Category:The Virginian – Season 2

Other Recurring Characters

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Betsy Garth (Roberta Shore)

• Is 17 years old (It Takes a Big Man)
• Visited Brynmar Hall two years ago (The Secret of Brynmar Hall)

Episodes
A Killer in Town; The Evil That Men Do; It Takes a Big Man; Brother Thaddeus; Run Quiet; A Time Remembered; The Invaders; The Fortunes of J Jimerson Jones; The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath; First to Thine Own Self; A Matter of Destiny; Smile of a Dragon; The Intruders; Rope of Lies; The Secret of Brynmar Hall; The Long Quest; A Bride for Lars; A Man Called Kane

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Sheriff Mark Abbott (Ross Elliott)

Episodes
Ride a Dark Trail; A Killer in Town; The Evil That Men Do; Brother Thaddeus; Run Quiet; Stopover in a Western Town; The Fatal Journey; A Time Remembered; The Invaders; The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath; A Matter of Destiny; Another’s Footsteps; Rope of Lies; Dark Destiny; A Man Called Kane

 

 

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Randy Benton (Randy Boone)

• Has a half-brother [same father] (A Man Called Kane)
• Father is dead (A Man Called Kane)

Episodes
First to Thine Own Self; A Matter of Destiny; Smile of a Dragon; The Intruders; Another’s Footsteps; Rope of Lies; The Secret of Brynmar Hall; The Long Quest; Dark Destiny; A Man Called Kane

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Belden (L.Q. Jones)

Episodes
The Evil That Men Do; Run Quiet; First to Thine Own Self; The Intruders

 

← Season 1

Season 3 →

Art Director

• George Patrick

Assistant Director

• Carter DeHaven III: Ride a Dark Trail
• Jack Doran: To Make This Place Remember
• Edward K. Dodds: No Tears for Savannah; Man of Violence; A Bride for Lars
• Frank Losee: A Killer in Town; Brother Thaddeus; Run Quiet; A Matter of Destiny
• James H. Brown: The Evil That Men Do; The Invaders
• Charles S. Gould: It Takes a Big Man; Dark Destiny
• Les Berke: A Portrait of Marie Valonne; The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath; The Drifter; The Long Quest
• Milton Feldman: Stopover in a Western Town
• John Clarke Bowman: The Fatal Journey; Another’s Footsteps
• Ben Bishop: A Time Remembered; Roar from the Mountain; Smile of a Dragon
• Henry Kline: Siege; First to Thine Own Self
• Donald Baer: The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones; The Intruders; The Secret of Brynmar Hall; A Man Called Kane
• Chuck Colean: Rope of Lies

Color Consultant

• Alex Quiroga: Ride a Dark Trail; To Make This Place Remember; No Tears for Savannah; A Killer in Town; The Evil That Men Do; It Takes a Big Man; Brother Thaddeus; The Invaders; The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath; The Drifter; First to Thine Own Self; A Matter of Destiny; Smile of a Dragon; The Intruders; Another’s Footsteps; Rope of Lies; The Secret of Brynmar Hall; The Long Quest; A Bride for Lars; Dark Destiny; A Man Called Kane

Color Coordinator

• Robert Brower: A Portrait of Marie Valonne; Run Quiet; Stopover in a Western Town; The Fatal Journey; A Time Remembered; Siege; Man of Violence; Roar from the Mountain; The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones

Costume Supervisor

• Vincent Dee

Director of Photography

• John L. Russell: Ride a Dark Trail; To Make This Place Remember; A Killer in Town; It Takes a Big Man; Brother Thaddeus; A Portrait of Marie Valonne; Stopover in a Western Town; Man of Violence; The Invaders; Dark Destiny
• Walter Strenge: No Tears for Savannah; The Evil That Men Do; Another’s Footsteps
• Benjamin H. Kline: Run Quiet; The Fatal Journey; Siege; The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones; The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath; The Drifter; First to Thine Own Self; A Matter of Destiny; The Intruders; Rope of Lies; The Long Quest; A Bride for Lars; A Man Called Kane
• Robert Tobey: A Time Remembered
• Ray Flin: Roar from the Mountain
• Lionel Lindon: Smile of a Dragon
• John F. Warren: The Secret of Brynmar Hall

