The Casualty List

"There was a lot of violence on The Rifleman. We once figured out that I killed on the average of two and a half people per show. That's a lot of violence," Chuck recalled with conviction.

Episode	Lucas	Other	By who?	Total body count
*1. Sharpshooter	3	2	Big Jim Lewis shot/killed Wes Tippert, Lucas shot/killed Carl Lamprey, and the cowboy setting at the table who worked for Big Jim. Vernon shot/killed the man behind the door (Archie Butler). Lucas killed Big Jim	5
2. Home Ranch	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
3. End of a Young Gun	2	1	Lucas and Will Fulton shot and killed Hank Fulton, Mel Carter, and a third member of the gang	3
*4. The Marshal	1	3	Lloyd Carpenter shot and killed Sheriff Fred Thomlinson. Lucas killed Flory and Micah killed Andrew & Lloyd.	4
5. The Brother-in-law	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
6. Eight Hours to Die	0	3	Ephram Burton was killed by hanging, the hangman and Judge Martin Harlow were shot and killed by Zephaniah Burton, Zephaniah died from complications of a head injury	4
7. Duel of Honor	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
8. The Safe Guard	1	4	Floyd Doniger shot and killed the 3 bank robbers and 1 citizen of North Fork, Lucas shot and killed Floyd	5
9. The Sister	2	1	Lucas shot and killed Earl Battle and Roy Thursby and both of the Snipe brothers shot and killed Injun Adams	3
10. New Orleans Menace	1	1	Lucas shot and killed one of the Czars men, Xavier shot and killed the Czar	2
11. The Apprentice Sheriff	0	1	Dan Willard shot and killed Sandy Dixon, Kealy Thompson shot Dan in the hand, Lucas shot Kealy in the hand	1
12. Young Englishman	2	1	Lucas shot and killed the Line Boss and Cy Parker, Lord Jeremy Ashford was shot and wounded in the shoulder, Lucas shot and wounded Waggoner then Ashford shot and killed Waggoner	3
13. The Angry Gun	3	0	Johnny Cotton shot and wounded the Marshal, Blade Kelly died in a struggle with Lucas, Lucas killed Jordan by causing a rock fall, then he shot and killed Johnny	3
14. The Gaucho	1	1	Manolo uses his bolo to kill Ned Dunnell, Lucas accidentally stabs and kills Manolo	2
15. The Pet	1	1	Haskins shot and wounded Flecker who shortly thereafter succumbed to the wounds and died, Lucas shot and killed Haskins	2
16. The Sheridan Story	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
17. The Retired Gun	2 Lucas	2 Micah 1 Wes 1 RR Ranch hand	A Rolling R Ranch hand was shot and killed by the Bailey gang, Joe Logan and Wes Carney were shot and wounded, the Bailey gang were all shot and killed (5 in the gang)	6
18. The Photographer	0	1	Bart Jameson shot and killed Jess Whiteside	1
19. Shivaree	0	0	Derek Hanaway shot, wounding Chet Packard	0
20. The Deadeye Kid	1	1	Jackson shot and killed Cramer, Lucas shot and killed Jackson	2
21. The Indian	0	0	Sam Buckhart shot, wounding Tub and Gorman	0
22. The Boarding House	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
23. The Second Witness	0	1	Brad Davis shot and killed a witness	1
24. The Trade	1	0	Lucas shot and killed Hamp Ferris	1
25. One Went to Denver	0	3	Eban shot and killed Tommy and Sammy, Micah shot and killed Naylor	3
26. The Deadly Wait	0	1	Dan Maury shot and wounded Lucas twice, Micah shot and killed Maury	1
27. The Wrong Man	0	1	Jay Jefferson shot and killed Curly Smith	1
28. The Challenge	0	2	The Professor shot and killed Jake Pardee, Davey Pardee shot and killed the Professor	2
29. The Hawk	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
30. Three-Legged Terror	0	0	Lucas shot, wounding Gus Fremont	0
31. The Angry Man	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
*32. The Woman	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
33. The Money Gun	0	1	Asa Manning shot and killed Tom King	1
34. A Matter of Faith	1	0	Lucas shot and killed Hode Evans	1
35. Blood Brothers	0	1	John Stoddard was shot in Talbot City and died in North Fork from the wound	1
36. Stranger at Night	0	1	Artemus Quarles killed a drifter with a blade	1
37. The Raid	6	1	Lucas shot and killed one of the raiding Apache, the Apache shot and killed one member of the posse with an arrow and wounded another, Lucas shot and killed another of the raiding Apache, when Lucas came upon the Apache camp, he shot and killed Artak and two other Indians, and strangled Chaqua to death Could be a total of 6—5 for Lucas, 1 for other. I don't feel Lucas killed Chaqua with his bear hands. Cowgirl!	7
