Bonanza (1959)
Bonanza (1959)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Lorne Greene
Ben Cartwright
Pernell Roberts
Adam Cartwright
Dan Blocker
Hoss Cartwright
Michael Landon
Joe Cartwright / Director / Teleplay / Story / Writer
David Canary
Candy Canaday
David Dortort
Creator / Producer / Writer
Tim Matheson
Griff King
Bobby Somers
Stunts
Mitch Vogel
Jamie Hunter Cartwright / Jamie Hunter Cartwright / Jamie Hunter
Bill Clark
Townsman
Bob Miles
Townsman
Marie Windsor
Mrs. Elizabeth Lassiter
John Hoyt
Major Sutcliffe
Yvonne De Carlo
Lotta Crabtree
George Macready
Alpheus Troy
Luana Anders
Julie
Guy Williams
Will Cartwright
Tommy Sands
Wiley Kane
Tom Tully
Sundown Davis
Elizabeth Perry
Ruthie Davis
Kelly Thordsen
Jed Drugan
Helen Funai
Lim Toy
Allyn Ann McLerie
Charity Moffet
Bob Barker
Mort
Franchot Tone
Denver McKee
Fletcher Allen
Becker
Jack Carr
Card Player
Dawn Wells
Moon Holt / Marty Johnson
Barry Kelley
Aaron Cooper
Willis Bouchey
George Garvey
Jimmy Carter
Kavanaugh's Grandson
Dorothy Green
Laura
Linda Bennett
Francine
Olive Sturgess
Nancy
Jan Norris
Meg (as Jane Norris)
John Rodney
Edwin Booth
Pat Crowley
Julia Grant (as Patricia Crowley)
Natalie Trundy
Connie McKee
Jill Haworth
Gillian Harwood
Al Bain
Townsman (uncredited)
Tracy Stratford
Susan Clarke
Jon Shank
Tim Moss
Tom Lowell
Jabez Ludlow
Kevin O'Neal
Reb
Nicolas Beauvy
Ron Lewis
Ron Howard
Ted Hoag
David Ladd
Billy Allen
Guy Prescott
Charlie
John Eldredge
Mr. Sherman
Madeleine Sherwood
Vella Owens
DeForest Kelley
Tully / Captain Moss Johnson / Dr. Michael Jons
Anjanette Comer
Joan Wingate
Gena Rowlands
Ragan Miller
Meg Foster
Evangeline Woodtree
Sandra Ego
Haida
Louis Gossett Jr.
Buck Walter
Neville Brand
Doyle / Pepper Shannon
Yaphet Kotto
Child Barnett
Ann Prentiss
Wilhelmina Calhoun / Meena Calhoun
Kelly Jean Peters
Missy Hamilton
Loretta Swit
Ellen Sue Greely
Sandy Duncan
Angeline
Kathleen Widdoes
Anna Kosovo
Terry Moore
Lydia Yates
Joan Hackett
Margarita Miguel / Judith Corman
Susan Seaforth Hayes
Hollybelle Burnside
Dennis Hopper
Dev Farnum
Katie Sweet
Peggy Dayton
Charles Bronson
Harry Starr
Telly Savalas
Charles Augustus Hackett
Rory Calhoun
Tom Wilson
Sandra Warner
Nancy Collings
Harold J. Stone
Chad Cord
Jim Davis
Sam Butler / Sam Wolfe / Johnny
Kathryn Hays
Prudence Jessup
Tom Skerritt
Corporal Bill Tanner / Jerry
Karen Carlson
Theodora Duffy
Bruce Cabot
Sheriff Reed Larrimore
Valerie Allen
Olive
Barrie Chase
Kellie Conrad
Melissa Newman
Lori
Vera Miles
April Christopher / Sarah Lowell
Victoria Thompson
Julia Griswold
Linda Gaye Scott
Mae / Dixie Wells
David Huddleston
Doc Scully / Myles Johnson
Jack Elam
Dodie Hoad / Buford Buckalew / Honest John
