Bonanza – Crew – Season 1

Bonanza

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

Episodes Copyright: 1959 (1-18), 1960 (19-32)

NBC Television Network Presentation

 

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