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Surfside 6
Episode Guide - July 2005
(ep #1.13)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Cindy Rumbold, California
Barry Gould, Columbus, Ohio (episode 1.09 "Odd Job"), Sal Crisanti
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
Warner Brothers Television Production
for
ABC (Mondays 8:30 pm)(1960-61)
ABC (Mondays 9:00 pm (1961-62)
Executive Producer Wm. T. Orr
Producers: Charles Hoffman, Joel Rogosin
US detective series 1960-62 74 episodes x 60 min bw - 2 seasons
starring
Van Williams as Ken Madison (previously in 'Bourbon Street Beat')
Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne
Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II
also
Diane McBain as Daphne DeWitt Dutton
Margarita Sierra as Cha Cha O'Brien
Donald 'Red' Barry as Lt. Snedigar (1960-61)
Richard Crane as Lt. Gene Plehan (1961-62)
Mousie Garner as Mousie
Premise: Detective series set in Miami Beach, Florida and dealt with the exploits
of Dave Thorne, Ken Madison and Sandy Winfield, detectives who operate
out of a houseboat in Florida.
'Surfside 6' was one of several detective series
from Warner Brothers following the success of
'77 Sunset Strip' , the others were:-
'Hawaiian Eye' (1959-62, 134 episodes)
'Bourbon Street Beat' (1959, 39 episodes)
'The Roaring 20's' (1960-62, 48 episodes)
"Surfside 6" theme tune
words & music
by
Mack David & Jerry Livingston
"Surfside 6" is Currently Airing on "Good Life TV Network"
############### Surfside 6 #################
############# Season 1 1960-61 ###############
############## (34 episodes) #################
ABC Mondays 8:30 pm
1.01 [--] Surfside 6: COUNTRY GENTLEMAN
3Oct60 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Irving J. Moore
Guest Cast:
Fredd Wayne ................... Allan Abbott
Ray Danton .................... Marty Hartman
Frank DeKova .................. Stinger
John Hubbard .................. Roger Fielding
Commodore Gladstone is found dead, and his friend Allan Abbott
puts the finger of suspicion on Marty Hartman, an ex-gambler.
Abbott hires Dave to prove his case against Marty.
1.02 [--] Surfside 6: HIGH TIDE
10Oct60 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Sherry Jackson ................ Jill Murray
Gregg Palmer .................. Lou Mantell
Lou Mantell has been hiding out in Cuba. Suddenly, he comes back
home and, just as suddenly, Jill Murray, his old girlfriend,
disappears. The SurfSiders attempt to locate Jill who's scheduled
to testify against Mantell at a Senate Committee Hearing.
1.03 [--] Surfside 6: THE CLOWN
17Oct60 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Vito Scotti ................... Silva
Ted de Corsia ................. Correro
Tina Carver ................... Elaine Alvarez
Joe De Santis ................. Silva
A nasty type named Carlos is annoying Cha-Cha, so Dave clobbers
him and takes him back to his boss, an exiled dictator named
Correro. When Correro is killed by a clown at a birthday party
for his son, Pepe, a clown entertaining at the party is arrested.
Dave finds another clown costume and learns the real killer is
Carlos, the dictator's henchman.
1.04 [--] Surfside 6: ACCORDING TO OUR FILES
24Oct60 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by George Waggner
Guest Cast:
Mike Road ..................... Kip Daly
Alvy Moore .................... Herbert Colter
Joan Marshall ................. Vera Burnet
Insurance agent Herbert Colter is not the detective type, but
his insurance company assigned him the job of tracking down a
fortune in stolen bonds. He gets Sandy to help him look for
ex-con Lou Gorman, a likely suspect. They find him, but he has
been murdered.
1.05 [--] Surfside 6: LOCAL GIRL
31Oct60 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Sue Ane Langdon ............... Darcy Peyton
Frank Ferguson ................ Earl Purdy
Tom Gilson .................... Billy Paris
Ric Roman ..................... Ralph Shreiner
Jimmy Ames .................... Angel
Darcy Peyton is a backwoods girl who left home to make a name
for herself in show business. Instead, she became involved with
gangsters. She decides to return home with the $20,000 her
boyfriend left with her in order to bribe a politician. Arriving
with Ken as her bodyguard, she gets a tumultuous reception – a
shotgun blast from her father.
1.06 [--] Surfside 6: PAR-A-KEE
7Nov60 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by William J. Hole, Jr.
Guest cast:
Lyle Talbot ............... Allan Crandell (Ozzie & Harriet)
Raymond Bailey ........ Reginald Dutton (Beverly Hillbillies)
Grant Williams ................ Keith Minter
Michael Harris ................ Eddie Geer
When someone tries to kill Daphne's race horse, Par-a-kee,
before the big race, Mr. Dutton wants Dave to find out why.
He learns that a local bookmaker willl lose a fortune if the
horse wins so he kidnaps Daphne to insure the horse doesn't run.
1.07 [--] Surfside 6: DEADLY MALE
14Nov60 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Charles R. Rondeau
Guest Cast:
Nancy Hadley .................. Linda Howell
Robert Colbert ................ Gary Dawson
George Wallace ................ Jim Elliott
Roger Til ..................... Jacques Andre
Gloria Elliot is two-timing her wealthy husband, and her two
favorite admirers are Frenchman Jacques Andre and beach boy
Gary Dawson. Gloria has fallen prey to a scheme in which
handsome young men become involved with married women, then
blackmail them. When Gloria refuses to pay, she is murdered.
Dave investigates and uncoveres a lucrative jewel insurance
racket.