Ayn Ruymen
Evie Parker
Gary Busey
Henry Johnson
Jodie Foster
Bluebird
Edward Andrews
Bert
Diane Shalet
Ruth Sloan / Katie York
A. Earl Hedrick
Art Direction
Haskell B. Boggs
Director of Photography
Anthony James
Willie Bruder
Lester Shorr
Director of Photography
Melissa Murphy
Nancy Wills / Noreen / Jenny Winters
Brenda Scott
Lucinda 'Lucy' Melviney
Rip Torn
Will Hewitt
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
Christian Nyby
Director
Nicholas Colasanto
Director
Mariette Hartley
Mamyope / Alicia Purcell / Barbara Scott / Jennifer Carlis / Lola Fairmont
William Witney
Director
James Neilson
Director
Bruce Bilson
Director
Jacques Tourneur
Director
John Quade
Tallman
Martin Landau
Emeliano
Arthur Lubin
Director
Paul Landres
Director
Edward Ludwig
Director
Everett Douglas
Editor
Jack Harnish
Editor
Cherie Latimer
Bright Moon
Ellsworth Hoagland
Editor
Arthur P. Schmidt
Editor
M. Emmet Walsh
Mattheson
Richard L. Van Enger
Editor
David Rose
Music
Fred Steiner
Music
Forrest Tucker
Frank Ryan
Harry Sukman
Music
Linda Cristal
Teresa
Walter Scharf
Music
Chief Dan George
Red Cloud
Larry Markes
Writer
Louise Latham
Willie Mae Rikeman / Harriet Clinton
Warren Douglas
Writer
Robert E. Thompson
Writer
Richard Farnsworth
Tate / Troy
Fred Hamilton
Writer
Michael Rennie
Prof. Poppy / Dr. P.A. Mundy
John Furia, Jr.
Writer
James Booth
Rev. Jess Avery
Fred Freiberger
Writer
Steve McNeil
Writer
Joan Blackman
Clara Dorn
Roscoe Lee Browne
Joshua
Brooke Bundy
Mary Elizabeth Fuller / Annie Kane
Claudia Bryar
Martha
William Watson
Zack
Suzanne Pleshette
Rose Becket
Viveca Lindfors
Angela Bergstrom
Louise Sorel
Marie
Ina Balin
Sarah Reynolds
Eileen Baral
Lisa
Diane Baker
Mary Wharton / Norma O'Casey
Julie Gregg
Dolly
Janis Hansen
Millie
Clint Howard
Michael Thorpe
Buddy Ebsen
Cactus Murphy / Sheriff Jesse Sanders
Leif Erickson
Tom Caine
Kate Jackson
Ellen Clark
John Vernon
Beaudry
Andrew Robinson
John Harper
Sian Barbara Allen
Teresa Burnside
Lola Albright
Ann / Dolly Bantree
Burt Mustin
Jake Smith
Pamela Franklin
Kelly Edwards
Bek Nelson
Glory
Linda Foster
Sue Miller / Jennifer Yardley
Inger Stevens
Emily Pennington
Jack Warden
Mike Wilson
Linda Lawson
Melinda Bowers / Maria Hackett
Adrienne Hayes
Amy Bishop
Jan Shepard
Sally
S. John Launer
Jason Carter
Judi Rolin
Wendy Daniels
John Randolph
Donavan / Doctor Belden
Kathie Browne
Laura Dayton / Ellen Henry / Margie Owens
Eric Fleming
Heber Clauson / Wes Dunn
Whitney Blake
Ann Samuels
George Kennedy
Waldo Watson / Peter Long
Fay Spain
Sue Ellen Terry
Joan Freeman
Hallie Shannon / Kelly Lincrom
Clifton James
Lawson / Mr. Quarry
Beth Brickell
Emily McPhail / Dilsey Brennan
Elisha Cook Jr.
