The western drama THE HIGH
CHAPARRAL/NBC/1967-71 followed the 1870s saga of the Cannon family and their
struggle to run The High Chaparral, a cattle ranch located in the
Apache-infested, arid high
dessert of the Arizona Territory.
Members of the Cannon family and ranch included:
Leif Erickson as Big John Cannon, the family
patriarch who married into the Montoya family
after his wife died.
Linda Cristal as
John's wife,
Victoria Montoya-Cannon
Cameron Mitchell
as Buck Cannon, John's brother
Mark Slade as Blue Cannon, John's son and
Victoria's stepson
Frank Silvera as Don Sebastian Montoya, Victoria's father and
owner of the nearby Montoya ranch
Gilbert Roland as his brother, Don Domingo de Montoya
Henry Darrow as Manolito, Don Sebastian's son who lives at the
High Chaparral ranch
Don Collier as Sam Butler, the ranch foreman
Bob Hoy as Joe Butler, a ranch hand and Sam's brother
