Category:The Virginian – Season 2

Season 2 (Episode 20)

Air Date: 12 February 1964

Writer: Les Crutchfield

Director: Earl Bellamy

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Mary La Roche (Alma Reese), Jan Merlin (Reese), Bruce Dern (Pell), Claire Wilcox (Melanie), John Truax (The Passenger), Frank Maxwell (Silas)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb and Doug McClure do not appear in this episode
• First appearance of Randy Boone as Randy Benton
• Songs: Shady Grove (Traditional Appalachian Folk Song); I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (1949); The Girl I Left Behind Me (English Folk Song)

Season 2 (Episode 19)

Air Date: 29 January 1964

Teleplay: Carey Wilber

Story: Frank Fenton

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Leif Erickson (Miles Peterson), Mariette Hartley (Maria Peterson), Michael Forest (Hugh Stager), Gregg Palmer (Sunday), Frank Albertson (Sheriff Webb), Cal Bartlett (Dolan), Tyler McVey (Matthew Barclay), Jackie Russell (Billie), Rex Holman (Donovan), Mike Ragan (Shorty), Chuck Courtney (Jerry)

Production Notes

• Doug McClure does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Events take place seven years prior to the start of this episode (told in flashback)

Season 2 (Episode 18)

Air Date: 22 January 1964

Writer: Mel Harrold

Director: John Florea

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Leo Genn (Gavin Heath), Brendan Dillon (Oliphant), Don Hanmer (Gentry), Bill Zuckert (Mayor Wilkins), John Bryant (Doctor Spalding), Ina Victor (Sally), Robert B. Williams (The Townsman), Jimmy Joyce (Hardesty), Frank Sully (Sam), Robert Kline (The Waiter), Leonard P. Greer (The Driver), Dean Harens (The Parson)

Episode Notes

• Location: Phosphate Palace

Season 2 (Episode 17)

Air Date: 15 January 1964

Writer: Carey Wilber

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy)

Guest Stars
Pat O’Brien (J. Jimerson Jones), Jeanne Cooper (Julia Montgomery), Ann Doran (Maggie Hyeth), David Macklin (Eddie Tighe), Peter Adams (Duncan St. John), John Banner (The Headwaiter), Jonathan Hole (The Hotel Clerk), Austin Green (The Telegrapher), Davis Roberts (The Waiter), Tol Avery (General Casswell), Norman Leavitt (Fowler), Jerry Adler (The 2nd Bellhop), Maurice McEndree (The 1st Bellhop)

Production Notes

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

Episode Notes

• City: Chicago
• Cafe: The Red Mill
• Date: August 21, 1885

Season 2 (Episode 16)

Air Date: 8 January 1964

Teleplay: Carey Wilber

Story: Carey Wilber and Franklin Barton

Director: Earl Bellamy

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Jack Klugman (Charles Mayhew), Joyce Bulifant (Nancy Mayhew), Emile Genest (Louis Dubois), Blair Davies (Doctor Saddler)

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Steve Hill

Season 2 (Episode 15)

Air Date: 1 January 1964

Writer: Donn Mullally

Director: Bernard McEveety

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Ed Begley (Mike Tyrone), Beverley Owen (Margaret “Maggie” Tyrone), James McMullan (Tom Tyrone), Rees Vaughn (Kevin Tyrone), Paul Comi (Harold Braden), Roy Engel (Barney Wingate), Bing Russell (John Rudd), Robert B. Williams (Charles Evans), Ralph Manza (The Barber), Dan White (Edwards), Terry Frost (Anderson), Sam Edwards (The Hotel Clerk), Frank Sully (The Bartender)

Season 2 (Episode 14)

