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| | * Robert Colbert was cast as Andy Carter, a pioneer who retrieves for sale cast-off items from wagon trains, in the 1964 episode, "A Bargain Is for Keeping." Sue Randall played Mary Ann Duncan, who finds a missing family heirloom among Carter's goods. He insists that she work for him to gain possession. Karl Swenson was cast as Abe Hughes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556529/?ref_=ttep_ep27|title=A Bargain Is for Keeping|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 11, 2018}}</ref> | | * Robert Colbert was cast as Andy Carter, a pioneer who retrieves for sale cast-off items from wagon trains, in the 1964 episode, "A Bargain Is for Keeping." Sue Randall played Mary Ann Duncan, who finds a missing family heirloom among Carter's goods. He insists that she work for him to gain possession. Karl Swenson was cast as Abe Hughes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556529/?ref_=ttep_ep27|title=A Bargain Is for Keeping|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 11, 2018}}</ref> |
| | * Don Collier and Jan Clayton were cast as Josiah Wilbarger and his sister, Margaret, in the 1967 episode ,"The Man Who Wouldn't Die." Wilbarger, a native of [[Virginia]], lived for eleven years after being scalped by the Comanche. Wilbarger County, Texas]], is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556843/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|title=The Man Who Wouldn't Die, ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=June 6, 2015}}</ref> Collier was also cast as Frank Dalton in the 1964 episode, "There Was Another Dalton Brother." In the story line, while starting his job as a deputy U.S. marshal, Dalton must question Frank Johnson, a suspect in a missing persons case. Johnson is the father of Dalton's girlfriend, Emmy Johnson (Laura Shelton). Strother Martin was cast in this episode as Charlie Neel. Robert Anderson played Marshal Heck Thomas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556906/?ref_=ttep_ep24|title=There Was Another Dalton Brother on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 10, 2018}}</ref> | | * Don Collier and Jan Clayton were cast as Josiah Wilbarger and his sister, Margaret, in the 1967 episode ,"The Man Who Wouldn't Die." Wilbarger, a native of [[Virginia]], lived for eleven years after being scalped by the Comanche. Wilbarger County, Texas]], is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556843/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|title=The Man Who Wouldn't Die, ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=June 6, 2015}}</ref> Collier was also cast as Frank Dalton in the 1964 episode, "There Was Another Dalton Brother." In the story line, while starting his job as a deputy U.S. marshal, Dalton must question Frank Johnson, a suspect in a missing persons case. Johnson is the father of Dalton's girlfriend, Emmy Johnson (Laura Shelton). Strother Martin was cast in this episode as Charlie Neel. Robert Anderson played Marshal Heck Thomas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556906/?ref_=ttep_ep24|title=There Was Another Dalton Brother on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 10, 2018}}</ref> |
| − | * Ben Cooper]appeared as Jason Tugwell in the unusually named 1969 episode "Biscuits and Billy, the Kid," no relation to the American outlaw but the story of a pioneer family deserted by a wagon train en route to Utah. Erin Moran was cast as their young daughter, Mary, who is ill with a high fever. They survived the threat of Indians by the popularity of the biscuits of Mrs. Ellie Tugwell (Emily Banks) and their dainty blue-eyed white goat called Billy. Michael Hinn (1913–1988) appeared near the end of the episode as the Mormon figure [[Brigham Young]] preaching peace on the frontier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556562/|title=Biscuits and Billy, the Kid on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=November 12, 2020}}</ref> to spare the lives of her husband and son, played by Harry Lauter and Michael Courtney, respectively, as the family waits on an approaching wagon train.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959692/|title=A Gift on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=January 10, 1969|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}</ref> Cooper also played Ann Dix in the 1955 episode "I Am Joaquin." In the story line, Ann searches with ultimate success for eight years for the return of her young daughter whom the Mexican bandt Joaquin Murrieta left at a [[Roman Catholic]] church after he boarded a ship and stabbed to death the girl's father, Capt. Stephen Dix, played by John Damler (1919–1984).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556641/?ref_=ttep_ep11|title=I Am Joaquin on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> Much earlier, in 1954, Cooper was cast as Susie Jarvis in the episode, "Sixth Sense." Susie is unable to adjust to her blindness until she meets Steve McIntyre (William Hudson), who encourages her to learn telegraphy. She witnesses a stage robbery; her heightened senses play a key role in solving the crime.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556734/|title=Sixth Sense on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Dat Base|accessdate=June 11, 2019}}</ref> | + | * Ben Cooper appeared as Jason Tugwell in the unusually named 1969 episode "Biscuits and Billy, the Kid," no relation to the American outlaw but the story of a pioneer family deserted by a wagon train en route to Utah. Erin Moran was cast as their young daughter, Mary, who is ill with a high fever. They survived the threat of Indians by the popularity of the biscuits of Mrs. Ellie Tugwell (Emily Banks) and their dainty blue-eyed white goat called Billy. Michael Hinn (1913–1988) appeared near the end of the episode as the Mormon figure [[Brigham Young]] preaching peace on the frontier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556562/|title=Biscuits and Billy, the Kid on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=November 12, 2020}}</ref> to spare the lives of her husband and son, played by Harry Lauter and Michael Courtney, respectively, as the family waits on an approaching wagon train.