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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The High Chaparral' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The High Chaparral':


(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)

September 17, 1967: The Ghost Of Chaparral
Season 1, episode 3
W: Gabrielle Upton   D: Leon Benson

With Patrick Horgan (Anthony Grey/Lord Ashbury), Joaquin Martinez (Little Cloud), Carlos Rivas (Jorge), Frank Silvera (Sebastian). Victoria's efforts to overcome her husband's memory of his first wife are thwarted when Apaches lay siege to their ranch and she is kidnapped.

October 15, 1967: Shadows On The Land
Season 1, episode 7
W: Ken Pettus   D: William F. Claxton

With James Almanzar (Soldado), Jan Arvan (Jacinto Perez), Kevin Hagen (Dolph Tanner), Myron Healey (Major Corbett), John Pickard (Jake Coffin), William Tannen (Bartender), Ronald Trujillo (Ramon). John Cannon needs cattle from Mexican ranchers for his Army beef contract, but finds the frightened men are being forced to sell to a ruthless cattle buyer.

January 7, 1968: The Assassins
Season 1, episode 17
W: Ward Hawkins   D: Justus Addiss

With X Brands (Nock-Ay-Del), James Almanzar (Soldado), Robert Bolger (Teecha), Geoffrey Deuel (Kelso), Derrik Lewis (Kantu). An Apache renegade and his followers plan to kill Cochise's peace representative in the Cannon ranch house and start a new Indian war.





January 10, 1969: Shadow Of The Wind
Season 2, episode 15
W: Warren Douglas

With Luke Askew (Johnny Ringo), Charles Bail (Curly Bill Brocias), Charles Horvath (Burt Alvord), Fred Krone (Ike Simes), Fabrizio Mioni (Nickanora), Julia Montoya (Senora), Boyd 'Red' Morgan (Buckskin Frank Leslie). A peace treaty with the Indians is jeopardized by scalp hunters disguised as lawmen, and John and Buck Cannon fear an Apache war will be started.

March 14, 1969: No Bugles, No Drums
Season 2, episode 24
W: Walter Black

With Pamelyn Ferdin (Jennie Simmons), Jerry Gatlin (Jonas), Bethel Leslie (Annie Simmons), William Sylvester (Jack Simmons), Gregory Walcott (Truescott). Buck Cannon goes in search of the missing husband of an old friend and gets himself captured by a gang of outlaws.





September 19, 1969: Time Of Your Life
Season 3, episode 1
W: William F. Leicester

With Tammy August (Penny), David Farrow (Frank), Ted Gehring (Jed Fox), Duane Grey (Matt), James Mitchum (Johnny Keogh), Gene Shane (Fletch), Alvin Baker. Taking part in his first trail's-end celebration that traditionally follows a cattle drive, Blue joins his father and the others in a bar. A young gunfighter then challenges Blue to a shootout.

September 26, 1969: A Time To Laugh, A Time To Cry
Season 3, episode 2

With Victor Campos (Teniente), Argentian Burnetti (Duena.), Julio Medina (Sanchez), Donna Baccala (Mercedes Vega de Grenada). For the first time in his life, Manolito falls seriously in love with a childhood sweetheart who returns to the Montoya Ranch for a visit after a long absence. But the romance takes a tragic turn when Comancheros decide to settle a debt.

October 3, 1969: The Brothers Cannon
Season 3, episode 3
W: Raphael Hayes   D: Leon Benson

With Lou Frizzell (Jeff Patterson). Buck parts with his brother John over a long-standing family feud. He's fed up with the menial jobs around the ranch and decides to leave.

October 10, 1969: A Piece Of Land
Season 3, episode 4
W: Jack B. Sowards   D: Leon Benson

With Lou Frizzell (Jeff Patterson), Miguel Landa (Jaime), John Zaremba (Price). An excited Buck wastes no time in telling Manolito about his accidentally uncovering a silver deposit and wants him to join in the investment.

October 17, 1969: Bad Day For A Bad Man
Season 3, episode 5
W: Milton Gelman   D: Robert L. Friend

With Malachi Throne (Matar), Marianna Hill (Juanita), Mark Tapscott (Hanniman), Robert Yuro (Kyle). Entrusted with money to buy a huge cattle herd, Manolito is overpowered by bandits, who head for the border with the booty and Manolito's fiery girlfriend.

