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Episode 13


The Hector Heatherton Story


12/20/1964

Tom Ewell as Hector Heatherton

Jeanne Cooper as Harriet Heatherton

Kim Darby as Heather Heatherton

Plagued by dreams he can fly, Charlie Wooster seeks out Hector Heatherton, a hen pecked husband and avid inventor.  With Hector’s wife angry about his money-wasting projects, Charlie and Barnaby secretly help him build a flying machine.


Robert Fuller (credit only)

Episode 14


The Echo Pass Story


1/3/1965


Jack Lord as Lee Barton

Diane Brewster as Bea Dressen

James Caan as Paul

Dee Pollock as Clyde

Susan Seaforth (Hayes) as Vera

Edward (Ed) Kemmer as Reis Dressen

Driving to fill the water wagon, Cooper Smith and Charlie Wooster are stopped by ruthless bank robbers.  The outlaws tie Charlie up and leave him behind.  They force Coop to lead them to water and find a way through the mountains.


Robert Fuller (starring role)

Episode 15


The Chottsie Gubenheimer Story


1/10/1965


Jeanette Nolan* as Chottsie Gubenheimer

John Doucette as Chandler Ames

Paul Stewart as Jim Bannon

Buck Taylor as Skeeter Ames

Claire Carleton as Mrs. Mortimer

Gail Bonney as Mrs. Wilson


*wife of John McIntire

Flamboyant gambling hostess Chottsie Gubenheimer has a falling out with her boss.  Former beau Chris Hale feels sorry for her and offers passage on the wagon train.  Chottsie’s behavior causes an uproar among the passengers and a tough decision for Chris.


Robert Fuller (small supporting role)

Episode 16


The Wanda Snow Story


1/17/1965


Arthur O’Connell as Prof. Dabney Pitts

Donnelly Rhodes as Jeremiah Stevens

Marta Kristen as Wanda Snow

Dabbs Greer as Hiram Snow

Alice Backes as Delphine Hostatter

Ken Mayer as Junius Hostatter

Bill (Billy) Bowles as Thurston Hostatter


Traveling with her troubled father, Wanda Snow has a vision of Cooper Smith in grave danger.  When that and other predictions come true, train members are frightened of her ability.  Professor Pitts asks Wanda to be part of his medicine show which causes a disagreement with his devious partner Jeremiah.


Robert Fuller (supporting role)

Episode 17


The Isaiah Quickfox Story


1/31/1965


Andrew Prine as Eric Camden

John Doucette as Burt Enders

Nancy Rennick as Kate Sheffield

John Holland as Professor Sheffield

Sam Edwards as Si Fawcett

Frank de Kova as Isaiah Quickfox

On their way to get supplies for the wagon train, Cooper Smith and Charlie Wooster discover a deserted town with evidence the residents left in a hurry.  A lone Indian, Isaiah Quickfox, appears telling an ancient tale of mystery.  When four people return, there’s great danger in the night.


Robert Fuller (starring role)

Episode 18


Herman


2/14/1965

Charlie (Charles) Ruggles as Jamison Hershey

Tim McIntire* as William Temple

Linda Evans as Martha Temple

Lane Bradford as Mr. Biggers


* John McIntire’s son

While trading with hostile Indians, Jamison Hershey and his Belgium draft horse, Herman, encounter Cooper Smith teaching Barnaby West how to be a scout.   Traveling alone, Hershey asks to join the wagon train where problems multiply.


Robert Fuller (supporting role)

Episode 19


The Bonnie Brooke Story


2/21/1965


Katharine Ross as Bonnie Brooke

Lee Philips as Jack Evans

Robert Emhardt as Roger Cromwell

James Davidson as Don Brooke

Donna Russell as Annabelle

Desperately in need of funds to pay his expectant wife’s medical bills, Don Brooke has already borrowed too much from their friends.  Don seeks to make a deal with the banker resulting in drastic changes for Bonnie’s future.


Robert Fuller (starring role)

Episode 20


The Miss Mary Lee McIntosh Story


2/28/1965


Jack Warden as Daniel Delaney

Bethel Leslie as Mary Lee McIntosh

Bill Baldwin as Walker

Kevin O’Neal as Efram

David McMahon as Sgt. O’Rourke

Dennis McCarthy as Curt

Fern Barry as The Woman

Eddie Little Sky as Man Who Steals Ponies

Jack Bighead as Stinking Bear

Believing the wagon train fee is too costly, willful Mary Lee McIntosh refuses to pay but follows at a distance.  When her wagon overturns, she bails crafty photographer Daniel Delaney out of jail to take her through hostile Indian territory.


Robert Fuller (credit only)

Episode 21


The Captain Sam Story


3/21/1965


Cathy Lewis as Captain Samantha Stewart

Robert (Bobby) Santon as Johnny Stewart

Leslie Perkins as Mary Anne Stewart

Richard (Dick) Wessel as Biff

June (Juney) Ellis as Mrs. Kelsey

Norman Leavitt as Mr. Kelsey

Dick (Richard H.) Cutting as Davy Jones

John War Eagle as The Indian Spokesman

A rugged lady ferryboat skipper, Captain Sam, is visited by her son Johnny and his wife Mary Anne.  Johnny convinces his mother to travel west to fulfill her lifelong dream of an ocean voyage, but Johnny secretly has other plans.


