Bonanza (1959)
| Release Date | 12 September 1959 |
| Genre | Action, Romance, War, Western |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Series |
| Film Class | Rural Drama, Family Drama |
| Themes | Fathers and Sons |
| Tags | Ranch, Rancher |
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, it ranks as the second longest running western series (behind Gunsmoke) and continues to air in syndication. Centering around the Cartwright family in the Lake Tahoe area, the show stars Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, and David Canary.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Bill Clark
Townsman
Ray Teal
Sheriff Roy Coffee
Bob Miles
Townsman
Martha Manor
Blonde Saloon Girl
Betty Endicott
Brunette Saloon Girl
Bing Russell
Deputy Clem Foster
Mitch Vogel
Jamie Hunter Cartwright
Cosmo Sardo
Bartender
Grandon Rhodes
Dr. J.P. Martin
Jack Tornek
Townsman
Hal Burton
Townsman
Troy Melton
Gunman
Roy Engel
Doc Martin
Herman Hack
Townsman
Clint Sharp
Stagecoach Driver
Phil Chambers
Store Owner
Lane Bradford
Buck
Harry Holcombe
Dr. Martin
Bern Hoffman
Bartender
Holly Bane
Townsman
Raymond Guth
Homer
Ken Mayer
Crusty
Charles Maxwell
Billings
Hal Baylor
Arch Stewart
Henry Wills
Gang Member
Norman Leavitt
Telegrapher
Ken Lynch
Collier
Lou Frizzell
Dusty Rhodes
Remo Pisani
Bartender
Ted Gehring
Arch Tremayne
Robert Brubaker
DeVere
Clegg Hoyt
Barney
I. Stanford Jolley
Harry
Al Haskell
Barfly
Ken Drake
Brave Pony
George DeNormand
Townsman
Chubby Johnson
Abner Ledbetter
Harlan Warde
Solicitor George Osgood
John Harmon
Rider
Robert Ridgely
Bartender
John Mitchum
Bartender
Don Haggerty
Bartender
Arthur Peterson
Donavan
Tol Avery
Almont
James Jeter
Blacksmith
C. Lindsay Workman
Badgett
Jack Collins
Banker
Harry Swoger
Amos Whittaker
John Archer
Dave Sinclair
Robert Stevenson
Benton
Howard Wright
Abe Jenkins
Ron Hayes
Deputy Marshal Wade McPhail
Stuart Randall
Deputy Sheriff
Roy Jenson
Craig
Duane Grey
Capt. Price
Ray Hemphill
Banker
Ethan Laidlaw
Townsman
Ralph Moody
Chief White Bear
Robert Adler
Stage Driver
Owen Bush
Billings
Kelly Thordsen
Drugan
Sailor Vincent
Boxing Spectator
Byron Morrow
Reverend Blaisdale
Clay Tanner
Herb
Chick Chandler
Judge Butler
Sherwood Price
Carl Miller
Robert J. Wilke
Al Simmons
Robert Karnes
Jeff Bonner
Ed Prentiss
Minister
Dan Riss
Bert Crawford
Jack Big Head
Bear Dance
Bill Edwards
Hoffman
Mort Mills
Carl Morgan
Don Collier
Ira Tatum
Howard Wendell
Banker
Bill Zuckert
Browning
Olan Soule
Telegrapher
Harry Hickox
Arnold Eads
Robert Sorrells
Charlie
John Kellogg
Bill Anderson
Ron Foster
Al Mooney
Lincoln Demyan
Amos
Warren Vanders
Hoke
William Bryant
Abner Jackson
Larry Ward
Carver
Jeff Morris
Dunne
Sam Jarvis
Bailiff
William Challee
Jake
Christopher Dark
Jesse Tibbs
Charles Wagenheim
Donovan
Walter Brooke
Atworth Perry
James Beck
Dave Donovan
Anna Navarro
Consuelo
