Dennis the Menace (1961)

By the second half of its second season Dennis the Menace had proved a hit for CBS, rising to the #11 spot in the ratings for 1960-61. The producers astutely recognized that the main reason for its popularity was due to the antics of constantly exasperated, pompous windbag George Wilson, Dennis' next-door neighbor, whom Dennis considers his best friend though the feeling is definitely not mutual. There were minor cast changes from the second half of Season 2 through the beginning of Season 3. When Gloria Henry went on maternity leave, Kathleen Mulqueen was added as Dennis' paternal grandmother who comes to stay with Henry and Dennis, but like Dennis' mother Alice, she is a mere prop for the interplay between Dennis and Mr. Wilson. Henry Mitchell gets a new antagonist in Charles Brady, obnoxious father of equally obnoxious Johnny Brady, who becomes Dennis' chief antagonist. Dub Taylor's general-purpose character Opie Swanson is replaced by Chubby Johnson's locksmith/junk dealer Buzz in Season 3. Ronnie Howard's character Stewart, a friend of Dennis' who understands even less than he does, is replaced by Robert John Pittman's Seymour as Howard's time was consumed playing Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show. And even Jeannie Russell's portrayal of Dennis antagonist and suitor Margaret is greatly reduced--she appears in 8 episodes but always as just another one of his friends he is trying to press into service for one of his schemes. She no longer tries to get him to play house or speaks of a future marriage. Man-hungry spinster Miss Cathcart has one episode devoted to her, "Miss Cathcart's Friend" (January 22, 1961), in which Dennis overhears his mother telling another lady over the phone that it would be good if Cathcart had a companion, so Dennis decides to get her a dog while she thinks he is recruiting her a husband. She has a supporting role in "Dennis' Tool Chest" (March 5, 1961) when we see her trying to woo an insurance salesman who is all business while her cat gets stuck in the trunk of Wilson's car and forces him to strip it down to its bare bones to try to get rid of the squeak he does not recognize as a meow. She also babysits Dennis in "Dennis' Obligation" (April 2, 1961) and makes a brief singing performance in "Dennis the Campaign Manager" (January 15, 1961).

However, for most of the episodes that aired in 1961, the show could have been renamed The Constant Humiliation of George Wilson because each installment went to great lengths in putting Wilson's character in ever-more ridiculous predicaments. But over time, Wilson's troubles came to be more of his own making rather than Dennis', and Dennis actually begins saving Mr. Wilson from his own worst impulses. In "Dennis' Penny Collection (January 8, 1961), Wilson runs into trouble by entrusting Dennis to put a penny in a parking meter outside a bookstore which winds up with Wilson getting a parking ticket, and then leaves Dennis alone in front of the bank while he dashes inside, which results in Dennis thinking an armored car guard has given him permission to look through the pennies in the back of his truck, which Wilson dashes out to try to prevent but only makes it look like he is trying to break into the armored car. Wilson is taken down to police headquarters before the misunderstanding is straightened out, but Dennis manages to charm the other policemen, who let him trade his current rolls of pennies from some newly taken out of parking meters, resulting in Wilson finding a rare 1914 penny he has wanted for his collection for years.

In "Dennis the Campaign Manager" (January 15, 1961), Dennis charms a TV producer into doing an interview with Wilson after he decides to run for Parks Commissioner because the producer thinks it is a human interest story that a little boy would campaign for candidate for public office. Of course, Wilson botches the entire interview and decides to drop out of the race due to the humiliation. In "Dennis' Birthday" (Februrary 19, 1961) Wilson has overpromised his lodge that he can come up with a celebrity to appear at their annual fundraiser, but Dennis bails him out by befriending TV star Spring Byington when he meets her babysitting the baby sister of his friend Herbie. And in "Dennis and the Camera" (May 7, 1961), Wilson has been tasked with getting a photograph of the rare night-blooming cereus plant by nature club president Mr. Timberlake but winds up falling asleep in the middle of the night; fortunately Dennis is camping in his back yard with his father and wakes up at the right time to rush inside and grab his own camera to snap the elusive cereus. He even delivers the photo to newspaper editor Mr. Krinke in time for the next morning's edition, but Wilson does not escape unscathed because Dennis' photo also shows Wilson sleeping on the job. The list goes on and on--many more episodes from late Season 2 have Wilson getting into a predicament, sometimes caused by Dennis' overzealousness but just as often from Wilson's stupidity, often ending with Dennis providing some sort of silver lining.

In Season 3, the producers decided to up the ante on the ridiculous quagmires Wilson gets dragged into. The season's first episode, "Trouble From Mars" (October 1, 1961) has Wilson getting a stripe of hair shaved off the back of his head when Dennis and his friends frighten Wilson's barber, followed by Wilson foolishly trying on Dennis' toy space helmet, only to get it stuck on his head, and then gets himself trapped in his second-story bathroom without his pants from which he has to be rescued by the fire department with all of his neighbors watching in addition to a magazine photographer who has shown up to profile him in an article about placid retirement. The next episode, "Best Neighbor" (October 8, 1961) has Wilson again getting into trouble in the pursuit of fame when he learns he is a candidate for Best Citizen of the Year from the local garden club and therefore figures he needs to be nice to Dennis to avoid a bad reputation, so he agrees to help Dennis join the Junior Pathfinder club by camping overnight atop the town's cold and drafty mountaintop. Needless to say, Wilson winds up falling out of a tree and getting rained on so that he catches a cold, but he still manages to win the award. In "The School Play" (November 5, 1961) Wilson is forced into taking part in Dennis' school play when he is accidentally handcuffed to Dennis' friend Tommy, which includes wearing a ridiculous fake beard, a hat that is much too small for his head, and being carted around in a red wagon. After being humiliated by the laughter of all the school parents and running out of the theater in the middle of the play once the locksmith unlocks the handcuffs, the newspaper review says casting him in the role was comedic genius and he is invited back to give a repeat performance the next afternoon for charity.

