Maverick

Season 2 (Episode 21)

Air Date: 15 February 1959

Teleplay: Gene Coon

Story: Montgomery Pittman

Director: Leslie Martinson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Wayde Preston (Waco Williams), R.G. Armstrong (Colonel Karl Bent), Louise Fletcher (Kathy Bent), Brad Johnson (Karl Bent, Jr.), Ken Mayer (Sheriff Boyd Tait), Harry Lauter (Bernie Adams), Lane Bradford (Jack Regan), Syd Saylor (Menzies), Stephen Coit (Charlie)

Notable Guest Stars

R.G. Armstrong

Louise Fletcher

Wayde Preston

Production Notes

• Jack Kelly does not appear in this episode
• Bret Maverick breaks the fourth wall at the end of this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• Town: Bent City
• Business: Bent House

Season 2 (Episode 20)

Air Date: 8 February 1959

Writer: Howard Browne

Director: David Lowell Rich

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Patricia Breslin (Abigail), Peter Miles (Jean Baxter), Mike Lane (Horace Cusack), Sam Buffington (Prof. von Schulenberg), Robert Richards (Fred Grimes), Robert Conrad (Davie Barrows), Harry Hines (Pete Mulligan), Kem Dibbs (Mills), Stewart Bradley (Asher), Tol Avery (Sawyer)

Notable Guest Stars

Patricia Breslin

Robert Conrad

Production Notes

• James Garner does not appear in this episode
• This episode has a similar plot to the Cheyenne episode “The Dark Rider” (Season 2, Episode 1)

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bart
• Town: Yellow River

Season 2 (Episode 19)

Air Date: 1 February 1959

Teleplay: Richard Collins

Story: Howard Browne

Director: Arthur Lubin

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Edgar Buchanan (Jed Christensen), Abby Dalton (Carrie Christensen), Clint Eastwood (Red Hardigan), Dan Sheridan (Doc George W. Baxter), James Griffith (John Wesley Hardin), Clarke Alexander (Sheriff), Linda Lawson (Lily), Myrna Fahey (Susie)

Notable Guest Stars

Edgar Buchanan

Clint Eastwood

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• Bart Maverick makes an appearance during this episode
• Town: Sun Down
• Businesses: Sun Down National Bank; Sun Down Saloon

Season 2 (Episode 18)

Air Date: 25 January 1959

Television Story and Teleplay: Marion Hargrove

Director: Leslie H. Martinson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Roger Moore (John “Jack” Vandergelt III), Pat Crowley (Lydia Lynley), Neil Hamilton (Brigadier General Vandergelt), Barbara Jo Allen (Mrs. Mallaver), Dan Tobin (Lucius Benson), William Allyn (Livingston), Sandra Gould (Lucy), Chet Stratton (Desk Clerk)

Notable Guest Stars

Pat Crowley

Neil Hamilton

Roger Moore

Production Notes

• Based on the Play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan – The Rivals (1775)

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• Bart Maverick appears at the beginning and end of this episode

Season 2 (Episode 17)

Air Date: 18 January 1959

Writer: Douglas Heyes

Director: Douglas Heyes

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Patricia Barry (Jessamy), Ray Teal (Harvey Stryker), John Cliff (Sundown), Clem Bevans (Old Man), Will Wright (Gen. Hoyt Bosco, RTD), Roscoe Ates (Kibitzer), Duane Grey (Howie Horwitz)

Episode Notes

• Featured Mavericks: Bret and Bart
• Business: Gannet Express Co.
• Towns: Grand Ile; Deadwood

Season 2 (Episode 16)

Air Date: 11 January 1959

Writer: Marion Hargrove

Director: Leslie H. Martinson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Andra Martin (Virginia Adams), Ben Gage (Marshall Mort Dooley), Walker Edmiston (Clyde Diefendorfer), Reginald Owen (Freddie Hawkins), Gage Clarke (Kenneth P. Badger), Marshall Kent (Doc Stucke), Kathleen O’Mally (Amy Ward), Roscoe Ates (Barfly), Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Adams), Doodles Weaver (Lem), William Fawcett (Rube)

Notable Guest Stars

Irene Tedrow

Production Notes

• Jack Kelly does not appear in this episode
• This episode is a parody of Gunsmoke.  It also contains a reference to Have Gun, Will Travel.

