Category:The Virginian

Season 2 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 16 October 1963

Writer: Frank Chase

Director: Stuart Heisler

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy Garth), L.Q. Jones (Belden), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Mark Abbott)

Guest Stars
Robert Redford (Matthew Cordell), Patricia Blair (Rita Marlow), Simon Scott (Fred Harris), Don O’Kelly (Deke), Jon Locke (Johnson), John Bryant (Frank Mason), Frank Chase (Wrangler), Jack Catron (The Guard), Leonard P. Geer (The Driver)

Production Notes

• Doug McClure does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Location: Wyoming Territorial Prison

Season 2 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 9 October 1963

Writers: Bob and Wanda Duncan

Director: John English

Synopsis
George Wolfe, a bounty hunter, arrives in Medicine Bow to meet with a man who has information about another man who has a bounty on his head.  The man dies before he can tell Wolfe who the wanted man is.  Wolfe turns his attention to the three men who were present when the dead man received his life-ending injuries.  One of the three men, Trampas believes that Wolfe is after him but no-one knows for sure who the wanted man is.

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy Garth), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Mark Abbott)

Guest Stars
Broderick Crawford (George Wolfe), Arch Johnson (Dr. Harold Ashley), Jim Boles (Mr. Goren), Bill Smith (Andy Adams), Barbara Werle (Mrs. Lemon), Roy Engel (Barney Wingate), Ruth Lee (Mrs. Drummond), Jim Hayward (Cy Grove), Raymond Guth (Carley), Kay Stewart (Mrs. Goren)

Episode Notes

• Location: Bessie Miller’s Boarding House

Season 2 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 2 October 1963

Teleplay: Carey Wilber

Story: William R. Cox

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Gena Rowlands (Savannah), Everett Sloane (Henry T. Madden), Stephen McNally (Sheriff Simon), Joanna Moore (Jane Dent), Arthur Franz (Fitz Warren), Vaughn Taylor (Judge Shelley), Don Wilbanks (The Deputy), Robert Colbert (Gordon W. Madden), Harold Gould (George Black), Jonathan Hole (The Express Clerk), Robert Kline (The Bartender), Raymond Greenleaf (Manners), Brian Eliot (Doniphan), Julia Montoya (The Servant), Hugh Sanders (Foley), Austin Green (The Bailiff), Gil Rogers (The Youth), Dennis McCarthy (The Jury Foreman), Rodney Bell (Charles), Anthony Jochim (The Poker Player), Harry Mackin (The Customer), Jackie Russell (The Saloon Girl)

Notable Guest Stars

Robert Colbert

Arthur Franz

Stephen McNally

Gena Rowlands

Everett Sloane

Production Notes

• Doug McClure and Gary Clarke do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: The Virginian
• Locations: Warren House Hotel; Savannah’s Saloon

Season 2 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 25 September 1963

Writer: Harold Swanton

Director: Robert Ellis Miller

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Joan Blondell (Rosanna Dobie), John Dehner (Frank Sturgis), William Mims (York), Catherine McLeod (Amy Sturgis), James Bell (David T. Harvey, M.D.), William Bramley (Charlie Tressider), Virginia Christine (Leora Tressider), John Hoyt (Judge Harper), Herb Vigran (Arthur Wyman), Jack Easton Jr. (Ben Sturgis), Joana Crawford (Millie DeWitt), Mark Tapscott (Mannion), William Fawcett (Jethro), Duane Grey (The Drunk), Sunny Jordan (Julie Tressider)

Notable Guest Stars

Joan Blondell

William Bramley

John Dehner

John Hoyt

William Mims

Production Notes

• Doug McClure, Gary Clarke and James Drury do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Judge Henry Garth
• Locations: Rapahoe Hotel; Frank L. Sturgis School; Stockmen’s Club

Season 2 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 18 September 1963

Teleplay: E.M. Parsons

Story: Arthur Browne Jr.

Director: John Peyser

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott)

Guest Stars
Sonny Tufts (Frank Trampas), Royal Dano (Faraway), Carol Byron (Winnie), Buzz Martin (Lon Mortison), Stuart Randolph (H. Daley), Charles Fredericks (Fitch), Carleton Young (Judge Drucker), Richard Garland (The Deputy), Hal Baylor (Flake), Dort Clark (The Sheriff), Read Morgan (Mort), Will J. White (Bridger), George Savalas (Turnkey), E.J. Andre (Cook), John Clift (Dealer), Frank Sully (The Bartender)

Notable Guest Stars

Royal Dano

Sonny Tufts

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Trampas
• Town: El Paso

Season 1 (Episode 30)

Air Date: 1 May 1963

Teleplay: Harry Kleiner

Story: Ward Hawkins and Bernard Girard

Director: Robert Douglas

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy), Ross Elliott (The Sheriff)

