Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'B.J. And The Bear' from 1970-1982:
- Greg Evigan as B.J. McKay (1979-1981)
- Barbara Horan as Samantha (1981)
- Candi Brough as Teri (1981)
- Eric Server as Lt. Jim Steiger (1981)
- Judy Landers as Stacks (1981)
- Linda McCullough as Callie (1981)
- Murray Hamilton as Capt. Rutherford T. Grant (1981)
- Randi Brough as Geri (1981)
- Sheila Wills as Angie (1981)
- Sherilyn Wolter as Cindy Grant (1981)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'B.J. And The Bear':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Kenneth Realman, Michael Sloan D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Mills Watson (Deputy Perkins), Randi Oakes (Lisa), Jo Ann Harris (Barbara Sue), Claude Akins (Sheriff Lobo), Bill Williams (Seth McClellan), William Bryant (Willie), Susan Buckner (Renee).
Series premiere. An unscrupulous sheriff, seeking revenge on trucker B.J. McKay, arrests him for hauling "white lightning". Stars Greg Evigan, Claude Akins.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Frank Lupo, Chris Lucky D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Kimberly Beck (Cindy Smith), Albert Salmi (Orville Rucker), Bill McKinney (Willy), Dirk Blocker (Jimmy Lee), Janet Julian (Amanda Smith), Roberta Collins (Ellen Smith), Jim B. Smith (Agent Clinton), Bill McLean (Shopkeeper).
B.J. is kidnapped by three beautiful sisters, who force him to help them make moonshine in their backyard.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Michael Sloan D: Ray Austin
With Pamela Hensley (Holly Tremaine), John Carradine (Transylvanian Caretaker), Foster Brooks (Terry Morgan), Robert F. Hoy (Officer Kling), Jack Ging (Inspector), George Lazenby (Paul Desmond), Christopher Carroll (Detective Grimes), Robert Lussier (Beau Bender), Bill Kux (Detective Stinson), Christina Cummings (Nancy Duvall).
B.J. is hired to transport a coffin full of Transylvanian dirt to Hollywood for use in a new horror movie.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Michael Sloan D: Cliff Bole
With Hank Brandt (Sheriff), Joe Maross (Officer Frank), William Mims (Dr. Braverman), Byron Morrow (Senator McMasters), Mary Louise Weller (Elizabeth Chambers), Peter Zapp (Jerry Drake), Hal Fredericks (Officer), Patrick Brennan (Thomas), Charlie Star (Hastings).
B.J. transports a mysterous cargo to Washington, D.C. for use by a female scientist at a Senate hearing.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Frank Lupo D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Cassie Yates (Tara Strong), Angela Aames (Charisse), Michael Baseleon (Murph), Bob Corso (Officer Billings), Derek Murcott (Congressman Abernathy), Mitchell Reta (Gary Stone), Beau Kayser (Aaron Wainwright).
B.J. tries to help a beautiful cyclist and winds up taking a spectacular leap off a high cliff on a souped-up motorcycle.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Michael Sloan D: Bruce Bilson
With Claude Akins (Sheriff Lobo), Mills Watson (Deputy Perkins), Alex Henteloff (Louis Johnson), Dennis Burkley (Harry Cunningham), Dennis Fimple (Otis Schafer), Brion James (Patrolman), Leonard Ross (Paul Larkin), Liberty Godshall (Blonde), James Jeter (Lou), Katherine Moffat (Barbara Sue), Jimmy Weldon (Crockett).
Sheriff Lobo kidnaps Bear in a plot to gain revenge on B.J.
Season 1, episode 7
W: C.R. O'Christopher, Frank Lupo D: Rod Holcomb
With Lance LeGault (Murphy), A Martinez (Melendez), Jack Kelly (Nichols), Katherine Cannon (Joanne), Tony King (Jefferson), Susan Woollen (Rita).
B.J. learns that a group of his Vietnam buddies are planning to steal a fortune in gold from an underworld czar.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Glen A. Larson D: Bruce Bilson
With Peter Isacksen (Tanker), Val Bisoglio (Cannon), Melody Anderson (Toni), Stuart Pankin (Mushroom), Dennis Erdman (Hanley), Sally Davis (Riley), Mindy Sterling, Tony Epper (Gunsel), Philece Sampler (Missy).
A group of college students run an illegal gambling casino in the back of B.J.'s truck to raise money for charity.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Michael Sloan D: Michael Caffey
With Edd Byrnes (Jason T. Rockman), John Fiedler (Mr. Crocker), Luke Askew (Blackwell), Jesse White (Patient), Stu Gilliam (Mechanic), Richard Bradford (Sheriff Douglas), Robin Eisenman (Sandra), Leann Hunley (Dr. Winters), John Kerry (Security Guard), Christopher Connelly (Jack Hilton).
A vindictive sports car driver tries to prevent B.J. from taking patients from a mental hospital to an amusement park.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Glen A. Larson D: Bruce Bilson
With Claude Akins (Sheriff Lobo), Mills Watson (Deputy Perkins), Brian Kerwin (Deputy Birdie Hawkins), Dennis Burkley (Harry Cunningham), Robert Donner, Katherine Moffat, Ben Cooper (Waverly), Janet Curtis-Larson (Margaret Ellen), Don Maxwell (Danny), Dave Morick (Patrolman).
Sheriff Lobo is acquitted of bank robbery and orders B.J. to stay out of the county.
September 29, 1979: Snow White And The Seven Lady Truckers (1)
Season 2, episode 1
W: Michael Sloan D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Charles Napier (Hammer), Slim Pickens (Sgt. Wiley), Richard Deacon (Sherff Masters), John Lupton (Agent Hull), James A. Watson Jr. (Agent), Joshua Shelley (Bullets), Laurette Spang (Snow White), Bill McKinney (Jim Riker), Andre the Giant (Andre), Conchata Ferrell (The Fox), Julie Gregg (Sally), Janet Julian (Tommie), Robert Wilke (Mr. Stevens), Jack Ging (Agent Mason).
Season premiere. B.J. lends his help in organizing seven female truckers to combat a gang of ruthless competitors.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Michael Sloan D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Charles Napier (Hammer), Slim Pickens (Sgt. Wiley), Richard Deacon (Sherff Masters), John Lupton (Agent Hull), James A. Watson Jr. (Agent), Joshua Shelley (Bullets), Laurette Spang (Snow White), Bill McKinney (Jim Riker), Andre the Giant (Andre), Conchata Ferrell (The Fox), Julie Gregg (Sally), Janet Julian (Tommie), Robert Wilke (Mr. Stevens), Jack Ging (Agent Mason), Eric Server (Agent Billings).
The Hi-Ballers under new leader Riker are relentless in their pursuit of B.J. and the Piston Packin' Mamas, especially after word gets out that B.J., Snow White, and the lady truckers are hauling truckloads of money for the Treasury Department.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Robert McCullough D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Erin Gray (Dr. Evans), Vernon Weddle (Delwood P. Manners), J.D. Cannon (Gorley), Joshua Shelley, Janet Julian (Tommie), Ed Lauter (Sheriff Cain), Otto Felix (Deputy Higgins), Tim O'Keefe (Officer), Wyatt Johnson (Cooper), Lee Paul.
Sheriff Cain decides that the best way to pay for his expensive new police cruiser is to arrest B.J. and fine him for transporting illegal aliens through the county.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Rick Kelbaugh D: Bernard McEveety
With Anne Lockhart (Lillian Pogovich), Charles Napier (Hammer), Joshua Shelley, Dick Davalos, Anthony James.
B.J. tries to help a female trucker evade a pair of ruthless loan sharks who are after her truck -- and her life.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Frank Lupo D: Charles R. Rondeau
With Audrey Landers (Carol Cain), Ed Lauter (Sheriff Cain), Joshua Shelley (Bullets), Angela Aames (Honey), Liberty Godshall (Dixie), Otto Felix (Deputy Higgins), Lee Paul (Customer), Timothy O'Hagan (Stone), Mark Harrison (Officer Conway).
