Ben Cartwright's horse's name was Buck. Buck, in real life, lived to be 45.
The youngest Cartwright was played by the actor Michael Landon.
It was Lorne Greene.
On the TV series Bonanza the three sons of father Ben Cartwright were Adam Cartwright , Eric "Hoss" Cartwright and "Little" Joe - Joseph Cartwright .
Adam Cartwright and Little Joe Cartwright
Bonanza
Pernell Roberts, the actor who played Adam Cartwright, did not die in the TV series. In real life he died 3 January 2010
Bonanza ran for 14 seasons, September 1959 to January 1974. Story of the Cartwright family on their ranch, the Ponderosa, near Lake Tahoe, NV, mid-19th century. Patriarch Ben Cartwright played by Lorne Greene, Adam, oldest son, played by Pernell Roberts, middle brother Hoss 'Eric' played by Dan Blocker and youngest brother Little Joe played by Michael Landon. Bonanza was the first TV western filmed entirely in color and the 2nd longest running TV series, second only to Gunsmoke.
On the TV series Bonanza the three sons of father Ben Cartwright were Adam Cartwright , Eric "Hoss" Cartwright and "Little" Joe - Joseph Cartwright .
Adam Cartwright and Little Joe Cartwright
Bonanza
Pernell Roberts, the actor who played Adam Cartwright, did not die in the TV series. In real life he died 3 January 2010
Bonanza ran for 14 seasons, September 1959 to January 1974. Story of the Cartwright family on their ranch, the Ponderosa, near Lake Tahoe, NV, mid-19th century. Patriarch Ben Cartwright played by Lorne Greene, Adam, oldest son, played by Pernell Roberts, middle brother Hoss 'Eric' played by Dan Blocker and youngest brother Little Joe played by Michael Landon. Bonanza was the first TV western filmed entirely in color and the 2nd longest running TV series, second only to Gunsmoke.
The Ponderosa was the vast ranch owned by Ben Cartwright (Lorne Green) on the 1960s show, "Bonanza."
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The character Little Joe did not die on the tv series Bonanza. He was the only of the brothers to marry during the regular tv series. Michael Landon, the actor who played Joe Cartwright, died years later (July 1, 1991) suffering from pancreatic cancer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Joe_(character)
I don't think there was a name before Bonanza. That was always the intended name, I think. * While the series was still running on network TV, older episodes went into syndication. It was standard practice to give syndicated reruns another title so as not to confuse viewers. The older episode of Bonanza aired under the title Ponderosa.
It seems that the buckskin colored horse that Ben Cartwright rode in Bonanza was the same horse that was used by Marshal Matt Dillon in the series Gunsmoke.
Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright played by Michael Landon. Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright played by Dan Blocker. Adam Cartwright played by Pernell Roberts. (He quit the show in 1965 and was not replaced). Ben Cartwright had one adopted son also, Jamie.
Lorne Hyman Greene, (born Lyon Himan Green) was a Canadian actor. His roles included Ben Cartwright, the father of the family that owned the Bonanza Ranch in the TV series.