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41 Episodes 1961 - 1962
Episode 1
Fri, Sep 22, 1961 60 mins
The detectives face one of their toughest battles: preventing their firm from being swallowed by a phenomenally successful rival. Spencer: Roger Smith. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Kookie: Edd Byrnes. Chase: Chad Everett. Nola: Virginia Gregg.
Episode 2
Fri, Sep 29, 1961 60 mins
A vacation at a plush resort turns into a nightmare for Suzanne (Jacqueline Beer), whose desire to help an alcoholic actress could prove fatal. Claire: Kathleen Crowley. Spencer: Roger Smith. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Episode 3
Fri, Oct 6, 1961 60 mins
Spencer plunges into a terrifying game of cat and mouse with a relentless---and unseen---pursuer, who identifies himself as R.E. Venge (Robert Colbert). Spencer: Roger Smith. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Hawkins: Tim Graham.
Episode 4
Fri, Oct 13, 1961 60 mins
A superstitious gangster unwittingly gives Bailey a lead to a man who has been on the run for 15 years. Connie: Dawn Wells. Holbrook/ Plumstone: Jay Novello. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Spencer: Roger Smith. Roscoe: Louis Quinn. Cora: Adrienne Marden.
Episode 5
Fri, Oct 20, 1961 60 mins
Spencer struggles to keep control of his faculties and his temper as he investigates a murder involving a frenetic matron (Linda Watkins) and a spoiled brat. Lally: Merry Anders. Spencer: Roger Smith. Rita: Nina Shipman. Maxton: Tom Brown. Roscoe: Louis Quinn.
Episode 6
Fri, Oct 27, 1961 60 mins
A bizarre clue puts Kookie on the trail of a jewel thief: the burglar is always garbed in costumes worn by a former silent-screen star. Dumont: John Dehner. Kookie: Edd Byrnes. Spencer: Roger Smith. Wilson: Tris Coffin. Ginger: Lori Kaye.
Episode 7
Fri, Nov 3, 1961 60 mins
Spencer (Roger Smith) tries to break through the defensive crust surrounding a gifted trumpet player who appears to fear for his life. Buddy: Biff Elliott. Tom: Jerry Paris. Lorna: Maureen Leeds.
Episode 8
Fri, Nov 10, 1961 60 mins
Hired to investigate a robbery, Bailey has one baffling lead: the theft was perfectly timed---almost like a wartime commando raid. Missy: Mikki Jamison. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Wiley: John Archer. Jane: Mari Blanchard. Suzanne: Jacqueline Beer.
Episode 9
Fri, Nov 17, 1961 60 mins
Joy turns to fear for Chet Willis (Bob Hogan), whose unsavory past catches up with him shortly after the birth of his first child. Treynor: Bernie Fein. Kookie: Edd Byrnes. Spencer: Roger Smith. Ginny: Shary Lane. April: Grace Lee Whitney.
Episode 10
Fri, Nov 24, 1961 60 mins
Bailey tries reforming a young delinquent (David Winters). The first step: separating the teen-ager from his unsavory older brother. McElroy: Ken Mayer. Nate: Don O'Kelly. Mary: Kathie Browne.
Episode 11
Fri, Dec 1, 1961 60 mins
Spencer sits in with a traveling jazz combo to protect bandleader Gandy Waters (Lee Philips), who has just barely survived several murder attempts. Spencer: Roger Smith. Shawn: Janet De Gore. Irene: Kaye Elhardt.
Episode 12
Fri, Dec 8, 1961 60 mins
In an eerie ghost town, Bailey fights an unseen tormentor. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. gives a solo performance in this episode.
Episode 13
Fri, Dec 15, 1961 60 mins
Spencer's elaborate scheme to test security measures at a Navy base makes him the perfect foil for a band of clever thieves. Betty: Ellen McRae. Spencer: Roger Smith. Ivers: Simon Scott. Carla: Grace Raynor.
Episode 14
Fri, Dec 22, 1961 60 mins
Spencer tries to pinpoint the intended target of bullets aimed at Christmas Day paraders: actress Pauline Grant (Marilyn Maxwell)---or Santa Claus. Spencer: Roger Smith. Bonner: John Howard. Case: Victor Buono.