Anthony Caruso
Chief Keokuk
Richard Devon
Blackie
Frank Ferguson
Abner
Lili Valenty
Bruja
Dee Carroll
Mrs. Blaisdale
John Frederick
Andy Logan
Dayton Lummis
Atty. Hiram Wood
Bob Harris
Bill Parsons
Russ Bender
Garvey
Charles Irving
Judge
Jay D. Jones
1st Gunman
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Eniliano
Sydney Smith
Judge
Hugh Sanders
Doctor Moore
E.J. André
Jeb
Bill Catching
Bank Robber
Dorothy Neumann
Mrs. Wightman
William Mims
Ed Bailey
Ollie O'Toole
Bartender
Adam Williams
Blackie Marx
Claudia Bryar
Martha
Salvador Baguez
Antonio Garcia
Jason Johnson
Jean Wheeler
Eddie Ryder
Clerk
Eddie Firestone
Josiah Potts
Robert Christopher
Deputy Sheriff Stu Cahill
Robert McQueeney
Enos Low
Wynn Pearce
Jed
William Bramley
Dan Fowler
Rico Alaniz
Bandit
Walter Sande
Hamilton
Will J. White
Big Cowboy
Booth Colman
Reverend Parley
Warren J. Kemmerling
Asa Flanders
William Tannen
Albee
Katie Sweet
Peggy Dayton
Myron Healey
Buck
Billy M. Greene
Freddie
Willard Sage
Marshal Sam Denton
Quintin Sondergaard
Hank
Jerry Summers
Cowhand at Bar
David Pritchard
Pat
Richard Hale
Chief Winnemucca
John Zaremba
Charles
Charles P. Thompson
Claude
Charles Bail
Ike Kels
Walter Barnes
Emmett J. Whitney
Biff Manard
Hartsfield
Ann Prentiss
Wilhelmina Calhoun
Robert Middleton
C.J. Shasta
Gene Evans
Andy Fulmer
Don Knight
Bristol Toby
Charles Tannen
Charlie the Bartender
Tom Greenway
Deputy Dan
Ross Elliott
Harvey Walters
Jack Kruschen
Giorgio Rossi
Michael Forest
Frank Shirmer
George Mitchell
Calvin Dorcas
Robert Doyle
Clem
Chris Alcaide
Blake
James Griffith
Deputy Sheriff Gibbs
James Anderson
Al
Will Wright
Micah Bailey
Hal John Norman
Apache Warrior
Keith Richards
Mr. Riley
Paul Birch
Luther Kent
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Kelly
Robert Griffin
Deputy Jeb Clinton
Eugene Mazzola
J.W.
Bartlett Robinson
Howell
Tom Smith
Barfly
John Milford
Cal Stacy
Robert Carson
Elmer Horner
George Keymas
Chief Elkoro
Barry Kelley
Aaron Cooper
Cap Somers
Barfly Who Gets Drink Stolen
Rush Williams
Jeering Townsman in Tan Vest
Walter Coy
Captain Kelley
Evelyn Scott
Drew Paster
Charles Horvath
Drunk in Gray Hat
Peter Whitney
Emmett Hudson
Tina Menard
Floriana
Robert P. Lieb
Mr. Walker
Med Flory
Clint Rush
Michael Hinn
Garrison
Alex Sharp
Blackmer
William Keene
Dr. Hill
Paul Richards
Amos T. Parker
Rusty Lane
Fielding
Edward Faulkner
Bank Robber in Green Shirt
Orville Sherman
Jess Morehouse
J. Edward McKinley
Charlie Simpson
Harvey Stephens
Dr. Randall
Charles Watts
Ellery
Harry Lauter
Barrett
Russell Thorson
George Owens
Carl Reindel
Andrew 'Andy' Buchanan
Charles Seel
Banker Weems
Arch Johnson
A.Z. Wheelock
Jean Inness
Mrs. Lang
Ralph Montgomery
Bartender
Robert Emhardt
Judge Clampton
Michael Keep
Bear Hunter
Bill Hickman
Big Cowboy
Gene Tyburn
Deputy
Richard Evans
Billy Wilcox
George Murdock
Floyd
Pat Conway
Capt. Jim Harris
