Robert Young Jim Anderson Actor Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Actor Elinor Donahue Betty Anderson ("Princess") Actor Billy Gray James Anderson Jr. ("Bud") Actor Lauren Chapin Kathy Anderson ("Kitten") Actor Lyn Guild Guest Star John Gallaudet Guest Star Norman Ollestad Guest Star Parley Baer Guest Star Dabbs Greer Guest Star William Traylor Guest Star Chester Marshall Guest Star William Hudson Guest Star Vivi Janiss Myrtle Davis Actor Jack Tesler Guest Star Bobby Diamond Guest Star Wallace Ford Guest Star Diana Christian Guest Star Cheerio Meredith Guest Star June Vincent Guest Star Eugene B. Rodney Producer William D. Russell Director James Neilson Director Roswell Rogers Writer Dorothy Cooper Writer Harry Clark Writer Phil Davis Writer Paul West Writer Sumner Long Writer Alan Woods Writer Barbara Hammer Writer Dane Lussier Writer John Kohn Writer