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| Hoss Cartwright is among the jurors who votes to hang Frank Scott (Simon Oakland) for murder. Only after the sentence is carried out does Hoss discover he may have erred, and that the genuine killer was probably Frank's lookalike Mel Burns (also Simon Oakland). Unfortunately, none of the other jurors are willing to admit their mistake; especially recalcitrant is Hoss' friend Andy Buchanan (Carl Reindel), whose inability to own up to his fatal error results in even more tragedy. Others in the cast include Nita Talbot as Gladys, Shannon Farnon as Eleanor, John Hubbard as Eads, and Tol Avery as the Judge. Written by Jack Miller, "Justice Deferred" first aired on December 17, 1967. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi | |
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| Not many media pundits gave Bonanza much of a chance when the hour-long... Howard Duff guest-stars as Sam Clemens, who in the days before his fame and... Inger Stevens guest-stars as Emily Pennington, the frail and sickly fiancée... The 14-season run of Bonanza began with this introductory episode,... Ben Cartwright finds out that Mark Burdette (Barry Sullivan) and Early... Unscrupulous trader Mike Wilson (Jack Warden molests two Paiute Indian... Film noir icon Jane Greer guest-stars as Julia Burnette, a hard-shelled... Ida Lupino is cast as the titular Annie O'Toole, who along with her father... Engineer Philip Diedshiemer (John Beal) arrives in Virginia City, where, in... In the ninth episode of the series Bonanza, we get an episode-length... Legendary stage actress Adah Isaacs Menken (Ruth Roman) brings her... Both Ben Cartwright and Luther Bishop (Carl Benton Reid) lay claim to the... Determined to track down the man who murdered his wife, Flint Johnson... Though seriously wounded during a bank robbery, Ben Cartwright manages to... Sue Ellen Terry is shot and killed while disembarking from a stagecoach.... While on a mountain expedition in the dead of winter, Hoss and Little Joe... Although Bonanza had failed to make much of a dent in the ratings of its... Stella Stevens guest-stars as Ann Croft, a sheltered deaf-mute girl. Joe... Lloyd Nolan guest-stars as New Orleans police inspector Charles Leduque, a... Three army deserters -- Sutton (Joe Maross, Tyler (Grant Williams), and... Ben and Adam Cartwright are convicted of murder and sentenced to the... Little Joe and Hoss set out for Monterey, CA, bearing the cash with which... The townspeople of Virginia City turn against Leta Malvet (Susan Oliver... Southern sympathizer Fred Kyle (Cameron Mitchell arrives in Virginia City,... At the height of the bloody feud between the McFaddens and the Hadfields,... The ugly consequences of bigotry are examined in this episode of Bonanza.... Patricia Medina guest-stars as Rosita Morales, a former cabaret dancer. A... Crooked sheepherder Jeb Drummond (Everett Sloane) is caught trying to graze... The Cartwrights play host to former big game hunter Lord Marion Dunsford... At the end of a cattle drive, the Cartwrights and their cowhands look... The Cartwrights object to Todd McKaren's (Don Dubbins) plan to sell his... David Ladd, the son of movie idol Alan Ladd (and a future film executive in... Considered to be a witch, gypsy girl Tirza (Susan Harrison) has been... The first season of Bonanza came to an end on April 30, 1960, with the... On September 10, 1960, Bonanza launched its second season with the episode... Feeling responsible for the massacre of a troop of soldiers, former Army... Crippled farmer Tom Edwards (Harry Townes) holds Ben Cartwright responsible... Guest star Larry Gates is cast as Jacob Darien, the leader of a Quaker sect... B-picture auteur Jacques Tourneur served as director for the October 15,... As a reward for saving Ben Cartwright's life, an Indian named Matsou... While attending a gaudy carnival with their girlfriends, Joe and Hoss... To escape her strict and oppressive father Sheriff Kincaid (Val Avery),... Among the most popular TV Western series ever, Bonanza starred Lorne Green... Outlaw Johnny Logan (Dick Davalos) has sworn to kill a sheriff (James... En route to Virginia City, Adam Cartwright bears witness as Chief Chato... Hulking, childlike Arnie Guthrie (Cal Bolder) can't