Guest Stars
Ulla Jacobsson (Polcia), Jacques Aubuchon (Antek Wolski), Bert Freed (Milo Henderson), Don Galloway (Jack Henderson), Dean Fredericks (Jan Wolski), Myron Healey (Martin Croft), Sheldon Allman (Parker), Whit Bissell (Burns), Richard Garland (Felton), Peter Mamakos (Walzchek), Ted Knight (The Miner), Anthony Jochim (Sylvester)

Production Notes

• Gary Clarke does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Trampas

Season 1 (Episode 29)

Air Date: 24 April 1963

Teleplay: Howard Browne

Story: Gene Roddenberry

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Karl Swenson (Karl Swenson), Crahan Denton (John Lewis), Kevin Hagen (Oscar Swenson), Russ Conway (Walter Moody), Steve Brodie (Sheriff Martin), Dan Sheridan (The Brakeman), I. Stanford Jolley (Jess Cooper), Alvy Moore (The 2nd Man), Ann Doran (Minerva Lewis), Jeannine Riley (Amelia)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb and Doug McClure do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: The Virginian
• Businesses: Center City State Bank; Firestone State Bank

Season 1 (Episode 28)

Air Date: 17 April 1963

Teleplay: Harry Kleiner

Story: Louis Morheim

Director: Bernard McEveety

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Dolores Hart (Cathy), Jeanette Nolan (Helen Dryer), Amzie Strickland (Ruth Arlen), Joe De Santis (General Rodello), Rico Alaniz (The Bandido Leader), George Wallace (Dixon), Carlos Romero (Pedro), Clancy Cooper (Murphy), King Calder (Myers), Dale Johnson (The Hotel Clerk), K.L. Smith (The Bartender), Alex Montoya (Rafael), Gil Barrelo (The Mexican Peasant), Ida Angustain (The Mexican Child), Rodolfo Acosta (The Yaqui Leader)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure and Gary Clarke do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: The Virginian
• Locations: San Pablo; Fuerte Guereras
• Business: San Pablo Eatery

Season 1 (Episode 27)

Air Date: 3 April 1963

Teleplay: Morton Fine and David Friedkin

Story: Thomas Fitzroy

Director: David Friedkin

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy)

Guest Stars
Harry Morgan (Jonesy), Paul Richards (Pauk), Skip Homeier (Jed Carter), Arthur Hunnicutt (Tom Croft), Evans Evans (Phyllis Carter), Jocelyn Brando (Lucy Wallace), Malcolm Atterbury (John Wallace), Berkeley Harris (Theo), Don Kennedy (The 1st Driver), Leonard P. Geer (The 1st Outlaw), Bill Catching (The 2nd Outlaw), Boyd Stockman (The 2nd Driver), Richard Anderson (Harry Clark)

Production Notes

• Doug McClure, Gary Clarke and James Drury do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Location: Three Fork Way Station

Season 1 (Episode 26)

Air Date: 27 March 1963

Writer: Frank Fenton

Director: William Graham

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Bradford Dillman (Sam Harder), John Dehner (Bleeker), Edward Asner (George Johnston), Francis J. McDonald (Saul Weintraub), Russell Thorson (The Sheriff), Grace Lee Whitney (Nina), John Mitchum (Madison), Frank Scully (Danny), Frank Watkins (Gregg), Joe Maross (Landegger)

Episode Notes

• Location: Hole Card Saloon

Season 1 (Episode 25)

Air Date: 20 March 1963

Teleplay: Howard Browne

Story: Howard Browne and John Francis O’Mara

Director: John English

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott)

Guest Stars
Ida Lupino (Helen Blaine), Howard Duff (Ed Fraser), Joey Heatherton (Gloria Blaine), Rees Vaughn (Wilfred Simms), Willis Bouchey (Glen Hubbard), Bobs Watson (Matt Lewis), Francis DeSales (Dave McCoy), Ken Patterson (Mr. Colby), Roy Engel (Wade)

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Steve Hill
• Business: Wind River Lumber Company
• Set sometime after 10 July 1890 (Wyoming Statehood)

Season 1 (Episode 24)

Air Date: 13 March 1963

Teleplay: Maxwell Shane

Story: Thomas Fitzroy and Maxwell Shane

Director: John Brahm

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy)

Guest Stars
Karl Boehm (Karl Rilke), Robert Duvall (Johnny Keel), Paul Carr (Kane), Ilze Taurins (Maria Rilke), Russell Thorson (Sheriff Evans), Donald Barry (Shorty Downs), Lew Brown (Hank), John Bryant (The Doctor), Bobs Watson (Jeremy, The Hotel Clerk), Henry Hunter (The Banker), John Hoyt (Judge Wickersham)

Production Notes

• Gary Clarke does not appear in this episode