Episode Summary:
Samson Binton persuades Grey and Blake (facing bankruptcy themselves) to take his troupe of entertainers, including "English Nightingale" Julie Lang, to New Orleans in return for a share of the profits of their engagement there. Julie, pining for an "uncomplicated" man, romances Grey. Julie's necklace is stolen, and when she discovers that Binton failed to insure it, she declares that she will not sing in New Orleans if it isn't returned. Blake believes the incident to be a publicity stunt until he and Grey are shot at while inspecting the keyhole to Julie's cabin. They begin searching cabins, but give it up after making an embarrassing false accusation. Meanwhile, Julie has decided that this turn of fate may be a fine thing, freeing her from her career to lead a simple life. Grey sets out to cure her of this yen by setting off with her into the wilderness. When he proudly offers her a muskrat to skin and cook, she runs back to her career and the Enterprise, but still refuses to sing for Binton. Grey and Blake resume their searches and hit paydirt in the cabin of clarinettist Alex Jeffords (Kelley) -- he has a reed carved into a key that fits Julie's cabin. They confront Jeffords, who cleverly takes the key to inspect and flicks it overboard. After a tussle, they find the necklace inside the clarinet. (How you get sound out of a clarinet full of diamonds is an unexplained mystery.) Jeffords' unrepentant explanation to Julie is that he just wanted to get to Europe where he could study and bring out his god-given talent, and insists that the shot fired was just a scare tactic. To Grey's dismay, Julie decides Jeffords should have his chance and gives him the necklace. She also tells Grey that if he prosecutes, she still won't sing in New Orleans. So everybody gets to New Orleans more or less happy.

Notes:
A fun show all around, though not a particularly good role for Kelley, who is not altogether convincing as a musician longing to release his true talent.
For Trekkers:
This would presumably be Kelley's first trip aboard the Enterprise.
Jeanne Bal (Julie) played Nancy in “The Man Trap.”
John Warburton played the Centurion in "Balance of Terror."
Fred Freiburger, a Star Trek producer, wrote this episode.

Sources: viewing; Brooks & Marsh; Lentz (1997)

Role: ** Cole Scoville
Episode: 5.14 (142)           Airdate: 1/9/61; R:8/7/61
Commercial Recording: None known

Episode Summary: Not viewed. From Lentz (1997), Television Westerns:
Hardie is looking for Cole Scoville, who is wanted for robbery, murder and Army desertion. Cole has had a loss of memory from a head injury, and Susan Kellogg is nursing him at her ranch when Hardie turns up.

Sources: Brooks & Marsh; Lentz (1997); T-Negative #19

Episode Summary:
Tod and Buz encounter pretty, manipulative Sweet Thing at a date stand in Indio. Buz is instantly smitten and the boys take jobs on the date ranch belonging to her guardian Adam Darcy. The crippled Darcy is carrying on a couple of feuds from his rocking chair on the porch. One is with Sweet Thing, who wants to run off and become a starlet; he intends to marry her for her own good. He taunts her with a hidden stash of money, and she spends her days digging holes all over the yard and ransacking the house. The other feud is with contractor H. Norbert Willis (Kelley), who has a crew of convicts building a highway through Darcy's property. Work is on hold because somebody parked the "ute-pull" (some kind of heavy construction equipment) on Darcy's property and he's holding it hostage at gunpoint. Sweet Thing flirts with convict Joe Goss, promising more if and only if he gets the secret of the money out of Darcy by threat and/or violence. Close to parole, Goss is reluctant but so obsessed with her that when he sees Sweet Thing flirting with Buz, he attacks her and Buz beats him up. (Buz apparently had to have at least one fight per show in this series...) Back at the ranch house, Willis has sent a couple of men in to retrieve the ute-pull, using a bulldozer as armor. Darcy hobbles to the ute-pull, grabs onto the axle trying to free the chain, and is dragged. Buz, Tod and Sweet Thing arrive in their truck in time to drive it into the chain, breaking it. Sweet Thing rushes to take care of the banged-up Darcy. Willis, in shock at having almost killed the guy, tells Darcy he's won, they'll relocate the road. Darcy reveals that he could walk just fine all along, he was faking it hoping sympathy would hold Sweet Thing. He also reveals that the money was in his chair cushion; he now offers it to Sweet Thing, but she decides to stay. Buz's romantic prospects are now firmly dashed, and the boys head on down the road.

Notes:
Probably not one of the best episodes of this show, with a number of plot holes and rather silly characters. Kelley's bit is fun to see, with some agitated bluster through a megaphone.
For Trekkers: Arthur Batanides (Joe Goss) played D'Amato in "That Which Survives."

Sources: viewing; Brooks & Marsh; EPGuides website

Episode Summary:
Old Dan Gregg is dangerously ill from pneumonia and has given power of attorney to ranch foreman Bent Carr (Kelley), whom he has raised, Carr says, "like a son." As soon as the doctor leaves, however, Bent exposes Gregg to the cold, and the old man dies. Troop and McKay send for information about the heir, Pete Gregg, last seen riverboating around. Twenty-some families of settlers have been farming for years on ranch bottomland at the deceased Gregg's invitation. Bent now tells the "squatters" to leave. Molly Prentice drives him off with a pitchfork, and Bent demands that Troop evict them. Troop objects that the town needs the farmers and that Dan meant to give them the land; Bent stands firm, saying has to follow the law however bad it makes him feel. The townspeople turn against Bent at the prospect of losing business; Bent is put out at this and starts threatening to pull the squatters' houses down. Soon thereafter, Bent's ranch-hand Stape tries to force himself on Molly, saying he can fix it so Bent will let them stay. She rejects Stape and he beats her up, but Bent stops him and demands to know what hold Stape thinks he has over him. Stape, silly fellow, reveals that he saw what Bent did to the old man. Bent suggests they go somewhere they can talk. Stape is next seen being brought into town dead; Bent comes to Troop to report that Stape's horse has come home with blood all over the saddle. Troop leads him to believe that Stape survived and may recover. Bent falls for the trap, sneaking up to what he believes to be Stape to smother him, when Johnny jumps out at him and throws him across the room as Troop charges in. Bent draws in desperation, Troop shoots him, and as he drags himself outdoors he rants out a confession, saying the old man wanted to die anyway, because he'd had a letter that Pete had been killed.

Notes:
Get a load of John Russell's amazing glow-in-the-dark eyes...
This is a fun role to watch Kelley in. He's a real black-hat, complete with a 3-day stubble, and he carries off the obsessed, ingratiating, dangerous but somehow pathetic killer quite well.
Dead Again:
One of Kelley's best death scenes. Shot somewhere vital, he drags himself out as if to escape, clutching at the porch post and slowly sinking down the fence while ranting about how he had it all figured, complaining that if it hadn't been for that idiot Stape, he could've owned the valley; and that Gregg had always done everything for Pete and "I was just the stray."...

Sources: viewing; Lentz (1997); Brooks & Marsh

Episode Summary:
Drake Henchard rules Riverton with the help of his hired gun Cord and his corrupt sheriff Costa. Henchard's brother Clay (Kelley) is brought in, furious at having been jailed for killing a man when Henchard and Cord routinely do so themselves. Henchard points out that Clay did his killing in front of witnesses. He insists that Clay stand trial for appearances but assures him of acquittal because public prosecutor Ethan Blount, also in Henchard's pocket, will come up with a lack of evidence. Clay warns Henchard that someone's going to stand up to him someday, and he doesn't want it to be now with his neck in the noose. Meanwhile, Luke is hired Luke to fetch the drunken Ethan Blount back from Timberline for the trial. On the way, Blount explains his cowardice -- that his life fell apart 15 years before when his wife Mary and their son died. He also reveals that he gave the town a statue of Justice, carved with Mary's face, for the town hall. Back in Riverton, Blount accepts Henchard's money for weakening the case against Clay rather than being killed by Cord. Blount is devastated, however, on learning that the Justice statue has been pulled down due to rot. He races out to the dump to mourn over the statue; Luke helps him dig a grave for it -- and reminds Blount of a passage underlined in Blount's Bible, about being "lifted up" as a sacrifice. A crowd gathers for the trial and Cord warns Henchard that crowds can turn on you fast. As the trial opens, Blount tells the judge that he accepted a bribe from Henchard to falsify the case, but begs to be allowed to complete the prosecution. That night, Cord walks openly into Blount's office and shoots him while the townfolk stand around. While Henchard is waiting for his new prosecutor, Luke stirs folks up at Blount's funeral. They fetch Justice and come marching into town. Henchard pulls out his gun, but Cord takes it away from him, saying that the time for guns is over for them both.