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959692/|title=A Gift on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=January 10, 1969|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}</ref> Cooper also played Ann Dix in the 1955 episode "I Am Joaquin." In the story line, Ann searches with ultimate success for eight years for the return of her young daughter whom the Mexican bandt Joaquin Murrieta left at a [[Roman Catholic]] church after he boarded a ship and stabbed to death the girl's father, Capt. Stephen Dix, played by John Damler (1919–1984).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556641/?ref_=ttep_ep11|title=I Am Joaquin on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> Much earlier, in 1954, Cooper was cast as Susie Jarvis in the episode, "Sixth Sense." Susie is unable to adjust to her blindness until she meets Steve McIntyre (William Hudson), who encourages her to learn telegraphy. She witnesses a stage robbery; her heightened senses play a key role in solving the crime.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556734/|title=Sixth Sense on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Dat Base|accessdate=June 11, 2019}}</ref> |
| − | * Lloyd Corrigan was cast as the lucky hobo, Carl Herman, in the 1960 episode "Money to Burn." Helen Kleeb played a recipient of Herman's largess.[Paul Sorens] and William Boyett played the thieves whose $50,000 worth of loot Herman found and then gave away.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556679/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_22|title=Money to Burn on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref> In 1962, Corrigan was cast as Dorsey Bilger, the bearer of [[tall tales]] in Totem, [[Idaho]], in the episode "A Sponge Full of Vinegar." In the story line, the townspeople no longer valued Dorsey's "fairy tales"he tells the children, but he dies a hero rescuing trapped children from the clutches of a gunslinger, Charlie Winslow ([[Chris Alcaide]]). The episode title refers to the hard attitude the townspeople held toward the kind and gentle Dorsey. This episode also featured Paul Birch as Sheriff Lick.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556743/?ref_=ttep_ep2|title=A Sponge Full of Vinegar on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Dat Base|accessdate=September 17, 2018}}</ref> | + | * Lloyd Corrigan was cast as the lucky hobo, Carl Herman, in the 1960 episode "Money to Burn." Helen Kleeb played a recipient of Herman's largess.[Paul Sorens] and William Boyett played the thieves whose $50,000 worth of loot Herman found and then gave away.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556679/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_22|title=Money to Burn on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref> In 1962, Corrigan was cast as Dorsey Bilger, the bearer of tall tales in Totem, [[Idaho]], in the episode "A Sponge Full of Vinegar." In the story line, the townspeople no longer valued Dorsey's "fairy tales"he tells the children, but he dies a hero rescuing trapped children from the clutches of a gunslinger, Charlie Winslow ([[Chris Alcaide]]). The episode title refers to the hard attitude the townspeople held toward the kind and gentle Dorsey. This episode also featured Paul Birch as Sheriff Lick.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556743/?ref_=ttep_ep2|title=A Sponge Full of Vinegar on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Dat Base|accessdate=September 17, 2018}}</ref> |
| | * Jerome Courtland was cast as newspaperman William Byers in the episode, "The Race at Cherry Creek." In the story line, Byers races against time to put out the first newspaper in the Colorado Territory during the gold rush year of 1859. His ''Rocky Mountain News'' became the first publication in the territory. Though strongly encouraged in the pursuit by his wife Elizabeth (Nancy Rennick), Byers' pressman, Andy Kate ([[Alvy Moore]]), is pessimistic about their chances of publishing first.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556858/|title=The Race at Cherry Creek on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 11, 2018}}</ref> | | * Jerome Courtland was cast as newspaperman William Byers in the episode, "The Race at Cherry Creek." In the story line, Byers races against time to put out the first newspaper in the Colorado Territory during the gold rush year of 1859. His ''Rocky Mountain News'' became the first publication in the territory. Though strongly encouraged in the pursuit by his wife Elizabeth (Nancy Rennick), Byers' pressman, Andy Kate ([[Alvy Moore]]), is pessimistic about their chances of publishing first.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556858/|title=The Race at Cherry Creek on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 11, 2018}}</ref> |
| | * Dennis Cross appeared three times in the episodes "Treasure of Elk Creek Canyon" (1961), as the Indian Captain Dick in "Captain Dick Mine," and "The Rider" (both 1965). | | * Dennis Cross appeared three times in the episodes "Treasure of Elk Creek Canyon" (1961), as the Indian Captain Dick in "Captain Dick Mine," and "The Rider" (both 1965). |