Hunnicutt) – 1 episode
  • Macy (Steve Brodie) – 1 episode
  • Teague (Vic Werber) – 1 episode
  • Willard (Jame Luisi) – 1 episode

Ray Teal

Roy Coffee (Ray Teal)

  • Virginia City Sheriff

Episodes
The First Born; Knight Errant; The Beginning; The Jury; Elegy for a Hangman; The Last Haircut

 


Victor Sen Yung

Hop Sing (Victor Sen Yung)

Episodes
The Good Samaritan; Half a Rogue; The Actress; Saga of Whizzer McGee; The Thunder Man

 

 


Bing Russell

Clem Foster (Bing Russell)

  • Virginia City Deputy Sheriff

Episodes
Half a Rogue; The Hayburner; Mirror of a Man; The Thunder Man

 

← Season 3 Season 5 →

Bonanza – Recurring Characters – Season 3

Other Recurring Characters


Ray Teal

Roy Coffee (Ray Teal)

  • Virginia City Sheriff
  • Away at Easter time (Blessed Are They)

Episodes
The Smiler; The Burma Rarity; The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch; The Frenchman; Land Grab; The Ride; The Auld Sod; Gift of Water; The Guilty; The Lawmaker

 


Victor Sen Yung

Hop Sing (Victor Sen Yung)

  • Away at Easter time (Blessed Are They)

Episodes
The Burma Rarity; The Countess; Day of the Dragon; The Frenchman; Gabrielle; Land Grab; The Lady from Baltimore; The Mountain Girl

 

← Season 2 Season 4 →

Bonanza – Recurring Characters – Season 2

Other Recurring Characters


Ray Teal

Roy Coffee (Ray Teal)

  • Virginia City Sheriff
  • Goes away to Carson City (The Secret)

Episodes
Showdown; The Ape; The Blood Line; The Spitfire; Bank Run; The Dark Gate; The Duke; The Rival; The Thunderhead Swindle; Sam Hill

 


Bonanza

Hop Sing (Victor Sen Yung)

  • Goes back to Hong Kong (Badge of Honor)

Episodes
The Tax Collector; The Rescue

 

← Season 1 Season 3 →

Bonanza – Recurring Characters – Season 1

Other Recurring Characters


Victor Sen Yung

Hop Sing (Victor Sen Yung)

  • Father: Hop Ling (A Rose for Lotta)

Episodes
A Rose for Lotta; Enter Mark Twain; The Julia Bulette Story; The Saga of Annie O’Toole; Mr. Henry Comstock; The Magnificent Adah; The Sisters; The Last Hunt; The Fear Merchants; The Spanish Grant; The Stranger; San Francisco; Feet of Clay

 

Season 2 →

Bonanza – Crew – Season 1

Art Direction

  • Hal Pereira
  • Earl Hedrick

Assistant Director

  • Daniel J. McCauley: A Rose for Lotta; Death on Sun Mountain; The Julia Bulette Story; The Saga of Annie O’Toole; The Magnificent Adah; The Truckee Strip; The Hanging Posse; The Sisters; El Toro Grande; Dark Star
  • Henry (Bud) Brill: The Newcomers; The Paiute War; Enter Mark Twain; The Philip Diedesheimer Story; Mr. Henry Comstock; The Outcast; A House Divided; The Fear Merchants; Blood on the Land; Desert Justice; Escape to Ponderosa; The Last Trophy; Feet of Clay; Death at Dawn
  • Ned Dobson: The Gunmen; The Spanish Grant
  • Don Roberts: The Stranger; The Avenger; Bitter Water
  • John E. Burch: San Francisco

Casting Supervisor

  • William Maybery (from The Paiute War onwards)

Color Consultant

  • Alex Quiroga (all except A Rose for Lotta)

Dances Staged by

  • Miriam Nelson: Mr. Henry Comstock

Director of Photography

  • Lester Shorr (all except A Rose for Lotta)
  • Bert Glennon: A Rose for Lotta

Editor

  • Ellsworth Hoagland: Death on Sun Mountain; The Paiute War; The Magnificent Adah; The Hanging Posse; A House Divided; The Spanish Grant; The Stranger; The Last Trophy; Dark Star
  • Marvin Coil: The Newcomers; The Julia Bulette Story; Mr. Henry Comstock; The Truckee Strip; The Sisters; Blood on the Land; Escape to Ponderosa; San Francisco; Feet of Clay
  • Everett Douglas: Enter Mark Twain; The Saga of Annie O’Toole;The Philip Diedesheimer Story; El Toro Grande; The Outcast; The Fear Merchants; Desert Justice; The Avenger; Bitter Water; Death at Dawn

