The Virginian – Crew – Season 3

Art Director

  • George Patrick: all except for Big Image….Little Man and You Take the High Road
  • Howard Johnson: Big Image….Little Man
  • George Chan: You Take the High Road

Assistant Director

  • John Clarke Bowman: Ryker; Felicity’s Spring
  • Jack Doran: Dark Challenge; A Father for Toby
  • Charles S. Gould: The Stallion; The Hero
  • Frank Losee: The Brazos Kid; A Slight Case of Charity
  • Ben Bishop: Big Image….Little Man; The Girl from Yesterday; The Hour of the Tiger; Two Men Named Laredo
  • Les Berke: Return a Stranger; Six Graves at Cripple Creek
  • Henry Kline: All Nice and Legal; Portrait of a Widow; Hideout; Lost Yesterday; Legend for a Lawman; Dangerous Road; We’ve Lost a Train
  • Chuck Colman: A Gallows for Sam Horn
  • Michael Messinger: The Payment; Shadows of the Past
  • Ray Taylor, Jr.: A Man of the People; You Take the High Road
  • Lou Watt: Timberland
  • George Bisk: Farewell to Honesty
  • Edward K. Dodds: Old Cowboy
  • Chuck Colean: Showdown

Color Consultant

  • Alex Quiroga

Costume Supervisor

  • Vincent Dee

Director of Photography

  • Benjamin H. Kline: Ryker; The Stallion; The Hero; Felicity’s Spring; The Brazos Kid; Big Image….Little Man; A Father for Toby; All Nice and Legal; A Gallows for Sam Horn; Portrait of a Widow; Two Men Named Laredo; Hideout; Six Graves at Cripple Creek; A Slight Case of Charity; You Take the High Road; Shadows of the Past; Legend for a Lawman; Timberland; Farewell to Honesty; Showdown; We’ve Lost a Train
  • Walter Strenge: Dark Challenge
  • Ray Rennahan: The Girl from Yesterday; Return a Stranger; A Man of the People; The Hour of the Tiger; Dangerous Road; Old Cowboy
  • John L. Russell: The Payment
  • Monroe Askins: Lost Yesterday

Editorial Department Head

  • David J. O’Connell

Film Editor

  • Edward Biery: Ryker; Dark Challenge; The Hero; Big Image….Little Man; A Gallows for Sam Horn; Six Graves at Cripple Creek; Old Cowboy; We’ve Lost a Train
  • Edward Haire: The Stallion; Felicity’s Spring; A Father for Toby; All Nice and Legal; Portrait of a Widow; The Payment; A Man of the People; Hideout; Lost Yesterday; Shadows of the Past; Timberland; Farewell to Honesty; Showdown
  • Richard G. Wray: The Brazos Kid
  • Robert Watts: The Girl from Yesterday; Return a Stranger; The Hour of the Tiger; Two Men Named Laredo; Legend for a Lawman; Dangerous Road
  • John Joyce: Six Graves at Cripple Creek; You Take the High Road
  • George J. Nicholson: A Slight Case of Charity

Hair Stylist

  • Larry Germain: Ryker; Dark Challenge; The Stallion; The Hero; Felicity’s Spring; The Brazos Kid; Big Image….Little Man; A Father for Toby; Return a Stranger; All Nice and Legal; The Hour of the Tiger; Two Men Named Laredo; Timberland; Dangerous Road; Farewell to Honesty; Old Cowboy; Showdown
  • Virginia Darcy: The Girl from Yesterday; A Gallows for Sam Horn; Portrait of a Widow; The Payment; A Man of the People; Hideout; Six Graves at Cripple Creek; Lost Yesterday; A Slight Case of Charity; You Take the High Road; Shadows of the Past; Legend for a Lawman; We’ve Lost a Train

Makeup

  • Bud Westmore

Music

  • Sidney Fine: The Hero
  • Harry Sukman: A Father for Toby

Musical Supervision

  • Stanley Wilson

Music Score

  • Sidney Fine: Ryker; Dark Challenge
  • Leo Shuken: The Stallion
  • Jack Hayes: The Stallion
  • Lynn Murray: The Brazos Kid
  • Van Cleave: All Nice and Legal
  • Jack Marshall: We’ve Lost a Train

