Category:The Virginian – Season 8

Art Director

• William J. Kenney: All except for The Substitute
• Robert MacKichan: The Substitute

Assistant Director

• Les Berke: Long Ride Home; Halfway Back from Hell; The Family Man; A Love to Remember; Home to Methuselah; Black Jade; Holocaust; Train of Darkness; The Sins of the Father; Rich Man, Poor Man
• George Bisk: A Flash of Darkness
• Richard Bennett: The Runaway; A Touch of Hands
• Jack Doran: The Substitute
• Richard Learman: The Bugler; Journey to Scathelock; A Woman of Stone
• Arthur Levinson: You Can Lead a Horse to Water; Nightmare; A Time of Terror; A King’s Ransom; The Gift
• Ralph Ferrin: No War for the Warrior

Associate Producers

• Robert Van Scoyk
• John Choy: All except for Rich Man, Poor Man

Color Coordinator

• Robert Brower

Costumes

• Helen Colvig: All except for Nightmare
• Grady Hunt: Nightmare

Director of Photography

• Enzo A. Martinelli: Long Ride Home; A Flash of Darkness; Halfway Back from Hell; The Power Seekers; The Family Man; The Runaway; A Love to Remember; The Bugler; A Touch of Hands; Journey to Scathelock; A Woman of Stone; Black Jade; You Can Lead a Horse to Water; Nightmare; Holocaust; Train of Darkness; A Time of Terror; A King’s Ransom; The Sins of the Father; Rich Man, Poor Man; The Gift
• Jerry A. Sims: The Substitute
• Robert Wyckoff: Home to Methuselah; No War for the Warrior

Editorial Supervision

• Richard Belding

Executive Producer

• Norman MacDonnell: Long Ride Home; A Flash of Darkness; Halfway Back from Hell; The Power Seekers; The Family Man; A Love to Remember; The Bugler; Home to Methuselah; Journey to Scathelock; A Woman of Stone; Black Jade; You Can Lead a Horse to Water; Nightmare; Holocaust; Train of Darkness; A Time of Terror; No War for the Warrior; A King’s Ransom; The Sins of the Father; Rich Man, Poor Man; The Gift

Film Editor

• J. Howard Terrill: Long Ride Home; The Runaway; The Bugler; Home to Methuselah; You Can Lead a Horse to Water; Train of Darkness; A King’s Ransom; The Gift
• Richard M. Sprague: A Flash of Darkness; A Love to Remember; The Substitute; Black Jade; A Time of Terror
• Larry Lester: Halfway Back from Hell; The Family Man; A Touch of Hands
• Jack W. Schoengarth: The Power Seekers; A Woman of Stone; Holocaust; No War for the Warrior; The Sins of the Father; Rich Man, Poor Man
• Thomas Scott: Journey to Scathelock
• John Elias: Nightmare
• John Kaufman, Jr.: Nightmare

Hair Stylist

• Larry Germain

Makeup

• Bud Westmore

Music

• Torrie Zito: A Touch of Hands

Music Score

• David Shire: Long Ride Home; Halfway Back from Hell; The Family Man; You Can Lead a Horse to Water
• Leonard Rosenman: A Flash of Darkness; A Love to Remember
• Ralph Ferraro: The Power Seekers
• Fred Steiner: The Runaway; Nightmare
• Oliver Nelson: No War for the Warrior

Music Supervision

• Stanley Wilson

Produced by

• James Duff McAdams: Long Ride Home; Halfway Back from Hell; The Power Seekers; Journey to Scathelock; Holocaust; Train of Darkness; No War for the Warrior
• Paul Freeman: A Flash of Darkness; The Family Man; A Love to Remember; Home to Methuselah; Black Jade; A Time of Terror; A King’s Ransom
• Norman MacDonnell: The Runaway; The Substitute; A Touch of Hands
• Howard Christie: A Woman of Stone; You Can Lead a Horse to Water; Nightmare; The Sins of the Father
• John Choy: Rich Man, Poor Man

Set Decorations

• John McCarthy
• Perry Murdock: All except for The Substitute
• Robert C. Bradfield: The Substitute