Film Editor

  • Arthur P. Schmidt: A Rose for Lotta

Hairstyle Supervision

  • Nellie Manley (all except A Rose for Lotta)

Makeup Supervision

  • Wally Westmore (all except A Rose for Lotta)

Music: David Rose

Music Supervision

  • Raoul Krauskaar: A Rose for Lotta

Process Photography

  • Farciot Edouart: Desert Justice; The Stranger

Set Decoration

  • Sam Comer
  • Grace Gregory: A Rose for Lotta; The Truckee Strip; The Hanging Posse; The Sisters; El Toro Grande; The Outcast; A House Divided; The Gunmen; The Fear Merchants; The Spanish Grant; Blood on the Land; Desert Justice; The Stranger; Escape to Ponderosa; The Avenger; The Last Trophy; San Francisco; Bitter Water; Feet of Clay; Dark Star; Death at Dawn
  • Robert Benton: Death on Sun Mountain; The Newcomers; The Paiute War; Enter Mark Twain; The Julia Bulette Story; The Saga of Annie O’Toole; The Philip Diedesheimer Story; Mr. Henry Comstock; The Magnificent Adah

Sound Recording

  • Winston Leverett
  • Harold Lewis: A Rose for Lotta; Enter Mark Twain; The Magnificent Adah; The Truckee Strip; The Hanging Posse; The Sisters; El Toro Grande; The Outcast; A House Divided; The Gunmen; The Fear Merchants; The Spanish Grant; Blood on the Land; Desert Justice; The Stranger; Escape to Ponderosa; The Avenger; The Last Trophy; San Francisco; Bitter Water; Feet of Clay; Dark Star; Death at Dawn
  • Lyle Figland: Death on Sun Mountain; The Newcomers; The Paiute War; The Julia Bulette Story; The Saga of Annie O’Toole; The Philip Diedesheimer Story
  • Hugo Grenzbach: Mr. Henry Comstock

Story Consultant

  • Leonard Heideman: The Spanish Grant; Blood on the Land; Desert Justice; The Stranger; Escape to Ponderosa; The Avenger; The Last Trophy; San Francisco; Bitter Water; Feet of Clay; Dark Star; Death at Dawn

Story Editor

  • Patricia Falken Smith: Enter Mark Twain; The Philip Diedesheimer Story; The Magnificent Adah; The Truckee Strip; The Hanging Posse; The Sisters; El Toro Grande; The Outcast; A House Divided; The Gunmen; The Fear Merchants
  • Thomas Thompson: Feet of Clay; Dark Star; Death at Dawn

Unit Production Manager

  • Jack Ballard: A Rose for Lotta
  • Donald Robb: The Philip Diedesheimer Story; The Truckee Strip; The Hanging Posse; The Sisters; El Toro Grande; The Outcast
  • Andrew J. Durkus: A House Divided; The Gunmen; The Fear Merchants; The Spanish Grant; Blood on the Land; Desert Justice; The Stranger; Escape to Ponderosa; The Avenger; The Last Trophy; San Francisco; Bitter Water; Feet of Clay; Dark Star; Death at Dawn

Created by David Dortort

Producer: David Dortort

Production Supervisor: James W. Lane (all except A Rose for Lotta)

Song: “Bonanza” by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

Processed by Consolidated Film Industries

Filmed at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California

NBC Television Network Presentation

 

Season 2 →

Ben Cartwright

Bonanza (Main Character)

Played by: Lorne Greene

  • 1964 Golden Globes: Best TV Star – Male (Nominee)

Lorne Greene

Season 1

  • Ben met Joe’s mother on a business trip to New Orleans (A Rose for Lotta)
  • Homesteaded the Ponderosa (Enter Mark Twain)
  • Wanted to marry Adah Menken (The Magnificent Adah)
  • Smokes cigars (A House Divided)

 


