Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Kojak' from 1970-1982:
- Dan Frazer as Capt. Frank McNeil (1973-1978)
- George Savalas as Det. Heathcliff 'Fatso' Stavros (1973-1978)
- Kevin Dobson as Det. Bobby Crocker (1973-1978)
- Telly Savalas as Lt. Theo Kojak (1973-1978)
- Mark Russell as Det. Percy Saperstein (1974-1977)
- Vince Conti as Det. Lionel Rizzo (1974-1977)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Kojak':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
March 8, 1973: The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Season 0, episode 1
W: Abby Mann D: Joseph Sargent
With Marjoe Gortner (Teddy Hopper), Jose Ferrer (Jake Weinhaus), Ned Beatty (Det. Corrigan), Allen Garfield (Mario Portello), Lorraine Gary (Ruthie), John Sylvester White (Inspector Hoffstetter), William Watson (Det. Black), Val Bisoglio (Det. Jacarrino), Bruce Kirby (Sgt. McCartney), Gene Woodbury (Lewis Humes). Homicide detective Theo Kojak comes to suspect that a black youth who confessed to the murder of two white girls was coerced by his police interrogators and is actually innocent of the crime. Pilot movie for the series.
October 24, 1973: Siege Of Terror
Season 1, episode 1
W: Robert Heverly D: William Hale
With Harvey Keitel (Jerry Talaba), James Sloyan (Jack Murzie), William Hansen (Old Man Hostage), David Proval (Calvelli), Jude Farese (Mike Amazeen), John Garwood (Frank Talabo), Bart Burns (Deputy Commissioner), Rick Hurst (Crew Cut Hostage), Ralph James (Albie Linnick), Jannis Durkin (Woman Model Hostage), Allan Manson (Detective), Arnold Soboloff (Mastin), Alvin Hammer (Store Owner). Telly Savalas stars as New York City police detective Theo Kojak in a series patterned after the TV movie "The Marcus-Nelson Murders". Tonight, Kojak faces a two-hour deadline in a daring effort to save the lives of five hostages held by a trio of holdup men.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Jack Laird D: William Hale
With Bruce Kirby (Sgt. Al Vine), Hector Elizondo (Nick Ferro), Barbara Rhoades (Joanna Ferro), John Karlen (Pinky), Burke Byrnes (Detective Olney), Norbert Schiller (Mr. Pollichek), Brad Jose (Foster Bridges), John Nolan (Ingram), William Martel (Sgt. Grady), Borah Silver (Dr. Prince). Lt. Kojak joins Det. Nick Ferro to investigate a murder case, unaware that Ferro is the man who calculatingly committed the crime.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Jerrold Freedman D: Richard Donner
With Roger Robinson (Gil Weaver), Borah Silver (Dr. Prince), Art Metrano (Mike Tomaso), Anthony Charnota (Serafin), Arnold Williams (Mitch), Joseph R. Sicari (Ferret Face), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Slade), Bart Burns (Commissioner), Jerry Leon (Jumbo), Michael DeLano (Solerno), Larry Watson (Arkansas Fowler), Alfred Dennis (Carmone), Joe Alfasa (Falcone). Kojak is not satisfied even though evidence points conclusively to a rival gangster as being responsible for the attempted assassination of a young hood.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Mort Fine D: Charles S. Dubin
With Victor Campos (Detective Gomez), Alan Manson (Gallagher), Alex Rocco (Tony Curcheo), Joseph Hindy (George Bradbury), Lynette Mettey (Joanie), Paul Savior (Mickey), John Goddard (Mesche), Alma Beltran (Mrs. Contreras), Maggie Malooly (Peggy), Jane Alice Brandon (Sara), Alan Dexter (Dimin), Jack Aaron (Charlie Nose), Raymond Mayo (Freddie), Karen Morley (Mrs. Webber), Daniel Nugent (Jim), Josie Johnson (Leona). A 10-carat diamond ring worn by a murder victim turns a routine homicide into the investigation of an unsolved bank robbery.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Halsted Welles D: William Hale
With James Keach (Fred Strong), Mark Gordon (Detective 'Chic' Chiccaloni), Jennifer Shaw (Eloise), Stewart Moss (Deerfield), Alan Fudge (Gus), Sidney Clute (Det. Cahan). Theo Kojak fears that the bizarre stranglulation of a woman may mean the reemergence of of a psychopathic killer who murdered seven women two years ago.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Jack Laird D: Gary Nelson
With Bruce Kirby (Al Vine), Louise Latham (Madge Donnelly), Michael Margotta (Jack Donnelly), James Luisi (Officer Alessi), Joey Aresco (Sammy), Curt Conway (Father Duggan), John Sylvester White (Chief Copeland), Robert Brubaker (Deputy Commissioner Cowan), Dan Seymour (Broen), Joseph George (Sergeant Dobieski), John Pickard (Tom Donnelly), Gil Serna (Sandro). Kojak has 48 hours to clear the name of a slain veteran police officer suspected of being on the take, or his old colleague will receive last rites and be buried with dishonor.
