Category:Bonanza – Season 6

Season 6 (Episode 11)

Air Date: 6 December 1964

Writer: Mort R. Lewis

Director: John Florea

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee)

Guest Stars
James Gregory (Whitney Parker), William Mims (Evans), Booth Colman (Flint Durfee), Michael Petit (Benji), Hal Baylor (Ev Durfee), Dave Willock (Deeter)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

 

← Old Sheba

The Underdog →

Season 6 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 22 November 1964

Writer: Alex Sharp

Director: John Florea

Synopsis
Joe convinces Hoss to wrestle Bearcat at Tweedy’s Circus which results in Hoss fracturing some of Bearcat’s ribs. So, in recompense for the income Tweedy will lose, Hoss stays on with Tweedy. After a month of fighting bouts, Joe and Hoss want to collect the money that Tweedy owes them. Tweedy, however, has lost all his money gambling and instead gives them something else. The two Cartwright boys arrive home with Old Sheba, an elephant. Ben isn’t happy and sets about trying to get rid of the elephant.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee)

Guest Stars
William Demarest (Angus Tweedy), Henry Kulky (Bearcat), Phil Chambers (Anderson), Clegg Hoyt (Barney)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Joe, Hoss and Ben
• VC Business: Anderson’s Mercantile

 

← Between Heaven and Earth

A Man to Admire →

Season 6 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 15 November 1964

Writer: Ed Adamson

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Richard Jaeckel (Mitch Devlin), Bob Biheller (Ken), Bob Miles (Les)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• The Cartwrights have sheep on the Ponderosa
• Saloon: The Silver Dollar

 

← Square Deal Sam

Old Sheba →

Season 6 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 8 November 1964

Writers: Jessica Benson and Murray Golden

Director: Murray Golden

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Ernest Truex (“Square Deal” Sam Washburn), Nydia Westman (Martha Washburn), Sandy Kenyon (Gibson), Danny Flower (Danny), Sidney Smith (Judge)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

 

← A Dime’s Worth of Glory

Between Heaven and Earth →

Season 6 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 1 November 1964

Writers: Richard Shapiro and Esther Mayesh

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Bruce Cabot (Reed Laramore), Walter Brooke (Tobias W. Finch), Charles Maxwell (Pickard), James Bell (Pop), Dal Jenkins (Raymond), Preston Pierce (Mike), Anthony Jochim (Deputy Sheriff), John Harmon (Telegrapher)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Production Notes

• Dan Blocker and Michael Landon do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Adam
• Dime Novel: True Life Adventures of Captain Billy Whipple Privateer by Tobias Wentworth Finch

 

← The Scapegoat

Square Deal Sam →

Season 6 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 25 October 1964

Writer: Rod Peterson

Director: Christian Nyby

Synopsis

Guest Stars
George Kennedy (Waldo Watson), Sandra Walker (Nancy Collins), Richard Devon (Weaver), Jon Lormer (Joe Collins), Troy Melton (Reese), Bill Catching (Pitts)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

 

← Logan’s Treasure

A Dime’s Worth of Glory →

Season 6 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 18 October 1964

Teleplay: Ken Pettus

Story: Robert Sabaroff

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee)

Guest Stars
Dan Duryea (Sam Logan), John Kellogg (Frank Reed), Virginia Gregg (Angie Malone), Tim McIntire (Mike Crawford), Russ Bender (George), Jack Carol (Hotel Clerk)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Production Notes

• Pernell Roberts and Michael Landon do not appear in this episode (Adam and Joe are in San Francisco)

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

 

← Thanks for Everything, Friend

The Scapegoat →

Season 6 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 11 October 1964

Writer: Jerry Adelman

Director: Christian Nyby

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee)

Guest Stars
Rory Calhoun (Tom Wilson), Linda Foster (Sue Miller), Tom Skerritt (Jerry), Barbara Wilkin (Matilda), John Mitchum (Grimes)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Adam

 

← The Wild One

Logan’s Treasure →

Season 6 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 4 October 1964

Writer: Jo Pagano

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Aldo Ray (Lafe Jessup), Kathryn Hays (Prudence Jessup)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

 

← The Hostage

Thanks for Everything, Friend →

Season 6 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 27 September 1964

Writer: Donn Mullally

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Harold J. Stone (Chad Cord), Jacqueline Scott (Willa Cord), Conlan Carter (Tip), Buck Taylor (Billy), Cal Bartlett (Len), Bill Clark (Jim)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Production Notes

• This episode originally aired commercial free as part of a sponsorship deal between the producers and Chevrolet. The deal was to air one episode per season commercial free.

