Lorne Greene
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Bonanza
1959
- TV-PG1959 · Western · 14 seasons
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Episode Guide
- 1. A Rose for Lotta Sep 12, 1959
- A vicious plot by silver barons to exploit the Ponderosa entails kidnapping Little Joe.
- 2. Death on Sun Mountain Sep 19, 1959
- An ambitious schemer plots to corner the meat supply in Virginia City.
- 3. S1 E3 Jan 10, 2024
- Life on the Ponderosa with the Cartwright clan.
Bonanza: Created by David Dortort, Fred Hamilton. With Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts. The Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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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.
- 14
- 431 (list of episodes)
- September 12, 1959 –, January 16, 1973
- NBC
S1.E3 ∙ The Newcomers. Sat, Sep 26, 1959. The Cartwrights discover an old enemy killing steers on the Ponderosa. Their camp has a sickly woman who needs to get to the high desert country. When an innocent man is killed, Ben decides to boot them all back to California but he gets resistance from the others in the camp and some local miners who ...
The show chronicles the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, headed by the thrice-widowed patriarch Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene). He had three sons, ...
- Lorne Greene – Ben Cartwright. File:Lorne Greene in Bonanza opening credit episode Bitter Water.jpg. Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Russian-Jewish parents, Lorne Greene was chosen to play widowed patriarch Ben Cartwright.
- Pernell Roberts – Adam Cartwright. File:Pernell Roberts in Bonanza opening credits episode Bitter Water.jpg. Pernell Roberts as Adam Cartwright. Born in Waycross, Georgia, Pernell Roberts played eldest son Adam, an architectural engineer with a university education.
- Dan Blocker – Eric "Hoss" Cartwright. Dan Blocker was 6-foot-4, 320-pounds when chosen to play the gentle middle son Eric, better known as "Hoss". The nickname was used as a nod to the character's ample girth, an endearing term for "big and friendly", used by his Swedish mother (and Uncle Gunnar).
- Michael Landon – Joseph "Little Joe" Cartwright. File:Michael Landon in Bonanza opening credits episode Bitter Water.jpg. Michael Landon as 'Little Joe' Cartwright; this shot was taken before the wardrobe was standardized for continuity purposes.
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Sun, Dec 19, 1971. Ben begins the process to legally adopt Jamie as his son, but the process is complicated when Jamie's maternal grandfather, Ferris Callahan, comes forward wanting custody. Ben must bear the heartbreaking news to Callahan that Jamie has bonded with the Cartwright family. 7.5/10 (92) Rate.
Bonanza, American television series that ran on NBC from 1959 to 1973. Bonanza’s 14 seasons and 440 episodes made it the second-longest-running western in broadcast history. Set in the mid-1800s on the Ponderosa ranch in Nevada, the show told the story of Ben Cartwright and his sons, Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe.
