Category:Bonanza – Season 13

One Ace Too Many

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Season 13 (Episode 26)

Air Date: 2 April 1972

Writer: Stanley Roberts Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee), Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Greg Mullavey (Jordan), Kate Jackson (Ellen), William Mims (Williams), Jack Collins (Mayor Harlow), William Bramley (Dan Fowler), Bill Zuckert (Matt Fowler), Harlan Warde (Solicitor George Osgood), Harry Holcombe (Dr. Martin), Eddie Ryder (Clerk), Gene Dynarski (Wheeler), Dave Cass (Deputy Coghlan), Richard X. Slattery (Henderson)

Notable Guest Stars

William Bramley

Kate Jackson

Greg Mullavey

Production Notes

This is the second of two episodes that feature Bradley Meredith
Lorne Greene also played the part of Bradley Meredith
Final appearance of Dan Blocker as Hoss Cartwright
Final appearance of Ray Teal as Sheriff Roy Coffee

Episode Notes

Featured Cartwright: Ben
Town: San Francisco

A Visit to Upright

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Season 13 (Episode 25)

Air Date: 26 March 1972

Writer: Joseph Bonaduce Director: William Wiard

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Alan Oppenheimer (Darius Dalrymple), Loretta Swit (Ellen Sue Carpenter), Anne Seymour (Miss Frost), Dan Tobin (Blakely), Ernest Sarracino (Frenchy), Fran Ryan (Widow Lucas), Harry Hickox (Mr. Turner), Beverlee Reed (Dance Hall Girl), Stuart Nisbet (Sheriff), James Rawley (Telegraph Operator), Richard Stahl (Snedaker)

Notable Guest Stars

Loretta Swit

Episode Notes

Saloons: Trails End; Golden Spur
Sign: Upright Nev. ~ A GOOD PLACE TO BRING KIDS UP RIGHT

A Place to Hide

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Season 13 (Episode 24)

Air Date: 19 March 1972

Teleplay: William D. Gordon

Story: Ward Hawkins and William D. Gordon

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee), Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Suzanne Pleshette (Rose Becket/Katie Summers/Mrs. Ransom), Jon Cypher (Colonel Cody Ransom), Hurd Hatfield (Major Donahue), John Perak (McCleod), Wayne Sutherlin (Thibideaux), Edward Knight (Sgt. Brown), Stephen Coit (Plummer), Biff Manard (Hartsfield), Richard Ryal (Boardman), Reid Smith (Wells), Robert Ridgely (Liscomb), Jay Jones (Twohy), Jodie Foster (Bluebird Ransom)

Notable Guest Stars

Jon Cypher

Jodie Foster

Production Notes

Final episode to be filmed featuring Dan Blocker and Ray Teal

The Younger Brothers’ Younger Brother

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Season 13 (Episode 23)

Air Date: 12 March 1972

Writer: Michael Landon Director: Michael Landon

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Strother Martin (Cole Younger), Chuck McCann (Lonnie Younger), Henry Jones (Sheriff), Ken Lynch (Warden), James Jeter (Stage Guard), John Steadman (Sam), William Challee (Pa Younger), Ted Gehring (Bart Younger)

Notable Guest Stars

Henry Jones

Strother Martin

Chuck McCann

Production Notes

Michael Landon revised this later as the Little House on the Prairie episode “The Older Brothers”
Hoss sings a little during this episode – Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair by Stephen Foster (1854)

Episode Notes

Featured Cartwright: Hoss
Sheriff Barton reads two dime novels during this episode: Badmen of the West and The Outlaw of Hangman’s Gulch
Towns: Silver Hill; Barton
Location: Grants Prison

He Was Only Seven

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Season 13 (Episode 22)

Air Date: 5 March 1972

Writer: Michael Landon Director: Michael Landon

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Deputy Clem)

Guest Stars
Roscoe Lee Browne (Joshua), William Watson (Zack), Robert Doyle (Clem), Edward Crawford (Jonah Morgan), Jeff Morris (Hal), Dick Farnsworth (Troy), Claudia Bryar (Martha), Sean Kelly (Billy), Harry Holcombe (Dr. Martin), Beverly Carter (Alice), Napoleon Whiting (Bert), Joseph Perry (Sheriff Tyson)

Notable Guest Stars

Roscoe Lee Browne

Harry Holcombe

William Watson

Production Notes

This episode was later re-worked by Michael Landon into the Little House on the Prairie episode “He Was Only Twelve”

Episode Notes

Featured Cartwrights: Joe and Jamie

Search in Limbo

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Season 13 (Episode 21)

Air Date: 20 February 1972

Writer: Don Ingalls Director: Leo Penn

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Albert Salmi (Sheriff), Pamela Payton-Wright (Amy), Lucille Benson (Mrs. Melody), Lawrence Montaigne (Sid Langley), Kenneth Tobey (Notary), Chubby Johnson (Old Man), Lee McLaughlin (Clerk), Gerald Hiken (Dr. Jacob Penner)

Notable Guest Stars

Albert Salmi

Episode Notes

Featured Cartwright: Ben

Shanklin

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Season 13 (Episode 20)

Air Date: 13 February 1962

Writer: William Kelley Director: Leo Penn

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing), Bing Russell (Deputy Clem)

Guest Stars
Charles Cioffi (Shanklin), Woodrow Parfrey (Dr. Richard Ingram), Karl Lukas (Irons), Michael Clark (Brackney), Scott Walker (Grange), Dehl Berti (Ritter), Denny Hall (Beecher), Rance Howard (Bogardus), E.J. Andre (Yost), Clark Gordon (Beasley), Don McGovern (Till), Sam Javis (McLaughlin), Bill Beckett (Asquith), Eddie Little Sky (Gaviotta), Byron Morrow (Whitlock), Shannon Christie (Mary Elizabeth)

Notable Guest Stars

Charles Cioffi

Woodrow Parfrey

Episode Notes

Dr. Joshua Martin is away in Carson City

The Customs of the Country

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Season 13 (Episode 19)

Air Date: 6 February 1972

Writer: Joseph Bonaduce Director: Joseph Pevney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Alfonso Arau (Simon), Alan Oppenheimer (Ernesto), Pilar Seurat (Ines), David A. Renard (Padre), Maria Grimm (Leonora), Mike de Anda (Blacksmith), Annette Cardona (Carmen), Malila Saint Duval (Raquel), Tony de Costa (Jose), George Cervera (Rafael)

Notable Guest Stars

Alfonso Arau

Alan Oppenheimer

Pilar Seurat

Episode Notes

Featured Cartwrights: Joe and Hoss

Frenzy

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Season 13 (Episode 18)

Air Date: 30 January 1972

Teleplay: Preston Wood Story: Karl Tunberg

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Clem)

Guest Stars
Kathleen Widdoes (Anna Kosovo), Michael Pataki (Nicholas Kosovo), Jason Karpf (Sandor), Emile Meyer (Cherokee), Troy Melton (Slim), Dave Cass (Deputy)

Notable Guest Stars

Michael Pataki

Kathleen Widdoes

Episode Notes

Featured Cartwright: Ben

The Saddle Stiff

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Season 13 (Episode 17)

Air Date: 16 January 1972

Teleplay: Samuel A. Peeples and John Hawkins

Story: Samuel A. Peeples

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Buddy Ebsen (Cactus Murphy), Don Collier (Paul Walker), Charles H. Gray (Cass Beckenridge), Jay MacIntosh (Sally Walker), Hal Riddle (Tiller), Dick Farnsworth (Tate), Henry Wills (Yokum)

Notable Guest Stars