Season 1, episode 7
W: James M. Miller D: Paul Stanley
With Lola Albright (Celia Lamb), Robert Webber (David Lawrence), Alfred Ryder (Emile), Nicholas Cortland (Nicky Cole), Scatman Crothers (Gaylord Fuller). An ex-fashion model figures in Kojak's investigation of a jewelry racket murder case.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Robert Malcolm Young D: Charles R. Rondeau
With Yvonne Craig (Liz), Richard Jordan (Steve Macy), Paul Lambert (Hugh Jellicoe), Ken Kercheval (Ray Fromm), Lara Parker (Maria), Michael DeLano (Valano), Larry Block (Gerry Erskine). When a small-time car thief is murdered for no apparent reason, Kojak surmises that the victim must have been a threat to someone much higher in the world of crime.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Mark Rodgers, Jack Laird D: Jeannot Szwarc
With William Prince (Baker), Gretchen Corbett (Jeri), Victor Argo (Dennison), Sid Grossfield (Turner), Michael Keep (Bunce), Larry Watson (Fowler), W.T. Zacha (Weaver), Larry Kert (Whitney Farrow), Michael McGuire (Paul Merchison), Nicholas Colasanto (Victor Marchette). Kojak tangles with the promoter of a $50 million city redevelopment project, as well as a city assemblyman, when he tries to stall a rezoning measure until he can complete a murder investigation.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Alvin Sapinsley D: Charles S. Dubin
With Victor Campos (Detective Gomez), Nick Dennis (Constantine), Penny Santon (Sophie), Sally Kirkland (Gloria), Janice Heiden (Alexandria), Robert Donley (Henshaw), Lionel Johnston (Eugene), Ray Ballard (Mort). Even after receiving numerous threats against his life and those of his relatives, Kojak discovers he is powerless to stop the harassment from an ex-convict he helped send to prison.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Mort Fine D: Alex March
With Val Avery, Roger Robinson (Gil Weaver), Paul Henry Itkin (Assitant DA Walters), Don Calfa (Fidelio Ortez), Ted White (Solly), Edith Diaz (Celia Ortez), Louie Elias (Art Gordon), Lou Ferragher (Det. Cleary), Henry Brown (Omar 'Miami' Blake), Carmen Argenziano (Davey), Lorraine Gary (Ruth Gardner). Kojak plans an elaborate scheme to appear that he can be "bought" in order to bait a trap for a large narcotics dealer.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Jack Laird D: Joel Oliansky
With Jackie Cooper (Mulvaney), Paul Cavonis (Gabe Hildebrand), Vince Martorano (Vince), Stanley Kamel (Clyde Brookner), Bruce Kirby (Al Vine), Fred Franklyn (Chu-Chu Berrigan), Michele Nichols (Barbara Underwood), Richard Karlan (Chubby Henshaw), Jack Manning (Benoit), Frenchia Guizon (Foreman), Mark Giardino (Otto), John Gilgreen (Porter). A man poses as a priest while masterminding a $3 million jewelry heist.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Gene Kearney D: Allen Reisner
With James Woods (Caz Mayer), Victor Campos (Det. Gomez), Mariclare Costello (Diane Gordon), Mwako Cumbuka (Jonas Wilkins), Wayne Heffley (Sgt. Steiglitz), Pamela Hensley (Delta), Jack Murdock (Art Gordon), James Wheaton (Mr. Scott), Darrell Zwerling (Medical Examiner), Allan Joseph (Mr. King). A series of burglaries complete with fake clues is especially puzzling for Kojak because the "clues" contain some personal items stolen from him.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Robert W. Lenski D: Leo Penn
With Tina Louise (Audrey Norris), Harris Yulin (Bert Podis), Jess Walton (Shana Pope), Colby Chester (Spencer Galen), Robert Burr (Daniel Pope), Isabel Sanford (Grace), Jayne Kennedy (Tour Guide), Steve Gravers (Pullian), Ann Jillian (Joanna Crandall), Albert Popwell (Danny Boy). A drug-addicted prostitute holds the key to the men responsible for her enslavement, as well as for the murder of her talkative roommate and a crusading television reporter.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Robert Malcolm Young D: Charles S. Dubin
With Ruth McDevitt (Mrs. Farenkrug), John Ritter (Kenny Soames), Laurence Haddon (Steadman), Garry Walberg (Goodman), Nora Marlowe (Mrs. Jacobs), Ivor Francis (J. Warren Hale), Karen Lamm (Deedee Howard), Harry Hickox (Jerome Winkler), Don Hanmer (Darata), Irene Tedrow (Florence Hale). A small time thief gets pressured into setting up a multi-million dollar heist, hoping to get enough money to escape to South America and avoid a murder charge.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Robert C. Dennis, Jack Laird D: Charles R. Rondeau
With Lynne Marta (Margaret "Peggy" Farrell), Chuck McCann (Lloyd Tatum), Borah Silver (Dr. Prince), Jack Colvin (Cherneff), Paula Victor (Mrs. Getz), Eddie Fontaine (Alex Fairbanks), Lou Tiano (Pulanski), Darrell Zwerling (Agajanian), Jack Griffin (House Detective). An out-of-town businessman unwittingly gets involved with a pretty smuggler and the syndicate and becomes the prime suspect for three murders.
Season 1, episode 17
W: Gene Kearney D: Charles S. Dubin
With Louise Sorel (Vicky Brewer), Henry Darrow (Kevin Le Jeune), Don Knight (John Hagen), David White (Ramsey Brewer), Austin Stoker (Det. Douglas), Lew Palter (Mr. Green), James Beach (Plainclothesman), Jerry Summers (John David). A man successfully stole $1 million dollars in U.S. government bonds, but his future appears to be precarious as the list of people bent on eliminating him grows longer.
Season 1, episode 18
W: Jack Laird D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Jed Allan (Eddie Ryan), Harry Guardino (Det. Benny Furore), Malachi Throne (Solly DeChico), Joanne Linville (Ellen Ryan), Juno Dawson (Inez). A police detective keeps his terminal illness a secret as he begins the pursuit of his partner's murderer.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Robert Foster D: Leo Penn
With Paul Michael Glaser (Lou Giordino), Sian Barbara Allen (Lyndsey Walker), Kenneth O'Brien (Ankrum), John Aniston (Dancik), John Beal (McKinney), Charles Dierkop (DeLuca), Ed Bernard (Watson), Fuddle Bagley (High Pockets), Joseph V. Perry (Burke). A young psychologist seeks Kojak's help when her parolee-fiancee disappears with a gun in his hand to settle an old score.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Mark Weingart, Mort Fine D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Borah Silver (Chemist), John Ashton (Culler), Dennis Patrick (Clay Dexter), Ed Lauter (Floyd), Robert Doyle (Harry), Ken Ruta (Bryce), Michael Richardson (Jimmy Crown), Lenny Kent (Mesche). Kojak poses as a chemist in an effort to snare the thieves of $1 million worth of morphine who are now trying to sell it back to the insurance company.
Season 1, episode 21
W: Gene Kearney D: Leo Penn
With Dabney Coleman (Alex Linden), Jane Elliot, Steven Keats, Joan Pringle (Neva), Elizabeth Allen. The victims of a psychopathic bomber seem to have no relation to one another, and it's Kojak's problem to stop him before he kills again.
Season 1, episode 22
W: Alvin Sapinsley D: Joel Oliansky
With Howard Platt (Roy Benson), Joshua Bryant (Simon Hecht), Paul Jenkins (Timmy Oakes), Lee H. Montgomery (David Hecht), John Hillerman (Mark Gallant), Katherine Theodore (Melinda), Dori Brenner (Miss Rosenberg), Linda Weeks (Paula McKeown), William Tepper (Santangelo). Kojak helps a boy look for his missing father and finds a connection between his disappearance and a big-time jewel thief now living in Brazil.
