Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Fish' from 1970-1982:
- Abe Vigoda as Det. Phil Fish (1977-1978)
- Barry Gordon as Charlie Harrison (1977-1978)
- Denise Miller as Jilly Pappalardo (1977-1978)
- Florence Stanley as Bernice Fish (1977-1978)
- John Cassisi as Victor Kreutzer (1977-1978)
- Len Bari as Mike (1977-1978)
- Sarah Natoli as Diane Pulaski (1977-1978)
- Todd Bridges as Loomis (1977-1978)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Fish':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Rchard Baer, Barbara Corday, Barbara Avedon D: Lee Bernhardi
Series debut. Abe Vigoda stars as Fish, the dour detective of the popular "Barney Miller" series, as he and his wife Bernice undertake a new way of life as the adoptive parents of five disadvantaged youngsters. In the initial episode, Fish gets some counsel for his new role from a college student working for his Ph.D. in psychology.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Tom Reeder D: Lee Bernhardi
With Sidney Clute (Sheldon).
Mike "borrows" Detective Fish's car and ends up in jail when Fish insists he be treated like any other lawbreaker.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Bruce Kane, Barbara Corday, Barbara Avedon D: Lee Bernhardi
Fish finds that Victor is involved in a numbers game, and also suddenly can't find a file he needs to testify in an important criminal case.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Bruce Kane, Barbara Corday, Barbara Avedon D: Lee Bernhardi
Money problems, winter woes and a potential psychological problem affecting Diane beset Fish.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Barbara Corday, Barbara Avedon D: Dennis Steinmetz
With Richard Schaal (Dunnagan), Wendy Schaal (Peggy).
Fish contemplates a second job as an insurance agent while Mike is trying to fend off the amorous advances of a neighborhood girl and placate her angry father.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Tom Reeder D: Lee Bernhardi
When Bernice can no longer deal with the children, she decides to seek professional help.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman, Howard Ostroff D: Noam Pitlik
With Howard Honig (Mr. Lester), K Callan (Mrs. Lester), Joseph V. Perry (Mr. Kellin), Queenie Smith (Mrs. Baumholtz).
When some of the neighbors complain about having "problem" children in their midst, the Fish menagerie decides to throw an open house.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Reinhold Weege D: Dennis Steinmetz
With Steve Landesburg (Arthur Dietrich).
When an empty house down the block goes up in flames, Victor is considered the possible arsonist.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman, Laurence Marks D: Mark Warren
With Vicky Huxtable (Janet Gerber).
An authority decides to replace Fish and Bernice in the group home after walking in on an argument between Fish and Victor.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Sheldon Bull D: Mark Warren
With Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Roger), King Errisson (Waldo).
Charlie asks an African exchange student's help with Loomis, whose racial consciousness is raised after watching the TV series "Roots".
Season 1, episode 11
W: Barbara Corday, Barbara Avedon D: Jeremiah Morris
With Dennis Maury (Edwin).
While Fish and Bernice are celebrating their 36th anniversary, Diane sneaks off on a date with a boy who has a mistaken idea of her true character.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Reinhold Weege D: Howard Storm
With Howard Honig (Mr. Lester), K Callan (Mrs. Lester).
Everyone misses Victor while he is away with the people who could become his foster parents.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Bill Idelson D: Jeremiah Morris
With David Yanez (Miguel).
A young Puerto Rican thief joins Fish's brood.
September 17, 1977: The Missing Fish
Season 2, episode 1
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman D: Jeremiah Morris
With George Murdock (Sgt. Ryan).
Season premiere. Detective Phil Fish heads for the precinct house and his last day on the force, but vanishes mysteriously en route.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman D: Jeremiah Morris
With Ralph Manza (Jackman).
On his first day of retirement from the New York police department, Fish is bored and unhappy until a retired neighbor talks him into going out on the town.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman D: Jeremiah Morris
With Alvin Childress (Rev. Davis), Ivor Francis (Lattimer), Ralph Manza (Jackman).
