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* 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>

* 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=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556767/|title=The Book|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=October 28, 1965|accessdate=September 1, 2015}}</ref> Skerritt also was cast as a young Roy Bean in "A Sense of Justice" (1966), with Tristram Coffin as his older brother Joshua Bean, set in [[San Diego]], where Joshua was the founding mayor. He also played [[Mark Twain]] in "Ten Day Millionaires" (1968).

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556767/title=The Book|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=October 28, 1965|accessdate=September 1, 2015}}</ref> as a young Roy Bean in "A Sense of Justice" (1966), with Tristram Coffin as his older brother Joshua Bean, set in [[San Diego]], where Joshua was the founding mayor, and as [[Mark Twain]] in "Ten Day Millionaires" (1968).

* Hal Smith played the character John Wilson in the 1967 episode "The Man Who Didn't Want Gold."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556839/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|title=The Man Who Didn't Want Gold, ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=March 1, 1967|accessdate=June 5, 2015}}</ref>

* Hal Smith played the character John Wilson in the 1967 episode "The Man Who Didn't Want Gold."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556839/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|title=The Man Who Didn't Want Gold, ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|date=March 1, 1967|accessdate=June 5, 2015}}</ref>

* William Smith was cast as John Richard Parker, the brother of Cynthia Ann Parker, both taken hostage in [[Texas]] by the Comanche, in the 1969 episode, "The Understanding." In the story line, Parker contracts the plague, is left for dead by his fellow Comanche warriors, and is rescued by his future wife, Yolanda (Emily Banks), with whom he moves to her native [[Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556890/combined|title="The Understanding" on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=July 11, 2015}}</ref> Smith also played the outlaw turned sheriff, Henry Newton Brown, a former associate of [[Billy the Kid]], in the 1969 episode "A Restless Man."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/death-valley-days/a-restless-man-194093/|title=A Restless Man on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=tv.com|accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref> In the 1970 episode, "The Contract," Smith plays Red Eagle with Arlene McQuade as his wife, Little Fawn. The two must utilize their legal wiles to win a freight contract against the unethical, then violent, tactics of their opposition. Richard Bull and Don Megowan also appeared in this episode.

* William Smith was cast as John Richard Parker, the brother of Cynthia Ann Parker, both taken hostage in [[Texas]] by the Comanche, in the 1969 episode, "The Understanding." In the story line, Parker contracts the plague, is left for dead by his fellow Comanche warriors, and is rescued by his future wife, Yolanda (Emily Banks), with whom he moves to her native [[Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556890/combined|title="The Understanding" on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=July 11, 2015}}</ref> Smith also played the outlaw turned sheriff, Henry Newton Brown, a former associate of [[Billy the Kid]], in the 1969 episode "A Restless Man."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/death-valley-days/a-restless-man-194093/|title=A Restless Man on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=tv.com|accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref> In the 1970 episode, "The Contract," Smith plays Red Eagle with Arlene McQuade as his wife, Little Fawn. The two must utilize their legal wiles to win a freight contract against the unethical, then violent, tactics of their opposition. Richard Bull and Don Megowan also appeared in this episode.