September 15, 1974: The Chinatown Murders (1)
Season 2, episode 1
W: Jack Laird D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Roger Robinson (Gil Weaver), Leonardo Cimino (Ruby Kabelsky), Robert Ito (Sammy Loo), Sheree North (Mrs. Giancana), Michael Constantine (Don 'Cheech' Scalesi), Tige Andrews (Sgt. Polucci), Milton Selzer (Nathan Davidoff), Vincent Baggetta (Nino La Rocca), Val Bisoglio (Barney Bramley), Patrick Adiarte (Leonard Wong), Victor Argo (Joseph Crespi), Jerome Guardino (Vince Karabian). The second season begins in a new time slot with a special two-hour episode, as Kojak races against time to prevent a massive gangland war between two traditional organized crime factions who have unknowingly been set up by three Chinese-American hoodlums.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Robert W. Lenski D: Charles S. Dubin
With Kathleen Quinlan (Jan Conforti), Todd Susman (John Campbell), Mike Kellin (Frank Conforti), Grayson Hall (Mrs. Campbell), Carmen Zapata (Ellen Conforti), Brendan Burns (Tony), Kim Hamilton (Sgt. Donna Mill), Borah Silver (Prince), Stacy Keach Sr. (Mr. Sperry). A rape, followed by the murder of the rapist, puts Kojak on the trial of the rape victim and an unknown third party.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Sean Baine D: Seymour Robbie
With Roger Robinson (Gil Weaver), Lillian Lehman (Lisa Keller), Alex Colon (Raul Fria), Burr DeBenning (Cass), Art Lund (Special Agent Watkins), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (John 'Blue' Andrews), Laurence Haddon (Capt. Perkins). When a policeman is killed by a narcotics rip-off artist, Kojak is determined to catch the killer -- but is thwarted at every turn by the FBI.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Halsted Welles D: Richard Donner
With Bernard Barrow (Paul Paulus), Alan Feinstein (Lenny Grenfell), George Loros (Big Chrissy), Ben Masters (Oliver), Zitto Kazann (Sheik Ali), George Wyner (Sgt. Collins), Ann Coleman (Felicity), Harvey Fisher (Sgt. Way), Trish Hawkins (Fern). Kojak hunts for the man responsible a $20 million rip-off of stolen securities and the murder of three victims.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Mort Fine D: Russ Mayberry
With Paul Benedict (Donald Kauldor), Don Ross (Steve Marly), Don Hanmer (Myron Joyce), Melendy Britt (Joan Marly), Francine York (Linda), Stephen McHattie (Paul Nelson), Gordon Jump (Jonas), Jack Stamberger (Ernest O'Reilly). Kojak finds suicide an improbable cause when several men, all attending the same convention, appear to have fallen to their deaths.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Joel Oliansky D: Jerry London
With Kay Medford (Bernice Sandler), Eugene Troobnick (Koster), Frank Christi (Marty Clifford), Lynette Mettey (Doris), Don McGovern (Reissen), Len Lesser (Hinton), Ian Scott (Jurgen), David Morick (Houghton), James Murtaugh (Sutter), Allan Miller (Jerry Bayliss). Murder leads Kojak to his first clue to the source of a flood of guns reaching the hands of street gangs, but his link is a material witness to the murder.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Albert Ruben D: Seymour Robbie
With Roger Robinson (Gil Weaver), Harrison Page (Hawthorn Yancey), Margaret Avery (Lula), Tom Pedi (Filacchione), Roger E. Mosley (John Stutz), John Pleshette (Resident), Otis Day (Junior). A small-time crook, falsely arrested for a shooting, is so convinced that the police are out to get him that he won't cooperate with Kojak, who is trying to clear him, and becomes a dupe for the mob.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Gene Kearney D: Leo Penn
With John Aniston (Webster), John Randolph (Judge Mackie Sr.), Walter McGinn (Martin Bronson), Melissa Murphy (Kimberly Hyatt), Dorothy Tristan (Ellen), Abe Vigoda (Kilty), Walter Stocker (Judge Mackie Jr.). Apparent suicide as the cause of a prominent young judge's death is hard for Kojak to accept, especially when his probing uncovers a tie-in between the judge's non-grieving widow, a private detective, and a lawyer who specializes in defending known criminals.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Charles Sailor, Eric Kaldor D: Daniel Haller
With Victor Campos (Detective Gomez), Jaime Sanchez (Paolo Olivarez), Daniel J. Travanti (Lt. Danena), Maria Elena Cordero (Marinella Olivarez), Helena Carroll (Nun), Hank Rolike (Bootblack), Tom Bower (Brenner). The eyewitness to a radical group bombing turns out to be a well-known police informant, who, when Kojak attempts to confront him, is suddenly unavailable for questioning.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Gene Kearney D: Christian Nyby
With Martin Balsam (Ray Kaufman), Dimitra Arliss (Sherry Kaufman), Susan Brown (Janet Seymour), John Lehne (Tony Howard), Richard Eastham (Jack Seymour), Nedra Deen (Elaine Miller). A former police detective turned unscrupulous private eye tries to turn a client's suicide into a short trip to easy street for himself and his wife.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Burton Armus D: Richard Donner
With Mark Shera (Patrolman Warren), David Doyle (Sgt. Harry Sumar), Norman Burton ('Fish' Fisher), Buffy Dee (Catonsky), Erica Yohn (Mrs. Warren), Raymond O'Keefe (Laggo), Gene Dynarski (Lairdson), Jon Jacobs (Sweetzer), Richard Karlan (Captain). A rookie policeman, assigned to Kojak's staff by the police academy, inadvertently starts a gang war by foiling an assassination attempt.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Gene Kearney D: David Friedkin
With Andrea Marcovicci (Lisa Walden), Lenny Baker (Joyce), Lenka Peterson (Dr. Kirk), Angela Clarke (Mrs. Harrington), Pat Corley (Mr. Miller), George Shannon (Greg), Harvey J. Goldenberg (Mr. Doyle), Peter Carew (Mr. Dean). A Bellevue hospital outpatient has trouble coping with life's realities, especially when her demented friend believes he is protecting her by killing people.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Joseph Polizzi D: Telly Savalas
With Roger Robinson (Gil Weaver), Paul Anka (Buddy Maus), Richard Romanus (Colucci), Tony Burton (Eddie Ellis), Paul Picerni (Det. Cohen), Helen Verbit (Molly Kramer). Based on information he has received from a stool pigeon, Det. Colucci believes his successful string of arrests will result in a promotion.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Robert C. Dennis D: Allen Reisner
With Roger Robinson (Gil Weaver), Leslie Nielsen (Michael Hagar), Ja'net DuBois (Paula Thomas), Antonio Fargas (Benny), Quinn Redeker (Neff), Ed Cambridge (Waverley), Al Stevenson (Tanner), Jac Emel (Jojo). A stool pigeon fingers a man for murdering his lover's husband, but Kojak can't hold him when witnesses and evidence begin to disappear.
Season 2, episode 15
W: Peter S. Fischer D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Alex Rocco (Morton Tallman), Nate Esformes (Leonard Tappler), David Ackroyd (Vincent Hackley), Richard X. Slattery (Egan), Erik Estrada (Luis), Catlin Adams (Theresa Ryan), Candy Azzara (Agnes), Anne Wyndham (Linda), Ben Hammer (Nick Vane). Kojak is stumped while trying to solve the riddle of why a prime suspect, the co-owner of a successful business, would kill his partner and order the burning of his own building.
Season 2, episode 16
W: Gene Kearney D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Nick Dennis (Constantine), Eugene Roche (Seymour Haywood), Elaine Joyce (Jo Ann Yager), Thayer David (Tyrone), Bruno Kirby (Keith Wicks). A mild-mannered accountant finds his life undergoing a radical change when a sniper systematically eliminates his boss and some of his associates.
Season 2, episode 17
W: Gene Kearney D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Zohra Lampert (Maria Sheldon), Lane Smith (Clyde Regan), Don Billett (Graves), Michael Ebert (Aldo Quire), Robert Emhardt (Marcus), John Durren (Benson), Maria Grimm (Susan), Mickey Fox (Katrina), Leon Russom (Gallen), Charles Picerni (Dennis), Beverly Sanders (Stella). A young gypsy girl masterminds a scheme to rob six banks in one day, and recruits a group of specialists.