Episode 15
Fri, Dec 29, 1961 60 mins
Kookie and Roscoe join the hot-rod set. Their mission: smoke out the extortionist threatening a wealthy industrialist's nephew. Kookie: Edd Byrnes. Evans: Charles Robinson. Montaigne: Vaughn Taylor. Roscoe: Louis Quinn. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Episode 16
Fri, Jan 5, 1962 60 mins
In Australia, a pretty rancher (Victoria Shaw) retains Spencer when she's offered a small fortune for a seemingly worthless piece of property. Spencer: Roger Smith. Waddick: Michael Pate. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Episode 17
Fri, Jan 12, 1962 60 mins
A dazed Bailey, his memory gone, wanders into a small Oklahoma town, where he's enthusiastically welcomed---by his wife. Bette: Elizabeth MacRae. Moxie: Evans Evans. Boone: Med Flory. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Otterman: William Windom.
Episode 18
Fri, Jan 19, 1962 60 mins
A series of burglaries may force a skid-row boardinghouse owner to sell out---unless Spencer (Roger Smith) can nab the elusive culprit. Craig: Lewis Charles. Roscoe: Louis Quinn. Cuddles: Mae Questel.
Episode 19
Fri, Jan 26, 1962 60 mins
International intrigue blends with romance as a harried Bailey tries to protect a diplomat's love-struck daughter from foreign agents. Ross: Chad Everett. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Michelle: Carolyn Craig. Lela: Anna Lee. Volya: John van Dreelen.
Episode 20
Fri, Feb 2, 1962 60 mins
Kathy Culver's wedding-day festivities are marred in a most disquieting fashion: she confesses to murdering a blackmailer. Kathy: Diane Cannon. Amador: Jack Cassidy. Karen: Anna Capri. Spencer: Roger Smith. Culver: Forrest Compton. J.R.: Robert Logan.
Episode 21
Fri, Feb 9, 1962 60 mins
Kookie defies police in a solo attempt to solve a puzzling murder. Implicated in the case: a stripper, a hitchhiker---and Kookie himself. Dolores: Joan Tabor. Belmont: Robert Ivers. Kookie: Edd Byrnes. Spencer: Roger Smith. Tina: Zeme North.
Episode 22
Fri, Feb 16, 1962 60 mins
Laurie Cameron's slowly disappearing fortune is of utmost concern to her heirs, who hire Bailey to find her elusive financial adviser. Laurie: Jackie Russell. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Walden: Wynn Pearce. Spencer: Roger Smith. Greenfield: Byron Foulger.
Episode 23
Fri, Feb 23, 1962 60 mins
Separate assignments send Spencer (Roger Smith) and Kookie (Edd Byrnes) off in different directions---but soon have them closing in on the same person. Marianne: Allison Hayes. Dennis: John Gabriel. Nina: Danielle de Metz. Martinez: Carlos Montero.
Episode 24
Fri, Mar 2, 1962 60 mins
Parolee Tom Lansing (Karl Swenson) is interested only in finding his daughter. But the first person he finds is his wife---the woman he was jailed for murdering. Connie: Margaret Hayes. Jean: Sharon Hugueny. Vincent: Kent Smith. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Suzanne: Jacqueline Beer.
Episode 25
Fri, Mar 9, 1962 60 mins
A ghostly aura surrounds this tale of royal intrigue and bloody murder in a French chateau. Spencer: Roger Smith. Jennifer: Claire Griswold. Marivaux/Tristan: Fabrizio Mioni. Cannon: Donald Woods.
Episode 26
Fri, Mar 16, 1962 60 mins
Shades of Sherlock Holmes! Bailey and Roscoe prowl London in search of a slippery---and ingenious---art thief. Sommers: Andrew Duggan. Roscoe: Louis Quinn. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Brookfield: Maurice Dallimore.
Episode 27
Fri, Mar 23, 1962 60 mins
Caught in a gangland cross fire, Roscoe (Louis Quinn) is forced to rely on a schoolteacher whose experience in matters such as this is---at best---minimal. Mackie: James Best. Blake: Richard Karlin. Spencer: Roger Smith. Lucille: Christine Nelson.
Episode 28
Fri, Mar 30, 1962 60 mins
A roadside diner's unlikely short-order cook is Roscoe, who's keeping an eye on a truck-hijacking suspect---and a pretty waitress. MacGuire: Philip Carey. Margo: Mala Powers. Roscoe: Louis Quinn. Kookie: Edd Byrnes. Spencer: Roger Smith.
