Episode Title and Original Air Date
Guest Stars
Synopsis
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-
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)