1.08 [--] Surfside 6: POWER OF SUGGESTION
21Nov60 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Shirley Knight ................ Miriam
Stephen Bekassy ............... Professor Daniel
Joe Baker ..................... Bernie Bergen
Oliver McGowan ................ Dr. Rose
Frank Leo ..................... clerk
The mentalist on stage has a gorgeous assistant named Miriam,
who, to Dave's suspicious eye, looks scared. He's right. Miriam
comes to him after the show and insists someone is trying to
hypnotize her into committing murder. Dave and Cha Cha try to
protect her but, shortly afterwards, the magician is murdered.
1.09 [--] Surfside 6: ODD JOB
28Nov60 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Robert Douglas
Guest Cast:
Robert Rockwell ........... Phillip
Pat Michon ................ Nan
Wilton Graf................ Stanley
Clark Gordon ............. Rodney Arms
Ken is hired via a telegram to guard a proxy fight srtaegy meeting
from conflict within. After a brief kidnapping on the way, Madison
escapes only to find an imposter working in his place. Ken gets Sandy
involed in a plot to turn tables using the same imposter game.
(Details of this episode kindly supplied by Barry Gould, Columbus, Ohio)
1.10 [--] Surfside 6: THE INTERNATIONAL NET
5Dec60 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by William J. Hole, Jr.
Guest Cast:
Claude Akins .................. Mike Hogan
Anna-Lisa ..................... Alixe Hogan
John Van Dreelen .............. Frederick Lundstrom
Myrna Fahey ................... Ann Trevor
Gladys Hurbut (or Hurlbut) .... La Contessa
Vaughn Taylor
Russell Thorson
Producer Mike Hogan is in Miami with the idea of getting a back
for a show. His wife gets a note saying he's a murderer, and
that she's slated to be his next victim. When two people are
murdered, Mike is arrested and it's up to Ken to discover the
identity of the writer of the note and real killer.
1.11 [--] Surfside 6: THE FRIGHTENED CANARY
12Dec60 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Charles R. Rondeau
guest cast:
Nina Shipman .................. Nina Landis
Ray Danton .................... Danny Rome
Robert Ridgely ................ Eddy Harker
Hal Baylor .................... Marty Moran
Art Lewis ..................... Luke Miles
Nina Landis is a pretty nightclub singer who Danny Rome finds
to his liking. When she rejects him, the comic turns heavy and
threatens her. Nina publicly embarrasses him and he vows revenge.
He arranges for Nina to be framed for murder, but Sandy expsoses
the scheme.
1.12 [--] Surfside 6: GIRL IN THE GALLEON
19Dec60 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Frank Baur
Guest Cast:
Andra Martin .................. Connie Waters
Dean Fredericks ............... Danny Waters
Jackie Loughery ............... Hazel Haynes
Jean Willes ................... Eve Tibbles
Rhodes Reason ................. Martin Haynes
Whit Bissell .................. Quincey Tibbles (Time Tunnel)
Michael Garrett ............... Ason Westover
Diver Danny 'Deep' Waters, hired by the Maritime Museum to
explore a sunken Spanish galleon, see the body of a girl near
the ship on a preliminary dive. Later, the body can't be found.
Criminals, who've stolen a fortune in gold, are making Spanish
coins from the stolen loot and planting them in the galleon.
Sandy and Ken uncover the scheme and capture the crooks in an
undersea fight.
1.13 [--] Surfside 6: BRIDE AND SEEK
26Dec60 ABC Mon
Directed by Charles Haas
Teleplay by Anne Howard Bailey/ Story by Steve Goodman [SC]
Guest Cast:
Grant Williams ................ Frank Anders
Warren Stevens ................ Arnie Helman
Kaye Elhardt .................. Lois Culver
Linda Bennett ................. Nancy Clayborne
Louise Lorimer ................ Mrs. Clayborne III
Paul Carr ..................... Stan Ritchie
Synopsis:
Frank Anders is part of an extortion racket. His assignment is to elope with
heiress Nancy Clayborne to get money from her wealthy grandmother. Dave Thorne
(Lee Patterson) is hired by Frank's ex-girlfriend to find him and does, in
time to save Nancy.
1.14 [--] Surfside 6: LITTLE STAR LOST
2Jan61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast;
Shirley Knight ................ Linda Lord
Constance Ford ................ Sybil Lord
David White ................... Arnold Plagermann
Marjorie Reynolds ............. Mrs. Phelps (Life of Riley)
Starlet Linda Lord makes a triumphant return to her home town of
Miami to star in a movie to be filmed there. Her happiness is
short-lived when she is told that Sybil Lord is not her real
mother. Linda hires her old friend Sandy to find her real mother.
But first, Sandy must protect her from a crooked lawyer who's
trying to cash in on her dilemma.
1.15 [--] Surfside 6: HEELS OVER HEAD
9Jan61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Carlos Romero ................. Juan Escudero
Berry Kroeger ................. Homer Garson
George Kennedy ................ Gabe Buchanan
William Phipps ................ Al Owens
Dave and Ken won't take Juan Escudero's case because he's too
closed-mouthed about the details. He does talk them into keeping
an envelope for him, then disappears. The envelope contains
$70,000 in case that Escudero stole from gangster Homer Garson.
Garson kidnaps Dave and Cha Cha in order to get his money back.
1.16 [--] Surfside 6: THE FACTS ON THE FIRE
16Jan61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Julie Adams ................... Merilee Williams
Dorothy Green ................. Crystal Martel
Robert Knapp .................. Philip Baine
Richard Webb ......... Jock Lansford (Captain Midnight)
Merilee Williams tells police she thought her husband was a
prowler. She took a shot at him and killed him. She hires Dave
to prove the killing was accidental, but the detective uncovers
evidence that she was the intended victim.