The humiliation of Wilson is such a central theme of the program that the inclusion of the other adult supporting characters is solely to ridicule him. George Cisar's police Sgt. Theodore Mooney delights in ribbing Wilson as a hardened criminal when he is brought in for the armored car fiasco in "Dennis' Penny Collection." And he enjoys giving Wilson a ticket for raising livestock inside the city when Dennis brings over an incubator full of eggs that he is keeping at home until the power goes out in a thunderstorm that miraculously spares Wilson's house. Irene Tedrow's character Lucy Elkins is a notorious gossiper who goes out of her way to sully Wilson's reputation when she sees him run off Dennis who has disturbed him while he is trying to compose a letter protesting his property tax in "Pythias Was a Piker" (January 29, 1961). She foils his attempt to win a 5-minute shopping spree at Mr. Finch's drugstore in "The Fifty Thousandth Customer" (November 12, 1961) by refusing to move ahead of him in line when he realizes that he will enter the store too soon to win the contest. And in "Mr. Wilson's Inheritance" (November 26, 1961) she threatens to spread the bad word about him amongst all the cat-loving societies when he refuses to donate any money to support the construction of a new cat hospital.

Speaking of Mr. Finch, he enjoys also trying to foil Wilson's attempt to clean up if he were to win his contest by repositioning all the best merchandise onto higher shelves to make them harder to reach. When Dennis bails out Wilson by letting him keep a pair of earrings he bought for his mother but hides at Wilson's house only to have Martha find them and think they are a surprise from her husband, Finch takes particular pleasure in steering Dennis to the most expensive replacement gift knowing that Wilson will be paying for it in "The Going Away Gift" (March 12, 1961). Grocer Otis Quigley, played by Willard Waterman, also savors any chance to take a poke at Wilson. In "The Fifteen-Foot Christmas Tree" (December 24, 1961) Quigley is convinced that George is going to botch his attempt to cut down a live pine tree for Dennis, so much so that he gives him the phone number for the nearest hospital that Wilson will have to visit after chopping off his toes, and he saves the small white Christmas tree Wilson pushes Henry to return because he knows the Mitchells will need it later after Wilson mangles the tree he has cut down himself.

While the plots during this period of the program are entirely predictable, there is a certain enjoyment in seeing a know-it-all receive his come-uppance, but Dennis the Menace perhaps came to rely too heavily on the humiliation of George Wilson and in particular Joseph Kearns' portrayal of such because when Kearns unexpectedly died during the filming of Season 3, the show didn't have a leg to stand on, and despite Gale Gordon being brought in as Wilson's brother to give Dennis a new adult to pester, the chemistry was never the same and after a fourth and final season failed to crack the top 30 in the ratings, the show was canceled.

The Actors

For the biographies of Jay North, Joseph Kearns, Gloria Henry, Herbert Anderson, Sylvia Field, Billy Booth, and Jeannie Russell, see the 1960 post for Dennis the Menace.

Mary Wickes

Born Mary Isabella Wickenhauser in St. Louis, MO, Wickes' father was a banker and both her parents were theater buffs who began taking her to performances at an early age. She graduated two years early from high school at age 16 where she had been a member of the debate team, and then moved on to college at Washington University in her home town. Though she majored in English and Political Science and considered a career as a lawyer, her English professor, who had cast her in one of his theatrical productions, suggested she pursue acting, so she joined the Saint Louis Little Theater and continued appearing in local productions while working as the University's Assistant Publicity Director. One of her performances at the Little Theater caught the attention of visiting director F. Cowles Strickland, who invited her to join his playhouse in Stockbridge, MA, where she spent several seasons. Her work there drew the attention of actress Ina Clair, who wrote her a letter of recommendation that led to her first Broadway appearance in a cast with Henry Fonda in 1934. During this time she also became a member of Orson Welles' radio troupe and made her feature film debut in his 1938 production Too Much Johnson. But her film career really took off when she was cast as Nurse Preen in the film version of The Man Who Came to Dinner in 1942 after playing the same role on the stage. She would appear in support of Bette Davis again later that year in Now, Voyager and found steady work in supporting roles throughout the 1940s and 1950s in films such as June Bride, White Christmas, and Destry. She made her television debut in a 1945 episode of the drama anthology NBC Dramatic Sustainer and in 1949 played the title role in the early TV version of Mary Poppins on Studio One in Hollywood. Her first recurring TV role came as Alice the housekeeper on the 1954-55 sitcom The Halls of Ivy. She appeared 21 times as Liz O'Neill on Make Room for Daddy between 1956 and 1958 and played the maid Katie on the Walt Disney serial Annette in 1958 before being cast as man-hungry spinster Esther Cathcart on Dennis the Menace beginning in 1959.

Concurrent with her 10 appearances over 4 seasons on Dennis, Wickes played supporting character Maxfield on the Gertrude Berg sitcom Mr. G. Goes to College in 1961-62, which garnered her an Emmy nomination. Wickes become good friends with Lucille Ball and after appearing in a single episode of I Love Lucy playing a ballet instructor in 1952, she appeared 9 times in various roles on The Lucy Show between 1963-67 and in 9 more episodes of Here's Lucy between 1969-74. She had five appearances as Ida Goff on the historical western Temple Houston in 1964, played Melba Chegley 8 times on Julia between 1969-71, Mrs. Bullard 4 times on The Jimmy Stewart Show in 1971, Aunt Zelda in 25 episodes of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters in 1973-74, Nurse Beatrice Tully 14 times on Doc in 1975-76, and Marie Murkin 42 times on Father Dowling Mysteries in 1989-91. These recurring roles were in addition to numerous guest appearances on many other programs at the same time. Nor did her feature film work wane during this time either--she played nuns in the Disney comedies The Trouble With Angels (1966) and its sequel Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968) and pulled the same stunt 25 years later playing Sister Mary Lazarus in Sister Act (1992) and Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993). Over her 50-year career she also appeared in The Music Man, Postcards From the Edge, and the 1994 production of Little Women. Her last roles were providing the voices of Grandma on the Louie Anderson animated series Life With Louie and Laverne in the Disney animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Wickes suffered from numerous medical ailments late in life and broke her hip while staying in the hospital, then died from surgical complications on October 22, 1995 at the age of 85. Like Miss Cathcart, she was a spinster to the end and bequeathed her $2 million estate to set up a library fund at her alma mater in her parents' names.

