Category:Bonanza

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

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

Don Collier

Buddy Ebsen

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben

Season 13 (Episode 16)

Air Date: 9 January 1972

Writers: Arthur Weingarten and Suzanne Clauser

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Joan Hackett (Judith Coleman), James Booth (Rev. Jess Avery), Bob Gravage (Station Master), Larry Ward (Deputy Harve)

Notable Guest Stars

James Booth

Joan Hackett

Production Notes

• This episode and “The Strange One” (season 7) were put together to form a 1989 TV Special called Bonanza: The Movie

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Location: Juniper Creek Station

Season 13 (Episode 15)

Air Date: 2 January 1972

Writer: John Hawkins

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Kelly Jean Peters (“Missy” Miss Hamilton), Peter Hobbs (Judge Henry Hill)

Production Notes

• This is the only episode to centre on Hop Sing

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Hop Sing
• Business: Golden Nugget Saloon
• Location: Miracle Creek

Season 13 (Episode 14)

Air Date: 26 December 1971

Teleplay: Arthur Heinemann

Story: Charles Goldwad and Robert Blood

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Forrest Tucker (Frank Ryan), Chief Dan George (Red Cloud), Linda Cristal (Teresa), Patrick Adiarte (Swift Eagle), Russ Marin (Sheriff), M. Emmet Walsh (Mattheson), John Wheeler (Hill), Lee De Broux (Elias)

Notable Guest Stars

Linda Cristal

Chief Dan George

Forrest Tucker

M. Emmet Walsh

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Mr. Mattheson is the Indian agent in Virginia City
• Town: Mills

Season 13 (Episode 13)

Air Date: 19 December 1971

Writer: Jean Holloway

Director: Leo Penn

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Will Geer (Ferris Callahan), Ford Rainey (Judge Taylor), Robert Karnes (Jess McLean), Robert Carradine (Phinney McLean), Phyllis Love (Miss Griggs)

Notable Guest Stars

Robert Carradine

Will Geer

Production Notes

• Flashback footage from the episodes “A Matter of Faith” and “The Grand Swing” was used during this episode
• This episode would be re-worked into the Little House on the Prairie episode “Uncle Jed”

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Featured Character: Jamie

Season 13 (Episode 12)

Air Date: 12 December 1971

Writer: Jack B. Sowards

Director: Joseph Pevney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing), Lou Frizzell (Dusty Rhodes)

Guest Stars
Ann Prentiss (Meena Calhoun), Dub Taylor (Luke Calhoun), Lyman Ward (Pete), Dan Scott (Dave), Channing Pollock (Carter), Robert Lussier (Garvey)

Notable Guest Stars

Ann Prentiss

Production Notes

• This is the third of three episodes that features Meena Calhoun and her father Luke

Season 13 (Episode 11)

Air Date: 5 December 1971

Writer: Gordon T. Dawson

Director: William Wiard

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Clem)

Guest Stars
Neville Brand (Doyle), Severn Darden (Price), David Sheiner (Fancher), Don Keefer (Tobias Temple), Richard Yniguez (Ricardo), Michele Nichols (Judith), Chris Beaumont (Lester Brewer), John Quade (Tallman), Eleanore Berry (Emily Fancher), Scott Walker (Guthrie Amber), Bobby Hall (Goatman), Biff Manard (Suggins), Joaquin Martinez (Chavez)

Notable Guest Stars

Neville Brand

David Sheiner

Richard Yniguez

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Featured Character: Jamie

Season 13 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 28 November 1971

Writer: Harold Swanton

Director: Leo Penn

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Sheriff Coffee)

Guest Stars
Mariette Hartley (Lola Fairmont), Stefan Gierasch (Grady), Allen Garfield (Charlie), Peter Whitney (Senator Carson Bennett), Jack Collins (Mayor), John McCann (Bennett), Red Currie (Driver), Mills Watson (Fontaine)

Notable Guest Stars

Stefan Gierasch

Mariette Hartley

Mills Watson

Peter Whitney

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Flyer: Piper Opera House ~ Miss Lola Fairmont ~ One Week Only ~ Romeo and Juliet ~ by William Shakespeare
• Locations: Juniper Creek; Juniper Creek Station
• Lola Fairmont is 34 years old
• Doctor in Virginia City: G. W. Fry – physician and surgeon

Season 13 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 21 November 1971

Teleplay: John Hawkins and Robert Pirosh

Story: Robert Pirosh

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Rip Torn (Will Hewitt), Don Knight (Clayton), Loretta Leversee (Laurie Hewitt), Charles Maxwell (Keeley), Robert Ridgely (Bartender), James Chandler (McKey), Larry Ward (Deputy)

Notable Guest Stars

Rip Torn

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Jamie
• This episode is set in 1869

Season 13 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 14 November 1971

Writer: Ken Pettus

Director: Chris Christenberry

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Clem), Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing), Lou Frizzell (Dusty Rhodes)

Guest Stars
Bradford Dillman (Griff Bannon), Donald Moffat (Thatcher), Jewel Blanch (Neta Thatcher), Athena Lorde (Miss Griggs), Chick Chandler (Garroway), Tom Gillerman (Trumbull), Susan Joyce (Wilma)

Notable Guest Stars

Bradford Dillman

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Jamie

Season 13 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 31 October 1971

Writer: Michael Landon

Director: Michael Landon

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Clem Foster)

Guest Stars
Richard Mulligan (Dr. Mark Sloan), Diane Shalet (Ruth Sloan), Dan Ferrone (Eli Johnson), Ann Whitsett (Annie Johnson)

Notable Guest Stars

Diane Shalet

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben