Season Ten...1968-1969 continued...
Bonanza: The Lost Episodes: Sixteen Episodes Included
Long Hair, Strong Scripts
320.) Mrs. Wharton and the Lesser Breeds
January 19, 1969 Written by: Preston Wood
Directed by: Leon Benson
Lost Episode
Candy sets out to help a feisty and elderly British woman recover the jewels stolen from her in a stage holdup.
Guest Stars: Mary Elizabeth H. Wharton...Mildred Natwick...Billy
Buckman...Oren Stevens,...Ed...Jess Pearson,...Duane...Jeff
Morris,...Laura Mae...Chanin Hale,...Carmody...J. S.
Johnson,...Reese...Chuck Bail,...Bartender...Ollie O'
Toole,...Drummer...Bill Beckett,...Bob Miles...(uncredited; stunt double for David Canary and Jeff Morris),...Ray Mazy (uncredited; stunt double for David Canary).
Stunt Trivia: Ray Mazy doubles Candy in the street fight when the outlaw tries to rob him and later at the climax of the show on Stage 16, he is doubled by Bob Miles.
Location Scenes Filmed at: Agoura, Southern California with September 1962 stock footage at Lake Los Angeles and September 1967 stock footage of Candy riding along the dirt road at Spooner Lake, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Filming date: October 1968.
321.) Erin
January 26, 1969
Written by: Sandy Summerhayes
Directed by: Don Richardson
The romance between Hoss and Erin O' Donnell, an Irish woman who lives with the Sioux, is threatened by a rancher considerably less
open-minded than the Cartwrights.
Guest Stars: Erin O' Donnell...Mary Fickett,...Mr. Murray...Don
Briggs,...Bear Hunter...Michael Keep,...Mrs. Murray...Joan
Tompkins,...Doc...Harry Holcombe,...Marybeth...Helen Stephens.
Trivia: Mary Fickett (Ruth, of All My Children), makes her only
appearance, as Erin.
Dan Blocker Trivia: Sandy Summerhayes, who wrote this story, while
watching the filming at Vasquez Rocks vividly remembers Dan Blocker and
Mary Fickett doing her death scene, and Dan took her hands in his
and starting biting her fingers! Everyone was in hysterical laughter and
the next take they got it done right. Sandy also wrote another script
that was rejected by NBC.
Stunt Horse Trivia: Beauty makes his thirty-second appearance on the series. In this episode he plays the black stallion rode by Erin.
Location Scenes Filmed at: Vasquez Rocks, Southern California and September 1967 stock footage of Candy at Glenbrook Valley, Lake Tahoe, Nevada. The inclusion of more stock footage of Hoss is seen with June 1963 stock footage at Lovejoy Buttes, July 1964 stock footage from "The Scapegoat", and June 1964 stock footage of Beauty running free, which was culled from "The Wild One", at Red Rock Canyon, Mojave Desert, California.
322.) Company Of Forgotten Men
February 2, 1969
Written by: Kay Lenard, Jess Carneol
Directed by: Leon Benson
Army veterans, led by a sergeant Candy knows, camp on the
Ponderosa while plotting to rob the US mint in Carson City.
Guest Stars: Sergeant Mike Russell,...James Gregory,...Jeb...Charles
Maxwell,...Perkins...John Pickard,...Gibson...Ken
Lynch,...Beau...William Bryant,...Jackson...I. Stanford
Jolley,...Webster...Phil Chambers,...Ray Mazy...(uncredited; horseback double for David Canary).
Trivia: The beloved James Gregory as the explosives
expert, making his last appearance, previously seen in earlier
seasons, Charles Maxwell makes another, along with Ken Lynch, and William
Bryant, also seen earlier in Bonanza.
Location Scenes Filmed at: Agoura, Southern California with September 1967 stock footage of Candy riding through Tahoe Meadows, and June 1961 stock footage of Joe and Hoss riding through the wooded clearing at Incline Village. The final scene in the episode is a September 1967 stock shot of Hoss, Joe and Candy riding their horses at Gooseneck Meadow, Truckee, California.
Filming date: November 1968.