control his temper-and... Young Billy Walker (Wesley Lau) is accused of murdering the wife of Marshal... Among the most popular TV Western series ever, Bonanza starred Lorne Green... Written by William Raynor and Myles Wilder, "The Blood Line" opens as Luke... On the occasion of its third season on NBC, the full-color Western Bonanza... Robert Culp guest-stars as former gunfighter Ed Payson. When he tries to... In this comic episode, mail-order huckster Gideon Flinch (Ian Wolfe), alias... Joe Cartwright's life is saved by chain-gang prisoner Danny Kidd (Dean... Ben Cartwright's former sweetheart Lydia (Maggie Hayes), now the wealthy... While working at the Ponderosa, wrangler Johnny Lightly (Ben Cooper)... Sue Ling (Lisa Lu), a Chinese slave girl purchased by the infamous General... Written by Norman Lessing, "The Frenchman" stars Andre Phillipe as the... To show up his teasing brothers, Joe Cartwright accepts the position of... The Cartwrights rescue 11-year-old Gabrielle Wickham (Diane Mountford), a... Mike Sullivan (George Mitchell) and his cronies pitch camp at the... James Coburn guest-stars as Ross Marquett, an old friend of Adam... Originally telecast March 11, 1961, "The Duke" stars Maxwell Reed as the... The Cartwrights accompany freight-company troubleshooter Ted Trask (Robert... Originally scheduled to air on March 18, 1961, the Bonanza episode "The... Despite irrefutable evidence which places Jim Applegate (Charles Aidman) at... "The Infernal Machine" is a horseless carriage, invented by Hoss... Ben Cartwright's suspicions are aroused when scruffy prospectors Cunningham... Little Joe Cartwright is hauled into court, accused of murdering a pregnant... Sidney Blackmer guest-stars as baloon ascensionist Major Cayley, an old... Claude Akins guest-stars as the titular Sam Hill, a blacksmith of... Bonanza marked the beginning of its third season by moving from Saturdays... The Cartwright boys' fraternal horseplay takes a painful turn when they... Jeff Morrow guest-stars as legendary Apache chief Cochise, who despite his... Wounded bandit Track (Paul Richards) takes refuge at the home of widow Lee... Con artists Morgan (Wally Brown) and Axe (Dave Willock) flimflam Clementine... While Ben Cartwright nurses his son Adam through a high fever, his thoughts... Julie Adams guest-stars as Helen, the widow of Ben Cartwright's old friend... Forced to shoot and kill tresspasser Jeb Hoad, Joe Cartwright is set upon... During Ben Cartwright's absence, a woman named Jennifer (Suzanne Lloyd)... First broadcast January 28, 1961, "Bank Run" was one of several... When Carl (James Best), the son of former Ponderosa foreman Will Reagan... Hoss Cartwright is forced to kill neighboring farmer Willie Twilight (Keith... At the behest of a local bureaucrat, good-for-nothing Jock Henry (Eddie... Accusing Josh Tatum (Leif Erickson) of stealing cattle, Ben Cartwright gets... The fourth season of Bonanza introduces Barry Coe in the role of Clay... After completing a grueling cattle drive, Adam Cartwright takes a trip into... Before settling into the semi-regular role of Adam Cartwright's fiancée... Mercedes McCambridge guest-stars as Deborrah Banning, the wife of Baltimore... The hooded man who robbed and killed the manager of the Goat Springs bank... Brooke Hayward, the daughter of producer Leland Hayward and actress... James Dunn guest-stars as Danny Lynch, an elderly Ponderosa ranch hand.... With the terrritory in the grip of a devastating drought, the local... Hoping to catch a band of cattle rustlers, the Cartwrights lay a trap for... Ben Cartwright is an eyewitness when ex-convict Jack Groat (Charles Maxwell... Singer Vaughn Monroe guest-stars as shy Ponderosa ranchhand Hank Meyers. In... While sharing lunch with Adam and Joe Cartwright, Sheriff Coffee notices a... In 1907, the brilliant physicist Albert Abraham Michelson won the Nobel... While on a cattle drive, the Cartwright men make a stopover in the town of... In the 1961 Bonanza episode "Elizabeth, My Love," Ben Cartwright's thoughts... The townsfolk of Virginia City find their loyalties divided right down the... The Cartwrights take a hand in matters when bandits reportedly steal the... Hoping to meet the deadline for a crucial business transaction, Adam... The title character in the May 13, 