Bonanza – Gallagher’s Sons

Season 4 (Episode 11)

Air Date: 9 December 1962

Writer: Dick Nelson

Director: Christian Nyby

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Robert Strauss (Blake), Larrian Gillespie (Charlotte “Charlie” Gallagher), Eileen Chesis (Wilhelmina “Will” Gallagher), Craig Curtis (Tully), Chubby Johnson (Sam), Victor French (Con), Ken Mayer (Stagecoach Driver), Bill Henry (Lou), Tom Greenway (Sheriff)

Notable Guest Stars

Chubby JohnsonChubby Johnson Ken MayerKen Mayer Robert StraussRobert Strauss

Production Notes

  • Dan Blocker is the only cast member to appear in this episode

Episode Notes

  • Featured Cartwright: Hoss
  • Town: Cantil
  • Locations: Walker’s Pass; Furnace Wells

Bonanza – The Deadly Ones

Season 4 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 2 December 1962

Teleplay: Denne Petitclerc

Story: N.B. Stone, Jr.

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Will Kuluva (General Diaz), Leo Gordon (Forsythe), Lee Farr (Sims), Jena Engstrom (Molly), Paul Fierro (Pablo), Rico Alaniz (Miguel)

Notable Guest Stars

Leo GordonLeo Gordon Will KuluvaWill Kuluva

Production Notes

  • Pernell Roberts and Dan Blocker do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

  • Featured Cartwright: Ben

Bonanza – The Beginning

Season 4 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 25 November 1962

Writer: Preston Wood

Director: Christian Nyby

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Carl Reindel (Billy Horn), Robert Burton (Ned Lewis), Ken Lynch (Milton Tanner), Raymond Bailey (Judge), Francis De Sales (Prosecutor), Lon Dean (Store Clerk)

Production Notes

  • Pernell Roberts and Dan Blocker do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

  • Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe
  • Ned Lewis is Ben’s lawyer
  • The southern boundary of the Ponderosa is Buck Horn Creek
  • Location: The Big Sandy

Bonanza – Knight Errant

Season 4 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 18 November 1962

Writer: Joseph Hoffman

Director: William Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Judi Meredith (Lottie Hawkins), John Doucette (Walter Prescott), Phil Chambers (Dick Thompson), Tyler McVey (Townsman), Roy Engel (Doctor), George Robotham (Frank), Gil Perkins (Whitey)

Notable Guest Stars

John DoucetteJohn Doucette Judi MeredithJudi Meredith

Episode Notes

  • Featured Cartwright: Hoss
  • Location: Willow Creek

Bonanza – The War Comes to Washoe

Season 4 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 4 November 1962

Writer: Alvin Sapinsley

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis
Joe finds himself torn between his family and the wishes of his girlfriend when he is made a delegate to the Nevada statehood convention.

Guest Stars
Harry Townes (Judge Terry), Joyce Taylor (Morvath Terry), Barry Kelley (Bill Stewart), Alan Caillou (Walter Craigsmuir), David Whorf (Peter), Wallace Rooney (Judge), Harry Swoger (Charlie), Marshall Reed (Party Guest)

Notable Guest Stars

Joyce TaylorJoyce Taylor Harry SwogerHarry Swoger

Episode Notes

  • Featured Cartwright: Joe
  • The convention is held at the International Hotel in Carson City

Bonanza – The Way Station

Season 4 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 29 October 1962

Writer: Frank Cleaver

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Robert Vaughn (Luke Martin), Dawn Wells (Marty Johnson), Trevor Bardette (Jesse Johnson), Dorothy Green (Lucy), Walter Reed (Tim), Raymond Guth (Lafe), Keith Richards (Sheriff Ross)

