Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Oregon Trail' from 1970-1982:
- Andrew Stevens as Andrew Thorpe (1977)
- Charles Napier as Luther Sprague (1977)
- Darleen Carr as Margaret Devlin (1977)
- Gina Hunter as Rachel Thorpe (1977)
- Rod Taylor as Evan Thorpe (1977)
- Tony Becker as William Thorpe (1977)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Oregon Trail':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Michael Gleason, Eugene Price D: Burt Brinckerhoff, Herb Wallerstein
With Hoke Howell (Vaughn), Wilford Brimley (Joseph Burke), Ken Swofford (Cutler), William Windom (Packy), Michael LeClair (Horace Sawyer). Series premiere. Western-bound pioneers, led by wagonmaster Evan Thorpe (Rod Taylor), become stranded when Thorpe's 12-year-old son (Tony Becker) takes a sacred burial spear, provoking a massive Indian attack.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Eugene Price D: Herb Wallerstein
With Hoke Howell (Vaughn), John Vernon (Charles Shrigley), Carole Tru Foster (Effie), William Windom (Packy), Francesca Jarvis (Helen Olsen).
Season 1, episode 3
W: Nicholas Corea D: Virgil Vogel
With Kim Hunter (Liz Webster), Lonny Chapman (Coe Webster), Jean Rasey (Ellie Webster), William Phipps. Wagonmaster Evan Thorpe and his scout battle dust storms, intense heat and injury in their search for water to relieve the drought-plagued pioneers.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Nicholas Corea D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Claude Akins (Lemus Harker), Ted Gehring (Tobias). When the wagon train's scout is captured by hostile mountain men, Evan Thorpe must fight their leader in order to win the man's freedom.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Eugene Price D: Herb Wallerstein
With Kevin McCarthy (Levering), Nicholas Hammond, Clu Gulager (Harris). A soldier, sickened by his participation in Indian killings, holds Andy Thorpe captive when a search party attempts to capture the deserter.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Nicholas Corea D: Don Richardson
With Stella Stevens (Hannah Morgan), Denise Galik (Libby Owens), Billy Green Bush (Miles Sharpe), Mills Watson (Dixie Long), Suzanne Hunt (Kate Bowles), Louisa Moritz. When a series of unfortunate incidents occur, Evan Thorpe regrets his invitation to a group of mail-order brides to join the wagon train. (Last show of the series.)