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Bonanza – 1959 through 1965
The Detectives, "House Call"
*(ABC, 01/29/1960) - Rod Halleck
Season 1, Episode 16
Starring Rod Taylor, Fay Spain (Fay Spain starred along side Pernell In quiet
a few episodes not to mention Bonanza's season 1 episode of 'The Sisters'
December 12, 1959)
A wounded gunman and his girlfriend hold a housewife and her children hostage.
The Errand Boy
- (1961)
Starring Jerry Lewis
Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire
Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail
room so that he can have access to the lot. But all that Morty ever finds is
that he can cause havoc no matter what he does.
Pernell, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker play the Cartwrights in a
small cameo.
Mike Douglas Show
– (6/7/1965) Pernell was also on Mike Douglas as a guest on November 4, 1965,
January 3 and 28th of 1966
Season 3, Episode 195, Season 4, Episode 44, Season 4, Episode 86, (Most of you
have seen the episode of January 3, 1966 where he sings Rake and Ramblin' Boy)
Season 4, Episode 105
Mike's co-host this week is actor Pernell Roberts (June 7-11 1965); guests are
The Barry Sisters, comedian Woody Allen, Duke Art Jr. who will demonstrate
sculpturing, Eda LeShan author of "How to Survive Parenthood" and Chris
Roberts, Pernell Roberts' son.
The Ed Sullivan Show
- (5/23/1965)
Season 18, Episode 34
Starring Ed Sullivan and guest stars Liza Minnelli, Rudolf Nureyev & Margot
Fonteyn
--Liza Minnelli - "All I Need is One Good Break" and "Sing Happy."
--Pernell Roberts - sings a western medley in a production number.
Alaska The Great Land
narrated by Pernell Roberts, (ABC, 12/18/1965)
**From the startling beauty of Glacier Bay National Park to the isolated Walrus
Island, narrator Pernell Roberts conducts a visual symphony of many of the
world's most incredible natural wonders. See Denali, the highest mountain in
North America, and glaciers the size of Switzerland. Visit the northernmost
point on the continent and an authentic Gold Rush town.
The Girl from Uncle, "The Little John Doe Affair"
- (NBC, 12/13/66)
- Joey Celeste
Season 1, Episode 13
Starring Stefanie Powers, Leo G. Carroll, Noel Harrison
When Joey Celeste, a major gambler, approaches UNCLE with a plan to inform on
his bosses, he finds himself the target of a hitman. It is April's job to
ensure Celeste makes it from Italy to the UNCLE headquarters alive.
Quotes from Joey Celeste
April:
What does this little fix-it man fix in his little fix-it shop?
Celeste:
Little fights, basketball games, little elections, little wars; little things
like that.
April:
Some people have the strangest hobbies.
Celeste:
Do you really think that I would try take advantage of you?
(April nods)
Celeste:
You're right princess, but I won't. I have the same hang-ups as you; middle
class morality. I'm plagued with it.
The Virginian, The Long Way Home
– (12/14/1966) – Jim Boyer, Sr.
Season 5, Episode 13
Starring James Drury, George Brickford, Doug McClure
Jim Boyer gives up the bank robbing life to try to win back his wife and son.
Jim Jr. gets a job at Shiloh to learn to become a man from the Virginian. Jim
Sr. goes to work at Shiloh to be closer to his son and after some hesitation
father and son begin to have a relationship. Jim Sr. wins back his wife's
respect and love once again. After a foreman job falls through for Jim he
reunites with his old outlaw buddy and they attempt to rob Granger and the
Virginian only to be shot by the Virginian. NOTE: Pernell also sings the
beginning song.
Carousel
– (1967) - Jigger Craigin
Made for Television version.
Starring Robert Goulet
Carousel is a musical by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book
and lyrics) that was adapted from Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play Liliom,
transplanting the Budapest setting of Molnár's play to a New England fishing
village. The show includes the hit musical numbers "If I Loved You", "June Is
Bustin' Out All Over", and "You'll Never Walk Alone". Carousel was innovative
for its time, being one of the first musicals to contain a tragic plot.
***NOTE:
Due to the 'Tragic Plot' I am going to give a longer synopsis.
Act I
Two young female millworkers in freshly industrialized 1870s New England visit
the town's carousel after work. One of them — demure Julie Jordan — shares a
lingering glance and is flirted with by the carousel's barker, Billy Bigelow
(instrumental piece: "Carousel Waltz").
Mrs. Mullin, owner of the carousel, arrives and tells Julie never to return to
the carousel because Julie let Billy put his arm around her during the ride.