Season 2, episode 18
W: Don Rene Patterson, George Bacos D: Jerry London
With Norman Lloyd (Harry Fein), Ivor Francis (Henry Keiler), Paul Shenar (Arthur Harris), Robert Viharo (Raymond Callis), Gale Garnett (Elaine Kastos), Elizabeth MacRae (Betsy Vellon), George Skaff (Nicholas Julius), Chuck Bergansky (Ed Teechman), Buddy Lester (Lenny Karp), Randy Kirby (Carter), Thaao Penghlis (Yanni Psalidas). Kojak is puzzled when a belt stolen from a Greek sailor triggers three murders, and a prominent eyewitness refuses to testify.
Season 2, episode 19
W: Jack Laird D: Christian Nyby
With Roger Robinson (Gil Weaver), John Glover (Billy Jo Sparrow), Stephen Elliot (Tyler Meadows), Walter Brooke (Judge Lavery), Priscilla Pointer (Regina Meadows), Terrence Locke (Farley), Eric Christmas (O'Malley), Jean Willes (Savannah), Sam Laws (Eddie Maxwell). The murder of a beautiful Manhattan playgirl affects the lives of many people, including Theo Kojak.
Season 2, episode 20
W: Ray Brenner D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Archie Hahn (Hacket), Richard Bradford (Joe Milner), Jack Ging (Lt. Becker), Bonnie Bartlett (Joan Milner), Nick Dennis (Constantine), Alex Courtney (Det. Evans), Michael Goodwin (Clements), Mike Robelo (Williamson), M.P. Murphy (Mackey). An unknown bomber has both Kojak and the bomb squad ruffled because they can't defuse his intricate devices and have yet to receive any demands in exchange for stopping the bombing.
Season 2, episode 21
W: Burton Armus D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Carmine Caridi (Jake Grubert), Carole Demas (Marie), Brad Dexter (Arnie Naylor), Michael DeLano (Valano), James Sutorius (Benny), Sandra Deel (Mrs. Grubert), Richard Karlan (Captain), John Kerry (Mickey). Detective Crocker's dedication to duty struggles with his loyalty to an old high school chum who is the prime suspect in a protection racket.
Season 2, episode 22
W: James M. Miller D: Russ Mayberry
With Robert Loggia (Cassidy York), Dick O'Neill (Augustine Pataki), Rose Marie (Mrs. Tildon), George Loros (Corso), Joshua Shelley (Obitsky), Albert Cole (Berlin), Joyce Davis (Valerie), Roger Aaron Brown (Thompson), Joseph X. Flaherty (Regan), James Espinoza (Ramirez). An unsuccessful attempt at stealing a painter's truck by a very sophisticated thief has Kojak baffled, especially when the man's lawyer doesn't seem to want him out of jail.
Season 2, episode 23
W: Robert Swanson D: David Friedkin
With Bruce Kirby (Sgt. Al Vine), Michael C. Gwynne (Blaise), Mark Stevens (Manny Steiner), Liam Dunn (Faxy), John Dullaghan (Farrell), Jean Le Bouvier (Lillian McNeil), Richmond Shepherd (Grundy). Captain McNeil's wife is kidnapped in a desperate move by a young drug merchant to ward off prosecution.
Season 2, episode 24
W: Gene Kearney D: Telly Savalas
With Ruth Gordon (Eudora Temple), Tracy Reed (Dorothy Cunningham), Cynthia Harris (Helen Fielding), Andrew Robinson (Leon), Dick Balduzzi (Bartender), Helen Page Camp (Mrs. Waring), Richard Carlyle (Mr. Waring), Lenka Peterson (Dr. Kirk), Bebe Kelly (Vera Marston), Larry Gelman (Dr. Marcus). A psychic informs police about a dream in which she sees a murder take place before it happens -- something that makes Kojak a bit skeptical.
September 14, 1975: A Question Of Answers (1)
Season 3, episode 1
W: Albert Ruben D: Jerry London
With Eli Wallach (Lee Curtin), Michael V. Gazzo (Joel Adrian), Jennifer Warren (Eloise Geach), Matthew Arkin (Tony Curtin), Jerry Orbach (Brubaker), Allan Rich (Solly's Lawyer), F. Murray Abraham (Solly Nurse), Arny Freeman (Sheldon), Richard Herd (Bob), Charles Kimbrough (Rudy). The third season begins with an episode about a man who desperately tries to clear his own name and stay out of prison by helping Kojak trap a ruthless loan shark.
Season 3, episode 2
W: Alvin Boretz D: Russ Mayberry
With Alan Manson (Lt. Nicola), Sylvester Stallone (Det. Rick Daly), Charles Napier (Marty Vaughan), Ahna Capri (Carol), Stephen Pearlman (Det. Nemo). Kojak has his hands full when he tries to keep a detective on the force after the young man accidentally shoots a boy during an arrest attempt.
Season 3, episode 3
W: Burton Armus D: Russ Mayberry
With Nick Dennis (Uncle Constantino), Neville Brand (Sonny), Michael Mullins (Johnny), Jon Lisbon Wood (Don Collins), Eunice Christopher (Mary Drosinis), Richard Foronjy (Davis), Tony Giorgio (Bill Wilson), Arnold Soboloff (Robles), Jack Donner (Krakauer). When Kojak learns that his nephew is on drugs, he turns to ex-addict Sonny for help while trying to determine if the youth is also involved in a murder.
Season 3, episode 4
W: James M. Miller D: Russ Mayberry
With Meg Wyllie (Sister Agnes), George DiCenzo (Harry Ferguson), Pepe Serna (Enorio Patias), Richard Bakalyan (Proctor), Don Billett (Griss). Three young Puerto Ricans try to finance their dream of buying a farm by hijacking a load of plumbing supplies.
Season 3, episode 5
W: Mort Fine D: Jerry London
With Royce Wallace (Liz Vernon), Robert Mandan (Dr. Clausen), Elizabeth MacRae (Mrs. Clausen), Victor Arnold (Paul Malloy), Thayer David (Mr. B), Karmin Murcelo (Isabella Beara), Raymond Singer (Dr. Moscowitz), David Sabin (Crawford), Jess Nadelman (Tobias Carson). Kojak is elated when he gathers iron-clad evidence for a murder charge against a big-time drug dealer, only to discover that the victim was dead before the suspect shot him.
Season 3, episode 6
W: Gene Kearney D: Nicholas Sgarro
With William Katt (Carey Nystrom), Joanna Miles (Lorelei Mason), Jim Borelli (Bob Viliano), Robert Carricart (Mr. Viliano), Catlin Adams (Adele), Robert Riesel (Colbenz). Two psychology students involved in the murder of their professor try to psychologically destroy a woman under severe emotional stress -- and who happens to be the only witness against them.
Season 3, episode 7
W: Jack Laird D: Charles S. Dubin
With Joseph Stern (Nathan Markowitz), Eugene Roche (Sandy Beach), Richard Venture (Capt. Reardon), Lee Weaver (Ozzie Turnbull), Richard O'Brien (Sgt. Doyle), Eddie Firestone (Bunky Ott), Jason Wingreen (Max Persky), Joseph Bova (Morrie Rogaz), Joseph Stern (Nathan Markowitz). A detective's drinking problem causes him to lose his pistol, his badge and the life of his best friend.