323.) The Clarion
February 9, 1969
Written by: John Hawkins, Frank Chase
Directed by: Lewis Allen
Ben's friend is struggling to keep her newspaper going in the face of harrassment by the town boss of Gunlock, so without telling her, Ben buys the business.
Guest Stars: Ruth Manning...Phyllis Thaxter,...Judge Seth Tabor...Simon
Oakland,...Mr. Leek...William Jordan,...Dobbs...Hamilton Camp,...Sheriff
Knox...Philip Kenneally,...Jim North...Ken Mayer,...Mrs. Lewis...Connie
Sawyer,...Cotton...James Jeter,...Dr. Adams...Arthur
Peterson,...Purdy...Ed McCready,...Sam...S. Newton Anderson...(uncredited; bit part).
Trivia: Simon Oakland makes his last appearance as Judge
Tabor, previously seen in nine's, "Justice Deferred", and in four's, "Thunder
Man". William Jordan makes his second and last appearance, this time as
Mr. Leek. He was first seen in nine's, "Night Of Reckoning", as the
outlaw, Rusher. Jim Jeter makes his third
appearance, as well as Arthur Peterson, in yet another, on Bonanza. Ken Mayer makes one of his many appearances, this time as Jim, a friend of Ben's in act one. Ken was previously in four's, "Rich Man, Poor Man", six's, "The Jonah", seven's, "The Last Mission", and as the Sheriff, in twelve's, "Thornton's Account".
Stunt Horse Trivia: Beauty makes his thirty-third appearance on the series. He plays the black stallion in the corral that Judge Tabor buys for one dollar!
Location Trivia: Fourth episode filmed at the Western Street on the
RKO-Desilu backlot in Culver City.
Location Scenes Filmed at: RKO Forty Acres, Culver City, Southern California.
Filming date: December 1968.
324.) The Lady and the Mountain Lion
February 23, 1969
Written by: Larry Markes
Directed by: Joseph Pevney
Lost Episode
A shady magician, with his twin daughters, comes to Virginia City and there is a lot of confusion with the daughters of the magician, twin confusion!
Guest Stars: Malcolm the Magnificent...Richard Haydn,...Janet and
Janice...Alyce and Rhae Andrece,...Brett Rankin...Michael Keep,...Doc
Chukett...Dabbs Greer,...Clerk...Chet Stratton,...Lanky Man...Jack
Searl,...Bartender...Bern Hoffman,...Roy Coffee...Ray Teal,...Ed Jauregui...Stage Driver.
Trivia: The beloved character actor, Dabbs Greer, in another of
his eight Bonanza appearances. Twin sisters Alyce and Rhae Andrece make their one and only appearance, as the "daughter" of the magician, fooling everyone in Virginia City!
The twin sisters were also in one episode of "Batman" (1966), and "Star Trek" (1967). Alyce played Janice and Rhae played Joan, in this episode. Alyce and Rhae appear at the end of the show's
credits, instead of the beginning, something only seen once in the series' history!
Trivia: This episode was originally written for the ninth season, but
could not be made and aired until the following tenth season.
Location Scenes Filmed at: June 1968 evening stock shot of the Ponderosa Ranch replica at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada is seen in this episode.
325.) Five Candles
March 2, 1969
Written by: Ken Trevey
Directed by: Lewis Allen
Lost Episode
The floor of the Virginia City courthouse collapses, trapping Ben in the basement with three other people, one of whom may or may not be guilty of murder.
Guest Stars: Bristol Toby...Don Knight,...Jonathan Pike...Scott
Thomas,...Callie...Tiffany Bolling,...Arch Tremayne...Ted
Gehring,..Banty...Eddie Firestone,...Roy Coffee...Ray Teal,...Deputy
Gibson...Bobbie Pickett,...Mrs. Conner...Louise Fitch,...Dr.
Hill...William Keene,...Bob Miles...(uncredited; stunts for Ted Gehring),...Bill Clark...(uncredited; extra as townsman),...Hal Burton (uncredited; horesback double for Michael Landon),...Ray Mazy (uncredited; horesback double for David Canary).
Trivia: Don Knight makes his first appearance as the
convicted murderer, later seen in thirteen's, "Blind Hunch", and in
fourteen's, "The Bucket Dog". Ted Gehring as Arch Tremayne, making another
appearance, and Eddie Firestone makes his last one, as the town drunk.