John Walker
Lynn Loring
Laurie Ferguson
Ed Begley
Dan Tolliver
Dina Merrill
Susannah Clauson
Lois Nettleton
Elizabeth Ann Clauson
Chana Eden
Shoshoni Girl
BarBara Luna
Cayetena Losaro
Jack Lord
Clay Renton
Susan Oliver
Leta Malvet
Dub Taylor
Luke Calhoun / Barlow / Otto / Simon
Claude Akins
Ezekiel / Col. Edward J. Dunwoody / Sam Hill / Marshal Emmett Dowd
Wesley Lau
Dave Walker
Teddy Quinn
Tommy Miller
Dianne Foster
Joyce Edwards
Dennis Patrick
Sam Bord
Patricia Donahue
Regina Darien
Larry Gates
Jacob Darien
Ricardo Montalban
Matsou
Anthony Caruso
Lagos
Madlyn Rhue
Hatoya
Anna-Lisa
White Buffalo Woman / Ruth Halversen
Stella Stevens
Ann 'Annie' Croft
Karen Sharpe
Sheribelle - the Saloon Girl
Barry Sullivan
Mark Burdette / Attorney Dayton Fuller
Leonard Nimoy
Freddy
Jan Sterling
Dianne Jordan
Lee Van Cleef
Appling
Sue Ane Langdon
Tracy Ledbetter / Jennifer Flinch
Jan-Michael Vincent
Eddie / Rick Miller
Anne Helm
Abigail Pettigraw / Meredith Smith / Callie Martin
Jack Oakie
Thaddeus Cade
R. G. Armstrong
Col. Keith Jarrell / Andrew Holloway / Nathan Clay
Wayne Newton
Andy Walker
John McIntire
Old Charlie Conners / Sheriff Mike Latimer
Leslie Nielsen
Sheriff Paul Rowan
Ted Knight
Mayor Amos Garrett / Halloran
Shirley Bonne
Sally Bristol
Beau Bridges
Horace Perkins
Jackie Russell
Jennifer Beale
Barbara Lawrence
Della Thompson
Myrna Fahey
Dolly Kincaid
Strother Martin
Joad Bruder / Cole Younger / Little Meredith Smith / Lonnie Stern
Paul Lukather
Robie
Nancy Malone
Katherine Rowan
Sue Randall
Ann Davis / Sue Watson
Lory Patrick
Rita
Jacqueline Scott
Joy Dexter / Kathie / Willa Cord
Bonnie Bedelia
Alice Harper / Laurie Mansfield
Paul Richards
Russ Wharton
John Ireland
Marshal Will Rimbau
Martin West
Johnny Hill
John Ericson
Vince Dagen
Henry Darrow
Amigo
James Coburn
Pete Jessup / Ross Marquette / Elmer Trace
Julie Adams
Helen Layton
Katherine Warren
Maud Hoad
Anita Sands
Willow Hoad
Suzanne Lloyd
Jennifer Lane
Ziva Rodann
Maria Reagan
Veda Ann Borg
Beulah
Beverly Tyler
Mary
Shirley Ballard
Belle Trask
Jason Evers
Tom Blackwell / J.D. Lambert
Lloyd Bochner
Prince Vladimir
Claire Griswold
Countess Elena
Robert Biheller
Ted 'Napoleon' Arseneaux
Judi Meredith
Linda Roberts
Ford Rainey
Sam Kane / Judge Taylor / Gabriel Bingham / Judge Josh Wyllit / Col. Tyson / Capt. Arnholt
Nina Foch
Clarissa Cartwright
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Madame Marova
Bettye Ackerman
Estelle Dawson
James Gregory
Mulvaney
Ron Hayes
Donnie Buckler
Edward Platt
Harvey Buford / Wade Colly
John Saxon
Steven Friday / Blas / Chief Jocova
CeCe Whitney
Delphine Marquette
Randy Stuart
Marge Fuller
Noah Beery Jr.