October 24, 1969: To Stand For Something More
Season 3, episode 6
W: Milton Gelman   D: James B. Clark

With Red Morgan (Clarence), Troy Melton (Upjohn), Roberto Contreras (Pedro), Rico Cattani (Felipe), Gino Conforti (Raul), Mike De Anda (First Guard), Don Diamond (Miguel). In the absence of his father, uncle and Manolito, Blue is given full authority to run the ranch only to have a prize stallion stolen by bandits. Hurt by his father's criticism and determined to regain his confidence, Blue faces the bandits alone.

October 31, 1969: Trail To Nevermore
Season 3, episode 7
W: Walter Black   D: Virgil Vogel

With Rayford Barnes (Lippert), Fabian Dean (Moore), Bo Svenson (Bennett), Milton Selzer (Marcum). Stranded in the desert following an attack by bandits, Cannon, Victoria and Manolito add to their troubles when they seek shelter in what they assume to be a deserted ghost town.

November 7, 1969: Apache Trust
Season 3, episode 8
W: Irve Tunick   D: Herschel Daugherty

With Mike Jones (Sancho), Ron Feinberg (Griswald), Chief Dan George (Chief Morales), Mark Jenkins (Lt. Mulvaney), Evans Thornton (Colonel Willkampf), Mark Slade (Billy Blue). Billy Blue is captured by the Apaches, who use him as a pawn in a bartering game to stave off an impending cavalry attack.

November 14, 1969: Lady Fair
Season 3, episode 9
W: Gerry Day   D: Don Richardson

With Joanna Moore (Charlene 'Charly' Converse), Joseph Ruskin (Ainsworth Pardee), Dub Taylor (Fargo Smith). Buck Cannon is swept off his feet by a down-to-earth woman, who hits town with her crew of wagons and drivers bent on building a freight-hauling business.

December 12, 1969: Alliance
Season 3, episode 12
W: Don Balluck   D: Phil Rawlins

With X Brands (Tularosa), Donald Buka (Major Ramsey), Jay D. Jones (Lt. Cooper), Kahana (Keono), Tyler McVey (Colonel Shelton), Robert Viharo (Johnny Ringo). The Cannon Ranch is threatened by an Indian war when the military sends a bounty hunter after an Apache brave accused of committing a murder.

December 26, 1969: The Little Thieves
Season 3, episode 13
W: D.C. Fontana   D: Phil Rawlins

With Bill Vint (Cleve), Jo Ann Harris (Anna Croswell), Dick Haynes (Sheriff Towers), John McKee (Wilson), Don Melvin (Hendricks), Heather Menzies (Elizabeth Roberts), William Sylvester (Lafe Croswell), Alan Vint (Tim Parker). Buck and Manolito make the mistake of trying to reform a pair of amateur teenage cattle rustlers after being victimized by them.

January 2, 1970: The Long Shadow
Season 3, episode 14
W: Walter Black   D: Phil Rawlins

With Richard Farnsworth (Lloyd), Richard Anders (Deacon), Dan Kemp (Rohde), Steve Raines (Bayliss), Dan Scott (Rollins), Gregory Sierra (Arrigo), Paul Sorenson (Beckert), William Vaughan (Matheny). The Cannon Ranch faces losing their hired hands because of a series of attacks on the men and cattle by an unknown assailant. Cannon is convinced that the source of fear is a former employee.

January 9, 1970: The Journal Of Death
Season 3, episode 15
W: Frank Chase, Ramona Chase   D: Leon Benson

With John Colicos (Matthew Kendall), Morgan Woodward (U.S. Marshal Garnett). A lawman asks for lodging at the Cannon ranch while escorting a former prison doctor to jail on charges of causing the deaths of several convicts. Victoria suddenly falls ill, needing an immediate operation.

January 16, 1970: Friends And Partners
Season 3, episode 16
W: Jack B. Sowards   D: Leon Benson

With Howard Caine (Sanchez), Charles Dierkop (Slim), Miguel Angel Landa (Miguel). Manolito and Buck decide they can have an easier life by becoming their own bosses on their recently-purchased spread. But they soon realize that friends can make bad business partners.

January 23, 1970: Jelks
Season 3, episode 17
W: Walter Black   D: Don Richardson

With Henry Wills (Murph), Mitchell Ryan (Jelks), Don Melvin (Hendricks), Robert F. Hoy (Joe). In need of help for an upcoming cattle drive, a drifter is hired. His actions and attitude are questioned, with dissention erupting between Cannon, his foreman and the new man.

