Season 2 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 30
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

The Virginian Season 2 (1963-1964)

The Virginian Ride a Dark Trail 2x01 Ride a Dark Trail
The Virginian accidentally comes upon, and is held at gunpoint by, young Lon Mortison (Buzz Martin). The boy had been searching for a gambler who he thinks is responsible for his father's ...
Sep. 18, 1963
The Virginian To Make This Place Remember 2x02 To Make This Place Remember
Judge Garth is convinced to go to Arapaho, Wyoming, by Roseanna Dobie (Joan Blondell), an old friend. Her son is dead and although it is claimed he had died when thrown off a horse, ...
Sep. 25, 1963
The Virginian No Tears for Savannah 2x03 No Tears for Savannah
In Santa Rita the Virginian meets an old flame, Savannah (Gena Rowlands), who has been seeing a local man, a very jealous Gordie Madden (Robert Colbert). Savannah is accussed of murdering ...
Oct. 02, 1963
The Virginian A Killer in Town 2x04 A Killer in Town
A bounty hunter named George Wolfe (Broderick Crawford) comes to Medicine Bow, having been summoned by a now dead informant who told Wolfe a fugitive is in town. Although the informant ...
Oct. 09, 1963
The Virginian The Evil That Men Do 2x05 The Evil That Men Do
In cooperaton with a progressive warden, Judge Garth gets a man named Matthew Cordell (Robert Redford), who had been in orphanages or prison most of his life, paroled into his custody ...
Oct. 16, 1963
The Virginian It Takes a Big Man 2x06 It Takes a Big Man
Judge Garth is asked by an old friend, Wade Anders (Lloyd Nolan), to take his eldest son Hank (Chris Robinson) to work as a hand at Shiloh. He wants the son to eventually take over ...
Oct. 23, 1963
The Virginian Brother Thaddeus 2x07 Brother Thaddeus
Former n'er do well Willie Caine (Albert Salmi) is now a monk, Brother Thaddeus. He is involved in establishing a mission and boy's school on property owned by Judge Garth and Trampas ...
Oct. 30, 1963
The Virginian A Portrait of Marie Valonne 2x08 A Portrait of Marie Valonne
After delivering a herd of cattle to New Orleans, the Virginian meets and falls for a mysterious woman, Marie Valonne (Madlyn Rhue). He is attacked and the woman disappears. In his ...
Nov. 06, 1963
The Virginian Run Quiet 2x09 Run Quiet
Steve Hill befriends a dishevelled deaf mute named Judd (Clu Gulager) and convinces the Virginian to gives him a job at Shiloh ranch. Judd is accussed of murdering a gambler, runs off ...
Nov. 13, 1963
The Virginian Stopover in a Western Town 2x10 Stopover in a Western Town
The well-off Caroline Witman (Joan Freeman) and her Aunt Grace (Lillian Bronson) visit Medicine Bow on their way from San Francisco to New York. Caroline falls in love with the Virginian ...
Nov. 27, 1963
The Virginian The Fatal Journey 2x11 The Fatal Journey
After she calls for the President to bring in the army to rid the badlands of outlaws, newspaper editor Molly Wood, the Virginian's love interest, is murdered by four of those outlaws: ...
Dec. 04, 1963
The Virginian A Time Remembered 2x12 A Time Remembered
Accompanied by her secretary (Melinda Plowman), opera singer Elena (Yvonne DeCarlo) comes to Medicine Bow to perform. Judge Garth recognizes here as someone he knew years before and ...
Dec. 11, 1963
The Virginian Siege 2x13 Siege
Trampas wins $1,000 at poker in Medicine Bow and heads to his old stomping grounds of Logan, New Mexico to repay several debts. There he has a run in with comancheros, led by Pedro ...
Dec. 18, 1963
The Virginian Man of Violence 2x14 Man of Violence
Trampas' Uncle Josh (Harry Shannon) is murdered during an holdup by Wismer (Leonard Nimoy) and Judson (William Bryant). On their trail, Trampas is eventually forced to illegally enter ...
Dec. 25, 1963
The Virginian The Invaders 2x15 The Invaders
Rancher Mike Tyrone (Ed Begley) purhases a ranch near Medicine Bow, and moves there with his daughter Margaret (Beverly Owen), and his two sons (Rees Vaughan and James McMullen). Tyrone ...
Jan. 01, 1964
The Virginian Roar from the Mountain 2x16 Roar from the Mountain
A cougar kills a Shiloh hand and Steve Hill, experienced in hunting these animals, tracks it into the mountains where he comes upon a homestead owned by Nancy Mayhew (Joyce Bulifant) ...
Jan. 08, 1964
The Virginian The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones 2x17 The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones
J. Jimerson Jones (Pat O'Brien) finds a gold vein and on the way to Chicago to enjoy his fortune, meets Judge Garth and Betsy. In Chicago the Garth's make the acquaintance of young ...
Jan. 15, 1964
The Virginian The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath 2x18 The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath
Former British soldier Gavin Heath (Leo Genn) strikes it rich and returns to Medicine Bow where he had previously lived. Heath is attacked by an apparently rabid dog. Thinking he may ...
Jan. 22, 1964
The Virginian The Drifter 2x19 The Drifter
This episode recounts in flashback how the Virginian came to Shiloh Ranch. The Virginian comes to Medicine Bow and first works for Miles Peterson (Leif Erickson) whose spread is run ...
Jan. 29, 1964
The Virginian First to Thine Own Self 2x20 First to Thine Own Self
A young drifter named Randy (Randy Boone) camps with Silas (Frank Maxwell) and his young daughter Melanie (Claire Wilcox) near Medicine Bow. Silas reveals he has been mining and that ...
Feb. 12, 1964
The Virginian A Matter of Destiny 2x21 A Matter of Destiny
Robert Gaynor (Peter Graves), a wealthy and somewhat ruthless Chicago meat packer, buys a local ranch and comes to Medicine Bow. He begins romancing, and wins the heart of, Janet Lawrence ...
Feb. 19, 1964
The Virginian Smile of a Dragon 2x22 Smile of a Dragon
Trampas is the sole survivor of a stagecoach robbery but he is wounded and wanders off in a daze. The local Sheriff (Richard Carlson) finds him and accuses him of being one of the robbers, ...
Feb. 26, 1964
The Virginian The Intruders 2x23 The Intruders
Judge Garth is hosting a meeting at Shiloh Ranch between a US Army General and the Chief of the Sioux (Iron Eyes Cody) as someone is trying to stir up trouble between the Indians and ...
Mar. 04, 1964
The Virginian Walk in Another's Footsteps 2x24 Walk in Another's Footsteps
The Virginian's friend, young Dan Grant (Paul Petersen), is killed in a bank robbery. The three robbers escape a posse but the Virginian is more persistent and tracks them to Montana. ...
Mar. 11, 1964
The Virginian Rope of Lies 2x25 Rope of Lies
A beautiful woman, Alva Lowell (Diana Millay), arrives in Medicine Bow having just bought the Lazy K Ranch and manages to hire a reluctant Steve Hill to be her foreman. A former business ...
Mar. 25, 1964
The Virginian The Secret of Brynmar Hall 2x26 The Secret of Brynmar Hall
Betsy Garth is driven by Randy to Brynmar Hall, a large mansion, where she meets several other old acquaintances and invitees (Brooke Bundy, Tom Skerritt, Mark Goddard). All knew Mildred ...
Apr. 01, 1964
The Virginian The Long Quest 2x27 The Long Quest
The Virginian is friends with Mary Ann Martin (Patricia Breslin) and her young son Cricket (Casey Peters) who live near Shiloh ranch. A detective named Corbett (Joseph Campanella) and ...
Apr. 08, 1964
The Virginian A Bride for Lars 2x28 A Bride for Lars
Lars Holstrum (Peter Whitney) is a middle-aged and wealthy rancher friend of Judge Garth's who is about to marry a 20 year old girl. Lars injures his back and Trampas is given the job ...
Apr. 15, 1964
The Virginian Dark Destiny 2x29 Dark Destiny
Steve, Randy and other hands capture two horse rustlers, Frank Conrad (Robert Wilke) and Striker (Edward Faulkner), and kill a third. They also find Conrad's daughter, Billie Jo (Brenda ...
Apr. 29, 1964
The Virginian A Man Called Kane 2x30 A Man Called Kane
Randy and Betsy explore a cave and find a number of gold coins and a human skeleton, a find which gets wide publicity in the newspapers. Kane (Jeremy Slate) shows up and begins working ...
May. 06, 1964