Episode 29
Fri, Apr 6, 1962 60 mins
Bailey reopens the books on an unsolved robbery case when the leading suspect (Michael Pate) re-enters the country---disguised as his own lookalike. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Glory: Jo Morrow. Spencer: Roger Smith. Martha: Angela Greene.
Episode 30
Fri, Apr 13, 1962 60 mins
An aspiring actress (Pamela Austin) is caught in a real-life drama when a fleeing gambler dumps $48,000 in her room. Kookie: Edd Byrnes. McCloskey: Robery Lowery. Sinclair: Tom Gilson. York: John Duke. Spencer: Roger Smith. Roscoe: Louis Quinn.
Episode 31
Fri, Apr 20, 1962 60 mins
Singing sensation Johnny Main, killed in an air crash, has a memorable---and eerie---funeral: his voice is heard during the services. Spencer: Roger Smith. Barbara: Kathie Browne. Carlisle: Chick Chandler. Amy: Jennifer West. Rod: Gary Vinson.
Episode 32
Fri, Apr 27, 1962 60 mins
The kidnapping of a national leader pits Bailey against the brainy Dr. Burke (John Dehner), who has an ingenious plan for escaping with $1,000,000 in ransom. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Frost: Mike Road. Brock: Med Flory. Williams: Jerome Cowan.
Episode 33
Fri, May 4, 1962 60 mins
Assigned to deliver $125,000 willed to the people of a small Italian village, Spencer (Roger Smith) finds a powerful faction united in a common cause: greed. Angela: Lisa Gaye. Lorenzo: Nico Minardos. Stas: John Marley. Mayor: Renzo Cesana. Bruno: Herman Rudin.
Episode 34
Fri, May 11, 1962 60 mins
The sleuths get a lesson in intrigue from a notorious international jewel thief---who snatches a fortune in gems as they blithely look on. Justine: Joanna Moore. Bordeaux: Marcel Hillaire. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. MacKinter: Oliver McGowan. Spencer: Roger Smith. Kookie: Edd Byrnes.
Episode 35
Fri, May 18, 1962 60 mins
Returning a runaway rich girl from Latin America takes on added complications for Spencer: their plane is hijacked. Faith: Susan Seaforth. Shore: Philip Carey. Spencer: Roger Smith. Alexander: William Schallert.
Episode 36
Fri, May 25, 1962 60 mins
Kookie's career as a private detective gets off with a whimper: he's summoned to rescue a wealthy matron's kidnapped dog. Eleanor: Natalie Schafer. Kookie: Edd Byrnes. Debby: Diane Jergens. Spencer: Roger Smith.
Episode 37
Fri, Jun 1, 1962 60 mins
A killer's ability to keep one step ahead of Lieutenant Gilmore (Byron Keith) is having its effect on the policeman's reputation---until Spencer steps in. Leach: Richard Devon. Ellen: Irene Hervey. Spencer: Roger Smith. Harris: Tom Drake.
Episode 38
Fri, Jun 8, 1962 60 mins
Blank walls and false leads abound as Spencer investigates the seemingly motiveless bombing of a delicatessen. Schmidt: Hal Baylor. Spencer: Roger Smith. Landers: Larry Ward. Vicky: Joan Marshall.
Episode 39
Fri, Jun 15, 1962 60 mins
A vengeful ex-convict kidnaps J.R. and prepares to lure Bailey into a trap. The bait: pretty Nora Shirley (Dorothy Provine). Van Horn: John van Dreelen. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. J.R.: Robert Logan. Rene: Norman Alden. Calhoun: Andrew Duggan.
Episode 40
Fri, Jun 22, 1962 60 mins
Spencer is retained by Mark Wade (Peter Breck), an artist whose dreams of murder have an eerie tinge of reality. Dr. Reiner: AnnaLisa. Spencer: Roger Smith. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Miss L: Diane Breck. Shafton: Robert Brubaker. Kookie: Edd Byrnes.
Episode 41
Fri, Jun 29, 1962 60 mins
Bailey is hired to loosen a pool shark's grip on a policeman's rebellious son (Peter Brown). Pepper: Sammy Davis Jr. Bailey: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Ellison: Dick Foran.