CTVA US Adventure - "Lassie" (3) with Ranger Corey (Wrather/CBS)(1964-68)

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 "Lassie" with Ranger Corey  - Seasons 11-14 (CBS) (Sept1964 to Sept1968)
 
The  Wrather Corporation
for CBS (Sundays 7:00-7:30pm ET)
US Family Adventure series
Season 11 b-w 1964-65 33 episodes Lassie with Ranger Corey
Season 12 color 1965-66 32 episodes Lassie with Ranger Corey
Season 13 color 1966-67 30 episodes Lassie with Ranger Corey
Season 14 color 1967-68 28 episodes Lassie with  Ranger Corey

 Cast:
Robert Bray as. Ranger Corey Stuart (1964-1968)(seasons 11-14)

A continuation from where "Timmy And Lassie" leaves off. The need for farmers overseas prompts the Martins
to sell the farm and move to Australia. Unable to take Lassie with them because of quarantine laws, Timmy leaves
Lassie with his friend Cully (Andy Clyde). Later when Cully recovers from a heart attack, but is no longer able
to care for Lassie he gives her to forest ranger Corey Stuart (Robert Bray). Stories relate Lassie's adventures
as she assists Corey.
 
########## Lassie - with Ranger Corey ########
############ season 11 1964-65 ###############
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 CBS Sundays 7:00-7:30 PM Eastern (33 episodes b-w)
Life Begins with Ranger Corey
Regular Cast:
Robert Bray as Ranger Corey Stuart

11.01 "The Wayfarers" part 1 (09/06/64):
Timmy is heartbroken when the Martins' move to Australia means he must leave
Lassie behind. Cully: Andy Clyde.

11.02 "The Wayfarers" part 2 (09/13/64):
When Cully suffers a heart attack, Lassie goes for help--releasing little
Silky to the wild. Cully: Andy Clyde. Doc Weaver: Arthur Space.

11.03 "The Wayfarers" part 3 (09/20/64):
Corey Stuart, on a stop to visit the Martins, discovers Lassie and Silky are
missing. Cully: Andy Clyde.

11.04 "Incident of the Eagle" (09/27/64):
Lassie tends the babies of an injured golden eagle.

11.05 "Climb the Mountain Slowly" (10/04/64):
A logger's son wants to assume adult responsibilities before he's ready for
them.

11.06 "Leave It to Lassie" (10/11/64):
Beavers dam up a widow's stream, endangering her property and her
livelihood.

11.07 "Lassie and the Shifting Sands" (10/18/64):
Lassie helps a girl who has lost a beloved bracelet on the beach.

11.08 "Lassie and the Loner" (10/25/64):
Corey attempts to help a firefighter who is obviously intelligent, but who
makes stupid mistakes. The young man's secret? He's illiterate.

11.09 "Lassie and the Fugitive" part 1 (11/08/64):
A stray dog is accused of killing farm animals.

11.10 "Lassie and the Fugitive" part 2 (11/15/64):
Lassie, knowing the big stray dog is innocent, helps him escape.

11.11 "Nature's Way" (11/22/64):
A rancher, knowing he will be accused of overgrazing his land, hides his
cattle, endangering his young son's life.

11.12 "Crossroad" (11/29/64):
A young man is determined to quit college and go to work.

11.13 "Mountain Mystery" (12/06/64):
A mysterious sickness haunts Echo Valley.

11.14 "Realm of the Wild" (12/13/64):
Lassie tries to reunite a bear cub and his mother.

11.15 "The Little Christmas Tree" (12/20/64):
The Christmas trees being sold by the Pine Valley Church for charity are
stolen. In searching for them, Lassie befriends a boy (Teddy Eccles) who is
looking for the perfect small tree.

11.16 "Lassie Works a Miracle" (12/27/64):
Lassie tames a wild stallion everyone has told Corey is untamable.

11.17 "It's an Ill Wind" (01/03/65):
A boy's cat and her newborn kittens are lost in a stormy wood.

11.18 "Lassie and the Girl in the Canyon" (01/10/65):
An injured young woman, thrown from her horse, faces a vicious cougar.

