“Forty Rifles”

 

Season:               1 episode 2
Series Episode:   2
Air Date:            September 22, 1965

 

 

Teaser

Heath is tested in a baptism of fire.

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

CharacterRoleActorActor AgeStatus
Victoria BarkleyBarkley matriarchMiss Barbara Stanwyck58Credited
Jarrod Thomas Barkley, EsquireEldest Barkley son / LawyerRichard Long37Credited
Nicholas "Nick" Jonathan BarkleySecond Barkley son, / Property managerPeter Breck36Credited
Heath BarkleyTom Barkley's third son / Assistant property managerLee Majors26Credited
Eugene " Gene" BarkleyFourth Barkley son / College studentCharles Briles19Credited
Audra BarkleyBarkley daughterLinda Evans22Credited
BarrettBarkley ranch handJohn Milford38Credited
Brown "Browny"Barkley ranch handChuck (Charles) Bail29Credited
CotaYaqui gun runner Allen Jaffe37Credited
Sam De KovenRancherMichael Fox44Credited
LillardBarkley ranch handCalvin Brown29Credited
McColl "Mac"Barkley foremanDouglas Kennedy50Credited
SchadBarkley ranch handLincoln TateCredited
SpockBarkley ranch handWalter (Walt) Edmiston39Credited
WallantDiaz revolutionary /Former union generalAndrew Duggan41Credited
BerberJimmie Booth39Uncredited
CarrRancherUncredited
FriesRancherUncredited
JebBarkley ranch hand driving Nick to BakersfieldUncredited
RodaleBarkley ranch handUncredited
RoyceRancherUncredited
Sal LiCook for ranch handsUncredited
Yaqui with CotaUncredited
Yaqui with CotaUncredited
SilasBarkley private household manager/ Butler / Cook / Houseman Mentioned

 

 

Crew

CreatorsA. I. Bezzendes & Louis F. Edelman
ProducersArthur Gardner, Arnold Laven & Jules (V.) Levy
Associate ProducerLou Morheim
Producer's AssistantMarian Carpenter & Marilyn Fiebelkorn
Production SupervisionNorman S. Powell
Production ManagerDon Torpin
DirectorBernard McEveety
Assistant DirectorMike Moder
WriterChristopher Knopf
Theme Music ComposerGeorge Duning
Music SupervisionAlfred Perry
MusicGeorge Duning
Music EditorHarry King
Director of PhotographyWilfrid M. Cline, A.S.C.
Assistant Camera (uncredited)Lloyd Ahem II
Key Grip (uncredited)Nels Mathias
Lamp Operator (uncredited)Earl C. Williman
Sound Don Rush
Sound Effects Milton C. Burrow
Editorial SupervisorBernard (W.) Burton
EditingSherman A. Todd, A.C.E.
Supervising Art DirectorBill Ross (William P.)
Art DirectionJack DeShields (Jack F. De Shields)
Set DecoratorPierre Ludlum
Makeup ArtistSidney Perell

Hair Stylist
Scotty Rackin
Hair Stylist (uncredited)Bertha French
WardrobeRobert B. Harris
CastingRobert Walker
Stunt Double (uncredited)
Jeannie Epper
Stunt Double for Peter Breck (uncredited)Charles Bail
Production CompanyFour Star & Margate
Professional AssociationsInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.)
AcknowledgementsConference of the California Historical Societies

 

 

Filming Location

Sets

CBS Studio Center – 4024 Radford Avenue Sudio City, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

 

Historic References

First Battle of Bull Run, American Civil War
Second Battle of Bull Run, American Civil War
American Civil War
Pioneer Ridge
Siege of Vicksburg, American Civil War

 

 

Geographic References

Bakersfield, California, United States of America
Camino Real Crossing
Fresno, California, United States of America
Kern River in California, United States of America
Mint Canyon in California, United States of America
San Diego, California, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America

 

 

 

Valley Victuals

Haut-Bion Wine, 1855

 

 

Sources

Sources:

The Big Valley episodes (written, spoken and credits);

Internet Movie Database (IMDb);

Wikipedia;

Individual observations; and

Others as indicated by the links.

 

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