Robert Fuller (small supporting role)

Episode 22


The Betsy Blee Smith Story


3/28/1965


Jennifer Billingsley as Eloise Blee

Jennifer Billingsley as Betsy Blee Smith

Peter Whitney as Buster Blee

Jody McCrea as Calvin S. Brown

Meg Wyllie as Sylvia Blee

Orville Sherman as Irving Simon

Remembering his promise to a former girlfriend, Eloise Blee, Cooper Smith convinces Chris Hale to let him go to Clark River Fork to visit her.  When he arrives, Coop finds himself the hapless victim of mistaken identity, possible scandal and facing a major test of his integrity.


Robert Fuller (starring comedy role)

Episode 23


The Katy Piper Story


4/11/1965


Frances Reid as Dr. Katy Piper

Virginia Christine as Mrs. Reed

Don Beddoe as Judge

Loyal T. Lucas as Old Man

Buddy Hart as Lonnie Reed

Buddy Hart as Joel Reed

Melody Thomas (Scott) as Samantha

Jeff Pevney as The Boy

Rene Patterson as Rosie


Charlie Wooster and Barnaby West are sent to escort Dr. Katy Piper and her daughters to the wagon train.  Guilt and revenge follow Barnaby’s attempt to protect them.   




Robert Fuller (strong supporting role)


Episode 24


The Indian Girl Story


4/18/1965


John Lupton as Mr. Wingate

Maggie Pierce as Clare Evers

Leslie Perkins as The Indian Girl

Bruce Dern as Wilkins

Michael Pate as Crazy Bear

Rex Holman as Joe Abbot

Robert Pine as Jonathan Olsen

Michael Bregan as George Olsen

Dick (Richard H.) Cutting as Marshal Teale

Dorothy Morris as Mrs.  Wingate

David McMahon as Mr. McNeil

Charla Doherty as Patty McNeil

Ernest Borgnine as an Indian (uncredited)

Dragging a mistreated Indian girl into the wagon train camp, Wilkins claims he’s returning the woman to her tribe because she murdered the chief’s son.  Bill Hawks and passengers rescue her from Wilkins.  They then have to decide if saving her life is worth risking their own.



Robert Fuller (small supporting role)



Episode 25


The Silver Lady


4/25/1965


Michael Burns as Morgan Earp

Don Galloway as Virgil Earp

Don Collier as Wyatt Earp

Monica Lewis as Kate

Vera Miles as Anne Reed

Arthur O’Connell as Charlie Loughlin

Henry Silva as Doc Holliday

Denver D. Pyle as Old Man Clanton

Harry Carey Jr. as Walt Thompson

Kevin Hagen as Ed Prentiss

Edward Faulkner as The Minister

Rex Holman as Ike Clanton

Dave Cass (David S. Cass Sr.) as Billy Clanton

Jack De Mave as Doctor Brill

Victor French as Beal

Sandra Williams as Angel

Gina Grant as The Saloon Girl

While scouting a route for the wagon train, Cooper Smith and Bill Hawks find the charred remains of a stagecoach.  Coop tells Bill the story of how the Earp Brothers and Doc Holliday investigated a stage coach robbery and found mistaken identity, romance and intrigue.





Robert Fuller (small supporting role)

Episode 26


The Jarbo Pierce Story


5/2/1965


Rory Calhoun as Jarbo Pierce

Tom Simcox as Adam Pierce

Lee Philips as Harlan Fortune

Angela Dorian (Victoria Vetri) as Marie

Arthur Hunnicutt as Deets

Stanley Adams as Samuel

Mort Mills as Grant

Morgan Woodward as Clyde

Bern Hoffman as Marcus

Mickey Finn as Edgar

Lane Bradford as Binnes

Ken Lynch as The Freighter

Colette Jackson as The Pregnant Woman

Richard Reeves as The Trapper

Iron Eyes Cody as Seeba

Edmund Vargas as Tosin

Cordy Clark as Deet’s 1st Daughter

Bella Bruck as Deet’s 2nd Daughter

Hal Jon Norman as The Medicine Man

In the series’ final episode, Charlie Wooster tells Bill Hawks the story of his younger years working at Pierce’s Bend frontier trading post.  It’s a tale of two very different brothers, Jarbo and Adam Pierce, who strongly disagree on how to treat the local Indians.


At the end of Charlie’s story, Bill says this is the last time he’s going to listen to Charlie ‘cause he always gets them lost.


The series ends with the two actors who were with Wagon Train from the very beginning!



Robert Fuller (credit only)  

 


Wagon Train

Season 8 - Final Season

Black & White


Regular Cast:

John McIntire as Christopher Hale

Robert Fuller as Cooper Smith

Frank McGrath as Charlie Wooster

Terry Wilson as Bill Hawks

Michael Burns as Barnaby West


TV Career Page

Season 8 Part 2

Season 8 Synopsis by Gail (Gus) Fox

Beta Reader - Jan Graham

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