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Surfside 6 cast members: Margarita Sierra, Troy Donahue, Lee Patterson, Diane McBain and Van Williams.
Surfside 6 is an American television series starring Troy Donahue, Van Williams, and Lee Patterson, and co-starring Diane McBain and Margarita Sierra. The show centers on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat. It premiered on ABC on October 3, 1960 and ended on June 25, 1962, with a total of 74 episodes over the course of 2 seasons.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 34 | October 3, 1960 | May 22, 1961 | ||
| 2 | 40 | September 18, 1961 | June 25, 1962 | ||
Episodes
Season 1 (1960–61)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Country Gentleman" | Irving J. Moore | M.L. Schumann & Anne Howard Bailey | October 3, 1960 | |
| Guest star: Ray Danton | |||||
| 2 | "High Tide" | Montgomery Pittman | Montgomery Pittman & Robert J. Shaw | October 10, 1960 | |
| Featuring: Gregg Palmer | |||||
| 3 | "The Clown" | Leslie H. Martinson | Lee Loeb | October 17, 1960 | |
| 4 | "According to Our Files" | George Waggner | Philip Saltzman & Richard DeRoy | October 24, 1960 | |
| 5 | "Local Girl" | Charles R. Rondeau | Richard DeRoy | October 31, 1960 | |
| 6 | "Par-a-kee" | William J. Hole Jr. | William L. Stuart | November 7, 1960 | |
| 7 | "Deadly Male" | Charles R. Rondeau | Lee Loeb | November 14, 1960 | |
| 8 | "Power of Suggestion" | Irving J. Moore | László Görög | November 21, 1960 | |
| Guest star: Shirley Knight | |||||
| 9 | "Odd Job" | Robert Douglas | William L. Stuart | November 28, 1960 | |
| 10 | "The International Net" | William J. Hole Jr. | Dean Riesner | December 5, 1960 | |
| Guest star: Claude Akins | |||||
| 11 | "The Frightened Canary" | Charles R. Rondeau | Sonya Roberts | December 12, 1960 | |
| Guest star: Ray Danton | |||||
| 12 | "Girl in the Galleon" | Frank Baur | Charles Hoffman & Oliver Gard | December 19, 1960 | |
| Featuring: Dean Fredericks | |||||
| 13 | "Bride and Seek" | Charles F. Haas | Anne Howard Bailey | December 26, 1960 | |
| Guest star: Grant Williams | |||||
| 14 | "Little Star Lost" | TBA | TBA | January 2, 1961 | |
| 15 | "Heels over Head" | John Ainsworth | Michael Cramoy | January 9, 1961 | |
| 16 | "Facts on the Fire" | Charles R. Rondeau | Al C. Ward | January 16, 1961 | |
| Featuring: Robert Knapp | |||||
| 17 | "Yesterday's Hero" | Charles R. Rondeau | Richard DeRoy | January 23, 1961 | |
| Guest star: Merry Anders | |||||
| 18 | "Thieves Among Honor" | Robert Altman | Leo Solomon & Anne Howard Bailey | January 30, 1961 | |
| 19 | "License to Steal" | Charles R. Rondeau | Paul Savage & John D.F. Black | February 6, 1961 | |
| 20 | "Race Against Time" | Charles R. Rondeau | Joanne Court | February 13, 1961 | |
| Brad Johnson as Mr. Maxwell | |||||
| 21 | "Black Orange Blossoms" | Robert B. Sinclair | Von Stuart | February 20, 1961 | |
| 22 | "The Chase" | Allen Baron | Roger Smith & Montgomery Pittman | February 27, 1961 | |
| 23 | "Ghost of a Chance" | Frank Baur | Gerald Drayson Adams | March 6, 1961 | |
| Featuring: Russ Conway | |||||
| 24 | "The Impractical Joker" | TBA | TBA | March 13, 1961 | |
| 25 | "Inside Job" | Charles R. Rondeau | Philip Saltzman | March 20, 1961 | |
| Guest star: Mary Tyler Moore | |||||
| 26 | "Invitation to a Party" | Paton Price | Erna Lazarus | March 27, 1961 | |
| 27 | "Spring Training" | Charles R. Rondeau | Ed Jurst & Leo Solomon | April 3, 1961 | |
| Guest star: Will Hutchins | |||||
| 28 | "Double Image" | TBA | TBA | April 10, 1961 | |
| 29 | "Circumstantial Evidence" | Allen Baron | Anne Howard Bailey | April 17, 1961 | |
| 30 | "Vengeance Is Bitter" | Frank Baur | Lee Loeb | April 24, 1961 | |
| Guest star: Guy Stockwell | |||||
| 31 | "Little Mister Kelly" | Charles R. Rondeau | Erna Lazarus | May 1, 1961 | |
| Featuring: Ronnie Dapo as Kelly | |||||
| 32 | "Spinout at Sebring" | Charles R. Rondeau | Whitman Chambers | May 8, 1961 | |
| 33 | "The Bhoyo and the Blonde" | Michael O'Herlihy | Sonya Roberts | May 15, 1961 | |
| 34 | "An Overdose of Justice" | Michael O'Herlihy | Richard DeRoy | May 22, 1961 | |
| Guest star: Mara Corday | |||||
Season 2 (1961–62)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 1 | "Count Seven!" | Richard C. Sarafian | Story by : Robert Martin Teleplay by : William Bruckner | September 18, 1961 | |
| 36 | 2 | "The Wedding Guest" | Irving J. Moore | Story by : Vicki Shill Teleplay by : Philip Saltzman | September 25, 1961 | |
| 37 | 3 | "One for the Road" | Robert Douglas | Richard Landau | October 2, 1961 | |
| 38 | 4 | "Daphne, Girl Detective" | Leslie Goodwins | Story by : J.P. Taylor Teleplay by : Herman Groves | October 9, 1961 | |
| Guest star: Bruce Dern | ||||||
| 39 | 5 | "The Empty House" | Robert Douglas | Story by : Herman Epstein Teleplay by : Gloria Elmore & Herman Epstein | October 16, 1961 | |
| 40 | 6 | "Witness for the Defense" | George Waggner | Whitman Chambers | October 23, 1961 | |
| Guest star: Lon Chaney Jr and Elisha Cook Jr | ||||||
| 41 | 7 | "Laugh for the Lady" | Leslie Goodwins | Erna Lazarus | October 30, 1961 | |
| Featuring: Barbara Stuart | ||||||
| 42 | 8 | "The Affairs at Hotel Delight" | Robert Douglas | Montgomery Pittman | November 6, 1961 | |
| Featuring: Med Flory | ||||||
| 43 | 9 | "Jonathan Wembley is Missing" | Irving J. Moore | Story by : William P. D'Angelo & Joel Rogosin Teleplay by : William Bruckner | November 13, 1961 | |
| 44 | 10 | "The Old School Tie" | Michael O'Herlihy | Gloria Elmore | November 20, 1961 | |
| 45 | 11 | "A Matter of Seconds" | George Waggner | Story by : Larry Cohen Teleplay by : Stephen Lord | November 27, 1961 | |
| Featuring: Ann McCrea | ||||||
| 46 | 12 | "Prescription for Panic" | Sidney Salkow | Douglas Morrow | December 4, 1961 | |
| 47 | 13 | "A Slight Case of Chivalry" | Harold Schuster | Michael Fessier | December 18, 1961 | |
| 48 | 14 | "Pattern for a Frame" | Irving J. Moore | Herman Groves | December 25, 1961 | |
