“Day of the Comet”

 

Season:               2 episode 15
Series Episode:   45
Air Date:           December 26, 1966

 

Teaser

‘Tis better to have loved and lost. Than never to have loved at all.” Alfred Lord Tennyson

 

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
Audra Barkley "Princess"Barkley daughterLinda Evans22Credited
Howard MerarStockton doctorKen Drake45Credited
Eric MercerFormer army captainBradford Dillman36Credited
Alexander MorrisonFormer army lieutenantDouglas Kennedy51Credited
Rafael RuizCamp cookRobert Conteras38Credited
Ben WilgusFormer member of D Company of the 4th Cavalry of the United States ArmyChuck (Charles) Bail31Credited
Former cavalry soldierJimmie Booth25Uncredited
Former cavalry soldierClint Sharp57Uncredited
John BaxterGuest at the partyMentioned
QuitaroMentioned
CiegoBarkley ranch handMentioned

 

 

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
Production CoordinatorrErnst (Tom) R. Rolf
Director Virgil W. V ogel
Assistant DirectorEdward A. Teets
WriterGilbert Ralston
Script SupervisorJoseph (Joe) Mazzuca
Theme Music ComposerGeorge Duning
Music SupervisionAlfred Perry
MusicGeorge Duning
Music EditorHarry King
Director of PhotographyWilfrid M. Cline, A.S.C.
Key Grip (uncredited)Nels Mathias
Sound Don Rush
Sound EffectsKay Rose
Editorial SupervisorBernard (W.) Burton
EditingArthur D. Hilton
Art DirectionJack DeShields (Jack F. De Shields)
Set DecoratorPierre Ludlum
Makeup ArtistSidney Perell

Hair Stylist
Scotty Rackin
WardrobeRobert B. Harris
Barbara Stanwyck's WardrobeJack Muhs
CastingRobert Walker
Stunt Double (uncredited)Jeannie Epper
Production CompaniesFour Star Productions
& Margate
Professional AssociationsInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.)
AcknowledgementsConference of the California Historical Societies

 

 

Filming Locations

Sets

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

 

 

Valley Victuals

Coffee
Jerky
Wild duck

 

 

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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