Season 3, episode 8
W: Burton Armus D: Telly Savalas
With Michael Cristofer (Michael Viggers Jr.), Roy Poole (Capt. Keene), Titos Vandis (Michael Viggers Sr.), Asher Brauner (Crater), Frank Campanella (Sammy), Peter Hobbs (Cortazzo), Don Fenwick (Malloy). Kojak finds himself the object of a murder contract and the source of division between a father and his son, both of whom Kojak threatens to put behind bars.
Season 3, episode 9
W: Mort Fine D: Charles S. Dubin
With Roger Robinson (Gil Weaver), James A. Watson Jr. (Richie Linden), Norman Alden (Foster), Philip Bruns (George Lampert), James Somack (Muttel), Anna Berger (Mrs. Lipnick), Wil Albert (Dr. Ennis), Bob Bralver (Teddy). A detective colleague of Kojak's unhappily discovers that a former high school classmate is now involved in the fencing of $1 million in stolen diamonds.
Season 3, episode 10
W: Joseph Gores D: Andy Sidaris
With Robert Alda (Adrian Marshall), Ron Rifkin (Rick Levine), Sally Kemp (Mrs. Marshall), Gregory Walcott (Malcolm Cane), Dolores Mann (Nancy Fletcher), Jon Cedar (Crowell), John Wyler (Fletcher). Kojak runs into conflict with the FBI when he tries to investigate a man's connection with the murder of a bookkeeper.
Season 3, episode 11
W: Gene Kearney D: Ernest Pintoff
With Judith Lowry (Lily Weed), Vincent Baggetta (Arnold Saxler), Judy Kaye (Penny Rozelle), George Wallace (Washburn), William Wintersole (Chief Peck), Richard Karron (Alley Oop), Mary Jo Catlett (Verna), Brett Hadley (Santa Flora), Max Showalter (Quinlan). Trying to return an important witness back to New York for trial, Kojak and Crocker discover that their destination, a small Nevada town, isn't safe for New York detectives.
Season 3, episode 12
W: Dallas L. Barnes D: Daniel Haller
With Bruce Kirby (Sgt. Al Vine), David Ogden Stiers (Bryan LeBlanc), Henry Brown (Forbes), Bernie Kopell (Sam Bernard), John Hensley (Chris Marquez), Sidney Clute (Barry Sullivan), Emory Bass (Stacowski). The murder of a patrolman puts Kojak and his entire staff on the trail of an active stolen-car ring which owes its success to the willingness of its victims.
Season 3, episode 13
W: Gene Kearney D: Robert Day
With Vincent Gardenia (Det. LaGuardia), Eileen Brennan (Julie Loring), Lonny Chapman (Lt. Follmer), Jeff Corey (Frank Raynor), Eddie Barth (Joe Torrey), Jay Varela (Sam Lopez), Martine Bartlett (Margaret McCune), Don Calfa (Burgess), Dean Santoro (Walter). A former New York detective now with the Las Vegas police force collars a counterfeiter and calls his former boss, Theo Kojak, to get the prisoner.
Season 3, episode 14
W: Gene Kearney D: David Friedkin
With Nick Dennis (Constantine), John Larroquette (Sailor), Jesse Welles (Loretta Kane), Betsy Slade (Alison DeWitt), Darrell Fetty (Douglas North), Deborah White (Jacky Pierce), Veronica Hamel (Elenora), Phil Leeds (Druggist), Edward James Olmos (Paco). On Christmas Eve, Kojak and his staff find their hands full after a distraught husband mistakenly tries to shoot a woman who looks like his wife, and a spoiled young woman fears her missing boyfriend is about to commit a crime to buy her an expensive Christmas present.
Season 3, episode 15
W: James Bonnett D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Nick Dennis (Constantine), George Pan Andreas (Nico Trifores), Rhoda Gemignani (Katrina Patropolous), Oskar Homolka (Father Dimitrius), Phillip R. Allen (Cooper), Oscar Beregi Jr. (Fuchs), Alan Napier (Antonakis). A young widow acts as a roadblock as police try to establish a case against a young Greek who is a prime suspect in the murder of a prostitute.
Season 3, episode 16
W: Alvin Boretz D: David Friedkin
With Forrest Tucker (Det. Zachary), Verna Bloom (Carrie Zachary), Malachi Throne (Mr. Ballantine), Danny Wells (Riggs), Joseph Sicari (Delman). A police detective's obsession with his work has not only jeopardized his family life, but also threatens to put an end to his career following a jewel theft and murder.
Season 3, episode 17
W: Mark Rodgers, Barry Trivers D: Daniel Haller
With Joseph Hindy (Dominic Bruno), Suzanne Charney (Nina Bruno), Milt Kogan (Dr. Laing), Giorgio Tozzi (Anthelmo), Al Ruscio (Mr. Travino), Borah Silver (Prince), George Garro (D'Amato). A man struggles to carry out his deceased brother's vendetta, unaware that he is carrying a highly communicable disease.
Season 3, episode 18
W: Joseph Gores D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Roger Robinson (Gil Weaver), Roosevelt Grier (Salathiel Harms), Charles Weldon (Shotgun Willie Blaine), Bill Duke (Sylk). A man seems to be purposely setting himself up as a target for a hit man -- and doesn't want the police to interfere.
Season 3, episode 19
W: Burton Armus D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Michael McGuire (Scroope), James Luisi (Capt. Rosseau), Madison Arnold (Harry Dubin), Joseph V. Perry (Bancroft), John Quade (Colby), Martin Braddock (Moore). Kojak finds himself under investigation by the internal affairs division, as well as a hostile district attorney, when a thief Kojak arrested claims he paid the lieutenant a bribe.
Season 3, episode 20
W: Sean Baine D: Daniel Haller
With Tige Andrews (Aaron Fisk), Stephen Macht (Max Fisk), Andrew Parks (Danny Fisk), James Luisi (Capt. Rosseau), Victor Campos (Sgt. Gomez), Whit Bissell (Sentman), Antony Ponzini (Fiorello), Anthony Charnota (Matthews), Lee Bryant (Cindy). A father pushes his son to great lengths in continuing the cover-up of a frame he arranged to get revenge for an accident.
Season 3, episode 21
W: Jack Laird D: Charles S. Dubin
With Michael Ansara (Keith McCallum), Ned Glass (Deitz), Gail Strickland (Monica), Victor Campos (Sgt. Gomez), Marjorie Bennett (Emily Pembroke), Doris Dowling (Rosemary). The discovery of a skeleton at a demolition site reopens an old murder case.
Season 3, episode 22
W: Gene Kearney D: David Friedkin
With David Opatoshu (Dr. Anton Valentine), Ben Hammer (Alex Ross), Susan Sullivan (Kelly McCall), Don Knight (Pourette). A private detective with a worldwide reputation for getting results at any cost competes with Kojak to find five priceless Rembrandt drawings that disappeared mysteriously.
