Notes: Outlaws was Don's break-out role when he landed one of the leads for the new television series.  An edgy Western played from the outlaw point-of-view, it ran for two seasons in Thursday evening prime-time.  Don played Deputy Marshal, "Will Foreman".   HC cast members, Roberto Contreras and Ted Markland both made guest appearances.  HC producer, Kent McCray, was Associate Producer for the series.

HC guest actors who appeared on episodes of Outlaws included Robert Lansing, Alejandro Rey, Steve Forrest, Jack Lord, Jim Davis, Jack Elam, Garry Walberg, Charles Aidman, Patricia Barry, Leo Gordon, Kevin Hagen, William Tannen, Joe Maross, Robert Carricart, Joseph Ruskin, Margarita Cordova, Gregg Palmer, Anna Navarro, Ralph Manza, Ken Mayer, John Pickard, Warren Kemmerling, Myron Healey, Ronald Trujillo, and Frank DeKova.

Other actors of note who guested in the series included William Shatner, Martin Landau, James Coburn, Dean Stockwell, Robert Culp, Warren Oates, Cliff Robertson, Dean Jones, Vic Morrow, Ray Walston, Jackie Coogan, Cloris Leachman, Pippa Scott, Jack Warden, Edgar Buchanan, Alan Hale, Julie Adams, Brian Keith, Dick York, Ed Asner, George Kennedy, and Claude Akins.

Notes: Don plays "Sergeant" in this episode focused on Hoss Cartwright and an alcoholic Army Scout.  This was the first of six guest starring roles that Don had on Bonanza.  Other HC actors in this episode include John Dehner and Lane Bradford.  Like most of the HC cast members, Don made several appearances on Bonanza, David Dortort's other popular television series.  Over the course of its 14 seasons, almost every actor to appear on The High Chaparral made an appearance on Bonanza as well. 

Notes: Don plays ranch hand, "Wade Tyree", who becomes the object of Hoss Cartwright's matchmaking attempts with an attractive widow in this, Don's second appearance on Bonanza.

Notes: The Wide Country was a short-lived Western series that ran for only one season, 28 episodes in all.  Don appeared in Our Ernie Kills People, playing "VanAnda".  HC actor, Ted de Corsia, also appeared in that episode.

Notes: Don plays "Sheriff Gabrielle" in this episode that also includes HC actor, Jim Davis. Produced by Gene Autry, Death Valley Days was one of television's longest running series, in production for 23 years on ABC from 1952 - 1975.  Ronald Reagan was a weekly host from 1964 - 1966.  Death Valley Days was a series of true stories set in California's Death Valley and sponsored by the famous 20-Mule Team Borax soap commercials.  Other than the hosts, there were no regular cast members, but nearly every Western actor appeared at one time or another.  HC stuntmen, Bob Hoy, Neil Summers, and Bob Terhune all did stunt work for the series.

Notes: Don plays "Jack Slade" here in his second appearance on Death Valley Days.

Notes: Don plays "Frank Dalton", a deputy U.S. Marshal whose official duties conflict with his romantic interests when he suspects the father of his sweetheart of a crime in his third appearance on Death Valley Days.

Notes: Don plays "Price" in this hour-long episode that also included HC guest actor, Gregg Palmer.  One of the longest running television series, Gunsmoke ran on CBS for twenty years from 1955 to 1974 with James Arness in the lead role the whole time.  It began as half-hour episodes and expanded to an hour in 1961.  In 1966 it switched from black & white to color.  Like most long-running Westerns, most of the HC actors appeared on Gunsmoke at one time or another.  Stunt work was contributed by HC actors/stuntmen, Bob Hoy, Jerry Summers, Neil Summers, Alex Sharp, Bob Terhune, Steve Raines, Red Morgan, Roy Jenson, Loren Janes, Jerry Gatlin, Richard Farnsworth and Carl Pitti.