| 49 | 15 | "The Roust" | Robert Douglas | John D.F. Black | January 1, 1962 | |
| 50 | 16 | "The Quarterback" | Paul Landres | Herman Groves | January 8, 1962 | |
| 51 | 17 | "Separate Checks" | Sidney Salkow | Ed Waters | January 15, 1962 | |
| 52 | 18 | "Artful Deceit" | Charles R. Rondeau | John O'Dea & Jack Jacobs | January 22, 1962 | |
| 53 | 19 | "Anniversary Special" | Robert Douglas | Sonya Roberts | January 29, 1962 | |
| 54 | 20 | "The Surfside Swindle" | George Waggner | Robert Vincent Wright | February 5, 1962 | |
| 55 | 21 | "Who is Sylvia?" | TBA | Lee Loeb | February 12, 1962 | |
| 56 | 22 | "Find Leroy Burdette" | Robert Douglas | Jack Jacobs & John O'Dea | February 19, 1962 | |
| 57 | 23 | "Many a Slip" | Gunther V. Fritsch | Story by : Gloria Elmore & Richard Lipscomb Teleplay by : Gloria Elmore | February 26, 1962 | |
| 58 | 24 | "The Green Beret" | Paul Landres | Charles B. Smith | March 5, 1962 | |
| 59 | 25 | "Vendetta Arms" | Robert Sparr | Sonya Roberts | March 12, 1962 | |
| Guest star: Dennis Hopper | ||||||
| 60 | 26 | "A Piece of Tommy Minor" | Richard Benedict | Story by : John O'Dea & Bronson Howitzer Teleplay by : John O'Dea | March 19, 1962 | |
| Featuring: Ann McCrea; Cameo from The Frank Ortega Trio, the house band at Dino's, the club from 77 Sunset Strip | ||||||
| 61 | 27 | "Portrait of Nicole" | Otto Lang | Glenn Wolfe & Sol Stein | March 26, 1962 | |
| 62 | 28 | "Elegy for a Bookkeeper" | Paul Landres | Herman Groves | April 2, 1962 | |
| 63 | 29 | "The Money Game" | George Waggner | Story by : Frederic Brady Teleplay by : Frederic Brady & Gloria Elmore | April 9, 1962 | |
| 64 | 30 | "Irish Pride" | Sidney Salkow | Ed Waters | April 16, 1962 | |
| 65 | 31 | "Green Bay Riddle" | Jeffrey Hayden | Story by : Whitman Chambers Teleplay by : Herbert Purdum | April 23, 1962 | |
| 66 | 32 | "Love Song for a Deadly Redhead" | Richard Benedict | Dean Reiser | April 30, 1962 | |
| Featuring: Bobby Troup, Grace Lee Whitney, and Clegg Hoyt; Edd Byrnes as Kookie Kookson and Roger Smith as Jeff Spencer from 77 Sunset Strip appear | ||||||
| 67 | 33 | "Dead Heat" | Michael O'Herlihy | Jerry Thomas | May 7, 1962 | |
| 68 | 34 | "Squeeze Play" | Robert Sparr | Ken Pettus | May 14, 1962 | |
| 69 | 35 | "A Private Eye for Beauty" | Irving J. Moore | Story by : Robert Vincent Wright & Leonard Brown Teleplay by : Gloria Elmore & Robert Vincent Wright | May 21, 1962 | |
| 70 | 36 | "Masquerade" | Paul Landres | Story by : Erna Lazarus Teleplay by : Anthony Spinner & Erna Lazarus | May 28, 1962 | |
| 71 | 37 | "Pawn's Gambit" | Jeffrey Hayden | Herman Groves | June 4, 1962 | |
| 72 | 38 | "The Neutral Corner" | Jeffrey Hayden | Story by : Leonard Brown & William Bruckner Teleplay by : William Bruckner | June 11, 1962 | |
| 73 | 39 | "House on Boca Key" | Robert Sparr | Herman Groves | June 18, 1962 | |
| 74 | 40 | "Midnight for Prince Charming" | George Waggner | Ken Pettus | June 25, 1962 | |
External links
- Surfside 6 – list of episodes at IMDb
- List of Surfside 6 episodes at TV.com