Sheriff Cain's daughter announces that she's marrying B.J. in order to free him from jail and herself from having to marry her father's deputy.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Michael Sloan, Frank Lupo, Robert McCullough, Sidney Ellis D: Bruce Bilson
With Claude Akins (Sheriff Lobo), Mills Watson (Deputy Perkins), Brian Kerwin (Deputy Hawkins), Richard Deacon (Sheriff Masters), Slim Pickens (Sgt. Wiley), Ed Lauter (Sheriff Cain), J.D. Cannon (Oscar Gorley), James Olson (Paul Vane), Jeannie Wilson (Monique), Deborah Shelton (FBI Agent Adams), Otto Felix (Deputy Higgins), Conchata Ferrell (The Fox), Alex Henteloff (Louis D. Johnson), Richard Moll (Willie), George Sawaya (Redman), William Bryant (Ben Hastings), Paul Williams (Himself), Susan Woollen (Cheri), Renne Jarrett (Debbie Hastings).
When B.J. is arrested for stealing the receipts of a Las Vegas casino, Sheriff Lobo, competing for a police award, becomes determined to find the missing loot.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Glen A. Larson D: Bruce Bilson
With Roger C. Carmel (Morton Jarvis), Ted Gehring, Brion James, Peter Haskell (Jay Michael Lawrence), Jack Garner (Reporter), Mitzi Hoag, Raymond St. Jacques (Bobby), Anna Lee (Laura), Beth Grant, David Ankrum (Reporter), John Finn.
Two female detectives enlist B.J.'s aid in tracking down a Lothario romancing elderly women to steal their fortunes.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Michael Sloan, Sidney Ellis, Jimmy Sangster D: Frank Beascoechea
With Abe Vigoda (Grandpa Rule), Slim Pickens (Sgt. Wiley), Conchata Ferrell (The Fox), Richard Deacon (Sheriff Masters), Pat Cranshaw (Joe), Patricia Wilson (Alice Denby), Larry Pennell, Phil Chambers (Jack Peterson), Robert Gooden (Stu), Gus Corrado (Ray), Marilyn Jones (Maggie), Pamela Vance (Miss Wilson).
A circus performer hires B.J. to transport his two ton elephant, who promptly escapes.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Robert McCullough D: Charles R. Rondeau
With Charles Napier (Hammer), Ford Rainey (Emmett Lumm), Robin Dearden (Sue Ann Lumm), Joshua Shelley (Bullets), Marc Alaimo (Accomplice), Bert Rosario (Manny), Karen Philipp (Emily Bartlett), Paul Brown (Jim Banner), Bruce Kimball (Deputy Gil McNaughton), M.P. Murphy (Mr. Pearson), Brian Reise (Deputy Roy McNaughton), Nataraj (Sheriff Cunningham), Jeffrey Byron (Todd).
B.J. discovers that he can mix diesel fuel and moonshine liquor and get better mileage.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Michael Sloan D: Jeff Gold
With Jo Ann Harris (Barbara Sue), James Griffith (Uncle Moss), George Lazenby (Burglar), Tom McFadden (Accomplice).
While stuck in jail, B.J. thinks back on the numerous women in distress he has saved, and the adventures he has had in his rig.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Rick Kelbaugh D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Hank Brandt (Landry), Burton Gilliam (Lacy), Jock Mahoney (Angus Wainsley), George DelHoyo (Jonas / Six Killer), Ruth Britt (Zena), Dan Magiera (Homer), , Bill Watson (Hank), Cliff Emmich (Deputy Tero), Thomas Callaway (Sheriff Windy Yates).
