SEASON THREE 1959-1960
Wednesdays 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM on NBC
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Wagon Episode Guide – Season 3
| TITLE | SYNOPSIS | GUEST STARS | COMMENTS |
| Stagecoach Story (ep. #3.1) 9/30/1959 6/29/1960 (rerun)Click for Pictures | In no condition to run into an old acquaintance after a gala night in San Francisco, Adams, Hawks and Wooster are dismayed to find that McCullough is driving the stage they’re taking to St. Louis. But theur spirits are brightened by the appearance of a lovely Mexican dancer. | Debra Paget as Angela DeVarga Clu Gulager as Caleb Jamison Henry Darrow (billed as Henry Delgado) as Benito DeVarga Lalo Rios as Juan Abraham Sofaer as Antonio | Robert Horton Ward BondHenry Darrow would go on to become Manolito Montoya on High Chaparral. |
| Greenhorn Story (ep. #3.2) 10/7/1959 7/6/1960 (rerun) | The Major is at first amused by the naivete of an Easterner on the train, but he become alarmed at all the trouble the “greenhorn’ can get into. | Mickey Rooney as Samuel T. Evans Byron Foulger as Humphrey Pumpret Daria Massey as Melanie Pumpret Ellen Corby as Aunt Em James Burke, Ronnie Dapo | Ward Bond Robert HortonMickey Rooney would reprise this role in Wagons Ho! (ep. 4.1) |
| C.L. Harding Story (ep. #3.3) 10/14/1959 | A woman newspaper reporter assigned to the train begins a suffragette movement among the wives. | Claire Trevor as C.L. Harding Theodore Newton as Buzz Amzie Strickland as Arletta Jean Ingram as Estrabella Johnny Cash as Hoag John Holland as Ellington | |
| Estaban Zamora Story (ep. #3.4) 10/21/1959 7/20/1960 (rerun) | A Basque is on the train to join his three sons who work for a sheep farmer. He swears revenge when he finds one of his sons has ben murdered. | Ernest Borgnine as Estaban Zamora David McMahon as Raoul Zamora Stuart Randall as Sheriff Hixon Leonard Nimoy as Bernabe Zamora Phillip Pine as Manuel Robert Armstrong as Roy Daniels Jeanne Bates as Mrs. Woodhope James Griffith as Luke Stone | A strong Robert Horton episodeLeonard Nimoy plays a Basque shepherd. (Fascinating)Ernest Borgnine also appears in the Willy Moran Story (ep. 1.1); Around the Horn (ep. #2.1); the Earl Packer Story (ep. # 4.15) and in the Indian Girl Story (ep. #8.24) |
| Elizabeth McQueeny Story (ep. #3.5) 10/28/1959Click for Pictures | An impresario with twelve beautiful young women schooled in music, dance and the theatre joins the train, maintaining that she is opening a finishing school. The women on the train distrust and diskike her, but when McQueeny’s girls tend to spotted fever victims, some opinions change. | Bette Davis as Elizabeth McQueeny Maggie Pierce as Roxanne Robert Strauss as the Count Danielle Aubry as Maxine Joseph Mell as Storekeeper Marjorie Bennett as Woman Phil Arnold, Lynette Bernay, Meg Wyllie | Ward BondAllen H. Miner also directed Davis in the Ella Lindstrom Story (ep. 2.18); Davis also appears in the Bettina May Story (ep. #5.12) |
| Martha Barham Story (ep. #3.6) 11/4/1959 9/7/1960 (rerun) | When Flint arrives at an Army post with a Sioux friend, the commander’s daughter accuses him of being a renegade. When her fiance is captured, Flint is asked to help rescue him. | Ann Blyth as Martha Barham Dayton Lummis as Major Barham Reed Morgan as Curly Horse Mike Road as Capt. Wade Forrest Warren Oates as Silas Carpenter Larry J. Blake as White Cloud Henry Brandon as Black Panther John Damler as Orderly | A fairly typical Robert Horton episode where the girl ends up crazy about him after he has saved the day with his bravery. |
| Cappy Darrin Story (ep. #3.7) 11/11/1959 | An elderly river boat captain and his grandson join the train, but as they near their destination they strike out on their own. | Ed Wynn as Cappy Darrin Tommy Nolan as Tuck Tyler McVey as Mason Hardy Robert Burton, Bill Coontz, Rodd Redwing | |
| Felizia Kingdom Story (ep. #3.8) 11/8/1959 | Flint asks permission from a strong-willed woman for the train to cross her land. Although he disarms a ranch hand holding a gun on him, but is taken captive by the woman. | Dame Judith Anderson as Felizia Kingdom Larry Peron as Snare Jean Allison as Angela | A good Robert Horton episode |