1.17 [--] Surfside 6: YESTERDAY'S HERO
23Jan61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Merry Anders .................. Chris Karns
Joe De Santis ................. Emilio Mendez
Chris Karns, the wife of Dave's wartime buddy, turn up in Miami.
Dave blames her lust for gold in driving her husband, Robbie,
to drink , then to his death while aiding in Caribbean
revolutionaries. Dave is startled when Chris says she believes
Robbie is still alive. It turns out his execution had been faked
to cover up his betrayal of the rebels with whom he was working.
1.18 [--] Surfside 6: THIEVES AMONG HONOR
30Jan61 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Robert Altman
Guest Cast:
Peter Breck ................... Mark Goodwin
Alex Gerry .................... Dr. Bernard Ostrow
Myron Healey .................. Dan Zeeman
Harry Holcombe ................ Mayor White
Daphne is out to help her friend, Dr. Bernard Ostrow, raise money
for a new hospital. She's delighted when two contributors, Mark
Goodwin and Dan Zeeman, volunteer to handle the fund raising.
But Sandy and Ken believe the two men are con artists out to make
a big score.
1.19 [--] Surfside 6: LICENSE TO STEAL
6Feb61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Jill Jarmyn ................... Sue Morrison
Hardie Albright ............... Mr. Adam
Vito Scotti ................... Marcus
Sam Gilman .................... Dan Norwin
Joseph Ruskin ................. Christy
Songstress Sue Morrison is entertaining a large crowd in a Miami
night spot when the festivities are interrupted by gangsters who
make off with a hat full of Sue's priceless jewelry. Dave uncovers
evidence that the insurer of the jewels is the person behind the
theft.
1.20 [--] Surfside 6: RACE AGAINST TIME
13Feb61 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Charles R. Rondeau
Guest Cast:
Angela Greene ................. Barbara Manning
Nancy McCarthy ................ Pamela Wiley
John Archer ................... Arnold Henderson
William Lanteau ............... Steve Crest
Brad Johnson .................. Maxwell
Darlene Fields ................ Mrs. Carpenter
Dave is carried off a New York-Miami plane. He's been poisoned,
but hospital attendants are unable to identify the poison or
prescribe the antidote, which means Ken and Sandy have only a
short time to spot the poisoner among the other passengers on
the flight. They learn the poisoner was a man Dave once helped
send to prison, but he's killed before they are able to question
him about an antidote.
1.21 [--] Surfside 6: BLACK ORANGE BLOSSOMS
20Feb61 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Robert B. Sinclair
Guest Cast:
Kathleen Crowley .............. Lady Kay Smallens
David Frankham ................ Smallens
Errol John .................... Charlie
Karen Parker .................. Barbara Page
Howard Wendell ................ Mr. Page
Doris Packer .................. Mrs. Page
Alan Caillou .................. Sir Niles Smallens
Sandy heads for Jamaica and a vacation rendezvous with lovely
Barbara Page. But he's not off duty long neighboring plantation
boss Sir Niles Smallens dies of a snake bite and it looks like
murder. There hasn't been a poisonous snake on the island in
years.
1.22 [--] Surfside 6: THE CHASE
27Feb61 ABC
Written by Roger Smith
Directed by Montgomery Pittman
Guest Cast:
Reggie Nalder ................. Oren Jackson
Tim Graham .................... old man
George Werier ................. hotel manager
Cha Cha drives through the Everglades to deliver some papers to
Thorne. On a small backroad, she recognizes another traveler as
a wanted killer. The killer also spots her and chases her to a
ghost town. Dave tracks him down, and becomes a target of the
murderer.
1.23 [--] Surfside 6: GHOST OF A CHANCE
6Mar61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Claire Kelly .................. Pat Wheeler
John Gabriel .................. Jonah Starr
Russ Conway ................... Brockton Starr
An engraver for the Federal Mint disappears while on his honeymoon
fishing trip to Catfish Bayou. Since this is one of Ken's favorite
vacation spots, he's the logical choice to help Treasury Agent Pat
Wheeler look for the missing man. The government fears the engraver
was the target of counterfeiters hoping to use his expertise.
1.24 [--] Surfside 6: THE IMPRACTICAL JOKER
13Mar61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Harold J. Stone ............... Harry Wilde
Karen Steele .................. Jean Pappas
Mala Powers ................... Millie Pierce
Harry Wilde learns that having fun a another's expense can have
its grim side. He planned to threaten his partner's life as part
of a practical joke. When his partner actually dies, Harry is
charged with murder. Dave and Ken investigate to uncover the real
murderer.
1.25 [--] Surfside 6: INSIDE JOB
20Mar61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Mary Tyler Moore .............. Kathy Murlow
Jeffrey Stone ................. Barney Michaels
Dolores Donlon ................ Laurie Ames
Joe Sawyer .................... Leon Huff
Donald Burnett ................ Hal Murlow
Tol Avery ..................... Mr. Wylie
Working undercover as a bank teller, Dave learns that one of his
co-workers has a peculiar friend Barney Michaels, a notorious
bank robber. When the banker is murdered, Dave infiltrates the
gang that is planning a bank robbery.
1.26 [--] Surfside 6: INVITATION TO A PARTY
27Mar61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Kaye Elhardt .................. Virginia Barker
Ed Nelson ..................... Eddie Grant
George Margo .................. Bunny Lewis
Elizabeth MacRae .............. Carla Wilson
Wealthy Virginia Barker is being blackmailed after injuring a
girl named Carla Wilson in a parking lot accident. Virginia goes
Sandy for help and he decides to look over the scene of the
accident. He arrives just in time to see Carla involved in another
accident only this time she's killed.