Willard Waterman

Willard Lewis Waterman was born in Madison, WI, where he attended the University of Wisconsin. Though he studied electrical engineering there, his experience in theater productions and the campus radio station persuaded him to pursue an acting career. He moved to Chicago after graduating in 1936 and quickly found work as a radio actor, appearing on such programs as Chicago Theater of the Air, the comedy Harold Teen, and the soap operas Girl Alone, The Guiding Light, Lonely Women, The Road of Life, and Kay Fairchild, Stepmother. While working in Chicago radio, he met fellow actor Harold Peary and took over his role on The Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters. He also co-founded the American Federation of Radio Artists in 1937, which later became the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and served on its board until 1990. He made his debut in film in 1949 and after a few uncredited roles appeared in Flame of Youth and Free for All later that year. His film roles tended to be minor, often uncredited, even in major productions such as Father of the Bride and Three Coins in the Fountain until his breakthrough role playing opposite Rosalind Russell in Auntie Mame in 1958. But his move into television was tied to his old friend Geary, who had spun off the character of bombastic politician Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve from the 1930s radio program Amos 'n' Andy into his own program The Great Gildersleeve. However, Peary wanted to take advantage of a capital gains loophole being offered by CBS in the late 1940s, so he decided to leave NBC, but the show's sponsor Kraft refused to follow his lead and instead replaced him with Waterman in the title role. He continued to play Gildersleeve when the program was adapted to TV as a syndicated sitcom which ran from 1954 to 1956. After Gildersleeve's cancelation, Waterman found steady work doing guest spots on a number of series that included playing the semi-recurring role of magician Mac MacGinnis on The Real McCoys and Carl Foster on The Eve Arden Show. In 1959 he made the first of 14 appearances as grocer Otis Quigley on The Dennis the Menace, his longest-running TV role after Gildersleeve.

He continued to find occasional TV guest work after Dennis' cancelation, but he found greater fame in the theater, appearing in both the Broadway 1966 original and 1983 revival of Mame, the 1973 Broadway revival of The Pajama Game, and the national touring productions of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. His last credit on film was the 1972 feature Hail. He received a Clio award for a radio commercial he made for Sony in 1980. He was awarded a star on the Radio section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died from bone marrow disease on February 2, 1995 at the age of 80.

Irene Tedrow

Born in Denver in 1907, Tedrow began appearing in theatrical productions as a teen before attending college at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh from which she graduated with a B.A. in 1929. She studied acting under B. Iden Payne, was a member of Maurice Evans' New York theater troupe, as well as a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre group. She was a founding member of the Old Globe Theater in San Diego and appeared in several Broadway Shakespearean productions in the 1930s. At the same time she was building a prolific career as a radio actor. Besides appearing in a 1937 production of George Bernard Shaw's Back to Methuseleh, she had recurring roles on Meet Corliss Archer as Mrs. Janet Archer from 1943-56, as Jessie Ward Calvert on Aunt Mary from 1944-61, and on shorter-lived series such as The Gallant Heart, Jonathan Trimble, Esquire, and My Friend Irma. Her feature film career began in 1940 with We Who Are Young, but most of her roles were minor, uncredited parts, the exceptions being The Cincinnati Kid and Empire of the Ants. She broke into television playing Margaret Ruggles on The Ruggles in 1949 and continued playing Janet Archer when Meet Corliss Archer was adapted for TV in 1951. However, though her guest work on TV was extensive throughout the 1950s, she did not win another recurring role until being cast as Mr. Wilson nemesis Lucy Elkins on Dennis the Menace beginning in 1959, a role in which she appeared 26 times over the program's duration.

After Dennis' cancelation in 1963, Tedrow remained busy with scores of TV guest appearances and occasional feature film roles, but found no more recurring roles except for being a replacement for the Aunt Alex character on The Young Marrieds in 1965-66. However, her later TV work won her two Emmy nominations--for playing Eleanor Roosevelt's grandmother in the 1976 mini-series Eleanor and Franklin and as a special guest on a 1978 episode of James at 16. Other late-career notable performances were as Congresswoman Margaret Geddes in two episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, three appearances as Mrs. Foley on the short-lived Dorothy Loudon series Dorothy, and playing Garry Shandling's grandmother on an episode of It's Garry Shandling's Show in 1988. Her last credit came in the 1989 TV movie A Deadly Silence. She died from complications after suffering a stroke on March 10, 1995 at age 87. Her daughter Enid Kent also became an actress and played nurse Lt. Bigelow on M*A*S*H.

George Cisar

Born in Cicero, Illinois in 1912, not much has been published about Cisar's early life, but like Willard Waterman and Irene Tedrow, his work in radio eventually led to a career in film--he appeared in over 50 episodes of the radio anthology series Curtain Time in 1947-48 before getting his first feature film role as a policeman in Call Northside 777 in 1948. The following year he played opposite a young Mike Douglas, again playing a policeman, in the crime drama Stand by for Crime. In fact, Cisar could have had a prolific career just on the number of times he played policemen in movies and on TV. His most noted role was his 31 appearances as Sgt. Theodore Mooney on Dennis the Menace, but he also showed up playing cops on The Thin Man, The Untouchables, My Favorite Martian, and The Beverly Hillbillies. He also showed up on a number of other programs as bartenders, bailiffs, and other incidental characters. In feature films, he often went uncredited in bigger-name productions such as Somebody Up There Likes Me, Designing Woman, Jailhouse Rock, Some Came Running, and Elmer Gantry, but he also had larger roles in exploitation fare such as The Werewolf, Attack of the Giant Leeches, and Vice Raid.

After Dennis was canceled, Cisar had moderate success playing Cyrus Tankersley on The Andy Griffith Show and its sequel Mayberry R.F.D., appearing on 4 episodes of each. He also played Donald Hollinger's father Harold in two episodes of That Girl. But after appearing in single episodes of Hogan's Heroes and Ironside in 1969 and the Jim Brown feature film ...tick...tick...tick... in 1970, Cisar retired from acting. He died June 13, 1979 at age 66.

Elizabeth Harrower

Though she appeared only 10 times on Dennis the Menace, first as nondescript neighbor Mrs. Johnson and later as Dennis' teacher Miss Perkins, Harrower's biography is in and of itself quite a story. Born Betty Louise Foss in Almeda, CA during the 1918 flu epidemic, Harrower's mother died six weeks after she was born and her father had a nervous breakdown, so the baby was passed from one relative to another until she was finally placed in a San Francisco orphanage because it was commonly believed then that babies transmitted the flu. She was eventually adopted by Scottish immigrants William and Jessie Harrower, but when William's salary was cut in half during the Great Depression, Jessie pulled young Elizabeth out of school to start her acting career. She landed her first role at age 17 in the 1935 feature film Becky Sharp, the first feature film shot entirely in color. In 1942 she married Harry Seabold, an Air Force cadet she met in the 5th grade, but he was sent off to war not long thereafter, though not before Harrower conceived a daughter Susan, who was born in 1943. The couple divorced after the war. Though Harrower would not appear in her next feature film for another 14 years, she eked out a career as a radio actor until appearing in two religious dramas The Pilgrimage Play and Life of St. Paul in 1949. Her feature film career thereafter was sparse, but she did have significant roles in Thunder Pass, Don't Knock the Twist, and True Grit. Her television career began with an appearance in a 1951 episode of Front Page Detective, though she was largely relegated to minor, one-off parts on series such as Racket Squad, Annie Oakley, and Adventures of Wild Bill Hickock. 