| Jess MacAbbee Story (ep. #3.9) 11/25/1959 8/17/1960 (rerun) | Flint McCullough comes across the ranch home of a man with five beautiful daughters and who appears to have a secret. | Andy Devine as Jess MacAbbee Glenda Farrell as Belle Carol Byron as Lilly Belle Karen Green as Anna Belle Tammy Marihugh as Cora Belle Terry Burnham as Mary Belle Bill St. John as Jim Culpepper Ray Teal as Jed Culpepper | A wonderfully quirky Robert Horton episode |
| Danny Benedict Story (ep. #3.10) 12/2/1959 8/10/1960 (rerun) | Major Adams finds a teenager camped on the trail in hostile Indian territory. The youth who is running away from his father who beat him in public and the military school planned for him, refuses a ride on the train | Brandon De Wilde as Danny Benedict Onslow Stevens as Col. Benedict Herbert Lytton as Doctor Melinda Plowman as Prissy Walter Reed as Harrison Audrey Swanson as Nurse | Ward Bond |
| Pre-empted 12/9/1959 | |||
| Vittorio Bottecelli Story (ep. #3.11) 12/16/1959 | When an Italian duke tries to charm some of the train’s married women, Major Adams warns him to stop his romancing before there is trouble. | Gustavo Rojo as Duke Vittorio Bottecelli Elizabeth Montgomery as Julie Carson Edgar Barrier as Count Anthony Caruso as Josef Lyn Thomas as Ella James Lydon as Tod | Ward BondElizabeth Montgomery would go on to play Samantha Stevens in Bewitched (1964-1972) |
| St. Nicholas Story (ep. #3.12) 12/23/1959 | On Christmas Eve the train stops to make camp. A young boy wanders off to find St. Nicholas and meets an Indian boy. | Johnny Bangert as Jimmy Sherman Edward Vargas as Little Eagle Robert Emhardt as Papa Kling Elizabeth Frazier as Mama Kling Henry Brandon, Richard H. Cutting, J.M. Kerrigan, Fintan Meyler, Sue Randall, Vito Scotti, Kay Stewart | A Christmas story run on Christmas Eve |
| Ruth Marshall Story (ep. #3.13) 12/30/1959 | Flint searches for and finds a woman believed to be held by the Indians. | Luana Patten as Ruth Marshall Mike Keene as Amos Marshall Sam Capuano, Fred Sherman | A good Robert Horton episode |
| Lita Foladaire Story (ep. #3.14) 1/6/1960 | Major Adams find a woman on the trail who’s unconscious and near death. He discovers she’s the wife of a friend, and when she dies he sets out to hunt down who’s responsible. | Diane Brewster as Lita Foladaire Richard Crane as Clay Foladaire Kent Smith as Jeff Foladaire Paul Birch as Dan Evelyn Brent as Mrs. Simmons Tom Drake as Dr. Cannon Jay Novello as Carlotti Lurene Tuttle as Mrs. Willoughby | Ward Bond |
| Colonel Harris Story (ep. #3.15) 1/13/1960 | On his way to Fort Harris, Flint eagerly awaits visiting his old pals. Arriving he finds his two friends on the verge of a senseless war. | John Howard as Col. Harris James Best as Bowman Lewis Ken Mayer as Shegan Nestor Paiva as Sgt. Boeher Jacqueline deWit as Princess Irene Windust | Robert Horton |
| Maidie Brant Story (ep. #3.16) 1/20/1960 | A passenger tries to learn why a beautiful widow distrusts all men and has taught her teenage son to hold the weak and helpless in contempt. | Jean Hagen as Maidie Brant Richard Eyer as Matthew Edward Platt as Orbio de Costa | |
| Larry Hanify Story (ep. #3.17) 1/27/1960 8/24/1960 (rerun) | A dying man ask Flint to care for his son. Flint agrees though he is warned that the young man is a liar and a thief. | Tommy Sands as Larry Hanify Orville Sherman as Joe Hanify Wally Moon as Sheriff Kelleher Cindy Robbins as Aggie Donovan Gene Roth as Callahan Edith Evanson, Joseph Mell, Dan Riss, Olan Soule | A strong Robert Horton episodeWally Moon was a baseball star who had just left the St. Louis Cardinals for the LA Dodgers (1959)Tommy Sands also stars in the Davey Baxter Story (ep. #6.17); the Gus Morgan Story (ep. #7.3) and the Bob Stuart Story (ep. #8.1) |
| Pre-empted 2/3/1960 | |||
| Clayton Tucker Story (ep. #3.18) 2/10/1960 | A small party of travelers are making their way through the desert to rendevous with the train. When their guide dies of snake bite, they must rely on their own group to find the trail. | Jeff Morrow as Clayton Tucker Dorothy Green as Sabrina Tucker James Best as Art Bernard Aline Towne as Susan Bernard Louis Jean Heydt, Dwight Marfield, Terry Ann Ross | Ward Bond Robert Horton |
