Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Doc Elliot' from 1970-1982:
- James Franciscus as Dr. Benjamin Elliot (1974)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Doc Elliot':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
March 5, 1973: Doc Elliot
Season 0, episode 1
W: John Lewis Carlino D: Robert Butler
With Bo Hopkins (Eldred McCoy), Joe Don Baker (Aaron Hickey), Noah Beery Jr. (Barney Weeks), Verna Bloom (Mary Beth Hickey), Jim Antonio (Dr. Davidson), Morgan Woodward (Craig Andrews), Neva Patterson (Margaret Brimble), Connie Sawyer (Mags Brimble).
James Franciscus plays a western country medic who rushes to emergencies at the wheel of a medically equipped trailer truck in the pilot movie for the upcoming series.
October 10, 1973: And All Ye Need To Know
Season 1, episode 1
W: Sandor Stern D: Robert Totten
With Meredith Baxter (Jenny), Mills Watson (Emmett), John Mitchum (Tucker), Link Wyler (Lloyd Patterson), William Mims (Baker), Woodrow Chambliss (Kelsey).
Debut of a series in which James Franciscus returns to television as a modern-day doctor in Colorado. In the first episode, a blind girl reaches a critical point in her marriage when Elliot urges an operation that may restore her sight.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Charles A. McDaniel D: Harry Harris
With Will Geer (Paul Bartlett), Leonard Stone (Marcus Scarne), Leif Garrett (Jamie Bartlett), Willard Sage (Bill Hewlett), Russell Thorson (Dr. Maddox), George DiCenzo (Jim Semple), Jay W. McIntosh (Mrs. Hewlett), Victor Campos (Richard Ramirez).
When a stubborn old man attempts to hold onto his land for his grandson, Doc Elliot is asked to certify him insane.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Anthony Lawrence D: Robert Totten
With Tyne Daly (Beth Ann Blackner), Ford Rainey (Abel Blackner), Royal Dano (Jesse Paulsen), Gail Bonney (Lucille), Jessica Myerson (Cora Paulsen), Bill McLean (Aaron).
Elliot's medical skills are challenged when people turn to a faith healer for cures for their ills.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Walter Black D: Daniel Haller
With John David Carson, Kathleen Cody, R.L. Armstrong, Maggie Malooly.
After a near collision with a car, Ben is threatened at gunpoint to drive a fugitive robber to Mexico while the doctor is on an errand of mercy.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Alan Savage D: Robert Totten
With Beverly Garland (Bonnie Ames), Leonard Stone (Marcus Scarne), Clint Howard (Paul Scarne), John Mitchum (Amos Tucker), Dee Carroll (Mrs. Webber), Rance Tucker (Lyman).
An unmarried community school teacher has her job threatened when it is learned that she is pregnant.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Richard Carr D: Edward M. Abroms
With Harry Carey Jr. (Ray), Sam Bottoms (Gary Basquin), Morgan Woodward (Stuart Basquin).
A troubled, motherless teenage boy struggles to establish his identity while trying to prove his worth to an overbearing father.
Season 1, episode 7
W: John McGreevey D: Harry Harris
With Lonny Chapman (Everett Graham), John Lupton (Vern Oliver), Anthony Geary (Dennis Graham), Jeanne Cooper (Helen Graham), Heather North (Amy Oliver), Pat Delaney (Mrs. Braden).
Ben combats an outbreak of typhoid fever in a remote mountain community where the carrier may be a mysterious phantom.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Walter Black D: James Sheldon
With Sam Elliott (Lee Barrows), Katherine Justice (Pamela Barrows), John Mitchum (Amos).
Ben treats a man suffering from leukemia who has returned to his childhood home to die.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Sandor Stern D: Harry Harris
With Susan Brown (Samantha Wells), Sally Kemp (Mary Stover), Brandon Cruz (Robert Wells), Kathrine Baumann (Sue Ellen), Victor Kilian (Frank Stover), Ike Eisenmann (Joseph Stover).
A New York film actress-model who has taken her young asthmatic son to Colorado for the healthful environment is given a better understanding of the boy's illness.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Sandor Stern, John Kingsbridge D: Robert Totten
With Merle Haggard (Owen Henderson), Heidi Vaughn (Laura Shea), Edith Atwater (Emma Johnson), Karl Swenson (Mike Shea), Hoke Howell (Sam), Ken Mayer (Ford).
A tough, independent miner has gold fever and is sure of a strike.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Robert Earll D: Harry Harris
With John Ericson (Raymond Boardlow), Christine Belford (Joy Neimeier), Nancy King (Paula Boardlow), Kathrine Baumann (Sue Ellen McKendrick), Phillip Pine (Arthur Beetly).
Ben and Eldred McCoy are involved in a crash landing in a deserted canyon that leaves a woman passenger's life hanging in the balance.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Skip Webster D: James Sheldon
With Tim O'Connor (Charlie Robbins), Lane Bradbury (Emily Robbins), Joan Blackman (Jan McGuire), Stuart Nisbet (Ernie Price).
A young girl, disfigured by a childhood auto accident, falls in love with Ben when he attempts to help her.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Don Ingalls D: James H. Brown
With Howard Platt (Harvey), Cal Bellini (Johnny Meade), Victor Mohica (Luke Meade), Victoria Racimo (Robin Meade).
A carefree Indian youth crashes his speeding motorcycle, seriously injuring his brother who was riding with him. In sorrow, the youth goes into the mountains to offer himself as sacrifice for his brother's health. Ben Elliot finds the youth near death from exposure.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Sandor Stern D: Sandor Stern
With Paul Fix (Gus Turners), Mitch Vogel (Corey Evans), John Karlen (Vincent Parker), Jordan Rhodes (Jerry Wyler), Rutanya Alda (Eileen Parker).
An aging pharmacist's handling of prescription medicine borders on malpractice and Ben moves to have his license revoked. (Last show of the series.)