B.J. helps an Indian to save wild horses which are being systematically slaughtered by a profiteer.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Michael Sloan D: Vince Edwards
With Ted Danson (Tom Spencer), Ed Lauter (Capt. Cain), Otto Felix, Bert Rosario, Tom Jackman (Deputy Karlen), Hank Garrett (Officer Rosen), Marc Alaimo, Janet Julian (Tommie), Susan Powell (Jill Cummings), Tyler Darling (Debbie), Patrick Brennan (Jim), John Lawrence (McIntire), Joshua Shelley (Bullets), Pamela Susan Shoop (Allison Spencer), Dana Elcar (Sheriff MacCandles), Pat Studstill (Officer).
In a race against the clock to deliver a cargo of holiday turkeys to its destination on time, B.J. stops to help a pregnant woman in trouble.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Sidney Ellis D: Bruce Kessler
With Anne Lockhart (Lillian Pogovich), Harry Carey Jr. (Joe Pogovich), Bruce Glover (Mr. Cummings), John Quade (Taker), Brian Farrell (Andrew Holmes).
B.J. brokers a reconciliation between Lil and her estranged father while also assisting Lil in fending off a crooked mining executive and his goons who are determined to lay claim to her gold mine.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Michael Sloan D: Michael Preece
With Charles Napier (Hammer), Markie Post (Valerie Wood), Mark Goddard (Tom Cartwright), Joshua Shelley (Bullets), Parley Baer (Mayor), Geoffrey Lewis (John Kirk), William Sylvester (Mr. Barclay), Janet Julian (Tommy).
Machine-gun-wielding mercenaries storm the Country Comfort truck stop and hold its occupants hostage, including the Panhandle Pussycats, cheerleaders for a popular football team.
Season 2, episode 15
W: Frank Lupo, Robert McCullough D: Charles R. Rondeau
With Judith Chapman (Pamela Gerard), Drew Snyder (Lt. Landau), Wayne Heffley (Det. Danton), A.J. Blake (Fran Miller), Philip Halverson (Preston Reeves), Lee Menning (Althea Reeves), John Petlock (Dr. Martin).
A mental patient escapes from an institution and beseeches help from B.J. to clear her name in a murder investigation.
Season 2, episode 16
W: Frank Lupo, Robert McCullough D: Bruce Kessler
With Diana Muldaur (Dr. Nivens), Joseph Ruskin (Dr. Mason), Christina Hart (Janet Lockwood), Michael Alldredge (Calhoun), John Davis Chandler (Marsh), Michelle Stacy (Jenny), Bob Minor (Kerner), Janet Curtis (Tina), Jon Cedar, Julie Marine (Nancy).
When Bear becomes ill B.J. takes him to a vet and is subsequently told that he has died. However it turns out that the vet is secretly selling animals to a laboratory and Bear is still alive.
Season 2, episode 17
W: Sidney Ellis D: Charles R. Rondeau
With Anne-Marie Martin (Deidre), Peter Mark Richman (Mr. Denby), Arlen Dean Snyder (Sheriff Thomas), Laurence Haddon (Donald Beecham), Donald Petrie, Anna Mathias (Mrs. Lydell), Damon Raskin (Harold Lydell), Linda Grovenor (Teri).
B.J. falls for a lady suspected of practicing witchcraft in a superstitious town where the citizens have come up with a plan to get rid of her.
Season 2, episode 18
W: Robert McCullough D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Paul Sylvan (Johnny Delano), Michael Mancini (Danny Delano), Susanna Dalton (Missy), Bubba Smith (Danny's Henchman), Ed Lauter (Sheriff Cain), Vernon Weddle (Delwood Manners), Rita Wilson (Suzanne), Otto Felix (Deputy Higgins).
B.J. comes to Bishop and quickly becomes entangled in a war between Heaven's Devils and the Road Runners, two rival motorcycle gangs led by the feuding Delano brothers.