38. Outlaw’s Inheritance	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
39. Boomerang	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
40. The Mind Reader	1	1	Joe Hyatt shot and killed John Hallager, Lucas shot and killed Joe	2
41. The Patsy	3	0	Sully Hobbs shot and wounded Sam Barrows, Lucas shot and killed Sully, Doke Marvin, and Lafe Oberly	3
42. Bloodlines	2	1	Lucas shot the pistol out of Stump Malakie’s hand, Ben Malakie accidentally shot and killed Stump, the Malakie’s shot and killed Henry Trumble, Lucas shot and wounded Daniel but killed Jud, Micah shot and wounded Pop and Ben	3
43. The Blowout	2	2	Lucas shot and wounded Jake Porter & killed Ross Porter, Ben Waller shot and killed the youngest Porter brother, Jake shot and killed Al Walker, then Lucas shot and killed Jake	4
44. Obituary	0	3	Ben Russell shot and grazed Panama Billings’ face, Panama shot and killed Ben, Billy Benson shot and killed Panama, Lucas shot and wounded Billy’s hand, Billy shot and killed Byron Claremont	3
45. Tension	0	3	Sid Halpern (a.k.a. Roy Coleman) and Clemmie Martin shot and killed each other, Gavin Martin fell on a pitchfork during a fight and died	3
46. Eddie’s Daughter	1	0	Lucas shot and killed Albie	1
47. Panic	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
48. Ordeal	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
49. Spiked Rifle	0	4	Clay Fallmont was shot and killed by Austin Stark’s gang, Stark killed his two partners, a Willow Springs citizen shot and killed Stark, Lucas shot and wounded the citizen	4
50. Letter of the Law	2	2	Davis shot and wounded Micah in the shoulder, Fred Harris shot and killed Davis, Galt shot and killed Harris, Lucas shot and killed Karl Galt and Brett Stocker.	4
51. Legacy	0	1	Pop Simmons died resulting from cardiac problems aggravated by the Mitchell boys.	1
52. The Baby Sitter	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
53. The Coward	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
54. Surveyors	0	1	Len killed Elliott	1
55. Day of the Hunter	0	1	A bear killed Cass Callicott	1
56. Mail Order Groom	0	0	Jess Profit shot and wounded John Jupiter, Lucas shot the gun out of Jess’s hand	0
57. A Case of Identity	1	0	Lucas shot and killed Lon Perry	1
58. The Visitor	0	2	Pete Morgan suffocated Ann Dodd’s uncle and Jenny Morgan accidentally shot and killed Pete.	2
59. The Hero	3	1	Colly Vane shot and killed The Domino Kid in the back when the Kid reached for his gun, Dorn shot Colly in the back but only caught his shoulder, Lucas killed Dorn and the other 2 gunslingers.	4
60. The Horse Traders	0	0	Lucas wounded Jonas Winters	0
61. The Spoiler	1	1	Joey Merrick was stabbed in the back by Brud Evans, Lucas shot and killed Brud	2
62. Heller	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
*63. The Grasshopper	1	4	The Marshal killed on of the bad guys. Walt Ryerson shot/killed Marshal Dixon, Johnny Denver shot/killed a passenger, Johnny shot Nathaniel Cameron in the arm, Lucas shot and killed Johnny	5
64. A Time for Singing	2	4	Dan Hewitt and Laurie Hadley killed the new preacher and his wife (The Gethers), Lucas shot and killed Bro Hadleyand Walt Durkins, Spence Hadley accidentally shot and killed his wife Laurie, Dan shot and killed Spence	6
65. The Deserter	0	0	Ben Haskel was shot and wounded	0
66. The Vision	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
67. Lariat	0	2	Someone shot and killed Fred, Lariat Jones shot and killed Matt Wymerman	2
68. Smokescreen	0	1	Marge Crandall was strangled to death by Roger Quenten	1
69. Shotgun Man	0	1	Beaumont shot and killed Gus, Lucas shot and wounded Beaumont	1
70. Sins of the Father	1	2	Two by Andy Moon, One by Lucas	3
*71. The Prodigal	3	3	Billy St John & his sidekick, Luis was shot/killed, Lucas shot and killed Stinger and Santos and one other cowboy who came from the back of the house was killed and Christine Havecourt, Billy's mother passed away.	6
72. The Four-flushers	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
73. The Jailbird	0	1	Eli Manse killed his pa with a pipe	1
74. Meeting at Midnight	2	0	Lucas shot and killed Schroeder and Morgan	2
75. Nora	0	1	Nora Sanford shot and killed Jude Nichols	1
76. The Hangman	0	1	Eben Muchen by Harold Tenner	1
