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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'House Calls' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'House Calls':


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

December 17, 1979: Paging Doctor Michaels
Season 1, episode 1
W: Julius Epstein, Max Shulman   D: Alex March

With Candy Azzara, Vivi Janiss, Margaret Nesbitt. Series debut. A philandering doctor meets his match when he falls for a British divorcee who demands fidelity.

December 24, 1979: Final Exams
Season 1, episode 2
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Nick Havinga

With Irene Tedrow. Charley finds that his old high school teacher can still influence his life when she is admitted to Kensington General Hospital.

December 31, 1979: Side By Side
Season 1, episode 3
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Mel Ferber

With John van Dreelen, Roger Bowen. Charley finds himself in a tight predicament when he realizes that he has another date on the same night he's arranged to see Ann.

January 7, 1980: Crisis Of Confidence
Season 1, episode 4
W: Sheldon Keller, Bryan Blackburn   D: Mel Ferber

With Teri Wagner-Otis (Polly), Sylvia Walden (Minna), Mickey Deems (Bickle), Hank Brandt (Wade), Sid Gould, Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley). Norman can't operate on a patient due to the family's religious beliefs; an operation goes wrong for Charlie which triggers a series of events which further shakes his confidence.

January 14, 1980: Defeat Of Clay
Season 1, episode 5
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Bob Claver

With Fernando Lamas (Dr. Langston), Charles Lampkin, Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps). Charley becomes jealous when Ann is attracted to a famous doctor visiting the hospital.

January 21, 1980: A Slight Case Of Quarantine
Season 1, episode 6
W: Bill Greer, Kathy Greer   D: Bob Claver

With David Hollander (Kevin), Markie Post (Linda), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps). Charlie, Ann, Norman, Amos and Mrs. Phipps are trapped in the cafeteria after a seven-year-old accidentally exposes them to smallpox.

January 28, 1980: Mobster Tales
Season 1, episode 7
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Mel Ferber

With Stuart Lancaster, Raymond St. Jacques (Arlan Lewis), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps), Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley). Charley must perform surgery on a convicted mobster.

February 4, 1980: Old Is Beautiful
Season 1, episode 8
W: Sheldon Keller, Bryan Blackburn   D: Mel Ferber

With John O'Leary (Mr. Brattle), Sandy Balson (Mrs. Brattle), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps), Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley). The staff of Kensington Hospital is shocked when the new hospital administrator forces Amos to retire.

February 11, 1980: The Phantom Of Kensington
Season 1, episode 9
W: Bill Greer, Kathy Greer   D: Bob Claver

With Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley), Richard Lewis (Dr. Prometheus), Margo Smith (Mrs. Freeman), Sarah Rush (Beverly Fisher), Gwen Van Dam (Mrs. Maxwell). The hospital is plagued by a series of petty thefts, as well as the frequent appearances of an unidentifiable doctor.

February 18, 1980: Beast Of Kensington
Season 1, episode 10
W: Sheldon Keller, Bryan Blackburn, Jeffrey Davis   D: Bob Claver

With Kay Medford (Mrs. Mickelwhite), Conrad Janis (Fickerson), Richard Stahl, Allen Joseph, Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps). Charley develops a new compassion for the patients and causes unrest among the nurses when he is hospitalized with a bad back.

March 3, 1980: I'll Be Suing You
Season 1, episode 11
W: Mark Egan, Mark Solomon   D: Mel Ferber

With June Allyson (Florence Alexander), George Dickerson (John Riley), Billy Beck (Phillipe), Frank Corsentino (Gustave), Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps). A con woman, one of Dr. Michaels' favorite patients, tries to extort money from him and the hospital by faking an accident.

March 10, 1980: Take My Granddaughter Please
Season 1, episode 12
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Nick Havinga

With Antoinette Stella (Susan), Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps). Amos's clumsy granddaughter tries to prove herself capable of carrying on the Wetherby medical tradition, but finds that her interests lie elsewhere.

March 17, 1980: Rock Around The Doc
Season 1, episode 13
W: Mark Egan, Mark Solomon   D: Nick Havinga

With Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley), Leif Garrett. Ann Anderson gets a job offer from a famous music star.





November 17, 1980: Jailhouse Doc
Season 2, episode 1
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Mel Ferber

With Greg Mullavey (Dave Simmons), Freeman King, Dean Santoro (Senator Thurlow), John Clavin. Charley goes to jail for refusing to divulge a patient's medical history to a Senate investigating committee.