| Benjamin Burns Story (ep. #3.19) 2/17/1960 9/14/1960 (rerun)Click for Pictures | A dried up river leaves a shortage of water, so Flint McCullough takes a party to search for a legendary spring. Flint gets bit by a snake and upon their return to the train, he is accused of having murdered the mountaineer guide. | J. Carrol Naish as Benjamin Burns James Franciscus as John Colter Jack Lambert as frank Owen Olive Sturgess as Kathy Burns | A great Robert Horton episode and one of the best remembered storiesCo-written by Gene L. Coon Click for Trivia InfoJ. Carroll Naish also appeared in the Old Man Charvanaugh Story (ep. #2.20) |
| Ricky and Laurie Bell Story (ep. #3.20) 2/24/1960 | A man moving West with his family to seek a new life is obviously jealous of the attention his wife showers on their infant son. | James Gregory as Ricky Bell June Lockhart as Laura Bell Ann Doran, Theodore Newton | Same trip as Elizabeth McQueeney who is mentioned but never seen |
| Tom Tuckett Story (ep. #3.21) 3/2/1960 9/21/1960 (rerun) | A hunted traitor risks capture to see a youth who once helped him escape. | Ben Cooper as Tom Tuckett Robert Middleton as Nat Burkett Josephine Hutchinson as Miss Stevenson Louise Fletcher as Elizabeth Frank DeKova, Don Keefer, Ralph Moody, Frank Wilcox | Ward Bond Robert HortonA delightful story written by Jean Holloway and based on Dickens’ Great Expectations |
| Tracy Sadler Story (ep. #3.22) 3/9/1960 | After her release from prison a woman learns that her son who was taken from her after his birth may be with the wagon train | Elaine Stritch as Tracy Sadler Eugene Martin as Arthur Elisha Cook Jr. as Cadge Waldo Butch Hengen, Ted Mapes, Carl Benton Reid | Robert Horton |
| Alexander Portlass Story (ep. #3.23) 3/16/1960 8/30/1960 (rerun) | An English archaeologist searching for Aztec treasure teams with an outlaw gang. Needing a guide through the desert, they kidnap Flint. | Peter Lorre as Alexander Portlass Bern Hoffman as Bruto Sherwood Price as Latigo Kid Morgan Woodward as Jupe Henry Corden as Phelan | Robert Horton |
| Christine Elliot Story (ep. #3.24) 3/23/1960 | Slated for an orphanage, a dozen boys run of from a state agency to join the train. A woman helps them escape with an agency man in close pursuit. | Phyllis Thaxter as Christine Elliot Kathryn Card as Abigail Henry Daniell as Mr. Snipple Don Grady as George Donald Woods as Phillip Ayers Todd Farrell, Harry Harvey,Tony Maxwell, Scotty Morrow | Ward BondDon Grady would go on to play Robbie Douglas in My Three Sons (1960-1970) |
| Joshua Gilliam Story (ep. #3.25) 3/30/1960 | On the trail Adams find a man who has been beaten and left for dead. The man, a con artist, offers to teach school for passage West. | Dan Duryea as Joshua Gilliam Pitt Herbert as Miller Bethel Leslie asGreta Halstadt Irene Tedrow as Freda Betsy Brooks as Sharon | Ward Bond Dan Duryea also appears in the Cliff Grundy Story (ep. #1.15); the Sacramento Story (ep. # 1.39); the Last Man (ep. #2.19); the Bleymier Story (ep. #4.8); the Wagon Train Mutiny (ep. #6.1); and the Race Town Story (ep. #8.4) |
| Maggie Hamilton Story (ep. #3.26) 4/6/1960Click for Pictures | A spoiled young lady on the train rides off and hides and the nearby hills, planning to sulk until someone finds her. But she is captured by outlaws and must be rescued by Flint, whom she then proceeds to give a hard time. | Susan Oliver as Maggie Hamilton Les Tremayne as Horace Hamilton Leonard Nimoy as Cherokee Ned Sylvia Marriott as Mary Louise Hamilton Orville Sherman, Frank Wolf | A great Robert Horton episode and a fan favoriteLeonard Nimoy plays an Indian with a drinking problem. (Illogical)Susan Oliver also appeared in the Emily Rossiter Story (ep. #1.7); Cathy Eckardt Story (ep. #4.7); and the Lily Legend Story, (ep. #6.21) |
| Jonas Murdock Story (ep. #3.27) 4/13/1960 | A rabbit hunting mountain man gets the travelers in trouble by defying the No Hunting edict of a local Indian chief. | Noah Beery Jr. as Jonas Murdock Gail Bonney as Mrs. Jameson Lyle Talbot as Jameson Bernadette Withers as Alma Hardy Joe Bassett as Red Hawk | Terry Wilson |