She made more appearances on Dennis the Menace than on any other show, but she continued receiving occasional roles until 1974, ending with appearances on Gunsmoke and The F.B.I. before moving to the other side of the camera to write for soap operas. Her daughter Susan Seaforth Hayes had been a cast member of Days of Our Lives playing character Julie Williams since 1970. Harrower joined the writing crew and by the late 1970s was head writer for the series, winning Emmy nominations for writing in both 1978 and 1979. In all she would write 270 episodes through 1980 and would go on to also write episodes for The Young and the Restless and Generations. However, after contracting cancer and undergoing chemotherapy in 2003, she joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as Charlotte Ramsey, appearing in 18 episodes before finally succumbing to cancer December 10 of that year at age 85.

Kathleen Mulqueen

Born Katherine Agatha Mulgreen in Philadelphia on August 6, 1899, the most extensive biography of Mulqueen is provided in The Gay and Lesbian Theatrical Legacy whose information is based on interviews with Mulqueen's foster son Kaier Curtin. When Mulqueen was only 12 she met "the love of her life" actress Hazel Dawn, then performing on Broadway in The Pink Lady. After writing Dawn a note, Mulqueen was invited backstage and went on to become like a younger sister to the actress for the next 40 years. Mulqueen was spotted by a Broadway talent scout at age 16 and eventually made her way to Broadway to star in musical comedies of the 1920s, where one critic dubbed her "the most beautiful girl on Broadway." During this time she met gay actor Paul Guilfoyle and the two became friends, attending many parties and other functions together. Curtin believes that family pressure about her still unmarried state prompted Mulqueen, then 30, to elope with a New York Times reporter but on her honeymoon realized her mistake and obtained a "quickie" divorce in Cuba a short time later. She then decided to marry Guilfoyle to give them both cover for their sexual orientation, and the couple was invited by Dawn to move to Hollywood, where Guilfoyle secured a contract with RKO. But Guilfoyle was caught in a homosexual encounter that received front page exposure in the late 1940s, which led to him being blackballed. So Mulqueen returned to acting, making her feature film debut in Journey Into Light in 1951. She made her television debut in an episode of My Little Margie the following year and continued to have relatively steady though modest work in both movies and TV throughout the 1950s. Her role playing Grandma Mitchell in 8 episodes of Dennis the Menace was her only recurring role, and once Gloria Henry returned from maternity leave, she would not appear in the series again.

Her half a dozen credits over the next four years included only one credited part in an episode of Arrest and Trial in 1964. Guilfoyle was caught in another compromising affair in the late 1950s and this time was blackmailed, which prompted him to turn to heavy drinking. He died June 27, 1961 at age 58. Mulqueen, though she would never have another role after 1965, lived to age 90, dying on May 10, 1990 in Los Angeles.

Notable Guest Stars

Season 2, Episode 15, "Dennis the Campaign Manager": Charles Watts (Judge Harvey Blandon on Bachelor Father) plays Parks Commissioner T.H. Thorndyke. Jane Nigh (Lorelei Kilbourne on Big Town) plays TV producer Miss Rawlings. Stuart Nisbet (Bart the bartender on The Virginian) plays an angry neighbor.

Season 2, Episode 16, "Miss Cathcart's Friend": Mel Blanc (shown on the left, see the biography section for the 1960 post on The Flintstones) plays dog pound clerk Mr. Trinkle. John Zaremba (Special Agent Jerry Dressler on I Led 3 Lives, Dr. Harold Jensen on Ben Casey, Admiral Hardesy on McHale's Navy, Dr. Raymond Swain on The Time Tunnel, and Dr, Harlem Danvers on Dallas) plays dog owner Arthur Prylich. Paul Barselou (played various bartenders in 9 episodes of Bewitched) plays TV repairman Maurice.

Season 2, Episode 19, "Wilson Sleeps Over": Don C. Harvey (see the biography section for the 1961 post on Rawhide) plays a policeman.

Season 2, Episode 20, "Dennis' Birthday": Spring Byington (shown on the right, see the biography section for the 1961 post on Laramie) plays herself. Vaughn Taylor (starred in Jailhouse Rock, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Psycho, and In Cold Blood and played Ernest P. Duckweather on Johnny Jupiter) plays George Wilson's cousin Jim. Elvia Allman (Aunt Vera on I Married Joan, Jane on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Cora Dithers on Blondie, Mrs. Montague on The Bob Cummings Show, Elverna Bradshaw on The Beverly Hillbillies, and Selma Plout on Petticoat Junction) plays his wife Edna.

Season 2, Episode 21, "Dennis Goes to Camp": Mary Beth Hughes (appeared in Star Dust, The Ox-Bow Incident, Orchestra Wives, Inner Sanctum, Riders in the Sky, and Young Man With a Horn) plays a young camper's mother. Pat Rosson (played Jerry Karr on The Young Marrieds) plays Dennis' friend Kevin.

Season 2, Episode 22, "Dennis' Tool Chest": Roy Roberts (shown on the left, played Capt. Simon P. Huxley on The Gale Storm Show, Admiral Rogers on McHale's Navy, John Cushing on The Beverly Hillbillies, Mr. Cheever on The Lucy Show, Frank Stephens on Bewitched, Norman Curtis on Petticoat Junction, and Mr. Botkin/Bodkin on Gunsmoke) plays insurance salesman Humphrey McDougall. 

Season 2, Episode 23, "The Going Away Gift": Charles Lane (Mr. Fosdick on Dear Phoebe, Homer Bedloe on Petticoat Junction, Foster Phinney on The Beverly Hillbillies, Dale Busch on Karen, Maxwell on The Phyllis Diller Show, and Judge Anthony Petrillo on Soap) plays druggist Mr. Finch. 