1.27 [--] Surfside 6: SPRING TRAINING
3Apr61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Will Hutchins ................. Arky Cooper (Sugarfoot)
Gigi Perreau .................. Robin Phillips
Barry Kelley .................. Matty Phillips
George Neise .................. Mitch Mitchell
Bing Russell .................. Ron Kaslow
The Bears baseball club is in spring training in Florida when
owner Matty Phillips discovers his star pitcher, Arky Cooper, has
been paying visits to gambler Mitch Mitchell. Phillips asks Ken
to pose as an aspiring rookie and find out if Arky's throwing him
a curve. It seems Arky's girlfriend had been involved with a
gambler, so Arky beats him up. Mitchell vows to get even but is
killed before he has the chance, leaving Arky as the prime murder
suspect.
1.28 [--] Surfside 6: DOUBLE IMAGE
10Apr61 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Irving J. Moore
Guest Cast:
Ellen McRaw (Burstyn) .......... Wanda Drake
Brad Dexter ................... Albie Banion
Ann Robinson .................. Gloria Hale
Sandy is hitting it off with a refined beauty named Wanda Drake.
But he gets a jolt when he discovers that Wanda if flirting with
a socially ambitious hoodlum named Albie Banion. He also learns
that Wanda's father is serving a life-sentence and Wanda believes
Banion is the man who committed the crime for which her father
was convicted.
1.29 [--] Surfside 6: CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
17Apr61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Lisa Gaye ..................... Lix Perry
John Lupton .............. Curt Maxon (Broken Arrow)
John Beradino ............ Al Granger (General Hospital)
Mario Roccuzzo ................ Raphael
Leslie Parrish ................ Sunny Golden
Circumstantial evidence is used to pin the murder of a beautiful
water skier, Sunny Golden, on Cha Cha's nephew, Raphael, a busboy
at the hotel where Sunny was staying. Cha Cha and Ken believe the
young man is innocent, but have to find someone else who might be
implicated by the evidence. They discover that Sandy's boss is the
real murderer.
1.30 [--] Surfside 6: VENGEANCE IS BITTER
24Apr61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Guy Stockwell ................. Bob Carver
(brother of actor Dean Stockwell, Quantum Leap)
Claire Griswold ............... Patricia Carver
James Seay .................... Phillip Jordan
Peggy McCay
Bob and Patricia Carver ask Dave to stop publication on a book
when they claim slanders their family. Then the prospective
publisher, Phillip Jordan, is murdered, and it begins to look
like one of the Carvers couldn't wait for Dave to act.
1.31 [--] Surfside 6: LITTLE MISTER KELLY
1May61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Biff Elliot ................... Hank Kelly
Ronnie Dapo ................... Little Kelly
Irene Hervey .................. Mrs. Gardner
Police say boxer Hank Kelly's sparring partner committed suicide,
but Hank scores it differently. He thinks it was murder and, when
he learns someone is after his son, he hires Ken to investigate.
Ken uncovers a fight-fixing ring headed up by a local gambler.
1.32 [--] Surfside 6: SPINOUT AT SEBRING
8May61 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Charles R. Rondeau
Guest Cast:
Sue Randall ................... Maggie Littrell
John Van Dreelen .............. Martin Harriby
Jorja Curtwright .............. Lorraine Littrell
Alejandro Rey ................. Tony Ricardo (The Flying Nun)
Sandy's pursuing his hobby of sports car racing, when he's
approached by Maggie Littrell, a girl with a problem. Maggie
thinks her mother and attorney Martin Harriby are plotting to
murder Maggie's father. Sandy and Tony Ricardo, a champion
sports car racer and Maggie's love interest, enter the Sebring
Grand Prix in order to thwart the plot. Harriby is killed in an
accident during the race and Maggie's mother is struck and
killed by an car.
1.33 [--] Surfside 6: THE BHOYO AND THE BLONDE
15May61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Sean McClory .................. Kevin Flanagan
Sue Ane Langdon ............... Renee
Paula Raymond ................. Kathleen
Anthony Caruso
Although Irish author Kevin Flanagan usually has one eye on the
bottle and the other on pretty girls, he has found time to
accidentally witness a Miami underworld killing. Kevin's long-
suffering wife, Kathleen, knows the mob won't take long to close
her husband's wandering eyes permanently, so she hires Dave to
protect him. The mob sends an attractive hitwoman after Flanagen,
but Sandy and Ken manage to capture her before she shoots the
Irishman.
1.34 [--] Surfside 6: AN OVERDOSE OF JUSTICE
22May61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Mara Corday ................... Bonnie Scott
Edward Platt .................. Phil Molloy
Richard Coogan ................ Eddie Regis
Judy Lewis .................... Mary Regis
Thief Eddie Regis has pulled off a major heist and fled to Miami
with his girl, Bonnie Scott. Dave, who has been approached by
insurance man Phil Molloy to assist in the search, finds that
someone close to Regis is willing to co-operate none other than
the larcenous Bonnie herself.
############### Surfside 6 #################
############# Season 2 1961-62 ###############
############## (40 episodes) #################
ABC Mondays 9:00 pm
2.01 [35] Surfside 6: COUNT SEVEN!
18Sep61 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
Guest Cast:
Jason Evers ................... Don Canfield
Shirley Ballard ............... Kay Canfield
Richard Crane ................. Lt. Gene Piehn
Russell Arms .................. Ralph Truitt
Lisa Plowman .................. Annie Canfield
Ken strikes up a friendship with airline pilot Don Canfield which
leads to a new case. Canfield's fiancée is found dead in
Canfield's apartment. Canfield's 7-year-old daughter helps Ken
solve the case which involves a smuggling racket.