| Amos Gibbon Story (ep. #3.28) 4/20/1960 | A band of slave traders captures Flint and he tries to talk his fellow prisoners into escaping. | Charles Aidman as Amos Gibbon Francis McDonald as Tom Duncan Arthur Shields as Judge Tremayne Bob Hopkins as Hank Morton John Ashley, Darlene Fields, Mickey Finn, William Schallert | Robert Horton |
| Trial for Murder: Part One” (ep. #3.29) 4/27/1960 | A member of the wagon train has been clubbed to death and the overwhelming evidence points to a surly, friendless drunkard. | Marshall Thompson as Mason Henry Hull as Mark Applewhite Henry Daniell as Sir Alexander Drew | Ward Bond |
| Trial for Murder: Part Two” (ep. #3.30) 5/4/1960 | Major Adams breaks up a lynch mob, insisting on a trial. Conviction seems certain when the accused blurts out a confession and the defense brings in a surprise witness – the dead man’s wife. | SAME AS ABOVE PLUS: Dianne Foster as Leslie Ivers Del Moore as Charles Ivers Connie Gilchrist as Molly Cassidy John Alderman as Richard Cassidy William Schallert as Eliott Drake Murvyn Vye as Miller Dennis Rush as David Della Sharmon as lily Rossmore John Locke, Melinda Plowman, Ethel Shutta, Marshall Thompson | Ward Bond |
| Countess Baranof Story (ep. #3.31) 5/11/1960 | In a hurry to reach Alaska before it’s rumored sale to the U.S., a countess urges Flint to desert the train guide her over a faster route. And she uses all her wiles to persuade him. | Taina Elg as Countess Baranof Simon Oakland as Col. Vasily Ann B. Davis as Mrs. Foster Peter Leeds as Alex Foster Roy Engel, Ethel Shutta | A romantic Robert Horton story. |
| Dick Jarvis Story (ep. #3.32) 5/18/1960 | The Major takes a kindly interest in a fatherless crippled boy, who feels their friendship threatened when a runaway orphan joins the train | Tommy Nolan as Dick Jarvis Bobby Diamond as Joey Henshaw Vivi Janiss as Mrs. Jarvis Richard Reeves as Sam Hulsey Vaughan Meadows as Bully | Ward Bond |
| Dr. Swift Cloud Story (ep. #3.33) 5/25/1960 | When Swift Cloud comes home from medical school, he discovers his tribesmen attacking the train. The travelers refuse his offer of medical aid and his own people think he is a traitor. | Rafael Campos as Dr. Swift Cloud Phillip Pine as Straight Arrow Brad Morrow as Dabbs Hargrove Henry Brandon, Dabbs Greer, Francis McDonald, | |
| Luke Grant Story (ep. #3.34) 6/1/1960 | A tribe of friendly Mojaves find a man dying of thirst and bring him to the train, where a passenger recognizes him as a minister she once knew and loved. | Donald Woods as Luke Grant Joan O’Brien as Victoria James Bell, Kaye Elhardt, Rodd Redwing, Wende Wagner, Marlene Willis | Robert Horton |
| Charlene Brenton Story (ep. #3.35) 6/8/1960 | A stagecoach arrives in Apache Flat. It’s only occupants are an infant girl and her dead mother. | Raymond Bailey as Jim Brenton Sean McClory as Casey Douglas Jones as Boy Harry Harvey as Sheriff Jean Willes as Flo Kathryn Card as Mrs. Mercer Richard Reeves as Mr. Clure | In a 1985 interview, Terry Wilson said that he wrote this episode during a writers’ strike and it was stolen from him and someone else’s name put on it. |
| Sam Livingston Story (ep. #3.36) 6/15/1960 | In Carson City, Major Adams meets a man who’s arrived with a pet pig, a fortune in gold, and a plot for revenge against the town banker who was once his partner in a mining claim. | Charles Drake as Sam Livingston Barbara Eiler as Abigail Onslow Stevens as Cass Fleming William Bakewell as Somers Jimmy Lydon as Hotel Clerk George Ramsey as Bartender Anna-Lisa | Ward Bond |
| Shad Bennington Story (ep. #3.37) 6/22/1960 | On the last lap of a cross country trip, an itinerant medicine man joins the train with a remarkable traveling companion – a performing lion. | David Wayne as Shad Bennington Maggie Pierce as Jenny Claire Carleton as Mrs. Teale Steve Darrell as Robertson Laurie Mitchell as princess Fatima Charles Herbert as Winfrey Henry Hunter | |
| Reruns 7/29/1960-9/21/1960 |
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