1962 Bonanza episode "The Mountain Girl"... This 100th episode of Bonanza begins as Susan Blanchard (Pat Breslin) is... Season Four of Bonanza began on September 23, 1962 with what was intended... Tired of living in the shadow of older brothers Adam and Hoss, Joe... Dan O'Herlihy guest-stars as Matthew Raine, a brilliant artist who has gone... On behalf of his father Ben Cartwright, Hoss delivers a large sum of money... The Cartwrights are visited by Colonel Edward J. Dunwoody (Claude Akins),... Both Adam Cartwright and fugitive killer Luke Martin (Robert Vaughn) seek... Once again, the loyalties of the Cartwright clan are divided by the ongoing... Hoss Cartwright agrees to meet and provide transportation for Lotty (Judi... Abducted by the Shoshones at the age of six, teenager Billy Horn (Carl... Will Kuluva guest-stars as General Diaz, a self-styled Mexican patriot who... "Gallegher's Sons" are a pair of pre-teen girls named Will (Eileen Chesis)... Seriously injured in a fall, Hoss Cartwright is in desperate need of... "The Good Samaritan" is Hoss Cartwright, who plays cupid for a pair of... Eleven of the twelve jurors in the murder trial of Jamie Wrenn (Jack Betts)... Bonanza begins its fifth season with the poignant episode "She Walks in... One of the best-remembered and best-loved Bonanza episodes, "Any Friend of... George Brenlin is cast as Whizzer McGee, a short-statured scrapper who... The "Thunder Man" is explosives expert William Poole (Simon Oakland), who... Perennial loser Claude Miller (John Fiedler) becomes a winner overnight... A decidedly pre-All in the Family Carroll O'Connor stars as freight line... While trying to land a lucrative lumber contract with the railroad, Ben... "The Colonel" is habitual liar Frank Medford, an old friend of Ben... Gregory Walcott is cast as Danny Morgan, a guitar-strumming "travelling... Ben Cartwright plays host to Judge Whitaker (Otto Kruger), better known to... Slim Pickens makes his first appearance as the rogueish but lovable... While sitting in a barber's chair, Carlos Rodriguez (Alex Montoya) is... The third of the "Ben Cartwright's Wives" trilogy (his marriages to first... In this comic episode, Adam and Hoss Cartwright want to enter their newly... Patricia Crowley guest-stars as beautiful Julia Grant, an aspiring actress... Suffering from amnesia as the result of an accident, Hoss Cartwright is... Adam Cartwright falls in love with Rebecca (Aneta Corsaut), the daughter of... The "lost woman" of the title is Rita Marlowe (Ruta Lee), an alcoholic... Ron Hayes appears in the dual role of virtuous family man Jud Lally and... While hunting down a wolf, Adam Cartwright accidentally shoots and nearly... When their driver is killed, Joe Cartwright and several other stagecoach... Written by Eric Norden and Frank Arno, "Little Man-Ten Feet Tall" focuses... The fifth season of Bonanza commenced on September 22, 1963 with the... Future Lost in Space bad guy Jonathan Harris stars in this Bonanza episode... John Anderson is cast as fiercely proud rainmaker Tulsa Weems, who is... While a surprise party awaits him at the Ponderosa, Little Joe Cartwright... Brilliant artist James Callahan (Phillip Abbott) is burdened with two heavy... A gang of bandits attacks the stagecoach carrying Hoss Cartwright and two... Stefanie Powers guest-stars as the legendary, cantankerous Calamity Jane.... In this sequel to the 1962 Bonanza episode "Inger, My Love," Ben Cartwright... Investigating a mine cave-in, Joe Cartwright finds his friend Seth Pruitt... Originally telecast December 8, 1963, "The Waiting Game" introduces Kathie... While tracking down a gang of poachers, Ben Cartwright is shot and left for... In this classic-and hilarious-Bonanza episode, Hoss Cartwright returns to... It was no secret that Pernell Roberts was wearying of his role as Adam... Suffering from a advanced case of "spring fever," Hoss Cartwright is... Marlyn Mason guest-stars as Tessa Caldwell, who is accidentally blinded in... In this sequel to "The Waiting Game", Kathie Browne returns in the role of... Patricia Blair guest-stars as dance hall girl Lila Conrad, who after... Written by Alex Sharp, the comic episode "Ponderosa Matador" finds the... A widower for many years, Ben Cartwright finally decides to take another... A deft blend of