Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Lassie' from 1970-1982:
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Lassie':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
December 15, 1968: Out Of The Frying Pan
Season 15, episode 12
W: S.H. Barnett, Colin MacKenzie D: William Beaudine
With Morgan Jones (Ranger), Ellen Corby (Amy Baker).
Lassie races time and tide in a valiant effort to rescue a hapless kitten threatened by a pounding surf.
Season 15, episode 19
W: James Douglass West D: Tom Beemer
With Ford Rainey (Jake Peterson), Chief Tom McAdams (Himself).
While Ranger Bob Ericson works with the Coast Guard to resolve a navigation problem, Lassie becomes a victim of hazard.
Season 15, episode 20
W: James Douglass West D: Tom Beemer
With Ford Rainey (Jake Peterson), Christian Drake (Pilot), Chief Tom McAdams (Himself).
Lassie is stranded aboard a sinking vessel and Ranger Bob Ericson enlists the aid of the Coast Guard to save her.
Season 15, episode 27
Lassie faces a difficult challenge in her attempts to rescue a flying squirrel that is trapped by a vicious coyote.
September 28, 1969: Last Chance
Season 16, episode 1
W: Bob Schaefer, Eric Freiwald D: Jack B. Hively
With Ron Hayes (John McKay).
Lassie struggles to aid a devoted wolf family faced with extinction.
Season 16, episode 4
W: Frank L. Moss D: Dick Moder
With Richard Evans (Jeff Treat), Ross Elliott (Chuck), Roy Engel (Sheriff).
Lassie must make her way around a "live" bomb to aid young Jeff Treat, trapped in an abandoned Air Force practice range.
Season 16, episode 5
W: Vernon Clark D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Barbara Hale (Sarah Caldwell).
Lassie comes to the rescue of a trapped fawn on a drought-ridden cattle range.
Season 16, episode 6
With Skip Homeier (Mark Weber), Mark Roberts (Burt Davis), David Westberg.
A helicopter crash in a remote, snow-covered valley plunges Lassie and Ranger Scott Turner into a desperate struggle for survival.
Season 16, episode 8
W: Bob Schaefer, Eric Freiwald D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Mark Miranda (Neeka), James Westerfield (Dan Harlan).
Lassie and Neeka search for a newly-hatched chick lost in California's redwoods area.
Season 16, episode 9
W: Bob Schaefer, Eric Freiwald D: James B. Clark
With Mark Miranda (Neeka).
Forest Ranger Bob Ericson and young Neeka Chalmers fight to save Lassie's life after the canine plunged into an icy Colorado river to save a trapped crow.
Season 16, episode 10
W: Bob Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
With Kathy Martinez (Kathy), Alex Valdez (Greg), Bert Borja (Steve), Debbie Parker (Nancy), Regina Brink (Sandra), Sheila Killian (Sherry).
Filmed along the U.S. Forest Service's new Braille Nature Trail in California's San Bernardino National Forest, the story tells of Lassie and Ranger Scott Turner's efforts to teach a frightened blind girl to listen with her mind.
Season 16, episode 11
W: Bob Schaefer, Eric Freiwald D: Dick Moder
With Skip Homeier.
Forest Ranger Scott Turner pursues two thrill-seeing snowmobilers who have run a helpless deer to exhaustion.
Season 16, episode 12
W: Bob Schaefer, Eric Freiwald D: Bonita Granville Wrather
With Med Flory (Father Matthew), Tony Davis (Manuel).
In a Christmas story, Lassie restores a young boy's faith when he, with his small deaf dog, seeks a miracle at Mission San Luis Rey.
Season 16, episode 13
Lassie and a lonely little burro face unknown perils in Arizona's fabled Superstition Mountains.
Season 16, episode 14
With Lisa Lu, John Zaremba, Russell Thorson.
A tragic accident in San Francisco's Chinatown plunges Lassie into the lost world of amnesia. First of four parts.
Season 16, episode 15
Without memory of her past, Lassie wanders through San Francisco where she's befriended by a troubled young father.
Season 16, episode 16
With Lisa Lu, Davana Brown, Rob Hughes.
Lassie's efforts to discover her own identity bring renewed hope to a lonely young girl and lead the valiant canine into a harrowing race for survival. Filmed on location in San Francisco.
Season 16, episode 17
With Lisa Lu.
With her memory returning, Lassie flees pursuit through the streets of San Francisco.
Season 16, episode 18
With Michael Forest.
Lassie and a young Navajo are plunged into a desperate struggle for survival. Filmed on location at Lake Powell, Ariz.
Season 16, episode 19
With Mark Miranda (Neeka), Richard Webb (Ranger McClintock).
Neeka and Lassie find themselves trapped in the ancient ruins of the Mesa Verde cliff dwellers. Filmed on location in Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park.
Season 16, episode 20
D: Tom Beemer
With Buck Young (Dan).
Ranger Bob Ericson is forced to "shoot" swift and turbulent rapids in the Colorado River to save Lassie's life.
Season 16, episode 21
With Ford Rainey (Clint Fraser), Ann Doran (Edie), Bing Russell (Ed).
Lassie and Ginger, a seeing eye dog, protect and guide blind Clint Fraser through the forest in search of help for his injured wife, left alone at the Fraser cabin.
