Category:The Virginian – Season 6

Other Recurring Characters

• Harper (Harper Flaherty) – 6 episodes
• Dick (Dick Shane) – 5 episodes

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Clay Grainger (John McIntire)

Episodes
Bitter Autumn; A Bad Place to Die; Paid in Full; To Bear Witness; The Fortress; The Death Wagon

 

 

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Holly Grainger (Jeanette Nolan)

Episodes
Bitter Autumn; To Bear Witness; The Death Wagon; The Good-Hearted Badman; Stacey; The Handy Man

 

 

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Sheriff Mark Abbott (Ross Elliott)

Episodes
Star Crossed; The Handy Man; Seth

 

 

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Belden (L.Q. Jones)

Episodes
The Lady from Wichita; Paid in Full

 

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Season 7 →

Art Director

• George Patrick: The Reckoning; The Deadly Past; The Lady from Wichita; Star Crossed; Ah Sing vs. Wyoming; A Bad Place to Die; Paid in Full; To Bear Witness; The Barren Ground; Execution at Trieste; The Fortress; The Death Wagon; Jed; With Help From Ulysses; Gentle Tamers; The Good-Hearted Badman; The Hell Wind; The Crooked Path; Stacey; The Decision
• John T. McCormack: Johnny Moon; The Masquerade; Bitter Autumn
• Howard E. Johnson: A Small Taste of Justice; Seth

Assistant Director

• Lou Watt: The Reckoning
• Jack Doran: The Deadly Past; To Bear Witness; Execution at Trieste
• Kenny Williams: The Lady from Wichita; Bitter Autumn; A Bad Place to Die; Jed; The Hell Wind; The Crooked Path
• Norman Cook: Star Crossed; Johnny Moon
• Roger Slayer: The Masquerade
• Mel Bishop: Ah Sing vs. Wyoming
• George Bisk: Paid in Full; Gentle Tamers; Stacey; The Decision
• James Westman: The Barren Ground
• Frank Losee: A Small Taste of Justice; The Death Wagon
• Donald White: The Fortress; The Good-Hearted Badman
• Burt Astor: With Help From Ulysses
• John C. Bowman: The Handy Man
• Joe Cavalier: Seth

Associate Producer

• David Levinson: The Reckoning; The Deadly Past; The Lady from Wichita; Star Crossed; The Masquerade; Ah Sing vs. Wyoming; Bitter Autumn; A Bad Place to Die; Paid in Full; To Bear Witness; The Barren Ground; Execution at Trieste; A Small Taste of Justice; The Fortress; Jed; With Help From Ulysses; Gentle Tamers; The Good-Hearted Badman; The Hell Wind; Stacey; The Handy Man; Seth

Color Coordinator

• Robert Brower

Costume Supervision

• Vincent Dee

Director of Photography

• Enzo A. Martinelli: The Reckoning; The Deadly Past; The Lady from Wichita; Star Crossed; Johnny Moon; The Masquerade; Ah Sing vs. Wyoming; A Bad Place to Die; Paid in Full; To Bear Witness; The Barren Ground; A Small Taste of Justice; The Fortress; Jed; With Help From Ulysses; Gentle Tamers; The Good-Hearted Badman; Stacey; The Handy Man; The Decision
• Walter Strenge: Bitter Autumn; Execution at Trieste
• Bud Thackery: The Death Wagon; Seth
• Alric Edens: The Hell Wind; The Crooked Path

Editorial Supervision

• Richard Belding

Film Editor

• Budd Small: The Reckoning; Star Crossed; A Bad Place to Die; The Death Wagon; Gentle Tamers; Stacey; Seth
• John Elias: The Deadly Past; Johnny Moon; Ah Sing vs. Wyoming; Execution at Trieste; With Help From Ulysses; The Hell Wind; The Decision
• Robert F. Shugrue: The Lady from Wichita; A Small Taste of Justice
• Edward Haire: The Masquerade; The Barren Ground
• Richard C. Wray: Bitter Autumn; The Fortress
• Richard M. Sprague: Paid in Full; To Bear Witness; Jed
• J. Howard Terrill: The Good-Hearted Badman; The Handy Man
• Russell F. Schoengarth: The Crooked Path

Hair Stylist

• Larry Germain

Makeup

• Bud Westmore

Musical Supervision

• Stanley Wilson

Music Score

• Bernard Herrman: The Reckoning
• Sidney Fine: The Deadly Past
• Ralph Ferraro: Star Crossed; Ah Sing vs. Wyoming; Bitter Autumn
• Leonard Rosenman: Johnny Moon; The Good-Hearted Badman
• David Grusin: The Masquerade

Produced by

• Joel Rogosin: The Reckoning; Star Crossed; Bitter Autumn; A Bad Place to Die; The Barren Ground; A Small Taste of Justice; Gentle Tamers; Stacey; The Handy Man; Seth
• Cy Chermak: The Deadly Past; Ah Sing vs. Wyoming; To Bear Witness
• Winston Miller: The Lady from Wichita; The Masquerade; Paid in Full; With Help From Ulysses; The Hell Wind
• David Levinson: Johnny Moon; The Death Wagon; The Crooked Path; The Decision
• Norman MacDonnell: Execution at Trieste; The Fortress
• James Duff McAdams: Jed; The Good-Hearted Badman

