"The Waltons"
The Pledge (1980)

Director:

Lawrence Dobkin

Writers:

Earl Hamner Jr. (creator)
Kathleen Hite (writer)

TV Series:

"The Waltons" (1972)

Original Air Date:

4 December 1980 (Season 9, Episode 3)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Intimacy | Male Female Relationship | Multiple Actors For One Character | Family Relationships | Great Depression

Cast

Ralph Waite	...	John Walton, Sr.
Judy Norton-Taylor	...	Mary Ellen Walton Willard
Jon Walmsley	...	Jason Walton
Mary Beth McDonough	...	Erin Walton
Eric Scott	...	Ben Walton
David W. Harper	...	James Robert 'Jim Bob' Walton (credit only)
Kami Cotler	...	Elizabeth Walton
Joe Conley	...	Ike Godsey
Ronnie Claire Edwards	...	Corabeth Walton Godsey
Earl Hamner Jr.	...	Narrator
Peggy Rea	...	Rose Burton
Leslie Winston	...	Cindy Brunson Walton
Mary Jackson	...	Emily 'Miss Emily' Baldwin
Helen Kleeb	...	Mamie 'Miss Mamie' Baldwin
Robert Wightman	...	John 'John-Boy' Walton Jr.
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tony Becker	...	Drew Cutler
Bucklind Beery	...	Dr. Bill Holliston
Dick Christie	...	Sgt. Carey
Chip Frye	...	Charley
Ellen Geer	...	Ronie Cotter
Laurence Lau	...	Young G.I.
Richard Lineback	...	Sweet Billy
Marshall Reed	...	John Curtis Willard
Michael Reed	...	John Curtis Willard
Dennis Robertson	...	Dean J.R. Clifford
Claire Schoene	...	Virginia 'Ginny' Walton (as Clare Schoene)
Elizabeth Schoene	...	Virginia 'Ginny' Walton
Robert S. Telford	...	Man at Grave (as Robert Telford)

Directed by
Lawrence Dobkin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Earl Hamner Jr.		creator (as Earl Hamner)
Kathleen Hite		writer

Produced by
Earl Hamner Jr.	....	executive producer (as Earl Hamner)
Claylene Jones	....	producer
Rod Peterson	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Robert Caramico		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Marshall Neilan Jr.		(as Marshall Neilan)

Art Direction by
John P. Bruce

Set Decoration by
Robert C. Furginson

Makeup Department
Dorothy Andre	....	hair stylist
William Reynolds	....	makeup artist (as Bill Reynolds)

Production Management
Mitch Ackerman	....	production supervisor
Edward O. Denault	....	executive production supervisor
Paul Helmick	....	unit production manager (as Paul A. Helmick)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Fitzpatrick	....	second assistant director
Walt Gilmore	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Fred Westcott	....	property master

Sound Department
Thomas Burke	....	sound editor (as Tom Burke)
Craig Felburg	....	production sound mixer
Victor Guarnier	....	sound effects supervisor

Casting Department
Barbara Miller	....	executive in charge of casting
Doris Sabbagh	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shirley Brewton	....	costumer
Jerry Herrin	....	costumer

Music Department
Jerry Goldsmith	....	composer: theme music
Ken Runyon	....	music editor

Other crew
Sandy Dvore	....	main title designer
Doris Hamner	....	technical consultant
Ernie Wallengren	....	story editor (as E.F. Wallengren)
Claire Whitaker	....	executive story editor

Directed by
Fielder Cook

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Earl Hamner Jr.		creator (as Earl Hamner)
Gordon Cornell Layne		staff writer

Produced by
Roger La Page	....	line producer

Production Management
Roger La Page	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Claude Lawrence Jr.	....	assistant director (1977-1978)

Art Department
Craig Binkley	....	assistant property master (pilot episode)
Serge Genitempo	....	painter
Kandy Stern	....	set designer

Camera and Electrical Department
Doug Mathias	....	gaffer (1979)
Serge Poupis	....	assistant camera
Robert Schoenhut	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Alfred J. Carranza	....	apprentice film editor
M. Scott Smith	....	apprentice editor

Other crew
John Philip Dayton	....	production assistant
Lynn Guthrie	....	aircraft pilot
Carol Riggins	....	animal trainer
Arrahwanna Thomsen	....	script supervisor (1976) (as Arrah Robinson)

Trivia:

The character Ronie Cotter was originally played by Lane Bradbury in episode 8.4 "The Diploma" and Sweet Billy was originally played by Les Lannom in episodes 8.4 "The Diploma" and 8.6 "The Starlet".

Quotes:

Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] In those last months of the war, though death and destruction continued, it was possible for the first time to think of a world at peace. There would then be the small, personal wars to be reckoned with, such as my sister Mary Ellen's adversary role with life...