Stunt Trivia: In the courthouse fight Joe versus Tremayne, stuntman Bob Miles doubles for actor Ted Gehring and Michael does the whole fight himself.
Location Scenes Filmed at: September 1967 stock footage of Joe and
Candy at Tahoe Meadows, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
326.) The Wish
March 9, 1969
Written by: Michael Landon
Directed by: Michael Landon
Lost Episode
Hoss spends his two-month vacation helping a black family get their farm in shape, and dealing with racism in the neighboring town. Michael Landon's favorite episode.
Guest Stars: Sam Davis...Ossie Davis,...John O. Davis...George
Spell,...Craig...Roy Jenson,...Jesse Davis...Harry Page,...Beth
Davis...Barbara Parrio,...Mr. Titus...Charles Seel,...Johnson...Jerry
Summers,...Bill Clark...( uncredited; stunt double for Dan Blocker ),...Lee Duncan...(uncredited; stunt double for Ossie Davis).
Trivia: Ossie Davis making his only appearance, fine actor and
performer. He was also a guest on the 1991 Michael Landon
tribute: "Laughter and Love". Roy Jenson and Jerry Summers return, in the
roles of the two town biggots.
Stunt Trivia: The climactic barn fight in this episode was expertly choreographed by Michael Landon. Even though he didn't believe in violence, his fights would showcase the great physical strength in the characters he'd write in a script. When he'd stage the fights in the shows he wrote and directed, it was as realistic as they could get.
His expertise as a good athlete only made this more of a reality in the fights he and other actors would be involved in during filming. Ossie Davis, Roy Jenson and Jerry Summers did exactly as Michael instructed them, as this was how he envisioned it in his mind. The great physical strength and acting of all three men was as realistic as it ever got. One of the greatest fights ever filmed for the series. In the barn fight, Lee Duncan doubles Ossie Davis in three bit parts as the fight starts with Jerry Summers.
Trivia: Stock footage of the Ponderosa Ranch replica seen in the
establishing shot in act one.
Stunt Trivia: Bill Clark doubles Hoss in a bit part when he runs over and beats up the two bullies who are persecuting Sam's son on the main street.
Location Scenes Filmed at: Griffith Park, Southern California, and June 1968 stock footage of the Ponderosa Ranch replica, Incline Village, Lake Tahoe.
Filming date: December 1968.
327.) The Deserter
March 16, 1969
Written by: B.W. Sandefur, John Dunkel
Directed by: Leon Benson
Candy comes upon a soldier who is running from charges of desertion, and with Joe's help they foil a plan to sell rapid-fire rifles to the Indians.
Guest Stars: Sam Bellis...Ben Johnson,...Arnholt...Ford
Rainey,...Nanata...Ellen Davalos,...Henderson...Duane
Grey,...Leatham...Ken Drake,...Denton...Todd Martin,...Trooper...Lincoln
Demyan,...Sheriff...Bing Russell,...Turner...Christian Anderson,...Jerry
Summers...(uncredited; stunts ansd extra as thug),...Ray Mazy,...Hal Burton...(uncredited; horseback double for Michael Landon).
Trivia: The late, great Ben Johnson makes another
appearance, previously seen in three's, "The Gamble" as Sam, and in
twelve's, "Top Hand", as Kelly. Ford Rainey makes another appearance, this
time as an Army figure.
Music Trivia: The theme music that would serve as the main title for "Little House on the Prairie" is heard in the final scene of this episode. It serves as a leit motif in the Wagnerian fashion, composed and scored by David Rose.
Location Scenes Filmed at: Agoura, Southern California with 1961 stock footage of Joe riding Cochise at Janss Conejo Ranch and September 1967 stock footage of Joe and Candy riding at Tahoe Meadows, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
328.) Emily
March 23, 1969
Written by: Preston Wood, Elliott Gilbert
Directed by: Leon Benson
Original Script Title: "Ride Back and Bury Me"
Lost Episode
Joe is shocked to see his ex-fiancee, Emily Anderson, in Virginia
City. He had met her in Monterey five
years earlier, and they had planned to get married. But her strict father
thought Joe was too wild, and he burned all of Joe's letters before Emily
saw them. Emily and Joe are still in love with each other, but Emily
conveniently forgets to tell Joe that she is now Emily McPhail, the wife
of Deputy Marshal Wade McPhail. Wade is on assignment with Marshal
Calhoun to help guard a $90,000 currency shipment.
