Category:The Virginian – Season 2

Season 2 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 6 November 1963

Writer: Dean Riesner

Director: Earl Bellamy

Synopsis
After delivering a herd of cattle to New Orleans, The Virginian meets the mysterious Marie Valonne.  When she goes missing, he decides to find out what happened to her.

Guest Stars
Madlyn Rhue (Marie Valonne), Mark Richman (Johnny Madrid), Skip Homeier (Sgt. Dan Bohannon), Adam Roarke (Jimmy Raker), Marge Redmond (Hazel Bailey), Gilbert Green (Capt. Larkin), Ron Soble (Emmett), Ken Lynch (Big Jay), Vana Leslie (Annie Higgins), Tyler McVey (Perkins), Henry Wills (Coffino), Ottola Nesmith (The French Woman), June Kim (The Chinese Waitress), Peter Brocco (Ramussen), Edward Holmes (The Desk Sergeant), Clegg Hoyt (The Rough), Orville Sherman (The Morgue Attendant), John August (Joe Turk), Oscar Beregi (Robaire)

Production Notes

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

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: The Virginian
• Town: New Orleans
• Locations: Cafe Robaire; Birdcage Bar
• Organisations: New Orleans Cattle Buyer Association; Crescent City Political Club

Season 2 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 30 October 1963

Writer: William Fay

Director: John English

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Albert Salmi (Brother Thaddeus/Willie Kane), Kathie Browne (Floss Delaney), Joe Maross (Homer Slattery), Christopher Dark (Benny Caboose), Richard Devon (Arthur Faber), Edward Colmans (Father Blaise), Ann Ayars (Sister St. Luke), Bronwyn FitzSimons (Sister Jonas), John Harmon (Harry Finnegan), Dee Carroll (Edna Finnegan), Harry Antrim (The Conductor), Joseph Mell (The Bartender), Clancy Cooper (Deputy Joe Webb), William Challee (Duffy), Stephen Price (Lester), Bobby Buntrock (Andrew), Joey Scott (Grover), Jag Hector (Felix)

Production Notes

• James Drury does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Location: Morro Rock Way Station

Season 2 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 23 October 1963

Writer: Harry Kronman

Director: Bernard McEveety

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy Garth)

Guest Stars
Lloyd Nolan (Wade Anders), Chris Robinson (Hank Anders), Ryan O’Neal (Ben Anders), Robert Cornthwaite (The Reverend), Pamela Austin (Judy), Lew Brown (Whitey), Bobs Watson (The Clerk), Bill Idelson (The Stage Depot Manager), Russ Bender (The Bartender), Jack Bighead (The Indian), Tina Menard (Little Fawn), Ron Burke (The Cowhand)

Episode Notes

• Town: Red Rock

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