A shiftless sheepherder, Jeb Drummond, encroaches his herd of sheep on the Ponderosa and refuses to budge. He resists all of Ben's attempts to throw him off his land and finally resorts to taking Adam prisoner in exchange for ownership of the ranch.
Cast of Bonanza
Lorne GreeneBen Cartwright
Dan BlockerHoss Cartwright
Michael LandonJoe Cartwright
Pernell RobertsAdam Cartwright
Victor Sen YungHop Sing
Ray TealSheriff Roy Coffee
Jack GordonTownsman (uncredited)
Bing RussellDeputy Clem Foster
David CanaryCandy Canaday
Rudy DoucetteTownsman (uncredited)
Mitch VogelJamie Hunter
Tim MathesonGriff King
Kathie BrowneLaura Dayton
Dub TaylorLuke Calhoun
Ford RaineyJudge Josh Wyllit
Morgan WoodwardMike Gillis
Guy WilliamsWill Cartwright
Charles MaxwellVirgil Jordan
John GeorgeTownsman (uncredited)
Lou FrizzellDusty Rhodes
DeForest KelleyTully
Katie SweetPeggy Dayton
Mariette HartleyLola Fairmont
Claude AkinsEzekiel
Strother MartinLittle Meredith Smith
Anna NavarroConsuela
Dabbs GreerSam
Roy EngelDr. Paul Martin
Al BainTownsman (uncredited)
Ann PrentissWilhelmina Calhoun
Jim DavisSam Wolfe
Jack ElamDodie Hoad
Melissa MurphyNancy Wills
Eric FlemingHeber Clauson
R. G. ArmstrongAndrew Holloway
Jacqueline ScottKathie
Bonnie BedeliaAlice Harper
James CoburnPete Jessup
John SaxonSteven Friday
Leo GordonFargo Taylor
Joe TurkelThug #1
Victor FrenchJesse Potter
Warren StevensPaul Mandel
Tony ColtiRandy Bruder (as Anthony Colti)
Irene TedrowKerri Pickett
Robert MiddletonGrizzly Martingale
Harry HarveyDoc Martin - Coroner
Slim PickensSheriff Renard
Robert LansingJohn Dundee
Joe De SantisSamuel Michelson
Hal TaggartTownsman (uncredited)
Robert FoulkSeth
Raymond GuthHomer
John HarmonTelegrapher
Dawn WellsMarty Johnson
Tom LowellJabez Ludlow
Neville BrandPepper Shannon
Joan HackettMargarita Miguel
Tom SkerrittJerry
Vera MilesApril Christopher
David HuddlestonDoc Scully
Diane ShaletKatie York
Louise LathamWillie Mae Rikeman
Brooke BundyMary Elizabeth Fuller
Diane BakerMary Wharton
Buddy EbsenSheriff Jesse Sanders
Andrew RobinsonJohn Harper
Lola DeemDolly Bantree
Linda FosterSue Miller
Linda LawsonMelinda Bowers
John RandolphDonavan
George KennedyWaldo Watson
Joan FreemanHallie Shannon
Clifton JamesLawson
Beth BrickellEmily McPhail
Dina MerrillSusannah Clauson
Lois NettletonElizabeth Ann Clauson
Albert SalmiStretch
Barry SullivanAttorney Dayton Fuller
Sue Ane LangdonTracy Ledbetter
Anne HelmMeredith Smith / Callie Martin
Jan-Michael VincentEddie
John McIntireSheriff Mike Latimer
Ted KnightMayor Amos Garrett
Sue RandallSue Watson
Jason EversTom Blackwell
Edward PlattWade Colly
Noah Beery Jr.Lothario Larkin
Royal DanoMatt Jeffers
Harry Dean StantonStiles
Laurie MitchellJulie Martingale
Jay NovelloDon Miguel
Brioni FarrellRegina Rossi
Davey DavisonValerie Townsend
Cal BolderArnie 'The Ape' Guthrie
Simon OaklandFrank Scott / Mel Barnes
Jean WillesAmelia Terry
John DoucetteRev. Evan Morgan
Ben JohnsonKelly James
Charles DierkopNicholson
Sally KellermanLotta Crabtree
Marshall ReedParty Guest
Herbert LyttonAbe McClane
Will GeerFerris Callahan
Don BarryBud Claggett
Henry HullSheriff B. Banneman Brown
Glenn CorbettHowie Landis
William DemarestEnos Milford
Tom BosleyHiram Peabody
Dale Van SickelMiner (uncredited)
Steve RainesDarrel Brightman
Edward FaulknerCasey Rollins
Robert J. WilkeSheriff Claude T. Booker
Sandra SmithSarah Sellers
Denver PyleSheriff Ed
Penny SantonMaria Rossi
Dana ElcarMr. Merrick
Michael StefaniLorenzo Rossi
Russ ConwayJeremy Grant
G. D. SpradlinJenks
Len LesserFred Gaskell
Walter BrookeTobias Wentworth Finch
John IndrisanoReferee (uncredited)
Dorothy NeumannWoman
Stafford ReppCarter
Robert AdlerO'Hara
Maudie PrickettMrs. Ellery
Richard ReevesClayton
Gerald MohrCato Troxell
Adam WilliamsBlackie Marx
Ted GehringArch Tremayne
Ron NymanTownsman (uncredited)
Bruce DernCully Maco
Paul FixBarney
Tol AveryPhilip Bradley
Mark TapscottSteve Rance
John BeckLuke Baldwin
Edith AtwaterRoberta Lund
Jeff CoreyTuck Dowling
Frank OvertonCapt. Matthew White
J. Pat O'MalleyBig Mac
Gregory WalcottFarmer Perkins
Marie WindsorMrs. Elizabeth Lassiter
John HoytMajor Sutcliffe
Yvonne De CarloLotta Crabtree
George MacreadyAlpheus Troy
Luana AndersJulie
Tommy SandsWiley Kane
Tom TullySundown Davis
Elizabeth PerryRuthie Davis
Kelly ThordsenJed Drugan
Helen FunaiLim Toy
Allyn Ann McLerieCharity Moffet
Bob BarkerMort
Franchot ToneDenver McKee
Fletcher AllenBecker
Jack CarrCard Player
Barry KelleyAaron Cooper
Willis BoucheyGeorge Garvey
Jimmy CarterKavanaugh's Grandson
Dorothy GreenLaura
Linda BennettFrancine
Olive SturgessNancy
Jan NorrisMeg (as Jane Norris)
Frank FergusonAbner
John RodneyEdwin Booth
Pat CrowleyJulia Grant (as Patricia Crowley)
Natalie TrundyConnie McKee
Jill HaworthGillian Harwood
Tracy StratfordSusan Clarke
Jon ShankTim Moss
Kevin O'NealReb
Nicolas BeauvyRon Lewis
Ron HowardTed Hoag
David LaddBilly Allen
Guy PrescottCharlie
John EldredgeMr. Sherman
Madeleine SherwoodVella Owens
Anjanette ComerJoan Wingate
Gena RowlandsRagan Miller
Meg FosterEvangeline Woodtree
Sandra EgoHaida
Louis Gossett Jr.Buck Walter
Yaphet KottoChild Barnett
Kelly Jean PetersMissy Hamilton
Loretta SwitEllen Sue Greely
Sandy DuncanAngeline
Kathleen WiddoesAnna Kosovo
Terry MooreLydia Yates
Susan Seaforth HayesHollybelle Burnside
Dennis HopperDev Farnum
Charles BronsonHarry Starr
Telly SavalasCharles Augustus Hackett
Rory CalhounTom Wilson
Sandra WarnerNancy Collings
Harold J. StoneChad Cord
Kathryn HaysPrudence Jessup
Karen CarlsonTheodora Duffy