2.02 [36] Surfside 6: THE WEDDING GUEST
25Sep61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Kaye Elhardt .................. Millie Owens
Joan Marshall ................. Delta Long
Edward Kemmer ................. Matt Kerwin
Tony Travis ................... Alec Hartley
Daphne is off to Nassau to attend the wedding of her friend,
Millie Owens. She arrives on schedule, but her plans go awry
when she's kidnapped. Sandy comes to the rescue and discovers
that the prospective groom is a con artist who marries women for
their money.
2.03 [37] Surfside 6: ONE FOR THE ROAD
2Oct61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
James Best .................... Ernie Jordan
Elizabeth MacRae .............. Margia Knight
Larry Blake ................... Square-Deal Brady
Don Ross ...................... Mort Packard
Drifter Ernie Jordan wanders into Daphne's life and captures her
heart. Sandy, Dave and Ken warn her to go slow because the
mysterious Ernie won't talk about his past or his plans for the
future. Their advise falls on love-deafened ears. The detectives
investigate and learn that Jordan may have been involved with a
murder.
2.04 [38] Surfside 6: DAPHNE, GIRL DETECTIVE
9Oct61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Bruce Dern .................... Johnny Page
Lori Kaye ..................... Sally Page
Grace Raynor .................. Vanessa James
When Daphne's old school friend, Sally Page, disappears, the
boys aren't too alarmed. Sally's known for her vanishing acts.
But Daphne's fears increase when she sees Sally's husband kissing
another woman. Then, when Sally is found dead in an apparent
suicide, Daphne believes Sally's husband killed her and sets out
to prove it.
2.05 [39] Surfside 6: THE EMPTY HOUSE
16Oct61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Susan Seaforth ................ Sirley Battersea
Sherwood Price ................ Vince Lederer
Elaine Devry .................. Thelma Lang
Lauren Gilbert ................ Walter Battersea
Wealthy Walter Battersea wants Ken to rescue his daughter,
Shirley, from fortune hunting society bum Vince Lederer. At
first, Ken gets nowhere, until he tries the romantic approach.
As Ken and Shirley become involved, Ken has all the more reason
to prove her innocence when she's accused of killing Lederer
after he tried top extort money from her.
2.06 [40] Surfside 6: WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE
23Oct61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest cast:
Lon Chaney, Jr ................ Tanker Grosch
Elisa Cook, Jr................. Mike Pulaski (Magnum, P.I.)
Cathy Case .................... Betty Lawrence
A belligerent drunk attacks Sandy, who decks him. A few minutes
later, the drunk is found dead and Sandy's on the receiving end
of a murder charge. It's up to Thorne to prove Sandy's innocence.
2.07 [41] Surfside 6: LAUGH FOR THE LADY
30Oct61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Barbara Stuart ................ Mitzi McCoy
Mark Roberts .................. Ted Walters
Julie Adams ................... Julie Owens
Claire Carleton ............... Katie Williams
Julie Owens, an old girlfriend of Dave's, is working as a
secretary for nightclub comedienne, Mitzi McCoy. Dave learns
that Julie is in love with Ted Walters, Mitzi's husband, and
that Mitzi knows it. Dave must discover if a presumed suicide
attempt was really an attempted murder.
2.08 [42] Surfside 6: AFFAIR AT HOTEL DELIGHT
6Nov61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Leslie Parrish ................ Lavender Caviness
Jock Gaynor ................... Don Valentinas
Med Flory ..................... Boffo
William Windom ................ Shrewdie
Dub Taylor .................... Tobin
Jack Mather ................... Sheriff Fitch
John Durren ................... Joel
Rush Williams ................. Under Sheriff
Ken stumbles across the inert form of Lavender Caviness in a
hotel hallway. When she revives, she tells Ken she was on her
way to pay the ransom for her kidnapped boyfriend. Ken
investigates and learns that the boyfriend may be involved in
the kidnapping in order to extort money from Lavender.
2.09 [43] Surfside 6: JONATHAN WEMBLEY IS MISSING
13Nov61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Elliott Reid .................. Rusty Bell
Joan O'Brien .................. Linda Farris
Donna Douglas ........... Amy Farris (Beverly Hillbillies)
Benny Baker ................... Harry
Amy Farris talks Sandy into getting ventriloquist Rusty Bell a
job at the Boom Boom Room. Then Rusty's dummy, which he calls
Jonathan, disappears, and Rusty's act is finished. Sandy tries
to recover the kidnapped dummy.
2.10 [44] Surfside 6: THE OLD SCHOOL TIE
20Nov61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Gloria Talbott ................ Janice Walters
Margaret Lindsay .............. Millie Brenner
Adam Williams ................. Mel Walters
Pamela Curran ................. Mari Winslow
John Howard ................... Eric Brenner
Frances Helm .................. Helen Todd
Benny Baker ................... Joe
Dave's old college friends hold a reunion in Miami Beach, but
the fun is marred when former classmate Mari Winslow is murdered.
Suspicion falls on former football star Mel Walters.
2.11 [45] Surfside 6: A MATTER OF SECONDS
27Nov61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Claude Akins .................. Harry Lodge
Steve Brodie .................. Sgt. Carter
Ann McCrea .................... Maggie
Alan Baxter ................... Swenson
William Schallert .... Marty Kemp (Patty Duke Show, Dobie Gillis)
Boxer Harry Lodge, who can't seem to get a break in or out of
the ring, is cornered at the scene of his girlfriend's murder by
police Sergeant Carter. But Lodge overpowers Carter and holds
him hostage while he tries to get the SurfSiders to prove him
innocent.