Julie's friend, Carrie Pipperidge, and Julie argue with Mrs. Mullin. Billy
arrives and initially sides with Mrs. Mullin (who flirts with him outrageously)
until he realizes that Mrs. Mullin is just jealous of Julie, at which point he
switches sides and is fired from his job. Carrie presses Julie for information
about the carousel ride with Billy, but Julie is reticent about the encounter
("You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan"). Eventually satisfied, Carrie confides
that she has a beau of her own: local fisherman Enoch Snow ("Mister Snow").
Billy returns and makes it clear that only Julie should stay with him. Carrie
leaves after revealing that, if they stay out, they will lose their jobs at the
mill. Mr. Bascombe, owner of the mill, and a policeman appear and warn Julie
that Billy has taken money from other women. Bascombe offers to take Julie home
so she can keep her job, but she refuses and gets fired, too. She and Billy,
now alone, can talk freely (in a scene that is performed partly as recitative),
but neither can quite confess the growing attraction they feel for each other
("If I Loved You").
A month passes. At a spa owned by Julie's cousin, Nettie Fowler, sailors appear
with clams for the evening's clambake. They are noisy, which spurs Carrie and
the other female townfolk to jeer at them (this section is sung as a sort of
recitative, rather than spoken). Nettie arrives and, spotting the sexual
tension, leads them all in celebrating love and spring. An elaborate dance
ensues ("June Is Bustin' Out All Over"). The men leave as Julie, now married to
Billy, arrives. (He and his whaler friend Jigger have been missing all night.)
Nettie tells Carrie to comfort Julie.
To divert the other girls from their eavesdropping, Nettie then unsuccessfully
encourages the girls to clean up. Julie confides in Carrie that Billy, now
unemployed and living with Julie at Nettie's, is unhappy over the loss of his
job and, out of frustration, has slapped Julie. Carrie has happier news — she
and Enoch are to be married. At this, the girls who have so far been feigning
work, rush over, congratulate Carrie, and imagine the wedding day (reprise:
"Mister Snow"). Enoch has arrived and startles the girls by joining them in
song. The girls leave Julie, Carrie, and Enoch alone.
Carrie tries to converse with Julie and Enoch, but Julie's unhappiness
overcomes her: she bursts into tears in Enoch's arms. As she pulls herself
together, Billy arrives with Jigger. He is openly rude to Enoch and then Julie,
and he soon leaves along with Jigger, followed by a distraught Julie. Left
alone, Carrie and Enoch extol the virtues of a life plan. Enoch reveals how he
expects both to become rich selling herring and to have a large family with
Carrie ("When The Children Are Asleep").
Meanwhile, Billy, Jigger, and other whalers sing of life on the sea ("Blow
High, Blow Low"). The singing segues into a dance, with the local girls
flirting with the whalers. Jigger tries to recruit Billy to help with a
robbery, but Billy declines when Jigger tells him that the victim - Julie's
former boss Mr. Bascombe - might have to be killed. Mrs. Mullin arrives and
tries to tempt Billy back to the carousel (and to her), and he reveals he is
unhappy with Julie. Julie arrives. There is almost an argument, but Mrs. Mullin
leaves to go to the bank. Julie tells Billy of her pregnancy and they go
inside. Mrs. Mullin and Jigger return and spar until Billy comes back out and
tells Mrs. Mullin to leave. Overwhelmed with happiness by the news, and
determined to provide financially for his future child, Billy decides to be
Jigger's accomplice after all ("Soliloquy").
Act 1 ends with the whole town leaving for the clambake. Billy, who previously
shunned the idea of going to the clambake, now realizes it is integral to his
and Jigger's alibi: he decides to go too. Julie is delighted. ("Act I Finale")
Act II
The act begins with the town reminiscing about the huge meal that they have
just eaten ("This Was a Real Nice Clambake"). As everyone leaves to help clear
up before the treasure hunt, Jigger tries to seduce Carrie. Unfortunately,
Enoch walks in while Carrie is in a compromising position. He declares that he
is finished with her ("Geraniums In The Winder"), as Jigger jeers
("Stonecutters Cut It On Stone"). The girls try to comfort Carrie, saying all
men are bad. When Carrie turns to Julie for comfort, she reflects simply that
all that matters is that "he's your feller and you love him" ("What's The Use
Of Wondrin'?"). Then Julie sees Billy trying to sneak away with Jigger and,
while trying to stop him, feels the knife hidden in his shirt. She begs him to
give it to her, but he refuses and leaves to commit the robbery. Julie realizes
that Billy is about to do something that may get him into trouble.