Editorial Dept. Head

• David J. O’Connell

Film Editor

• Carl Pingitore: Ride a Dark Trail; No Tears for Savannah; The Fatal Journey
• Robert Watts: To Make This Place Remember; The Invaders
• Edward Biery: A Killer in Town; It Takes a Big Man; Siege; Man of Violence; Roar from the Mountain; The Drifter; Smile of a Dragon; The Secret of Brynmar Hall; A Bride for Lars
• John C. Fuller: The Evil That Men Do; Run Quiet; A Matter of Destiny
• Richard G. Wray: Brother Thaddeus
• Edward Haire: A Portrait of Marie Valonne; The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones; The Intruders; The Long Quest; A Man Called Kane
• Ray C. de Vally: Stopover in a Western Town; A Time Remembered
• J. Howard Terrill: The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath; First to Thine Own Self; Rope of Lies
• Jamie Caylor: Another’s Footsteps
• Danford B. Greene: Dark Destiny

Hair Stylist

• Florence Bush: Ride a Dark Trail; To Make This Place Remember; No Tears for Savannah; A Killer in Town; The Evil That Men Do; It Takes a Big Man; Brother Thaddeus; A Portrait of Marie Valonne; Run Quiet; Stopover in a Western Town; The Fatal Journey; A Time Remembered; Siege; Man of Violence; The Invaders; Roar from the Mountain; The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones; The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath; A Matter of Destiny
• Larry Germain: The Drifter; First to Thine Own Self; Smile of a Dragon; The Intruders; Another’s Footsteps; Rope of Lies; The Secret of Brynmar Hall; The Long Quest; A Bride for Lars; Dark Destiny; A Man Called Kane

Makeup

• Leo Lotito Jr.: Ride a Dark Trail; To Make This Place Remember; No Tears for Savannah; A Killer in Town; The Evil That Men Do; It Takes a Big Man; A Portrait of Marie Valonne; Run Quiet; Stopover in a Western Town; The Fatal Journey; A Time Remembered; The Invaders; Roar from the Mountain; The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones; The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath; A Matter of Destiny
• Jack Barron: Brother Thaddeus; Siege; Man of Violence
• Bud Westmore: The Drifter; First to Thine Own Self; Smile of a Dragon; The Intruders; Another’s Footsteps; Rope of Lies; The Secret of Brynmar Hall; The Long Quest; A Bride for Lars; Dark Destiny; A Man Called Kane

Music Composed and Conducted by

• Lennie Hayton: Ride a Dark Trail

Music Score

• Sidney Fine: A Killer in Town
• David Buttolph: The Evil That Men Do; It Takes a Big Man; Brother Thaddeus
• Pete Rugolo: A Portrait of Marie Valonne
• Richard Shores: The Invaders

Musical Supervision

• Stanley Wilson

Produced by

• Jules Schermer: Ride a Dark Trail; To Make This Place Remember; The Evil That Men Do; It Takes a Big Man
• Winston Miller: No Tears for Savannah; A Killer in Town; Brother Thaddeus; Run Quiet; The Fatal Journey; Siege; The Invaders; The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones; The Drifter; A Matter of Destiny; The Intruders; The Long Quest; A Bride for Lars; A Man Called Kane
• Don Ingalls: The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath; First to Thine Own Self; Smile of a Dragon; Rope of Lies; The Secret of Brynmar Hall; Dark Destiny
• Cy Chermak: Another’s Footsteps

Set Decorators

• John McCarthy
• Perry Murdock: Ride a Dark Trail; No Tears for Savannah; A Killer in Town; The Evil That Men Do; Brother Thaddeus; A Portrait of Marie Valonne; Run Quiet; Stopover in a Western Town; The Fatal Journey; A Time Remembered; Man of Violence; The Invaders; Roar from the Mountain; The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones; The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath; The Drifter; First to Thine Own Self; A Matter of Destiny; Smile of a Dragon; The Intruders; Another’s Footsteps; Rope of Lies; The Secret of Brynmar Hall; The Long Quest; A Bride for Lars; Dark Destiny; A Man Called Kane
• Ralph Sylos: To Make This Place Remember; It Takes a Big Man; Siege