2.12 [46] Surfside 6: PRESCRIPTION FOR PANIC
4Dec61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Kathleen Crowley .............. Dr. Leslie Halliday
Allison Hayes ................. Lotta
Benny Baker ................... Joe
Brad Weston ................... Chick
Phillip Angeloff .............. Sam
Douglas Henderson ............. Matt Spivic
John Dennis ................... Frankie Merrill
Pamela Austin ................. Lucibelle
Psychiatrist Leslie Halliday is used to the problems of others.
Now she has a few of her own. A man is murdered shortly after
leaving her office. Then, an attempt is made on her life. Sandy
tries to keep the psychiatrist from becoming a victim herself.
2.13 [47] Surfside 6: A SLIGHT CASE OF RIVALRY
18Dec61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
John Dehner ................... Dan Castle
Roxanne Arlen ................. Chloe Childers
Dave learns that his former partner, Dan Castle, is in Miami
Beach hiding. Castle has a price on his head for murder and
a modern-day bounty hunter intends to bring him in dead or
alive.
2.14 [48] Surfside 6: PATTERN FOR A FRAME
25Dec61 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Myrna Fahey ................... Valerie Grant
Adam Williams ................. Willie Cleveland
Robert Cornthwaite ............ Jason Street
Jack Mather ................... Jim Reagen
Ken responds when pretty Valerie Grant starts flirting with him,
and she agrees to go out with him. When he goes to pick her up,
he finds the body of mobster Augie Dana instead. Ken is accused
of the murder and goes on the run in order to prove his innocence.
He learns that the frame was set up by an old enemy Ken had sent
to prison.
2.15 [49] Surfside 6: THE ROUST
1Jan62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
David White .......... Bernard "Chilly" Childress (Bewithched)
Elizabeth MacRae .............. Marcy Johnson
Vito Scotti ................... Marcus the Angel
Reedy Talton .................. Pete Minor
Dave runs into old foe Chilly Childress, a racketeer who once
took a shot at him. This time, Dave plans to hound Chilly and
force him into making the same mistake in order to send the
villain to prison.
2.16 [50] Surfside 6: THE QUARTERBACK
8Jan62 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Paul Landres
Guest Cast:
Janet Lake .................... Myrna Weston
Sandy Kevin ................... Tom Pfenn
Bronwyn Fitzsimons ............ Jenny
Al Avalon ..................... Wally Barker
Tucker Smith .................. Turk Williams
Herman Rudin .................. Max Borden
Bob Shield .................... Harry Lyle
Lyle Latell ................... Coach Rice
The fact that Lt. Plehn's younger brother, Tom, is going to play
in the Orange Bow gives gambler Wally Barker an idea for fixing
the game. He sends his associate, Myrna Weston, to Tom with the
news that his brother, the cop, is taking graft and will be
exposed if Tom doesn't play along. The help the lieutenant and
his brother, thereby preventing the fix.
2.17 [51] Surfside 6: SEPARATE CHECKS
15Jan62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Bruce Gordon .................. Joe Vodka
Roy Roberts ............... Cliff Thornton (Oh! Susannah)
Barbara Jo Allen .............. Elaine Bradford
Evan McCord ................... Joe-Too
Sandra Knight ................. Kathy
Mob leader Joe Vodka is furious when his son, Joe-Too, is bilked
out of a large sum by a con man named Cliff Thornton. Joe is
out to kill Thornton but Joe-Too has a milder disposition. He
hires Ken to find the con artist before his father's assassins do.
2.18 [52] Surfside 6: THE ARTFUL DECEIT
22Jan62 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Paul Landres
Guest Cast:
Chad Everett .................. Roger Coleman
Angela Greene ................. Marie Cameron
John Falvay ................... Wilbur Law
Stephen Coit .................. Charles Bell
Christine Nelson .............. Peggy
Marjorie Bennett .............. Abbie
Clues found at a crime scene implicate theatrical set painter
Wilbur Law in the murder of an art dealer. A police check into
Law's background produces some interesting facts. Law is the
husband to wealthy Marie Cameron, and he's supposed to be dead.
Sandy and Cha Cha, who have been working with a theatrical group,
help investigate the crime. They learn that a fellow acting
student, with a gift for mimicry, could have been involved in the
crime.
2.19 [53] Surfside 6: ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
29Jan62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
William Windom ................ Robby Brooks
Jeanne Cooper ................. Lois Brooks
Sally Jones ................... Leda
John Hiestand ................. Henry Tewksbury
Casey Adams ................... Ned Martin
Television star Robby Brooks is planning a special broadcast to
celebrate his wedding anniversary. His wife, however, says she
wants no part of it. Robby interprets this attitude as a sign of
insanity and hires Dave to look after her. Brooks plans to use
the broadcast to begin his quest for the White House, and plans
on a murder to gain him sympathy votes.
2.20 [54] Surfside 6: THE SURFSIDE SWINDLE
5Feb62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Gerald Mohr ................... Dawson Wells
Lisa Montell .................. Nancy Dinato
Ernest Sarracino .............. Garbialdi Dinato
Dabbs Greer ................... Finney Tate
Collette Lyons ................ Mrs. Myers
Garibaldi Dinato has bought the Surfside houseboat and plans to
convert it into a floating pizza parlor. There's only one
problem - he bought if from a swindler. The Surfsiders go after
the con man to get Dinato's money back and stumble into a web of
blackmail and murder.
2.21 [55] Surfside 6: WHO IS SYLVIA?
12Feb62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Karen Steele .................. Sylvia Morton
Karl Swenson ...... Charlie Haynes (Little House On the Prairie)
Joan Marshall ................. Mildred Haynes
Jack Cassidy .................. Val Morton
(late father of actors David, Shaun & Patrick Cassidy)
Sandra Warner ................. Irene
Vana Leslie ................... Gloria
E.J. Andre .................... Manager
Dave is living it up at a party when duty calls in the form of
a summons from bathing suit manufacturer Val Morton. Dave's
mission is to find Morton's wife, Sylvia, who has disappeared.