Notable Guest Stars

Robert VaughnRobert Vaughn Dawn WellsDawn Wells

Episode Notes

  • Featured Cartwright: Adam
  • Locations: Humbolt River; Juniper Hole

Bonanza – The Deserter

Season 4 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 21 October 1962

Writer: Norman Lessing

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Claude Akins (Col. Edward J. Dunwoody), Robert Sampson (Bill Winters), Gale Garnett (Maria Winters), Hal Jon Norman (Shaman), Anthony Caruso (Keokuk), Andrea Darvi (Little Maria), Robert Carricart (Myoka), Ricky Branson (Little Edward Winters), George Keymas (Running Wolf)

Notable Guest Stars

Claude AkinsClaude Akins Anthony CarusoAnthony Caruso

Production Notes

  • Michael Landon does not appear in this episode
  • Location scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada – courtesy of the Crystal Bay Development Company

Episode Notes

  • Featured Cartwright: Ben

Bonanza – A Hot Day for a Hanging

Season 4 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 14 October 1962

Writers: Preston Wood and Elliott Arnold

Director: William Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Denver Pyle (Sheriff Tom Stedman), Olive Sturgess (Mary Ann Wilson), Roy Roberts (Fillmore), Terry Becker (Shuler), Kelly Thordsen (Larson), John Harmon (McCray), Gene Roth (Milton Conley), Rayford Barnes (Austin), Lane Bradford (Tibbs), John Mitchum (Bartender), Robert Carson (Elmer Horner)

Notable Guest Stars

Kelly ThordsenKelly Thordsen

Production Notes

  • Pernell Roberts and Michael Landon do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

  • Featured Cartwright: Hoss
  • Towns: Dutchman’s Flat; Scottsberg
  • Business: Scottsberg Land Office, Elmer Horner, Superintendent

Bonanza – The Artist

Season 4 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 7 October 1962

Writer: Frank Chase

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Dan O’Herlihy (Matthew Raine), Virginia Grey (Ann Loring), Arch Johnson (Gavin), William Keene (Stevens), S. Jon Launer (Jim), Ralph Montgomery (Bartender), Frank Chase (Jim)

Notable Guest Stars

Virginia GreyVirginia Grey Arch JohnsonArch Johnson Dan O'HerlihyDan O’Herlihy

Production Notes

  • Location scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada through Courtesy of Crystal Bay Development Company

Episode Notes

  • Featured Cartwright: Ben

Bonanza – The Quest

Season 4 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 30 September 1962

Writers: John Joseph and Thomas Thompson

Director: Christian Nyby

Synopsis
Joe decides that he has had enough of doing things with his family. He asks Ben if he can take on the job of bidding for and then transporting timber down the mountain for the Sun Mountain Mining Co. Ben reluctantly agrees let him do it. Joe successfully wins the bid and then goes about getting the timber. However, he soon realises that there are some things he can’t do on his own.

Guest Stars
Jim Beck (Dave Donovan), Grant Richards (Will Poavey), Frank Gerstle (Jake Webber), Dan Riss (Bert Crawford), Harry Lauter (Drunk), Charles Seel (Mr. Hawkins), Grandon Rhodes (Mr. Simpson)

Production Notes

  • Location scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada – courtesy of the Crystal Bay Development Company

Episode Notes

  • Featured Cartwright: Joe
  • Business: Sun Mountain Mining Company

Bonanza – The First Born

Season 4 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 23 September 1962

Writers: Judith and George W. George

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis
Clay Stafford arrives in Virginia City and is immediately hired by the Cartwrights as a ranch hand. One week later Clay finds himself involved in a card game and is accused of cheating. Stafford then kills the miner who is accusing him in self-defence and must leave. Prior to his leaving he tells Joe that he is Marie’s son and the Cartwrights welcome him into the family. Adam and Hoss have their reservations and get Ben to investigate Stafford’s past. Meanwhile the miners are out to get Clay and Joe finds himself in a difficult position.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Barry Coe (Clay Stafford), Eddy Waller (Harry), Robert Karnes (Miner), Mike Ragan (Sam/Miner), Don Beddoe (Stan Perkins), Ben Erway (Banker)