77. Trail of Hate	0	1	Stark shot and killed Cougar, before Cougar died he shot, wounding Noley	1
78. Woman from Hog Ridge	1	0	Lucas shot and killed Hoyt Boyle	1
*79. Seven	1	5	2 prison guards were killed. Dorf shot and killed Frost, Lucas shot and killed Dorf, Micah shot and killed Hoke and the one Micah hit on the head, If you figure he's dead.	6
80. The Pitchman	0	0	Lucas shot, wounding Marsh	0
81. Strange Town	1	1	Lucas shot, wounding Bletch Droshek and killed Marshall Truce, Ott Droshek shot and killed Bletch	2
82. Baranca	0	2	Pedro Sanchez by Hadley and Hadley’s partner by Baranca	2
83. The Martinet	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
84. Miss Milly	1	1	Lucas and Micah shot and killed Jack Adams and Marty Ryan	2
85. Dead Cold Cash	1	0	Sarah Carruthers by natural causes and Lucas shot and killed Stacey Belden	2
86. The Schoolmaster	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
87. The Promoter	0	1	Reuben Miles shot and killed Jack Scully	1
88. The Illustrator	1	1	Sam the tailor by Ben Travis and then Ben by Lucas	2
89. Silent Knife	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
90. Miss Bertie	0	0	Lucas wounded Duke Jennings	0
91. Six Years and a Day	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
92. Flowers by the Door	1	1	The woman killed in the beginning by Jason Gowdy and Gowdy by Lucas	2
93. Long Trek	0	1	Stanley died drinking dirt	1
94. The Actress	0	1	Jacob Black died from a buckboard accident	1
95. Face of Yesterday	0	2	Simon Clay shot and killed Bradshaw and Holmes, Lucas shot, wounding Simon	2
96. The Wyoming Story – part 1	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
97. The Wyoming Story – part 2	2	1	Ross and Forbes McKee had beaten Aggie, she later died of her injuries, Ross shot, wounding Marshal Burks, Lucas shot and killed McKee and Ross	3
98. Closer than a Brother	0	0	No one was shot but Micah did break a bottle of whiskey over Ansel’s head	0
99. The Lost Treasure of Canon Town	0	1	James Newman when the mine caved in	1
100. Dark Day at North Fork	1	0	Lucas shot and killed Jack Solby	1
101. The Prisoner	2	0	Lucas stabbed Corporal Troc with a sharpened steak bone, then shot and killed Major King	2
102. The Assault	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
103. Short Rope for a Tall Man	0	4	Someone killed two of Ben Crown’s men, Charlie Crown shot Schneider in the back and killed him, Ben Crown shot and killed Charlie	4
104. The Clarence Bibs Story	0	1	Clarence Bibbs shot and killed Pretty Man Longden	1
105. The Score is Even	0	1	Jax shot and killed a prospector	1
106. The Mescalero Curse	1	4	Juan Mogollon died by hanging, someone ran down a drunk, killing him; Jake died of fright after drinking coffee laced with loco weed, Shadow trampled Lobo to death, Lucas shot and killed Juan’s father	5
107. Stopover	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
108. Lonesome Bride	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
109. Death Trap	1	2	Simmon Battle shot and killed Stacey and Sag, Lucas shot and killed Britt, Battle shot Spicers’ gun out of his hand	3
110. The Queue	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
*111. Vaqueros	4	0	Lucas killed Angelo by hitting him on the head with a pistol the old man gave him. Lucas shot/killed Lazaro with Angelo's pistol and Miguel, Ramos with his rifle.	4
112. First Wages	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
*113. Sheer Terror	2	1	Lucas shot and killed Sloane and Andy and Micah killed Harris the buffalo hunter.	3
114. The Stand-In	0	2	Taylor wounded Rudy Croft who later died of his wounds, Potter shot and killed Taylor	2
115. The Journey Back	1	1	Will Carney killed Lt. Vaughn, Lucas shot and killed Carney	2
*116. The Decision	1	2	Corey Hazelett shot and killed Joey Frances, Micah shot and killed Corey’s cousin Harry Derbers, Lucas shot and killed Carl Hazelett	3
117. Knight Errant	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
118. Honest Abe	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
119. The Long Goodbye	1	0	Lucas shot and killed Debo Lee	1
120. The Shattered Idol	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
*121. Long Gun from Tucson	1	3	Lucas, Henry Waller, Eddie Halstead, and Nils Swenson, were in a shoot-out with John Holliver, Deecie, and Holliver's other two gunmen, all of the Holliver gang were shot and killed Some say differently 2 for Lucas & 2 for others	4
