#CHARLES BARKLEY DAUGHTER AND HUSBAND TRIAL#
#CHARLES BARKLEY DAUGHTER AND HUSBAND SERIES#

Her episodes were often surprisingly hard-hitting, seeing her character either locked away in a lunatic asylum to prevent her testifying as eyewitness at a murder trial ('Down Shadow Street'), taken prisoner in a prison wagon to replace a dead female convict ('Four Days to Furnace Hill'), impersonating a thief to go undercover at a women's prison to report on conditions there ('Alias Nellie Handley'), or trapped underground following a cave-in ('Earthquake'). Stanwyck, who went from the refined, elegant lady of the manor to a jean-clad cowgirl as tough as any cowboy, appeared the most, in 103 of the 112 episodes. Victoria Barkley loved and was proud of all her children, including her late husband's illegitimate son Heath, to whom she would refer as 'my son'. Barkley's husband Tom had been killed 6 years before the beginning of the series. In fact, Stanwyck's refusal to portray Barkley as fragile was controversial at the time. Victoria Barkley was the owner and head of the Barkley ranch. She was the main character of the series. Victoria Barkley, portrayed by Barbara Stanwyck, the widow of Thomas Barkley, was the head of the wealthy, influential Barkley family, who lived in 19th-century Stockton in California's Central Valley.Left to right: Long, Majors, Evans, Stanwyck, and Breck L-R: Linda Evans, Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, and Charles Briles (1965) Barbara Stanwyck, Michael Burns and Colleen Dewhurst in episode 'A Day of Terror' (1966) Episode 'In Silent Battle', Barbara Stanwyck and Adam West (1968) While the successful and rich are often portrayed in present day as the unscrupulous villains, the Barkley family is portrayed as upstanding citizens of Stockton, models of justice and fairness, often going against popular sentiment to uphold the rights of the underdog.Ĭast and characters Main The Big Valley main cast. His presence and claim to the Barkley name is the focus of many of the dramatic plots in season one. The character of Heath Barkley is introduced in episode one as the illegitimate son of Tom Barkley.

#CHARLES BARKLEY DAUGHTER AND HUSBAND SERIES#

Although he is never shown in the series (other than a painting and a statue), the character of Thomas Barkley is referred to as a major plot point many times. The series begins about 6 years after the death of the family patriarch, Thomas Barkley. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television. The one-hour episodes follow the lives of the Barkley family, one of the wealthiest and largest ranch-owning families in Stockton, led by matriarch Victoria Barkley ( Barbara Stanwyck), her sons Jarrod ( Richard Long) and Nick ( Peter Breck), daughter Audra ( Linda Evans), and their half-brother Heath ( Lee Majors). The series is set on the fictional Barkley Ranch in Stockton, California, from 1884 to 1888. The Big Valley is an American Western television series that originally aired from September 15, 1965, to on ABC. Sierra Railway Engine #3 at the old Jamestown, California Depot, for the filming of the pilot episode of The Big Valley, 1965

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