I just watched an episode of the Rifleman that included "Little Joe Cartwright" - Michael Landon(birth name: Eugene Maurice Orowitz!) - as a bank robber! Turns out it was episode #3 of the Rifleman from 1958 and before Bonanza started in 1959. Definitely the earliest episode I've seen. He was in another episode(#18?) of the Rifleman in 1959.
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