Lorne Greene

Season 2

  • Friends: Tom and Joyce Edwards (The Mill)
  • Has a briefcase made out of kangaroo leather (Bank Run)
  • Owns shares in the Gould and Curry Mine (The Thunderhead Swindle)
  • Retires from a life at sea prior to marrying Elizabeth, saying that he has had enough (Elizabeth, My Love)

 


Lorne Greene

Season 3

  • States that he would never let out rooms to travellers (Springtime)
  • Has never been to England (The Countess)
  • First met Linda Lawrence (Lady Chadwick) in New Orleans (The Countess)
  • Smokes a pipe (The Ride)
  • Is a member of the school board. (Look to the Stars)

 


Lorne Greene

Season 4

  • When he was young, he spent some time in Nicaragua (The Colonel)
  • Is the Virginia City School Commissioner (The Actress)
  • Birthday is on the 23rd. (Little Man…Ten Feet Tall)

 

 


Lorne Greene

Season 5

  • Is a member of the Virginia City Literary Society (A Passion for Justice)

 

 

 


Lorne Greene

Season 6

  • Ten years ago stayed with Borelli in Palermo (The Deadliest Game)
  • Member of the school board (Right is the Fourth R)

 

 


Lorne Greene

Season 7

  • His shirt (laundry) day is Tuesday (The Meredith Smith)
  • Injured his eye in a hunting accident and has to wear an eye patch (Her Brother’s Keeper)
  • Cousin: Mathew
  • Second Cousin: Jamie (The Trouble with Jaime)

 


Lorne Greene

Season 8

 

 

 

 


Lorne Greene

Season 9

  • Commanding officer of the Virginia City 116th Militia – Rank: Major (Sense of Duty)
  • Met Onie Dugan 25 years ago (Six Black Horses)
  • Is away in San Francisco (The Stronghold)

 

 


Lorne Greene

Season 10

 

 

 

 


Lorne Greene

Season 11

 

 

 

 


Lorne Greene

Season 12

 

 

 

 


Lorne Greene

Season 13

 

 

 

 


Lorne Greene

Season 14

 

Joe Cartwright →

Adam Cartwright

Bonanza (Main Character)

Played by: Pernell Roberts


Pernell Roberts

Season 1

  • Mother was the daughter of a New England sea captain (A Rose for Lotta)
  • Designed and built the Ponderosa ranch house (The Philip Diedesheimer Story)
  • Former girlfriend – Amanda Ridley (The Fear Merchants)
  • Courted Virginia Keith for three years (Bitter Water)

 


Pernell Roberts

Season 2

  • Designs a flour mill (The Mill)
  • Away on roundup (The Blood Line)
  • Bedroom contains a writing desk, charts, a globe and a picture of an ancient Greek or Roman building (The Spitfire)
  • Likes to read poetry while riding his horse (The Spitfire)
  • Always wears clean shirts and plays billiards (The Rescue)
  • Has been friends with Ross for 15 years which means they meet when they were teenagers (The Dark Gate)
  • Was best man at Ross and Delphine Marquette’s wedding (The Dark Gate)
  • Mother’s name is Elizabeth and her father is Abel Morgan Stoddard (Elizabeth, My Love)
  • Named after a character in the novel “Paradise Lost” (Elizabeth, My Love)

Pernell Roberts

Season 3

  • Was nearly 11 years old at the time when Ben first met Lady Chadwick (The Countess)
  • Understands French (The Frenchman)
  • Owns shares in a mining claim with Bill Enders and two other people (The Ride)
  • Calls Joe “Little Buddy” (Gift of Water)
  • A small fortune was spent by Ben to educate him (Blessed Are They)

 


Pernell Roberts

Season 4

  • Away getting cattle (The Beginning)
  • Has known actor Edwin Booth since college (The Actress)
  • Studied architecture in college back in the east (My Brother’s Keeper)

 

 


Pernell Roberts

Season 5

  • Plays guitar (Ponderosa Matador)
  • Plays cribbage (The Cheating Game)

 

 

 


Pernell Roberts

Season 6

  • Loves crisp bacon (The Search)
  • Goes away on a cattle buying trip (The Deadliest Game)
  • Is in Sacramento (Once a Doctor)
  • Member of the school board (Right is the Fourth R)

 

← Hoss Cartwright Candy Canady →