Emily tells Wade they
have to leave Virginia City immediately, since Joe's presence might
interfere with their marriage, but he refuses to leave. He finds Joe and
Emily embracing and engages with Joe in a savage fight, almost killing
him at gunpoint. That is the first Joe hears of Emily's marriage. That is
by no means the end of her lies, which eventually get Joe shot and nearly
framed for murder.
Guest Stars: Emily Anderson-McPhail...Beth Brickell,...Wade McPhail...Ron
Hayes,...Dr. Lewis...Harry Holcombe,...Dr. Stebbins...Byron
Webster,...Storekeeper...Charles P. Thompson,...Sheriff Clem...Bing
Russell,...Hendrix...Quentin Sondergaard,...Assisant...Don
Adkins,...Marshal Calhoun...David McLean,...Bob Miles...(uncredited;
stunts for Ron Hayes),...Hal Burton...(uncredited; extra as townsman),...Bill Clark...(uncredited; extra as townsman).
Trivia: Beth Brickell makes her first appearance on the series, in this
episode as Emily Anderson-McPhail. She later appears in twelve's "A
Single Pilgrim" as Dilsey Brennan, in which she was nominated for an
Emmy, but lost. She co-starred with Dennis Weaver in the TV series
"Gentle Ben" from 1967-69. Beth was a highly competent actress, who
later turned to directing. Ron Hayes makes his last appearance on the
series, in this episode as Wade McPhail, with David McLean making his
first appearance, in this episode as Marshal Calhoun. He later appears
in eleven's "Return Engagement" as Marshal Steve Fallon and in
fourteen's "The Witness" as Sheriff Touhy.
Stunt Trivia: In the nighttime street fight, Joe versus Wade, Michael does his whole fight and Bob Miles does all the over-the-shoulder and long shots for Ron Hayes, who is only visible in the close-ups.
Location Scenes Filmed at: Agoura, Southern California.
Filming date: January 1969.
329.) The Running Man
March 30, 1969
Written by: Ward Hawkins
Directed by: Leon Benson
Joe and Candy travel to Butlerville and learn that one of Ben's closest friends is burning out new settlers, whom he regards as
squatters. Candy's old ex-flame is married to Jess Parker, who always saw Candy as a rival in the past, but things have changed with both men and Jess' wife Barbara. Cal Butler is the real problem: he will stop at nothing to keep Parker from testifying alive.
Guest Stars: Calvin Butler...Will Geer,...Stede Butler...Robert
Pine,...Jess Parker...Larry Casey,...Barbara Parker...Jennifer
Douglas,...Billy Harris...Don Keefer,...Sam Torrance...Lee
Farr,...Clerk...Donald Elson,...Sheriff Daniels...Ed
Long,...Casey...George Sims,...Garvey...Russ Bender,...Tracey...Randy
Lane,...Hal Burton (uncredited; horesback double for Michael Landon),...Ray Mazy (uncredited; horesback double for David Canary).
Trivia: Will Geer as Cal Butler makes his first of three
appearances, later seen in twelve's, "The Love Child" as
Zack, thirteen's, "A Home For Jamie", and as Grandpa
in "The Waltons". Robert Pine as Stede, later seen in TV's, "C.H.I.P.s". Lee Farr makes his second and last appearance, as Sam, previously seen
in four's, "The Deadly Ones", as Johnny Simms. Ed Long as the Sheriff, later seen
in fourteen's, "Heritage Of Anger" and an appearance by actor Don Keefer, as
Billy Harris, later on Little House and Highway To Heaven.
Trivia: This is the last episode in which Ben tells Joe to
"take his feet off the table". After we first see the opening of this
episode, where Cal Butler and his men, burning down the Harris home, fades
into the fireplace inside the Ponderosa. Candy and Ben are
conversing; Candy's friends are in trouble, need help, and Ben gives him
the time off he needs. At Ben's suggestion, and mentioning of Cal Butler as
an "old friend", Joe agrees to accompany Candy to Butlerville, unaware of
Butler's doings.
