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* Lloyd Bochner played the author [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] in the 1966 episode "Jolly Roger and Wells Fargo," directed by [[Denver Pyle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556814/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|title=Jolly Roger and Wells Fargo on ''Death Valley Days''|date=December 23, 1966|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=June 1, 2015}}</ref> Don Reardon (died 2004) played Stevenson in an earlier 1958 episode, "The Great Amulet." In the story line, Stevenson falls in love with Fanny Osbourne, played by Aline Towne, the mother of two children in a loveless marriage in San Francisco. The couple met in [[France]] where Stevenson recuperated from health issues and moved to San Francisco, where he worked tirelessly despite lingering health matters in the production of a large volume of literary works. The secret of the "Great Amulet" is revealed at the conclusion of the episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556793/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_9|title=The Great Amulet on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=August 31, 2018}}</ref>

* Lloyd Bochner played the author [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] in the 1966 episode "Jolly Roger and Wells Fargo," directed by [[Denver Pyle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556814/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|title=Jolly Roger and Wells Fargo on ''Death Valley Days''|date=December 23, 1966|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=June 1, 2015}}</ref> Don Reardon (died 2004) played Stevenson in an earlier 1958 episode, "The Great Amulet." In the story line, Stevenson falls in love with Fanny Osbourne, played by Aline Towne, the mother of two children in a loveless marriage in San Francisco. The couple met in [[France]] where Stevenson recuperated from health issues and moved to San Francisco, where he worked tirelessly despite lingering health matters in the production of a large volume of literary works. The secret of the "Great Amulet" is revealed at the conclusion of the episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556793/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_9|title=The Great Amulet on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=August 31, 2018}}</ref>

* Eric Bond played Philip Adams in the 1957 episode "The Washington Elm." A Bostonian, Adams yearns to live in the Pacific Northwest and establishes a law office in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], but his romantic interest, Janice Peabody (Havis Davenport) refuses to relocate. He takes with him a portion of the elm tree on the [[Harvard University]] campus and replants it at the [[University of Washington]]. Thirty years later, he returns to the Harvard campus to plant part of the Washington elm on the campus because the original tree was destroyed in a storm. A chance encounters with Janice, by then a widow, leads to a second chance at romance for the pair.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556895/?ref_=ttep_ep4|title=The Washington Elm on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 25, 2018}}</ref>

* Eric Bond played Philip Adams in the 1957 episode "The Washington Elm." A Bostonian, Adams yearns to live in the Pacific Northwest and establishes a law office in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], but his romantic interest, Janice Peabody (Havis Davenport) refuses to relocate. He takes with him a portion of the elm tree on the [[Harvard University]] campus and replants it at the [[University of Washington]]. Thirty years later, he returns to the Harvard campus to plant part of the Washington elm on the campus because the original tree was destroyed in a storm. A chance encounters with Janice, by then a widow, leads to a second chance at romance for the pair.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556895/?ref_=ttep_ep4|title=The Washington Elm on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 25, 2018}}</ref>

* Carol Booth (born 1941), in the 1969 episode "Lucia Darling and the Ostrich," played a teacher trying to establish a school in 1863 in the since [[ghost town]] of [[Bannack, Montana|Bannack]], [[Montana]]. In the story line, a masked sheriff (William Bryant]]) and his deputy (Jeff Morris) rob the [[stagecoach]] bringing Lucia to Montana and steal both gold and her textbooks. She sets out to prove the officers' guilt despite the reservations of both the town itself – hence the reference to "The Ostrich" in the sand in the title of the episode – and her uncle, Judge [[Sidney Edgerton]] (Tol Avery), who shortly thereafter became the first [[governor of Montana|governor]] of the [[Montana]] Territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959701/?ref_=ttep_ep13|title=Lucia Darling and the Ostrich|publisher=Internet Movie Database|date=May 11, 1969|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref>

* Carol Booth (born 1941), in the 1969 episode "Lucia Darling and the Ostrich," played a teacher trying to establish a school in 1863 in the since ghost town of Bannack, Montana. In the story line, a masked sheriff (William Bryant) and his deputy (Jeff Morris) rob the [[stagecoach]] bringing Lucia to Montana and steal both gold and her textbooks. She sets out to prove the officers' guilt despite the reservations of both the town itself – hence the reference to "The Ostrich" in the sand in the title of the episode – and her uncle, Judge Sidney Edgerton (Tol Avery), who shortly thereafter became the first [[governor of Montana|governor]] of the [[Montana]] Territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959701/?ref_=ttep_ep13|title=Lucia Darling and the Ostrich|publisher=Internet Movie Database|date=May 11, 1969|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref>

