THE BIG VALLEY
LEVEE-GARDNER-LAVEN PRODUCTIONS/ ABC TELEVISION
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
Victoria Barkley heads her adult brood on the Barkley Ranch
in California's San Joaquin Valley, near Stockton, in the 1870s.
Heath is the illegitimate son of Victoria's husband Tom
(who is dead at the time of the series).
Bank robbers, horse thieves, revolutionaries and land grabbers keep the Barkley's hopping.
Written by Ed Stephan
Series Cast
Richard Long ... Jarrod Barkley (112 episodes, 1965-1969)
Peter Breck ... Nick Barkley (112 episodes, 1965-1969)
Lee Majors ... Heath Barkley (112 episodes, 1965-1969)
Linda Evans ... Audra Barkley (112 episodes, 1965-1969)
Barbara Stanwyck ... Victoria Barkley (112 episodes, 1965-1969)
Napoleon Whiting ... Silas (36 episodes, 1965-1969)
Douglas Kennedy ... Sheriff Fred Madden / ... (23 episodes, 1965-1969)
Harlan Warde ... Arthur Kleeber / ... (11 episodes, 1965-1969)
Paul Sorensen ... Blacksmith / ... (11 episodes, 1965-1969)
Harry Swoger ... Bartender / ... (10 episodes, 1965-1969)
and others including some of Duke's 'Pals'
Coleen Dewhurst, Bruce Dern,
Karl Swenson, Paul Fix,
William Fawcett, Strother Martin,
Chuck Roberson, John Carradine,
Ron Howard, Dennis Hopper,
Katharine Ross, George Kennedy,
Dub Taylor
The Big Valley was well-known
for the showing of many guest stars.
Among others:
* Julie Adams* Jack Albertson
* Claude Akins * Chris Alcaide
* John Anderson * Richard Anderson
* R. G. Armstrong * Lew Ayres
* Diane Baker * Joe Don Baker
* Anne Baxter * Milton Berle
* Charles Bronson * Michael Burns
* Conlan Carter * Kelly Corcoran
* Noreen Corcora * Dennis Cross
* Royal Dano * Bradford Dillman
* Richard Dreyfuss * Maurice Evans
* Harold Gould * Robert Goulet
* Lee Grant * James Gregory
* Steve Ihnat * Russell Johnson
* I. Stanford Jolley * L.Q. Jones
* Robert Karnes * Martin Landau
* Cloris Leachman * Flip Mark
* Read Morgan * Leslie Nielsen
* Kathleen Nolan * Warren Oates
* Susan Oliver * Gregg Palmer
* Regis Philbin * John M. Pickard
* Stephanie Powers * Lou Rawls
* Wayne Rogers * Jill St. John
* William Shatner * Susan Strasberg
* Adam West * Robert Walker Jr.
* James Whitmore * Morgan Woodward
* Anthony Zerbe
Series Directed
Virgil W. Vogel (48 episodes, 1965-1969)
Bernard McEveety (11 episodes, 1965-1968)
and many others..
Series Produced
Arthur Gardner .... producer / executive producer (112 episodes)
Arnold Laven .... producer / executive producer (112 episodes)
Jules V. Levy .... producer / executive producer (112 episodes)
Lou Morheim .... associate producer / producer (112 episodes)
Series Writing Credits
A.I. Bezzerides (112 episodes, 1965-1969)
Louis F. Edelman (112 episodes, 1965-1969)
and many others...
Series Original Music
Lalo Schifrin (26 episodes, 1968-1969)
Elmer Bernstein (24 episodes, 1967-1968)
George Duning (21 episodes, 1965-1967)
and others...
Filming Locations
CBS Studio Center - Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Golden Oak Ranch - 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA
Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Sonora, California, USA
Thousand Oaks, California, USA
Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park -Agua Dulce, California, USA