Season 2, Episode 24, "Dennis and the Fishing Rod": Charles Lane (see "The Going Away Gift" above) returns as druggist Mr. Finch. Stanley Adams (Lt. Morse on Not for Hire and Gurrah on The Lawless Years) plays coin dealer Jerry Richman. 

Season 2, Episode 25, "Dennis and the Good Example": Alan Hewitt (shown on the right, starred in That Touch of Mink, Days of Wine and Roses, The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, and The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and played Det. Bill Brennan on My Favorite Martian) plays physician Dr. Alfred Simpson. Jon Lormer (Harry Tate on Lawman, various autopsy surgeons and medical examiners in 12 episodes of Perry Mason, Judge Irwin A. Chester on Peyton Place, and Simon Benjamin on The Young Marrieds) plays pet shop owner Mr. Bergstrom. Harry Landers (Dr. Ted Hoffman on Ben Casey and was the spokesman for Taster's Choice coffee) plays TV exercise instructor Mike Duval. 

Season 2, Episode 26, "Dennis' Obligation": Stuart Nisbet (see "Dennis, the Campaign Manager" above) plays neighbor Mr. Wade. Paul Barselou (see "Miss Cathcart's Friend" above) plays returns as TV repairman Maurice. 

Season 2, Episode 28, "Woodman, Spare That Tree": Charles Watts (see "Dennis, the Campaign Manger" above) plays returns as Parks Commissioner Thornton. Maurice Manson (shown on the left, played Josh Egan on Hazel and Hank Pinkham on General Hospital) plays Nature Society president Mr. Timberlake. 

Season 2, Episode 29, "The Boy Wonder": Tyler McVey (Maj. Norgrath on Men Into Space) plays construction manager Mr. Erickson. Hal Hopper (Cpl. Clarke on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin and composed theme music for Circus Boy, 26 Men, Colt .45, and Bearcats!) plays a brick delivery man.

Season 2, Episode 30, "The Soapbox Derby": Laurence Haddon (shown on the right, played Ed McCullough on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, the foreign editor on Lou Grant, Dr. Mitch Ackerman on Knots Landing, and Franklin Horner on Dallas) plays obnoxious father Charles Brady. 

Season 2, Episode 31, "Dennis and the Camera": Maurice Manson (see "Woodman, Spare That Tree" above) returns as Nature Society president Mr. Timberlake. Rickie Sorensen (Thomas Banks on Father of the Bride) plays a boy scout.

Season 2, Episode 32, "Dennis and the Miracle Plant Food": Will Wright (shown on the left, played Ben Weaver on The Andy Griffith Show) plays nursery owner Mr. Merrivale. Jonathan Hole (Orville Monroe on The Andy Griffith Show) plays garden club member Mr. Trumble. Lillian Culver (wife of the founder of Culver City, California) plays garden club member Mrs. Schooner. Paul Barselou (see "Miss Cathcart's Friend" above) plays garden club member Mr. Fizby.

Season 2, Episode 33, "Dennis' Newspaper": Charles Seel (played the bartender on Tombstone Territory and Tom Pride on The Road West) plays newspaper editor Mr. Krinke. Jimmy Hawkins (see the biographical section for the 1961 post on The Donna Reed Show) plays college student Chuck Long. Wallace Rooney (Andrew Winters on The Doctors) plays a raccoon coat owner. Dan Sheridan (see the biographical section for the 1960 post on Lawman) plays another raccoon coat owner.

Season 2, Episode 34, "Mr. Wilson's Paradise": Vaughn Taylor (shown on the right, see "Dennis' Birthday" above) plays Dennis' teacher Mr. Hubbard. 

Season 2, Episode 35, "The Fortune Cookie": Stephen Roberts (Stan Peeples on Mr. Novak) plays scam artist Mr. Sheldon. 

Season 2, Episode 36, "The Pioneers": Judson Pratt (Billy Kinkaid on Union Pacific) plays newspaper photographer Kowalski. 

Season 2, Episode 37, "Father's Day for Mr. Wilson": Willis Bouchey (Mayor Terwilliger on The Great Gildersleeve, Springer on Pete and Gladys, and the judge 23 times on Perry Mason) plays attorney John McRae. 

Season 2, Episode 38, "Dennis and the Picnic": Robert Bice (shown on the left, played Police Capt. Jim Johnson on The Untouchables) plays police detective Lt. Rockwell. Hal Smith (see the biography section for the 1961 post on The Andy Griffith Show) plays neighbor Frank Wade. Laurence Haddon (see "The Soap Box Derby" above) returns as obnoxious salesman Charles Brady.

Season 3, Episode 1, "Trouble From Mars": Forrest Lewis (Mr. Peavey on The Great Gildersleeve) plays barber Selby. Norman Leavitt (Ralph on Trackdown) plays policeman Ted Quincy.

Season 3, Episode 2, "Best Neighbor": Lillian Culver (see "Dennis and the Miracle Plant Food" above) returns as garden club member Mrs. Schooner. Kate Murtagh (Iona Dobson on It's a Man's World and was the cover model for the Supertramp album Breakfast in America) plays nature explorer Crystal Bell.

Season 3, Episode 3, "Keep Off the Grass": Alma Platt (Mrs. Henehan on These Are My Children) plays a librarian. 

Season 3, Episode 4, "Mr. Wilson's Safe": Will Wright (see "Dennis and the Miracle Plant Food" above) returns as nursery owner Mr. Merrivale. 

Season 3, Episode 5, "Haunted House": Harvey Korman (shown on the right, played various characters on The Carol Burnett Show, the voice of The Great Gazoo on The Flintstones, Harvey A. Kavanuagh on The Harvey Korman Show, Leo Green on Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills, and Reginald J. Tarkington on The Nutt House) plays realtor Bowers. Harold Gould (Bowman Chamberlain on The Long Hot Summer, Harry Danton on The Feather and Father Gang, Martin Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, Jonah Foot on Foot in the Door, Ben Sprague on Spencer, and Miles Webber on The Golden Girls) plays a tramp. 

Season 3, Episode 6, "The School Play": Chubby Johnson (Concho on Temple Houston) plays locksmith Buzz. Sherry O'Neill (shown on the left, played Sarabelle Jordan on The Young Marrieds) plays theater teacher Miss Gilbert. 

Season 3, Episode 7, "The Fifty Thousandth Customer": Charles Lane (see "The Going Away Gift" above) returns as druggist Mr. Finch. 