Lothario Larkin / Johnny Mule
Lana Wood
Dana Dawson
Tina Louise
Mary Burns
Kim Darby
Trudy Loughlin
Charles Aidman
Jim Applegate
Peggy Ann Garner
Cameo Johnson
Naura Hayden
Big Red
Diana Millay
Diana Cayley
Morgan Woodward
Luke Catlin / Deputy Sheriff Rick Conley / Mike Gillis / McDermott / Jess Waddell / Will McNab
Faith Domergue
Lee Bolden
Richard Anderson
Jamison Fillmore
Burgess Meredith
Owney Duggan
Patricia Hyland
Cathy Fredericks
Tisha Sterling
Laura Jean Pollard
William Windom
Marshal Passmore
Elizabeth MacRae
Lila Holden
James Whitmore
John Postley
Royal Dano
Jason Ganther / Matt Jeffers
Johnny Whitaker
Timmy Carter
Harry Dean Stanton
Stiles / Billy
Susan Strasberg
Rosalita
John Marley
Marshal Millett
Jean Hale
Casey Collins
Joe Don Baker
Luke Harper
Laurie Mitchell
Harriet / Julie Martingale
Robert Culp
Ed Payson
Jay Novello
Don Miguel / Fairfax
Linda Sue Risk
Samantha
Antoinette Bower
Martha Cartwright Dorcas
Brioni Farrell
Regina Rossi
Celeste Yarnall
Katie Kelly
Linda Marsh
Harriet Ball
Davey Davison
Valerie Townsend / Louise Corman
Peter Mark Richman
Richard Vardeman
Cal Bolder
Charlie Powers / Arnie 'The Ape' Guthrie
Joan Van Ark
Annie Laurie Adams
Simon Oakland
Frank Scott / Mel Barnes / William Poole
Ben Cooper
Johnny Lightly
Leo Gordon
Early Thorne / Fargo Taylor / Forsythe / Writer
Lisa Lu
Su Ling
Joe Turkel
Private Peters / Thug #1 / Lupe
Erika Peters
Eloise Villon
Audrey Dalton
Melinda Banning
Jean Willes
Amelia Terry / Mrs. O'Brien
Brooke Hayward
Laura White
Cheerio Meredith
Nellie Lynch
Pam Smith
Lindy Ganther
Bethel Leslie
Ann Grant
Anne Benton
Caroline Partridge
Eileen Ryan
Abigail Jones
Diana Darrin
Margie
Ray Teal
Sheriff Roy Coffee
Rosalind Roberts
Vicki
Douglas Lambert
Albert Abraham Michelson
Victor French
Jesse Potter / Tom Callahan
Grace Gaynor
Mary Enders
Luciana Paluzzi
Michele Dubois
Lee Bergere
Don Ricardo Fernandez
Warren Stevens
Paul Mandel / Count Alexis / Owen Driscoll
Ben Johnson
Kelly James / Sgt. Samuel Bellis
Dorothy Adams
Martha Neighbors
Nina Shipman
Trudy Coombs / Harker
Warren Oates
Paul Magruder
Victor Sen Yung
Hop Sing / Hop Sing (uncredited)
Patricia Breslin
Susan Blanchard
Tony Colti
Randy Bruder / Orv Pettis (as Anthony Colti) / Ollie Start
Shug Fisher
Barbey Shanks (uncredited)
William 'Shorty' Young
Barbey Shanks
Robert Vaughn
Luke Martin
Keir Dullea
Bob Jolley
Frank Ferguson
Abner / J.R. Ridley
Toby Michaels
Ann Wilson
Carroll O'Connor
Tom Slayden
Judee Morton
Karen Slayden
Doris Dowling
Katie O'Brien
Trevor Bardette
Scotty
Donna Martell
Esther Callan
Bing Russell
Deputy Clem Foster / Sheriff Clem Foster / Poindexter / Major Reynolds
Ilka Windish
Mother Veronica
Judy Carne
Sister Mary Kathleen
Stefanie Powers
Calamity Jane Canary
Irene Tedrow
Mrs. Buford / Kerri Pickett / Minnie Mitchell
Jackie Loughery
The 'Other Woman'
Jay C. Flippen
Barney Fuller
Patricia Blair
Lila Conrad
Sally Kellerman
Kathleen Walker / Lotta Crabtree
Stuart Randall