Season 2, episode 19
W: Glen A. Larson D: Bruce Bilson
With Heather Thomas (Caroline Capote), Craig Stevens (Hank Rogers), Burr DeBenning (Garrett Logan), John S. Ragin (Dr. Astin), Robert Ito (Sam Fujiyama), Lloyd Bochner (Marty Franks), Eve Arden (Mrs. Franks), Zitto Kazann (Vince Besillio), Stuart Pankin (Harvey Krepler), Michael Pataki (Rizzo), Deborah Ryan (Shauna McKay), Vito Scotti (Storage Manager), Rebecca Reynolds (Heather Fern), Robin Evans (Terri Collins).
B.J.'s sister is kidnapped by rebel truckers, and B.J. hires a female detective firm to find her.
Season 2, episode 20
W: Michael Sloan D: Gil Bettman
With Charles Haid (Sheriff Cordell), Wendy Phillips (Officer Tracy McBain), Bill McLaughlin (Officer Foster), Sean Garrison (Carl Belford), W.T. Zacha (Vince Walters), Ben Fuhrman (Deputy Straker), Gloria DeHaven (Mama).
B.J. goes undercover to infiltrate the auto ring that stole his rig while Sheriff Cordell detained him in jail on trumped-up charges.
Season 2, episode 21
W: Robert McCullough D: Keith Atkinson
With Edd Byrnes (Charlie Broler), Val Bisoglio (Capt. Villetti), Len Birman (Harry Tyser), Maggie Cooper (Officer Thayer), Andrea Howard (Noreen), Sister Sledge (Themselves), Jim Stafford (Mako).
B.J. travels to Florida to visit his war buddy, but a helicopter crash cuts short the friendly reunion. B.J. and an eager marine patrolwoman set to work unraveling the mystery.
January 13, 1981: B.J. And The Seven Lady Truckers
Season 3, episode 1
W: Michael Sloan D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Neil Zevnik (Dave Chafee), Jock Mahoney (Jason Willard), Michael Mancini (Schaeffer), Paul Jenkins (Purcell), Conchata Ferrell (The Fox), John Dullaghan (Nick).
B.J. relocates to California and assembles a team of lady truckers to run a lucrative load from Los Angeles to San Francisco. But B.J.'s operation threatens to derail a couple of gravy trains including that of Captain Grant, who declares war on B.J. and Bear Enterprises.
Season 3, episode 2
W: Robert McCullough D: Christian I. Nyby II
With William Smith (John Cooley), Jock Mahoney (Jason Willard), Pamela Susan Shoop (Dolly Reed), Susan Woollen (Stacy), Steven Reisch (Deke).
Captain Grant and Trans Cal Trucking's new strongman Cooley conspire to put Bear Enterprises out of business, aided and abetted by a sexy saboteur who plants drugs in B.J.'s truck.
Season 3, episode 3
W: Michael Halperin D: Christian I. Nyby II
With William Smith (John Cooley), Jock Mahoney (Jason Willard), Pamela Susan Shoop (Dolly Reed), Susan Woollen (Stacy), Jay Varela.
B.J. and Cooley race their trucks from Oakland to L.A., with the prize being a lucrative shipping contract.
Season 3, episode 4
W: Rogers Turrentine D: Georg Fenady
With Roger Perry (Kenton), Bruce Glover (Officer Whitlock), Ronnie Carol (Laura), Brendan Boone, Brian Libby.
B.J., Callie and Samantha stumble upon Steiger's pet project: a call girl operation run out of a dating service that blackmails its clients with compromising photographs.
Season 3, episode 5
W: Rogers Turrentine D: Michael Preece
With Burr DeBenning (Benny Dantoni), Terence Goodman (Agent Hunt), Sam Chew Jr. (Senator Randall), Michael Gregory (Agent Brockman), John Dullaghan (Nick).
While in Reno, Captain Grant capitalizes on Callie's compulsive gambling to make life difficult for B.J. and Bear Enterprises, but B.J. has a plan to even the odds.
Season 3, episode 6
W: Robert McCullough, Michael Halperin, Tom Sawyer, Tom Szolossi D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Bert Rosario (Manny), John Dullaghan (Nick), Steven Reisch (Deke), Nancy Harris (Mavis), Faith Minton (Patti Sue), Micki McHay (Estelle), Doug France, Cody Jones, Rick Moser, Jim Youngblood.
