Category:Bonanza

Season 12 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 15 November 1970

Teleplay: Ken Pettus  Story: Dick McDonagh

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Rodolfo Acosta (Sheriff Rodolfo Aranda), Warren Stevens (Owen Driscoll), Jaime Sanchez (Ramon Cardenas), Anna Navarro (Sara), Shug Fisher (Toler), Troy Melton (Graves), Bill Shannon (Brady), Alex Sharp (Truitt), Pepe Hern (Rojas)

Notable Guest Stars

Rodolfo Acosta

Anna Navarro

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Hoss and Ben
• Business: Driscoll Mining & Mill Co. Prince River, Nevada

Season 12 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 8 November 1970

Writer: Michael Landon  Director: Michael Landon

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Carol Lawson (Etta), Michael-James Wixted (Scott), Will Geer (Jack Randolph), David Bond (Doctor), Josephine Hutchinson (Martha Randolph)

Notable Guest Stars

Josephine Hutchinson

Production Notes

• Composer David Rose was awarded an Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for this episode
• Director of Photography, Ted Voigtlander was nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for this episode
• Michael Landon re-used this script in 1985 for the Highway to Heaven episode “A Child of God”

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Featured Character: Jamie

Season 12 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 1 November 1970

Writer: Preston Wood  Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Gregory Walcott (Ed Thornton), Carl Reindel (Frank Wells), Heather Menzies (Martha Thornton), Chick Chandler (Doctor), Harlan Warde (Tom Boyle), Darrell Larson (Brian), Ken Mayer (Sheriff), Scott Walker (Blue), Jerry Gatlin (Harvey)

Notable Guest Stars

Heather Menzies

Gregory Walcott

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Joe and Ben

Season 12 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 25 October 1970

Writer: Jack B. Sowards  Director: Herschel Daugherty

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Gene Evans (Montana Perkins), G.D. Spradlin (Chip), E.J. Andre (Judge), Jeff Morris (Matthew Brody), Hal Holmes (Mark), Ray Young (Reverend Brody), Edgar Daniels (Tom Blackwell), Don Hanmer (Fred), Lane Bradford (Jack Clanton), Chanin Hale (Lily), Bobo Lewis (1st Lady), Athena Lorde (2nd Lady), E.A. Sirianni (Jethro), Sunshine Parker (Wally), Bobby Riha (Eben)

Notable Guest Stars

Gene Evans

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Hoss and Joe
• Town: Trouble

Season 12 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 18 October 1970

Writer: Ken Pettus  Director: Herschel Daugherty

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Richard Kiley (Sheriff Gideon Yates), Terry Moore (Lydia Yates), Carmen Zapata (Maria), John Himes (Dr. Myles), Wes Bishop (Hicks), Allen Emerson (Pike Rogers), A Martinez (Luis)

Notable Guest Stars

Richard Kiley	A Martinez	Terry Moore
	Carmen Zapata

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe
• Towns: Black River; Warbonnet

Season 12 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 11 October 1970

Writer: Joel Murcott  Director: Leo Penn

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Lou Frizzell (Dusty Rhodes)

Guest Stars
Rupert Crosse (Davis), Larry Ward (Sheriff), Ted Gehring (Matt), Tina Menard (Mexican Woman)

Notable Guest Stars

Rupert Crosse

Production Notes

• Location Scenes Filmed at Old Tucson, Tucson, Arizona

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe

Season 12 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 4 October 1970

Writer: Ken Pettus  Director: James Neilson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Sheriff Clem)

Guest Stars
Denver Pyle (Price Buchanan), Salome Jens (Madge Tucker), Jonathan Lippe (Kyte), Lee Jay Lambert (Jase), Stuart Randall (Sheriff Brody), Bob Vanselow (Fred Quinn), George Murdock (Luis Getty)

Notable Guest Stars

Salome Jens

George Murdock

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Town: Yucca Wells

Season 12 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 27 September 1970

Writer: Robert Pirosh  Director: Leo Penn

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Richard Thomas (Billy), Lee Purcell (Angie), Lonny Chapman (Colter), Elisha Cook (Marcus), Mayf Nutter (Pelletin), Kevin Tighe (Krulak), Scott Graham (Trimble), David Hayward (Hurley), Remo Pisani (Bartender), Stacy Keach (Farmer), Harry Holcombe (Doctor)

Notable Guest Stars

Lonny Chapman	Elisha Cook	Lee Purcell
Richard Thomas	Kevin Tighe

Production Notes

• Songs: Man Passing Through, Blood Brothers and It Won’t Be Very Long by Michael Martin Murphey and Owens Boomer Castleman. Vocals by Michael Martin Murphey

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe

Season 12 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 20 September 1970

Teleplay: Jack B. Sowards and John Hawkins

Story: D.C. Fontana

Director: William Wiard

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Lou Frizzell (Dusty Rhodes)

Guest Stars
Jack Collins (Mayor Corey), Geoffrey Lewis (Rogers), Michael Hinn (Garrison), Bruce Gordon (Scott)

Notable Guest Stars

Geoffrey Lewis

Production Notes

• First appearance of Mitch Vogel as Jamie Hunter

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• Featured Character: Jamie

Season 12 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 13 September 1970

Writer: John Hawkins  Director: William Wiard

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee), Bing Russell (Clem Foster), Lou Frizzell (Dusty Rhodes)

Guest Stars
Angel Tompkins (Janie Lund), Phil Brown (Wade Tucker), Edith Atwater (Roberta Lund), Jon Shank (Tim Moss), Mark Tapscott (Hamilton), Lane Bradford (Ira), William Fawcett (Whiskey Smith), Mona Burns (Mrs. Carter), Stuart Nisbet (Evans), Paul Kent (Dr. Martin)

Notable Guest Stars

Edith Atwater

Angel Tompkins

Production Notes

• This episode was developed in order to disguise the move from the Paramount Studios set to the Warner Brothers set. Virginia City had to be “destroyed” in order to explain the new buildings and town set-up.

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe
• One of the few episodes to have both Sheriff Roy Coffee and Deputy Clem Foster appearing together

Season 11 (Episode 28)

Air Date: 19 April 1970

Writer: B.W. Sandefur  Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Ted Gehring (Abraham Griffin), Vincent Van Patten (Tim Griffin), Harry Holcombe (Doctor)

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe

Season 11 (Episode 27)

Air Date: 12 April 1970

Writer: Jack B. Sowards  Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Guest Stars
John Beck (Luke), Slim Pickens (Sheriff), Hamilton Camp (Calvin), Dabbs Greer (Judge), Bruce Glover (Scooter), Tom Peters (Ray Stahl), Robert Cornthwaite (Blake), Tol Avery (Bradley), Bob Padilla (Running Cloud), Richard Evans (John)

Notable Guest Stars

John Beck

Slim Pickens

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss