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Season 6 (NBC) (1964-65)
Episode Guide
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################# Bonanza ####################
############# season 6 1964-65 ###############
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NBC Sundays 9:00 pm Eastern
34 episodes
06.01 [169] Bonanza: Invention of a Gunfighter (1964.09.20)
Guy Stockwell ................. Johnny Chapman
Valerie Allen ................. Olive
Ron Foster .................... Al Mooney
Bern Hoffman .................. Bartender
John Hubbard .................. Doctor
Johnny Chapman uses his new prowess with a six-shooter to become
a gunfighter.
06.02 [170] Bonanza: The Hostage (1964.09.27)
Harold J. Stone ............... Chad
Jacqueline Scott .............. Willa
Conlan Carter ................. Tip
Buck Taylor ................... Billy
Cal Bartlett .................. Len
Bill Clark .................... Jim
Ben is kidnapped by outlaws, who demand $100,000 in ransom.
06.03 [171] Bonanza: The Wild One (1964.10.04)
Aldo Ray ...................... Lafe Jessup
Kathryn Hays .................. Prudence
Gruff mountaineer Lafe Jessup is confronted by the wife
he deserted years before.
06.04 [172] Bonanza: Thanks for Everything, Friend (1964.10.11)
Rory Calhoun .................. Tom Wilson
Linda Foster .................. Sue
Tom Skerritt .................. Jerry
Barbara Wilkin ................ Matilda
John Mitchum .................. Grimes
Adam is saved from drowning by Tom Wilson (Rory Calhoun),
a drifter who's an expert with cards and women.
06.05 [173] Bonanza: Logan's Treasure (1964.10.18)
Dan Duryea .................... Sam Logan
John Kellogg .................. Frank Reed
Virginia Gregg ................ Angie
Tim Mcintire .................. Mike
Jack Carol
Russ Bender
Released from prison, Sam Logan struggles to elude those
certain he hid a fortune in gold.
06.06 [174] Bonanza: The Scapegoat (1964.10.25)
George Kennedy ................ Waldo Watson
Richard Devon ................. Weaver
Sandra Warner ................. Nancy Coilings
Jon Lormer .................... Collins
Troy Melton ................... Reese
Bill Catching ................. Pitts
Waldo Watson, who bungled two suicide attempts, is about
to try again when Hoss intervenes.
06.07 [175] Bonanza: A Dime's Worth of Glory (1964.11.01)
Walter Brooke ................. Tobias Finch
Bruce Cabot ................... Sheriff Reed Laramore
Charles Maxwell ............... Pickard
Dal Jenkins ................... Raymond
Preston Pierce ................ Mike
Anthony Jochim ................ Deputy
John Harmon ................... Telegrapher
James Bell
When Ben upsets his plan to write about the Cartwrights, a dime
novelist takes his promises of fame and fortune to Sheriff Laramore.
06.08 [176] Bonanza: Square Deal Sam (1964.11.08)
Ernest Truex .................. Sam Washburn
Sandy Kenyon .................. Gibson
Nydia Westman ................. Martha Washburn
Danny Flower .................. Danny
The Cartwrights fall prey to con artist Square Deal Sam.
06.09 [177] Bonanza: Between Heaven and Earth (1964.11.15)
Richard Jaeckel ............... Mitch
Bob Biheller
Bill Moss
In this psychological drama, Joe is baffled by a fear that
prevents him from climbing a mountain.
06.10 [178] Bonanza: Old Sheba (1964.11.22)
William Demarest .............. Tweedy
Clegg Hoyt .................... Barney
Henry Kulky ................... Bearcat
Phil Chambers ................. Anderson
Joe and Hoss have a large problem: an elephant received in
payment of a debt.
06.11 [179] Bonanza: A Man to Admire (1964.12.06)
James Gregory ................. Whir Parker
Booth Colman .................. Flint Duffee
Hal Baylor .................... Ev Durfee
William Mims .................. Evans
Michael Petit ................. Benjie
Jason Johnson ................. Doctor
Dave Willock
Jonathan Hole
Bern Hoffman
The Durfee brothers vow revenge when Hoss causes them to lose
a big court case.
06.12 [180] Bonanza: The Underdog (1964.12.13)
Charles Bronson ............... Harry Start
Tom Reese ..................... Lee Burton
Bill Clark .................... Warren
Charles Bronson is cast as half-breed Harry Starr, a constant
victim of prejudice who takes a job on the Ponderosa.
06.13 [181] Bonanza: A Knight to Remember (1964.12.20)
Henry Jones ................... King Arthur
Robert Sorrells ............... Cyril
Charles Watts ................. Sheriff Munsey
Zeme North .................... Phoebe
Rodolfo Acosta ................ Juan
In this episode, Adam's stage is stopped by bandits, but they
promptly scatter when a knight in armor appears.
06.14 [182] Bonanza: The Saga of Squaw Charlie (1964.12.27)
Anthony Caruso ................ Charlie
Virginia Christine ............ Martha
Don Barry ..................... Bud
Vickie Coe .................... Angela
Myron Healey .................. Buck
William Tannen ................ 12m
Old Squaw Charlie endures the ridicule of the towns - until
he meets a little girl named Angela.
06.15 [183] Bonanza: The Flapjack Contest (1965.01.03)
Written by Frank Cleaver
Johnny Seven .................. Trager
Joan Huntington ............... Lily
Mel Berger .................... Big Ed
Howard Wendell ................ Banker
Olan Soule .................... Ira
Bern Hoffmann
Entered in a flapjack-eating contest, Hoss struggles to stay
on a strict diet until the big event.
06.16 [184] Bonanza: The Far, Far Better Thing (1965.01.10)
Brenda Scott .................. Lucinda Melviney
X Brands ...................... Sharp Tongue
Warren Vanders ................ Tuck
Stacy Harris
Jack Bighead
Joe and a ranch hand vie for a pretty young Easterner with
a thirst for adventure.
06.17 [185] Bonanza: Woman of Fire (1965.01.17)
Joan Hackett .................. Margarita
Jay Novello ................... Don Miguel
Cesare Danova ................. Don Luis
Susan Silo .................... Elena
Valentin De Vargas
Eugene Iglesias
Don Miguel comes to find a husband for his volatile daughter.
06.18 [186] Bonanza: The Ballerina (1965.01.24)
Barrie Chase .................. Kellie Conrad
Warren Stevens ................ Paul Mandel
Douglas Fowley ................ Ned Conrad
Hugh Sanders
Read Morgan
Barrie Chase as a former dancer being hounded by her past.
06.19 [187] Bonanza: The Flannel-Mouth Gun (1965.01.31)
Earl Holliman ................. Clegg
Robert J. Wilke ............... Simmons
Don Collier ................... Tatum
Harry Carey, Jr. .............. Shelton
Plagued by rustlers, desperate ranchers hire a gunman.
06.20 [188] Bonanza: Ponderosa Birdman (1965.02.07)
Ed Wynn ....................... Prof. Phineas T. Klump
Marlyn Mason .................. Amanda
Ed Wynn as an eccentric inventor who plans to take flight
with a pair of meticulously fashioned wings.
06.21 [189] Bonanza: The Search (1965.02.14)
Lola Albright ................. Ann
Kelly Thordsen ................ Sheriff Conners
Elaine Devry .................. Valerie
John Harding .................. Jason
Howard Wright
Phil Chambers
Lindsay Workman
Adam searches for his lookalike, who is taking profitable
advantage of the resemblance.
06.22 [190] Bonanza: The Deadliest Game (1965.02.21)
Cesar Romero .................. Borelli
Ilze Taurins .................. Petina
Lili Valenty .................. Donna Lnisa
Fabrizio Mioni ................ Carlo Alfieri
Jealousy threatens to destroy a circus when an aerialist's
girlfriend falls for Joe.
06.23 [191] Bonanza: Once a Doctor (1965.02.28)
Michael Rennie ................ Prof. Poppy
Ashley Cowan .................. Thomas Crippin
Elizabeth Rogers .............. Allie Lou
Bill Clark
Grandon Rhodes
Thomas Crippin travels from England in pursuit of the
doctor he claims murdered his wife.
06.24 [192] Bonanza: Right Is the Fourth R (1965.03.07)
Mariette Hartley .............. Barbara
Everett Sloane ................ Colonel Scott
Adam tries to help a pretty teacher gain the respect of
her unruly pupils.
06.25 [193] Bonanza: Hound Dog (1965.03.21)
Bruce Yarnell ................. Muley Jones
Sue Ane Langdon ............... Tracey
Chubby Johnson ................ Abner
Guitar-strumming Muley Jones returns to the Ponderosa
- accompanied by howling hound dogs.
6.26 [194] Bonanza: THE TRAP
28-Mar-1965
Joan Freeman .................. Hallie Shannon
Steve Cochran ................. Burk Shannon/Booth Shannon
Paul Lukather ................. Cletus
Hallie Shannon thinks Joe murdered her husband so she could be
free to marry him - and so does the dead man's twin.
06.27 [195] Bonanza: Dead and Gone (1965.04.04)
Hoyt Axton .................... Howard Mead
Susanne Cramer ................ Hilda
Steve Ihnat ................... Johann
Adam tries to reform Howard Mead, a wandering troubadour
with a penchant for stealing.
06.28 [196] Bonanza: A Good Night's Rest (1965.04.11)
Abigail Shelton ............... Lucy
Robert Ridgley ................ Wilfred
Jean Willes ................... Mrs. Jenkins
Jay Ripley .................... Larry
Eddie Firestone ............... Potts
Michael Forest ................ Schirmer
Lloyd Corrigan
Ben registers at the local hotel in a futile attempt to
get a good night's rest.
06.29 [197] Bonanza: To Own the World (1965.04.18)
Telly Savalas ................. Charles Hackett
Linda Lawson .................. Maria Hackett
Curt Conway ................... Harry Towers
John Hubbard .................. Carl Davis
J. Edward McKinley ............ Mayor
Telly Savalas portrays wealthy Charles Hackett, who's out
to buy the Ponderosa.
06.30 [198] Bonanza: Lothario Larkin (1965.04.25)
Noah Beery, Jr. ............... Lothario Larkin
Dorothy Green ................. Laura
Jim Davis ..................... Johnny
Linda Bennett ................. Francine
Olive Sturgess ................ Nancy
Morgan Woodward ............... Gillis
Jane Norris ................... Meg
Frank Ferguson ................ Abner
Lothario Larkin returns - still irresistible to women,
infuriating to fathers and a headache to the sheriff.
06.31 [199] Bonanza: The Return (1965.05.02)
Tony Young .................... Trace Cordell
Joan Blackman ................. Clara Dorn
John Conte .................... Paul Dorn
Dan Riss ...................... Latham
Phil Chambers ................. Hubbell
Robert J. Stevenson
Bill Clark
The Cartwrights become embroiled in a feud between banker
Paul Dorn and his wife's former beau.
06.32 [200] Bonanza: The Jonah (1965.05.09)
Andrew Prine .................. George Whitman
Angela Clarke ................. Teresa
Erin O'Donnell ................ Susan
Dean Harens ................... Poole
Ken Mayer ..................... Kern
Bill Clark .................... Will
Troy Melton ................... Charlie
Martha Manor .................. Martha
A ranch hand who saves Hoss's life is offered a job on the
Ponderosa - despite a rumor that he's a jinx.
06.33 [201] Bonanza: The Spotlight (1965.05.16)
Viveca Lindfors ............... Angela Drake
Ron Randell ................... Carleton
Winnie Coffin ................. Mrs. Brown
Jeanne Determann .............. Mrs. Finch
Robert Foulk
John Fredericks
Ian Wolfe
Billy M. Greene
Ben tries to persuade retired opera star Angela Drake to return
to the stage.
06.34 [202] Bonanza: Patchwork Man (1965.05.23)
Grant Williams ................ Patch
Bruce Gordon .................. Bronson
Sue Randall ................... Ann
Lane Bradford ................. Stimler
Grandon Rhodes ................ Doctor
A recluse is hired by Hoss to work on the Ponderosa.
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Leaving "Bonanza" at the end of season 6
Pernell Roberts as Adam Cartwright (1959-1965)(seasons 1-6)
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################## Bonanza
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############## end of season 6 ###############
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