comedy and suspense, "Alias Joe Cartwright" affords series... The title character in this Bonanza episode is a middle-aged Frenchman... Slim Pickens makes a return appearance in the role of shifty, slovenly... Another deft Bonanza combination of humor and tears, Frank Cleaver's... In anticipation of a raid by the deadly Wagner outlaw gang, the townsfolk... First telecast March 22, 1964, "Return to Honor" served to introduce... Bruce Yarnell makes his first appearance as the Cartwrights' cousin Muley... The focus is on new series regular Will Cartwright (Guy Williams) in the... Hoping to purchase some fireworks from the Chinese Yiphee Trading Company,... Unique among Bonanza episodes, "The Companeros" does not feature any of the... This landmark Bonanza episode stars William Marshall (long before his... The men of the Ponderosa cannot understand why bounty hunter Dev Farnum... Kathie Browne makes her third appearance as Adam Cartwright's erstwhile... As originally intended, Kathie Browne was to make between eight and ten... Season Five of Bonanza came to a close on May 24, 1964 with the episode... Publicly humiliated by town tough Al Mooney (Ron Foster), young Johnny... A gang of four criminals-three men, one women-kidnap Ben and hold him for a... "The Wild One" is ornery Lafe Jessup (Aldo Ray), a pugnacious horse... Adam Cartwright is rescued from drowning by Tom Wilson (Rory Calhoun), a... When Sam Logan (Dan Duryea) was sent to prison, he claimed he didn't know... George Kennedy guest-stars as Waldo Watson, a born loser who has decided to... Pulp novelist Tobias Finch (Walter Brooke) wants to write "The Saga of the... Ernest Truex guest-stars as "Square Deal Sam" Washburn, a veteran... This compelling Bonanza episode focuses almost exclusively on Little Joe... "Old Sheba" is a scraggly circus elephant, which the Cartwrights receive as... Accused of murder, Hoss Cartwright puts his life in the hands of celebrated... Charles Bronson guest-stars as Harry Star, a halfbreed who is regularly... Guest star Henry Jones plays a flamboyant eccentric who imagines himself to... Charlie (Anthony Caruso) is an old and somewhat shabby Indian. Regularly... That the seventh season of Bonanza would be slightly different from the... When her husband Booth (Steve Cochran) is murdered, Hallie Shannon (Joan... Andrew Prine guest-stars as George Whitman, a self-proclaimed "jinx" who... Written by Dick Carr, "The Spotlight" is a showcase for Viveca Lindfors in... Season Six of Bonanza was brought to a close on May 23, 1965, with another... Bonanza entered its seventh season, minus Pernell Roberts but still as... Acting magistrate Ben Cartwright is dismayed when Sundown (Tom Tully), an... Former silent-movie idol Ramon Novarro guest-stars as Jose Ortega, a... Ed Begley Sr. is cast as Clint Watson, an old muleskinner friend of Ben... Gilbert Roland guest-stars as poor but proud horse rangher Jim Acton.... Emma Morgan (Adrienne Marden, the jealous wife of religious cult leader... Hoss Cartwright rescues a little girl named Lisa (Eileen Baral), who is in... Ben Cartwright makes a solemn promise that the entire estate of dying... Virginia City welcomes new preacher Paul Watson (Glenn Corbett), a former... "The Strange One" is Marie (Louise Sorel), who is expelled from a wagon... Former My Three Sons regular Tim Considine guest-stars as Billy Penn, son... Virginia City is held in a grip of terror by the vicious family of... Former child star Eddie Hodges is cast as Skeeter Dexter, who has the acute... Clint Howard is the center of attention on this Bonanza episode as... One of the handful of truly classic Bonanza episodes, "The Flapjack... Joe Cartwright and his friend Tuck (Warren Vanders) vie for the attentions... In this frontier spin on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Joan... Dancer Barrie Chase, best known for her appearances on the TV specials of... Held in thrall by a gang of rustlers, the local cattleman's association... The great Ed Wynn appears on this Bonanza episodes a Phineas T. Klump, a... Pernell Roberts plays a dual role in this February 14, 1965 installment of... A group of flamboyant Italian acrobats pay a visit to the Ponderosa.... Virginia City is visited by one Thomas Crippen (Ashley Cowan), an... Adam Cartwright rescues