The Virginian:
Guest Stars
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Darren McGavin
The father from A Christmas Story (1983)
Paul Winchell
The voice of Tigger from Winnie The Pooh and Gargamel from The Smurfs (1981)
Robert Redford
Franchot Tone
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Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone's wife
Leslie Nielsen
Dolores Hart played a missionary on an episode and became a nun in real life.
Annette O'Toole, the wife of Michael McKean [Lenny from Laverne & Shirley (1976)]
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Kurt Russell
Clint Howard
Ron Howard's younger brother was on twice.
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The Irish Rovers
The Canadian folk-song band made many appearances in Season 7.
Mel Tormé
Musician Mel Tormé, who sang Christmas music
Fabian
Family Members Of Virginian Cast
Jon Drury
James Drury's younger brother
Tané McClure
Doug McClure's daughter
Tim & Holly McIntire
John McIntire & Jeanette Nolan's son & daughter
Rusty Lane
Sara Lane's father appeared on two episodes.
The Virginian Cast On Different TV Shows
Almost all of The Virginian characters appeared on Wagon Train. Most of the main characters:
James Drury, Gary Clarke, Randy Boone, Roberta Shore, Clu Gulager, and L.Q. Jones.
James Drury was on two episodes of Wagon Train (1957) with John McIntire, and he
was also with Jeanette Nolan on an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955).
Doug McClure played a cowboy on the third episode of The Twilight Zone (1959) entitled "Mr. Denton On Doomsday".
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John McIntire's real wife, Jeanette Nolan was on many episodes of Wagon Train (1957), two
being with her husband, John McIntire. She played his wife in a flashback on an episode.
John McIntire and his family were all on an episode of The Fugitive (1964) together as a family.
Tim Matheson played Michael Harmon on two episodes of the last season of Leave It To Beaver (1957).
Lee Majors was on one of the last episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) entitled "Monkey's Paw - A Retelling".
In 1964, John Doucette was on an episode of The Virginian with Clu Gulager
and earlier that year was also on a Wagon Train (1957) episode with him.
Ross Elliott played Jack Benny's director, Fred, on The Jack Benny Program (1950) from 1961-65.
Doug McClure & Roberta Shore appeared as themselves from The Virginian on The Jack Benny Program.
