Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Bearcats!' from 1970-1982:
- Dennis Cole as Johnny Reach (1971)
- Rod Taylor as Hank Brackett (1971)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Bearcats!':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Herman Groves D: Harry Harvey, Jr.
With Kathleen Lloyd (Sister Catalina), John Vernon (Jason Ryker), Paul Koslo (Billy Ray Joiner). Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole star as a pair of roving soldiers of fortune in 1914 who get about in a Stutz Bearcat car. They offer their services for any difficult or dangerous assignment. In the first episode they are assigned to track down a gang armed with a stolen Army truck which is terrorizing and robbing border towns. The bandits are followed to their desert hideout and a battle ensues between the two adventurers in their car and the bandits in their cannon-armed truck.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Edward J. Lakso D: Robert Totten
With Henry Darrow (Raoul Esteban), Tom Simcox (Stengler), Lenore Stevens (Juanita Perez). A World War I Jenny is the gimmick in a tale about German renegades who are stirring trouble between Mexico and the U.S.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Samuel Roeca, James L. Henderson D: Herb Wallerstein
With Eric Braeden (Col. Reinert), Catherine Farrar (Conchita), Robert Tafur (Ignacio Gomez), William Wintersole (Colonel), Maria Grimm (Carlotta), Charles Picerni (Alfredo), Frank Orsatti (Armando), Elisabeth Chauvet (Brunette), Jack Owens (Mayor), Pattie Walczuk (Blonde). When U.S. followers of Pancho Villa collect $1 million to support his revolution, Brackett and Reach are asked to protect the couriers delivering the money.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Gene L. Coon D: Robert Totten
With Henry Silva (Zavala), Katherine Justice (Hilda), Woodrow Chambliss (Mayor Evans), Lenore Kasdorf (Laura), Rex Holman (Paulk), William Bramley (Mr. Overton). Hank Brackett and Johnny Reach go after a revolutionary leader who has taken over an American town on the border and plans to add the whole country to his empire.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Jim Byrnes D: Marvin Chomsky
With Sam Edwards (Charlie Doyle), David Canary (Joe Bascom), Warner Anderson (Huddleston), Ed Flanders (Ben Tillman), Erin Moran (Elisa Tillman), Ben Zeller (Walton). A ruthless bandit leader tells a helpless village he will hang one of its citizens and that they must select the victim.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Stephen Kandel, Alexander Richards D: Richard Donner
With Kevin McCarthy (Carter Gladstone), Jane Merrow (Samantha Burke), Tom Nardini (Father Liberto), Pepper Martin (Gus Bailey), Rod Cameron (Warden Price), Victor Eberg (Jason). A girl photographer upsets Brackett and Reach's plans to free an Indian pueblo held hostage by a bandit who robs the residents of their conquistador gold.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Stephen Kandel D: Herb Wallerstein
With C. Lindsay Workman (Mayor Cobb), H.M. Wynant (Ben Shamrock), Robert F. Hoy (Pete), Laura Campbell (Jane Webb), X Brands (Mantano), Leslie Parrish (Liz Blake). A woman hires Brackett and Reach to find out who is setting the town's oil wells on fire -- and another woman offers them money to leave town.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Joe Ruby, Ken Spears D: John Llewellyn Moxey
With Bruce Glover (Von Schiller), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Jake), Edward Faulkner (Capt. Mills), Barry Hamilton (Billy Adams), Maree Cheatham (Jessica Adams), George Sawaya (Tower Guard), Richard Webb (Col. Hunt). When Germans threaten to kill all prisoners if the U.S. Army attempts to recapture the San Saba prison, Brackett and Reach are assigned to the job.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Michael Butler, Christopher Trumbo D: Richard Donner
With Rockne Tarkington (Lukas), Keenan Wynn (Mason Latimer), Katherine Cannon (Amy Latimer), Jim Boles (Tom McKelvy), Doreen Lang (Audrey McKelvy). A wealthy landowner is illegally selling copper to Germany to support its war effort, and Brackett and Reach are asked to discover how he gets the metal into Mexico first.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Stephen Kandel D: Murray Golden
With Morgan Woodward (Walter Thompson), Walter Brooke (Fairfield), Lawrence Montaigne (Koster), Betty Anne Rees (Katherine Costello), Judith Brown (Dana Walters), Byron Morrow (Col. Barton). Brackett and Reach are hired to stop mercenaries from sabotaging medical supplies bound for the Allies.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Samuel Roeca, James L. Henderson D: Alf Kjellin
With Leslie Nielsen (Col. Donovan), Morgan Paull (Don Kemper), George Murdock (Coot Leonard), Arthur Batanides (Hopkins), Stacy Harris (Emmett Grosvenor). A U.S. Army officer deserts to help the Germans destroy a convoy transporting a new type of explosives to the Allies.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Edward J. Lakso D: Herb Wallerstein
With Henry Darrow (Raoul Estaban), Kathryn Hays (Milly Todd), Brioni Farrell (Sally Todd), William Smith (Russell), Richard Anders (Caldwell). Hank attempts to infiltrate a hijackers' camp by dropping to the area by parachute from an ancient Jenny biplane.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Jim Byrnes D: Lee Madden
With Jeremy Slate (Jace Lassiter), John Anderson (Judge O'Brien), Doris Dowling (Mrs. O'Brien), Luke Askew (Tom Greer), John Quade (Brady), Luanne Roberts (Mandy). A gang leader kidnaps a famous judge and demands a huge store of arms and explosives as ransom or he will "blow the state to kingdom come". (Last show of the series.)