Bonanza (1959) Cast Then and Now | What Really Happened to the Cartwrights, and Who Was the Last?

#castthenandnow #happydays #classictv Bonanza (1959) cast then and now: of the eight men who sat at the Cartwright table, six are gone and two are still alive - Tim Matheson (Griff King) and Mitch Vogel (Jamie Hunter Cartwright). What really happened to Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Victor Sen Yung and David Canary - and who was the last Cartwright? Little Joe's last spring, the cook who survived a hijacking, the father Canada once called the Voice of Doom, the son who walked away from the number one show in America and came back to bury Hop Sing, the script Michael Landon wrote for Hoss, and the orphan Ben Cartwright adopted - still with us at 70. Which Bonanza episode do you still remember, and who did you watch it with? Tell us in the comments, and where you're watching from. Sources: published biographies; The Hollywood Reporter (Dolphia Blocker, April 2026); UPI (1980); MeTV (Forever); The Canadian Encyclopedia (Academy of Radio Arts); WAMC (Tim Matheson, March 2026); DeSoto Times (Mitch Vogel, 2024). Ages as of October 20, 2026. Chapters: 0:00 Sunday night: the burning map 1:18 Michael Landon: Little Joe 3:33 Tim Matheson: Griff King 5:20 Victor Sen Yung: Hop Sing 7:19 Lorne Greene: Ben Cartwright 9:16 Halfway: who is left 9:37 David Canary: Candy 11:13 Pernell Roberts: Adam Cartwright 13:18 Dan Blocker: Hoss 15:39 Mitch Vogel: Jamie 17:21 Who is still with us 18:01 Which episode do you remember?