Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'James At 16' from 1970-1982:
- David Raynr as Sly (1977-1978)
- Deirdre Berthrong as Kathy Hunter (1977-1978)
- Kim Richards as Sandy Hunter (1977-1978)
- Lance Kerwin as James Hunter (1977-1978)
- Linden Chiles as Paul Hunter (1977-1978)
- Lynn Carlin as Meg Hunter (1977-1978)
- Susan Myers as Marlene (1977-1978)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'James At 16':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Dan Wakefield D: Joseph Hardy
With Lisa Pelikan (Paisley), Marian McCargo (Mrs. Huffton), Elliott Reid (Mr. Huffton), Lee Chamberlin (Mrs. Hazeltine), J.A. Preston (Mr. Hazeltine), Rosanna Arquette.
Series premiere. James, in his loneliness at a new school in a new city, reaches out to other newcomers who are as isolated as himself by throwing a party, but only 3 people show up.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Ronald Rubin D: Joseph Hardy
With Terri Nunn (Pam), Ben Gerard (Eddie Sharpe), Gary Tomlin (Duke), Timothy Wead (Donny), Marvin Katzoff (Dean Lewellyn).
Eager to prove his manhood, James sets hs sights on a beauty pageant contestant who has a "loose and easy" reputation.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Dan Wakefield D: Joseph Hardy
With Art Hindle (Jud Lawrence), Jennifer Savidge (Linda), Cathy Caribu (Sue).
James plays peacemaker when his parents discover that his big sister is living with an older man.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Joyce Keener, Ronald Rubin D: James Sheldon
With Doney Oatman (Diane), Fran Ryan (Woman Construction Worker), Alice Backes (Middle Aged Woman), Tamu Blackwell (Evelyn), William Bogert (Man), Michele March (Mother), Gregory Michaels (Brother Cosmo).
Fed up with a materialistic society, James falls for an attractive religious cultist and her ideals of peace and self-denial.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Ronald Rubin D: Peter Levin
With Lisa Pelikan, Perry Lang, Sue Ann Gilfillan.
A numbed James is powerless to help a visiting Oregon friend who gamely struggles with cancer.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Joyce Eliason, Dan Wakefield D: Richard Crenna
With Elaine Joyce, Dick Wilson (Clerk), Army Archerd (Emcee), Joe Di Reda (Security Officer), William Joyce (Mr. Cobb), Daniel Tamm.
James is swept into the jet set by a rich classmate -- and gets arrested.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Nancy Sackett D: Ernest Losso
With Joanne Nail (Mrs. Carson), Jon Lormer (Minister), J.R. Clark (Teacher), Gene Castle (Sam).
An adoring James unwititngly sparks malicious gossip when he misinterprets his attractive young teacher's fondness for him.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Leonard Kantor D: Ernest Pintoff
With Robin Mattson (Janice Gordon), Tara Talboy (Susan Oberlander), Richard Stahl (Mr. Oberlander), Dennis Dimster (Fred).
James is painfully reminded of his awkward age -- too old for the 12-year-old girl who pursues him and too young for an attractive college student.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Ronald Rubin D: Joseph Hardy
With Jennifer Rhodes (Mrs. Phillips), Marvin Katzoff (Dean Lewellyn), Lillian Lehman (Mrs. Duncan), J.J. Johnston (Coach), Dave McKay (Jerry Fredericks), Christine Diamond (Chris), Renee Brown (Nancy).
James encourages a friend to leave the Deaf Institute, but the boy comes to regret the transition after being ostracized by cruel students at school.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Bernie Kahn, Dan Wakefield D: Peter Levin
With Wolfman Jack (Announcer), Richard O'Brien (Frank Mahoney), Michael Talbott (Casey Mahoney), Randy Richards (Dusty).
James and Sly grow uneasy when the normally restrained Marlene falls for a vagabond singer who exploits her devotion.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Ronald Rubin D: Marc Daniels
With Albert Salmi (Uncle Chester), Kirsten Baker (Christina Kollberg), Trisha Noble (Call Girl), Jack Knight (Mr. Shamley).
James turns 16, and falls into an intimate and hopeless love affair with a Swedish exchange student.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Mara Lideks, Wally Dalton, Shelley Zellman D: Larry Elikann
With England Dan Seals (Himself), John Ford Coley (Himself), Jack Knight (Mr. Shamley), Marvin Katzoff (Dean Lewellyn), Pat Peterson (Roger), Judy Kerr (Irene Gesell), Jane Ralston (Lisa Ann), Fredrica Duke (Julie), Richard Lineback, Patrick Campbell.
James procrastinates asking a girl taller than he to the big spring dance.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Bud Freeman D: Peter Levin
With Richard Sanders, William Lanteau, Joyce Ebert, Elissa Leeds.
A distraught James frets that his sluggishness is more than just a case of the blahs when he anonymously checks into a free medical clinic to undergo tests for venereal disease.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Wally Dalton, Shelley Zellman D: Ralph Senensky
With Vic Tayback (Coach Murphy), Tierre Turner (Clinton), Marvin Katzoff (Dean Lewellyn), Michele Tobin (Jennifer).
James and Sly are asked to coach an all-girl basketball squad, unaware that the females are plotting a battle-of-the-sexes grudge match.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Nancy Sackett, Ronald Rubin D: Peter Levin
With Nancy Malone (Marg Swenson), Happy Hairston (Moose), Rosanna Arquette (Karen Waller), Marvin Katzoff (Dean Lewellyn), Pam Kenneally (Louise), Melanie Henderson (Lucy).
James' possessive friend is leading a double life: when she's not out scoring another coup as the school's star reporter, she's hitting the bottle.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Bill Nuss, Dusty Kay D: Peter Levin
With Jimmy Bridges (Sam), Tierre Turner (Clinton), Topo Swope, Marvin Katzoff (Dean Lewellyn), Tony Moran (Tom), Beth Raines, Lisa Marie, Charles Hallahan.
James' newspaper article criticizing a school football coach causes the man to seek revenge.
Season 1, episode 17
W: Steven Tramz D: Larry Elikann
With Ed Peck, Dick Anthony Williams, Marvin Katzoff (Dean Lewellyn), Kristine DeBell, Lucia Stralser, Robert Snively.
James heads on a collision course with his parents when he slips off with the family car to impress a date -- although he has no driver's licence.
Season 1, episode 18
W: April Smith D: Stan Lathan
With Debra Winger (Girl), Eric Stoltz (Jack), Jack Knight (Mr. Shamley), Marvin Katzoff (Dean Lewellyn), Tony Moran, Lark Geib (Denise).
James resorts to "dirty politics" to win a school election, and in the process loses the valuable friendship of his opponent.
Season 1, episode 19
W: A. Martin Zweiback D: Peter Levin
With Irene Tedrow (Miss Jordan), Percy Rodrigues, Charles Wagenheim (Murray), Michael Alldredge, Delos V. Smith Jr..
James and his friends help save a group of ducks endangered by the city's plan to run a freeway through the park.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Wally Dalton, Shelley Zellman D: George Tyne
With Catherine Hearne (Emmy), M. Emmet Walsh (Coach Federson), Jeannine Riley (Rochelle), Tierre Turner (Clinton), Gary Tomlin (Channing), Shane Kerwin (Newisnky).
While on an overnight swim team road trip, James accepts his teammates' wager daring him to spend the night alone with a local girl. (Last show of the series.)