Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Apple's Way' from 1970-1982:
- Eric Olson as Steven Apple (1974-1975)
- Frances Lee McCain as Barbara Apple (1974-1975)
- Kristy McNichol as Patricia Apple (1974-1975)
- Malcolm Atterbury as Grandfather Aldon (1974-1975)
- Patti Cohoon as Cathy Apple (1974-1975)
- Ronny Cox as George Apple (1974-1975)
- Vincent Van Patten as Paul Apple (1974-1975)
- Frannie Michel as Patricia Apple (1974)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Apple's Way':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: A.J. Carothers D: Harry Harris
With Leonard Stone (Frank Goode), Richard Bull (Mr. Ryland), Paul Sorensen (Police Chief), Patricia Wilson (Miss Willet). A new series, created by Earl Hamner (The Waltons) about an architect who moves his wife and four children from California to his hometown in Iowa and a new life. In the opening episode, George Apple plunges into a battle to save a town landmark when he learns a giant oak tree, planted by his ancestors, is about to be cut down to make way for a new motel.
Season 1, episode 2
W: William Bast D: Harry Harris
With Richard Bradford (Frank Thomas), Patsy Garrett (Director), Leif Garrett (Harold), Mitch Vogel (Chris). George Apple is hired to build a home gym for a crippled high school boy whose sports-minded father is determined that his son learn to walk again.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Peter Beagle D: Nick Webster
With Wayne Heffley (Tom), Robert Gooden (Doug Clark), Jay Varela (Moffatt). When George Apple finds animals being mistreated at a tacky roadside zoo, he swings into action at Cathy's insistence and takes the whole menagerie home with him.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Dale Eunson D: Jack Shea
With John Reilly (Mr. Shea), Katherine Squire (Mrs. Perry), Mark Brown (Harry Russell), Greg Foulkes (Bud). The Apples place an ad and think they're hiring a cleaning woman. Through a misunderstanding, however, George's old French teacher shows up expecting to give the family lessons.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Max Hodge
With Victoria Risk (Mrs. Pearman), Kate Riehl (Mrs. Ranson), Russ Grieve (Remington), Dorothy Adams (Ruth Huston), Bob Hastings (Billy Watson), Noble Willingham (Farmer), Moosie Drier (Craig Carlson). George Apple has a tough time persuading his father to come live with the family until Grandfather Aldon learns he has something in common, besides loneliness, with 12-year-old granddaughter Patricia.
Season 1, episode 6
W: George Kirgo D: Murray Golden
With Gene Raymond (Coach Randy Newell), Alan Fudge (Lew Phipps), Steve Benedict (Jamie Ryland), Perry King (Jack Gale), Vince Howard (Marvin Gorham), Vernon Weddle (Nelson Heintz). The easy-going basketball coach at Appleton High becomes the target of an ouster move by a group of victory-hungry alumni angered by the team's 23 straight defeats.
Season 1, episode 7
W: S.A. Long D: Herschel Daugherty
With Leon Ames (Henshaw), Beah Richards (Mrs. Thaxter), Marc Alaimo (Worthington), Robert Gooden (Doug Clark), Jan Arvan (Herb), Wayne Heffley (Tom), Richard Bull (Ryland), Florence Lake (Mrs. Perrin). George spots an unusual flying object just after winning a big contract from a publicity-shy businessman, but despite the man's warning to keep a low profile, George feels it is his duty to report what he saw.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Irv Pearlberg D: Herschel Daugherty
With Peter Mark Richman (Dave Benton), Abby Dalton (Nancy Benton), Heather Totten (Jo Ann Benton). A high-pressure executive offers George Apple work on a housing project -- but it would mean moving back to California.
Season 1, episode 9
W: John McGreevey D: Harry Harris
With Cal Wilson (Chuck), Amzie Strickland (Mrs. Moore), Victoria Risk (Mrs. Pearman), Ted Jordan (Ed Peyser), Eduard Franz (H.J. Swanson). A longtime department store employee is passed over for promotion because she is a woman, prompting Barbara Apple to demonstrate for equal rights and George to become a perfume salesman.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Irv Pearlberg D: Murray Golden
With Keith Rogers (Miss Johnson), Jacques Aubuchon (Stavros), Vince Howard (Mervin Gorham), Olan Soule (Mr. Ludwig), Karl Swenson (Dr. Knowles), John Lupton (Tennis Coach). When Patricia's pen pal, a 13-year-old girl who lives in Greece, writes to say she is crippled, George Apple sets out to arrange corrective surgery for her.
Season 1, episode 11
With Andrew Stevens (Richard Graham), Virginia Gregg (Mrs. McDougal), Todd Lookinland (Jeremy), Percy Rodrigues (Commissioner Parks), Victor Kilian (Simmons), Kathrine Baumann (Nurse). George Apple's fight for a traffic signal at a dangerous street corner gains urgency when his son is struck and injured by a hit and run driver.
