Category:Bonanza – Season 5

Season 5 (Episode 11)

Air Date: 15 December 1963

Writer: Anthony Wilson

Director: Bernard McEveety

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Robert H. Harris (Dorman), Phillip Pine (Gannon), James Best (Page), Sandy Kevin (Billy Chapin), Jeanne Baird (Jeanie Gannon), Dayton Lummis (Col. Chapin), Percy Helton (Pete, Way Station Owner), James Doohan (Colonel’s Man), Rory Stevens (Danny Page), Will J. White (Big Cowboy), John Mitchum (Bartender)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Saloon: The Wild Horse

 

← The Waiting Game

Hoss and the Leprechauns →

Season 5 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 8 December 1963

Writer: Ed Adamson

Director: Richard Sarafin

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Kathie Browne (Laura Dayton), Katie Sweet (Peggy Dayton)

Guest Stars
Jacqueline Loughery (The “Other Woman”), Wayde Preston (Frank Dayton), Bill Quinn (Walt), Craig Duncan (Wagon Driver)

Production Notes

• Michael Landon does not appear in this episode
• The first of four episodes where Kathie Browne plays Laura Dayton, the love interest of Adam Cartwright
• This was suppose to be the first episode in a series of eight to ten episodes leading to the marriage of Laura Dayton and Adam Cartwright – resulting in the eventual departure of Pernell Roberts

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Adam
• Headstone: Frank Dayton – Devoted Husband of Laura; Loving Father of Peggy. Born Jan 6, 1828; Died Feb 20, 1861

 

← The Quality of Mercy

The Legacy →

Season 5 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 17 November 1963

Writer: Peter Packer

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Richard Rust (Seth Pruitt), Nancy Rennick (Sarah), Kitty Kelly (Mrs. Gibbons), Ed Prentiss (Minister), Bob Miles (Card Player), Bill Clark (John Dalgeish)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Production Notes

• This was one of Michael Landon’s favourite episodes
• Song: Sweet Betsy From Pike (1849)

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Mrs. Gibbons is a dressmaker

 

← Journey Remembered

The Waiting Game →

Season 5 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 10 November 1963

Writer: Anthony Lawrence

Director: Irving J. Moore

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Inga Swenson (Inger Cartwright), Gene Evans (Lucas Rockwell), Kevin Hagen (Simon), Dee Carroll (Rachel), John Frederick (Payne), Kathleen O’Malley (Mrs. Payne), Johnny Stephens (Young Adam), Ken Lynch (Welks), William Fawcett (Tulliver), Jack Bighead (Indian Brave)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Production Notes

• This episode is the sequel to season three’s Inger, My Love
• Michael Landon and Pernell Roberts do not appear in this episode
• Lorne Greene narrates part of the story

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Waystation: Ash Hollow

 

← Calamity Over the Comstock

The Quality of Mercy →

Season 5 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 3 November 1963

Writer: Warren Douglas

Director: Charles Rondeau

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Stefanie Powers (Calamity Jane), Christopher Dark (Doc Holliday), Fifi D’Orsay (Babette), Bern Hoffman (Bernie [Bartender]), Russ Bender (Walt), Big John Hamilton (Miner)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Production Notes

• Background Music: Buffalo Gals (1844)

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• The dance Joe takes Calamity to is the Fireman’s Ball

 

← A Question of Strength

Journey Remembered →

Season 5 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 27 October 1963

Writer: Don McDougall

Director: Frank Cleaver

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Ilka Windish (Mother Veronica), Judy Carne (Sister Mary Kathleen), John Kellogg (Stager), Raymond Guth (Toby), James Jeter (Wilson), I. Stanford Jolley (Sam Hostler)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

 

← The Toy Soldier

Calamity Over the Comstock →

Season 5 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 20 October 1963

Writer: Warren Douglas

Director: Tay Garnett

Synopsis
Adam arrives in the town of Sheep Head looking for some stray cattle. He soon finds out that the town is run by McDermott and his cronies. McDermott controls nearly everything including the food supply to the local Paiute tribe. The go-between the Paiutes and McDermott, is Callan, an artist with problems of his own. Adam decides to help Callan and the Paiutes put a stop to McDermott’s monopoly.

Guest Stars
Phillip Abbot (James Callan), Morgan Woodward (McDermott), Trevor Bardette (Scotty [Bartender]), Quinn Redeker (Rollie), Donna Martell (Esther Callan), Michael Keep (Johnny)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Adam
• Town: Sheep Head (Altitude: 4500 Population: 125)
• Saloon: The Wild Horse

 

← Twilight Town

A Question of Strength →

Season 5 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 13 October 1963

Writer: Cy Chermak

Director: John Florea

Synopsis
While on his way home, Joe is bushwhacked in the desert. Left for dead, he wanders aimlessly until he comes across what seems to be a deserted town. He loses consciousness and when he comes to, the town is filled with people. Joe finds out that the town – Martinville is in trouble and it seems that he is the only one who can help them. He reluctantly takes on the job of sheriff, unaware that there is something else, that the townspeople are hiding from him.