After Candy exits the front door, Joe has his feet on the
coffee table, and is reading a book, where he has been since we first saw
him, in the scene. In arguably, one of the funniest and touching moments, Ben asks his
son, "Hey, Joe, do you know the difference between a table and an ottoman?"
Joe replies, "Sure I do!", with Ben replying to him, "Then take your feet
off the table!". Hoss, eating an apple, just looks onwards, with a slight grin, with that
suggests, "he'll never learn to do that!".
Trivia: This episode was originally written for the ninth season, but
could not be filmed and later aired until the tenth season of the
series.
Location Trivia: Fifth and final episode filmed on the Western Street
at the RKO-Desilu backlot in Culver City.
Location Scenes Filmed at: RKO Forty Acres, Culver City and Griffith Park, Southern California, with September 1967 stock footage of Joe and Candy at Glenbrook Valley, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
330.) The Unwanted
April 6, 1969
Written by: Thomas Thompson, Suzanne Clauser
Directed by: Herschel Daugherty
Feeling unloved, a Marshal's daughter runs off with a Ponderosa hand her father thinks may be related to the man that shot him. The scene in which Dan Blocker and Bonnie Bedelia go on a picnic gives a hint of what
their scenes in 1972's "Forever" would have been like had Blocker lived.
Guest Stars: Lorrie Mansfield...Bonnie Bedelia,...Rick
Miller...Jan-Michael Vincent,...Marshal Luke Mansfield...Charles McGraw,....Bob Miles (uncredited; stunt double for Charles McGraw).
Trivia: The natural beauty and innocence of Bonnie Bedelia makes the
first of two appearances on the series. She plays Lorrie Mansfield in
this story and would later portray Alice Harper in fourteen's "Forever". Jan-Michael Vincent makes his second and final appearance on the series,
this time as Rick Miller in this story. His first appearance was in
nine's "The Arrival of Eddie" as the title character. Veteran character
actor Charles McGraw makes his second and final appearance on the
series, in this story as Marshal Mansfield. He was previously in three's
"The Gamble" as the Sheriff of Alkali.
Location Scenes Filmed at: Iverson Ranch, Southern California with June 1961 stock footage at Solitude Canyon, Lake Tahoe, Nevada and June 1964 stock footage of Ben riding alongside the river in Kernville, California.
331.) Speak No Evil
April 20, 1969
Written by: B.W. Sandefur, Norman Katkov
Directed by: Leon Benson
Lost Episode
Coley Clayborn, who has always thought his mother abandoned him and his father, thinks she is only after the gold mine he inherited when she recently returned to Virginia City.
Guest Stars: Margaret Clayborn...Patricia Smith,...Caleb Melton...Dana
Elcar,...Judge Butler...Chick Chandler,...Louby Sains...Ed
Bakey,...Beth...Debbie Smaller,...Pollard...Ed Peck,...Claude...Charles
P. Thompson,...Tarrell...Gregg Palmer,...Coley Clayborn...Kevin
Burchett,...Bob Miles...(uncredited; stunts as townsman),...Troy Melton...(uncredited; stunts as townsman).
Trivia: Dana Elcar makes his way onto Bonanza. He was also in fourteen's "The Twenty-Sixth Grave". Best
remembered, as Col. Lard, on TV's, "The Black Sheep Squadron", that starred Robert Conrad.
Stunt Trivia: In act three on the street, actor Gregg Palmer plays the
big loafer who winds up clubbing Joe with a suitcase and they engage in
a street fight. Bob Miles and Troy Melton jump in doing their stuntwork
and then Dan Blocker gets in the middle to help his little brother out
and the two make short work of them all!
Location Trivia: The Ponderosa replica is seen in an evening stock shot, filmed in June of 1968 in act two of the episode.
332.) The Fence
April 27, 1969
Written by: Ward Hawkins, Milton S. Gelman
Directed by: Lewis Allen
On a trip to buy back their mine from their friend, Sam Masters, Ben and Hoss discover he was once in charge of a Confederate prison camp, and is now the target of his former inmates wanting revenge.