Sheriff Cogan
Aneta Corsaut
Rebecca Kaufman
Keenan Wynn
Sergeant O'Rourke
Arnold Stang
Jake 'the Weasel'
Bobby Jordan
Thug #2
George Dunn
Rocky
Lyle Talbot
The Handsome Dude in Bar
Marshall Reed
Hammond / Party Guest
Norman Alden
Teller
John Kellogg
Frank Reed
Louis Mercier
Duzzaq
Herbert Lytton
Abe McClane / Fred
Tom Reese
Lee Burton
Will Geer
Ferris Callahan / Zach Randolph
Virginia Christine
Martha Hale
Don Barry
Bud Claggett / Temple
Sherwood Price
Sand
Henry Hull
Charlie Trent / Sheriff B. Banneman Brown
Douglas Spencer
Alonzo McFadden
George Mitchell
Jubal Hadfield
John Dehner
Captain Pender
Peter Whitney
Lewt Cutter
James Olson
Vance
Richard Bull
Mr. Goodman
Wayne Heffley
Bert
Glenn Corbett
Reverend Paul Watson / Howie Landis
Victor Izay
Foreman
Robert Middleton
C.J. Shasta / Grizzly Martingale / Sam Bryant
Norma Varden
Ma Nutley
Ian Wolfe
Ed Baxter / Amos
Andy Devine
Roscoe
Harry Harvey
Sangster / Doc Martin - Coroner / Bixle
Fionnula Flanagan
Meg Dundee
Arthur Shields
Dennis
Julie Parrish
Patty Lou Fairchild
Michael Conrad
Hank Kelly
Tracy Olsen
Elizabeth Drew
Luana Patten
Lorna Medford
Tom Bosley
Titus Simpson / Hiram Peabody
William Demarest
Angus Tweedy / Enos Milford
Paul Bryar
Horse Trader
Henry Kulky
Bearcat Sampson
Alan Hale Jr.
Swede Lundberg
Dale Van Sickel
Morgan / Miner (uncredited)
Michael Burns
Donny Benson
Jane Zachary
Anna Mulvaney
Steve Raines
Darrel Brightman / Deputy Sheriff
Edward Faulkner
Casey Rollins / Bob Stevens
Florence MacMichael
Nancy Hart
Fred Graham
Baxter (uncredited)
James MacArthur
Jason Fredericks
Slim Pickens
Sheriff Gant / Big Jim Leyton / Sheriff Renard
Nita Talbot
Gladys Mueller
Rudy Doucette
Townsman (uncredited) / Juror (uncredited) / Trial Spectator (uncredited) / Barfly (uncredited)
Sheilah Wells
George Blessing
Fred Clark
Judge Neeley
Robert Drivas
Tracy Blaine
Robert Lansing
John Dundee / Jed Trask / Gunny O'Riley
Byron Foulger
Parson
John Hubbard
Dr. George Snell
Michael Dante
Miguel Ortega
Sandra Smith
Sarah Sellers / Ann Purcell
Gary Epper
Gang Member (uncredited)
Victor Jory
Charles Ludlow
Rod Cameron
Curtis Wade
Warren Vanders
Hoke
Dick Peabody
Sonny
Anne Jeffreys
Lilly
Penny Santon
Maria Rossi
Dana Elcar
Mr. Merrick / Caleb Milton
Michael Stefani
Lorenzo Rossi
Majel Barrett
Belle Ganther / Annie Slocum
John Doucette
Rev. Evan Morgan / Sid Talbott / Walter Prescott
Joe De Santis
Padre Xavier / Dr. Isaac Dawson / Samuel Michelson
G. D. Spradlin
Jenks / Chip
Lester Matthews
Forrester
Charles Sherlock
Show Spectator (uncredited)
Russell Thorson
George Owens
Hal Taggart
Townsman (uncredited) / Townsman at Delegation Party (uncredited)
William Campbell
Wilburn White
George Gaynes
Senator Purdy
Dean Stockwell
Matthew Rush
Charles Dierkop
Sawyer / Shorty / Nicholson
Susan Howard
Laurie Nagel
Jack Carson
Henry T.P. Comstock
Jack Gordon
Townsman (uncredited) / Barfly (uncredited) / Bartender (uncredited) / Waiter (uncredited) / Trial Spectator (uncredited...