Sound

• Earl Crain Jr.: Ride a Dark Trail; To Make This Place Remember; A Killer in Town; It Takes a Big Man; A Portrait of Marie Valonne; The Fatal Journey; The Invaders; Roar from the Mountain; The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath; The Drifter; Smile of a Dragon
• Lyle Cain: No Tears for Savannah; Brother Thaddeus; Man of Violence
• David H. Moriarty: The Evil That Men Do; Run Quiet; A Matter of Destiny; Another’s Footsteps; Rope of Lies; The Long Quest; A Bride for Lars
• Joe Lapis: Stopover in a Western Town
• Corson Jowett: A Time Remembered
• Frank H. Wilkinson: Siege; First to Thine Own Self; Dark Destiny
• William Lynch: The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones
• J.S. Westmoreland: The Intruders
• Robert Bertrand: The Secret of Brynmar Hall
• Melvin Metcalfe Sr.: A Man Called Kane

Story Editor

• Cy Chermak: The Evil That Men Do; It Takes a Big Man; Brother Thaddeus; A Portrait of Marie Valonne; Run Quiet; Stopover in a Western Town; The Fatal Journey; A Time Remembered; Siege; Man of Violence; Roar from the Mountain; The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones; The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath; The Drifter; First to Thine Own Self; A Matter of Destiny; Smile of a Dragon; The Intruders; Rope of Lies; The Secret of Brynmar Hall; The Long Quest; A Bride for Lars; Dark Destiny; A Man Called Kane

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Executive Producer: Frank Price

Virginian Theme: Percy Faith

Color by Pathé

The title “The Virginian” by permission of EMKA, LTD

Filmed at Universal City (episodes 1-17)

Filmed at the Studios of Universal City (episodes 18-30)

Episodes Copyright: 1963 (1-17) – 1964 (18-30)

MCA-TV Exclusive Distributor

 

← Season 1

Season 3 →

Season 2 (Episode 30)

Air Date: 6 May 1964

Writer: Dean Riesner

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Jeremy Slate (Johnny Kane), Dick Foran (Duggan), Merry Anders (Donna Durell), Cal Bartlett (The 1st Cowhand), Ken Patterson (Ray Duval), Frank Sully (The Bartender)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb and Doug McClure do not appear in this episode
• Song: I Like What I See When I Look at You

 

← Dark Destiny

Ryker →

Season 2 (Episode 29)

Air Date: 29 April 1964

Writer: Frank Chase

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Randy Boone (Randy), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott)

Guest Stars
Brenda Scott (Billie Jo Conrad), Robert J. Wilke (Conrad), Cal Bartlett (Bill), Edward Faulkner (Striker), Mark Tapscott (The Deputy), John Bryant (Dr. Spaulding), David McMahon (The Conductor)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb and Doug McClure do not appear in this episode
• Song: New River Train (Blue Ridge Mountain Standard c.1895)

 

← A Bride for Lars

A Man Called Kane →

Season 2 (Episode 28)

Air Date: 15 April 1964

Writer: True Boardman

Director: Earl Bellamy

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy)

Guest Stars
Katherine Crawford (Anna Swenson), Peter Whitney (Lars Holstrom), Barbara Werle (Betty), Michael Beirne (The Deputy), Paul Birch (Carl Bruner), Ricks Falk (Sven Norbeck), Curt Barrett (The Man), Stewart Bradley (Harkness), John Qualen (Gosta Swenson), John Bryant (The Doctor), Stella Garcia (Maria), X Brands (Raven Wing), Michael Carr (Tall Bow), Dean Harens (The Minister)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Trampas
• Town: Laramie
• Location: New Upsala Ranch

 

← The Long Quest

Dark Destiny →

Season 2 (Episode 27)

Air Date: 8 April 1964

Writer: Carey Wilber

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy), Randy Boone (Randy)

Guest Stars
Ruta Lee (Judith Holly), Joseph Campanella (Corbett), Patricia Breslin (Mary Ann Martin), J. Pat O’Malley (Samuel Bowman), Whit Bissell (Andrew Cass), Walter Woolf King (The Judge), Mark Tapscott (The Deputy), Sam Edward (The Hotel Clerk), Pitt Herbert (The Telegrapher), Jimmy Joyce (The Dispatcher), John Bryant (The Doctor), Clay Tanner (The Freight Handler), Ann Adler (The Waitress), Frank Sully (The Bartender – Danny), David McMahon (The Conductor), Vince Williams (The Bailiff), Casey Peters (Cricket Martin)