Guest Stars: Sam Masters~Thomas Andrews...John Anderson,...Colonel Jim
Hudson...J. D. Cannon,...Will Tyler...Larry Linville,...Teddy...Frank
Webb,...Sawyer...Charles Dierkop,...Bower...Gary
Walberg,...Stobbs...Patrick Hawley,...Ellen...Verna Bloom,...Bill Clark...(uncredited; horseback double for Dan Blocker),...Ed Jauregui...(uncredited; horseback double for Lorne Greene).
Trivia: John Anderson makes his last Bonanza
appearance, previously seen in five's, "Rain From Heaven", and in one's, "A
House Divided". J.D. Cannon makes his only appearance as Colonel
Hudson, later seen in TV's, "McCloud". Larry Linville, of "M.A.S.H" fame, as
a very unfunny character; provision officer, Tyler, and also a traitor, in a
fine performance. Gary Walberg, as one of Hudson's soldiers, who looks after
him, also seen in TV's, "The Odd Couple", and Charles Dierkop, as
Sawyer, later seen in thirteen's, "One Ace Too Many", and in fourteen's, "New
Man".
Music Trivia: This marks the second episode, in which the leit motif
that would become the theme and effects music for "Little House On The
Prairie" is conducted by David Rose and his orchestra, in the opening
and closing acts, introducing Ben and Hoss riding through the snowy
mountains.
Trivia: This episode was originally written for the ninth season, but
could not be made and aired until the following tenth season.
Location Scenes Filmed at: Cedar Lake, at Big Bear Lake, California.
Filming date: January 1969.
333.) A Ride In The Sun
May 11, 1969
Written by: John Hawkins, Peter Germano
Directed by: Leon Benson
Lost Episode
Tobias and April Horn are both brother and sister, who pose as wealthy business people. They say that they are interested in buying cattle from Ben. The Horns turn out to be clever and insideous con artists, with the help of a sly and crafty former army scout, Mr. Spain. He has water and food caches planted across the whole Nevada desert, and has poisoned all the waterholes.
After the Horns' rob the Virginia City bank and Ben is seriously wounded, they flee across the desert, Hoss and Joe in pursuit. The posse has turned south, tricked by the Horns and Mr. Spain. The only thing they are not counting on is Joe's determination to catch them and bring them back to Virginia City.
Guest Stars: John Spain...Anthony Zerbe,..Tobias Horn...Robert
Hogan,...April Horn....Marj Dusay,...Harry Bishop...Jack Collins,...Dr.
Lewis...Harry Holcombe,...Roy Coffee...Ray Teal,...Bob Miles..(uncredited; stunt double for Anthony Zerbe),...Alex Sharp...(uncredited; buckboard double for Robert Hogan),...Hal Burton...(uncredited; horseback double for Michael Landon),...Bill Clark...(uncredited; horseback double for Dan Blocker),...Grace Lee Whitney...(uncredited; lighting stand-in for Marj Dusay),...Martha Manor..(uncredited; stunt double for Marj Dusay).
Trivia Note: The
legendary actor, Anthony Zerbe, was also in the Little House episode, "The Wild Boy"-1982, and in Highway To Heaven's "The Devil and Jonathan Smith"-1986. Marj Dusay makes her second and last appearance, this
time, as April Horn, she was previously seen in nine's, "Commitment At
Angelus", as Stephanie. Robert Hogan makes his only Bonanza appearance, of
many TV guest appearances also. Harry Holcombe is seen again as the Doctor, seen through season fourteen.
Trivia: This episode was originally written for the ninth season, but could not be filmed and later aired until the tenth season of the
series.
Stunt Trivia: In act one during the buckboard chase, stunt doubles do all the actor's chores. Alex Sharp doubles actor Robert Hogan and Martha Manor doubles actress Marj Dusay in the buckboard. Stuntman Hal Burton doubles Little Joe on horseback and Bill Clark doubles Hoss, the wet and muddy ground at Griffith Park making this too dangerous for any actor to perform. Hal and Bill double them throughout the episode's second act. In the fourth and final act at Eureka Valley, stuntman Bob Miles doubles for Anthony Zerbe in the fight with Little Joe (played by Michael Landon).
Location Scenes Filmed at: Griffith Park and Eureka Valley, Death Valley National Park, California.
Filming date: February 1969.
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