11.19 "Stranger in the Woods" (01/24/65):
Lassie searches for a pet mynah bird that has gotten free in the woods.

11.20 "High Water" (01/31/65):
A rancher pooh-poohs Corey's lecture about lack of watershed--until his
daughter and her collie puppy Tina are trapped in floods.

11.21 "The Loser" (02/07/65):
Lassie, Corey, and an escapee from a work gang are trapped in a mine shaft.

11.22 "The Old Man in the Forest" (02/14/65):
An old hermit carries out a crusade against hunters.

11.23 "Look Homeward, Lassie" part 1 (02/21/65):
Corey and Lassie parachute from a damaged airplane, but collie and man are
separated; while Corey is in the hospital recovering from surgery, Lassie
picks her way across the desert, looking for a way home. Dave: Mark
Tapscott.

11.24 "Look Homeward, Lassie" part 2 (02/28/65):
Lassie's foray into a ghost town leaves her the captive of a cantankerous
prospector. With the help of his burro, she gets away and then attempts to
help two runaway boys in a boxcar.

11.25 "Look Homeward, Lassie" part 3 (03/07/65):
Lassie is injured while helping a cattleman avoid a stampede caused by a
predatory wolf. Hank: Clyde Howdy. Roy Roberts.

11.26 "Day of Devotion" (03/14/65):
Lassie and Corey nurse a goose that has been poisoned by lead bullets. Hank:
Clyde Howdy.

11.27 "Tinderbox" (03/21/65):
A young man warning mountain residents of a forest fire is caught in the
path of the flames. Doug: Bob Diamond.

11.28 "Lassie and the Swamp Girl" (03/28/65):
Orphaned Mattie Dawes, who lives with her grandfather in the swamp, is so
lonely that she steals Lassie. Mattie: Suzanne Cupito. Grandpa: Bruce
Mitchell.

11.29 "Trouble Below Zero" (04/04/65):
A little terrier is trapped in a refrigerator truck and Lassie must get him
out before he freezes to death.

11.30 "Runaround" (04/11/65):
An escaped chimpanzee makes a shambles of a ranger station.

11.31 "Long Ears" (04/28/65):
Lassie and Corey pursue Dusty, a runaway mule who has decided he doesn't
want to be retired from his pack-mule train job. Jake Palmer: Paul Fix.

11.32 "Lassie's Teamwork" (05/09/65):
Lassie helps out at a camp for handicapped children. Nancy Hoyt: Bonita
Granville Wrather.

11.33 "Honor Bright" (05/16/65):
Lassie helps a Boy Scout (Michael Burns) hiking on his own; he has slipped
over a cliff and badly injured his ankle.

########## Lassie - with Ranger Corey ########
############ season 12 1965-66 ###############
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The series was telecast in color starting this year.
 CBS Sundays 7:00-7:30 PM Eastern (32 episodes color)
Regular Cast:
Robert Bray as Ranger Corey Stuart

12.01 "Lassie Meets a Challenge" (09/12/65):
Lassie helps a pregnant doe who was struck by a car.

12.02 "Sudden Fury" (09/19/65):
Lassie and Spike are caught in a flash flood.

12.03 "Lassie and the Dynamite" (09/26/65):
It's Lassie to the rescue when boys wander into a blasting site.

12.04 "Lassie and the Seagull" (10/03/65):
Lassie meets a seagull who was injured and helped to recover--in the desert.
But the bird escapes his cage before he can be returned to the sea.

12.05 "Charlie Banana" (10/10/65):
A pet chimpanzee is wreaking havoc in the forest.

12.06 "In the Eyes of Lassie" (10/17/65):
While on snow patrol, Corey helps rescue an ill scientist--and is
snowblinded.

12.07 "Trouble at Paradise Lake" (10/24/65):
Fish are vanishing from Paradise Lake and Corey must decide whether to shut
down old Andy's fishing dock when the Government turns down the man's
request to restock the lake.

12.08 "Little Dog Lost" (10/31/65):
Mattie Dawes' joy at having a puppy is short-lived when the pup vanishes
into the swamp. Mattie: Suzanne Cupito.

12.09 "Lassie's Time of Peril" (11/07/65):
Corey orders Lassie to stay on shore while he checks rising flood waters,
but she disobeys.

12.10 "In the Midst of Splendor" (11/14/65):
Joyriding motorcyclists are destroying the ancient trees in a bristlecone
pine forest.

12.11 "Lassie Saves a Life" (11/21/65):
A boy is bitten by a rabid squirrel.

12.12 "The Waif" (11/28/65):
A collie puppy and a lonely, embittered vet are brought together by chance.

12.13 "Crisis" (12/05/65):
A rancher, thinking the chemicals will harm his horses, refuses to let his
land be sprayed for pests.

12.14 "Pitfall" (12/12/65):
At the La Brea Tar Pits, Lassie befriends a lonely pigeon.

12.15 "Temper the Wind" (12/19/65):
Thunderstorms start a forest fire and endanger the lives of a Hispanic
shepherd and his flock of sheep.

12.16 "The Gift of Life" (12/26/65):
A boy and his pregnant collie are trapped on a cliff after their truck
slides off a snowy road.

12.17 "Lassie Catches the Poachers" (01/02/66):
Poachers are ruining a river project.

12.18 "The Town That Wouldn't Die" (01/16/66):
The residents of Pine Lake resort are ready to give up, until Corey and
Lassie devise a novel way to return water to their dying lake. Tom: Noah
Beery Jr.

12.19 "Just One Old Cow" (01/23/66):
Rancher Jackson Hays says that Ben Adams' pet cow Clementine is his
property, despite Clementine's efforts to return to the elderly man. Adams:
Andy Clyde.

12.20 "The Outcast" (01/30/66):
Lassie's the only one brave enough to help a trapped skunk.

12.21 "Cradle of the Deep" (02/06/66):
While she and Corey visit the latter's old college buddy Jim, Lassie
befriends two sea lions. Jim: Hugh Beaumont.

12.22 "The Homesick Hound" (02/13/66):
A bloodhound needs to be relocated, but he dislikes all his new abodes.

12.23 "The Silent Threat" (02/20/66):
Ranger Wes Reed's city-bred wife is deathly afraid of the woods--until the
day a fellow ranger needs help. Ann Reed: Joan Freeman. Bill Dayton: Mike
Road.

12.24 "The Friendless" (02/27/66):
Lassie befriends a runaway from a youth camp.

12.25 "Avelanche" (03/06/66):
A new type of balloon signal device helps Corey, who's trapped in an
overturned truck.

12.26 "Babes in the Woods" (03/13/66):
A coyote separates a female raccoon and her kits.

12.27 "Lassie's Rescue Mission" (03/20/66):
Lassie finds a home for and protects a family of rabbits displaced by a
range-clearing project.

12.28 "The Doll" (03/27/66):
The only clue to a lost child is the rag doll she dropped in the woods.

12.29 "The Untamed Land" (04/03/66):
Hermit Boone Sawyer is against power lines cutting through the woods.

12.30 "The Day the Mountain Shook" (04/17/66):
An earthquake creates chaos at a children's camp.

12.31 "The Vigil" (04/24/66):
A terrier waits patiently for his lost master to return.

12.32 "The Strongest Instinct" (05/01/66):
A young man must do a dangerous job, over the protests of his overprotective
mother.

########## Lassie - with Ranger Corey ########
############ season 13 1966-67 ###############
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 CBS Sundays 7:00-7:30 PM Eastern (30 episodes color)
Regular Cast:
Robert Bray as Ranger Corey Stuart

13.01 "Lassie and the Buffalo" (09/11/66):
Lassie meets a writer doing a round-up story about a herd of buffalo.

13.02 "Danger Mountain" (09/18/66):
Corey and Lassie are trapped at the top of a stalled ski lift.

13.03 "Fly Away Home" (09/25/66):
Lassie waits for an injured goose's mate to return.

13.04 "A Time for Courage" (10/02/66):
A novice smoke jumper is trapped in a forest fire.

13.05 "Lassie Baits a Bear" (10/09/66):
A bear cub is caught in a pit trap.