Notes: The Virginian was set in Wyoming in the 1890's and ran on NBC from 1962-1971, one of the few television series to use a 90-minute time slot each week.  Perhaps because it was in production during much of the same time frame as The High Chaparral, the only HC stunt person credited here is Jerry Summers.

Notes: In his third guest appearance on Bonanza, Don plays "Ira Tatum" in this story about  hiring a gunman to protect against rustlers.  Fellow HC cast member, Bob Hoy, also appeared in this episode.

Notes: Don played Wyatt Earp in this next to the last episode of the long-running Wagon Train series that ran for eight seasons.  HC guest star, Henry Silva played Doc Holliday in this episode.  Red Morgan and Henry Wills contributed their stunt skills to the series.

Notes: Don played "Wilkes" in this Army court-martial episode of Branded that ran for two seasons on NBC, starring Chuck Connors after his successful run on The Rifleman.  HC actor, Red Morgan also appears in this episode.  HC stunt people, Steven Burnett, Charles Horvath, and Alex Sharp contributed to the series.

Notes: In his second role on Branded, Don plays "Jud Foley" in this Western gypsy tale.

Notes: In his fourth appearance on Bonanza, Don plays "Sheriff Fenton" when Little Joe gets mixed up in the killing of a horse thief.  Other HC actors in this episode include Ted Markland, Troy Melton, and Charles Maxwell.  HC Director, Bill Claxton, directs this episode.

Notes: Don plays "Josiah Wilbarger" in his fourth and final appearance on Death Valley Days.

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Notes: Don plays "Paul Walker" in his fifth guest starring role on Bonanza.  In this episode Buddy Ebsen, as a hired hand, challenges Ben Cartwright to prove his abilities.  Other HC actors here include Henry Wills and Dick Farnsworth.  HC Director, Bill Claxton directs this episode.

Notes: In his sixth and final role on Bonanza, Don is uncredited but he provides the voice-over of the military judge in the beginning and ending of this show, the final episode of the Bonanza television series.

Notes: In his second appearance on Gunsmoke, Don plays "Eli Baines" in this story about a homeless infant.  HC guest actor, Donald Moffat, has a role in this episode.

Notes: Don teamed up with Bob Hoy again, this time as train engineer and fireman in the first of two appearances he made on Little House on the Prairie.  With Michael Landon as Executive Producer, Little House had many Bonanza and High Chaparral connections among the production crew.  Most notable was Producer Kent McCray and his wife Susan, credited here as Susan Sukman, Casting Director.  David Rose is credited with the music.  Bill Claxton did a lot of the early directing.  Don Balluck and many other HC writers contributed to the Little House series which ran from 1974 - 1983.  Other HC actors in the regular cast included Kevin Hagen, Ted Gehring, and Kelly Thordsen, along with stuntmen, Neil Summers, Carl Pitti, Loren Janes, and Bob Herron.  Other HC actors in this episode include Bob Hoy, Jerry Gatlin, Sean McClory, Paul Bryar, and Troy Melton.

Notes: Don plays the Sheriff who reluctantly must see that Blanche is destroyed here in his second appearance on Little House.

Notes: Don played the recurring regular role of William Tompkins, the shop keeper, in at least eighteen episodes of this Emmy award winning Western about the Pony Express that ran for three seasons on ABC. His episodes included Gunfighter; Home of the Brave; Black Ulysses; Ten Cent Hero; False Colors; The Man Behind the Badge; Gathering Clouds Part 1 and 2; Lady for a Night; Unfinished Business; Daddy's Girl; Blood Moon; Pride and Prejudice; Bad Company; Star Light, Star Bright; A Noble Chase; and 'Til Death Do Us Part: Part 1.  (Don has some lines and appears briefly from the back in The Keepsake.)

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Notes: Don plays the wizened cowboy with the unmistakable Western twang questioning the authenticity of the greenhorn from "New York City" in this often seen Pace Picante Commercial.