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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'James At 16' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'James At 16':


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

October 27, 1977: Friends
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.

November 3, 1977: The Girl With The Bad Rep
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.

November 10, 1977: Kathy's In The Shower
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.

November 24, 1977: Higher Ground
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.

December 15, 1977: The Apple Tree, The Singing And The Gold
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.

December 22, 1977: Fast And Loose
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.

December 29, 1977: Mrs. Carson
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.

January 5, 1978: Unrequited Love... Twice
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.

January 12, 1978: Actions Speak Louder
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.

January 26, 1978: Star-Crossed Lovers
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.

February 9, 1978: The Gift
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.

February 16, 1978: The Blowout
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.

February 23, 1978: Listless Fever
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.

March 2, 1978: Champions
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.

March 9, 1978: An Hour Before Midnight
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.

June 1, 1978: Knocking Heads
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.

June 8, 1978: Rebel Without A Car
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.

June 15, 1978: Hunter Country
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.

June 22, 1978: Ducks
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.

June 29, 1978: Queen Of The Silver Dollar
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.)


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