Season 3, episode 23
W: Jack Laird D: Daniel Haller
With Diana Hyland (Cleo Donatello), Harold J. Stone (Franco Donatello), Daniel J. Travanti (Capt. Badaduchi), Quinn Redeker (Lou Carver), Danny Goldman (Sutherland), Jay Novello (Patriarch), Jane Alice Brandon (Adrianna), Borah Silver (Prince). An undercover cop is found murdered in an establishment owned by a known member of a crime syndicate.
September 26, 1976: Birthday Party
Season 4, episode 1
W: Robert Hoskins, Steven Carabatsos D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr., Sol Negrin
With Richard Gere (Geno Papas), Marco St. John (Tony Papas), Donna Mitchell (Lena Martin), Julie Garfield (Paulina), Michael Durrell (Pete). The fourth season begins as Kojak works against time to locate the criminals who kidnapped his young niece in order to obtain the release of one of their accomplices.
Season 4, episode 2
W: William P. McGivern D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Joseph Mascolo (Detective Braddock), Brian Murray (Caesar Ogilvy), Fionnula Flanagan (Molly Braddock), Frances Foster (Pearl Johnson), Judith Chapman (Gretchen Hodges), Sidney Armus (Arnie Geld). A New York restaurant is bombed, and clues lead to a policeman who lost his girlfriend in the blast, and to his wife.
Season 4, episode 3
W: James M. Miller D: Edward M. Abroms
With Roxie Roker (Carol Lessonbee), David Wilson (Josh Candoo), Biff McGuire (Orin Kingsley), Bruce Glover (Henry Slote), Martin Kove (Burl Slote), Sharon Gless (Nancy Parks), E.A. Sirianni (Judge Burke), Jack Bannon (David Fox), Sara Seegar (Mae Lester), Joseph George (Frank), Rudy Challenger (Lionel Lessonbee), Raymond Singer (Dr. Moscowitz). Kojak searches for the killer of a key witness in a prominent murder trial.
Season 4, episode 4
W: Gene Kearney D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Bruce Kirby (Sgt. Al Vine), Ken Sylk (Roger Villers), Lara Parker (Jenny Villers), Salome Jens (Olga Norrell), Roz Kelly (Susan). Kojak and the detectives scour the city for "The Grim Reaper", a slasher who murders his victims out of greed.
Season 4, episode 5
W: Stewart Alexander, Cire Rodlak, Chester Krumholz D: Russ Mayberry
With Hector Elizondo (Carl Dettrow), Al Freeman Jr. (Donald Mosher), Yuki Shimoda (Assassin), Jess Osuna (George Ryan), Maria Tucci (Psychiatrist). Kojak and his men are delighted when they are able to take a child molester off the streets, but find their efforts dashed when the man turns out to have diplomatic immunity.
Season 4, episode 6
W: Burton Armus D: Nicholas Sgarro
With David Selby (Sgt. O'Connor), Joe Silver (Chief Wilson), Jaime Sanchez (Thomas Serio), Charles Brown (Dan Garrett), Carlos Cestero (George Sanchez), Paula Trueman (Celia Moore). Two cops are caught in the backlash of an irate neighborhood when a hispanic youth is killed.
Season 4, episode 7
W: L.T. Bentwood D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Irene Cara (Amy), Lynn Redgrave (Claire), Hurd Hatfield (Don Luiz Cabrillo), Dominic Chianese (George Mallick), Dan Hedaya (Dan Hudson), Morgan Fairchild (Allison), Walter McGinn (Len Gittings). A heroin addict tries to kick her habit with help from her boyfriend, Lt. Giddings, whose status is jeopardized when he accidentally kills a policeman during a drug bust.
Season 4, episode 8
W: Chester Krumholz D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Virginia Christine (Mrs. Yankowski), Cliff Osmond (Gino), Paul Mantee (Hank Yankowski), Sally Kirkland (Clara), Louis Guss (Fred), Charles Siebert (Bender), Chuck Bergansky (Dagger). Kojak's investigation into the killing of several dock workers is complicated by the workers' code of silence and their efforts to clean up their own house.
Season 4, episode 9
W: William P. McGivern D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Mary Beth Hurt (Karen Foster), Geraldine Page (Edna Morrison), Janet Ward (Miss Slovack), Kenneth McMillan (Lt. Decker), Michael Lombard (Dr. Garvey), Charles Kimbrough (Asst. D.A. Barton). A wealthy power-wielding New York state county chairman uses her influence to protect her grandson.
Season 4, episode 10
W: James M. Miller D: Charles S. Dubin
With Herb Edelman (Toza Stefanovic), Maria Schell (Sister Angelica / Princess Dushan), Harry Goz (Vito Coletti), Sam McMurray (Duke Peter Dushan), Norman Parker (Father Moiso), Ron Hunter (Marlow Caswick). A Yugoslavian princess hunts for priceless family jewels which were stolen at the end of World War II and hidden somewhere in New York City.
Season 4, episode 11
W: Leon Tokatyan D: Charles S. Dubin
With Swoozie Kurtz (Julie DiNata), Leonardo Cimino (Cordick), John Reilly (Whelan), Barry Snider (Tony Mira), Roosevelt Grier (Salathiel Harms), Danny Aiello (Matty). Bounty hunter Salathiel Harms makes a return appearance and is pursuing the same man as Kojak, a desperate man who jumped bail in San Francisco.
Season 4, episode 12
W: Chester Krumholz D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Maureen Anderman (Asst. D.A. Lockman), Rudy Bond (Ben), Blair Brown (Stella), Stephen Macht (Joe Arrow). An angry and troubled construction worker inadvertently kills the man who could hire him.
Season 4, episode 13
W: Burton Armus D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Alan Manson (Lt. Nicola), Simon Oakland (Tom Donnelly), Brooke Adams (Julie Winston), John Durren (Andy Rhodes), Roy Jenson (Frank Kelton), William Cort (Mr. Proctor), Helen Page Camp (Mrs. Chester). A woman informs the detectives that she saw a wanted man who had supposedly died in a house fire, but they don't believe her until it's too late.
Season 4, episode 14
W: Joseph Polizzi D: Russ Mayberry
With F. Murray Abraham (Eddie Gordon), Rosalind Cash (Mrs. Moore), Todd Davis (Theo Kojak Moore), Brian Dennehy (Peter O'Connor), Patricia Elliott (Christina), Haywood Nelson (Bobby Moore). Kojak attempts to bring his 17-year-old godson in line before they confront each other from opposite ends of the law, when the teenager becomes influenced by small-time criminals.
Season 4, episode 15
W: Anthony Spinner D: Noel Black
With Roscoe Orman (Lt. Connors), Stephen Joyce (Priest), Dorian Harewood (Jake Riley), Paul Benjamin (Willie Daniels), Luis Avalos (Victor Morales). A prizefighter goes berzerk after he discovers his unfaithful wife murdered, and then holds innocent victims hostage in a church.
