Nick Barkley — The Big Valley Character Profile

About Nick Barkley

One of the three Barkley sons. References President Ulysses S. Grant serving in the White House, helping anchor the series timeline to the 1870s.

Character Facts

Played by

Peter Breck

Appears in

The Big Valley (1965)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Nick Barkley — Ranch Defense — Victoria Barkley (Barbara Stanwyck)

  Operational alliance securing ranch perimeters and town relations.

• Nick Barkley — Playful Allies — Audra Barkley (Linda Evans)

  Lighthearted sibling alliance against external threats.

• Nick Barkley — Methodological Clash — Jarrod Barkley (Richard Long)

  Recurring friction between legal restraint and cowboy action.

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• Jarrod Barkley (Richard Long)
• Heath Barkley (Lee Majors)
• Audra Barkley (Linda Evans)
• Eugene Barkley (Charles Briles)
• Referee (Joe Higgins)
• Drake (Harlan Warde)
• Conductor (John Harmon)
• George Gates (Walter Burke)
• Slade (Bing Russell)
• Tom Giles (John Milford)
• Tony Semper (Don Chastain)