In the episode "First to Thine Own Self" (February 12, 1964), Boone's character sings "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", written by Hank Williams in 1949. His other roles include Whirlpool (1950), A Star Is Born (1954), and The Big Country (1958). episodes as 6.16 "The Death Wagon" (as Wrengell), 6.17 "Jed," 7.08 Bickford died suddenly in November 1967 while a member of the cast. exit - 18Mar70 8.24 "The Gift." In episode 11, "The Devil's Children", the grave marker for one of the characters who dies in the episode states 1898 as the year of death. He was in The Virginian between 1962- 1964. the in which she stated she had asked the President to send troops to rout out Johnny Belinda. [citation needed], Season seven's guests included William Smith (7.2, "Silver Image"), Burgess Meredith (7.3, "The Orchard"), John Saxon (7.4, "A Vision of Blindness"), Ricardo Montalbn (7.5, "The Wind of Outrage"), Susan Oliver (7.9, "The Storm Gate"), Hugh Beaumont (7.12, "Nora"), Steve Ihnat (7.16, "Last Grave at Socorro Creek"), James Brolin (7.17, "Crime Wave in Buffalo Springs"), Peter Deuel (7.18, "The Price of Love"), Jennifer Gan (7.19, "The Ordeal"), Jack Albertson (7.24, The Girl In The Shadows"), Troy Donahue (7.25, "Fox, Hound, And The Widow McCloud"), and Shelly Novack (7.26, "The Stranger"). When he was nine years old, he was put on trial for attempting to kill a trolley driver who had run over his pet dog (he was eventually acquitted). The sanctuary area was something of a maritime highway cloverleaf. | Source: Wikimedia Commons. In his final years, Bickford played rancher John Grainger, owner of the Shiloh Ranch, on The Virginian. contribution to the series. As in the book, the foreman went only by the name "The Virginian." The Virginian's real name was never revealed in the nine years the show was on the air. Cowboy" and R.J. entry 1.01, as Judge Henry Garth (1962-66)(seasons 1 - 4) Seasons one through eight were shown. He appeared in: entry - possibly 9.01 The Virginian. Several episodes were made detailing his past. Shannon trail herd wagons in 3.22 "You Take the High Road"). //-->,