Jamie
In 1970, Mitch was cast as a regular on Bonanza as Jamie Hunter, an orphan taken in
by the Cartwrights and adopted. David Dortort reportedly was looking for a younger character who
could be on the receiving end of Ben’s fatherly wisdom now that Little Joe was in his mid-30’s.
Mitch Vogel
“The reason I gave up acting is because I was really getting into music,” Vogel said.
“It goes back to when my mom said you can be an actor or play guitar. Well, I ended up playing
guitar anyway. And as you get older as a child actor, you don’t look like a kid anymore. I wasn’t
old enough to play leading romantic parts yet. I was kind of in the middle. So I really took to music
and kind of got sidetracked into music.”
In 1970, Mitch was cast as a regular on Bonanza as Jamie Hunter, an orphan taken in
by the Cartwrights and adopted. David Dortort reportedly was looking for a younger character who
could be on the receiving end of Ben’s fatherly wisdom now that Little Joe was in his mid-30’s.
Mitch Vogel
“The reason I gave up acting is because I was really getting into music,” Vogel said.
“It goes back to when my mom said you can be an actor or play guitar. Well, I ended up playing
guitar anyway. And as you get older as a child actor, you don’t look like a kid anymore. I wasn’t
old enough to play leading romantic parts yet. I was kind of in the middle. So I really took to music
and kind of got sidetracked into music.”
