Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Archer' from 1970-1982:
- Brian Keith as Lew Archer (1975)
- John P. Ryan as Lt. Barney Brighton (1975)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Archer':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: David P. Harmon D: Gary Nelson
With Marjoe Gortner (Rick Faust), Richard Kelton (Ernest Richter), Dori Brenner (Kathy Benson), Jan Clayton (Helen Gentry), Zitto Kazann (Stephen Androcles). Brian Keith returns in a weekly series as a private eye, a detective character based on the Ross McDonald novels. Archer is a man of limited physical strength who uses his wits and knows that leverage is often as psychological as it is physical. In the first show, an underground newspaper editor does Archer a favor by going undercover to break an extortion ring.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Jim Byrnes D: Paul Stanley
With Walter Brooke (David Burnett), Molly Dodd (Housekeeper), Maurice Hill (Dr. Cabe), Claudette Nevins (Helene Garland), Edward Andrews (Simon Graves), Ellen Geer (Marsha), Sorrell Booke (Leo Berkowitz), Jim Driskill (Security Guard). Leo Berkowitz hires Archer to prove that tax collector Simon Graves cheated him out of his house and property six years ago to clear construction for a shopping center.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Leigh Brackett D: Edward M. Abroms
With Kim Darby (Leslie Griffith), Archie Moore, Neva Patterson, John Calvin, Dean Harens, James Daris, Lee Paul, Danil Torppe, Lester Fletcher. A wealthy divorcee wants Archer to obtain pornographic pictures of her ex-husband's fiancee.
Season 1, episode 4
W: David Karp D: John Llewellyn Moxey
With David Brian, Diana Ewing, Antoinette Bower, Brian Hutton, Milton Selzer, Richard Roat, Robert Colbert. When a man he is investigating is found dead, Archer becomes the prime suspect for the murder.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Harold Livingston D: Arnold Laven
With Don Porter (Robert Lawrence), Anne Francis (Angela Lawrence), Karen Carlson (Judith Prescott), Victoria Young (Tara Nason). Lew is hired by a wealthy businessman to find a missing body. His wife accidentally hits a man on a desolate canyon road, but the body disappears when she returns with her husband.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Wallace Ware, Anthony Lawrence D: Jack Arnold
With Dane Clark (Nick Rados), Carmen Zapata (Olivera Bronko), Val Avery (Joe Mengers), Michele Marsh (Stephanie Bronko), Allan Arbus (Miko Bronko). A dying man retains Archer to deliver $50,000 to the wife and daughter he left 25 years ago. But they refuse the money and Archer's case escalates into kidnapping and homicide. (Last show of the series.)