Produced by

  • Joel Rogosin: Ryker; The Brazos Kid; A Gallows for Sam Horn; A Slight Case of Charity
  • Winston Miller: Dark Challenge; Felicity’s Spring; A Father for Toby; Return a Stranger; All Nice and Legal; Portrait of a Widow; A Man of the People; Six Graves at Cripple Creek; Lost Yesterday; Shadows of the Past; Dangerous Road; We’ve Lost a Train
  • Frank Telford: The Stallion; The Hero; Big Image….Little Man; The Girl from Yesterday; The Hour of the Tiger; Legend for a Lawman; Farewell to Honesty; Old Cowboy
  • Cy Chermak: The Payment; Two Men Named Laredo; Hideout; You Take the High Road; Timberland
  • Gene L. Coon: Showdown

Set Decorators

  • John McCarthy
  • Perry Murdock: Ryker; Dark Challenge; The Stallion; The Hero; The Brazos Kid; Big Image….Little Man; A Father for Toby; All Nice and Legal; The Hour of the Tiger
  • James M. Walters(, Sr.): Felicity’s Spring; The Girl from Yesterday; Return a Stranger; A Gallows for Sam Horn; Portrait of a Widow; The Payment; Two Men Named Laredo; Hideout; Six Graves at Cripple Creek; A Slight Case of Charity; You Take the High Road; Shadows of the Past; Legend for a Lawman; Timberland; Dangerous Road; Farewell to Honesty; Old Cowboy; Showdown; We’ve Lost a Train
  • George Milo: A Man of the People
  • Clarence Steensen: Lost Yesterday

Sound

  • Frank H. Wilkinson: Ryker; The Stallion; The Hero; The Brazos Kid; Big Image….Little Man; A Father for Toby; A Man of the People; We’ve Lost a Train
  • David H. Moriarty: Dark Challenge; Felicity’s Spring; Portrait of a Widow
  • Robert Bertrand: The Girl from Yesterday
  • Earl Crain, Jr.: Return a Stranger; Hideout; Six Graves at Cripple Creek; You Take the High Road; Shadows of the Past; Legend for a Lawman; Timberland; Farewell to Honesty; Old Cowboy; Showdown
  • Ed Somers: All Nice and Legal; The Hour of the Tiger; Two Men Named Laredo; A Slight Case of Charity
  • William Russell: A Gallows for Sam Horn; Dangerous Road
  • James T. Porter: The Payment
  • Clarence Peterson: Lost Yesterday

Story Editor

  • Cy Chermak: Ryker; Dark Challenge; The Stallion; The Hero; Felicity’s Spring; The Brazos Kid; Big Image….Little Man; A Father for Toby; The Girl from Yesterday; Return a Stranger; All Nice and Legal; A Gallows for Sam Horn; Portrait of a Widow; A Man of the People; The Hour of the Tiger; Six Graves at Cripple Creek; Lost Yesterday; A Slight Case of Charity; Shadows of the Past; Legend for a Lawman; Dangerous Road; Farewell to Honesty; Old Cowboy; Showdown; We’ve Lost a Train

Supervising Producer

  • Joel Rogosin: Hideout; Six Graves at Cripple Creek; Lost Yesterday; You Take the High Road; Shadows of the Past; Legend for a Lawman; Timberland; Farewell to Honesty; Old Cowboy; Showdown

Executive Producer: Frank Price

Virginian Theme: Percy Faith

Color by Pathé

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

Filmed at the Studios of Universal City

Episodes Copyright: 1964 (1-18, 21) – 1965 (19-20, 22-30)

MCA-TV Exclusive Distributor

 

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The Virginian – Recurring Characters – Season 3

Other Recurring Characters


The Virginian

Belden (L.Q. Jones)

Episodes
Felicity’s Spring; Big Image….Little Man; The Girl From Yesterday; Portrait of a Widow; The Payment; Two Men Named Laredo; You Take the High Road; Shadows of the Past; Old Cowboy; We’ve Lost a Train

 

 


The Virginian

Barney Wingate (Roy Engel)

Episodes
The Stallion; Return a Stranger; Portrait of a Widow; A Man of the People; You Take the High Road; Timberland

 

 


The Virginian

Dr. Spalding (John Bryant)

  • Initials – R.M. (Old Cowboy)

Episodes
Ryker; Dark Challenge; Two Men Named Laredo; Hideout; Lost Yesterday

 


The Virginian

Sheriff John Brannan (Harlan Warde)

Episodes
The Payment; Six Graves at Cripple Creek; Lost Yesterday; Shadows of the Past

 

 


The Virginian

Steve Hill (Gary Clarke)

