Category:Bonanza – Season 7

Season 7 (Episode 22)

Air Date: 20 February 1966

Writer: Jo Pagano

Director: Ralph E. Black

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Stuart Erwin (Jester McGillicuddy), Majel Barrett (Annie Slocum), Mitzi Hoag (Libby Spencerfield), Danielle Aubry (Yvette), Claude Hall (Ned Slocum), Wynn Pearce (Jed Slocum), Sharyl Locke (Jenny McGillicuddy), Orville Sherman (Matt), Grandon Rhodes (Doctor)

Notable Guest Stars

Majel Barrett

Mitzi Hoag

Season 7 (Episode 21)

Air Date: 13 February 1966

Writer: Sidney Ellis

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis
After showing off some of his shooting skills, Joe is challenged to a gun duel by Dan Taggart. Bets on whether Joe will show up, start mounting and it seems everybody has an opinion. The problem is that Joe is not keen on fighting the duel and he must decide whether or not to meet Taggart at the appointed time. If he doesn’t show up, then per “the code” of the west, Joe will be forever branded a coward.

Guest Stars
George Montgomery (Dan Taggart), Jan Shepard (Sally), Robert Ellenstein (Fitts), Zalman King (Pete), George Wescourt (Win), Charles Wagenheim (Felger), Bruno Ve Sota (Sam Tucker [Bartender]), Martha Manor (Martha)

Notable Guest Stars

Robert Ellenstein

George Montgomery

Martha Manor

Jan Shepard

Bruno Ve Sota

Production Notes

• Location Scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Saloon: The Silver Dollar
• VC Business: Palace Hotel

Season 7 (Episode 20)

Air Date: 6 February 1966

Writer: Donn Mullally

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Eric Fleming (Wes Dunn), Ron Foster (Dave Morrissey), Dee Pollock (Chuck), Ray Stricklyn (Cliff), Ted Knight (Mayor Amos Garrett), Lorna Thayer (Mrs. Roberts), Roy Barcroft (Deputy Tom Hacker), Grandon Rhodes (Dr. Brown), Clyde Howdy (Deputy Bill Harris)

Notable Guest Stars

Eric Fleming

Ted Knight

Episode Notes

• The Morissey Gang: Dave Morrisey, Chuck Wilson, Fred Roberts and Paul Curtis
• Roy Coffee is in St. Louis at a murder trial
• Virginia City Deputies are paid $40 per month plus meals

Season 7 (Episode 19)

Air Date: 30 January 1966

Writer: Robert V. Barron

Director: Gerd Oswald

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Dick Peabody (Sonny), Walter Burke (Jesse Pearson), Tim Stafford (Jaime), Steve Raines (Darrell), Lindsay Workman (Badgett), Grandon Rhodes (Doctor), Chris Anderson (Hunter)

Notable Guest Stars

Walter Burke

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 7 (Episode 18)

Air Date: 23 January 1966

Writer: Paul Schneider

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Rod Cameron (Curtis Wade), Tom Lowell (Jabez Ludlow), DeForest Kelley (Tully), Stewart Moss (Aaron Bornstein), Warren Vanders (Hoke), James Noah (Sykes), Clay Tanner (Herb), David Pritchard (Pat), Peter Ritter (Hank), Richard Hale (Chief Winnemucca), Wolfe Barzell (Samuel Bornstein), Ben Wright (Spires), Bill Edwards (Hoffman), Robert Brubaker (DeVere), Roger Etienne (Fontaine), Bill Clark (Wilson)

Production Notes

• This episode and Ride the Wind ~ Part I were put together and released as a feature film in Europe and Australia
• Lorne Greene does a voice-over at the end of the episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Ben mentions Adam briefly in this episode
• Ben mentions that Joe’s mother, Marie was alive at the time the ranch house was built
• Saloon: The Silver Dollar
• Location: Indian Wells Way Station

Season 7 (Episode 17)

Air Date: 16 January 1966

Writer: Paul Schneider

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Victor Jory (Charles Ludlow), Rod Cameron (Curtis Wade), Tom Lowell (Jabez Ludlow), DeForest Kelley (Tully), Stewart Moss (Aaron Bornstein), Warren Vanders (Hoke), James Noah (Sykes), Clay Tanner (Herb), Robert Brubaker (DeVere), Gilbert Green (Jenson), Richard Hale (Chief Winnemucca), David Pritchard (Pat), Tom Lutz (Emmett Carver), Raymond Guth (Homer)

