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| | * Alex Sharp (1921–2008) was cast as Sheriff Patrick "Pat" Garrett in the 1956 episode, "Pat Garrett's Side of It," referring to the shooting death in New Mexico Territory of the outlaw, [[Billy the Kid]], played by Joel Collins. In the story line, Garrett captures The Kid, who escapes, and then Garrett comes after him at the farmhouse of Pedro Menard "Pete" Maxwell, the father of The Kid's girlfriend. Mack Williams (1907–1965) played General Lew Wallace, and [[Tyler McVey]] was cast as cattle baron John Chisum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556696/?ref_=ttep_ep16|title=Pat Garrett's Side of It on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 24, 2018}}</ref> In addition, Sharp appeared as Juan Flaco, anglicized to John Brown, in the 1957 segment, "California's Paul Revere." When the [[Mexican War]] broke out in 1846, enemy Mexican forces besieged an American garrison in Los Angeles under Lieutenant Gillespie (Don C. Harvey). Calling for needed reinforcements, Gillespie sends Brown on what turned out to be a four-day ride to Stockton, then San Francisco, to warn of impending doom and obtain the transport of troops by sea. The ride saved Los Angeles from Mexican occupation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556571/?ref_=ttep_ep2|title=California's Paul Revere on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 25, 2018}}</ref> | | * Alex Sharp (1921–2008) was cast as Sheriff Patrick "Pat" Garrett in the 1956 episode, "Pat Garrett's Side of It," referring to the shooting death in New Mexico Territory of the outlaw, [[Billy the Kid]], played by Joel Collins. In the story line, Garrett captures The Kid, who escapes, and then Garrett comes after him at the farmhouse of Pedro Menard "Pete" Maxwell, the father of The Kid's girlfriend. Mack Williams (1907–1965) played General Lew Wallace, and [[Tyler McVey]] was cast as cattle baron John Chisum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556696/?ref_=ttep_ep16|title=Pat Garrett's Side of It on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 24, 2018}}</ref> In addition, Sharp appeared as Juan Flaco, anglicized to John Brown, in the 1957 segment, "California's Paul Revere." When the [[Mexican War]] broke out in 1846, enemy Mexican forces besieged an American garrison in Los Angeles under Lieutenant Gillespie (Don C. Harvey). Calling for needed reinforcements, Gillespie sends Brown on what turned out to be a four-day ride to Stockton, then San Francisco, to warn of impending doom and obtain the transport of troops by sea. The ride saved Los Angeles from Mexican occupation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556571/?ref_=ttep_ep2|title=California's Paul Revere on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 25, 2018}}</ref> |
| | * Karen Sharpe played Linda in the 1953 episode, "Claim Jumpin' Jennie," opposite Irene Burton as Jennie and Wallace Ford as Buck Hansen. | | * Karen Sharpe played Linda in the 1953 episode, "Claim Jumpin' Jennie," opposite Irene Burton as Jennie and Wallace Ford as Buck Hansen. |
| − | * Richard Simmons played W. Frank Stewart, a [[silver]] mining operator who served from 1876 to 1880 as a state senator for Virginia City in Storey County, Nevada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Division/Research/Publications/NVLegislators/NVLegislators.pdf|title=Nevada legislators, 1861–2015|publisher=leg.state.nv.us|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}</ref> in the 1969 episode entitled, "How to Beat a Badman." In the story line, Stewart is determined to gain at a bargain price a silver claim being worked by two young former outlaws.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959699/?ref_=tt_ep_n|title=How to Beat a Badman|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=March 18, 1969|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}</ref> Simmons also played the historical [[John C. Fremont]] in the 1966 episode, "Samaritans, Mountain Style." In that story line, Fremont maps a trail to the American West, but his scouts, Kit Carson (Phillip Pine) and Frenchy Godey (Michael Pate) come across a man who has lost everything in an Indian raid. They decide to help the man before resuming their jobs. Don Keefer played a newspaperman, Gilpin.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556720/?ref_=ttep_ep19|title=Samaritans, Mountain Style on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 22, 2018}}</ref> | + | * Richard Simmons played W. Frank Stewart, a [[silver]] mining operator who served from 1876 to 1880 as a state senator for Virginia City in Storey County, Nevada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Division/Research/Publications/NVLegislators/NVLegislators.pdf|title=Nevada legislators, 1861–2015|publisher=leg.state.nv.us|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}</ref> in the 1969 episode entitled, "How to Beat a Badman." In the story line, Stewart is determined to gain at a bargain price a silver claim being worked by two young former outlaws.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959699/?ref_=tt_ep_n|title=How to Beat a Badman|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=March 18, 1969|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}</ref> Simmons also played the historical [[John C. Fremont]] in the 1966 episode, "Samaritans, Mountain Style." In that story line, Fremont maps a trail to the American West, but his scouts, Kit Carson (Phillip Pine) and Frenchy Godey (Michael Pate) come across a man who has lost everything in an Indian raid. They decide to help the man before resuming their jobs. Don Keefer played a newspaperman, Gilpin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556720/?ref_=ttep_ep19|title=Samaritans, Mountain Style on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 22, 2018}}</ref> |
| | * Penny Singleton was cast as Maggie Franklin in the 1963 episode "The Holy Terror," the story of a family feud and a disputed gold claim. Sharon Farrell played Maggie's daughter, Cara, whom the mother disowns after Cara marries Billy (Tom Simcox).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556807/?ref_=ttep_ep20|title=The Holy Terror on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=April 11, 2019}}</ref> | | * Penny Singleton was cast as Maggie Franklin in the 1963 episode "The Holy Terror," the story of a family feud and a disputed gold claim. Sharon Farrell played Maggie's daughter, Cara, whom the mother disowns after Cara marries Billy (Tom Simcox).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556807/?ref_=ttep_ep20|title=The Holy Terror on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=April 11, 2019}}</ref> |
| | * Tom Skerritt was cast in five episodes, as a youthful Emmett Dalton in "Three Minutes to Eternity" (1963), the story of the double 1892 bank robberies in Coffeyville, Kansas, with Forrest Tucker as Bob Dalton and Jim Davis as Grat Dalton; as Dennis Driscoll in "Honor the Name Dennis Driscoll" (1964); as Patrick Hogan in "The Book" (1965), the story of a young gambler who wins a small fortune at the roulette wheel at a saloon in Calico in San Bernardino County, California, with the help of a [[China|Chinese]] friend, Wong Lee (George Takei). The two soon meet a speedy demise;<ref>{{cite web|url= | | * Tom Skerritt was cast in five episodes, as a youthful Emmett Dalton in "Three Minutes to Eternity" (1963), the story of the double 1892 bank robberies in Coffeyville, Kansas, with Forrest Tucker as Bob Dalton and Jim Davis as Grat Dalton; as Dennis Driscoll in "Honor the Name Dennis Driscoll" (1964); as Patrick Hogan in "The Book" (1965), the story of a young gambler who wins a small fortune at the roulette wheel at a saloon in Calico in San Bernardino County, California, with the help of a [[China|Chinese]] friend, Wong Lee (George Takei). The two soon meet a speedy demise;<ref>{{cite web|url= |