13.06 "Lassie the Voyager" part 1 (10/16/66):
Chasing after Corey, who is in the thick of a hurricane, Lassie is trapped
on a freighter which sails with her aboard. Dockworker: Med Flory.

13.07 "Lassie the Voyager" part 2 (10/23/66):
Lassie, finally escaped from the freighter, swims ashore and assists an
injured lighthouse keeper. Dockworker: Med Flory.

13.08 "Lassie the Voyager" part 3 (10/30/66):
Lassie is put on trial for being a stray in Williamsburg, Virginia, and is
defended by an elderly lawyer (played by MacDonald Carey).

13.09 "Lassie the Voyager" part 4 (11/06/66):
Lassie helps a lonely teenage mountain girl (Hilaire Thompson) who attempts
to protect her pet fox Riddle from a neighbor's boy and his hounds.
cast
Hilary Thompson .... Teenage mountain girl (as Hilaire Thompson)

13.10 "Lassie the Voyager" part 5 (11/13/66):
Lassie helps an abandoned kitten.

13.11 "Lassie the Voyager" part 6 (11/20/66):
Lassie joins two runaway boys who are rafting down the river to New Orleans;
when their raft is lost, they decide to spend the night in a cave. Richard
Kiel.

13.12 "Lassie the Voyager" part 7 (11/27/66):
Unbeknownst to Corey, who is assigned a project in New Orleans, Lassie has
also reached that city.

13.13 "Little Jim" (12/04/66):
Lassie befriends a nervous trotting pony.

13.14 "The Greatest Gift" (12/25/66):
A boy whose father died in Vietnam is heartbroken to discover that their
"meeting tree" will be cut down for the national Christmas tree.

13.15 "Once Upon a Horse" (01/01/67):
Corey and Lassie tend an injured wild horse.

13.16 "Interlude of Mercy" (01/08/67):
Lassie is hurt while helping a litter of cougar cubs.

13.17 "Crisis at Devil's Gorge" (01/15/67):
Corey is bitten by a rattlesnake.

13.18 "Lassie's Litter Bit" (01/22/67):
Lassie joins in the fight against litter by learning to pick up trash left
by tourists.

13.19 "Day of the Bighorn" (01/29/67):
Lassie helps an aging, injured mountain goat.

13.20 "The Protectors" (02/05/67):
In a rare teamwork, Lassie and an eagle protect a helpless mother owl.

13.21 "A Matter of Seconds" (02/19/67):
A squirrel is trapped in a car trunk and only Lassie knows it.

13.22 "Never Look Back" (02/26/67):
An aging tower worker is reluctant to retire.

13.23 "The Eighth Life of Henry IV" (03/05/67):
Lassie has her paws full with a mischievous kitten who can't seem to help
endangering himself.

13.24 "Lure of the Wild" (03/12/67):
A coyote kept as a pet all its life is tempted by the wild life.

13.25 "Most Dangerous Game" (03/19/67):
A boy persists in playing with matches.

13.26 "Barney" (04/02/67):
Lassie helps a ranch dog regain its courage after an attack.

13.27 "Return of the Charm" (04/09/67):
A painter loses his lucky charm and insists he can't get along without it.

13.28 "Winged Attack" (04/16/67):
A pet pigeon attempts to help his master, trapped in a mine, but predators
are hunting the bird.

13.29 "Goliath" (04/23/67):
Lassie tries to help a huge mistreated steer.

13.30 "Trapped" (04/30/67):
Lassie and an elderly man protect otters from trappers.

########## Lassie - with Ranger Corey ########
############ season 14 1967-68 ###############
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 CBS Sundays 7:00-7:30 PM Eastern (28 episodes color)
Regular Cast:
Robert Bray as Ranger Corey Stuart

14.01 "Perils of the Prairie" (09/10/67):
A prairie dog village is endangered by a coming flood.

14.02 "Inferno" (09/17/67):
A little dog is injured while Corey is fighting an oil well fire.