Season 16, episode 22
With Med Flory (Sam).
In Navajo country, Lassie finds danger as she helps a playful sheepdog face his "moment of truth". Filmed in Monument Valley, Ariz.
September 20, 1970: Lassie's Interlude
Season 17, episode 1
With Skip Homeier (Jim Pearson), Rob Hughes (Marc Saunders), Sally Fraser, Robert Rockwell (Will Thorne).
Series returns for its 17th year with a new format: Lassie is entirely on her own with no regular supporting cast. Premiering a seven-part story, Lassie meets a mate only to be separated by a battle with a killer dog. Badly injured and unconscious at the side of the road, Lassie, who is carrying a litter, is found by a stranger who takes her with him.
Season 17, episode 2
With Michael-James Wixted (Kerry).
Lassie encounters a 5-year-old mute boy, gives birth to three pups and is faced with a killer dog in the second of a seven-part story.
Season 17, episode 3
With Michael-James Wixted (Kerry), Robert Rockwell (Wil Thorne).
Lassie and her three puppies struggle for survival in the desert in the third of a seven-part story.
Season 17, episode 4
With Michael-James Wixted (Kerry).
A search for Lassie and her three puppies almost leads to tragedy. Fourth of a seven-part story.
Season 17, episode 5
Lassie and her two little pups fight for survival in an all-animal episode. Fifth of a seven-part story.
Season 17, episode 6
With Sean Kelly.
Lassie offers one of her pups to a young boy, stricken by the death of his old dog. Sixth of a seven-part story.
Season 17, episode 7
With Med Flory (Father), Jewel Blanch (Jodie Tyler).
Lassie finds a perfect home for her one remaining pup when they meet Jodie Tyler, a fragile and unique young girl who "talks" to animals. Conclusion of a seven-part story.
Season 17, episode 8
With Douglas V. Fowley (George), Don Beddoe (Tom Murphy).
Lassie brings compassion and understanding to a city park and helps restore a lonely man's faith.
Season 17, episode 9
W: James Douglass West D: William Beaudine Jr.
When a careless smoker starts a forest fire, Lassie's love for her fellow creatures prompts her into action.
Season 17, episode 10
With Ron Howard (Gary Garrett), Conlan Carter (Hank Christian), Ron Hayes (Monty Garrett), Bruce Bennett (Bert Daniels).
Lassie is stricken with toxic poisoning and befriended by a race horse. Filmed at the Flag Is Up Farm in Solvang, Calif.
Season 17, episode 11
With Ron Howard (Gary), Conlan Carter (Hank Christian), Ron Hayes (Monty), Bruce Bennett (Bert).
Lassie tries to save the life of a thoroughbred race horse. Filmed at the Flag Is Up Farm in Solvang, Calif.
Season 17, episode 12
With Rob Hughes (Mark Saunders), Noah Beery Jr. (Ramsey Harris), Angela Green (Bonnie Crowley).
A man with a lost dream learns a valuable lesson from Lassie and a young man.
Season 17, episode 13
With Kate Reid (Woman).
Lassie repays a kindness by saving a lonely woman from a devastating storm.
Season 17, episode 14
With Linda Meiklejohn (Sandy Warner), Robert Sampson (Tom Wade).
Lassie's efforts to help an injured bird lead to a meeting between two lonely people.
Season 17, episode 15
An all-animal episode finds Lassie enlisting the aid of a fox to save a burrowing owl from a predatory weasel.
Season 17, episode 16
With Robert Patten, Don Eitner, Scott Perry, Robert Ferrel, Danny Madrid.
Lassie endangers her own life to save two adventurous boys from raging rapids.
Season 17, episode 17
With Karl Swenson (Baird), Kevin Brodie (Cullen), Russell Thorson (Father).
Lassie tags along with a runaway boy and a runaway horse.
Season 17, episode 18
W: Frank L. Moss D: Jack B. Hively
With Joan Tompkins (Katherine), Brooke Bundy (Patty).
Lassie saves a rebellious young girl from arsenic poisoning, then tries to reunite her with her outspoken aunt.
Season 17, episode 19
W: Bob Schaefer, Eric Freiwald D: Jack B. Hively
With Aron Kincaid (Reed Adams), Frank Webb (John Tanner).
Lassie enters a feud between an irresponsible youth and a young harbor patrol officer.
Season 17, episode 20
W: Bob Schaefer, Eric Freiwald D: James B. Clark, Jack B. Hively, Sigmund Neufeld Jr
With Sean Kelly.
The first of a two-part episode finds Lassie plunged into danger when she returns to visit one of her puppies.
Season 17, episode 21
W: Bob Schaefer, Eric Freiwald D: James B. Clark, Jack B. Hively, Sigmund Neufeld Jr
With Sean Kelly, Robert Sampson (Tom Wade), Linda Meiklejohn (Sandy Wade), Robert Donner, Mary Gregory, Bruce Bennett.
Lassie's friends from the past join in a struggle to rescue her from an abandoned well.
Season 17, episode 22
Lassie becomes the protector of an abandoned kitten and sets out to find a home for the little one in an all-animal episode.