Len Lesser
Fred Gaskell / Art Fancher
Bruce Gordon
Chief Winnemucca
Abel Fernandez
Lean Knife
Walter Brooke
Tobias Wentworth Finch / Atworth Perry
Robert Foulk
Seth / Deputy Sheriff / Sheriff
Anna Navarro
Consuela / Prudence Welles / Serafina O'Riley / Sara Cardenas
John Indrisano
Brawler (uncredited) / Referee (uncredited)
Melinda Casey
Heather Lowell
Albert Salmi
Sheriff / Marcus Alley / Albie / Stretch
Rand Brooks
Cowboy
Jeanette Nolan
Annie Conners
Randy Boone
Colter Preston
Charles Maxwell
Virgil Jordan / Krug / Walt Billings / Rio / Jack Groat
Joanne Linville
Maggie Dowling
Mary Wickes
Hattie
Stafford Repp
Sheriff Brady / Carter
Chubby Johnson
Old Man / Clyde
Roy Roberts
George Bristol
Paul Brinegar
Lev Buckalew
Maudie Prickett
Middle-aged Woman in Bank / Mrs. Ellery
Dabbs Greer
Mercantile Owner / Doc Tasker Dunkatt / Sam / Judge
James Gammon
Harry Jeffers
Liam Dunn
Father O'Brien
Richard Reeves
Clayton / Townsman #1
Ted White
Brawler (uncredited)
Ellen Corby
Cora Milford / Lorna Doone Mayberry
Robert Patten
Al Pardee
Gerald Mohr
Cato Troxell / Phil Reed
Lee Patterson
Virgil Louden
Jack Ging
Cleve Louden
A.G. Vitanza
Bartender
Lou Antonio
Davey
Ned Romero
White Wolf
Mary Treen
Annie Wilson / Mrs. Shaughnessy
Robert Sorrells
Ferguson
Robert Yuro
Rice
Charles Bail
Reese
Robert J. Wilke
Sheriff Claude T. Booker / Al Simmons / Charlie Sheppard
Stefan Gierasch
Orville Winters
Connie Hines
Hilda Cutter
John Harmon
Telegrapher / Weasel / Schuster
Matt Clark
Fantan
Ted Gehring
Arch Tremayne / Jim Fischer
Bo Hopkins
Stretch Logan
Ron Nyman
Townsman (uncredited) / Miner (uncredited)
Robert Emhardt
Paul Forbes
Bruce Dern
Cully Maco / Bayliss
Mills Watson
Pete
Michael Dunn
George Marshall
Robert F. Simon
George Thurston
Richard Stahl
Howard Fiber
Harry Carey, Jr.