* William Boyett played respected settler Jim Hardwicke in the 1954 episode "11,000 Miners Can't Be Wrong." In the story line, Columbia, California, is in competition with [[Sacrame]], California,  to be the site of the California state capital. When he informs the sheriff (Glenn Strange) that he had killed a man in self-defense, Hardwicke is forced to stand trial. Because of political influence placed on the jury by a corrupt district attorney, Hardwicke was found guilty. His fiancee and his lawyer, Ed Barrett (Gordon Barnes), develop a bizarre scheme to free Hardwicke from the hangman's noose; Barrett steals from a safe in the local bank a petition fomented by the same DA with 11,000 signatures of persons who want Columbia to be the capital, rewrites the first page to call for a [[pardon]] for Hardwicke, and appeals to the governor, who is impressed that so many signed. The governor orders Hardwicke's release; but Columbia justly loses out to Sacramento.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556603/?ref_=ttep_ep2|title=11,000 Miners Can't Be Wrong on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> In another role, Boyett played Dr. Edward Wilson in the 1957 episode, "The Luck of the Irish." In the story line, while fighting an [[epidemic]] among the Paiute, Dr. Wilson encounters a young white woman, Kay Casey (Rosemarie Ace), who was taken by the Indians years earlier. When the doctor unites Kay with her large family, she leaves the Paiute and in time became Mrs. Wilson. John Sorrentino played the sympathetic Chief Red Cloud.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556836/?ref_=ttep_ep6|title=The Luck of the Irish on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=August 25, 2018}}</ref> In the 1955 episode, "The Mormon's Grindstone," Boyett played John Corwin, the friend of the new assayer in town, Murphy (Clark Howat), whom some of the miners believe is understating the value of the assays. Thn Murphy reports that the sandstone in "The Mormon's Grindstone" assays much richer than any other ore around. With [[Harry Lauter]] as Cy Meeker and [[Hank Patterson]] as "Dad the blacksmith."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556848/|title=The Mormon's Grindstone on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=June 8, 2019}}</ref>

* William Boyett played respected settler Jim Hardwicke in the 1954 episode "11,000 Miners Can't Be Wrong." In the story line, Columbia, California, is in competition with [[Sacrame]], California,  to be the site of the California state capital. When he informs the sheriff (Glenn Strange) that he had killed a man in self-defense, Hardwicke is forced to stand trial. Because of political influence placed on the jury by a corrupt district attorney, Hardwicke was found guilty. His fiancee and his lawyer, Ed Barrett (Gordon Barnes), develop a bizarre scheme to free Hardwicke from the hangman's noose; Barrett steals from a safe in the local bank a petition fomented by the same DA with 11,000 signatures of persons who want Columbia to be the capital, rewrites the first page to call for a [[pardon]] for Hardwicke, and appeals to the governor, who is impressed that so many signed. The governor orders Hardwicke's release; but Columbia justly loses out to Sacramento.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556603/?ref_=ttep_ep2|title=11,000 Miners Can't Be Wrong on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> In another role, Boyett played Dr. Edward Wilson in the 1957 episode, "The Luck of the Irish." In the story line, while fighting an [[epidemic]] among the Paiute, Dr. Wilson encounters a young white woman, Kay Casey (Rosemarie Ace), who was taken by the Indians years earlier. When the doctor unites Kay with her large family, she leaves the Paiute and in time became Mrs. Wilson. John Sorrentino played the sympathetic Chief Red Cloud.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556836/?ref_=ttep_ep6|title=The Luck of the Irish on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 25, 2018}}</ref> In the 1955 episode, "The Mormon's Grindstone," Boyett played John Corwin, the friend of the new assayer in town, Murphy (Clark Howat), whom some of the miners believe is understating the value of the assays. Thn Murphy reports that the sandstone in "The Mormon's Grindstone" assays much richer than any other ore around. With [[Harry Lauter]] as Cy Meeker and [[Hank Patterson]] as "Dad the blacksmith."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556848/|title=The Mormon's Grindstone on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=June 8, 2019}}</ref>

* Ray Boyle guest starred as Bruce Matthews, a young miner with claustrophobia, in the 1954 episode "Yaller."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556933/?|title=Yaller on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=October 10, 2018}}</ref>

* Ray Boyle guest starred as Bruce Matthews, a young miner with claustrophobia, in the 1954 episode "Yaller."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556933/?|title=Yaller on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=October 10, 2018}}</ref>

* Lane Bradbury was cast as a young Eliza Stewart Udall at Pipe Spring in southern [[Utah]] in the 1969 episode "A Key for the Fort." In the story line, Miss Stewart, a [[Mormon]] pioneer, sends the first [[telegraph]] message from Arizona Territory and works with her Aunt Cora (Ivalou Redd) to find an innovative way to nurse an ill Ute chief, Black Wing (George Keymas), back to health. The episode also stars [[Gregg Palmer]] as Jacob. The episode was filmed at [[Pipe Spring National Monument]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0954622/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|title=A Key for the Fort|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=March 26, 1969|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}</ref>

* Lane Bradbury was cast as a young Eliza Stewart Udall at Pipe Spring in southern [[Utah]] in the 1969 episode "A Key for the Fort." In the story line, Miss Stewart, a [[Mormon]] pioneer, sends the first [[telegraph]] message from Arizona Territory and works with her Aunt Cora (Ivalou Redd) to find an innovative way to nurse an ill Ute chief, Black Wing (George Keymas), back to health. The episode also stars [[Gregg Palmer]] as Jacob. The episode was filmed at [[Pipe Spring National Monument]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0954622/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|title=A Key for the Fort|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=March 26, 1969|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}</ref>

* Lane Bradford played the historical Indian chief [[Sequoyah]], the namesake of [[Sequoia National Park]], in the 1954 episode "Sequoia." The segment covers Sequoyah from his earliest years to his development of the [[Cherokee]] alphabet. [[Carol Thurston]] and [[Angie Dickinson]] played Sali and Ayoka, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556725/?ref_=ttep_ep7|title=Sequoia on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 16, 2018}}</ref> Bradford played California pioneer [[Jim Savage]] in the 1959 episode "The Blonde King." A friend of the Indians, Savage works to stop a threat to the peace of the [[Yosemite Valley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556766/?ref_=ttep_ep13

* Lane Bradford played the historical Indian chief Sequoyah, the namesake of [[Sequoia National Park]], in the 1954 episode "Sequoia." The segment covers Sequoyah from his earliest years to his development of the [[Cherokee]] alphabet. Carol Thurston and Angie Dickinson played Sali and Ayoka, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556725/?ref_=ttep_ep7|title=Sequoia on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 16, 2018}}</ref> Bradford played California pioneer Jim Savage in the 1959 episode "The Blonde King." A friend of the Indians, Savage works to stop a threat to the peace of the [[Yosemite Valley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556766/?ref_=ttep_ep13

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*Jolene Brand portrayed "Indian Emily" in the 1959 episode of the same name. At the [[United States Army]] outpost, Fort Davis National Historic Site in Texas] Emily, an Apache captive, adopts the white man's ways but flees when a young officer, Tom Easton ([Burt Metcalfe), whom she loves prepares to marry another. She returns to warn the fort of a pending Apache attack and dies after saving the fort of a gunshot wound fired in error. Meg Wyllie played Tom's compassionate mother, Mrs. Easton. A memorial has been erected at Fort Davis to honor the heroism of Indian Emily.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556642/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_13|title=Indian Emily on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=January 25, 2019}}</ref>

*Jolene Brand portrayed "Indian Emily" in the 1959 episode of the same name. At the [[United States Army]] outpost, Fort Davis National Historic Site in Texas] Emily, an Apache captive, adopts the white man's ways but flees when a young officer, Tom Easton (Burt Metcalfe), whom she loves prepares to marry another. She returns to warn the fort of a pending Apache attack and dies after saving the fort of a gunshot wound fired in error. Meg Wyllie played Tom's compassionate mother, Mrs. Easton. A memorial has been erected at Fort Davis to honor the heroism of Indian Emily.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556642/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_13|title=Indian Emily on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=January 25, 2019}}</ref>

* Neville Brand was cast as [[John Wesley Hardin]] in the 1962 episode "Preacher with a Past." In his reformed role as a minister, Hardin faces a dilemma when Deke ([[Richard Devon]]) will expose his identity unless he helps break Herschel ([[Chris Robinson (actor)|Chris Robinson]]) out of jail. [[Roy Engel]] played Sheriff Smathers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556707/?ref_=ttep_ep7|title=Preacher with a Past on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=December 31, 2018}}</ref>

* Neville Brand was cast as John Wesley Hardin in the 1962 episode "Preacher with a Past." In his reformed role as a minister, Hardin faces a dilemma when Deke (Richard Devon) will expose his identity unless he helps break Herschel (Chris Robinson) out of jail. Roy Engel played Sheriff Smathers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556707/?ref_=ttep_ep7|title=Preacher with a Past on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 31, 2018}}</ref>

*David Brian played the Mormon figure Jacob Hamblin]in the 1963 episode "The Peacemaker." In the story line, Hamblin works feverishly to hold the peace treaty with the Navajo ] after a white man kills some Indians who come onto his property.[Bing Russell, Michael Pate, and Richard Webb also appear in this episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556855/|title=The Peacemaker on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 4, 2015}}</ref>

*David Brian played the Mormon figure Jacob Hamblin in the 1963 episode "The Peacemaker." In the story line, Hamblin works feverishly to hold the peace treaty with the Navajo after a white man kills some Indians who come onto his property. Bing Russell, Michael Pate, and Richard Webb also appear in this episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556855/|title=The Peacemaker on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 4, 2015}}</ref>

* Paul Brinegar played a prospector, Sawbuck, in the episode "Solid Gold Cavity," filmed in Sedona, [[Arizona]]. In the story line, based on a true incident, Sawbuck saves the life of Dr. John Beers, a young [[dentist]] who on the trail to [[San Francisco]] is attacked and left for dead by two bandits. Dr. Beers (played by Thomas Peters) repays Sawbuck by taking some of the prospector's gold and making him a set of gold teeth, for which Beers subsequently obtained a [[patent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556738/|title=Solid Gold Cavity of ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=October 1, 1966|accessdate=May 28, 2015}}</ref> In "The Lady and the Sourdough," Brinegar plays a cantankerous cook who teams up with a gold miner, Tom Despo (Stanley Adams), until he meets a neighboring widow (Amzie Strickland].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556821/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|title=The Lady and the Sourdough on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=October 8, 1966|accessdate=May 30, 2015}}</ref> In 1969, Brinegar played the Death Valley pioneer Jimmy Dayton (died 1899) in the episode "Jimmy Dayton's Bonanza." In the story line, the aging rancher Dayton takes a saloon girl, played by Marilyn O'Connor, as his wife, but she has second thoughts after she learns that he has exaggerated his wealth. James Wainwright (1938–1999) co-stars as a cowboy who feigns an interest in Mrs. Dayton. The episode was released three days after the death of series host Robert Taylor.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959700/?ref_=ttep_ep14|title=Jimmy Dayton's Bonanza|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=June 11, 1969|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref>

* Paul Brinegar played a prospector, Sawbuck, in the episode "Solid Gold Cavity," filmed in Sedona, [[Arizona]]. In the story line, based on a true incident, Sawbuck saves the life of Dr. John Beers, a young [[dentist]] who on the trail to [[San Francisco]] is attacked and left for dead by two bandits. Dr. Beers (played by Thomas Peters) repays Sawbuck by taking some of the prospector's gold and making him a set of gold teeth, for which Beers subsequently obtained a [[patent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556738/|title=Solid Gold Cavity of ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=October 1, 1966|accessdate=May 28, 2015}}</ref> In "The Lady and the Sourdough," Brinegar plays a cantankerous cook who teams up with a gold miner, Tom Despo (Stanley Adams), until he meets a neighboring widow (Amzie Strickland].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556821/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|title=The Lady and the Sourdough on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=October 8, 1966|accessdate=May 30, 2015}}</ref> In 1969, Brinegar played the Death Valley pioneer Jimmy Dayton (died 1899) in the episode "Jimmy Dayton's Bonanza." In the story line, the aging rancher Dayton takes a saloon girl, played by Marilyn O'Connor, as his wife, but she has second thoughts after she learns that he has exaggerated his wealth. James Wainwright (1938–1999) co-stars as a cowboy who feigns an interest in Mrs. Dayton. The episode was released three days after the death of series host Robert Taylor.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959700/?ref_=ttep_ep14|title=Jimmy Dayton's Bonanza|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=June 11, 1969|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref>

* Susan Brown was cast as Wilhelmina Vail in the 1970 episode, "Talk to Me, Charley." In the story line, Wilhelmina arrives to claim her late brother's gold mine, which is being managed by his friends Charley Gentry (Sean McClory) and Stokes LaFever (Hal Baylor), who have been staving off claim jumpers. Soon romance develops between Wilhelmina and Stokes, leaving Charley as the odd man out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556750/?ref_=ttep_ep9|title=Talk to Me, Charley on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 15, 2015}}</ref>

* Susan Brown was cast as Wilhelmina Vail in the 1970 episode, "Talk to Me, Charley." In the story line, Wilhelmina arrives to claim her late brother's gold mine, which is being managed by his friends Charley Gentry (Sean McClory) and Stokes LaFever (Hal Baylor), who have been staving off claim jumpers. Soon romance develops between Wilhelmina and Stokes, leaving Charley as the odd man out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556750/?ref_=ttep_ep9|title=Talk to Me, Charley on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 15, 2015}}</ref>