Notes:
Kelley has only one substantial scene, but it's a nice fiery one as he argues with the brother who despises him.

Sources: Lentz (1997); Brooks & Marsh; viewing

Episode Summary:
Mexican revolutionary Francisco Martinez meets up with ex-Lt. Clarke (Kelley) to plan the theft of a gattling gun being delivered by stage to an army post. He plans to use the gun to deliver the Mexican people from Maximilliam. Clarke keeps insisting that they logically must kill the driver, but Francisco refuses. Francisco boards the stage, steals it and the gun, holds Luke prisoner and convinces Simon to send the army the other way so Luke won’t be killed. In camp, we find that Lt. Clarke is an intellectual with a taste for death and destruction, who likes to read Shakespeare, doesn’t respond to flirtation, considers the gattling gun “an excellent instrument of discipline,” and is embittered about being passed over for promotion for 12 years despite his superb grasp of military tactics. He also killed his commanding officer by cheating in a duel. Clarke tries to kill Luke “while escaping” but Francisco arrives in time to foil the plan. When another of the gang attacks Chiquita, Clarke beats him up but rebuffs her attentions. Luke sabotages the wagon; Clarke & company go into town to get repair material and there find out that Maximillian has been executed; this means they will need a new line of work. They lay plans to use the gun to rob the mining cooperative. Back in camp, Clarke shoots Francisco, makes Luke drive the stage back to town, knocks Luke out, and wreaks bloody havoc with the gattling gun while the mercenaries rob the cooperative. When Luke rouses, Clarke moves to kill him, but Simon’s partner has found a strategic position and cuts Clarke down with a rifle. Luke grabs the gattling gun and shoots up the gang.

Notes: This is one of Kelley’s most chilling roles and a switch from his usual effusive characters - this guy is a true psychopath, very calm, and self-diagnosed as bloodthirsty. He sports a sinister pencil moustache, and the reading glasses to go with his intellectualism are a nice touch.
Dead Again: nailed by a sniper while shooting up the town with a gattling gun; pitches headfirst off the top of the wagon
For Trekkers:
Barbara Luna (Chiquita) played Marlena in "Mirror, Mirror."
Hal Baylor (Big Jim) played the policeman in "City on the Edge of Forever."

Sources: viewing; Lentz (1997); Brooks & Marsh

Episode Summary:
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Following a tip, Deputies Bob Tully (Kelley) and John Lincoln arrest George Dedmon, a front man scoping out the area for the Carris [sp?] syndicate's gambling, prostitution and drug business. Cain arrives and identifies Dedmon for Sheriff Sam Cortner, who thereupon uses Dedmon to make a deal himself with the syndicate's representative, Ray Riley, helping them get their establishment set up in return for a percentage of the take. Cain persists in trying to find out where Dedmon had been staying, in order to search the room; Cortner warns Riley, who sends a gunman to search the room first. Cain and Cortner arrive at the motel to find that Deputy Tully, also going to search the room, has interrupted the gunman and shot him dead; Tully assures Cain that he has not searched the room, but then assures Cortner that he has -- and demands his own cut. Meanwhile, Dedmon has been carted off by metropolitan police, and killed by the syndicate shortly after being released on bail. Cain hints to Cortner that he suspects him. Cortner's wife Katie overhears and confronts Cortner about it; Cortner, the situation spiralling out of his control, begs her to help him. She does, but not as he expects -- Cortner finds her having a few drinks at Riley's establishment, along with deputies Tully and Lincoln. Jealous, Cortner orders the deputies to arrest Riley but discovers that they are now on Riley's payroll. Cortney races off home. A discomfited Tully courteously escorts Katie home. Cortney arrives to find Cain waiting for him; Katie has called Cain to say that her husband will want to talk to him now. He does, providing the testimony needed to convict Riley.

Notes:
An interesting episode, focusing on Cortner's redemption after succumbing to greed. Kelley has only a few short scenes. The character is an interesting one, however -- a small-town deputy who has decided to follow the sheriff's example and sell out, but is clearly uncomfortable with the decision.

Sources: viewing; Inman; Gianakos; Brooks & Marsh