February 6, 1970: The Guns Of Johnny Rondo
Season 3, episode 18
W: Gerry Day   D: Phil Rawlins

With Harvey Parry (Amos), Steve Forrest (Johnny Rondo), Kurt Russell (Dan Rondo), Mel Gallagher (Jason Tate), Roy Jenson (Jed Tate), Wayne Storm (Joshua Tate), Jim Nolan (McKendrick), Patrick Sullivan Burke (Bartender). A former gunfighter joins the crew of the Cannon ranch and tries to start a new life, but some old enemies have other ideas.

February 20, 1970: Mi Casa, Su Casa
Season 3, episode 19
W: Tim Kelly   D: Don Richardson

With Frank Silvera (Don Sebastian Montoya), Michael Keep (Chiopana), William Bagdad (Juan), Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez (Pepe), Lew Palter (Jorge). House guest Don Sebastian Montoya is told to make himself at home while visiting Victoria and Manolito, and because he enjoys many luxuries on his own estate he proves a disruptive influence around the house.

February 27, 1970: The Lieutenant
Season 3, episode 20
W: Irve Tunick   D: William Wiard

With Sandy Rosentahal (Capt. Shanks), Renne Jarrett (Martha Simmons), Donald Moffat (Henry Simmons), Robert Pine (Jason Adams), Stuart Randall (General Morris), Garry Walberg (Sgt. Wilson). When an Army officer reveals his intention to bring in a neighboring rancher on a long-standing desertion charge, Billy Blue makes the mistake of trying to warn the man and his daughter.

March 6, 1970: The Reluctant Deputy
Season 3, episode 21

With Robert Donner (Sam Pelletier), Dan White (Sheriff Prentiss), Charles Durning (Hewitt), Foster Brooks (Drunk). Manolito pulls a practical joke on Blue by getting him drafted as temporary lawman of the town. But when the marshal is forced to leave temporarily, Blue manages to get sweet revenge on Manolito.

March 20, 1970: New Hostess In Town
Season 3, episode 22
W: Walter Black   D: Virgil Vogel

With Ed Bakey (Bates), Paul Fierro (Domingo), Todd Martin (Gideon), Natividad Vacio (Major Domo), Mills Watson (Greer). A group of renegades kidnap Victoria and force her to work in a border town cantina. She uses her feminine wiles to play one outlaw against the other while awaiting rescue.

March 27, 1970: Too Many Chiefs
Season 3, episode 23
W: Don Balluck   D: Virgil Vogel

With Michael Keep (Chiopana), Sandy Rosenthal (Doc Plant), Noah Beery Jr. (Hannibal Clay), Monte Landis (Tailor), Sherry Miles (Margaret Louise), Howard Morton (Proprietor), Richard Peel (Carriage Driver). Convinced by Victoria that he needs a vacation, John Cannon reluctantly leaves Buck and the others in charge of the ranch, and when he returns there's an Indian uprising.

April 10, 1970: Auld Lang Syne
Season 3, episode 24
W: Walter Black   D: Herschel Daugherty

With Tony Epper (Hanley), Jonathan Lippe (Harry Lark), Gregory Walcott (Captain Winslow). Buck has a happy reunion with a former Army buddy which leads to his being hired as a scout to escort a military gold shipment through Apache country. En route, Buck learns the shipment is stolen.

April 17, 1970: Generation
Season 3, episode 25
W: Don Balluck   D: James B. Clark

With Aspa Nakapoulou (Angelina). Blue announces his plans to leave the ranch and seek a new career as an artist, the result of a newspaper editor praising his work.

May 1, 1970: No Trouble At All
Season 3, episode 26
W: Jack B. Sowards   D: Phil Rawlins

With Vince St. Cyr (Apache #1), Ivan Naranjo (Apache #2), Felice Orlandi (Felipe), Tony Russell (Ricardo), William Watson (Brady). Victoria insists upon crossing dangerous Indian country to go to the aid of a friend, gets separated from escorts Buck and Manolito when they are attacked by Indians, and gets help from a lone Indian.





September 18, 1970: An Anger Greater Than Mine
Season 4, episode 1
W: Don Balluck   D: William Wiard

With Alejandro Rey (Diego de la Paula), Nate Esformes (Francisco), Valentin de Vargas (Rodrigo), Nico De Silva (Pepe). An embittered former revolutionary leads his newly-formed Army of Liberation in a series of harassing raids on the vast lands of the Cannons and Montoyas. His charge: they won their wealth at the expense of his deposed hero, Maximilian.