Season 4, episode 16
W: Gene Kearney D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Susan Sullivan (Carol Krug), Dale Robinette (Barry), Eric Braeden (Kenneth Krug), Alan Manson (Lt. Nicola), Joe Turkel (Swamp Gas), Helen Craig (Mrs. Whipple). Even after several witnesses overhear a beautful girl emphatically say she plans to kill her lover, Kojak seems powerless to stop the crime because he can't prove her existence or locate the intended victim.
Season 4, episode 17
W: Sean Baine D: Nicholas Sgarro
With Noberto Kerner (Paco Rodriguez), Patricia Triana (Teresa), Tony Diaz (Enrique Alvarez), Raymond Serra (Al Gregorio). A Puerto Rican cop goes undercover in his old neighborhood to find out who is trying to start a barrio gang war.
Season 4, episode 18
W: Chester Krumholz D: Charles S. Dubin
With Louise Sorel (Janice Maclay), Kitty Winn (Carla Magid), Michael Tolan (Dr. Peter Allender), Sully Boyar (Louie Rindone), Maud Adams (Elenor Martinson), Ken Kercheval (Ted McClay). A luxury car with a body in the trunk is brought to the impound garage on the same morning that a woman kills her husband, abandons her child, and leaves a trail she indicates will lead to suicide.
Season 4, episode 19
W: Chester Krumholz D: Charles S. Dubin
With Louise Sorel (Janice Maclay), Robert Picardo (Thomas Rindone), Maud Adams (Eleanor Martinson), Michael Tolan (Dr. Peter Allender), Kitty Winn (Carla Magid), Sully Boyar (Louie Rindone), Ken Kercheval (Teddy Maclay). More facts come to light regarding the unidentified body stuffed in the trunk of a Rolls, and there is more frustration in the attempts to locate Carla Magid, who is bent on suicide.
Season 4, episode 20
W: Jack Laird D: Ernest Pintoff
With Judith Light (Tish Pomerantz), David Margulies (Midge Piper), Albert Paulsen (Shelley Briscoe), Joseph Hindy (Vinnie Pomerantz). A young policeman, addicted to gambling, falls prey to a crime figure.
Season 4, episode 21
W: Oliver Crawford, Robert W. Lenski D: Telly Savalas
With Carol Lynley (Polly Ames), Christopher Walken (Ben Wiley), Larry Haines (Michaels), Lester Rawlins (Aaat. D.A. Moore), Elaine Shore (Bernadette Fopler). Alterted to a fur robbery in a double-cross by one of the thieves, Crocker inadvertently shoots a young woman, crippling her for life.
Season 4, episode 22
W: Burton Armus D: Edward M. Abroms
With George Maharis (Ringer), Louis Zorich (Mike DeBrieno), Joan Van Ark (Detective Josephine Long), Lisa Pelikan (Jennifer Campbell), Christopher Murney (Flaherty). A policewoman with whom Kojak does not get along is assigned to the case when a nurse is murdered at a public hospital.
Season 4, episode 23
W: Ross Teel D: Ernest Pintoff
With Gloria Grahame (Helen), Season Hubley (Sister Maria), Murray Hamilton (Harry Harmon), Ted Beniades (Florentino), John Kellogg (Marvin Rubicoff), Harold Gary (Walter Zeif), Lester Rawlins (Asst. D.A. Moore). A nun has a strong sense of revenge against a powerful airline executive whom she believes is responsible for her sister's death.
Season 4, episode 24
W: Gene Kearney D: Joel Oliansky
With Kathleen Widdoes (Sonia), Leonard Jackson (Dr. Logan), Caroline McWilliams (Ellen Roberts), David Faulkner (E.G. Roberts), Elena Karam (Aunt Angeline), Graham Beckel (Lane), Paul Rossilli (Julian). A gypsy queen plays both ends against the middle in attempting to locate a man she thinks is responsible for killing gypsies.
October 2, 1977: The Queen Of Hearts Is Wild
Season 5, episode 1
W: Donald P. Bellisario D: Leo Penn
With Edward Power (Agent Robinson), Charles Cioffi (Arnie Brace), Cathey Paine (Linda), Michael Lane (Curly), Earl Boen (District Attorney Hepburn), Jan Peters (Ben), Lynne Topping (Charlene), Connie Sawyer (Mary Benson). The girlfriend of a local gangster who hates Kojak is the only witness in the murder of a police officer, and Kojak is ordered to leave her alone.
Season 5, episode 2
W: Joseph Polizzi D: Sutton Roley
With Raymond Singer (Medical Examiner), Carole Cook (Marie Stella), Lee Bryant (Rita McCall), James Sutorius (Lawson), Mari Gorman (Molly Lawson), Joseph V. Perry (Talbert), Juno Dawson (Hooker), Doug Hale (Bradford), Michael Alldredge (Katkoff), Lynne Topping (Charlene), Tara Buckman (Toni), Richard Sanders (Drunk). A psychotic murderer thinks that a television talk show host is subliminally brainwashing him to murder.
Season 5, episode 3
W: Burton Armus D: Nicholas Sgarro
With Michael Durrell (Kenny Murray), Jenny O'Hara (Ann Murray), Carole Cook (Marie Stella), Antony Ponzini (Duff), Anthony Charnota (Victor), Lee Wallace (Hobart), Joe George (Lewis). A laid-off rookie cop, pressured by personal financial problems, accepts a bribe and then finds himself drawn into even more serious illegal activities.
Season 5, episode 4
W: David C. Taylor D: Leo Penn
With Barry Miller (Billy Sherback), Jack Ging (Hackford), Linda Carlson (Ellen Sherback), Carmine Caridi (Stan Sherback), Al Ruscio (Jonas Vukich), Regina Baff (Sister Catherine), Susan Adams (Sgt. Clark), Phillip Pine (Jason Kreiger), Louis Guss (Karl Sheer). Kojak prays his suspicions are wrong when evidence points to a teenager as the prime suspect in the murder of a local gangster.
Season 5, episode 5
W: Gene Kearney D: Nicholas Sgarro
With Milt Kogan (Al Grant), Richard Venture (Robert Smith), William Windom (K.C. Milano), Andrea Marcovicci (Francesca Milano), Teddy Wilson (Joe Penney), Joshua Shelley (Bob Harris), Julius Harris (Joe Addison), Peggy McCay (Mrs. Smith), Craig Huxley (Howie Green), Bob Minor (Blood). A singer is determined to prove her wrongfully imprisoned father innocent after he's spent 14 years in prison.
Season 5, episode 6
W: Michael Wagner D: Edward M. Abroms
With Candy Azzara (Milly Blasky), Bill Vint (Diesel Romero), Lawrason Driscoll (Jess Hoffstetter), Chuck Bergansky (Brad Quinn), John Sarno (Smoot), Larry Ellis (Dentist), Gary Swanson (Bobby), Al Henderson (Denny), Armand Assante (Tom Ryan), Eugene Davis (Expert). A woman is Kojak's only link to finding $6 million dollars, but her boyfriend has other plans.