Guest Stars
Davey Davison (Louise Corman), Doris Dowling (Katie O’Brien), Stacy Harris (Mr. Corman), Walter Coy (Masterson), Michael Mikler (Felix Matthews/Bushwhacker), Andy Albin (Stationmaster), Don Dillaway (Clem), Joseph Breen (Townsman)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• At the beginning of the episode, the rest of the Cartwrights are preparing a surprise birthday party for Joe

 

← Rain from Heaven

The Toy Soldier →

Season 5 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 6 October 1963

Writer: Robert Vincent Wright

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee), Bing Russell (Deputy Clem Foster)

Guest Stars
John Anderson (Tulsa Weems), Claudia Bryar (Mrs. Weems), Mickey Sholdar (Jube Weems), Eileen Chesis (Mary Beth Weems), Phil Chambers (Abe), Herbert Lytton (Fred), Mary Newton (Mrs. Crane)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Hoss
• VC Business: E. Rodgers General Store

 

← A Passion for Justice

Twilight Town →

Season 5 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 29 September 1963

Writer: Peter Packer

Director: Murray Golden

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Jonathan Harris (Charles Dickens), Victor Maddern (Dan Stoker), Frank Albertson (Sam Walker), Charles Irving (Rogers), Sydney Smith (Judge), E.J. Andre (Jeb), Don Washbrook (Tim – Typesetter), Alice Frost (Townswoman), James Stone (Henry), Clegg Hoyt (Drunk)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Sam Walker is the editor of The Territorial Enterprise. Mr. Rogers is a lawyer.
• Joe calls Ben “Dad” in the scene where he is reading the newspaper at the breakfast table
• Dickens appears at the Virginia City Social Hall
• Sign: “To-Night Mr. Charles Dickens will render dramatic readings from his own immortal works. An unforgettable experience.”
• VC Business: Overland Stage Lines

 

← She Walks in Beauty

Rain from Heaven →

Season 5 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 22 September 1963

Writer: William Stuart

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis
Regan Miller arrives in town and Hoss is smitten when he meets her thinking that she a gentle woman. Hoss then begins courting Regan, who is now living with her sister, Amelia. Initially only Amelia knows Regan’s true nature but when Adam comes back from a trip to San Francisco he is not pleased to find out that his brother has fallen for the woman, as he too also knows about Regan’s past. Adam confronts Regan about her intentions and when Regan reverts to her true personality and kisses Adam, Hoss sees it. The man is angry and blames his brother, which leads to more uncertainty and heartache.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Gena Rowlands (Regan Miller), Jeanne Cooper (Amelia Miller), Phil Chambers (Mr. Amos), Robert Adler (Charlie), Craig Duncan (Buggy Driver)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

 

← Little Man…Ten Feet Tall

A Passion for Justice →

Art Direction

• Hal Pereira
• Earl Hedrick

Assistant Director

• Ralph E. Black: She Walks in Beauty; Twilight Town; A Question of Strength; Calamity Over the Comstock; The Quality of Mercy; The Legacy; The Lila Conrad Story; Alias Joe Cartwright; The Cheating Game; Bullet for a Bride; Love Me Not; No Less a Man; Return to Honor; A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay; The Companeros; Triangle
• Don Daves: A Passion for Justice; Rain from Heaven; The Toy Soldier; Journey Remembered; The Waiting Game; Hoss and the Leprechauns; The Prime of Life; Ponderosa Matador; My Son, My Son; The Gentleman from New Orleans; King of the Mountain; The Pure Truth; The Saga of Muley Jones; The Roper; Enter Thomas Bowers; The Dark Past; The Pressure Game; Walter and the Outlaws

Casting Supervisor: William Maybery

Color Consultant: Edward P. Ancona Jr.

Director of Photography

• William F. Whitley: She Walks in Beauty; Twilight Town; A Question of Strength; Calamity Over the Comstock; The Quality of Mercy; The Legacy; The Lila Conrad Story; Alias Joe Cartwright; The Cheating Game; Bullet for a Bride; Love Me Not; No Less a Man; Return to Honor; A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay; The Companeros; Triangle; Walter and the Outlaws
• Haskell Boggs: A Passion for Justice; Rain from Heaven; The Toy Soldier; Journey Remembered; The Waiting Game; Hoss and the Leprechauns; The Prime of Life; Ponderosa Matador; My Son, My Son; The Gentleman from New Orleans; King of the Mountain; The Pure Truth; The Saga of Muley Jones; The Roper; Enter Thomas Bowers; The Dark Past; The Pressure Game

Editor

• Ellsworth Hoagland: She Walks in Beauty; The Toy Soldier; Calamity Over the Comstock; The Lila Conrad Story; Ponderosa Matador; The Gentleman from New Orleans; The Cheating Game; King of the Mountain; Return to Honor; The Saga of Muley Jones; Triangle
• Everett Douglas: A Passion for Justice; Twilight Town; Journey Remembered; The Legacy; My Son, My Son; Bullet for a Bride; Love Me Not; The Pure Truth; A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay; Enter Thomas Bowers; The Dark Past
• Marvin Coil: Rain from Heaven; A Question of Strength; The Quality of Mercy; The Waiting Game; Hoss and the Leprechauns; The Prime of Life; Alias Joe Cartwright; No Less a Man; The Roper; The Companeros; The Pressure Game; Walter and the Outlaws

Hairstyle Supervision: Nellie Manley

Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore

Music: David Rose

Musical Supervision: William Lava

Process Photography

• Farciot Edouart: The Pure Truth

Set Decoration

• Sam Comer
• Grace Gregory

Sound Recording

• Lyle Figland
• Joel Moss

Story Consultant

• Frank Cleaver
• Anthony Wilson: Passion for Justice

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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: 1963 (1-16), 1964 (17-34)

TV Ratings (USA): 36.9 (No. 2) Estimated Audience: 19,040,400

NBC Television Network Presentation

 

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