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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Griff' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Griff':


(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)

September 29, 1973: The Framing Of Billy The Kid
Season 1, episode 1
W: Kenneth Johnson   D: Lou Antonio

With Nick Nolte (Billy Randolph), Robert Webber (Alan Gilbert), Susan Howard (Evan Sands), Norman Alden (Hank Jenkins), Philip Michael Thomas (Eddie Marshall), Janice Lynde (Lynette).
Lorne Greene returns to TV as Wade Griffin, private investigator. He is a veteran police detective, 30 years on the force, who opens an office near a college campus. In the first episode, Griff is hired to clear a pro football star accused of murdering a dope pusher.

October 6, 1973: Death By Prescription
Season 1, episode 2
W: Steven Bochco   D: Robert Michael Lewis

With Barbara Feldon (Sharon Dennis), Mark Miller (Charles Weiss), Linda Marsh (Maggie Slater), Warren Stevens (Dr. Craig Dennis), Jared Martin (Dr. Rick Rayburn), Paul Kent (Dr. Slater), Richard Stahl.
Private investigator Griff seeks evidence to prove his client innocent of murder charges in the death of her husband, a renowned heart surgeon, during a cruising party.

October 13, 1973: All The Lonely People
Season 1, episode 3
W: Peter S. Fischer   D: Allen Baron

With Lawrence Pressman (Leo Pendleton), Barbara Rhoades (Lorraine Cheswick), Pat Crowley (Marietta Marlowe), Dabney Coleman (George Bates), Leigh Christian (Karen Lacey), Gino Conforti (Auriol Davigny), Jess Walton (Penny Coyle), Eddie Quillan (Tompkins), James Daris (Joe Lacey).
Griff is hired to clear a business executive of the charge of murdering a woman he met through a computer dating service.

October 20, 1973: Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
Season 1, episode 4
W: Bill Svanoe   D: Edward M. Abroms

With Joan Darling (Alex Davis), Kaz Garas (Tom Alden), Martin E. Brooks (David Walker), Ben Piazza (Henry Pizer), Jeanne Bates (Dr. Larkin), Walker Edmiston (Selwyn Unger), Mel Scott (Officer Hogan).
Griff and Mike work to learn the identity of an unknown psychotic who is terrorizing their secretary.

October 27, 1973: Marked For Murder
Season 1, episode 5
W: William Driskill   D: Walter Doniger

With Sal Mineo (President Gamal Zaki), Albert Paulsen (Omar), Scott Hylands (Assassin), Charles Macaulay (Hotel Manager).
Griff's friend, President Gamal Zaki, crusading for peace in the Middle East, is the target of an assassin of many disguises during a Los Angeles visit.

November 10, 1973: The Last Ballad
Season 1, episode 6
D: Edward M. Abroms

With William Windom (Christopher Woods), Kim Hunter (Dr. Martha Reed), Corinne Camacho (Evelyn Gray), Joanna Frank (Rebecca Wilde), Sam Edwards (Pete).
Griff investigates the death of a rock singer following a legal abortion performed by his friend, Dr. Martha Reid.

November 17, 1973: Countdown To Terror
Season 1, episode 7

With Ricardo Montalban (Craven), Barbara Bosson (Zena), Wes Stern (Elliot).
Wade Griffin tries to save five hostages held in a bank by a man with a bomb.

November 24, 1973: Elephant In A Cage
Season 1, episode 8
D: Arnold Laven

With Harold J. Stone (Webster), Ron Glass (Dietrich), Joan Tompkins (Ruth), Robert Sampson (Dixon), Gene Dynarski (Kessler).
An accident is planned for Griff when he gets too close to the truth in trying to clear his client, a veteran cop charged with murder.

December 8, 1973: Her Name Was Nancy
Season 1, episode 9
W: Peter S. Fischer   D: Russ Mayberry

With Michael Callan (Wellman), Tom Troupe (Brewster), Michael Santiago (Highway Patrolman), Hildy Brooks, Kelly Lockwood, Christopher Connelly.
Griff and Mike investigate the case of a disturbed ex-POW friend of Mike's who claims someone is trying to kill him.

December 15, 1973: Hammerlock
Season 1, episode 10
W: Tim Maschler   D: Lewis Allen

With Norman Fell, Robert Yuro (Kagle), Katherine Glass (Sharon), Maidie Norman (Fat Mama Jean), Eddie Firestone, Ross Elliott, Frank Christi (Perlman).
Griff investigates to learn who is pressuring a parolee to participate in a bank job by threatening his daughter's life.

December 22, 1973: Isolate And Destroy
Season 1, episode 11
W: William Driskill   D: Walter Doniger

With Scatman Crothers (Joe Rawls), Robert Donner (Roscoe), Pamela Hensley (June), Inga Swenson (Katherine McAfee), Joseph V. Perry (Parker), Steven Keats (Larry).
Griff gets a recording from an unknown man who tells the private eye he will be killed.

January 5, 1974: Fugitive From Fear
Season 1, episode 12
W: Peter S. Fischer   D: Lewis Allen

With George Murdock (Wolf Plantaine), James McEachin (Josh Campbell), Jim Antonio (Everett Jeffers), Bill Zuckert (Kusak), Lew Palter (Art Waco), Janet McLachlan (Darlene Campbell), Susan Barrister (Teacher), Eric Woods (Mickey Campbell), Rodney Porter (Chadwick).
Wade decides to help an 11-year-old friend find his mysteriously disappeared father. (Last show of the series.)


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