Bonanza cast: How they looked then and in their final years | Nostalmania TV

The cast of Bonanza then and now | Nostalmania TV

My dad Hoyt Axton singing “Endless Road” with Pernell Roberts on the TV show “Bonanza” in 1965! This was his very first guest starring role on TV! He played Howard Meade, a hard luck, ramblin’ cowboy who gets stopped trying to rob some folks & gets thrown in jail. But Adam Cartwright (Pernell Roberts) is so taken by Howard’s singing & guitar playing that he decides to give him another chance…which may have been a mistake. This role was just the first of many guest starring roles my dad would hav