James Davidson
Carver Lassiter
Douglas Henderson
Doc Evans
Matthew McCue
Audience Member
Christian Anderson
Driver
S. Newton Anderson
Gus
Robert V. Barron
Cavalry Trooper
Brioni Farrell
Regina Rossi
Michael Stefani
Lorenzo Rossi
Jesse Wayne
Gang Member
Bill Fletcher
Doug Slater
Clyde Howdy
Boke
Whitey Hughes
Gang Member in White Shirt
Nelson Leigh
Dr. Bingham
Mike De Anda
Blacksmith
King Moody
Carter
Ed Bakey
Hake
Harry Harvey
Bixle
Ed Long
Anders
Melissa Murphy
Jenny Winters
John Perak
Billy
Bruce Kirby
Chad
Joaquín Martínez
Chavez
Mark Tapscott
Hamilton
John Lodge
Deputy
David McLean
Marshal Calhoun
Stephen Coit
Lassen
Charles Dierkop
Nicholson
Helen Kleeb
Miss Grayson
Lee McLaughlin
2nd Poker Player
Henry Oliver
Firman
E.A. Sirianni
Clerk
Sunshine Parker
Bum #1
Jerry Gatlin
Barnes
James Chandler
George Adams
Lee de Broux
Elias
Scott Walker
Blue
Tony Colti
Gunman
Ralph James
1st Poker Player
Ivan Bonar
Minister
Sean Kelly
Billy
Frank Overton
Amos Crenshaw
Al Ruscio
Delgado
Wendell Holmes
Judge Rand
Johnny Stephens
Little Adam Cartwright
Ric Marlow
Morgan
Lonny Chapman
Colter
Alan Bergmann
Gilly Maples
Grant Richards
Standford
Michael Burns
Donny Benson
Cal Bolder
Arnie 'The Ape' Guthrie
Ray Daley
Billy Buckley
Paul Dubov
Frank the Card Dealer
James Olson
Kelly Adams
Emile Meyer
Cherokee
Ramon Bieri
Jonas Holt
Jack Mather
Bart Hastings
Barry Cahill
Jim Gann
Jerry Oddo
Gerner
John Beck
Luke
Guy Lee
Ah Chow
Norman Alden
Poke
Ray Stricklyn
Billy Wheeler
Paul Lukather
Cletus
Gail Bonney
Martha Daggert
Herbert Lytton
Abe McClane
Kathleen O'Malley
Janey Breckenridge
Clarke Alexander
Jamison
Robert Rothwell
Lieutenant Culver
Peter Leeds
Bartender
Don Washbrook
Donnie the Telegrapher
Pete Robinson
Card Player
Patricia Michon
Betty Mae Wood
Anthony Jochim
Deputy Sheriff
Arthur Space
Cyrus Hammond
Peter Chong
Chinese Elder
Don Rhodes
Latigo
Robert Knapp
Denman
Alan Reynolds
Doctor
Baynes Barron
Marshall
Malcolm Atterbury
Dixie
Zon Murray
Miner
Willis Bouchey
George Garvey
Don Megowan
John C. Regan
Ron Soble
Morton - a Gunman
S. John Launer
Buyer
Carl Benton Reid
Josiah Harker
Jim Hayward
Jose McCorkland
Steven Terrell
Bud Harvey
Paul Genge
Judge
Don Kelly
Arnie Rimbeau
Laurie Mitchell
Harriet
Donald Foster
Albert Gibbons
Bob Hopkins
Carnival Announcer
Clarence Straight
Driver
Andre Philippe
Francois Villon
Caroline Richter
Casey
Claude Hall
Hoad Family Member
John Alderson
Hangman Hugh Gwylnedd
Abigail Shelton
Lucy Simms
Benson Fong
Na Shan
Jonathan Hole
Dr. Kleiser
Frank Silvera
El Jefe
Don Wilbanks
Bobby Jacks
Joe Yrigoyen
Cayetano
Alex Montoya
Carlos Rodriguez
Judson Pratt
Jeb Nelson
Jena Engstrom
Ann
Burt Douglas
Jack Tatum
Ricky Kelman
1st Boy
Rayford Barnes
Austin
Nolan Leary
Doctor
Alan Caillou
Jim Hare
Lee Farr
Johnny Simms
Francis De Sales
Major
Frank Gerstle
Jake Weber
Gil Perkins
Porter
Jack Chaplain