Phil Shelton / Corporal Burton
Bruce Kirby
Simms
Paul Fix
Buford Sturgis / Barney
George Cisar
Watch Salesman (uncredited)
John McLiam
Harry Carlis
Mercedes McCambridge
Matilda Curtis
David Cassidy
Billy Burgess
Foster Brooks
Judge Rogers
Tol Avery
Philip Bradley / Almont
Billy Green Bush
Tony Spanier
David McLean
Marshal Steve Fallon
Mark Tapscott
Steve Rance / Hamilton
Joyce Bulifant
Bonnie Vernon
Marc Lawrence
Red Gaskell
John Beck
Luke Baldwin / Walt Nagel
Denver Pyle
Claude Roman / Sheriff Ed / Price Buchanan
Raymond Guth
Homer / Prosecutor Hiram / Toothless / Stagecoach Driver Al
Edith Atwater
Roberta (uncredited) / Roberta Lund
Richard Thomas
Billy
Kevin Tighe
Krulak
Jonathan Goldsmith
Kyte
George Murdock
Luis Getty
Dick Wessel
Big Mike Campbell
Jeff Corey
Tuck Dowling / Frank Brennan
Ed Wynn
Professor Phineas T. Klump
Marlyn Mason
Amanda
Robert Adler
Stage Driver / O'Hara / Charlie
George Chandler
Gus Schultz
Onslow Stevens
Flint Johnson
Ron Hagerthy
Billy Johnson
Dick Rich
Shoehoffer
Frank Overton
Capt. Matthew White / Amos Crenshaw
Jack Mather
Heck Turner / Bart Hastings
Susan Trustman
Linda
Mary Fickett
Erin O'Donnell
Rhae Andrece
Joan
Alyce Andrece
Janice
Clarence Straight
Older Man
Anthony Zerbe
John Spain
Marj Dusay
April Horn
Herb Vigran
Bartender / Card Player
Laurence Naismith
Don Q. Hought
Pat Hingle
Sheriff Austin
Russ Conway
Jeremy Grant / Balenger / Dave Hart / Judge Horace Wheeler
Melinda Dillon
Cissy Summers
Miriam Colon
Anita Lavez
Adam Williams
Muller / Blackie Marx / Red Twilight / Hardesty
Charlotte Stewart
Lisa Campbell
John George
Townsman (uncredited) / Miner (uncredited) / Roustabout (uncredited)
Gene Tyburn
Tom Bellows / Bert
Arthur Hunnicutt
Salty Hubbard
Russell Custer
Show Spectator (uncredited) / Party Guest (uncredited)
Emmaline Henry
Miss Sprague
Dayton Lummis
Judge O'Hara / Col. Abel Chapin
Angela Clarke
Mrs. Marshall
Dorothy Neumann
Mrs. Wightman (uncredited) / Ouisey McFadden / Woman / Older Townswoman
Ellen Weston
Louise
Charles Cooper
Gil Fenton
Robert Osterloh
Casey
William Forrest
Mine Owner
Eddie Hice
Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
Stacy Harris
Harry Teague / Judge Simpson
Elaine Giftos
Charity McGill
Ralph Waite
Hoby Miles
Michael Jeffers
Hotel Clerk
Lou Frizzell
Dusty Rhodes / 'Loose' Charlie
Kathleen Freeman
Ma Brinker
Bill Fletcher
Tollar / Sam / Doug Slater
Anakorita
Maria
Ted Cassidy
Garth
Angel Tompkins
Janie
Rupert Crosse
Davis
Woodrow Parfrey
Dr. Ingram / Theodore Scott
Chanin Hale
Lily
E.J. André
Judge
Heather Menzies
Martha Thornton
J. Pat O'Malley
Clancy / Big Mac / Harry Simpson
Roy Engel
Doc Tolliver / Doctor (uncredited) / Burt / Clyde Quinn / Doctor Paul Martin / Dr. Paul Martin / Dr. Martin / Doctor Mar...
Carol Locatell
Etta
Josephine Hutchinson
Martha Randolph
Herschel Graham
Party Guest (uncredited) / Townsman (uncredited) / Delegate (uncredited) / Juror (uncredited) / Show Spectator (uncredit...