Sound

• Lyle Cain: Long Ride Home
• Earl (N.) Crain, Jr.: A Flash of Darkness; Halfway Back from Hell; The Power Seekers; The Family Man; The Runaway; A Love to Remember; The Bugler; Home to Methuselah; A Touch of Hands; Journey to Scathelock; A Woman of Stone; Black Jade; You Can Lead a Horse to Water; Nightmare; Holocaust; Train of Darkness; A Time of Terror; No War for the Warrior; A King’s Ransom; The Sins of the Father; Rich Man, Poor Man; The Gift
• Roger A. Parish: The Substitute

Special Photographic Effects

• Albert Whitlock: Holocaust

Technical Advisors

• Melvin B. Deer: No War for the Warrior
• Arthur Daugomah: No War for the Warrior

Unit Manager

• Henry Kline: Long Ride Home; A Flash of Darkness; Halfway Back from Hell; The Power Seekers; The Runaway; A Love to Remember; The Substitute; Home to Methuselah; A Touch of Hands; Journey to Scathelock; Black Jade; You Can Lead a Horse to Water; Nightmare; Holocaust; Train of Darkness; A Time of Terror; No War for the Warrior; A King’s Ransom; The Sins of the Father; Rich Man, Poor Man; The Gift
• Willard H. Sheldon: The Family Man; The Bugler; A Woman of Stone

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Theme: Percy Faith

Technicolor

Titles and Optical Effects: Universal Title

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

Filmed in Universal City, Calif. at Universal Studios

Episodes Copyright: 1969 (1-15, 20), 1970 (16-19, 21-24)

MCA-TV Exclusive Distributor

 

← Season 7

The Men from Shiloh →

Season 8 (Episode 24)

Air Date: 18 March 1970

Writer: Robert Van Scoyk

Director: Seymour Robbie

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars

Tab Hunter (Carter), Julie Gregg (Sally Ann), Frank Marth (Rawlins), Walter Burke (Billy Neal), Stuart Nisbet (Bart), Richard Le Pore (LeRoy)

Production Notes

• Sara Lane does not appear in this episode
• Final appearance of John McIntire as Clay Grainger
• Final appearance of Tim Matheson as Jim Horn
• Song: The Gypsy Rover (Composed by Leo Maguire, 1950s)
• Song: The Water is Wide (Scottish Folk Song, first published in 1906)

 

← Rich Man, Poor Man

The West vs. Colonel MacKenzie →

Season 8 (Episode 23)

Air Date: 11 March 1970

Writer: Arthur Heinemann

Director: Tony Leader

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Harper Flaherty (Harper)

Guest Stars
Jack Elan (Harve Yost), Patricia Morrow (Ellie Yost), Michael Larrain (Whit Yost), Kenneth Tobey (Joe Pierce), Tom Basham (Jess Pulver), Russell Thorson (Josh Dorcas), Arthur Hanson (John Nelson), Robert Brubaker (Reardon), Bud Walls (Bart Whedon)

Production Notes

• John McIntire does not appear in this episode
• Final appearance of Sara Lane as Elizabeth Grainger

 

← The Sins of the Fathers

The Gift →

Season 8 (Episode 22)

Air Date: 4 March 1970

Writer: David P. Harmon

Director: Walter Doniger

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Robert Lipton (Adam Randall), Tim McIntire (John Wesley Hardin), William Lucking (Sam Burns), Terry Wilson (Shaker), Stuart Nisbet (Bartender), Bob Gravage (Blacksmith)

Production Notes

• Sara Lane does not appear in this episode
• Final appearance of Jeanette Nolan as Holly Grainger

 

← A King’s Ransom

Rich Man, Poor Man →

Season 8 (Episode 21)

Air Date: 25 February 1970

Writer: John D.F. Black

Director:  Joseph Pevney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Jeanette Nolan (Holly Grainger), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott)

Guest Stars
Patrick Macnee (“Con” Connor), Jackie De Shannon (Maggie Connor), Don Knight (Henry), Michael Pate (Alf), Alan Baxter (Ben Thomas), Ann Doran (Mrs. Thomas), Budd Perkins (Banker)

Production Notes

• Doug McClure does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Event: Medicine Bow Church Fund Raising Social

 

← No War for the Warrior

The Sins of the Fathers →

Season 8 (Episode 20)

Air Date: 18 February 1970

Teleplay: Alvin Sapinsley and Robert Earll

Story: Robert Earll

Director: Don McDougall

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Harper Flaherty (Harper)