long-suffering schoolteacher Barbara (Mariette... Bruce Yarnell pays a return visit to Bonanza as the Cartwright's cousin... Singer Hoyt Axton made his dramatic debut in this episode of Bonanza, which... Poor Ben Cartwright is unable to get any peace and quiet on the Ponderosa,... Telly Savalas guest-stars as Charles Hackett, the richest man in the world.... Former convict Trace Cordell (Tony Young) is back in town, and everyone... Season eight of Bonanza begins with one of the series' most famous... Joe Cartwright is a member of the jury that must determine whether or not... Jose De Vega is cast as Tatu, an embittered Indian youth who hates all... Written by Paul Schneider, "Ride the Wind" was Bonanza's first two-part... In Part Two of "Ride the Wind", Curtis Wade (Rod Cameron takes over from... When two strangers, Sonny (Dick Peabody) and Jesse (Walter Burke), help Ben... In Sheriff Coffee's absence, Virginia City's mayor (Ted Knight) hires... An uncharacteristically villainous George Montgomery guest-stars as... The Ponderosa is thrown into a tizzy when Kentucky woman Annie Slocum... Joshua Norton was a real-life character in 19th century San Francisco,... Growing increasingly fond of lovely Claire Amory (Nancy Gates), Ben... Former Wagon Train regular Michael Burns guest-stars as Jamie, the... Joe Cartwright is in love with Wendy Dant (Judi Rolin), but she has no room... Hoss Cartwright befriends philosophical drifter Will Smith (Lonny Chapman),... Singer Wayne Newton makes his dramatic debut as Andy Walker, the son of... Originally broadcast April 17, 1966, "The Big Shadow on the Land" was the... Hoss Cartwright seriously injures washed-up boxer Hank Kelly (Michael... Though the character of Adam Cartwright was gone from Bonanza, he was far... R.G. Armstrong guest-stars as Colonel Keith Jarell, Ben Cartwright's old... Bonanza closed out its seventh season on May 15, 1966 with the comic... On September 11, 1966, the eighth episode of Bonanza got off to a strong... At the request of gallant Colonel Fairchild (Charles Ruggles) and his... Ed Begley Sr. makes a return visit to Bonanza in the role of proud old... Written by Thomas Thompson and Marc Michaels, "The Pursued" was the second... In Part Two of "The Pursued", Mormon rancher Heber Clawson (Eric Fleming)... Geraldine Brooks, who played Ben Cartwright's first wife in the 1961... A horse thief with a price on his head is shot by both Joe Cartwright and... The title characters in this episode of Bonanza are the Lowell sisters: Ara... Hoss Cartwright saves Old Charlie (John McIntire, the town's premiere... Fifteen years after Ben Cartwright's testimony sent a man named Preston to... Future movie-studio executive Tony Bill is cast as halfbreed Charlie Two,... A ricocheting bullet catches Little Joe Cartwright in his-er-nether... Spinster Maggie Dowling (Joanne Linville) has been told all her life that... The wife of vicious outlaw Jess Miller (Michael Witney), long-suffering... Not surprisingly, "A Christmas Story" originally aired on December 25,... Season nine of Bonanza marks the introduction of a new recurring character;... In this comic episode, Hoss and Joe Cartwright embark on yet another... Joe Cartwright's impending marriage to the lovely Sally Cutler (Shirley... The rest of the Ponderosa men are astonished when Hoss Cartwright shows up... John Saxon makes the first of three Bonanza appearances as Steve Friday, a... Leslie Nielsen, who had once studied acting under Bonanza star Lorne Greene... Visiting the Blackwell farm, Joe Cartwright is aghast to learn that his... Henry Darrow guest-stars as Amigo, a role originally written for Sammy... Ben Cartwright protects longtime family friend Mary Farnum (Diane Baker)... Joe Cartwright joins a posse led by Sheriff Rimbau (John Ireland) to... Thoroughly immersed in the mystery novel Inspector Foot of Scotland Yard,... Rescued from the desert by Ben Cartwright, young Billy Wilcox (Richard... In this sequel to the previous season's "The Big Shadow of the Land", Jack... The Cartwrights play host to two members of the Russian aristocracy, Count... Ben Cartwright prevents crooked Ponderosa foreman Ed Philips (Jeremy Slate)... Virginia City finds itself under siege from a group of highly organized... Both Linda Roberts (Judi Meredith) and