Season 3, Episode 8, "Dennis and the Pee Wee League": Chubby Johnson (shown on the right, see "The School Play" above) returns as Buzz, now a junk dealer. Laurence Haddon (see "The Soapbox Derby" above) returns as bragging father Charles Brady. Charles Seel (see "Dennis' Newspaper" above) returns as newspaper editor Mr. Krinke.

Season 3, Episode 9, "Mr. Wilson's Inheritance": Gordon Jones (shown on the right, appeared in The Green Hornet, Flying Tigers, My Sister Eileen, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and McLintock! and played Mike Kelley on The Abbott and Costello Show, Pete Thompson on The Ray Milland Show, Hubie Dodd on So This Is Hollywood, and Butch Barton on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet) plays house foundation repairman Mr. Bierschmidt. Lennie Weinrib (the voice of H.R. Pufnstuf on H.R. Pufnstuf, Moonrock on The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, and Scrappy-Doo on Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo amongst many others) plays a truck delivery driver.

Season 3, Episode 10, "Dennis Is a Genius": James Millhollin (shown on the left, played Anson Foster on Grindl) plays child intelligence expert Mr. Heydon. 

Season 3, Episode 11, "The Lucky Piece": Henry Beckman (Commander Paul Richards on Flash Gordon, Mulligan on I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, George Anderson on Peyton Place, Colonel Harrigan on McHale's Navy, Capt. Roland Frances Clancey on Here Come the Brides, Pat Harwell on Funny Face, Harry Mark on Bronk, and Alf Scully on Check It Out) plays a tobacco store clerk. David Bond (Tremblay on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis) plays a hobo. 

Season 3, Episode 12, "The Fifteen-Foot Christmas Tree": Pat McCaffrie (Chuck Forrest on Bachelor Father and Dr. Edgar Harris on Outlaws) plays a bus driver. Bill McLean (Dave on The Jim Backus Show) plays a drunk bus passenger. 

Season 3, Episode 13, "Dennis' Bank Account": Paul Maxey (Matt Brockway on Lassie and Mayor John Peoples on The People's Choice) plays bank president Dudley Yates. John Fiedler (shown on the right, appeared in 12 Angry Men, That Touch of Mink, The World of Henry Orient, Kiss Me, Stupid, Girl Happy, The Odd Couple, True Grit and played Emil Peterson on The Bob Newhart Show and Woody on Buffalo Bill) plays bank teller Mr. Clute. Lauren Gilbert (appeared in X-15, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, and The Fortune Cookie and played John Olcott on Fairmeadows, U.S.A., Tom Craythorne on Love of Life, Harry Lane on The Edge of Night, and Harry Noll on Hazel) plays businessman Mr. Bishop. Harry Swoger (Harry the bartender on The Big Valley) plays bank customer Bickerstaff.

Coronado 9 (1961)

In the last 22 episodes of the inappropriately named Coronado 9 crime drama which aired in 1961, the same problems persisted with the series' identity and premise that we described in our post for the 1960 episodes. Only a few of those 22 episodes take place in Coronado: "Hunt Breakfast" (February 21, 1961) depicts the Coronado Savings and Loan manager Lloyd Tyler being forced open his bank's vault for bank robber Kruger while Kruger's two accomplices keep watch on Tyler's wife and daughter at his home, threatening to kill them if anything goes wrong at the bank. Luckily, Tyler fools the criminals by saying he wasn't scheduled to go into work that day, that he was supposed to go hunting with private investigator Dan Adams instead, thereby allowing him to make a call to Adams to cancel the trip. Adams realizes that something is amiss with Tyler because they had no scheduled hunting trip that day. In the series' final episode, "They Met in Honolulu" (May 30, 1961) the action opens with wealthy businessman Theodore Garth marrying a woman he had recently met in Honolulu with the ceremony performed at the famed Hotel Del Coronado. Adams does not attend the wedding but comes to Garth's aid after returning from Los Angeles when the newly minted husband tells him his wife disappeared immediately after the ceremony. However, even this episode fails to spend its entire 25 minutes in Coronado because Adams has to take a trip to Honolulu to check on the vanished bride's background. The episode opens with an exterior shot of the Hotel Del Coronado, but all the interior shots appear to be on a sound stage, leading one to suppose that perhaps Revue Studios did not bother to get permission or were denied permission to shoot any location shots at the hotel itself, a real pity. A few other episodes are based in nearby communities, including San Diego, Brookwood, Stone River, and San Remo, and the location of "But the Patient Died" (April 11, 1961) and "Come to Me With Thy Loot" (March 21, 1961) is never stated, so they could be based in Coronado or close by.

Instead of focusing on its namesake island and iconic hotel, the series instead plays like a travelogue, sending Adams around the globe for his weekly dose of danger. With him we visit Paris in "Flim Flam" (January 3, 1961), London in "Londonderry Heiress" (January 10, 1961), Havana in "Caribbean Chase" (February 14, 1961), Freetown, Sierra Leone in "Long Way From Detroit" (April 4, 1961), Danzig, Poland in  "The Anxious Mariner" (April 25, 1961), Singapore in "Singapore Girl" (May 15, 1961), and the Middle East in "Blonde Herring" (May 23, 1961). He also makes two trips to New Orleans in successive episodes--"Sincerely Yours, Napoleon" (January 31, 1961) and "Man From Way Down Yonder" (February 7, 1961)--which feature actual location footage showing Adams driving away from the New Orleans airport, and two other trips to more rural Louisiana communities in "Run, Shep, Run" (January 17, 1961) and "Excursion to Algiers" (February 28, 1961). As one would expect given Coronado's proximity to Mexico, he goes south of the border a few times as well in "Flight to La Paz" (March 7, 1961), "The Day Ramon Fell" (March 28, 1961), and "Flee Now, Pay Later" (May 2, 1961). Perhaps the most interesting of these excursions is his trip to Havana, which features stock footage of Cuba in the aftermath of Castro's revolution. Adams is hired by a woman claiming to be the daughter of a businessman who is being persecuted by the revolutionaries and wanting Adams, who has just bought a boat in Havana, to take her and her father back to the States, only it turns out her story is fake and Adams is in more trouble than he bargained for. The episode is also noteworthy because Adams does not win the day and serve up a hefty dose of justice by episode's end. 