Billy McCord
Craig Curtis
Sport
Olive Sturgess
Mary Ann Wilson
James Bell
Hjalmer Olson
Robert Carricart
Don Escobar
Eileen Chesis
Mary Beth Weems
Wallace Rooney
Boardman
Robert Sampson
Artie Clay
Michael T. Mikler
Bushwhacker
Davey Davison
Louise Corman
Phillip Pine
Gannon
Jean Del Val
Monsieur Clemont
Sam Harris
Hackett Party Guest
Jay Lanin
Deputy William Slauson
James Luisi
Willard
James Tartan
Townsman
Vic Werber
Teague
Joseph Breen
Sol Breckenridge
Craig Duncan
Buggy Driver
Nancy Rennick
Amelia Lolly
Lew Brown
Conductor
Pepe Hern
Alphonso Maximo
Sandy Kenyon
Charlie Gibson
William Corcoran
Jerry Wilson
Robert Biheller
Ken
Jim Boles
Banker Fred Aldrich
Linda Foster
Jennifer Yardley
John Matthews
Colonel Brill
Bruce MacFarlane
Clerk
Dee Pollock
Chuck Wilson
Charles Bateman
Jim
Jeanne Determann
Minnie Watkins
Adrienne Marden
Emma Morgan
Bill Yeo
Party Guest #2
Karl Lukas
Brother
Angela Clarke
Mrs. Marshall
Danny Borzage
Barfly
William H. O'Brien
Barfly
K.L. Smith
Deets
Tom Tully
Burt Laughlin
Dean Harens
Jim Poole
Bruce Mars
Bert
Winnie Collins
Mrs. Edna Brown
Erin O'Donnell
Peggy
Ivor Barry
Morgan
John J. Fox
Bartender
Wayne Heffley
Andy
Mitzi Hoag
Alice Brenner
Jeff Corey
Frank Brennan
Louise Latham
Mrs. Harriet Clinton
Teddy Quinn
Peter
Steve Raines
Darrel Brightman
Steven Marlo
Barclay
Wolfe Barzell
Samuel Bornstein
Vincent Beck
Grant Carbo
Roger Etienne
Fontaine - Newspaper Illustrator
Gilbert Green
Jenson
Bob LaWandt
Jones
Tom Lowell
Jabez Ludlow
Tom Lutz
Emmett
Stewart Moss
Aaron Bornstein
James Noah
Sykes
Peter Ritter
Hank
Richard Eastham
Stanton
Richard X. Slattery
Henderson
Kerry MacLane
Benjie Blackwell
William Jordan
Mr. Leek
Noah Keen
Dixon
Carlos Rivas
Angel Montana
Tom Fadden
Cowboy
Robert Yuro
Dody Hendrickson
John Quade
Tallman
Sheilah Wells
George Blessing
Robert Ball
Clerk
David Bond
Doctor
Harriet Medin
Elizabeth Bowen
Robert Padilla
Charley
Bobby Riha
Britcher Green
Hank Robinson
Barfly
G.D. Spradlin
Chip
Michele Tobin
Annie
Bart La Rue
Bart Walters
E.J. Schuster
Barker
Hal Lynch
Haines
Don Adkins
Assistant
Alexander Beckett
Asquith
Gene Dynarski
Hostler
Bob Gravage
Elbert Higgins
Pitt Herbert
Mr. Cropin
Philip Kenneally
McNabb
Britt Leach
Laurie's Dance Partner
James Rawley
Sam, telegraph Clerk
Ivor Francis
Banker
George Furth
Horace Keylot
Don Keefer
Billy Harris
Dan Kemp
Bolton
John Pickard
Griggs
Dan Scott
Dave
Guy Wilkerson
Milt Jarvis
Lee J. Lambert
Jase
Don Melvoin
Morris
George Morgan
Virg
Elisabeth Talbot-Martin
Harriet Caster
Larry Finley
Petey
Tony De Costa
Jose
Eleanor Berry
Emily Francher
Leroy Johnson
Barber
Athena Lorde
2nd Lady
Diane Shalet
Mrs. Bud York
Bill Shannon
Brady
Evans Thornton
Flanders
Byron Mabe
Hunter
Michael Clark
Brackney
Dan Ferrone
Eli Johnson
Jewel Blanch
Carrie Sturgis
Robert Noe
Fred Caldwell
Sandy Rosenthal
Davy
Dick Ryal
Boardman
David S. Cass Sr.