Amos Crenshaw (Frank Overton) have... Nina Foch guest-stars as Clarissa, Ben Cartwright's snooty Eastern cousin.... Hoss Cartwright once again falls victim to a clever palm reader, in this... Bonanza's final eighth-season offering, "The Greedy Ones" first aired on... The ninth season of Bonanza began on September 17, 1967 with the episode... Written by John Hawkins and Gil Lasky, "Sense of Duty" served to introduce... Joe Cartwright is kidnaped by a band of impoverished Mexicans, who hope to... While visiting the remote community of Olympus, Candy is accused of... A gang of outlaws, led by the sadistic Dibs (Richard Jaeckel), descends... After delivering a herd of cattle to the town of Sand Dust, Joe and Hoss... Written by Frank Chase, "The Gentle Ones" is the tale of two brothers, both... The Cartwrights must carefully wend their way through Paiute territory,... Ben Cartwright purchaeses a stallion from drunken lout Burt Loughlin (Tom... Jamison Fillmore (Richard Anderson), the crooked owner of a paddle-wheel... Burgess Meredith guest-stars as Irishman Ownie Dugan. Suddenly striking it... Future Hawaii 5-0 regular James MacArthur guest-stars as Jase Fredericks,... Hoss Cartwright is among the jurors who votes to hang Frank Scott (Simon... Ever the champion of the underdog, Hoss Cartwright is determined to prove... Though no longer the number one program in America by the time it entered... Ben and Hoss Cartwright, together with ranchhand Candy, join a posse to... Though the title of this episode refers to the young lady played by Sheila... Over the protests of the Cartwrights, the Carttlemen's Association hires... Ben Cartwright hires a new horse trainer named Will Holt (Michael Murphy),... Kim Hunter guest-stars as greedy Ada Halle, who holds a monopoly on all... In the town of Smithville, Joe Cartwright's life is saved by Tracy Blaine... Noah Beery Jr. guest-stars as Johnny Mule, on trial for the murder of David... Ben Cartwright is determined to block the gubernatorial bid of John Faraday... Candy comes to the aid of down-and-out Laura Jean Pollard (Tisha Sterling),... Candy makes good his long-standing promise to quit the Ponderosa to join... Joe Cartwright is grief-stricken when his friend Steve Regan, leader of a... Feeling responsible for the death of his oldest son, Josh Carter (Steve... Ben's longtime unofficial ward Davy (Lou Antonio), a Ute Indian, tries to... Michael Landon made his directorial debut with this Bonanza episode from... On trial for murder, Hoss Cartwright may well be sent to the gallows on... Forced to kill the father of young Eddie McKay (Jan-Michael Vincent), Hoss... Originally telecast on May 26, 1968 as Bonanza's 300th episode, "The... When schoolteacher Abby Pettigrew (Anne Helm is incapacitated, Joe... Breaking from tradition, Bonanza offered two first-run episodes amidst the... On July 28, 1968, the producers of Bonanza surprised the series' fans by... Bonanza inaugurated its tenth season on September 15, 1968, with the... Unbeknownst to Hoss Cartwright, the horse he has just purchased previously... The focus in this Bonanza episode of September 29, 1968 is on ranch hand... When Sheriff Walker (Stuart Randall) of Muddy Creek is murdered, Ben and... Taking advantage of the illness of his powerful rancher father Claude Roman... As a result of a wager, Hoss and Joe Cartwright decide to enter politics,... The Cartwrights and Candy find themselves stranded in the backwater town of... A distant relative of Ben Cartwright, preteen tomboy Samantha Dorcas (Linda... Mariette Hartley makes a return visit to Bonanza in the November 10, 1968... Jack Kruschen makes his third and final Bonanza appearance as Giorgio... Joe Cartwright, Candy and Kate Kelly (Celeste Yarnell) form a partnership... Beaudry (John Vernon), an old army buddy of Ben Cartwright, is just a man... This episode of Bonanza is a showcase for Victor Sen Yung as Hop Sing, the... Grand Jury witness Charles Ball (James Patterson) is prepared to charge... Season 11 of Bonanza marks the temporary departure of David Canary as... Joan Van Ark made an early TV starring appearance in this January 5, 1969... On trial for the murder of John Leggett, Candy comes before "hanging judge"... Mildred Natwick guest-stars as the formidable Mrs. Wharton, a