Jigger and Billy gamble, using cards. At stake are their shares of the
anticipated robbery spoils. Billy loses his share of the expected proceeds: his
participation is now pointless. Unbeknownst to Billy and Jigger, Mr. Bascombe,
the intended robbery victim, has already deposited the money he was expected to
be carrying. He instead carries a gun. The robbery fails: Bascombe pulls his
gun and starts shooting. Jigger escapes unharmed, but the police corner Billy.
Billy deliberately stabs himself with his knife and dies; Julie arrives just in
time for him to say his last words to her.
Carrie tells Julie that Billy's death is not necessarily a bad thing. Enoch
gets back together with Carrie and supports this view. Mrs. Mullin arrives,
much to the disgust of the townfolk, but Julie lets her view the body. Mrs.
Mullin does so, then runs off weeping. Everyone leaves except Julie. Nettie
arrives on the scene and comforts her ("You'll Never Walk Alone").
Billy arrives at heaven's gate. There, a pair of blunt-spoken angels explain
that, to enter, he must alleviate the distress he caused. Billy refuses to see
a simple magistrate in Heaven: he demands to be taken directly to God to be
judged ("The Highest Judge Of All"). The Starkeeper sends him back to earth.
Stealing a star on the way down, he returns fifteen years after his suicide.
His daughter, Louise, has grown up to be very like Billy, the Starkeeper says.
She is lonely and bitter, and mocked by Mr. Snow's snobbish and wealthy
children because her father was a thief (instrumental: "Louise's Ballet").
Enoch and his children stop by Julie's house to pick up Carrie on the way to
the graduation, and Enoch's son (Enoch Jr.) waits behind to talk to Louise.
Louise reveals that she plans to run away from home with a carnival troupe she
met, but when Enoch Jr. proposes, she decides to stay. He reveals, however,
that his father would not think Louise an appropriate match. Insulted, Louise
orders him to leave and bursts into tears.
Billy, able to make himself visible or invisible at will, reveals himself to
Louise; he pretends to be a friend of her father. Trying to cheer her up, he
offers her a small gift — the star he stole from Heaven. She refuses it and,
frustrated, he slaps her. As he makes himself invisible, Louise tells Julie
what has happened. She reveals that the slap miraculously felt like a kiss, not
a blow. Without allowing her to actually see him, Billy finally confesses his
love to Julie (reprise: "If I Loved You"). Having thus made amends, he
invisibly attends Louise's high-school graduation. The whole town shuns her and
refuses to applaud her. Dr. Seldon, who strangely resembles the Starkeeper,
tells the graduating class not to rely on their parents' success (advice
directed at Enoch Jr.) or be held back by their parents' mistakes (directed at
Louise). Seldon then prompts everyone to sing "You'll Never Walk Alone". Billy,
still invisible, whispers to Louise, telling her to have confidence in herself.
His silent words enter her mind and, inspired, she – along with Julie – joins
the singing. This good deed redeems Billy, who wins entry into Heaven.
Note: The graduation scene is a complete departure from Molnár's Liliom, in
which Liliom is presumably condemned to Hell after slapping his daughter (in
Molnár's play, the slap feels like a caress).
Please check the link in the footnotes for a wonderful source of information on
this musical.
Big Valley, "Cage of Eagles"
(ABC, 04/24/67) – Patrick Madigan
Season 2, Episode 30
Starring Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Richard Long, Linda Evans and Miss Barbara
Stanwyck
Nick captures an eagle and meets up with an Irishman, Patrick Madigan, who
thinks that keeping the eagle caged up is the wrong thing to do. After a small
fight Nick leaves with the bird only to find out later that Patrick Madigan is
the man, dynamiter, that he advertised for. The ’Major’ knows Madigan from his
past and Madigan realizes this and a scuffle breaks out in the mine between
them. The character of Patrick Madigan was one of Pernells’ favorite roles.
Wild Wild West, "Night of the Firebrand"
- (CBS, 09/15/67) - Sean O'Reilley
Season 3, Episode 2
Starring Robert Conrad and Ross Martin
On a mission for President Grant, agent West travels to Fort Savage to meet
with a Major Jason and help prevent a revolution in Canada that outlaw Sean
O'Reilley has plans to incite. At the fort, West reads a description of
O'Reilley and realizes too late his striking resemblance to Major Jason.
O'Reilley announces that he now controls the fort and is holding the real major
and his men captive. Meanwhile, Gordon has gone under cover to learn the
details of the revolution. He arrives at West's side just as his partner is
trapped on the wrong side of O'Reilley's gun.
Mission
Impossible – Operation Heart
– (10/22/1967) - President Beyron Rurich
Season 2, Episode 7
Starring Peter Graves, Greg Nelson and Martin Landau
Professor Bennett is an archaeologist who is caught up in political coup by
Gomalk, the Chief of Security Police. The coup is aimed at President Rurich.