Deputy Coghlan
Director
William F. Claxton
Lewis Allen
Leon Benson
Don McDougall
Christian Nyby
John Florea
Leo Penn
Herschel Daugherty
Gerd Oswald
Don Richardson
William Wiard
Murray Golden
R.G. Springsteen
Don Daves
Ralph E. Black
James Neilson
Virgil W. Vogel
Joseph Kane
Paul Landres
Charles F. Haas
Arthur Lubin
Dick Moder
Robert L. Friend
Marc Daniels
Philip Leacock
James P. Yarbrough
Thomas Carr
William D. Faralla
Arthur H. Nadel
Bernard McEveety
Robert Totten
Gerald Mayer
Nicholas Webster
Writer
David Dortort
Fred Hamilton
Preston Wood
Ward Hawkins
John Hawkins
Thomas Thompson
Frank Chase
Frank Cleaver
John Hawkins
Jack B. Sowards
Robert Vincent Wright
B.W. Sandefur
Anthony Lawrence
Ken Pettus
Joel Murcott
Stanley Roberts
Alex Sharp
Suzanne Clauser
Carey Wilber
Walter Black
Gene L. Coon
Robert E. Thompson
Don Ingalls
William R. Cox
Denne Bart Petitclerc
Norman Lessing
Lois Hire
Peter Packer
Arthur Heinemann
Robert Pirosh
Donald S. Sanford
David Lang
Steve McNeil
Leonard Heideman
Arnold Belgard
Lewis Reed
Elliott Arnold
N.B. Stone Jr.
Robert V. Barron
Ed Adamson
William L. Stuart
Robert Sabaroff
Jerry Adelman
Paul Schneider
Mort Thaw
Milton S. Gelman
Michael Fessier
Arthur Weingarten
Herman Groves
Al C. Ward
Oliver Crawford
John T. Dugan
Robert M. Fresco
George W. George
Judy George
Charles Lang
E.M. Parsons
Borden Chase
Dick Nelson
Eric Norden
Paul Leslie Peil
Robert Barron
Jack Turley
Mort R. Lewis
Jo Pagano
Don Tait
Jessica Benson
William Bruckner
Murray Golden
Donn Mullally
William Koenig
John M. Chester
Frederick Louis Fox
Sidney Ellis
Marc Michaels
Jack Miller
William F. Leicester
Richard Wendley
James Amesbury
Peter Germano
Alf Harris
S.H. Barnett
Colin MacKenzie
William H. Wright
D.C. Fontana
Larry Markes
Jess Carneol
Kay Lenard
Joseph Bonaduce
Producer
David Dortort
producer / executive producer
James W. Lane
associate producer / production executive
Thomas Thompson
associate producer
Richard Collins
producer
Robert Blees
producer
John Hawkins
associate producer
Robert Stillman
production executive
Original Music
Walter Scharf
Cinematographer
Haskell B. Boggs
William P. Whitley
Walter Castle
Lester Shorr
William E. Snyder
Ted Voigtlander
Harkness Smith
Editor
Marvin Coil
Ellsworth Hoagland
Everett Douglas
Jack Harnish
Danny B. Landres
Archie Marshek
Otho Lovering
Daniel A. Nathan
Casting Director
William Maybery
Art Director
A. Earl Hedrick
Hal Pereira
Set Decorator
Grace Gregory
Sam Comer
Robert R. Benton
Makeup Department
Wally Westmore
makeup supervisor / makeup artist
Nellie Manley
hair style supervisor / hair styles supervisor
Jeanette Marvin
hair styles supervisor / hair style supervisor
Marvin C. Thompson
makeup supervisor
Production Manager
Kent McCray
production supervisor / production manager
Andrew J. Durkus
unit production manager
John Banse
production supervisor / production manager
James W. Lane
production supervisor
Shiu Look
unit production manager
Dick Mang
unit production manager / unit manager
Donald R. Daves
unit production manager
Don Robb
unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ralph E. Black
assistant director
