Category:The Big Valley – Season 2

Season 2 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 7 November 1966

Writer: Don Ingalls

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Laura Devon (Sabrina), Fred Beir (Jack Floyd), Kelly Thordsen (Pierce), Michael Harris (Sheriff Steve), Hank Brandt (Preston), David Richards (Skinny), Richard Collier (Clerk), J.P. Burns (Peddler), Chuck Bail (Stage Driver)

Production Number: 7020

Episode Notes

• Business: Star Hotel

 

← Target

The Man from Nowhere →

Season 2 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 31 October 1966

Writer: Mel Goldberg

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Synopsis

Guest Stars
James Whitmore (Josh Hawks), Julie Adams (Edna Wesley), Sherwood Price (Frank Wesley), Strother Martin (Dan’l Hawks), Harlan Warde (Peter Doolin), Bill Quinn (Store Proprietor), Paul Sorenson (Dave Sloane), Rudy Bukich (Barkeep – Rudy), Walter Woolf King (Judge), Larry Damasin (Steve), Mel F. Allen (Farmer)

---

Notable Guest Stars

---

Production Number: 7008

Episode Notes

• Location: Stockton Town Hall
• Businesses: California Club; Cattlemen’s Hotel

 

← The Martyr

The Velvet Trap →

Season 2 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 17 October 1966

Writer: Mel Goldberg

Director: Virgil W. Vogel

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Napoleon Whiting (Silas)

Guest Stars
Nico Minardos (Paulino), Joseph Campanella (Francisco De Navarre), Philip Bourneuf (Judge Adam Cross), William Mims (The District Attorney), Charlie Briggs (Sheriff Walt Baker), Lorri Scott (Rosa), Graydon Gould (Russ Miller), Jackson Weaver (Doctor), Clyde Ventura (Julio)

---

Notable Guest Stars

---

Production Number: 7032

Production Notes

• Lee Majors does not appear in this episode

Awards

• Writers Guild of America Nomination: Episodic Drama – Mel Goldberg

Episode Notes

• Town: Pinewood

 

← Pursuit

Target →

Season 2 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 10 October 1966

Writer: Margaret Armen

Director: Virgil W. Vogel

Synopsis

Guest Stars
James Gregory (Simon Carter), Malachi Throne (Father Andre), Blaisdell Makee (Nameh), Bob Adler (Stage Driver)

---

Notable Guest Stars

---

Production Number: 7024

Production Notes

• Peter Breck does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Town: Sandhill
• Business: O’Donovan’s Saloon

 

← Caesar’s Wife

The Martyr →

Season 2 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 3 October 1966

Writer: Harry Kronman

Director: Virgil W. Vogel

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Dianne Foster (Therese Marvin), Bert Freed (Henry Marvin), Tim O’Kelly (Will Marvin), Bern Hoffman (Bert Seeger), Michael Harris (Sheriff Steve), Pat Wilkins (Bartender)

---

Notable Guest Stars

---

Production Number: 7006

 

← Legend of a General Part II

Pursuit →

Season 2 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 26 September 1966

Writer: Ken Pettus

Director: Virgil W. Vogel

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Nehemiah Persoff (General Vincente Ruiz), Rudy Solari (Captain Chavez), Angela Dorian (Teresa), David Renard (Miguel), Michael Davis (Pepe Ruiz), John Hoyt (Don Alfredo), Carlos Romero (Leon), Robert Karnes (Father Estaban), Paul Comi (Sergeant), Than Wyenn (Mateo), Chris Alcaide (Marshal Ralston), Morgan Farley (Morelos), Jose Gonzalez Gonzalez (El Payaso), Troy Melton (Morgan), Pete Solos (Guard), Tina Menard (Mexican Woman), Monte Mansfield (Soldier)

---

Notable Guest Stars

---

Production Number: 7016

Episode Notes

• Town: Rio Blanco, Mexico

 

← Legend of a General Part I

Caesar’s Wife →

Season 2 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 19 September 1966

Writer: Ken Pettus

Director: Virgil W. Vogel

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Nehemiah Persoff (General Vincente Ruiz), Rudy Solari (Captain Chavez), Angela Dorian (Teresa), David Renard (Miguel), Pepe Hern (Carlos), Rico Alaniz (Jacobo), Michael Davis (Pepe Ruiz), John Hoyt (Don Alfredo), Carlos Romero (Leon), Robert Karnes (Father Estaban), Paul Comi (Sergeant), Donald F. Randolf (Luis Cortines), Than Wyenn (Mateo), Don Dillaway (Harlow Perkins)

---

Notable Guest Stars

---

Production Number: 7014

Episode Notes

• Town: Rio Blanco, Mexico

 

← The Lost Treasure

Legend of a General Part II →

Season 2 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 12 September 1966

Writer: Jack Curtis

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Buddy Hackett (Charlie Sawyer), Bruce Dern (Clovis), John Milford (Atteridge), Dub Taylor (Bartender), Beah Richards (Hannah James)

---

Notable Guest Stars

---

Production Number: 7060

Episode Notes

• Featured Barkley: Heath
• Town: Strawberry

 

← Last Train to the Fair

Legend of a General Part I →