September 25, 1970: Spokes
Season 4, episode 2
W: Ron Bishop   D: William Wiard

With Robert Anderson (Ben Thompson), E.J. Andre (Jones), Walter Barnes (Bartender), Tom Brown (Cap), Stephen Coit (Clem Fogarty), William Conrad (China Pierce), Edgar Daniels (Storekeeper), Harold Holmes (Cowboy), James Jeter (Bum #1), Don Keefer (Telegrapher), Geoffrey Lewis (Bum #2), Larry D. Mann (Tobin Boggs), Stuart Nisbet (Conlin), Ollie O'Toole (Cafe Owner), Clint Ritchie (Kansas), Solomon Sturges (Bod Pierce), Clay Tanner (Jesse), Tom Toner (Doctor), Vincent Van Patten (Culley). Feeling he has to get away from the rigors of ranch life, Uncle Buck chooses the July 4th holiday for the time and the roughest town in the territory for the place.

October 2, 1970: Only The Bad Come To Sonora
Season 4, episode 3
W: Don Balluck, Gerry Day

With Ed Bakey (Jubel), Bruce Dern (Wade), Paul Fierro (Bartender), James Gammon (Lafe), Ralph Manza (Gomez), Joaquin Martinez (Peon), Than Wyenn (Gonzales), Margarita Cordova (Costanza). After becoming the victim of a robber who leaves him stranded, Manolito poses as a poor Mexican drifter in order to track down the bandit. The late Frank Silvera, in his final acting role, plays Don Sebastian Montoya.

October 9, 1970: Wind
Season 4, episode 4
W: Clyde Ware

With Henry Wills (Tommy), R.G. Armstrong (Henderson), Scott Brady (Fraley), Tyler McVey (Todd), Steve Raines (Trent), Mark Tapscott (Colton), Dan White (Dirt Smith). John Cannon intervenes when two ranchers attempt to hang a boy they accuse of rustling cattle. The half-breed Indian, indebted to the Cannons, later helps them during a series of mysterious raids on a cattle drive.

October 16, 1970: A Matter Of Survival
Season 4, episode 5
W: Frank Chase, Ramona Chase   D: William Wiard

With Barry Sullivan (Dan Casement), Roberto Contreras (Pedro). Returning home from a visit to her father's ranch, Victoria and her escorts, Sam and Pedro, find an infant boy, the only survivor of an Indian raid on his parents' wagon.

October 23, 1970: It Takes A Smart Man
Season 4, episode 6
W: Jack B. Sowards

With Richard Bradford (Tulsa Red), Carle Benson (Banker), Wes Bishop (Carter), Sam Jarvis (Young Man), Garry Walberg (Bartender). Fearing for the life of his threatened brother Buck, John Cannon accepts the demands of a blackmailer. When Buck learns of this he decides to recover the money -- and his pride.

October 30, 1970: A Good Sound Profit
Season 4, episode 7
W: George Atkins   D: Corey Allen

With Edward Colmans (Sanchez), Joe De Santis (Colonel Ruiz), Harold Gould (Carlyle). John Cannon alienates his family and friends when he insists on selling guns, ammunition and horses to a rag-tag band of Mexican revolutionaries.

November 6, 1970: Too Late The Epitaph
Season 4, episode 8
W: George Atkins   D: James Neilson

With Jerry Wills (Haunch), Monte Markham (Dave Redman), Gordon Deilworth (Judge), John Gilgreen (Bailey), Raymond Guth (Guard), John Myhers (Stoker), Mayf Nutter (Roy Ladder), Willard Sage (David Redmond), Jack Williams (Luther). Manolito finds his freedom -- and life -- in danger when he's mistakenly identified as a robber-murderer.

November 13, 1970: The Forge Of Hate
Season 4, episode 9
W: Frank Chase

With Alan Caillou (Hanrahan), Robert Loggia (Two Pony), Michael Baseleon (Grey Wolf), Raymond Mayo (Longly), Ted de Corsia (Dull Knife). An embittered Apache chief prevents a warrior's peace efforts with the white man.

November 20, 1970: Fiesta
Season 4, episode 10
W: Michael Fisher   D: John Florea

With Rico Alaniz (Jorge Martinez), Monica Ramirez (Elena), Pilar Del Rey (Mrs. Martinez), Nehemiah Persoff (Homero Jose), Miguel Alejandro (Beto), Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (Bartender), Dan Kemp (Tim), Ken Mayer (One-Eyed Cowboy), Carlos Romero (Sargente), Felipe Turich (Stableman). On his way to a bordertown fiesta, Buck befriends a Mexican boy being exploited by an itinerant promoter.