Guest Stars
Henry Jones (Ned Cochran), Charles Aidman (William Webb), Charles Robinson (John Woods), David Sheiner (Cully), Larry Ward (Sheriff), Patricia Hyland (Kyoy-Ma), Barney Phillips (Major Heller)

Production Notes

• Sara Lane and James Drury do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Town: Three Corners
• Location: Fort Dawkins

 

← A Time of Terror

A King’s Ransom →

Season 8 (Episode 19)

Air Date: 11 February 1970

Writer: Edward J. Lasko

Director: Joseph Pevney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Jeanette Nolan (Holly Grainger), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott)

Guest Stars
Joseph Cotten (Judge Will McMasters), Phillip Alford (Joe Thurman), Shelly Novack (Frank Thurman), Pamela Murphy (Emily Thurman), Virginia Gregg (Mary McMasters)

Production Notes

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

 

← Train of Darkness

No War for the Warrior →

Season 8 (Episode 18)

Air Date: 4 February 1970

Writer: Robert Van Scoyk

Director: James Sheldon

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Dennis Weaver (Jed Haines), John Larch (Charlie Neely), Kaz Garas (Buster Floyd), Barbara Werle (Evelyn Neely), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Lute Dormer, Sr.), Charlotte Stewart (Lotte Haines), Patrick Tovatt (Corey Halder), Ben Wright (Conductor – John Patrick), David Dukes (Lad Dormer), John Cliff (Engineer), Pete Kellett (Cousin)

Production Notes

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

Episode Notes

• Town: Cheyenne, Wyoming
• Locations: Clearwater Trestle; Keeley Pass

 

← Holocaust

A Time of Terror →

Season 8 (Episode 17)

Air Date: 28 January 1970

Teleplay: Robert Van Scoyk

Story: James Duff McAdams

Director: Jeannot Szwarc

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Tony Franciosa (Kordick), Harold J. Stone (Adam), Sandy Kenyon (Rafe Ogden), Seán McClory (Walter May), John Hoyt (John Weston), Jean R. Peloquin (Jean), Lynne Youngreen (Lola), Alex Sharp (Muirhead)

 

← Nightmare

Train of Darkness →

Season 8 (Episode 16)

Air Date: 21 January 1970

Writers: Gerry Day and Bethel Leslie

Director: Robert Gist

Synopsis

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

Guest Stars
Joan Crawford (Stephanie White), Steve Sandor (Billy White), Michael Conrad (John White), Warren Kemmerling (Frank Benteen), Booth Coleman (Jeff Turner), Clarke Gordon (Doctor), William Mims (Prosecutor), Peter Marko (Sam Kincaid), Will Chilles (Jake), Rachel Rosenthal (Natawista), Will Gulliver (Oscar), Luke Andreas (Bartender), Hal Torey (Judge)

Production Notes

• John McIntire and Doug McClure do not appear in this episode

 

← You Can Lead a Horse to Water

Holocaust →

Season 8 (Episode 15)

Air Date: 7 January 1970

Writer: Lois Hire

Director: James Neilson

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott)

Guest Stars
Strother Martin (Luther Watson), Elizabeth Hubbard (Mary Marshall), Noah Beery (Will Baxter), Anthony Eisley (Tom Kendrick), Richard Devon (Haskell), Dorothy Shay (Widow Mabel Krebs), John Day (Grimes), Robert Foulk (Bartender Fred), Sheila Leighton (Dolly)

Production Notes

• John McIntire, Tim Matheson, Sara Lane and James Drury do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Trampas
• Town: Clearwater

 

← Black Jade

Nightmare →

Season 8 (Episode 14)

Air Date: 31 December 1969

Writer: Herb Meadow

Director: Joseph Pevney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Harper Flaherty (Harper)

Guest Stars
William Shatner (Swan), James A. Watson (C. Jade), Jill Townsend (Rosanna), Timothy Scott (Frank Jugg), Charles Maxwell (Charlie Becker), Wayne Storm (Herman Jugg), Ken Renard (Chief Iron Hands)

Production Notes

• John McIntire and Sara Lane do not appear in this episode
• Song: The Water is Wide (published in 1906)
• Song: Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (published in 1882)

Episode Notes

• Featured Character: Trampas
• Town: Julesberg

 

← A Woman of Stone

You Can Lead a Horse to Water →