2.22 [56] Surfside 6: FIND LEROY BURDETTE
19Feb62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Susan Seaforth ................ Aimee Tucker
Nancy Valentine ............... Wilma Argus
Noah Keen ..................... Monte Argus
Herb Vigran ................... Al
Fred Graham ................... Hank
Fred Villani .................. Ziggy
Aimee Tucker, simple country girl, gets Ken to look for Leroy
Burdette, the man she says ran out on her after a promise of
marriage. Meanwhile, Daphne and Cha Cha decide to remove some of
Aimee's rough rural edges so Leroy will have something to come
back to.
2.23 [57] Surfside 6: MANY A SLIP
26Feb62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Kathy Hays .................... Joy Allen
Barnaby Hale .................. Griff Hunter
Cathy Downs ................... Mavis Fenton
Edward Kemmer ................. Bobby Edwards
Bobby Edwards, a lingerie manufacturer, is giving a fashion show
for some prospective buyers. His friend, Griff Hunter, has agreed
to stage the event. But when Hunter displays a special interest
in Joy Allen, one of the models, the friendship between the two
men starts to come apart. After a murder, Sandy sends Daphne in
undercover to see what she can learn about the crime.
2.24 [58] Surfside 6: THE GREEN BERET
5Mar62 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Paul Landres
Guest Cast:
Adam Williams ................. Henry Gifford
Bart Burns .................... Mike Reagan
Richard Benedict .............. Sgt. Steven Beika
Rayford Barnes ................ Carl Hinbest
Bert Remsen ................... Sgt. Owen Crawford
Because of his knowledge of guerilla warfare, the Army asks Dave
to help train a Special Forces team. He's also going to get a
chance to use some of his talents as a sleuth. The Army suspects
there is an enemy agent in the group and orders Dave ferret him
out.
2.25 [59] Surfside 6: VENDETTA ARMS
12Mar62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Dennis Hopper ................. Trask
Robert H. Harris .............. Max Mishkin
John Marley ................... Willie Pergola
James Flavin .................. Albert Sparks
Ralph Harold .................. Durgan
An unusual-looking house arouses Daphne's curiosity so she
decides to have a look inside. It may be a long look because the
five elderly gentlemen living there intend to make her a permanent
resident. She has stumbled upon a retirement home for aging
gangsters. Meanwhile, the Surfsiders are investigating a series
of petty burglaries which lead to the house where Daphne is
being held.
2.26 [60] Surfside 6: A PIECE OF TOMMY MINOR
19Mar62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Lee Philips ................... Eddie Groves
Tom Drake ..................... Al Dickens
Kenny Roberts ................. Tommy Minor
Ann McCrea .................... Lola Scott
Pegeen Rose ................... Lucille Dickens
The Frankie Ortega Trio (from 77 Sunset Strip)
Gambling czar Vic Tatum has a pocketful of IOU's from Tommy
Minor, a rising young singer. Tatum doesn't mine, because the
markers give him complete control of the singer's career.
2.27 [61] Surfside 6: PORTRAIT OF NICOLE
26Mar62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Peggy McCay ................... Nicole Crane
Peter Breck ................... Paul Burnette
Roxanne Arlen ................. 1st Nicole Johnson
Francine York ................. 2nd Nicole Johnson
A racketeer named Burnett dies and bequeaths a fortune to a
former girlfriend named Nicole Johnson, who is missing. The
SurfSiders are asked to look for Nicole, and in short order,
they all come up with girls who fit Nicole's description.
2.28 [62] Surfside 6: ELEGY FOR A BOOKKEEPER -aka- Eulogy for A Bookkeeper
2Apr62 ABC
Written by NOT KNOWN
Directed by Paul Landres
Guest Cast:
Shirley Knight ................ Jan Coates
Arch Johnson .................. Emery Stark
Alex Gerry .................... Bernie Witt
Robert Bice ................... Charlie Coates
Ross Elliott .................. Frank Eliot
Charlie Coates dies on his last day in prison, before he can
furnish evidence to Ken about rackets boss Emery Stark. Coates'
daughter, Jan, says she will help in the search for more evidence
- so she can find the man responsible for putting her father
behind bars.
2.29 [63] Surfside 6: THE MONEY GAME
9Apr62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Gerald Mohr ................... Hermes Doratis
Nico Minardos ................. Prince Akran
Charles Lane .................. Cyrus Radford
Roxane Berard ................. Princess Cassida
Christopher Dark .............. Gen. Hakim
Sandy and Ken are hired by oilman Cyrus Radford to arrange a
meeting with Prince Karan, whose small nation is nearly floating
in oil. A competitor, Hermes Doratis, also wants the oil rights,
and is using the Prince's sister to influence her brother's decision.
2.30 [64] Surfside 6: IRISH PRIDE
16Apr62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Malachy McCourt ............... Dan O'Brien
Terence de Marney ............. Patrick "Tobe" Tobin
Richard Karlan ................ Woolly Grant
Sheldon Allman ................ Schubert
Cha Cha's cousin, Dan O'Brien, arrives from the old country
looking for his pal, Tobe Tobin, who supposedly came ahead with
Dan's savings. But good old Tobe isn't anywhere to be found.
When Tobin in found murdered, the SurfSiders help Cha Cha clear
her cousin of the charges.