Production Notes

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

Episode Notes

• Set sometime in the early to mid 1880s

 

← The Secret of Brynmar Hall

A Bride for Lars →

Season 2 (Episode 26)

Air Date: 1 April 1964

Writer: Herman Groves

Director: Robert Tolten

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy), Randy Boone (Randy)

Guest Stars
Jane Wyatt (Sarah Brynmar), Brooke Bundy (Jenny), Virginia Gregg (Mrs. Tyson), Mark Goddard (Richard), Tom Skeritt (Paul), Victor French (Michael), Ed Platt (Stuart Brynmar)

Production Notes

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

 

← Rope of Lies

The Long Quest →

Season 2 (Episode 25)

Air Date: 25 March 1964

Writer: Les Crutchfield

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Diana Millay (Alva), Peter Breck (Jess Carver), Paul Fix (Ebberly Packis), Bill Smith (Bill), Barry Kelley (The Prosecutor), Henry Hunter (Mr. Makely), John Day (Bard), Sam Reese (Squeaker), Perry Cook (Toby), Doodles Weaver (The Station Master), Walter Woolf King (Judge Bradford), Chief Yowlachie (The Indian), Frank Sully (Sam, The Bartender)

Production Notes

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

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Steve Hill

 

← Another’s Footsteps

The Secret of Brynmar Hall →

Season 2 (Episode 24)

Air Date: 11 March 1964

Writer: Frank Chase

Director: R.G. Springsteen

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Randy Boone (Randy), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott)

Guest Stars
Sheree North (Karen Anders), John Agar (Tom Anders), Paul Petersen (Dan Grant), Dennis Holmes (Tim Anders), Peter Mamakos (Smudge), Richard Garland (Stevens), George Keymas (The 1st Indian), Jon Drury (Tolliver), John Mitchum (Pooch), Mort Mills (Garrett), Barry Cahill (The Bartender), Robert Karnes (Sheriff of Concho)

Production Notes

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

Episode Notes

• Town: Concho
• Business: Watrous Hotel (Concho)

 

← The Intruders

Rope of Lies →

Season 2 (Episode 23)

Air Date: 4 March 1964

Writer: Dean Riesner

Director: Charles Rondeau

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy), Randy Boone (Randy), L.Q. Jones (Belden)

Guest Stars
Darren McGavin (Mark Troxell), Hugh Marlowe (Clay Billings), David Macklin (Eddie Tighe), David Carradine (The Utah Kid), Mickey Simpson (Bear Bristow), Frances Morris (Mrs. Moran), Roy Engel (Joe Moran), E.J. André (Alex), Iron Eyes Cody (Black Feather), Rodd Redwing (The Indian Brave), David McMahon (The Conductor), Larry Perron (Indio)

Production Notes

• Doug McClure and Gary Clarke do not appear in this episode
• Song: Greensleeves (Traditional English Folk Song)

 

← Smile of a Dragon

Another’s Footsteps →

Season 2 (Episode 22)

Air Date: 26 February 1964

Teleplay: Cy Chermak and Don Ingalls

Story: Borden Chase

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy), Randy Boone (Randy)

Guest Stars
Miyoshi Umeki (Kim Ho), Richard Carlson (Sheriff Marden), Frank Overton (Mr. Umber), Buck Taylor (Deputy Plumb), Kam Tong (Ning Yang), Phyllis Coates (Mrs. Marden), Patricia Morrow (Ellie Marden), Hank Patterson (The Old Man), Pitt Herbert (The Telegrapher), Stephen Price (Jonathan Marden), Ken Hudgins (The Bartender)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb and James Drury do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Towns: Cunnison; Highwater

 

← A Matter of Destiny

The Intruders →

Season 2 (Episode 21)

Air Date: 19 February 1964

Writer: Al C. Ward

Director: Maury Geraghty

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Peter Graves (Robert Gaynor), Richard Jaeckel (Pat Way), Jean Hale (Janet Lawrence), Roy Engel (Wingate), Robert B. Williams (Barnes), Jess Kirkpatrick (Mr. Lawrence), Craig Duncan (Norris), Stephen Coit (Fred), Bill Erwin (Bevers), Frank Sully (The Bartender – Danny)

Production Notes

• Gary Clarke does not appear in this episode
• Song: Paper of Pins (Traditional English Song)

 

← First to Thine Own Self

Smile of a Dragon →