  • Grew up with Jane Caryle in Kansas City and hasn’t seen her in five years (The Girl from Yesterday)
  • Has never been to San Francisco (The Girl from Yesterday)

Episodes
Felicity’s Spring; Big Image….Little Man; The Girl from Yesterday

 


The Virginian

Sheriff Mark Abbott (Ross Elliott)

Episodes
Ryker; A Gallows for Sam Horn

 

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The Virginian – We’ve Lost a Train

Season 3 (Episode 30)

Air Date: 21 April 1965

Writer: Borden Chase

Director: Earl Bellamy

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
L.Q. Jones (Belden)

Guest Stars
Neville Brand (Reese), Peter Brown (Chad), William Smith (Riley), Philip Carey (Captain Parmalee), Fernando Lams (Captain Estrada), Rhonda Fleming (Carmelita Flanagan), Ida Lupino (Mama Dolores), Bing Russell (The Man), Alberto Morin (Alvarez), David Renard (The 3rd Rurale Guard), House Peters Jr. (The Bartender), David Cadiente (Yaqui “A”), Holly McIntire (The Girl), Teresa Terry (Estrallita), Priscilla Garcia (Gaviota), Ralph Neff (The Stable Owner), Andy Romano (The 2nd Rurale Guard), Ruben Moreno (The Yaqui Chief), Michael Cullen (The Ranger), Zon Murray (The 1st Gunman), Pete Dunn (The 2nd Gunman), X Brands (The 3rd Gunman)

Production Notes

  • Lee J. Cobb and Clu Gulager do not appear in this episode
  • This episode was a backdoor pilot for the TV series Laredo (1965-1967)
  • Song: Raise a Ruckus Tonight (Minstrel song)

Episode Notes

  • Towns: Laredo, Texas; Palmero, Mexico
  • Business: Cactus Saloon (Laredo)

 

← Showdown The Brothers →

The Virginian – Showdown

Season 3 (Episode 29)

Air Date: 14 April 1965

Writer: Gene L. Coon

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Michael Ansara (Marshal Merle Frome), Peter Whitney (Jake Landers), Tom Skerritt (Billy Landers), Leonard Nimoy (Benjamin Frome), Barry Kelley (Sheriff Jim Brady), Leslie Perkins (Junie), Ed Faulkner (Tom Landers), Cal Bartlett (Bobby Landers), Dabbs Greer (Doc), John Pickard (Charlie Hobkins), Don Wilbanks (The Cowboy), Jud Beaumont (Curly Laughlin), Hal Baylor (The 1st Miner)


Notable Guest Stars

Michael AnsaraMichael Ansara
Ed FaulknerEd Faulkner
Leonard NimoyLeonard Nimoy
Tom SkerrittTom Skerritt
Peter WhitneyPeter Whitney

Production Notes

  • Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Clu Gulager, Roberta Shore and Randy Boone do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

  • Featured Character: The Virginian
  • Town: Monolith, Arizona
  • Businesses: The First Territorial Bank of Monolith; Last Lode Saloon

 

← Old Cowboy We’ve Lost a Train →

The Virginian – Farewell to Honesty

Season 3 (Episode 27)

Air Date: 24 March 1965

Teleplay: True Boardman

Story: Carey Wilber

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Richard Carlson (Major Ralph Forrester), Kathleen Crowley (Jennifer McLeod), Dorothy Green (Laura Forrester), Richard Crane (Paul Denning), Douglas Henderson (Leonard Walters), Herbert Voland (Judge Dodge), John Lodge (The Doctor), Harry Swoger (Sheriff Mark Killigrew), William Boyett (Harley), Burt Mustin (Jebb Finney), Fred Holliday (The Telegraph Operator), Mike Ragan (The Stableman), Harold Gould (John Harrison)

Production Notes

  • Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Roberta Shore and Randy Boone do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

  • Featured Character: The Virginian
  • Events in this episode happen during early April
  • Town: Honesty, Wyoming
  • Business: Laura Bell Saloon

 

← Dangerous Road Old Cowboy →

The Virginian – Dangerous Road

Season 3 (Episode 26)

Air Date: 17 March 1965

Writers: John and Ward Hawkins

Director: Maury Geraghty

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Simon Oakland (Big Bob Coulter), Tom Simcox (Deputy Fenton), Robert Pine (Young Bob Coulter), Marilyn Wayne (Kitty Dolan), Tom Reese (Hans Wallsack), Frank Gerstle (Clint Koski), Lew Brown (Kelly Jones), Ben Johnson (Jim Brandt), Gilbert Green (Judge Porter), True Boardman (Dr. Hennesy), Will J. White (Ed Blackburn), Jimmy Joyce (The Clerk), Robin Watts (The Waitress)

Production Notes

  • Lee J. Cobb, Roberta Shore, Randy Boone and James Drury do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

  • Featured Character: Trampas
  • Town: Coulter Junction
  • Business: Koski Freight Co.