November 24, 1980: Sex And The Single Surgeon
Season 2, episode 2
W: Dianne Messina, Lou Messina   D: Ray Austin

With John Edwards (Harvey), Rachel Thorne, Juanin Clay, Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps), Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler). The staff react in a variety of ways when the best applicant for a surgeon's position turns out to be a woman.

December 1, 1980: Muggers And Other Strangers
Season 2, episode 3
W: Laurie Gelman   D: Ray Austin

With Edd Byrnes, Diane Lander (Nurse Bowman). Ann has her hands full with an amorous auditor -- and a mugger who lurks in the dark corners of Kensington Hospital and has made victims out of several women on the staff.

December 8, 1980: Nude Girl
Season 2, episode 4
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Bruce Bilson

With Jeannie Wilson (Edie), Shauna Sullivan, Adrienne Moore (Nurse Francis), Ed Call (Harris). Ann defends one of the best nurses on the staff, who is being fired by the hospital adminstrator for posing nude in a men's magazine.

December 15, 1980: Kensington Follies
Season 2, episode 5
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Ray Austin

With Shavar Ross, Jonathan Ian (Otis), Diane Lander (Nurse Bowman). After learning that an invited U.S.O. troupe will not be able to perform for the patients, the staff decides to put on a Christmas show of its own.

December 29, 1980: The Dead Beat
Season 2, episode 6
W: Bill Greer, Kathy Greer   D: Allen Baron

With Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps), Jerry Van Dyke (Dr. Kellogg), Suzanne Hunt (Nurse Bryan). An old friend of Charley's comes to visit -- a doctor who loves to play practical jokes -- and almost out-does himself.

January 5, 1981: Tenants, Anyone?
Season 2, episode 7
W: Dianne Messina, Lou Messina, Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Jeremiah Morris

With James A. Watson Jr. (Nat Clark), Rebecca Holden (Jan Howard), Jessamine Milner (Iva), Elizabeth Kerr (Ida), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps), Suzanne Hunt (Nurse Bryan). Ann is rudely introduced to the fact that Charley is her landlord when he informs his tenants that he is converting their apartments into condominiums.

January 12, 1981: In Case Of Emergency
Season 2, episode 8
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer, Julie Friedgen   D: Allen Baron

With Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler). Charley discovers that he is supposed to be on duty in the emergency room on the night of his planned date with Ann.

January 19, 1981: No Balls, One Strike
Season 2, episode 9
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer, Tom Chehak   D: Bruce Bilson

With David Paymer (Johnny Vance), Suzanne Hunt (Nurse Bryan). A strike finds the doctors doing all the work that would normally be done by the nurses and orderlies, such as scrubbing floors and carrying bedpans.

January 26, 1981: Bombing Out
Season 2, episode 10
W: Ken Rothrock   D: Allen Baron

With Richard Stahl, Mark Tapscott, Stuart Pankin (Huggins), Marlyn Mason, Suzanne Hunt (Nurse Bryan). A madman plants a bomb somewhere in Kensington General.

February 2, 1981: Six O'Clock Noose
Season 2, episode 11
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer, Laurie Newbound, Suzy Simon   D: Mel Ferber

With Marlyn Mason, Nick Klar (Jeff), Will Gill Jr. (Dr. Thornton). Only Anne is suspicious when a TV film crew arrives to record a "typical" day of activities at Kensington Hospital.

February 9, 1981: Officer Needs Assistance
Season 2, episode 12
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Wayne Rogers

With Howard Witt (Lt. Doyle), George Petrie, Joe Terry (Ted), Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler). Charley fakes an operation to prevent hospital administrator Mr. Peckler from tampering with operating room policy.

February 16, 1981: My Son, The Anarchist
Season 2, episode 13
W: Laurie Gelman   D: Ray Austin

With Jerry Douglas (Sgt. Fox), Martin Garner (Sam Gerber), Stanley Kamel (Lenny), Suzanne Hunt (Nurse Bryan). Ann and Charley help a wanted man sneak into the hospital to visit his dying father.

February 23, 1981: All About Adam
Season 2, episode 14
W: Dianne Messina, Lou Messina   D: Allen Baron

With Martin Speer (Matt Sherman), Dack Rambo, Suzanne Hunt (Nurse Bryan). Charley, having stood up Ann twice, finds himself becoming jealous when Ann is attracted to a handsome new doctor.