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• Towns: Elwood (Kansas); Wormwood (Kansas)
• Elwood Business: Weeping Willow Saloon

Season 2 (Episode 15)

Air Date: 4 January 1959

Teleplay: Gene Levitt

Director: James V. Kern

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Marcel Dalio (Baron George Dulot), Roxanne Berard (La Contesse Michelle De Barot), Lou Krugman (Murdock), Jonathan Hole (San Francisco Jeweler), Fred Essler (German Jeweler)

Episode Notes

• Featured Mavericks: Bret and Bart
• Towns: San Francisco; Santa Fe; Denver

Season 2 (Episode 14)

Air Date: 28 December 1958

Writer: Howard Browne

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
William Reynolds (Ted Blake), Saundra Edwards (Nora Taylor), Tod Griffin (Sheriff Jesse Carson), Emile Meyer (Col. Arnold Taylor), George O’Hanlon (Morton Connors), Hugh Sanders (Jed Snyder), Don Harvey (Clyde), Lane Bradford (Matt Hendricks), Don Kelly (Ira Swain)

Notable Guest Stars

Lane Bradford

Production Notes

• Jack Kelly does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• Town: Hollow Rock (Wyoming)

Season 2 (Episode 13)

Air Date: 14 December 1958

Teleplay: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald and Robert Smith

Story: Edward Seabrook, Homer McCoy and Oscar Millard

Director: James V. Kern

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Richard Long (Gentleman Jack Darby)

Guest Stars
Adele Mara (Elena Grande), Robert Bray (John Wilson), Tony Romano (Raul Onate), Slim Pickens (Jed), Ben Morris (Harry), Mark Tapscott (Charlie), Fred Graham (1st Miner), John Mitchum (2nd Miner)

Notable Guest Stars

Robert Bray

John Mitchum

Slim Pickens

Production Notes

• James Garner does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bart
• Locations: New Mexico; Sacramento Mountains; River Head

Season 2 (Episode 12)

Air Date: 7 December 1958

Writer: Douglas Heyes

Director: Douglas Heyes

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Wayne Morris (Pete Stillman), Patricia Barry (Kitty Stillman), Barry Kelley (Sheriff), Yvette Dugay (Raquel Moroles), William Gordon (Frank Bender), William Bryant (Chase), Syd Saylor (Clerk), James Anderson (First Deputy)

Production Notes

• James Garner does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bart
• Town: Woodstone (New Mexico)

Season 2 (Episode 11)

Air Date: 30 November 1958

Writer: Montgomery Pittman

Director: Montgomery Pittman

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Edgar Buchanan (Daddy Forge), Erin O’Brien (Victoria Forge), Arlene Howell (Ladybird Forge), Lance Fuller (Oliver Offord), Doye O’Dell (Herbert Forge), Richard Reeves (Anthony Offord), Albert Carrier (Phillipe Theirot), Roy Engel (Sampson)

Notable Guest Stars

Edgar Buchanan

Lance Fuller

Arlene Howell

Production Notes

• Jack Kelly does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret

Season 2 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 23 November 1958

Teleplay: Roy Huggins

Story: Douglas Heyes

Director: Leslie H. Martinson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (Dandy Jim Buckley), Richard Long (Gentleman Jack Darby), Arlene Howell (Cindy)

Guest Stars
Diane Brewster (Samantha Crawford), John Dehner (John Bates), Leo Gordon (Big Mike McComb), Regis Toomey (Ben Granville), Karl Swenson (Sheriff Griffin), Joan Young (Susan Granville), Jonathan Hole (Desk Clerk), Irving Bacon (Employee), Syd Saylor (1st Townsman), Earl Hodgins (Plunkett), Val Benedict (Cowhand)

Notable Guest Stars

Diane Brewster

Leo Gordon

J. Pat O’Malley

Karl Swenson

Episode Notes

• Featured Mavericks: Bret and Bart
• Towns: Sunny Acres; Denver