Season 2 Characters

Judge Henry Garth played by Lee J. Cobb
The Virginian played by James Drury
Trampas played by Doug McClure
Steve Hill played by Gary Clarke
Betsy Garth played by Roberta Shore
Sheriff Mark Abbott played by Ross Elliott
Randy Benton played by Randy Boone
Danny played by Frank Sully
Bartender played by Joseph Mell
Deputy played by Michael Beirne
Hotel Clerk played by Sam Edwards
Barney Wingate played by Roy Engel
Barfly played by Duke Fishman
Bill played by William Smith
Belden played by L.Q. Jones
Cowhand played by Ron Burke
the Bartender played by Frank Sully
Conductor played by David McMahon
Juror played by Ted Jordan
Eddie Tighe played by David Macklin
Dr. Carl Spaulding played by John Bryant
Townsman played by Robert Williams
Sheriff played by Stewart Bradley

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Season 2 Videos

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Season 2 Quotes

02x20 - First to Thine Own Self Season 2 / Episode 20: - First to Thine Own Self

Randy Benton: [to Betsy] Gol-darn you, you gol-darn girl!
02x28 - A Bride for Lars Season 2 / Episode 28: - A Bride for Lars

Trampas: High man?
Steve Hill: High man. Not your deck.
Trampas: Steve, you act as if you can't trust me.
Steve Hill: I don't know where you ever got that idea, Trampas.
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Season 2 Trivia

  • Episode 20 - This episode marked Randy Boone's first appearance as a regular.
  • Episode 12 - Garth refers to Betsy as his daughter and that he is a widower. However, in the second show of the series, Betsy is said to be his adopted daughter and Garth was never married.
  • Episode 20 - The title is based upon a quote from William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet": (Act I, Scene III): "This above all: to thine own self be true".
  • Episode 11 - This show completes the elimination of the Molly Wood character from the show. The actress had already left the show in the middle of the first season.

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