snobbish... Mary Fickett is cast as Erin O'Donnell, an Irish girl raised by the Sioux... The Cartwrights give food and shelter to a bedraggled, impoverish company... Phyllis Thaxter guest-stars as widowed newspaper publisher Ruth Manning,... The mellifluous Richard Haydn is cast as Malcolm the Magificent, a seedy... During a murder trial, Ben Cartwright is trapped in the basement of the... Written and directed by Michael Landon, "The Wish" would remain Landon's... Ben Johnson guest-stars as Sgt. Samuel Bellis, accused of desertion,... Joe Cartwright's coquettish former fiancee Emily Anderson (Beth Brickell)... Joe Cartwright and Candy head to Butlerville, there to help out Candy's old... Before she played Joe Cartwright's ill-fated love interest in the 1972... Self-reliant 14-year-old Coley (Kevin Burchett) inherits a valuable gold... The Civil War is over, but mine owner Sam Masters (John Anderson) will... Passing themselves off as wealthy business owners, brother-and-sister... The "Don Quixote" legend was given a 19th century western spin on Bonanza's... Melissa Murphy is cast as Jenny Winters, who claims she can identify the... Sheriff Austin (Pat Hingle) of Stillwater jails Candy on the basis of... While Sheriff Coffee testifies at a trial in San Francisco, Hoss Cartwright... When Will Griner (Walter Barnes) is acquitted of murder, the angry... An epidemic of rustling has fueled the flames of a possible range war... Dean Stockwell guest-stars as Mathew, a former Northern war hero and... Candy is forced to kill the rancher husband of Lisa Campbell (Charlotte... Originally telecast on November 16, 1969, "Meena" was the first of three... Joe Cartwright is dumbfounded when his friend, bank employee Wade Turner... Although Salty Hubbard (Arthur Hunnicutt) is Sunville's biggest liar,... Ben Cartwright finds himself in the uncomfortable position of choosing... John Astin and Emmaline Henry, who back in 1962 played husband and wife in... Two major changes marked the opening of Bonanza's 12th season. In "The... Ben and his fellow cattlemen find themselves at the mercy of Chicago meat... When Bonanza debuted in 1959, its first episode was "A Rose for Lotta",... Tony De Costa is cast as Ramon, a Mexican youth who has suffered a lifetime... During a stopover in Los Robles, Ben Cartwright is assaulted and wounded by... Perhaps the silliest Bonanza episode ever filmed, "Caution, Easter Bunny... Introduced in the earlier episode "Meena", the scraggly Calhouns make a... Innocent Hoss Cartwright is thrown in jail, suspected of complicity in a... The eleventh season of Bonanza was wrapped up on April 19, 1970 with the... Bonanza's twelfth season commenced on September 13, 1970 with the episode... Originally telecast September 20, 1970, "A Matter of Faith" served to... Robert Pirosh's teleplay for this Bonanza episode was based on an actual... When one of his prisoners escapes, sadistic prison-wagon boss Price... Rupert Crosse guest-stars as Davis, a fugitive killer. While searching for... Guest star Richard Kiley is cast as Sheriff Gideon Yates, one of Nevada's... "Trouble" is the apt cognomen for one of the toughest towns in California.... Far from the Ponderosa, Ben Cartwright is badly injured in a fall from his... Carol Lawson plays Etta, an unwed mother determined to carve out a decent... Aranda (Rodolfo Acosta, the Mexican-born sheriff of Prince River, regularly... Neville Brand guest-stars as Pepper Shannon, a stage robber whose career... Oscar winner Strother Martin is cast as Joad Bruder, the father of jailed... Jack Elam plays the title role in this Bonanza episode from December 20,... Carri Sturgis (Jewel Blanch), a young friend of Ben Cartwright's adopted... Multi-talanted dwarf actor Michael Dunn guest-stars as George Marshall, a... Robert Lansing is cast as Gunny, a former Army officer dishonorably... Inheriting a fortune from an Indian benefactor, Candy fulfills his... Jo Van Fleet guest-stars as Amy Wilder, one of those peppery old eccentrics... Having accumulated $67,000 from a gold strike, prospector Chris Keller... In her third Bonanza appearance, Mariette Hartley is here cast as Jennifer,... Making her second Bonanza appearance, Mercedes McCambridge is cast as... Had the long-running Bonanza been on CBS instead of NBC, it might have