122. The High Country	1	0	Lucas accidentally shot and killed Gorwin Morgan	1
123. A Friend in Need	1	0	Lucas shot and killed Carl Avery	1
124. Skull	2	0	Lucas shot and killed Hoyt Coyle & Pascal	2
125. The Princess	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
126. Gun Fire	4	2	Gordo’s gang shot and killed the US Marshal from Denver and Ben Johnson, Nils was shot and wounded, Lucas was shot and wounded, Micah was shot and wounded twice, Lucas shot and killed one of Gordo’s men, Karl Hollis, Dave Chester and Charlie Gordo	6
127. The Quiet Fear	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
128. Sporting Chance	0	0	Lucas shot wounding Churley Carr	0
129. A Young Man’s Fancy	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
130. Man from Salinas	1	1	Dave Foley smothered Rudy Gray with a pillow, although he was originally shot by Lucas for Robbing the North Fork Bank. Dave Foley was later shot & killed by Lucas	2
131. Two Ounces of Tin	1	0	Lucas shot and killed Tip Corey	1
132. Deadly Image	1	2	Earl Bantry shot and killed Ab Richards, he also s hot and killed K.C., Lucas shot and killed Earl	3
133. The Debt	0	0	Reynolds shoots and wounds Abe Merar	0
134. Tin Horn	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
135. None So Blind	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
136. The Jealous Man	2	0	Andy Travis shot and wounded Jake Owens. Lucas shot and killed Andy and Simms	2
137. Guilty Conscience	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
138. Day of Reckoning	2	0	Lucas shot and killed Willie & Charley Breen	2
139. The Day a Town Slept	1	1	Lucas shot and killed Ben Judson, Micah shot and killed Bob Barrett	2
140. Millie’s Brother	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
141. Outlaw’s Shoes	0	2	Lucas was shot and wounded by George Vale. The Joe and Frank Wieden shot and killed Vale and Jeems.	2
142. The Executioner	2	1	Lucas shot and killed Sanchez, Brooks shot Russell Ganaway in the back, it killed him, Lucas then shot and killed Brooks.	3
143. Waste – part 1	1	0	Lucas used a shovel to kill Horse Teeth Looker	1
144. Waste – part 2	3	0	Lucas shot and killed Ear Digger and Sleeper, then he had to shoot and kill Alphonso	3
145. Lou Mallory	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
146. Quite Night, Deadly Night	1	0	Lucas accidentally shot and killed Lee Coyle	1
147. Death Never Rides Alone	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
148. I Take This Woman	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
149. The Assailants	2	1	Lucas shoots and kills Colby, then he wounds Price, Price accidentally shoots and kills Will and then dies himself	3
150. Mark’s Rifle	0	0	Lucas shot and wounded Marty Blair	0
151. The Most Amazing Man	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
152. Squeeze Play	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
153. Gun Shy	1	1	While Mark and Fred were fighting over the rifle, it went off and killed Charlie, Lucas shot and killed Vantine	2
*154. The Anvil Chorus	1	0	Lucas shot/killed Stagg.	1
155. Conflict	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
156. Incident at Line Shack Six	0	2	John Gangling shot and killed Charlie, Vale shot and killed Gangling	2
157. Suspicion		1	Both Rand and Winslow claim to have shot and killed Matt Larson
158. The Sidewinder	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
159. The Sixteenth Cousin	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
160. Hostages to Fortune	1	1	Micah shot and killed Sylvester Lucas shot and killed Joe	2
161. And the Devil Makes Five	0	1	Micah shot and killed Scully Potter	1
162. End of the Hunt	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
163. The Bullet	1	1	Lucas shot and killed a hired gun, the Marshal shot and killed Griff	2
*164. Requiem at Mission Springs	3	1	Dove killed the prison guard. Lucas shot and killed Smiley, Dove, & Rance	4
165. The Guest	1	0	Lucas shot and killed Mario Rosati	1
166. Old Man Running	2	1	Lou Mallory shot and killed Littleboy Sherman, Lucas shot and killed Jeb Sherman and Bob Sherman	3
167. Which Way Did They Go?	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0
168. Old Tony	0	0	No one was shot or killed	0