March 2, 1981: Bye, Bye American Spy
Season 2, episode 15
W: Wayne Rogers   D: Fernando Lamas

With William Bogert (Harold Jordy), Kenneth Kimmins (John Doe), Melanie Vincz (Linda Fuller). A man claiming to be from various government agencies descends on Kensington Hospital and insists on seeing one of Dr. Michaels' seriously ill patients.

March 9, 1981: The Magnificent Weatherbys
Season 2, episode 16
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Bruce Bilson

With Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps), Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley), Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler). When Dr. Weatherby appears to be dying, three of his greedy relatives arrive (all played by David Wayne) to battle over his estate.

March 16, 1981: Kleptos And Maniacs
Season 2, episode 17
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Alan Bergmann

With Tony Plana (Danny Gomez), Robin Haynes (Kerry Selzer), Margaret Muse (Mrs. Selzer), Pamela Draper (Ruth Randall), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps), Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley), Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler), Jed Mills (Ludlou Berber), Roger Bowen (Dr. Beiderbeck). Petty thefts around the hospital point to a strange group of suspects: an odd outpatient who harrasses the staff, a recovered kleptomatic whose mother is a hospital benefactor, and an orderly with a history of police trouble.

March 30, 1981: Adieu, Kind Friend
Season 2, episode 18
W: Donald Ross   D: John Clark

With Robert Hogan, Holly Gagnier (Maria). Charley has broken so many dates with Ann that she decides to see if she can get some action by making him jealous.

April 6, 1981: The Hostage Situation
Season 2, episode 19
W: Donald Ross   D: Dick Martin

With Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler), Roger Bowen (Dr. Beiderbeck), Jeff Maxwell (Lyman Vunk). A patient from the psychiatric ward pulls a gun and holds Ann and Conrad hostage.

April 13, 1981: Have Peckler, Will Travel
Season 2, episode 20
W: Richard Dimitri, Richard Lewis   D: Fernando Lamas

With Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler), Jim Weston (Ted), Karen Salkin (Julie Hockhouser), Judi M. Durand (Louise Coates). Vacationing together at a mountain cabin -- sent there separately by Conrad Peckler so he could snoop through the hospital files undetected -- Charley, Ann, Amos and Norman become trapped in the middle of a forest fire.





November 2, 1981: Lust Weekend
Season 3, episode 1
W: Erik Tarloff   D: Alan Bergmann
Charley proposes to Ann and she accepts, but then starts having second thoughts; an ex-patient thretens to sue Norman after his romantic involvement with her.

November 9, 1981: The Kensington Connection
Season 3, episode 2
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Wayne Rogers

With Philip Sterling. Fed up with trying to obtain it legally, Amos starts to grow his own marijuana for his patients.

November 16, 1981: Uncle Digby
Season 3, episode 3
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Fernando Lamas

With Patrick Macnee (Uncle Digby), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps), Mary Ann Gibson (Mrs. Colfax), Terrence Beasor (Man). The entire hospital is fascinated by the stories from Ann's Uncle Digby.

November 23, 1981: The Sex Police
Season 3, episode 4
W: Bob Baublitz   D: Fernando Lamas

With Donna Wilkes, Dean Santoro (Senator Thurlow). Keeping secret the information about a pregnant teenager causes problems for Charley.

November 30, 1981: Bradley's Brat
Season 3, episode 5
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Dick Martin

With Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps), Stephen Sachs. Miss Phipps, Ann and Nurse Bradley innocently go to a bar which turns out to be a prostitutes' hangout.

December 7, 1981: The Yes Man
Season 3, episode 6
W: Bob Baublitz   D: Bruce Bilson

With Frank Biro (Mr. Jenkins). While his house is being painted, Amos tricks Ann into letting him stay at her place.

December 14, 1981: Doctor Solomon And Mister Hide
Season 3, episode 7
W: Laurie Gelman   D: Allen Baron
Norman, disgusted with his sagging love life, goes for a walk on the wild side.

December 21, 1981: Son Of Emergency
Season 3, episode 8
W: Richard Dimitri, Richard Lewis   D: Bruce Bilson

With Suzanne Hunt (Nurse Bryan), Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler). The overworked doctors have to deal with the weirdos they meet on the night shift in the emergency room.

December 28, 1981: Losers Weepers
Season 3, episode 9
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Fernando Lamas

With Scott McGinnis (Daryll Turner). A young football player runs away from a life-saving operation -- the amputation of his leg -- and threatens to commit suicide; Ann may be running back to England.

