Patricia Blair
aka Lou Mallory ~ owner of the General Store, Madera House, a farm and several parcels of land
Date of birth - 15 January 1931 ~ Fort Worth, Texas
Patricia Blair started modeling at the age of 13. She also did summer stock. She did an unsold pilot, "Tramp Ship," opposite Neville Brand. She was ready to move to New York when screenwriter Gordon Chase suggested her for the female lead in “Daniel Boone”
She starred in several movies ~ Jump into Hell ~ Crime against Joe, The Black Sheep, City of Fear, Cage of Evil, The Ladies' Man ~ Left Hand of Gemini and The Electric Horseman. TV appearances were Telephone Time ~
Daniel Boone ~The Bob Cummings show ~ Yancy Derringer ~ Richard Diamond - Private Detective ~ Letter to Loretta ~ The Case of the Dangerous Robin ~ The Virginian ~ Perry Mason ~ Bonanza ~Temple Houston ~ Petrocelli
Patricia Blair was first introduced in the episode "Lou Mallory", a hot-tempered Irish lass who was a razor-sharp businesswoman.
[Patricia replaced Millie ~ Joan Taylor] She joined the cast in the fifth
and final season. Other episodes that she had starred in are "Quiet Night,
Deadly Night," "I take this Woman," "The Assailants," "Gun Shy," and
"Requiem at Mission Springs."
"What's my favorite episode that Lou was in?" It's a toss up between
two episodes for me. "I Take This Woman" and "Requiem at Mission Springs."
In "I Take This Woman," she is willing to sacrifice herself to protect
others from her so called future husband. Can't you just see those two
together [Lou & Dennis O'Flarrety]? I like "Requiem at Missions Springs" because there is some good tender moments in this episode. From Lucas and Mark, to Lucas and Lou. I always love those moments with Lucas and Mark, they are so special!
After her one season as Lucas' gal pal on "The Rifleman", Patricia moved on to the highly successful "Daniel Boone"
series, and portrayed Fess Parker's "missus" for six seasons from 1964
through 1970. In an interview with David Fury, she said that she had
the good fortune of working with two of the tallest and handsomest men in
Hollywood [Connors and Parker]. She starred with Ed Ames in an episode
of "The Rifleman" ~
"Quiet Night, Deadly Night", and later with him in Daniel Boone.
She has starred in "The Rifleman" as Lou Mallory in the following episodes.....Lou Mallory ~ Quiet Night, Deadly Night ~ I Take this Woman ~ Requiem at Mission Springs ~ I will be updating this list in the future.
[some info taken from ~ Chuck Connors ~ "The Man Behind the Rifle!" ~ David Fury]
Johnny Crawford ~ Mark McCain
Paul Fix ~ Marshal Micah Torrance
Harlan Warde ~ John Hamilton
John Harmon ~ Eddie
Bill Quinn ~ Sweeney
Hope Summers ~ Hattie Denton
Joan Taylor ~ Millie Scott
The Rifleman Episode Guide List
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