14.03 "Cry of the Wild" (09/24/67):
Corey and his partner Bert enlist a widowed sailplane pilot in a Forest
Service project to learn about wind-shears; meanwhile, Lassie helps hunt a
marauder that savaged a ranch's chickens. Carol: Merry Anders. Stuart Randall

14.04 "The Guardian" (10/01/67):
Lassie becomes the protector for a cougar, mistakenly shot as the ranch's
marauder, and her newborn cubs, while Corey accompanies Carol on her
surveys. Carol: Merry Anders. Stuart Randall.

14.05 "Starfire" (10/08/67):
Carol's unbroken mare escapes her corral and heads for the wilderness,
oblivious to the danger from a marauding dog, while Carol must crash-land
her glider. Carol: Merry Anders. Stuart Randall.

14.06 "Brink of Oblivion" (10/15/67):
Corey is afraid that pollution spells the end of Fawn Lake.

14.07 "The Homeless" (10/22/67):
Lassie finds a new home for a pair of coati-mundis.

14.08 "A Time for Decision" (10/29/67):
A publisher and a photographer fight over the fate of Fawn Lake.

14.09 "Rim of Disaster" part 1 (11/05/67):
Corey, Lassie, and the plane's pilot are trapped when their small plane
makes a forced landing on an icy plateau.

14.10 "Rim of Disaster" part 2 (11/12/67):
Corey, determined not to leave Lassie behind, rigs a rescue when the pilot
says that Lassie's weight will make them unable to take off.

14.11 "Ride the Mountain" (11/19/67):
Lassie is injured while Corey is assigned at the Columbia Gorge.

14.12 "Dangerous Journey" (11/26/67):
Lassie leads a herd of deer from a hunting area to a protected preserve.

14.13 "Fury at Wind River" (12/03/67):
Lassie attempts to get help for an injured tugboat master.

14.14 "Showdown" (12/17/67):
A man tries to sabotage the Forest Service's new balloon logging program.

14.15 "Miracle of the Dove" (12/24/67):
A small girl's beloved dog is lost right before Christmas.
guest star
Eve Plumb .... Terri

14.16 "Have You Any Wool?" 12/31/67):
Lassie's effort to find a home for a lost black lamb. .

14.17 "The Bracelet" (01/07/68):
A diabetic writer's insulin supply is destroyed.

14.18 "The Foundling" (01/14/68):
Corey is horrified when well-meaning tourists rescue an "abandoned" fawn
from the forest.

14.19 "Rescue Ridge" (01/21/68):
Lassie rescues a coati-mundi while Corey battles the fire threatening it.

14.20 "White Wilderness" (01/28/68):
Lassie saves a fox from an avelanche.

14.21 "The Lonely One" (02/04/68):
While Corey is at Cape Kennedy participating in a paracute-testing project,
Lassie encounters Atlas, a guard dog gone wild after the death of his
master. Dave: Med Flory. Parley Baer.

14.22 "The Searchers" (02/11/68):

At Cape Kennedy, Corey and Lassie befriend Donnie Baker, whose puppy was run
over while chasing a rabbit, and Lassie must rescue Atlas, trapped in the
swamp. Dave: Med Flory. Jack (Tourguide): Jed Allan. Mission Control: Jack
DeMave. Donnie: Bobby Riha. Parley Baer.

14.23 "Countdown" (02/18/68):
Lassie has her hands full: she's reacclimating Atlas to society while
keeping watch over a bald eagle injured during one of the parachute tests.
Dave: Med Flory. Donnie: Bobby Riha. Parley Baer.

14.24 "Escape to Danger" (02/25/68):
Lassie rounds up escaped carnival animals.

14.25 "The Ledge" (03/03/68):
A Boy Scout trying to complete a badge is trapped on a ledge.

14.26 "Hanford's Point" part 1 (03/10/68):
Making a lake into a tourist attraction that will help a town depends on
buying land from two independent boys the townspeople view as "hippies."
Tony Dow

14.27 "Hanford's Point" part 2 (03/17/68):
The Hanford boys refuse Corey's offer, to the outrage of speculator Wade,
whose also worried because his teenager daughter Luci is attracted to "the
hippies."

14.28 "Hanford's Point" part 3 (03/24/68):
Wade faces off against the boys and is enraged when he finds out Luci has
been helping them.

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