Phil Fish is arrested and jailed during a demonstration for senior citizens' rights.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman D: Bob Lahendro
With Vicky Huxtable (Janet Gerber), Peter Hobbs, Ivor Francis (Lattimer), Ralph Manza (Jackman).
Fish, still in jail, is worried that his old pals on the police force will find out, and that a lady social worker will have him removed as head of the Fish group home.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Joseph Bonaduce D: Bob Lahendro
With John Lansing, Judith Baldwin (Naomi), Milt Oberman (Harry), Nicholas Worth (Newt).
Fish gets a chance to pick up some extra money as a bodyguard -- but doesn't know it's for a rock star.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman D: John Robins
With Adrien Royce (Beverly), Philip Sterling (Roland).
Phil Fish is mortified when he learns that his only daughter is about to marry a man 25 years her senior.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman D: Norman Abbott
Jilly takes a job as a model, but she doesn't realize that the job requires her to pose naked.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman D: Jeremiah Morris
Fish's job as a department store undercover Santa and his ban on expensive presents dampen the Yuletimde spirit at the group home.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman D: Gary Shimokawa
With Dorothy Green (Mrs. Wilson).
A rich divorcee more interested in Mike than in his voice offers to help launch his singing career.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman, Arthur S. Rabin D: Jeremiah Morris
With Sean McClory.
A neighborhood character makes Loomis a believer in UFOs, but Fish remains a hard-core skeptic.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman, Neil Rosen, George Tricker D: Gary Shimokawa
Phil becomes an instant millionaire when a computer fouls up his pension check.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman D: Gary Shimokawa
With Norman Bartold (Kellerman), Erica Yohn (Harriet).
Is Bernice involved with another man? Will Fish be arrested for fraud? Are the kids starving? A Social Services inspector comes to investigate.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Laurence Marks D: Jeremiah Morris
With Vicky Huxtable (Janet Gerber).
When Charlie quits after a disagerement with Fish and is replaced by a social worker, Fish begins to wish Charlie was back.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman, Dave Hackel, Steve Hattman D: Gary Shimokawa
With Lanny Horn (Marvin).
While sharpening his wits to capture an obscene telephone caller, Fish also sharpens his pencil to take an aptitude test suggested by psychologist Charlie Harrison.
Season 2, episode 15
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman, Arthur S. Rabin D: Gary Shimokawa
With Ned Glass (Sgt. Brenner).
Fish's ill humor after reading a newspaper's obituary of him causes the children to hide a stray dog they have brought home.
Season 2, episode 16
W: Arthur S. Rabin D: Jeremiah Morris
With Erica Yohn (Harriet).
When Bernice takes a temporary job, an attractive neighbor takes more than a temporary interest in Phil, and it looks as if Fish is hooked.
Season 2, episode 17
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman D: Gary Shimokawa
With Philip Brown (Chuck).
Fish blows his stack when Bernice helps Jilly obtain birth control pills as a gift for her sixteenth birthday.
Season 2, episode 18
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman D: John Tracy
With Bonnie Kammerman (Miss Nelson).
Diane is hospitalized with appendicitis while the house is being redecorated.
Season 2, episode 19
W: Sheldon Bull D: John Tracy
With Stacey Nelkin.
Fish is upset when Mike drops out of high school to support his dating habit.
Season 2, episode 20
W: Jim Rogers D: Gary Shimokawa
Fish considers leaving the group home to accept the position of chief of police in a small town in Georgia.
Season 2, episode 21
W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman, Jim Rogers D: Gary Shimokawa
With Erica Yohn (Harriet).
A fall on an icy sidewalk puts Bernice out of commission.
Season 2, episode 22
W: Michael Loman D: Noam Pitlik
An argument over a couch leads to separate beds for Fish and Bernice. (Last show of the series.)