Rodolfo Acosta
Sheriff Vincente Aranda
Carl Reindel
Frank Wells
John Schuck
Tom Brennan
Jessica Myerson
Mrs. Hagen
Laurence Luckinbill
Barnabas Freed
Marlene Clark
Liza Walter
Anthony D. Call
Billy Davis
Jane Greer
Julia Bulette
Alexander Scourby
Jean Millain
Kay E. Kuter
Mr. Finch
Christopher Dark
Langford Poole
Gregory Walcott
Farmer Perkins / Sheriff Crowley / Wade Turner / Ed Thornton
Percy Helton
Bleeker / Pete / Blurry Jones / Lafe
Fintan Meyler
Andrea Strasser
Joan Staley
Dixie
Gloria Talbott
Nedda
Jeremy Slate
Ed Phillips / Gunnar Borgstrom / Jeremy Roman
Jean Allison
Sally Byrnes
Robert Griffin
Sheriff Hansen
Hazel Court
Lady Beatrice Dunsford
Naomi Stevens
Touma
Kathleen Crowley
Kathleen aka Quick-Buck Kate
Don Knight
Pat Clayton / Tim Riley / Bristol Toby
Donald Moffat
Judge MacIntyre / Thatcher
James Hong
Hop Sing's #3 Cousin
Merry Anders
Virginia Keith
Riza Royce
Sarah
Susan Harrison
Tirza
Helen Westcott
Amanda Ridley
Philip Ahn
Mr. Lee Chang
Alexander Campbell
Judge
Chick Chandler
Judge Butler / Nate Swenson / Dr. A. Mills / Doctor Lucas Myles / Carroway
Elaine Devry
Valerie
Susan Silo
Elena Miguel
Eugene Iglesias
Carlos
Keith Richards
Willie Twilight
Tom Kennedy
Townsman (uncredited)
Earl Holliman
Sherman Clegg
Ina Victor
Cynthie Tatum
Don C. Harvey
Jeb Hoad
Richard Deacon
Captain Shark
Michael Ross
Big Henchman
Donnelly Rhodes
Latigo / Little Henchman
Jerry Douglas
Jeremiah
Douglas Henderson
Major Dawson / Reverend Holmes / Dr. Evans
Jack Hogan
Cash Wolfe
John Alderson
Hugh Gwylnedd
Norman Leavitt
Telegrapher (uncredited)
Pat Conway
Frank Cole
Dabney Coleman
Clyde
Bill Zuckert
Mr. Barker
Darrell Larson
Brian Boyle
Jerry Gatlin
Harvey
King Donovan
Twirly Boggs
Ena Hartman
Caroline
Ethelreda Leopold
Show Spectator (uncredited)
Jonathan Harris
Charles Dickens
Frank Albertson
Sam Walker
Lane Bradford
Buck / Lash's Foreman
Marjorie Kane
Townswoman (uncredited)
Alan Caillou
Walter Craigsmuir
George Brenlin
Whizzer McGee
John Fiedler
Claude Miller
Florence Sundstrom
Daisy Slade
Forbes Murray
Townsman (uncredited)
Andrew Prine
George Whitman
Jacklyn O'Donnell
Susan
Diana Muldaur
Mary Roman
Dan Tobin
Judge Rideout
Ronny Cox
Lucas
Arthur Franz
Asa Moran
Janet De Gore
Allie Miller
Frank Puglia
Brother Nicholas
James Doohan
Colonel's Man / Bill Collins
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Release DateSeptember 12, 1959
StatusEnded
Seasons14
Episodes431
Running Time49m
Content RatingTV-PG
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Bonanza is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, Bonanza is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on U.S. network television (behind CBS's Gunsmoke), and one of the longest-running, live-action American series. The show continues to air in syndication. The show is set in the 1860s and centers on the wealthy Cartwright family, who live in the vicinity of Virginia City, Nevada, bordering Lake Tahoe. The series initially starred Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon and later featured (at various times) Guy Williams, David Canary, Mitch Vogel and Tim Matheson. The show is known for presenting pressing moral dilemmas.The title "Bonanza" is a term used by miners in regard to a large vein or deposit of silver ore, from Spanish bonanza (prosperity) and commonly refers to the 1859 revelation of the Comstock Lode of rich silver ore mines under the town of Virginia City, not far from the fictional Ponderosa Ranch that the Cartwright family operated. The show's theme song, also titled "Bonanza", became a hit song. Only instrumental renditions, without Ray Evans's lyrics, were used during the series's long run.In 2002, Bonanza was ranked No. 43 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide included it in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time. The time period for the television series is roughly between 1861 (Season 1) and 1867 (Season 13) during and shortly after the American Civil War, coinciding with the period Nevada Territory became a U.S. state.
During the summer of 1972, NBC aired reruns of episodes from the 1967–1970 period in prime time on Tuesday evening under the title Ponderosa.