January 4, 1982: Fun With Doc & Jane
Season 3, episode 10
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Allen Baron

With Suzanne Hunt (Nurse Bryan), Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler). The woman replacing Ann as Conrad Peckler's assistant turns out to be one of Charley's old girlfriends.

January 11, 1982: Gays Of Our Lives
Season 3, episode 11
W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer, Sam Greenbaum   D: Alan Bergmann

With Dennis Howard, Lew Brown (Al Carver), Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler). Peckler tries to fire the head of the drug rehabilitation program when he learns the man is a homosexual.

January 18, 1982: Man For All Surgeons
Season 3, episode 12
W: Bruce Ferber, David Lerner   D: Fernando Lamas

With Jon Cypher, George Petrie (Mannion), Claude Earl Jones, K Callan. Charley loses confidence when a patient with a heart condition fires him and brings in a team of specialists who agree with his own diagnosis.

January 25, 1982: Con-Con
Season 3, episode 13
W: Laurie Gelman   D: Alan Cooke

With Carl Strano (Fletcher), Barbara Horan, Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps). Norman tries to help Mrs. Phipps after she is tricked out of $6,000 by a con artist patient on behalf of a phony charity.

February 1, 1982: Alien Food
Season 3, episode 14
W: Wayne Rogers   D: Robert Douglas

With Bill Schilling, Bert Rosario, Ralph Strait. Norman's facing a malpractice suit when he puts the hospital chef on a strict diet -- and the man promptly suffers a heart attack.

February 8, 1982: It Ain't Necessary To Sew
Season 3, episode 15
W: Jewel Jaffe, Martin Ross   D: Alan Bergmann

With Stephen Brooks, Jim Weston, Frank Salcedo. Charley tries to prove that a handsome gynecologist whom Jane admires is performing unnecessary operations.

February 15, 1982: Conventional Warfare
Season 3, episode 16
D: Wayne Rogers

With Dino Natali (Lenny), Faith Minton (Geraldine). In Las Vegas Charley and Jane get connecting rooms, but don't want Norman to know.

February 22, 1982: Hook, Line & Sinker
Season 3, episode 17
W: Bruce Ferber, David Lerner   D: Alan Cooke

With Ruth Cox. Charley decides that Amos's young girlfriend is a golddigger.

March 1, 1982: Campaign In The Neck
Season 3, episode 18
W: Erik Tarloff   D: Philip Minor

With Michael Durrell, George Petrarca. Charley tries to convince a campaigning Senator that he needs immediate surgery.

March 8, 1982: Rising Cost Of Poverty
Season 3, episode 19
D: Robert Douglas

With Suzanne Hunt (Nurse Bryan). Charley tries to help a poor family whose 8-year-old son needs an operation, but they don't qualify for aid.

March 22, 1982: Deafenwolf
Season 3, episode 20
W: Joel Tappis, Jackie McKane, Kathy Greer, Bill Greer   D: Bruce Bilson

With Ray Baumann, Billie Bird, Sandy Helberg, Kristin Griffith. A patient believes he is a werewolf.

May 24, 1982: The Weatherbys Ride Again
Season 3, episode 21
D: Allen Baron

With Herbert Rudley (Mr. Chadwick), Elvia Allman (Mrs. Chadwick). The Weatherby family shows up to honor Amos' 40th anniversary in medicine with a surprise party, which turns into a madcap bash despite the absence of the guest of honor.

May 31, 1982: Ducks Of Hazzard
Season 3, episode 22
W: Bob Baublitz, Bruce Ferber, David Lerner   D: Fernando Lamas

With James Hong, Pat Corley, Kate Williamson, Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps). Jane and Charley go on a wild government goose chase to stop the toxic poisoning of ducks.

August 30, 1982: In Norman We Trust
Season 3, episode 23
W: Bruce Ferber, David Lerner   D: Alan Cooke

With Melanie Vincz, Bob Delegall (Flowers). While Charley suffers from insomnia, Norman gets a bad case of overconfidence.

September 13, 1982: Bone Of My Bone
Season 3, episode 24
W: Howard Ostroff   D: Fernando Lamas

With Roy London (Kleinblatt), Fritzi Burr. Norman tries to prove to his mother that he is an adult; a neurotic patient adopts Charley as a substitute father. (Last show of the series.)


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