 

← Timberland Farewell to Honesty →

The Virginian – Timberland

Season 3 (Episode 25)

Air Date: 10 March 1965

Writer: Sheldon Stark

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roy Engel (Barney Wingate)

Guest Stars
Martin Milner (Dave Ferguson), William Smith (Paul Rogers), Joan Freeman (Katherine Daniels), Arch Johnson (Charles Daniels), William Bramley (John Ferguson), Russell Thorson (Ollie), Norman Leavitt (The Proprietor), Gregg Palmer (The 1st Cowhand), Don Eitner (The 2nd Cowhand)

Production Notes

  • Lee J. Cobb does not appear in this episode
  • Song: Wait for the Wagon by Oliver Ditson (1851)

 

← Legend for a Lawman Dangerous Road →

The Virginian – Legend for a Lawman

Season 3 (Episode 24)

Air Date: 3 March 1965

Teleplay: Preston Wood

Story: Frank Telford and Harry Kleiner

Director: John Florea

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Ford Rainey (Marshal Floyd Buckman), Adam West (Sam Loomis), Michael Macready (Coby Hall), John Litel (Wade Hammill), Ken Mayer (George Gaynor), Shug Fisher (Pony Bill Steele), Bill McLean (The Telegrapher), Walker Edmiston (Jimmy French), William Stevens (Shagrue), John Hubbard (Dr. Wagner), John Gilgreen (The Clerk), Buck Young (Steeber), Adrianne Ellis (Nora Buckman)

Production Notes

  • Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Clu Gulager and Roberta Shore do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

  • Town: Cobb’s Run

 

← Shadows of the Past Timberland →

The Virginian – Shadows of the Past

Season 3 (Episode 23)

Air Date: 24 February 1965

Writer: Frank Chase

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
L.Q. Jones (Belden), Harlan Warde (Sheriff Brannan)

Guest Stars
Jack Warden (John Conway), Marilyn Erskine (Rita), John Milford (Will Gar), James Beck (Dink Gar), Jackie Russell (The Bar Girl), Frank Sully (The Bartender), Diane Lee Quinn (The Little Girl), Sam Edwards (The Room Clerk), Charles Seel (Charlie), Dee Carroll (The Wife), Frank Chase (The Man)

Production Notes

  • Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Roberta Shore, Randy Boone and James Drury do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

  • Featured Character: Emmett Ryker

 

← You Take the High Road Legend for a Lawman →

The Virginian – You Take the High Road

Season 3 (Episode 22)

Air Date: 17 February 1965

Teleplay: Dan Ullman

Story: Dan Ullman and Frank Fenton

Director: John Florea

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
L.Q. Jones (Belden), Roy Engel (Barney Wingate)

Guest Stars
Richard Beymer (Mark Shannon), Diana Lynn (Peggy Shannon), Myron Healey (Slauson), Robert B. Williams (Dade), Edward Faulkner (Bert)

Production Notes

  • Lee J. Cobb, Roberta Shore and Randy Boone do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

  • Location: Casper, Wyoming

 

← A Slight Case of Charity Shadows of the Past →

The Virginian – A Slight Case of Charity

Season 3 (Episode 21)

Air Date: 10 February 1965

Teleplay: Howard Browne and True Boardman

Story: Howard Browne

Director: Dick Benedict

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Kathryn Hayes (Charity), Jerome Courtland (Bryon Prescott), Les Tremayne (Lowell), Harry Harvey Sr. (Ira Corwin), Kathryn Giveney (Caroline Prescott), Ed Prentiss (Stillman), E.J. Andre (The Freight Agent), Gregg Palmer (Deputy Roberts), Adele Palacios (Concha), Vincent Padula (Pepe), Tim Graham (The Stable Hand), Steve Pendleton (August Schimmel), Stephen Coit (Ray King), Warren Oates (Roy Judd)

Production Notes

  • Lee J. Cobb does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

  • Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Business: Hotel Grande

 

← Lost Yesterday You Take the High Road →