Notable Guest Stars

Rod Cameron

Victor Jory

Stewart Moss

Production Notes

• Location Scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
• This episode and Ride the Wind ~ Part II were put together and released as a feature film in Europe and Australia

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Ben mentions Adam briefly during this episode

Season 7 (Episode 16)

Air Date: 9 January 1966

Writer: Michael Fisher

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Jose DeVega (Tatoo), Steve Gravers (Martinez), Trudy Ellison (Julie), Sarah Selby (Mrs. Flanner), Grandon Rhodes (Doctor), Ralph Moody (Old Indian)

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 7 (Episode 15)

Air Date: 2 January 1966

Writer: Mort Thaw

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis
Joe has doubts about agreeing with fellow jury members in finding Terence O’Toole guilty of murder. He begins his own investigation to find out what really happened and finds out that not everybody has been telling the truth.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Liam Sullivan (Terrence O’Toole), Margaret Mahoney (Molly Dimmer), Tim McIntire (Jeb Dimmer), Paul Birch (Porter), Paul Genge (Judge), Bern Hoffman (Bartender – Sam), Robert Carson (Jury Foreman)

Notable Guest Stars

Margaret Mahoney

Liam Sullivan

Production Notes

• Location Scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Saloon: The Silver Dollar
• Locations: Virginia City Courthouse; Virginia City Jail

Season 7 (Episode 14)

Air Date: 19 December 1965

Writer: William Blinn

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Leif Erickson (Tom Caine), Clint Howard (Michael Thorpe), Rodolfo Acosta (Lijah), Simon Scott (Evan Thorpe), Harvey Stephens (Dr. Randall)

Notable Guest Stars

Rodolfo Acosta

Leif Erickson

Clint Howard

Production Notes

• Sequences Filmed in Toiyabe National Forest, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture
• Location Scenes filmed at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe

Season 7 (Episode 13)

Air Date: 12 December 1965

Teleplay: William Blinn

Story: Suzanne Clauser

Director: Robert Totten

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Eddie Hodges (Charles William “Skeeter” Dexter), Jacqueline Scott (Joy Dexter), Karl Swenson (Dr. Woods), Douglas Kennedy (Stoney), Robert Rothwell (Ranch Hand)

Notable Guest Stars

Eddie Hodges

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss

Season 7 (Episode 12)

Air Date: 5 December 1965

Writer: William L. Stuart

Director: Gerd Oswald

Synopsis
Ben is called into to town to deputise for Roy Coffee, who has been injured while preventing an escape attempt. Hoss, who came in with his father is made deputy because Harry Lassiter’s family are out to stop his hanging. Harry’s mother and brother have threatened to kidnap one man every day for the next five days until Harry is released. If Harry’s sentence is carried out, the Lassiter family vows to kill every one of their hostages. It’s up to Ben, Hoss, and some of the men in Virginia City to find them and stop them before it’s too late.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
Marie Windsor (Elizabeth Lassiter), James Davidson (Carver Lassiter), Tom Drake (Kirt), John Hoyt (Major Sutcliffe), G.B. Atwater (L.B. Merrick), Douglas Henderson (Reverend Holmes), Stacy Harris (Judge Simpson), John Alderson (Gwylnedd), Jack Chaplain (Harry Lassiter), Bruce Mars (Johnny), William Tannen (Albee), Dan White (Weems), K.L. Smith (Deets)

Notable Guest Stars

G.B. Atwater

Tom Drake

John Hoyt

Marie Windsor

Episode Notes

• Ben is acting sheriff and Hoss is one of the deputies during this episode

Season 7 (Episode 11)

Air Date: 21 November 1965

Writer: Wally George

Director: R.G. Springsteen

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Tim Considine (Billy Penn), Royal Dano (Hank Penn), Keith London (Sam Cotterfield), Craig Curtis (Sport), Mike Ragan (Burkhart), Ray Hemphill (Shale), Janis Hansen (Millie)

Notable Guest Stars

Tim Considine

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• The Cartwrights have a bull called Macho Seguno