Season 1, episode 12
With Alan Fudge (Lew Phipps), Larry Pennell (Sam Ferguson), Richard Bull (Mr. Ryland). Following family tradition, the Apples work hard on entries for the county fair, but the kids are crushed to learn that their float is disqualified because they unknowingly broke the rules.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Kathleen Hite
With Van Williams (Ritchie Case), Millie Perkins (Mary Case), Kristy McNichol (Rachel), Leif Garrett (Harold Pearson). Young Steven Apple comes up against some hard facts about life on a farm when he gets into 4-H Club work and becomes responsible for the care and feeding of the animals.
September 15, 1974: The Tornado
Season 2, episode 1
W: Joseph Bonaduce, John Kingsbridge D: Marc Daniels The series begins its first full season as a fallen beam pins down and seriously injures George Apple, and traps him and his three eldest children in a cellar when a cyclone rips into the town of Appleton.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish D: Marc Daniels
With Neva Patterson (Mrs. Brown), Parley Baer (Mr. Alfredd), Mary Frann (Claudine Delacourte), Alan Fudge (Lou Phipps). George and Barbara Apple face a major crisis when their younger daughter, Patricia, decides to run away and join the circus when she feels her family doesn't appreciate her.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Lan O'Kun D: Hal Cooper
With Lew Brown (James Ryland), Judy Lewis (Mrs. Thomas). Without consulting anyone, George Apple invests the family savings into a local newspaper to keep a syndicate from taking it over.
Season 2, episode 4
W: David Moessinger D: David Moessinger
With John David Carson (Ben Haggerty), James W. Gavin (Toby Coulter). The son of an old friend of George Apple's, 20-year-old Ben Haggerty, is paroled from prison in Apple's custody with the hope that a new environment will aid in his rehabilitation.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Don Appell D: James Sheldon
With Farrah Fawcett (Jane Huston), Lisa Eilbacher (Gloria). Teenager Paul falls in love with a 26-year-old woman visitor from New York City, and is determined to go live with her.
Season 2, episode 6
W: William Bast D: James Sheldon
With Jack Banning (Lewis Compton), Shirley Mitchell (Dora Compton), Geri Reischl (Jan Cooper), Lew Brown (James Ryland). Grandpa Aldon plans to marry again and move in with his new bride at the Apple household -- creating a dilemma for son George, who is not anxious for the arrangement.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Hindi Brooks D: Marc Daniels The Apple children join a candy drive to raise money for handicapped children, but in their effort to win prizes for their trouble, overcompetitiveness and greed set in.
Season 2, episode 8
With Gordon Jump (Coach Olson), Robert Symonds (Dr. Beck), Lew Brown (James Ryland). For fear of losing face, Appleton's football hero Paul goes against his father and doctor's orders and suits up for the big game.
Season 2, episode 9
With Valerie Bertinelli (Peggy), Luana Anders (Mrs. Bannerman), Stephen Hudis (Chuck), Lew Brown (James Ryland), Pamelyn Ferdin (Sally), Sandy Kenyon (Al Werner), James Chandler (Police Chief). Paul Apple and his classmates face expulsion and arrest when they stage a play describing America as a police state.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Worley Thorne
With John Lupton (Mr. Reid). George Apple's hopes for an old-fashioned Thanksgiving family dinner are shattered when Paul and Cathy are involved in the crash of a private plane.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Gene Thompson D: David Moessinger Knowing that his father hopes to have his son follow in his footsteps, Paul grapples with the problem of explaining to his father that he does not wish to become an architect.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Joseph Bonaduce D: Ivan Dixon
With Mark Wheeler (Wade), Alex Henteloff (Rabbi Golden), Norman Alden (Don Slater), Booth Colman (Mayor), James Chandler (Police Chief), Joel Fluellen (Rev. Lowell), Gerald Hiken (Lloyd Randolph), Wallace Rooney (Father Finnegan). A militant atheist, armed with a court injunction, stops the construction of a church designed by George Apple.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Lan O'Kun D: Richard C. Bennett
With Frank DeKova (Connie DeMarco), Merie Earle (Meg), Victor Kilian (Albert), Queenie Smith (Cora). George Apple faces the choice of serious conflict with his father, or breaking his word to another man.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Worley Thorne D: Edward M. Abroms
With Eileen McDonough (Dory Brian). George Apple takes his children on a camping trip to an isolated area to teach them self-reliance, but they encounter more problems than they bargained for.
Season 2, episode 15
With Greg Mullavey. George and Steve find a gun bearing a serial number that proves it was used in an armed robbery in Chicago, and the news startles the citizens of peaceful, crime-free Appleton. (Last show of the series.)