Set Decorators/Decorations

• John McCarthy
• James M. Walters, Sr.: The Reckoning; The Deadly Past; The Lady from Wichita; Star Crossed; Johnny Moon; The Masquerade; Ah Sing vs. Wyoming; Bitter Autumn; A Bad Place to Die; To Bear Witness; A Small Taste of Justice
• Perry Murdock: Paid in Full; The Barren Ground; The Fortress; The Death Wagon; Jed; With Help From Ulysses; With Help From Ulysses
• Ralph Sylos: Execution at Trieste; The Good-Hearted Badman; The Hell Wind; The Crooked Path; Stacey; The Handy Man; The Decision; Seth
• Robert C. Bradfield: Gentle Tamers

Sound

• William A. Russell: The Reckoning; The Deadly Past; The Lady from Wichita; Ah Sing vs. Wyoming
• Melvin M. Metcalfe, Sr.: Star Crossed; Johnny Moon; The Masquerade; A Bad Place to Die; Paid in Full; To Bear Witness; The Barren Ground; The Fortress; Jed; With Help From Ulysses; Gentle Tamers; The Good-Hearted Badman; The Hell Wind; Stacey; The Handy Man; The Decision; Seth
• Frank H. Wilkinson: Bitter Autumn
• Earl Crain, Jr.: Execution at Trieste; A Small Taste of Justice; The Death Wagon
• William M. Ford: The Crooked Path

Unit Manager

• Abby Singer: The Reckoning; The Deadly Past; The Lady from Wichita; Star Crossed; The Masquerade; Ah Sing vs. Wyoming; A Bad Place to Die; Paid in Full; To Bear Witness; The Barren Ground; Execution at Trieste; A Small Taste of Justice; The Fortress; The Death Wagon; With Help From Ulysses
• Ben Bishop: Johnny Moon; Bitter Autumn
• Henry Kline: Jed; Gentle Tamers; The Good-Hearted Badman; The Hell Wind; The Crooked Path; Stacey; The Handy Man; The Decision; Seth

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Executive Producer: Norman MacDonnell (all except for Execution at Trieste and The Fortress)

Theme: Percy Faith

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

Filmed at the Studios of Universal City

Technicolor

Episodes Copyright: 1967 (1-18), 1968 (19-26)

MCA-TV Exclusive Distributor

 

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Season 7 →

Season 6 (Episode 26)

Air Date: 20 March 1968

Writer: Reuben Bercovitch

Director: Joel Rogosin

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ross Elliott (Sheriff Mark Abbott), Harper Flaherty (Harper), Dick Shane (Dick)

Guest Stars
Michael Burns (Seth), Kevin Hagen (Judd Hadlock), Richard Le Pore (Cully), Rusty Lane (Sheriff Calder), William Fawcett (Station Master), Mark Tapscott (Stableman), Jay Clark (Perkins)

Production Notes

• John McIntire, Clu Gulager, Don Quine and Sara Lane do not appear in this episode

 

← The Decision

The Saddle Warmer →

Season 6 (Episode 25)

Air Date: 13 March 1968

Writer: Richard Carr

Director: Darrell Hallenbeck

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Harper Flaherty (Harper)

Guest Stars
Kenneth Tobey (Dan Porter) Monica Lewis (Emily Porter), Steve Carlson (Deputy Sheriff Frank North), Ben Murphy (Wes Manning), Lawrence Dane (Tasker), Than Wyenn (Morgan), Chuck Courtney (Carmody), Lew Brown (1st Cowboy), Quent Sondergaard (2nd Cowboy), John Cliff (Yancy Man)

Production Notes

• John McIntire, Clu Gulager and Sara Lane do not appear in this episode
• Final appearance of Don Quine as Stacy Grainger

Episode Notes

• Town: Macon City

 

← The Handy Man

Seth →

Season 6 (Episode 24)

Air Date: 6 March 1968

Writer: Mel Tormé

Director: Abner Biberman

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Jeanette Nolan (Holly Grainger), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Mark Abbott), Harper Flaherty (Harper), Dick Shane (Dick)

Guest Stars
Tom Simcox (Ward Bowden), Mel Tormé (Jim), William Bramley (Arnold Bowden), Paul Mantee (Roy Havens), Noam Pitlik (Wilt Hardesty), Stephen Coit (Storekeeper), Stuart Nisbet (Bartender), Richard Van Fleet (Cowboy), Hal Needham (Rider)

Production Notes

• John McIntire, Clu Gulager and Don Quine do not appear in this episode

 

← Stacey

The Decision →

Season 6 (Episode 23)

Air Date: 28 February 1968

Writer: Douglas Morrow

Director: Leo Penn

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Jeanette Nolan (Holly Grainger), Dick Shane (Dick), Harper Flaherty (Harper)

