Bonanza

Season 13 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 21 November 1971

Teleplay: John Hawkins and Robert Pirosh

Story: Robert Pirosh

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Rip Torn (Will Hewitt), Don Knight (Clayton), Loretta Leversee (Laurie Hewitt), Charles Maxwell (Keeley), Robert Ridgely (Bartender), James Chandler (McKey), Larry Ward (Deputy)

Notable Guest Stars

Rip Torn

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Jamie
• This episode is set in 1869

Season 13 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 14 November 1971

Writer: Ken Pettus

Director: Chris Christenberry

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Clem), Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing), Lou Frizzell (Dusty Rhodes)

Guest Stars
Bradford Dillman (Griff Bannon), Donald Moffat (Thatcher), Jewel Blanch (Neta Thatcher), Athena Lorde (Miss Griggs), Chick Chandler (Garroway), Tom Gillerman (Trumbull), Susan Joyce (Wilma)

Notable Guest Stars

Bradford Dillman

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Jamie

Season 13 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 31 October 1971

Writer: Michael Landon

Director: Michael Landon

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Clem Foster)

Guest Stars
Richard Mulligan (Dr. Mark Sloan), Diane Shalet (Ruth Sloan), Dan Ferrone (Eli Johnson), Ann Whitsett (Annie Johnson)

Notable Guest Stars

Diane Shalet

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 13 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 24 October 1971

Writer: True Boardman

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Jack Cassidy (Kevin O’Casey), Diane Baker (Norma O’Casey), Lisa Gerritsen (Cassie O’Casey), Walker Edmiston (Auctioneer), Lindsay Workman (Kendall), Jan Arvan (Jensen), Elliott Lindsey (Larson), Harry Holcombe (Doc Martin)

Notable Guest Stars

Diane Baker

Jack Cassidy

Lisa Gerritsen

Production Notes

• Location Scenes Filmed at Los Padres National Forest
• Parts of the background music by David Rose was later used in the season 14 episode Forever

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Featured Character: Jamie

Season 13 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 17 October 1971

Writer: Arthur Heinemann

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Michael Witney (Hank Simmons), Morgan Woodward (Sheriff Clyde Morehouse), Priscilla Garcia (Maria), Bob Hoy (Yancy), Manuel Padilla (Pedro)

Notable Guest Stars

Manuel Padilla

Production Notes

• Location Scenes Filmed at Los Padres National Forest

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe

Season 13 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 10 October 1971

Writer: Preston Wood

Story: Robert Vincent Wright

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Patricia Harty (Cissy Porter), Edward Andrews (Bert), Ellen Moss (Elaine Summers), George Furth (Jim Pender), Ivor Francis (Charlie Spears), Al Checco (Rufus), Jack Manning (Henry Clagger), E.A. Sirianni (Lon Meecham), Darrell Sandeen (Mark), Remo Pisani (Joel Sawyer), Jan Burrell (Clara), Gillian Spencer (Edith), Helen Funai (Lim Toy), Joyce Perry (Roseann), Don Chuy (Matt Tait), Cindy Eilbacher (Cathie), Ralph James (Gambler)

Notable Guest Stars

Edward Andrews

Ivor Francis

Patricia Harty

Production Notes

• Most of the “babies” featured in this episode are lifelike dolls, thanks to union laws prohibiting babies from being under the camera lights for more than a few minutes a day.

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• The first prize for the baby contest is $100
• This episode is set sometime after 1866
• The baby contest is being sponsored by the Virginia City Merchants Association
• Town: Grover’s Creek

Season 13 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 3 October 1971

Writer: Preston Wood

Director: William Wiard

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Peggy McCay (Pat Griswold), Richard O’Brien (Tom Griswold), David Huddleston (Dr. Scully), Walter Barnes (Sheriff Truslow), Tony Colti (Orv), Bill Stevens (Fenton), Victoria Thompson (Julia), Keith Carradine (Ern), Sandy Rosenthal (Steen), Evans Thornton (Flanders)

Notable Guest Stars

Keith Carradine

Production Notes

• Location Scenes Filmed at Old Tucson, Tucson Arizona

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe

Season 13 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 26 September 1971

Writer: Ward Hawkins

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Susan Tyrrell (Jill Conway), Arthur O’Connell (Dr. Samuel Hubert), Ford Rainey (Judge Simms), Johnny Lee (Petey Conway), Lillian Field (Katie Tomlin), Stuart Nisbet (Colter), Fletcher Allen (Becker)

Notable Guest Stars

Arthur O’Connell

Ford Rainey

Susan Tyrrell

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 13 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 19 September 1971

Teleplay: Ward Hawkins and John Hawkins

Story: William Koenig

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Charlotte Stewart (Betsy Rush), Med Flory (Clint Rush), Ted Gehring (Harlow Trapp), Ralph Moody (Tall Pony), Raymond Guth (Bill Cooper), Lane Bradford (Jake Rasko), Bill Shannon (Charlie Trapp), Mary Mayumi (White Squirrel), Chuck Bail (Kale), Duane Grey (Sheriff Snell)

Notable Guest Stars

Med Flory

Charlotte Stewart

Production Notes

• Location Scenes Filmed at Old Tucson, Tucson Arizona

Episode Notes

• Ponderosa Marker: Sec 109; NE Cor; 20° West

Season 12 (Episode 28)

Air Date: 11 April 1971

Writer: Preston Wood

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Deputy Clem), Lou Frizzell (Dusty Rhodes)

Guest Stars
Victor French (Tom Callahan), Sandy Duncan (Evangeline), Dub Taylor (Otto), Larry D. Mann (Alex Steiner), Ted Gehring (Marshal), Hal Baylor (Shad Willis), Don Haggerty (Sheriff), Roy Johnson (Barber), John Mitchum (Meyers), Beth Peters (Woman)

Notable Guest Stars

Sandy Duncan

Ted Gehring

Larry D. Mann

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Towns: Cross Creek; Gurney’s Landing; Okaloosa City

Season 12 (Episode 27)

Air Date: 4 April 1971

Writer: Michael Landon

Director: Joseph Pevney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Alfred Ryder (Judge), Luke Askew (Deputy Hatch), Richard Mulligan (Farley), David Canary (Candy Canaday), Warren Finnerty (2nd Gunman), Jay Jones (1st Gunman), Charles Briles (Billy)

Notable Guest Stars

Richard Mulligan

Production Notes

• This episode was originally filmed in 1968
• Location Scenes Filmed at Ponderosa Ranch, Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Season 12 (Episode 26)

Air Date: 28 March 1971

Teleplay: John Hawkins and Robert Pirosh

Story: Jack Rummler

Director: William Wiard

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Glenn Corbett (Howie Landis), Sheilah Wells (Marie Landis), Clifton James (Mr. Quarry), John Pickard (Griggs), Robert Knapp (Denman), Stuart Nisbet (Fred Tyson), Remo Pisani (Bartender), Troy Melton (Gorley)

Notable Guest Stars

Glenn Corbett

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben