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* Jerome P. "Bill" Catchings (1926–2007), a western stunt performer, was cast as expert lumberjack Silas "Si" Seymour in the 1956 episode "Loggerheads." In the story line, Silas corresponds with flowery letters to Florence Aston (Camille Franklin), but both are illiterate. Each has a friend who is actually writing the letters; Vic Burke ([[Gregg Palmer]]) writes for Silas; Mrs. Perrin (Marjorie Bennett] does the same for Florence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556833/|title=Loggerheads on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=January 7, 2019}}</ref>

* Jerome P. "Bill" Catchings (1926–2007), a western stunt performer, was cast as expert lumberjack Silas "Si" Seymour in the 1956 episode "Loggerheads." In the story line, Silas corresponds with flowery letters to Florence Aston (Camille Franklin), but both are illiterate. Each has a friend who is actually writing the letters; Vic Burke ([[Gregg Palmer]]) writes for Silas; Mrs. Perrin (Marjorie Bennett] does the same for Florence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556833/|title=Loggerheads on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=January 7, 2019}}</ref>

*Winnie Chandler (1900–1983) was cast as housekeeper Minnie in the 1958 episode "The Moving Out of Minnie." In the story line, rancher Herb Gulic (Don Kelly) (1924–1966) sends Minnie back to her tribe when he weds Henrietta (Karen Norris) (1927–1996). Then Henrietta's daughter, Carol (Larrian Gillespie), is stricken, and Gulic must try to bring Minnie back to care for her in an emergency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948888/|title=The Moving Out of Minnie on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}</ref> Chandler was also cast as "Ma" Carey in the 1959 episode "Pioneer Circus." When Ma's circus falls on hard economic times, she hires a [[France|French]] equestrian, Juliette Bonet (Joyce Vanderveen) (1927–2008), to reverse the decline.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556703/?ref_=ttep_ep11|title=Pioneer Circus on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=January 11, 2019}}</ref>

*Winnie Chandler (1900–1983) was cast as housekeeper Minnie in the 1958 episode "The Moving Out of Minnie." In the story line, rancher Herb Gulic (Don Kelly) (1924–1966) sends Minnie back to her tribe when he weds Henrietta (Karen Norris) (1927–1996). Then Henrietta's daughter, Carol (Larrian Gillespie), is stricken, and Gulic must try to bring Minnie back to care for her in an emergency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948888/|title=The Moving Out of Minnie on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}</ref> Chandler was also cast as "Ma" Carey in the 1959 episode "Pioneer Circus." When Ma's circus falls on hard economic times, she hires a [[France|French]] equestrian, Juliette Bonet (Joyce Vanderveen) (1927–2008), to reverse the decline.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556703/?ref_=ttep_ep11|title=Pioneer Circus on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=January 11, 2019}}</ref>

* Stephen Chase (1902–1982) played the historic [[Sam Houston]], with Nancy Rennick (1932–2006), as Houston's second and much younger wife, [[Margaret Lea Houston]], in the 1958 episode "The Girl Who Walked with a Giant." The story focuses on Margaret's important role as a confidant of her husband from his days as president of the [[Republic of Texas]] to his time as [[Governor of Texas|governor]], a postthat he resigned in 1861 because he could not support the [[Confederate States of America]]. The episode, however, has no connection to the Death Valley country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556790/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6|title=The Girl Who Walked with a Giant on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|date=April 12, 1958|accessdate=August 29, 2018}}</ref> Chase was cast too as Colorado [[sheep]] rancher Ed Pratt in the 1958 episode "The Mystery of Suicide Gulch." In the story line, Pratt disbelieves his son Loren (Lee Anthony), who loses a large number of sheep while on a drive. The culprit, as it developed, was a toxic plant on which the sheep had grazed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556849/?ref_=ttep_ep13|title=The Mystery of Suicide Gulch on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=August 30, 2018}}</ref> Chase was cast as a minister, Joshua Coleman, in the 1959 episode "Eruption at Volcano," a story not of an explosive [[volcano]] but a Confederate attempt to take over the community of Volcano, California. Brett Halsey played Coleman's son, Joel. The two join forces to thwart the dissidents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556607/?ref_=ttep_ep9|title=Eruption at Volcano on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 30, 2018}}</ref>

* Stephen Chase (1902–1982) played the historic [[Sam Houston]], with Nancy Rennick (1932–2006), as Houston's second and much younger wife, Margaret Lea Houston, in the 1958 episode "The Girl Who Walked with a Giant." The story focuses on Margaret's important role as a confidant of her husband from his days as president of the [[Republic of Texas]] to his time as governor, a postthat he resigned in 1861 because he could not support the [[Confederate States of America]]. The episode, however, has no connection to the Death Valley country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556790/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6|title=The Girl Who Walked with a Giant on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|date=April 12, 1958|accessdate=August 29, 2018}}</ref> Chase was cast too as Colorado [[sheep]] rancher Ed Pratt in the 1958 episode "The Mystery of Suicide Gulch." In the story line, Pratt disbelieves his son Loren (Lee Anthony), who loses a large number of sheep while on a drive. The culprit, as it developed, was a toxic plant on which the sheep had grazed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556849/?ref_=ttep_ep13|title=The Mystery of Suicide Gulch on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=August 30, 2018}}</ref> Chase was cast as a minister, Joshua Coleman, in the 1959 episode "Eruption at Volcano," a story not of an explosive [[volcano]] but a Confederate attempt to take over the community of Volcano, California. Brett Halsey played Coleman's son, Joel. The two join forces to thwart the dissidents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556607/?ref_=ttep_ep9|title=Eruption at Volcano on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 30, 2018}}</ref>

* Chief Thundercloud appeared in the 1954 episode, "The Saint's Portrait," the story of a painting of Saint Joseph thought by a tribe and its covetous neighbor to be magical. However, the mission priest, Father Mariano (Martin Garralaga), reveals its deeper meaning. The episode also starred Rico Alaniz, George J. Lewis, and Eugenia Paul.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556874/|title=The Saint's Portrait on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=May 27, 2019}}</ref>

* Chief Thundercloud appeared in the 1954 episode, "The Saint's Portrait," the story of a painting of Saint Joseph thought by a tribe and its covetous neighbor to be magical. However, the mission priest, Father Mariano (Martin Garralaga), reveals its deeper meaning. The episode also starred Rico Alaniz, George J. Lewis, and Eugenia Paul.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556874/|title=The Saint's Portrait on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=May 27, 2019}}</ref>

*Ken Clark was cast as the shanghaied sailor Joe Chapman in the 1958 episode "Yankee Pirate." In the story line, Mexican families in early California are beset by a group of pirates, but the Ortega family resists. The captured Joe Chapman becomes a hard worker and soon falls in love with Lupe Ortega (Pamela Duncan), who had saved him from execution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556935/l=|title=Yankee Pirate on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=November 1, 2018}}</ref>

*Ken Clark was cast as the shanghaied sailor Joe Chapman in the 1958 episode "Yankee Pirate." In the story line, Mexican families in early California are beset by a group of pirates, but the Ortega family resists. The captured Joe Chapman becomes a hard worker and soon falls in love with Lupe Ortega (Pamela Duncan), who had saved him from execution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556935/l=|title=Yankee Pirate on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=November 1, 2018}}</ref>

* [[Phyllis Coates]] was cast as a Civil War widow Mary in the 1959 episode, "One in a Hundred." In the story line, Larry Brooks (Michael Forest) is given the new Henry repeater rifle and becomes aggressive with his weapon while he escorts pioneers across peaceful Indian country. The party runs into a lack of water, and Brooks finds himself attracted to Mary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556692/?ref_=ttep_ep1|title=One in a Hundred on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=December 29, 2018}}</ref> In 1964, Coates was cast as the kind-hearted saloon singer Dora Hand of Dodge City, Kansas, in the episode entitled, "The Left Hand Is Damned." In the story line, Dora nurses an ungrateful gunslinger, Bill Crawford (John Clarke), back to health after he is shot by Dora's boss, [[Mayor]] James "Dog" Kelley (Stephen Roberts), in self-defense. Having lost the use of his right hand, Crawford develops skills with his left hand and vows to kill Kelley. Instead, he killed Dora, thinking that her silhouette in Kelley's house was Kelley, who was instead away on business.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556828/|title=The Left Hand Is Damned on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=September 10, 2018}}</ref> In 1954, Coates was cast as Annie Stewart in the episode, "Light on the Mountain," set in the early 1860s during the time of [[Nevada]] statehood. In a trial concerning mining claims and Civil War allegiances, lawyers Richard Corey (Glase Lohman) and William M. Stewart (Michael Colgan), Annie's husband, must prove that the judge and jury have been bribed to rid the courts of corruption. Angie Dickinson played Annie's friend, Sabina Harris.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948887/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_14|title=Light on the Mountain on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=June 11, 2019}}</ref>

* Phyllis Coates was cast as a Civil War widow Mary in the 1959 episode, "One in a Hundred." In the story line, Larry Brooks (Michael Forest) is given the new Henry repeater rifle and becomes aggressive with his weapon while he escorts pioneers across peaceful Indian country. The party runs into a lack of water, and Brooks finds himself attracted to Mary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556692/?ref_=ttep_ep1|title=One in a Hundred on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=December 29, 2018}}</ref> In 1964, Coates was cast as the kind-hearted saloon singer Dora Hand of Dodge City, Kansas, in the episode entitled, "The Left Hand Is Damned." In the story line, Dora nurses an ungrateful gunslinger, Bill Crawford (John Clarke), back to health after he is shot by Dora's boss, [[Mayor]] James "Dog" Kelley (Stephen Roberts), in self-defense. Having lost the use of his right hand, Crawford develops skills with his left hand and vows to kill Kelley. Instead, he killed Dora, thinking that her silhouette in Kelley's house was Kelley, who was instead away on business.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556828/|title=The Left Hand Is Damned on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=September 10, 2018}}</ref> In 1954, Coates was cast as Annie Stewart in the episode, "Light on the Mountain," set in the early 1860s during the time of [[Nevada]] statehood. In a trial concerning mining claims and Civil War allegiances, lawyers Richard Corey (Glase Lohman) and William M. Stewart (Michael Colgan), Annie's husband, must prove that the judge and jury have been bribed to rid the courts of corruption. Angie Dickinson played Annie's friend, Sabina Harris.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948887/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_14|title=Light on the Mountain on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=June 11, 2019}}</ref>

* James Coburn played Captain Steve Barnes in the 1960 episode "Pamela's Oxen." In the story line, Ida Lupino, as Pamela Mann, loans the oxen to [[Sam Houston]]'s army for the winter. The episodes also starred James Callahan as Private Riggs and Robert Sorrells as Fergus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556695/|title=Pamela's Oxen on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 10, 2018}}</ref>

* James Coburn played Captain Steve Barnes in the 1960 episode "Pamela's Oxen." In the story line, Ida Lupino, as Pamela Mann, loans the oxen to [[Sam Houston]]'s army for the winter. The episodes also starred James Callahan as Private Riggs and Robert Sorrells as Fergus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556695/|title=Pamela's Oxen on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 10, 2018}}</ref>

* Harry Cody (1896–1956) played the aging prospector and Death Valley pioneer Jimmy Dayton in the 1954 episode, "Jimmy Dayton's Treasure." [arbara Knudson played saloon singer Flory Wilkins, who is breaking up with a former paramour, Thad Ryeker ([[Harry Lauter]]). She agrees to marry Jimmy because she thinks he has money hidden on the ranch of which he is the caretaker. Her change of heart led to Jimmy and Flory reconciling their differences. Cody died two years after the release of this episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556644/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_17|title=Jimmy Dayton's Treasure on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=July 9, 2019}}</ref>

* Harry Cody (1896–1956) played the aging prospector and Death Valley pioneer Jimmy Dayton in the 1954 episode, "Jimmy Dayton's Treasure." [arbara Knudson played saloon singer Flory Wilkins, who is breaking up with a former paramour, Thad Ryeker ([[Harry Lauter]]). She agrees to marry Jimmy because she thinks he has money hidden on the ranch of which he is the caretaker. Her change of heart led to Jimmy and Flory reconciling their differences. Cody died two years after the release of this episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556644/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_17|title=Jimmy Dayton's Treasure on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=July 9, 2019}}</ref>