A 'BIG' thank you goes out to Donna for this labor of love, thank you from The McCain Ranch, Lucas Mark & Cowgirl too!

Here is what Renewed Fan figured out.....I did a quick tally on the body count that Cowgirl just posted. If my math is right, there were 245 killings in the 168 episodes - an average of 1.46 per episode. It looks like Lucas was responsible for only about 1/2 of the mayhem. The most blood drenched episode was The Raid (7) with The Retired Gun, and A Time for Singing both scoring 6. The Safe Guard and The Mescalero Curse each came limping in with a piddling 5.

This is a lot less than Chuck Connor's estimate of 2.5 per episode, on average. Thanks Renewed Fan!

I think Lucas killed 109 people with 2 gunfights being too close to call. I would credit him with 2 of the 4 in Long Gun from Tucson and 2 or 3 of the 5 from The Retired gun, a total of 113 or 114...which is more than all the other gunfighters in the real west and probably more than any TV hero including the Matt Dillon and the Lone Ranger who were around for quite a while including radio and TV...but still far less than 2 and 1/2 per show. I broke it down by year and Lucas killed:

1. about 30 in first season (figuring 2 in the Retired Gun)
2. 24 in season 2
3. 14 in season 3 (interesting that the least violent season did poorly in the ratings)
4. about 29 in season 4 in 32 shows, the most violent season per show at least for Lucas (figuring 2 killed in Long Gun from Tucson)
5.16 in 26 episodes in season 5

GREAT, GREAT job by Donna! Thanks from me and Renewed Fan anyhow (lol) plus hundreds of other Rifleman fans
I'm sure. That must have taken some serious time. Thanks Sweeney!

*Also, it must be kept in mind that there are probably a dozen references to earlier killings by Lucas scattered throughout the series. Think about, for example, The Martinet, Dead Cold Cash (?), and Face from Yesterday. Thanks Renewed Fan!