Bennett was accidentally arrested and interrogated, inducing a heart attack.
The team must both rescue Bennett and prevent the coup. The IMF stage an
assassination, spoiling Gomalk's own intended assassination. Cinnamon,
impersonating Bennett's husband, tries to frame Bennett so that President
Rurich believes he is an American agent.
Trivia:
When Rurich enters the elevator after giving Cinnamon permission to see her
"husband," it's clear that it's simply a sliding prop door as there's no crack
on the floor that would indicate a real elevator.
NOTE:
The first of several guest appearances for Pernell Roberts, and the only one in
which he doesn't play a villain.
Gunsmoke – A Stranger In Town>/b> – (11/20/1967) – Dave Reeves
Season 13, Episode 11
Starring James Arness, Ken Curtis, Amanda Blake
Professional gunman Dave Reeves comes to Dodge for an assignment, kill his ex-wife's new husband-to-be. Henry Jones, the character that brought Reeves to town also starred with Pernell in Bonanza Ep. #181 "A Knight To Remember" Date: December 20, 1964
Ironside- "To Kill a Cop" - (NBC, 01/25/1968) - Frank Vincent
Season 1, Episode 18
Starring Raymond Burr, Don Galloway
When Ed and two colleagues arrest a violent man they don't take his threats seriously, but when the other two officers are murdered, Ed is convinced that he knows who the killer is. Suspended from duty he sets himself up as the next victim, determined to prove that his suspicions are correct.
Big Valley, "Run of the Cat"
- (ABC, 10/21/68) - Ed Tanner
Season 4, Episode 4
Starring Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Richard Lond, Linda Evans and Miss Barbara
Stanwyck
After Nick is attacked by a mountain lion and nearly killed, Jarrod seeks out
the services of Ed Tanner, a professional hunter and tracker. Nick is not very
receptive to this idea as he wants to kill this cat himself. Against Tanners
instructions and the advice of his family Nick goes with Tanner. Nick is more
of a hindrance than help to Tanner. Nick's horse falls in a chug hole and runs
off and Nick has rehurt his ribs. Tanner finds a cabin to hold up in and plays
poker with the man of the house while his 'wife' takes care of Nick and wants
more than to take care of him but to be Nick's wife. Tanner finds out that the
man of the house won her in a poker game and wins her and the cabin and all the
belongings the man has. He kicks him off the property and tells the woman to
take care of Nick he is going after the cat. Nick has none of this and takes
out after Tanner.
Mission Impossible – The Mercenaries
– (10/27/1968)
- Colonel Hans Krim
Season 3, Episode 4
Starring Peter Graves, Greg Nelson and Martin Landau
The IMF must bring down Colonel Hans Krim, the head of a mercenary army who has
a ton of loot in gold bars hidden away in an inaccessible enclave. Rollin
enlists while Jim and Cinnamon pose as gunrunners with Willy and Barney hidden
in their truck. Rollin fakes finding a cache of gold and is then tortured into
revealing it.
Name of the Game, "Chains of Command"
- (NBC, 10/17/69) - Hank
Season 2, Episode 5
Starring Robert Stack, Susan St. James, Gene Barry
Farrell is investigating charges that the officials of a prison on the Mexican
border are shipping out forced labor to local farms. It has been further
charged that the officials are getting rich on kickbacks. Assuming a false
identity and taking a job in the border town becomes very hazardous.
Lancer, "Welcome to Genesis"
- (CBS, 11/18/69) - Theodore Banning
Season 2, Episode 8
Starring Andrew Duggan, Wayne Maunder and Paul Brinegar
Jelly gets attacked by a big cat on the trail and Murdock and Scott take him to
the nearest town to the doctor. Genesis doesn’t have a doctor so Murdock goes
to the nearest town to get the doctor to only find out that Dr. Banning is in
jail for the ‘murder’ of a prominent citizens son. Murdock takes Dr. Banning
out of jail to help Jelly.
Silent Gun, The
- (ABC, 12/16/69) - Sam Benner
Starring Llyod Bridges
The Silent Gun refers to the weapon no longer toted by Westerner Lloyd Bridges.
Once a notorious gunfighter, Bridges has vowed never to shoot again after
nearly killing a little girl. Thus, when faced with evil town boss Pernell
Roberts, Bridges must rely on his wits to come out on top.
Kashmiri Run
– 1969 (European version) – Greg Nelson
Four friends, pursued by the Chinese communists, race across the Himalayan
Mountains in a desperate attempt to escape to freedom.
* This was undoubtly filmed in 1959 probably before the filming of Bonanza.
This is only my opinion I have no real evidence just common sense. :)
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