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 Jimmy Bates Claude Messner Actor Jack Raine Guest Star Bart Patton Guest Star Hugh Sanders Guest Star Charity Grace Guest Star Charles P. Thompson Guest Star Sue England Guest Star Wendy Winkleman Guest Star Eugene B. Rodney Producer Peter Tewksbury Director Roswell Rogers Writer