Beautiful Horse Pictures Biography
Source(Gogle.com.pk)Michael Landon selected a beautiful Paint horse for his new mount, in the show he is called Cochise, named after the famous Indian. He stood 15. 3 hands high and weighed 1,150 pounds. Michael rode Cochise the first six years of Bonanza, who had two stunt Paint horses double him, the first season, in June-July 1959 at Sand Harbor and Tahoe Meadows, and the second Paint double used in the fourth season at Truckee and Iverson Ranch in 1962, fifth season again at Iverson Ranch in 1963, and seventh season at Red Rock Canyon, California in 1965.
During the sixth year in October 1964, a deranged intruder broke into the Fat Jones Stable when everyone was asleep and stabbed the Paint and a few of the others horses very badly. Some of the other horses the vet was able to save, but the Paint and the others had to be euthanized. Michael was very saddened by this and put out a reward, but the authorities never apprehended the killer. Lorne Greene was also shaken and said if this had happened to Buck, he didn't know what he would do if anything happened to his horse.
The replacement was a Paint horse stunt double the stable rented for Michael to ride immediately after his first mount was killed. His first appearance was filmed in "The Far, Far Better Thing", that went into production a few days after the incident at Fat Jones, in October 1964. Michael and his stuntmen rode him in various filmed cuts through the last episode made for season twelve, "An Earthquake Called Callahan" in January 1971, with Hal Burton horseback doubling Michael at Idyllwild. After the season wrapped, the stable sold the horse to another party in 1971.
By the seventh season, the stories centering on Joe began shifting outdoors and stronger and highly-trained stunt Paint horses had to be used, where in the first six years, his first Paint, called Cochise would just do simple chores at Paramount Studios and locally in Southern California. The seventh and eighth seasons had more rugged outdoor shots at Lake Tahoe and Lone Pine and other locales, so two more riding Paints selected by Michael along with the stunt Paint was selected and ridden by Bob Miles doubling Joe in long shots, and Mike would do his close-ups on his riding Paint. This is something that stuntmen and actors work out before filming, and they go to the stable and choose the Paint horses for the scenes called for in the scripts, every season.
At the start of the ninth season, Michael would continue to ride the Paint horse stunt double (Paint # 5) for selected riding shots, while one of the riding Paints he used the previous eighth season would do his riding in other shows. A new riding Paint was added to the roster of Paint horses for stock footage at Lake Tahoe and Truckee that September and October of 1967. This Paint horse was selected by Michael who would ride him in many shows. Hal Burton would also ride him for any necessary stunts in a bit part for Michael. This horse would alternate with the other Paint horses through the end of the eleventh season in 1969-70.
By the start of season twelve, the Fat Jones Stables sold many horses, including all the Paint horses since the era of TV-Westerns was fading away, and the show's new format didn't require that many Paint horses to be used anymore. Michael selected two Paints for seasons twelve, thirteen, and fourteen of the series to do his filmed shots on. One riding Paint was used for bit parts in just a few shows in seasons twelve and fourteen. The second was a stunt horse he and Hal Burton would ride for all the outdoor shots locally and at distant film sites.
While filming "Bushwhacked!" at Patagonia, Arizona in 1971, Michael and Hal would select a very strong and large Paint to pull him on a travey in a few filmed shots. Michael and his stuntmen would ride many other horses for all 14 years, including stunt horses and casting horses, whatever the script would call for in the series. The stunt Paints are used to double the riding Paints because they are not trained and capable of performing such wild and dangerous feats in a series. The safety of the riding horse and actor is a paramount safety issue and doubling them with stunt horses ensures the horse and actor's life in many filmed scenes, especially in the rugged outdoors where it's very easy for a riding horse and it's actor to get injured or killed.
Paint Horse # 1
Type: Riding Horse
Seasons Used: One through Six
This was the first Paint horse that Michael selected to ride from April 1959 through October 1964. He would be ridden in literally every filmed shot, since the stories didn't call for any fancy riding shots for the horse to perform those years of the series. He was doubled the first season by a stunt Paint horse who was dapple gray and white in coloration at Sand Harbor and Tahoe Meadows, Lake Tahoe, Nevada in 1959. His second Paint double was used and rode by Bob Miles in the fourth season at Truckee and Iverson Ranch in 1962, fifth season at Iverson Ranch in 1963, and seventh season at Red Rock Canyon, California in 1965.
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Paint Horse # 2
Type: Stunt Horse
Seasons Used: One
This was the first stunt Paint used on the series, only the first year at Lake Tahoe, who would double Michael's riding Paint horse. He was dapple gray and white in coloration and rode by both Michael and his stuntman Bob Miles filming stock footage at Sand Harbor and Tahoe Meadows at Lake Tahoe in June-July of 1959 while filming one's "The Henry Comstock Story", also with some live-action horseback shots at San Bernadino National Forest, California.
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Paint Horse # 3
Type: Stunt Horse
Seasons Used: Four through Seven
This stunt Paint was used specifically for the very rugged riding shots at Gooseneck Meadow, at Truckee in June of 1962 for stock footage purposes only, ridden by either Michael or his stuntman Bob Miles. He would double the first horse called Cochise at the meadow and had a strong resemblance to him. This stunt Paint had a black head with a white stripe running down the middle of his face and a good balance of black and white patterns running down his back to just above the legs, which were all white. His tail was half-white with the lower half of it all-black, coming down off his all-white rump.
He was also in four's "The Beginning" and "My Brother's Keeper" doubling Cochise at Iverson Ranch in some filmed cuts with Bob Miles riding him doubling Joe. He makes another appearance in five's "Calamity Over The Comstock" with Bob Miles riding him, doubling Joe at the opening, riding the stunt Paint down the hill and comes to a halt. This stunt Paint horse makes his last appearance doubling Mike's riding horse in the beginning of seven's "Ride the Wind" at Red Rock Canyon, with Bob Miles doubling Joe on him.
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Paint Horse # 4
Type: Stunt Horse
Seasons Used: Five
This Paint horse stunt double was used in only one episode, five's "Marie, My Love", in a bit part by Michael's stuntman, Bob Miles, doubling Joe, as the horse runs in and falls down on his side, with Bob taking the fall in the Joe costume. His head was all-black, with a narrow white blaze running down his face. His throat, neck and chest continued the black patterns down from his black face. His mid-section was mainly white with black markings on the front and rear hind quarters, with a black tail.
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