Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Chopper One' from 1970-1982:
- Dirk Benedict as Officer Gil Foley (1974)
- Jim McMullan as Officer Don Burdick (1974)
- Lou Frizzell as Mitch (1974)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Chopper One':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Ronald Austin, James D. Buchanan D: Harry Falk
With Richard X. Slattery (Sergeant), Arch Johnson (Motorcycle Cop), Skye Aubrey (Hostage), Hank Brandt, Jesse Vint.
Debut of a series starring Jim McMullan and Dirk Benedict about policemen who combat crime from a helicopter. In the first show, they check out a robbery at a downtown hotel, a 14-story structure.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Robert I. Holt D: E.W. Swackhamer
With James Luisi (Eddie), James Daughton (Phil Collins), Laurie Prange (Janie Hall), Dabbs Greer (Motel Manager), Rosanne Katon (Cashier).
A pregnant girl whom Don has befriended, who is being held in a holdup, goes into labor and gives birth as the helicopter rushes her to the hospital.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Don Balluck D: Phil Bondelli
With Eddie Firestone, Victor Argo, Antony Carbone, Michael Ansara, Vince Howard (Officer), Jackie Russell.
The chopper is commandeered at gunpoint when Gil and Don answer an emergency call.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Sy Salkowitz D: Bruce Bilson
With Dave Morick, Lawrence Montaigne, Mitzi Hoag (Mother), Michael-James Wixted (David).
An invalid ham radio operator disrupts the department with false emergency calls.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Jon Sevorg D: Phil Bondelli
With Patricia Smith (Jean Nolan), Mark Lenard (Dugan), Robert Phillips, Dick Van Patten (Arnie Nolan), Anthony Eisley, Charles Picerni.
A former employee of an underworld czar is taken into hiding by Gil and Don to protect his testimony.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Don Balluck D: Phil Bondelli
With William Windom (Marklund), Jamie Smith-Jackson (Jennifer), Lew Brown (Detective Saunders), John Quade (Brandt), Ross Elliott (Dr. Doyle).
The teenage daughter of a wealthy doctor is abducted and taken to a mountain hideway by the father of a patient of the doctor's who died. Instead of dropping ransom money as ordered, Don parachutes in to hunt for the girl.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Ronald Austin, James D. Buchanan D: E.W. Swackhamer
With Austin Stoker (Sgt. Anderson), William Lucking (Deetzer), Allan Arbus (Tim Seeley), Taylor Lacher (Officer Hancock), John Mark Robinson (Maury Farrell).
Officers Foley and Burdick are menaced by rooftop snipers when a gunman sets out to avenge his brother's death.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Dan Ullman D: Phil Bondelli
With Brian Culhane, Christopher Stone (Larry), Edward Binns (Lew Simons), Ford Rainey (Charlie Horn).
A veteran police sergeant is suspected of selling confiscated guns.
Season 1, episode 9
W: John T. Dugan D: Richard Newton
With Norman Alden (Fleck), Danna Hansen (Ruth), Frank Marth (Sanford), Lloyd Bochner (Pike), Philip Chapin (Bremmer).
Mitch's wife is kidnapped by syndicate gunmen planning to assassinate an anti-crime crusader who is running for governor.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Ronald Austin, James D. Buchanan D: Lawrence Dobkin
With France Nuyen (Rita Chu), Tony Young (Frank Connor), Harry Lauter (Chapman), Penny Fuller (Dr. Laura Burnett), Kim Hamilton (Nurse).
An illegal alien suspected of carrying typhoid fever is the object of a search by officers Foley and Burdick.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Don Balluck D: Seymour Robbie
With Ralph Garrett (Officer Hadley), Jennifer Shaw (Ginger), Joe Hooker.
Clues to a series of market robberies are found at a scramble when Officer Foley goes undercover as a bike racer.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Robert I. Holt D: John Peyser
With Nick Nolte (Bob), Art Lund (Travers), Darleen Carr (Rissa), George Sawaya.
Officers Burdick and Foley search for mobsters who hijacked a gasoline fuel truck.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Ronald Austin, James D. Buchanan D: Richard Newton
With Kenneth Tobey (Sgt. Reardon), William Watson (Peter Link), Dub Taylor (Rudy).
Thinking that they will be able to relax while their chopper is undergoing repairs, Burdick and Foley find that they must race the clock to locate an extortionist before a bomb which he planted in a downtown building goes off. (Last show of the series.)