Air Date: 25 December 1963

Teleplay: John D.F. Black

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Peggy McCay (Helen Hammond), William Bryant (Judson Hammond), DeForest Kelley (Lt. Belden), Michael Pate (Mike McGoff), Leonard Nimoy (Wismer), Robert Brubaker (Major Herbert), Ann Gardner (Alice), Jim Goodwin (Cpl. Perkins), Barry Cahill (Mr. Pierce), Harry Shannon (Uncle Josh Trampas), Stewart Bradley (The Sheriff), Mike Ragan (The Sergeant), Ron Burke (The Lieutenant)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb, Gary Clarke and James Drury do not appear in this episode
• Based on a screenplay by James Patrick

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Trampas
• Businesses: El Pas Hotel & Saloon; Texas & South West Express Agency

Season 2 (Episode 13)

Air Date: 18 December 1963

Writer: Donn Mullally

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Philip Carey (Duke Logan), Elinor Donahue (Carole Cole), Ron Hayes (Marshal Brett Cole), Joseph Campanello (Pedro Lopez), Nestor Paiva (Charley Sanchez), Myron Healey (Yance Cooper), Thomas Bellin (Sam Oliver), Peter Brooks (Brooks), John Zaremba (The Undertaker), Ray Montgomery (The Businessman), Ed Faulkner (The Gambler), Mike Ragain (The Dealer), Jim Barringer (Jeff), Frank Sully (The Bartender), Dave Perna (The 1st Commanchero), Ronnie K. Rondell (The 2nd Commanchero), Ned Romero (Angelo)

Production Notes

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

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Trampas
• Location: Logan, New Mexico
• Business: Logan Hotel

Season 2 (Episode 12)

Air Date: 11 December 1963

Writer: Peter Germano

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Yvonne De Carlo (Elena), Melinda Plowman (Karen), Paul Comi (Elliott Powers), Bill Zuckert (George Kingston), Oliver McGowan (Judge Benson), John Bryant (The Doctor), Sam Edwards (The Hotel Clerk), William Bakewell (Nate), John Hale (Kelly), John Duke (Carl), Vince Williams (The Court Clerk)

Production Notes

• James Drury does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Judge Garth
• Locations: Cattlemen’s Exchange; Grand Teton Hotel

Season 2 (Episode 11)

Air Date: 4 December 1963

Writer: John Hawkins

Director: Bernard McEveety

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott)

Guest Stars
Robert Lansing (George Calhoun), David McLean (Troy), Sandy Kenyon (Professor), John Milford (Jasper Horn), Berkeley Harris (Denver), Charles Briggs (Hank Stram), Steve Ihnat (Stub O’Dell), William Bakewell (Sam Branch), Mickey Simpson (Moose), Ollie O’Toole (Jackson), Roy Engel (Jacob Brent), Vic Perrin (Ben Dixon), Robert Kline (Wentworth), Frank Sully (The Bartender)

Production Notes

• Doug McClure does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: The Virginian
• Newspaper: Medicine Bow Banner

Season 2 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 27 November 1963

Writer: Carey Wilber

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ross Elliott (Sheriff Mark Abbott)

Guest Stars
Dick York (Jefferson Tolliver), Joan Freeman (Caroline), Warren Oates (Corbie), Robert Simon (Wainwright), Ed Peck (Cassidy), Sam Edwards (The Desk Clerk), Sandy Sanders (Rider), Owen Cunningham (The Man), Barry Brooks (The Train Conductor), Ann Adler (The 1st Saloon Girl), Joan Willis (The 2nd Saloon Girl), Lillian Bronson (Aunt Grace)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Town: Pawnee Junction
• Business: Murphys

Season 2 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 13 November 1963

Writers: Norman Katkov and Ed Adamson

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Clu Gulager (Jud), Gail Kobe (Ruth Ferris), Slim Pickens (Slim), Donald Barry (Dugan), Lew Gallo (Vince), Stacy Harris (Harry Clark), Jan Arvan (Cook), William Boyett (Caldwell), Ina Victor (The Saloon Girl), Frank Sully (The Bartender), Stephen Coit (The Freightmaster), Ollie O’Toole (The Storekeeper), Tim Graham (Tooney), Mark Tapscott (The Deputy)

Production Notes

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

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Steve Hill