As with the 1960 episodes, those that aired in 1961 shed little light on Adams' back story and therefore fail to make him a particularly interesting or sympathetic character. His background as a former Naval intelligence officer resurfaces in "Long Way From Detroit" when he is summoned while in London by an old war buddy now working for an anti-smuggling department that needs an unknown, independent investigator since their regular agents keep getting murdered while trying to crack an international diamond-smuggling ring. In "The Anxious Mariner" he is recruited by a U.S. government agent to accompany a deported former numbers runner back to the States to provide incriminating evidence against his one-time mob associates. And again he is hired by an unnamed government agency in "Blonde Herring" to ferret out the name of the leader of another international smuggling operation. Otherwise, all we know about Adams is that he appears to be an avid hunter and fisherman because he is often brought into cases by people he has crossed paths with in those pursuits, as in the aforementioned "Hunt Breakfast" episode. His trip to the swamps of Louisiana in "Run, Shep, Run" is precipitated by a hunting invitation. He is called back to New Orleans by an old hunting buddy who runs a jewelry store in "Man From Way Down Yonder" when the buddy's wife receives a tarantula in the mail as part of a blackmail operation. Adams rushes down to Mexico in "The Day Ramon Fell" when he reads about his one-time hunting guide Ramon Ortega being charged with murder. And in "Flee Now, Pay Later" Adams is called by Julie Telford whose missing husband Mike runs a charter airplane business Adams once used on a hunting trip. Rather than giving us a glimpse into Adams's character that we might be able to latch on to, these flimsy and somewhat contrived connections remind us that Adams is only a stereotype of the man of action rather than a real human being. It's easy to see why the series never developed a sizable following given the formulaic portrayal of its protagonist. By contrast, the success of the competing crime drama series 77 Sunset Strip was due in large part to the colorful, if somewhat cliched, character of Ed "Kookie" Byrnes. Dan Adams may have been clever and tough and may have visited exotic destinations, but his lack of personality failed to spark the imagination of the viewing audience and doomed Coronado 9 to a single season.

The Actors

For the biography of Rod Cameron, see the 1960 post for Coronado 9.

Notable Guest Stars

Season 1, Episode 18, "Flim Flam": Mary LaRoche (shown on the left, appeared in Run Silent, Run Deep, Gidget, Bye Bye Birdie, and The Swinger and played Barbara Scott on Karen) plays Paris dancer Marie Moraud. Vaughn Taylor (starred in Jailhouse Rock, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Psycho, and In Cold Blood and played Ernest P. Duckweather on Johnny Jupiter) plays blackmailer Voss. Read Morgan (see the biography section for the 1960 post on The Deputy) plays his accomplice Mark Sidon.

Season 1, Episode 19, "Londonderry Heiress": James Flavin (Lt. Donovan on Man With a Camera and Robert Howard on The Roaring 20's) plays American ex-pat gangster Patrick Conlon. Patricia Medina (Margarita Cortazar on Zorro) plays his daughter Patricia. John Maxwell (Alex Gregory on The Court of Last Resort) plays Scotland Yard Inspector Daugherty. Norma Vardon (see the biography section for the 1961 post on Hazel) plays kidnapper Mrs. Wendell.

Season 1, Episode 20, "Run, Shep, Run": Walter Coy (Zoravac on Rocky Jones, Space Ranger and was the narrator on Frontier) plays jealous husband Jason Trumball. Dorothy Green (Lavinia Tate on Tammy) plays his wife Myra. DeForest Kelley (shown on the right, played Dr. McCoy on Star Trek) plays visiting hunter Shep Harlow. Jay Novello (Juan Greco on Zorro and Mayor Mario Lugatto on McHale's Navy) plays town physician Dr. Sage. Leo Gordon (Big Mike McComb on Maverick) plays Trumball's caretaker Kyte.

Season 1, Episode 21, "Wrong Odds": Oliver McGowan (Harvey Welk on Empire) plays manufacturing mogul Warren Chandler. Larry J. Blake (the unnamed jailer on Yancy Derringer and Tom Parnell on Saints and Sinners) plays bookmaker Sam Beal. Bern Hoffman (Sam the bartender on Bonanza) plays his henchman Truck Quill. 

Season 1, Episode 22, "Sincerely Yours, Napoleon": Vaughn Taylor (shown on the near left, see "Flim Flam" above) plays Napoleon scholar John Hammock. Virginia Christine (was the Folger's Coffee woman in commercials and starred in The Mummy's Curse, The Killers, and Night Wind and who played Ovie Swenson on Tales of Wells Fargo) plays his wife Margaret. Sue Ane Langdon (shown on the far left, played Kitty Marsh on Bachelor Father, Lillian Nuvo on Arnie, Rosie on Grandpa Goes to Washington, and Darlene on When the Whistle Blows) plays his mistress Carol.

Season 1, Episode 23, "Man From Way Down Yonder": Byron Morrow (Capt. Keith Gregory on The New Breed and Pearce Newberry on Executive Suite) plays jewelry shop owner Arthur Charles. Claudia Barrett (starred in Robot Monster) plays his sister-in-law Barbara Danby.

Season 1, Episode 24, "Caribbean Chase": John Berardino (shown on the right, former major league baseball player, played Special Agent Steve Daniels on I Led 3 Lives, Sgt. Vince Cavelli on The New Breed, and Dr. Steve Hardy on General Hospital) plays Cuban casino owner Andre Machado. 

Season 1, Episode 25, "Hunt Breakfast": William Keene (played various reverends on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D.) plays bank manager Lloyd Tyler. Eve McVeagh (starred in High Noon, The Glass Web, and Tight Spot and played Miss Hammond on Petticoat Junction) plays his wife Laura. Cynthia Chenault (appeared in I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Dino, and This Earth is Mine and played Carol Potter on The Tom Ewell Show) plays their daughter Abby. Ken Lynch (see the biography section for the 1961 post on Checkmate) plays bank robber Kruger. Jan Merlin (Roger Manning on Tom Corbett, Space Cadet and Lt. Colin Kirby on The Rough Riders) plays his accomplice Boxer. Jack Emrek (husband of Sue Ane Langdon) plays accomplice Alfie Rover.

Season 1, Episode 26, "Excursion to Algiers": Dorothy Green (shown on the left, see "Run, Shep, Run" above) plays widow Doret Hamlin. John Berardino (see "Caribbean Chase" above) plays her best friend's husband Will Harlow. Tom McKee (Comrade Brisson Laylock on I Led 3 Lives, Capt. Davis on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, and Fire Chief Tucker on Rescue 8) plays police Det. Straker. 