2.31 [65] Surfside 6: GREEN BAY RIDDLE
23Apr62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest cast:
Donald May .................... Richie Linden
Lisa Gaye ..................... Henri
Lee Farr ...................... Charles Allen
Kathie Browne ................. Peggy Allen
Simon Scott ................... Chris Nordheim
Frank Ferguson ................ Sheriff Boyd
Barney Phillips ............... Murphy
When his father-in-law disappears, Charles Allen convinces
the law that he had nothing to do with it. Now he has to
convince his wife, Peggy. She hires Ken to investigate her
husband's complicity in the disappearance.
2.32 [66] Surfside 6: LOVE SONG FOR A DEAD REDHEAD
30Apr62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Shary Marshall ................ Carol McKee
Bobby Troup ................... Dooley Bajker
John Kellogg .................. Larry McDermott
and from "77 Sunset Strip":
Roger Smith ................... Jeff Spencer
Edward Byrnes ................. Kookie
Jeff Spencer is in Miami and decides to visit an old girlfriend,
Carol McKee. While there, he suddenly blacks out. When he comes
to, he finds the body of Carol's jealous husband. Kookie joins
the SurfSiders in trying to prove Jeff's innocence.
2.33 [67] Surfside 6: DEAD HEAT
7May62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Jeanne Cooper ................. Della Bogart
Harp McGuire .................. Barney Bogart
Warren Stevens ................ Sebastian
Stacy Harris .................. Buck Lavery (Dragnet)
Walter Mathews ................ Morty Karlin
Convict Barney Bogart asks Dave to protect his wife, Della, from
some of his underworld friends who think she knows where he
stashed the loot from his last caper.
2.34 [68] Surfside 6: SQUEEZE PLAY
14May62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Peter Breck ................... Harry Sturgis
Andrea King ................... Martha Wilder
Laraine Stephens .............. Lydia Wilder
Ted de Corsia ................. Sam Tustin
A young woman in love with her mother's boyfriend hires the
SurfSiders to check on his background when her mother gives him
a large sum of money. The boyfriend, conman Lloyd Preston, is
murdered and Ken's job of finding the killer becomes complicated.
Both his client and her mother confess to the crime.
2.35 [69] Surfside 6: A PRIVATE EYE FOR BEAUTY
21May62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest cast:
John Dehner ................... Francisco Hernandez
Dawn Wells ............. Consuelo Hernandez (Gilligan's Island)
Miguel Landa .................. Roberto Ybarra
Elaine Devry .................. Denise
Jerry Oddo .................... Carlos
Latin American diplomat Francisco Hernandez is in Miami
supposedly to chaperone his niece, Consuelo, a Miss Universe
beauty contestant. He hires the SurfSiders to keep his niece
away from her boyfriend, but Francisco's real interest is a
revolution he's plotting.
2.36 [70] Surfside 6: MASQUERADE
28May62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest cast:
Eve Norde ..................... Margo Hafner
Charles Radilac ............... Carl Hafner
Robert Dowdell ................ Erick Hirsch
(Stoney Burke, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)
Willard Sage .................. Manheim
Ernest Sarracino .............. Luigi
Larry J. Blake ................ Ed Williamson
Ralph Manza ................... Martinelli
Dave may be dressed as a clown, but the situation isn't funny.
He's undercover at a circus to find out why an accident during
a performance, in which a groom was trampled to death by a horse,
has caused tension and suspicion among the European members of
the troupe. He uncovers a Nazi among the troupe who intends to
keep fighting World War II.
2.37 [71] Surfside 6: PAWN'S GAMBIT
4Jun62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest cast:
Kathie Browne ................. Jennifer Carson
Otto Waldis ................... Darius Frimmel
Lucy Prentis .................. Martha
Michael St.Angel .............. Father Damon
Howard McLeod ................. Sgt. Bellows
Art dealer John Brecker asks Sandy to stop by his shop to
discuss a job. But when Sandy shows up, there's no job because
Brecker is dead. Sandy investigates and uncovers a smuggling
ring was behind the murder.
2.38 [72] Surfside 6: THE NEUTRAL CORNER
11Jun62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest cast:
Chad Everett .................. Bongo Macklin (Medical Center)
Allyson Ames .................. Lydia Macklin
Grace Lee Whitney ............. Wendy Peters (Star Trek)
Alan Carney ................... Harry Crofty
Steve Gravers ................. Nicky Match
As far as ex-champ Bongo Macklin is concerned, he has retired
from the ring. But racketeer Nicky Match, who holds Bongo's
contract, has other ideas. He wants Bongo to make a comeback.
Ken is hired to protect Bongo, so the gangsters plan a bomb
aboard the SurfSiders houseboat.
2.39 [73] Surfside 6: HOUSE ON BOCA KEY
18Jun62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest cast:
Patricia Blair ................ Allison Haley
Alan Baxter ................... Lou Triplett
George Petrie ................. Ernie Wexler
E.J. Andre .................... Capt. Willisett
Searching for a missing heir, Sandy talks to former showgirl
Allison Haley who tells Sandy to call off the search. But before
he has a chance to question her further about the warning,
Allison disappears.
2.40 [74] Surfside 6: MIDNIGHT FOR PRINCE CHARMING
(final episode of "Surfside 6")
25Jun62 ABC
Writer/Director NOT KNOWN
Guest cast:
Mike Road ..................... Dave Jarrett
Jo Morrow ..................... Laura Jarrett
R.G. Armstrong ................ Paul Wyatt
Richard Benedict .............. Harry Noonan
Howard McLeod ................. Bellows
George Cisar .................. Cable
Con artists Dave and Laura Jarrett have singled out Paul Wyatt
as their next victim. Ken finds out about it, but can't convince
Wyatt. When racketeer Harry Noonan tries to force himself into
the scam, he's killed and Wyatt is forced to admit he was the
victim of con artists.
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