Category:The Virginian – Season 4

Season 4 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 3 November 1965

Teleplay: Theodore Apstein and Rita Lakin

Story: Rita Lakin

Director: Don Richardson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
James MacArthur (Johnny Bradford), Michael Stanwood (The Deputy), Hal Needham (The Bounty Hunter), Jimmy Lee Cook (The Cowhand), Boyd Stockman (The Stagecoach Driver)

Production Notes

• First appearance of Diane Roter as Jennifer Sommers

Episode Notes

• Book: Cowboys of the West by Clyde Winslow
• Town: Tylerville

Season 4 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 27 October 1965

Teleplay: Barry Oringer

Director: Don Richardson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Earl Holliman (Wiley), Joyce Van Patten (Mary Stewart), Royal Dano (Daniels), Edward Binns (McCormick), Perry Lopez (Shotgun), Joe De Santis (Juan Pablo), John Hoyt (Mr. Marshall), Pepe Callahan (Manuelo), Norman Leavitt (The Ragpicker), Guy Wilkerson (The Sheriff), Heather Ames (Lisa), Kevin Tate (The Boy), Joel Price (The Bartender)

Production Notes

• Based on the Story by Ruth L. Adams

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Emmett Ryker
• Town: Jackson City
• Jackson City Business: Spinning Wheel Saloon

Season 4 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 13 October 2965

Writer: Robert Crean

Director: Leon Benson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy Garth)

Guest Stars
Glenn Corbett (David Henderson), John Doucette (Calder), Virginia Christine (Mrs. Nora Claypool), Jack Lambert (Pine), Ford Rainey (Claypool)

Production Notes

• Last appearance of Roberta Shore as Betsy Garth

Episode Notes

• Business: Teton Mining and Development

Season 4 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 6 October 1965

Writer: Shirl Hendryx

Director: Bernard Kowalski

Synopsis

Guest Stars
William Shatner (Luke Milford), Strother Martin (Finley), Donald Barry (The Thin Man), John Pickard (The Sheriff), Dick Reeves (The Bartender), E.J. Andre (The Cook), Frank Evans (The Deadwood Bartender), Jackie Russell (Irmetta), Melodie Johnson (Mina), Darlene Enlow (Daisy), Nina Seastrom (The Saloon Girl), Rodd Redwing (The Indian Spokesman)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb and Clu Gulager do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Trampas
• Episode starts in the middle of June
• Town: Deadwood

Season 4 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 29 September 1965

Writer: Harry Kronman

Director: Don Richardson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Albert Salmi (Rafe Simmons), Susan Oliver (Martha Perry), Harry Townes (Cal Beesom), Bruce Dern (Bert Kramer), Alice Frost (Mrs. Kobey), Dub Taylor (Walt Cooper), Dave Willock (Hank Jessup), Craig Hundley (Kenny Beesom), Ed Prentiss (Warden), Bob Hull (The Townsman), George Kirgo (The Bartender), Jo-Carol Nadel (Cath), Jimmy Lee Cook (The Blacksmith)

Production Notes

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

Episode Notes

• Events during this episode occur at the end of May
• The dance is on 24 May
• Locations: Medicine Bow School; Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary

Season 4 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 22 September 1965

Writer: Don Ingalls

Director: Robert Butler

Synopsis

Guest Stars
John Anderson (Adam Tercell), Maura McGiveney (Reagan Tercell), John McLiam (John Pierce), Sean McClory (Cobb), Jon Locke (Abel Tercell), Tim Donnelly (Tippy), Edward Faulkner (Proctor), Harold Gould (Lacey)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb does not appear in this episode
• Songs: Click Go the Shears (Tradition Australian Bush Ballad); The Wild Colonial Boy (Traditional Irish-Australian Ballad)

Episode Notes

• Business: Rocky Mountain Saloon

Season 4 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 15 September 1965

Writer: Dick Nelson

Director: Tony Leader

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Robert Lansing (Matt Denning), Andrew Prine (Will Denning), Jan Shepard (Ellen Denning), Kurt Russell (Andy Denning), Hal Baylor (Jobie), Loyal Lucas (Gunny), Fred Carson (Cut Hand), Stuart Randall (Judge Clayborn), Bill Quinn (The Prosecutor), Henry Hunter (The Defense Attorney), Jess Kirkpatrick (Marshal Dawes), Brad Weston (The 1st Trooper), Myron Healey (Sgt. Cohane)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb and Randy Boone do not appear in this episode
• Even though credited in the opening (title) sequence, Diane Roter does not appear until episode 7 – Jennifer

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Emmet Ryker