Notable Guest Stars

Barry CoeBarry Coe

Production Notes

  • Location scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada through courtesy of Crystal Bay Development Company

Episode Notes

  • Featured Cartwright: Joe

Bonanza – Crew – Season 4

Art Direction

  • Hal Pereira
  • Earl Hedrick

Assistant Director

  • J. Walter Daniels: The First Born; The Artist; The Deserter; The War Comes to Washoe; Gallagher’s Sons; Song in the Dark; Half a Rogue; The Last Haircut; The Way of Aaron; Any Friend of Walter’s; Mirror of a Man; Five Into the Wind; The Thunder Man; The Boss
  • Ralph E. Black: The Quest; A Hot Day for a Hanging; The Way Station; The Decision; The Colonel; Elegy for a Hangman; The Hayburner; The Actress; A Stranger Passed This Way; A Woman Lost; My Brother’s Keeper; Saga of Whizzer McGee; Rich Man, Poor Man; Little Man…Ten Feet Tall

Casting Supervisor: William Maybery

Color Consultant: Edward P. Ancona Jr.

Director of Photography

  • Haskell Boggs: The First Born; The Artist; The Deserter; The War Comes to Washoe; Knight Errant; The Deadly Ones; Gallagher’s Sons; The Good Samaritan; Song in the Dark; Half a Rogue; The Last Haircut; Marie, My Love; The Way of Aaron; Any Friend of Walter’s; Mirror of a Man; Five Into the Wind; The Thunder Man; The Boss
  • Walter H. Castle: The Quest; A Hot Day for a Hanging; The Way Station; The Beginning; The Jury
    William F. Whitley: The Decision; The Colonel; Elegy for a Hangman; The Hayburner; The Actress; A Woman Lost; My Brother’s Keeper; Saga of Whizzer McGee; Rich Man, Poor Man; Little Man…Ten Feet Tall

Editor

  • Everett Douglas: The First Born; The Quest; The War Comes to Washoe; Gallagher’s Sons; The Colonel; Half a Rogue; The Hayburner; Any Friend of Walter’s; My Brother’s Keeper; The Thunder Man; Little Man…Ten Feet Tall
  • Marvin Coil: The Deserter; The Beginning; The Decision; The Jury; The Last Haircut; The Actress; The Way of Aaron; A Woman Lost; Five Into the Wind; Rich Man, Poor Man
  • Ellsworth Hoagland: The Way Station; The Deadly Ones; Song in the Dark; Elegy for a Hangman; A Stranger Passed This Way; Mirror of a Man; Saga of Whizzer McGee; The Boss

Hairstyle Supervision: Nellie Manley

Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore

Music

  • David Rose
  • Walter Scharf: The Deadly Ones; The Hayburner

Set Decoration

  • Sam Comer
  • Grace Gregory

Sound Recording

  • Lyle Figland
  • Joel Moss

Story Consultant

  • Frank Cleaver
  • Richard P. McDonagh: The Way Station; The War Comes to Washoe; The Beginning; The Deadly Ones; Gallagher’s Sons; The Decision; The Good Samaritan; The Jury; The Colonel; Song in the Dark; Elegy for a Hangman; Half a Rogue; The Last Haircut; The Hayburner; The Actress; A Stranger Passed This Way; The Way of Aaron; A Woman Lost; Any Friend of Walter’s; Mirror of a Man; My Brother’s Keeper; Five Into the Wind; Saga of Whizzer McGee; The Thunder Man; Rich Man, Poor Man; The Boss; Little Man…Ten Feet Tall

Created by David Dortort

Producer: David Dortort

Associate Producer: James W. Lane

Production Executive: Robert Stillman

Production Supervisor: Kent McCray

Song: “Bonanza” by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

Processed by Consolidated Film Industries

Filmed at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California

Episodes Copyright: 1962 (1-14), 1963 (15-34)

TV Ratings: 29.8 (No. 4) Estimated Audience: 14,989,400 (USA)

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