November 27, 1970: A Matter Of Vengeance
Season 4, episode 11
W: Don Balluck

With Robert Donner (Wilby), John J. Fox (Bartender), Warren Kemmerling (Reese), William Lucking (Gait), Priscilla Pointer (Mrs. Colton), Barry Sullivan (Mr. Casement). Embittered over the loss of his home and grandson in a fire during a bandit raid, a man vows to track down the men responsible. He trails them to Tucson where his friends of the Chaparral offer to help, but he wants to face them alone.

December 11, 1970: Pale Warrior
Season 4, episode 12
W: Don Balluck, Peter L. Dixon   D: Joseph Pevney

With X Brands (Eenah/Tularosa), Henry Wills (Tommy), Harry Lauter (Mobley), Frank Webb (Talbot). The Cannons befriend a man who claims he was imprisoned by the Apaches for 15 years, and they soon regret their helpfulness.

December 18, 1970: The Badge
Season 4, episode 13
D: Arthur H. Nadel

With Henry Wills (Tommy), Lew Brown (Parsons), Robert Broyles (Loosh), Gary Busey (Rafe), Jonathan Lippe (Mobley), Alan Oppenheimer (Sweets), Morgan Woodward (Billings). In a flashback sequence, Cannon and his brother Buck retrace their lives to when the elder Cannon was a lawman and captured Buck, wanted for bank robbery and murder.

February 19, 1971: The New Lion Of Sonora (1)
Season 4, episode 14
W: James Schmerer, Don Balluck   D: Leon Benson

With Gilbert Roland (Don Domingo de Montoya), Albert Paulsen (Nervo), Dehl Berti (Fuentes), Roger C. Carmel (General Casados), Robert Carricart (Proprietor), Nico DeVargas (Guard #1), Valentin de Vargas (Rodrigo), Eddra Gale (Lola), Myron Healey (Tommy), Lou Peralta (Guard #2), Amparo Pilar (Girl), Ref Sanchez (Peon), Ernest Sarracino (Bartender), Eunice Suarez (Wife), Malachi Throne (Julio Armendaris). The sudden passing of Montoya brings his daughter, son and Buck to the ranch to attend funeral services and settle estate matters. All are amazed to learn the will leaves the vast holdings to a ne'er-do-well brother.

February 19, 1971: The New Lion Of Sonora (2)
Season 4, episode 15
W: James Schmerer, Don Balluck   D: Leon Benson

With Gilbert Roland (Don Domingo de Montoya), Albert Paulsen (Nervo), Dehl Berti (Fuentes), Roger C. Carmel (General Casados), Robert Carricart (Proprietor), Nico De Silva (Guard #1), Valentin de Vargas (Rodrigo), Eddra Gale (Lola), Myron Healey (Tommy), Lou Peralta (Guard #2), Amparo Pilar (Girl), Ref Sanchez (Peon), Ernest Sarracino (Bartender), Eunice Suarez (Wife), Malachi Throne (Julio Armendaris). As the new owner of the Montoya ranch, Don Domingo is plagued by cattle raids.

February 26, 1971: Sangre
Season 4, episode 16
W: Jack B. Sowards

With Kaz Garas (Sangre), David S. Cass (Corporal), Charles Maxwell (Sgt. Smith), Pat Renella (Sergeant), Evans Thornton (Major Benson), Jerry Wills (McAdams). The Cannons bring a wounded Apache warrior to the ranch for first aid, but his presence there stirs up a bitter reaction both from his own people and the nearby cavalry unit that wants the Indian on homicide charges.

March 5, 1971: The Hostage
Season 4, episode 17
W: Gerry Day

With Joe Don Baker (Yuma), Rick Gates (Cullen Davidson), Ted Gehring (Bo Bodeen), Kermit Murdock (Seechrist), Edmond O'Brien (Morgan MacQuarie), Woodrow Parfrey (Pruitt), Tani Phelps (Meelie Bodeen), Bobby Riha (Benji). During what he hoped to be the last robbery of his crime-filled career, a man imperils the lives of a group of hostages, including Victoria. His plans go awry and the delay prompts an open defiance among among his henchmen.

March 12, 1971: A Man To Match The Land
Season 4, episode 18
W: Clyde Ware   D: Don McDougall

With Michael Keep (Red Eagle), Albert Salmi (White Horse/Pat Morrison), Myron Healey (Taylor), Jennifer Rhodes (Tanea), Alan Dexter (Doctor). Needing to fulfill an Army contract for the sale of horses, Cannon, Buck and Manolito head for Indian country to round up a wild herd and run into a tribe of embittered Apaches. (Last show of the series.)


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