Don Daves
assistant director
John E. Burch
assistant director
Miles Middough
assistant director
Bill D'Arcy
assistant director
Walter Daniels
assistant director
Daniel McCauley
assistant director
Henry E. Brill
assistant director
John Burch
assistant director
Jack Voglin
assistant director
Clancy Herne
assistant director
John Barnwell
assistant director
Ned Dobson
assistant director
Bud Brill
assistant director
Dale Hutchinson
assistant director
Donald Roberts
assistant director
Charles R. Scott Jr.
assistant director
Sound Department
Bill Wistrom
supervising sound editor
Lyle Figland
sound recordist
Joel Moss
sound recordist
Winston H. Leverett
sound recordist
John Wilkinson
sound recordist
Harry Lindgren
sound recordist
Harold Lewis
sound recordist
Jack F. Lilly
sound recordist
Special Effects
Farciot Edouart
special photographic effects
Stunts
Bob Miles
stunts / stunt double: Michael Landon
Bill Clark
stunts / stunt double: Dan Blocker
Hal Burton
stunts / stunt double
Henry Wills
stunt double: Pernell Roberts / stunts
Alex Sharp
stunts / stunt double: George Kennedy
Troy Melton
stunts / stunt double: 'James Beck
Bobby Somers
stunts
Diamond Farnsworth
stunts
Fred Carson
stunts / stunt double: Michael Ross
Clint Sharp
stunts / stunt double
Jack N. Young
stunts
Carol Daniels
stunts
Jesse Wayne
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Debolt
camera & mechanical design
Earl C. Williman
lamp operator
James V. King
camera operator
Farciot Edouart
process photographer
Casting Department
William Maybery
casting supervisor
Milt Hamerman
casting supervisor
Frank Kennedy
extras casting: locations
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dario Piazza
costumer
Editorial Department
Edward P. Ancona Jr.
color consultant
Bill Wistrom
post-production coordinator
Alex Quiroga
color consultant
Marvin Coil
supervising editor
Music Department
Ray Evans
composer: theme music
William Lava
music supervisor
Bob Bain
musician: guitar
Tommy Tedesco
musician: guitar soloist
Transportation Department
Frank Khoury
driver
Other Crew
Frank Cleaver
story consultant
Robert Stillman
production executive
May Wale Brown
script supervisor
John Hawkins
story consultant / executive story consultant
Richard P. McDonagh
story consultant
James W. Lane
production executive
Patricia Falken Smith
story editor
Thomas Thompson
executive consultant
Ward Hawkins
story editor
Edward W. Walsh
story editor
Leonard Heideman
story consultant
Anthony Wilson
story consultant
Production Company
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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Distributor
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD)
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Sat.1
,
Kabel 1
Al!ve AG
Future Film
Liberty Channel LBN WTLU
Reel Media International
,
Belgische Radio en Televisie (BRT)
Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO)
Madacy Entertainment
,
Weton Wesgram
Miscellaneous
Chevrolet Motor Company-GMC Division
original sponsor
Paramount Studios
filmed at
Warner Bros. Studios
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