Guest Stars
Barbara Werle (Mrs. Buell), Robert H. Harris (Dr. Andrews), Lee Kroeger (Janie Buell), John Bryant (Dr. R.J. Spaulding), Jean Peloquin (Gene)

Production Notes

• Clu Gulager does not appear in this episode

 

← The Crooked Path

The Handy Man →

Season 6 (Episode 22)

Air Date: 21 February 1968

Teleplay: Robert Presnell, Jr

Story: Jerry Ludwig

Director: Abner Biberman

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Dick Shane (Dick), Harper Flaherty (Harper)

Guest Stars
Kevin Coughlin (Kiley Cheever), Tom Skerritt (Moran), John Marley (Charlie Rondell), Karl Swenson (Roy Cheever), Ellen Moss (Melissa Wainwright), Michael Keep (Indian), E.J. Andre (Cookey), Stuart Nisbet (Bart), Charles Brewer (Carson), Barbara Burgess (Annie), Jean Peloquin (Gene), Lew Paller (Card Player)

Production Notes

• John McIntire, Clu Gulager, Don Quine and Sara Lane do not appear in this episode
• Song: Streets of Laredo (Traditional Ballad)

Episode Notes

• Location: Paradise Saloon

 

← The Hell Wind

Stacey →

Season 6 (Episode 21)

Air Date: 14 February 1968

Writers: Barbara Merlin and Leonard Praskins

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Patricia Crowley (Pearl ‘Angela’ Van Owen), Ford Rainey (Marcus Van Owen), Woodrow Parfrey (Hobie Simpson), Hal Smith (Concessionaire), Kiel Martin (Cal Dorsey)

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Notable Guest Stars

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Production Notes

• John McIntire, Clu Gulager and James Drury do not appear in this episode
• Songs: Alberta (Traditional Blues Song); Railroad Bill (19th Century Blues Ballad)

Episode Notes

• Town: Silver Springs
• Date: 4th July

 

← The Good-Hearted Badman

The Crooked Path →

Season 6 (Episode 20)

Air Date: 7 February 1968

Writer: Robert Van Scoyk

Director: James Sheldon

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Jeanette Nolan (Holly Grainger)

Guest Stars
Peter Deuel (Tom Baker/Jim Dewey), John Larch (Ben Hicks), Anthony Zerbe (Powell), K.L. Smith (Bogen), Jim Boles (Farmer), Stuart Nisbet (Bartender), John Stevens (Dobbs), Robert Rothwell (Kelliher), Bobby Clark (Lookout)

Production Notes

• Doug McClure, Clu Gulager and James Drury do not appear in this episode

 

← Gentle Tamers

The Hell Wind →

Season 6 (Episode 19)

Air Date: 24 January 1968

Teleplay: Don Tait

Story: Abe Polsky and Gil Lasky

Director: Tony Leader

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Dick Shane (Dick), Harper Flaherty (Harper)

Guest Stars
Anthony Call (Val Tussey), Darwin Joston (Dan Moss), Don Pedro Colley (Ira Diller), Wesley Lau (Hoyt), James Griffith (Kyle Spanner), William Fawcett (Telegrapher), Gail Bonney (Lady), Burt Mustin (Pops), Paul Comi (Warden George Keane)

Production Notes

• Doug McClure does not appear in this episode
• Introducing Jean Peloquin singing Mr. Painter
• Final appearance of Clu Gulager as Emmett Ryker

 

← With Help from Ulysses

The Good-Hearted Badman →

Season 6 (Episode 18)

Air Date: 17 January 1968

Writer: True Boardman

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Barbara Rhoades (Josie), Jill Donohue (Barbara), Eileen Wesson (Betty Martin), Shaggy (Ulysses), J. Pat O’Malley (Joe Keller), Hugh Beaumont (Charles Martin), June Vincent (Mrs. Martin), David Farrow (Harkness), Warren Hammock (Kane), Clyde Howdy (Doc Naylor), John Clift (Wrangler), Brenda Robin (Marcia), Jonathan Hole (Hotel Clerk), Tim Graham (Stableman), Sharon Harvey (Fran), Peter Leeds (Peterson)

Production Notes

• John McIntire, Clu Gulager, Don Quine and Sara Lane do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Trampas
• Towns: Carsburg; Springdale

 

← Jed

Gentle Tamers →

Season 6 (Episode 17)

Air Date: 10 January 1968

Writer: Arthur Heinemann

Director: Abner Biberman

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Steve Ihnat (Jed Matthews), Brenda Scott (Abigail Keefer), Sammy Jackson (Ron Keefer), Stuart Margolin (Abe Yeager), Ken Swofford (Seth Pettit), Walter Coy (Tom Tallman), Lew Brown (Clint Timmins), Victor Creatore (Texas), Jill Jenkins (Bar Girl)

Production Notes

• From this episode onwards, John McIntire is credited in the opening credits
• Don Quine and Sara Lane do not appear in this episode

 

← The Death Wagon

With Help from Ulysses →