Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Kaz' from 1970-1982:
- Dick O'Neill as Malloy (1978-1979)
- Edith Atwater as Illsa Fogel (1978-1979)
- George Wyner as D.A. Frank Revko (1978-1979)
- Gloria LeRoy as Mary Parnell (1978-1979)
- Linda Carlson as Katie McKenna (1978-1979)
- Mark Withers as Peter Colcourt (1978-1979)
- Patrick O'Neal as Samuel Bennett (1978-1979)
- Ron Leibman as Martin 'Kaz' Kazinsky (1978-1979)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Kaz':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Bob Goodwin D: Harvey Laidman
With Rod Browning (Rollie Tate), Jessica Harper (Gail Pace), Guy Boyd (Johnny Pace), Carol Lawrence (Anita Hicks). Debut of a comedy-drama series starring Ron Leibman and Patrick O'Neal that focuses on a young ex-con who read for the bar and became a lawyer while still in prison, and who puts his experience with crime to good use in his first case.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Preston Wood, Bill Wood D: Bob Kelljan
With Eugene Roche (Judge Gilquist), Al Stellone (Shoyer), Kennth Tigar (Ritter), Lee Wallace (Dr. DiGarda). Kaz suspects the surly judge presiding over his client's grand theft case is mentally unbalanced.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Stanley Roberts D: Harvey Laidman
With Stanley Brock (Irving Fletcher), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Atherton), Martin Garner (Sol), Barry Nelson, Ruth Manning (Stella). Samuel Bennett and Kaz co-defend Gregg Marsh, Bennett's old college roommate, charged with grand theft and embezzlement, but Kaz suspects his boss' old friend is guilty.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Martin Roth
With Lane Binkley (Cindy), Philip Levien, Donegan Smith (Ettinger), Earl Boen (Dr. Morgan), Allan Rich (Judge Cohen). Kaz depends upon the testimony of a mentally retarded gas station attendent to acquit a client charged with murder.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Robert W. Lenski D: Harvey Laidman
With Shannon Wilcox, Matthew Tobin (Norman), Robin Gammell, Alba Francesca (Hooker). Kaz defends Samuel Bennett's close friend, a beautiful woman charged with a felony, and in the process discovers some surprising facts about Bennett's personal life.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Oliver Crawford
With David Wilson (Mad Dog Radzinski), Leonard Stone (Beale), William O'Connell (Curt), Erik Stern (Hank), John Gowans (Stillman). Kaz is furious when a reporter's newspaper article makes it appear that his client is guilty.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Ron Leibman
With Antonio Fargas (Princess), Sydney Lassick (Specs), Robert Webber (Crowley), John Calvin (Quale), Claude Earl Jones (Donahue), Lawrence Cook (Sampson). Irate prisoners take over a cell block where Martin Kazinski served time, and his ex-cellmates request that he serve as an intermediary with the state.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Al Nierenberg, Mike Berlin
With K Callan (Mrs. Rice), Warren Kemmerling (Moffett), Ray Girardin (Seeley), Glenn Withrow (Doc), Audrey Peters, Joseph Bernard. Kazinski's young client appears to be the guinea pig for the D.A.'s crackdown on juvenile crime.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Carol Roper
With Sylvia Sidney (Molly), Pamela Susan Shoop (Laura Colcourt), Allan Rich (Judge Cohen), Mark Withers (Peter Colcourt). Kaz defends a 72-year-old shoplifter at the request of Peter's sister after Peter rejects the case.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Warren Miller
With George Petrie (Judge Saber), Morgan Paull (Robet Judson), Marian Mercer, Katy Kurtzman, Suzanne Lederer (Gloria Judson). Kaz receives a surprise Christmas gift -- the guardianship of a mature 9-year-old girl.
Season 1, episode 11
With Warren Kemmerling (Moffett), Sam Groom (David Faraday), Richard Stanley (Karl), Allan Rich (Judge Cohen), Lilyan Chauvin (Mrs. Komack), Darrell Zwerling (Dr. Todson). Combined legal skills cannot help a defendant when he withholds vital information.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Barney Slater, Al Nierenberg
With Dolph Sweet (Charlie), Arthur Roberts, Robert Hogan (John Barke), Julie Cobb (Liz Slate), Randy Powell (Ward Dryden), Mario Roccuzzo (Cozy). A female rookie cop attempting to protect her partner from charges of wrongdoing comes to Kaz for help.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Ed Jurist
With James Hampton (Osman), Steve Franken (Murray), Alan Manson (Van Gelder), Tim O'Connor (Garrison), David Spielberg (Fred Hoffer), Paul Sorensen, Victoria Woodbeck (Julia Hoffer). Bennett's candidacy for attorney general is jeopardized by Kaz's investigation into a hospital-supplies deal.
Season 1, episode 14
W: David Jacobs
With Art Metrano, Stephen Powers, Marilyn Chris. Kaz and a buddy from his jail days are arrested on charges of grand theft auto.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Albert Aley D: Mel Damski
With John Randolph (Edward Dugan), James Sloyan (Priest), Peter Horton (Ron), Earl Montgomery (Bishop O'Malley), Bruce French (Flanders), James Gammon (Freeman). A powerful councilman who once helped Kaz is suspected of bilking funds from his constituents.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Preston Wood, Bill Wood
With David Huddleston (Lloyd Clayborne), Craig Wasson (Mike Walsh), Ivan Bonar (Judge Spahn), Gregory Rozakis (Rod Birch), Estelle Omens (Olivia Mulraney). To clear Malloy's nephew of an armed-robbery charge, Kaz must match wits with the codefendant's unscrupulous lawyer.
Season 1, episode 17
With Joanna Cassidy, John P. Ryan (Kellogg), Ric Mancini, Marc Alaimo (Ping Pong), Chuck Bergansky. Kaz defends a prostitute who claims she stabbed her former pimp in self-defense.
Season 1, episode 18
W: David Malina
With Granville Van Dusen (Brother Reuben), Alley Mills (Gail), Ralph Meeker (Paul Stoner), John Crawford (Wilson), David Darlow (Caleb), Nina Wilcox (Arlene). Religious cultists pressure a follower into suing her parents after they attempt to kidnap her.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Robert Dellinger
With Linda Lavin, Robert Loggia (St. Paul), Linda Dangcil, Cynthia David, Julie Rogers, Charles Bartlett (Harry), Roberta Jean Williams (Elva). Kaz's only hope to spring a convict on appeal is to prove incompetence on the part of her attorney.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Tom Sawyer
With Allan Miller (Dr. Brody), Joanna Miles, John Karlen (Fred), Thomas Toner (Judge Stander). Kaz reluctantly defends a battered wife who is pushed beyond the endurance point and kills her husband.
Season 1, episode 21
With Eddie Quillan, Francis X. McCarthy (Joe), Sandy Martin (Monica), Mark Giardino, Laurie Heineman, Woody Eney (Marvin). A shy woman who has multiple personalities is accused of a brutal assault. (Last show of the series.)