Category:The Virginian

Episode 2

Air Date: 23 September 1970

Writer: Leslie Stevens

Director: Russ Mayberry

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Desi Arnaz (El Jefe), James Farentino (Pick Lexington), Katy Jurado (Mama Fe), Mario Alcalde (Cristobal Nieves), Susan Miranda (Teresa Zaragosa), Margarita Cordova (Tia Marguerita), Rodolfo Hoyos (Hernan), Lenore Stevens (Josefina), Alex Val (Chucho), David Ceballos (Pepe)

Production Notes

• Stewart Granger, Lee Majors and James Drury do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Trampas

Episode 1

Air Date: 16 September 1970

Writer: Jean Holloway

Directors: Murray Golden and Jerry Hopper

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
John McLiam (Parker)

Guest Stars
Elizabeth Ashley (Faith Andrews), Martha Hyer (Amalia Clark), Don DeFore (Mayor Evans), John Larch (Sheriff), Bobby Eilbacher (Petey), Dennis McCarthy (Lamb), James Gavin (Hoag), Calvin Bartlett (John), Don Wilbanks (Meyers)

Production Notes

• Lee Majors does not appear in this episode
• First appearance of Stewart Granger as Col. Alan MacKenzie

Season 8 (Episode 24)

Air Date: 18 March 1970

Writer: Robert Van Scoyk

Director: Seymour Robbie

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott), Harper Flaherty (Harper)

Guest Stars

Tab Hunter (Carter), Julie Gregg (Sally Ann), Frank Marth (Rawlins), Walter Burke (Billy Neal), Stuart Nisbet (Bart), Richard Le Pore (LeRoy)

Production Notes

• Sara Lane does not appear in this episode
• Final appearance of John McIntire as Clay Grainger
• Final appearance of Tim Matheson as Jim Horn
• Song: The Gypsy Rover (Composed by Leo Maguire, 1950s)
• Song: The Water is Wide (Scottish Folk Song, first published in 1906)

Season 8 (Episode 23)

Air Date: 11 March 1970

Writer: Arthur Heinemann

Director: Tony Leader

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Harper Flaherty (Harper)

Guest Stars
Jack Elan (Harve Yost), Patricia Morrow (Ellie Yost), Michael Larrain (Whit Yost), Kenneth Tobey (Joe Pierce), Tom Basham (Jess Pulver), Russell Thorson (Josh Dorcas), Arthur Hanson (John Nelson), Robert Brubaker (Reardon), Bud Walls (Bart Whedon)

Production Notes

• John McIntire does not appear in this episode
• Final appearance of Sara Lane as Elizabeth Grainger

Season 8 (Episode 22)

Air Date: 4 March 1970

Writer: David P. Harmon

Director: Walter Doniger

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Jeanette Nolan (Holly Grainger), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott), Harper Flaherty (Harper)

Guest Stars
Robert Lipton (Adam Randall), Tim McIntire (John Wesley Hardin), William Lucking (Sam Burns), Terry Wilson (Shaker), Stuart Nisbet (Bartender), Bob Gravage (Blacksmith)

Production Notes

• Sara Lane does not appear in this episode
• Final appearance of Jeanette Nolan as Holly Grainger

Season 8 (Episode 21)

Air Date: 25 February 1970

Writer: John D.F. Black

Director:  Joseph Pevney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Jeanette Nolan (Holly Grainger), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott)

Guest Stars
Patrick Macnee (“Con” Connor), Jackie De Shannon (Maggie Connor), Don Knight (Henry), Michael Pate (Alf), Alan Baxter (Ben Thomas), Ann Doran (Mrs. Thomas), Budd Perkins (Banker)

Production Notes

• Doug McClure does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Event: Medicine Bow Church Fund Raising Social

Season 8 (Episode 20)

Air Date: 18 February 1970

Teleplay: Alvin Sapinsley and Robert Earll

Story: Robert Earll

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Harper Flaherty (Harper)

Guest Stars
Henry Jones (Ned Cochran), Charles Aidman (William Webb), Charles Robinson (John Woods), David Sheiner (Cully), Larry Ward (Sheriff), Patricia Hyland (Kyoy-Ma), Barney Phillips (Major Heller)

Production Notes

• Sara Lane and James Drury do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Town: Three Corners
• Location: Fort Dawkins

Season 8 (Episode 19)

Air Date: 11 February 1970

Writer: Edward J. Lasko

Director: Joseph Pevney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Jeanette Nolan (Holly Grainger), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott)

Guest Stars
Joseph Cotten (Judge Will McMasters), Phillip Alford (Joe Thurman), Shelly Novack (Frank Thurman), Pamela Murphy (Emily Thurman), Virginia Gregg (Mary McMasters)

Production Notes

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

Season 8 (Episode 18)

Air Date: 4 February 1970

Writer: Robert Van Scoyk

Director: James Sheldon

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Dennis Weaver (Jed Haines), John Larch (Charlie Neely), Kaz Garas (Buster Floyd), Barbara Werle (Evelyn Neely), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Lute Dormer, Sr.), Charlotte Stewart (Lotte Haines), Patrick Tovatt (Corey Halder), Ben Wright (Conductor – John Patrick), David Dukes (Lad Dormer), John Cliff (Engineer), Pete Kellett (Cousin)

Production Notes

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

Episode Notes

• Town: Cheyenne, Wyoming
• Locations: Clearwater Trestle; Keeley Pass

Season 8 (Episode 17)

Air Date: 28 January 1970

Teleplay: Robert Van Scoyk

Story: James Duff McAdams

Director: Jeannot Szwarc

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Jeanette Nolan (Holly Grainger), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott), Harper Flaherty (Harper)

Guest Stars
Tony Franciosa (Kordick), Harold J. Stone (Adam), Sandy Kenyon (Rafe Ogden), Seán McClory (Walter May), John Hoyt (John Weston), Jean R. Peloquin (Jean), Lynne Youngreen (Lola), Alex Sharp (Muirhead)

Season 8 (Episode 16)

Air Date: 21 January 1970

Writers: Gerry Day and Bethel Leslie

Director: Robert Gist

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott), Harper Flaherty (Harper)

Guest Stars
Joan Crawford (Stephanie White), Steve Sandor (Billy White), Michael Conrad (John White), Warren Kemmerling (Frank Benteen), Booth Coleman (Jeff Turner), Clarke Gordon (Doctor), William Mims (Prosecutor), Peter Marko (Sam Kincaid), Will Chilles (Jake), Rachel Rosenthal (Natawista), Will Gulliver (Oscar), Luke Andreas (Bartender), Hal Torey (Judge)

Production Notes

• John McIntire and Doug McClure do not appear in this episode

Season 8 (Episode 15)

Air Date: 7 January 1970

Writer: Lois Hire

Director: James Neilson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott)

Guest Stars
Strother Martin (Luther Watson), Elizabeth Hubbard (Mary Marshall), Noah Beery (Will Baxter), Anthony Eisley (Tom Kendrick), Richard Devon (Haskell), Dorothy Shay (Widow Mabel Krebs), John Day (Grimes), Robert Foulk (Bartender Fred), Sheila Leighton (Dolly)

Production Notes

• John McIntire, Tim Matheson, Sara Lane and James Drury do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Trampas
• Town: Clearwater