Grant and Steiger scheme to have the seven lady truckers imprisoned in Diablo County's tough women's prison. To spring his friends, B.J. agrees to a prisoners vs. guards football game.
Season 3, episode 7
W: Robert McCullough D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Paul Williams (Dante Defoe), John Dullaghan (Nick), John Bloom (Munger), Murray the K (Rocky), Mary Angela Shea (Pamela Jurgenson).
An eccentric pop singer kidnaps beautiful blonde groupies and imprisons them in his mansion. When Stacks disappears, B.J. goes undercover as a singer to find and free her.
Season 3, episode 8
W: Tom Sawyer D: Daniel Haller
With Henry Jones (Fred Tipton), Rosemary DeCamp (Hatsie Tipton), Sterling Swanson (Howard Slocum), John Petlock (Vincent Brill), John Moskal (Larry).
B.J. befriends the Tiptons, an elderly but feisty couple being forced out of their home and into a retirement community that is being used as a cover for an illegal skin flick operation.
Season 3, episode 9
W: Michael Halperin D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Jo de Winter (Senator Harriett), Ben Davidson (Hicks), Tim Donnelly (Stone), Steve Reisch (Deke), Susan Woollen (Stacy).
Captain Grant and Lt. Steiger set a match to a powder keg when they abduct B.J.'s best friend Bear. B.J. and the lady truckers wage war against SCAT just when Grant is trying to woo appropriations funding from an influential state senator.
Season 3, episode 10
W: Tom Sawyer D: Christian I. Nyby II
With Henry Jones (Fred Tipton), Rosemary DeCamp (Hatsie Tipton), Ana Alicia (Dolores), Joe Theismann (Jerry), Curtis Credel (Mr. Maxwell), Len Birman (Leonard Marker).
When the seven lady truckers are kidnapped to drug kingpin Leonard Marker's Mexican compound, B.J., Fred and Hatsie Tipton and a very unlikely ally team up to rescue them.
Season 3, episode 11
W: Michael Sloan D: Daniel Haller
With Paul Sylvan (B. Hayes), Dan Pastorini (Doc Spencer), Buster Crabbe (Jake O'Brien), Christopher Connelly (Steven Travis), Ethan Wayne (Eric Jeffers).
B.J., Callie and Stacks help B.J.'s old friend Steven Travis complete the filming of his television pilot.
Season 3, episode 12
W: Michael Sloan D: Peter Crane
With John Lupton (Ralph McKenzie), Luke Askew (Jonah), Michael DeLano (Gunman), Kathrine Baumann (Gypsy), Fil Formicola (Gunman).
B.J. wrecks his truck and suffers amnesia. As he struggles to remember who he is and why two men are attempting to kill him, he falls in love with Gypsy and works the bumper car pavilion of her uncle's carnival.
Season 3, episode 13
W: Robert McCullough D: Gil Bettman
With Greg Mullavey (Det. Finger), Jack Kelly (Capt. Dryer), Donna Theodore (Stella Lemke), Paul Tulley (Sgt. Williams), Peter Lupus (Mose).
Cindy and Stacks go undercover at a gymnasium linked to a series of baffling burglaries, most recently one that netted a $400,000 painting entrusted to Bear Enterprises. Detective Finger, a cross between Columbo and Clouseau, joins B.J. in cracking the case.
Season 3, episode 14
W: Robert McCullough, Michael Halperin, Tom Sawyer D: David G. Phinney
With Edward Andrews (Uncle Barney), John Dullaghan (Nick), Bill Fletcher (Anthony Kemp), Jenny Neumann (Kate Morgan), Elizabeth Wickersham (Shelly).
B.J. enlists an unlikely ally in his effort to bring down Rutherford T. Grant after the crooked captain frames a bank robbery on Samantha, Stacks and Angie. (Last show of the series.)