Season 1, Episode 27, "Flight to La Paz": Robert Knapp (Ben Olson on Days of Our Lives and SAC Noel McDonald on The F.B.I.) plays salesman Welby Finch. 

Season 1, Episode 28, "Three's a Shroud": Eve Miller (appeared in Inner Sanctum, Pier 23, The Winning Team, and April in Paris) plays sanitarium escapee's wife Julie Saxton. Ann McCrae (Midge Kelsey on The Donna Reed Show) plays murder victim's wife Linda Bowen. 

Season 1, Episode 29, "Come to Me With Thy Loot": Vaughn Taylor (see "Flim Flam" above) plays dentist Dr. Henry Dakin. Ruth Terry (starred in Call of the Canyon, My Buddy, Pistol Packin' Mama, and Smoky River Serenade) plays jewelry thief's wife Paula Rhem.  Al Hodge (shown on the right, played Captain Video on The Secret Files of Captain Video and Captain Video and His Video Rangers) plays police investigator Sgt. Hollister.

Season 1, Episode 30, "The Day Ramon Fell": Estelita Rodriguez (starred in Cuban Fireball, Havana Rose, The Fabulous Senorita, Rio Bravo, and Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter) plays dude ranch entertainer Elena Rosales. Jean Willes (appeared in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Ocean's 11, and Gypsy) plays ranch co-owner's wife Stella Bowers. 

Season 1, Episode 31, "Long Way From Detroit": Vito Scotti (Jose on The Deputy, Capt. Gaspar Fomento on The Flying Nun, Gino on To Rome With Love, and Mr. Velasquez on Barefoot in the Park) plays diamond smuggling ringleader Alexander Kouri. Barbara Stuart (shown on the left, played Bessie on The Great Gildersleeve, Alice on Pete and Gladys, Bunny on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Peggy Ferguson on The McLean Stevenson Show, Marianne Danzig on Our Family Honor, and Alice on Huff) plays his accomplice Jeanne Lamar. Rayford Barnes (see the biography section for the 1960 post on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp) plays Kouri's hitman Ryker. Lester Matthews (Sir Dennis Nayland Smith on The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu and Fleming Pendleton on The Beverly Hillbillies) plays Adams' old war buddy Tony Wingate. Paul Baxley (stunt coordinator on Riverboat, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, T.H.E. Cat, Wonder Woman, and The Dukes of Hazzard) plays one of Wingate's anti-smuggling agents.

Season 1, Episode 32, "But the Patient Died": Christine White (shown on the right, played Abigail Adams on Ichabod and Me) plays hit-and-run victim's wife Janet Harvey. Wesley Lau (see the biography section for the 1961 post on Perry Mason) plays neurosurgeon Dr. David Travis. Catherine McLeod (Claire Larkin on Days of Our Lives) plays his wife Martha. 

Season 1, Episode 33, "Gone Goose": Jim Davis (Matt Clark on Stories of the Century, Wes Cameron on Rescue 8, Marshal Bill Winter on The Cowboys, and Jock Ewing on Dallas) plays lumber company owner Barton Kincaid. Jean Carson (Rosemary on The Betty Hutton Show) plays his secretary Lois Dixon. Slim Pickens (shown on the left, starred in The Story of Will Rogers, Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, and The Howling and played Slim on Outlaws, Slim Walker on The Wide Country, California Joe Milner on Custer, and Sgt. Beauregard Wiley on B.J. & the Bear) plays Stone River Sheriff Harry Fife. Paul Sorensen (Andy Bradley on Dallas) plays Kincaid's henchman Lou Bates.

Season 1, Episode 34, "The Anxious Mariner": Steve Darrell (Sheriff Hal Humphrey on Tales of Wells Fargo) plays deported former numbers runner Joe Cask. Coleen Gray (starred in Kiss of Death, Nightmare Alley, The Killing, The Vampire, The Leech Woman, and The Phantom Planet and played Muriel Clifford on McCloud) plays his daughter Ruth Evans. William Schallert (shown on the right, see the biography section for the 1960 post on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis) plays mobster Alfred Bates. Robert Foulk (Ed Davis on Father Knows Best, Sheriff Miller on Lassie, Joe Kingston on Wichita Town, Mr. Wheeler on Green Acres, and Phillip Toomey on The Rifleman) plays steamer skipper Capt. Rawlings. Bart Burns (Capt. Pat Chambers on Mike Hammer) plays government agent Jim Hastings. 

Season 1, Episode 35, "Flee Now, Pay Later": John Bryant (Dr. Carl Spaulding on The Virginian) plays charter pilot Mike Telford. Nan Leslie (shown on the left, played Martha McGivern on The Californians) plays his wife Jean. Clark Howat (Dr. John Petrie on The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu and the police dispatcher on Harbor Command) plays smuggler Bundy. 

Season 1, Episode 36, "The Daley Double": Mary LaRoche (see "Flim Flam" above) plays movie star Belinda Daley. William Keene (see "Hunt Breakfast" above) plays her producer Jay Brisco. Hugh Sanders (starred in That's My Boy, The Pride of St. Louis, The Winning Team, and The Wild One) plays Adams' friend police Lt. Melnick. 

Season 1, Episode 37, "Singapore Girl": Lisa Lu (shown on the right, see the biography section for the 1960 post on Have Gun -- Will Travel) plays go-between Kim Luchan. Lester Matthews (see "Long Way From Detroit" above) plays British intelligence officer Maj. Durham. Beal Wong (Grandpa Ling on Bachelor Father) plays pizza parlor owner Wong.

Season 1, Episode 38, "Blonde Herring": Sue Ane Langdon (see "Sincerely Yours, Napoleon" above) plays nightclub singer Holly Crane. Hugh Sanders (see "The Daley Double" above) plays smuggling ship Capt. Kelly. Harry Lauter (Ranger Clay Morgan on Tales of the Texas Rangers, Atlasande on Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, and Jim Herrick on Waterfront) plays first mate Jake Bricker. Paul Baxley (see "Long Way From Detroit" above) plays a ship engineer.

Season 1, Episode 39, "They Met in Honolulu": Hayden Rorke (shown on the left, starred in Father's Little Dividend, When Worlds Collide, and Pillow Talk and played Steve on Mr. Adams and Eve, Col. Farnsworth on No Time for Sergeants, Dr. Alfred Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie and Bishop on Dr. Kildare) plays wealthy businessman Theodore Garth. Jacqueline Mayo (the special duty nurse on Peyton Place) plays his bride Eve Barstow.