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

 

← Invention of a Gunfighter

The Wild One →

Season 6 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 20 September 1964

Writer: Dan Ullman

Director: John Florea

Synopsis
Joe teaches his childhood friend, Johnny Chapman how to handle a gun. After killing a man in a gunfight, Johnny finds out that the dead man had a bounty on his head. When Joe finds out that Johnny has taken up bounty hunting, he is disappointed and wishes that he had never taught Johnny in the first place.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee)

Guest Stars
Guy Stockwell (Johnny Chapman), Valerie Allen (Olive), Ron Foster (Al Mooney), Bern Hoffman (Sam [Bartender])

Production Notes

• This season starts showing the names of the characters the guest stars played during the final credits

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Saloon: The Silver Dollar

 

← Walter and the Outlaws

The Hostage →

Art Direction

• Hal Pereira
• Earl Hedrick

Assistant Director

• Don Daves: Invention of a Gunfighter; The Hostage; Logan’s Treasure; Old Sheba; A Man to Admire; The Saga of Squaw Charlie; The Flapjack Contest; The Ballerina; The Flannel-Mouth Gun; The Ponderosa Birdman; The Deadliest Game; Right is the Fourth R; Hound Dog; The Trap; Dead and Gone; The Return; Jonah; Patchwork Man
• Ralph E. Black: The Wild One; Thanks for Everything, Friend; The Scapegoat; Square Deal Sam; Between Heaven and Earth; The Underdog; A Knight to Remember; The Far, Far Better Thing; Woman of Fire; The Search; Once a Doctor; A Good Night’s Rest; To Own the World; Lothario Larkin; The Spotlight
  George Walls: A Dime’s Worth of Glory
• Bill D’Arcy: The Far, Far Better Thing

Casting Supervisor: William Maybery

Color Consultant: Edward P. Ancona Jr.

Director of Photography

• Haskell Boggs: Invention of a Gunfighter; The Hostage; Logan’s Treasure; A Dime’s Worth of Glory; Old Sheba; A Man to Admire; The Saga of Squaw Charlie; The Flapjack Contest; The Ballerina; The Flannel-Mouth Gun; The Ponderosa Birdman; Right is the Fourth R; Hound Dog; The Trap; Dead and Gone; The Return; Jonah
• William F. Whitley: The Wild One; Thanks for Everything, Friend; The Scapegoat; Square Deal Sam; Between Heaven and Earth; The Underdog; A Knight to Remember; The Far, Far Better Thing; Woman of Fire; The Search; The Deadliest Game; Once a Doctor; A Good Night’s Rest; To Own the World; Lothario Larkin; The Spotlight; Patchwork Man

Editor

• Everett Douglas: Invention of a Gunfighter; The Wild One; A Dime’s Worth of Glory; A Knight to Remember; The Saga of Squaw Charlie; Woman of Fire; The Flannel-Mouth Gun; The Deadliest Game; The Trap; Lothario Larkin; Jonah
• Marvin Coil: The Hostage; The Scapegoat; Square Deal Sam; A Man to Admire; The Underdog; The Ponderosa Birdman; Once a Doctor; Right is the Fourth R; Dead and Gone; A Good Night’s Rest; The Spotlight; Patchwork Man
• Ellsworth Hoagland: Thanks for Everything, Friend; Logan’s Treasure; Between Heaven and Earth; Old Sheba; The Flapjack Contest; The Far, Far Better Thing; The Ballerina; The Search; Hound Dog; To Own the World; The Return

Hairstyle Supervision: Nellie Manley

Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore

Music: David Rose

Musical Supervision: William Lava

Process Photography

• Irmin Roberts: A Dime’s Worth of Glory

Set Decoration

• Sam Comer
• Grace Gregory

Sound Recording

• Lyle Figland
• Joel Moss

Story Consultant: Frank Cleaver

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Created by David Dortort

Producer: David Dortort

Associate Producer: James W. Lane

Production Executive: Robert Stillman

Production Supervisor: Kent McCray (episodes 1-15)

Production Manager: Kent McCray (episodes 16-34)

Song: “Bonanza” by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

Processed by Consolidated Film Industries

Filmed at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California

Episodes Copyright: 1964 (1-14), 1965 (15-34)

TV Ratings (USA): 36.3 (No. 1) Estimated Audience: 19,130,100

NBC Television Network Presentation

 

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