been... Hoss Cartwright is accidentally shot and wounded by Tom Brennan (John... To silence the taunts of his young friends, Jamie tries to prove that he's... Joining his fellow ranchers in a big cattle drive, Ben Cartwright chooses... Lorne Greene plays a dual role, as Ponderosa patriarch Ben Cartwright and... Lou Gossett and Marlene Clark are cast as a fugitive black couple, on the... Londoners Leslie and Gillian Harwood (Daniel Massey and Jill Haworth)... Dean Jagger guest-stars as General Ira Cloninger, a legendary Indian... "The Silent Killer" is the deadly influenza epidemic that has swept through... Steve Ihnat guest-stars as a self-proclaimed journalist named Gans, who... Blinded in an explosion, Joe Cartwright, uncertain as to whether his sight... Vera Miles guest-stars as Ben Cartwright's longtime friend April... The Virginia City Bank refuses to lend money to a group of Sierra Nevade... All three Cartwright men-Ben, Hoss and Joe-are arrested for trespassing... Ponderosa ranchhand Dusty Rhodes (Lou Frizzell) has landed in jail. The... Season Thirteen of Bonanza began on September 19, 1971 with the series'... Hoss Cartwright's testimony results in a prison term for the husband of... Wounded in an ambush, Joe Cartwright is rescued by the Griswolds, a farming... In this comic episode, Hoss Cartwright is tapped to judge a Virginia City... In Sheriff Coffee's absence, Joe Cartwright is called upon to escort... Jack Cassidy guest-stars as O'Casey, a shiftless dreamer whose... Bonanza star Michael Landon both wrote and directed the poignant episode... Neta (Jewel Blanch), a teenaged friend of Ben Cartwright's adopted son... Rip Torn guest-stars as Will Hewitt, a former soldier who was blinded in... In her fourth Bonanza appearance, Mariette Hartley is cast as Lola, a... Neville Brand makes another Bonanza appearance in the December 5, 1971... The cantankerous Calhouns-nouveau riche prospector Luke Calhoun (Dub... Having unofficially adopted Jamie, Ben is poised to make it official in... Native American actor Chief Dan George, who had catapulted to stardom in... Had Bonanza been moved from its familiar Sunday night time slot to a less... The focus in "A Lonely Man" is on Victor Sen Yung as Ponderosa houseboy Hop... Joan Hackett guest-stars as Judith, the fiancee of a young pastor named... Fresh from his nine-year stint on The Beverly Hillbillies, Buddy Ebsen is... Anna Kosovo (Kathleen Widdoes), a friend of Ben Cartwright, has good reason... Hoss and Joe Cartwright are arrested in a Mexican border town and thrown in... Charles Chioffi plays the title character in the thrill-packed Bonanza... Having suffered a blow to the head, Ben Cartwright awakens to discover that... Roscoe Lee Browne guest-stars as Joshua, the crippled grandfather of a... Written and directed by Bonanza star Michael Landon, "The Younger Brothers'... Fugitive Confederate officer Cody Ransom (Jon Cypher) is finally willing to... Three of the Cartwright men-Joe, Hoss and Jamie-head to the town of Upright... Once more, Lorne Greene essays the dual role of Ben Cartwright and Ben's... The fourteenth and final season of Bonanza began on September 12, 1972 with... Robert Lansing guest-stars as Dundee, an ex-convict determined to prove... Jamie is a member of a boy's club which delights in forcing new members to... The shadow of the recent Attica uprising looms large over the October 3,... Having saved Ben Cartwright's life during a prison riot, convict Griff King... Sian Barbara Allen guest-stars as the tenacious-and very pregnant-Teresa... Humorist Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, makes his third Bonanza... The beautiful black stallion given by Ben Cartwright as a birthday present... Circuitously commenting upon the drug culture of the 1970s, this Bonanza... Last seen on Bonanza in the 1968 episode "A Girl Named George," Jack... Jamie's new bird dog April, an Irish setter, is denigrated as a "bucket... Young Jamie is once more riding for a fall when he falls in love with the... Once again, Bonanza ranch hand Candy has been thrown in jail on a... Ponderosa ranchhaned Griff King agrees to pose as the husband of one... After fourteen seasons and 430 episodes, the saga of Bonanza came to an end... | |
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