Season 5, episode 7
W: L.T. Bentwood D: Nicholas Sgarro
With Nick Dennis (Charlie), Cristina Raines, Bernard Behrens, Stanley Kamel (Bert Marino), Robert Wood (Bob Lawrence), Jason Wingreen (Eddie Hogan), Carolyn Martin (Bertha), Chris Palmer (Ginger), Arthur Space (Ezra Rawlings), Leigh Hamilton (April Daily). A fashion model finds herself the center of attention as the people around her are mysteriously murdered.
Season 5, episode 8
W: Chester Krumholz D: Joel Oliansky
With John Elerick (Penny), Robert Raymond Sutton (Patsy), Granville Van Dusen (Fred Toomey), Jennifer Warren (Carol Austin), Sam Jaffe (Papa), Frank Pesce (Spencer), Fred Beir (Robbie Austin). The wife of a mob kingpin murders her husband then tries to use her feminine wiles to distract both Kojak and Crocker.
Season 5, episode 9
W: Gene Kearney D: Gene Kearney
With David Clennon (George Martin), Pepe Serna (Rudy Diaz), Stephen McHattie, Alex Dreier, Harrison Page, Phillip R. Allen, Woodrow Parfrey, Thalmus Rasula, Diane Baker, Catlin Adams, Cathy Karp (Nurse Amy), Sheila DeWindt (Leilah), Edwin Mills (Dr. Ellis), Jocelyn Brando (Mrs. Newfield), Rosalind Chao (Grace Chen). Kojak must reopen a case in which he killed the prime suspect in the murder of three women during a shootout. Now, eight years later, similar murders have started again and it appears that Kojak may have killed the wrong man.
Season 5, episode 10
W: Gene Kearney D: Gene Kearney
With Pepe Serna (Rudy Diaz), Stephen McHattie, Alex Dreier, Harrison Page, Phillip R. Allen, Woodrow Parfrey, Carole Cook, Catlin Adams, Diane Baker, Brian Farrell (Fred Toner), Kenneth O'Brien (Silas), Kirk Galloway (Harold Woods), Silvana Gallardo (Lisa Diaz), David Glennon (George Martin), Cathy Karp (Nurse Amy), Adrian Ricard (Mrs. Rains), Kirt Washington (Blackbird). Suspended from the force, Kojak retraces his steps from eight years ago to discover if he shot the wrong man. Meanwhile, a killer continues unchecked.
Season 5, episode 11
W: Joe Gores D: Nicholas Sgarro
With Angel Tompkins (Jocelyn Mayfair), Floyd Levine, Kathleen Freeman (Ma Wonderly), James Blendick, Erica Hagen, Lyman Ward (Larry Jordan), Sidney Clute (Kilpatrick), Margaret Fairchild (Mrs. Mayfair), Tony Sirico (Greek God), Shelby Leverington (Joan Jordan). When, during an investigation, Kojak is mistaken for the murdered victim who was a private detective, he decides to continue the charade in an effort to fit together the many pieces of the complex case.
Season 5, episode 12
W: Harriet Margulies D: Russ Mayberry
With Joey Aresco (Richie Centorini), Paul Larson (Larry Morton), Shera Danese (Sally Cenorini), Misty Rowe (Nadine), Joseph X. Flaherty (Jerome Smith), David Ladd (Everett Coughlin), Stewart Steinberg (Joe Kane), Herbie Braha (Greg Kirkorian), Douglas Kirkson (Alvin Kettle), Adam Wade (Roland Weeks). One of Kojak's detectives becomes the prime suspect in an arson and murder case.
Season 5, episode 13
W: Michael Kozoll, Ross Teel D: Jim Benson
With Charles Aidman (Tom DeHaven), Michael Cavanaugh (Sonny Canavere), George Wyner (Asst. D.A. Linnick), Peter Hobbs (Kyle Becker), Sammy Williams (Billy Spender), Rudy Bond (Janitor), Ralph Byers (Chris Wyatt), Nicole Erickson (Mary Jane). Kojak gives serious consideration to leaving the police force for a job as an investigator with a prestigious law firm, but a series of drug-related deaths postpone his ultimate decision.
Season 5, episode 14
W: Art Eisenson D: Harvey Laidman
With Michael Witney (Billy Dunvalo), Laura Campbell (Edith Leverkune), Bob Burke (Officer Gerber), Sam Freed (Dr. Bernstein), Ben Piazza (Irving Abernathy), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Todd Flynn), Peter Brandon (Dr. Shane), Maria Smith (Cecilia Quinones). An infuriated man refuses to pay a doctor's surgery bills, as he holds the man responsible for his mother's death on the operating table.
Season 5, episode 15
W: Chester Krumholz D: Russ Mayberry
With Jack Hogan (Tom Turner), Fred Carney (Judge Cleary), Jack Somack (Charlie Gerson), Frank Pesce (Jerry Gerson), Madison Arnold (Joe Hennessey), Paul Sorenson (Frank Hennessey), Allan Rich (Judge Miller), Phyllis Glick (Asst. D.A. Lakos). Kojak is suspended when he allows his anger at a D.A., for letting a known killer escape conviction through incompetency, get out of hand.
Season 5, episode 16
W: Chester Krumholz D: Charles S. Dubin
With Herb Edelman (Jack Cohen), John Karlen (Hicks), Larry Gelman (Ramos), Andy Romano (Larry Arcadia), Basil Hoffman (Charlie Winston), Sondra Blake (Marie), Conrad Janis (District Attorney Lynn), Shelley Winters (Evelyn McNeil), Frank Sivero (Morgan), Bill McCutcheon (Fred Starrett). Captain McNeil's widowed sister-in-law gets herself so deep into gambling that even Kojak can't protect her.
Season 5, episode 17
W: Robert & Charlene Bralver, Gene Kearney D: Ernest Pintoff
With Kenneth McMillan (Lt. O'Mara), Alex Courtney (Frank DeMarco), Michael Baseleon (The Major), Evan Kim (Chok Low), Gail Landry (Irene DeMarco), Justin Lord (Patrolman Gardner), Tom Castronova (Gene Vacelli), David Hollander (Robbie DeMarco). When Kojak and Crocker are transferred to a Bronx precinct in their search for a hit man, they get flack from their counterparts who feel threatened by their presence.
Season 5, episode 18
W: Chester Krumholz D: Edward M. Abroms
With Zohra Lampert (Dr. Ellen Page), Erica Yohn (Mrs. Donner), Charlene Dallas (Monica Brady), Ken Kercheval (Professor Lacey), Michael Lerner (Dr. Fine), Meeno Peluce (Christopher), Peter Gelbum (Ralph Donner). Kojak is frustrated in his attempts to learn why the staff members of a big hospital are being mysteriously murdered.
Season 5, episode 19
W: Rift Fournier D: Charles S. Dubin
With Jill Jaress (Harriet), Mary Louise Weller (Stacy), Roz Kelly (Millie), Steve Franken (Arnie Goldman), Benny Baker (Danny Fogarty), Richard Foronjy (Ferraro), Ric Mancini (Woody), Sally Kirkland (Shirley), Jeff Conaway (Bert Gaines), Sy Kramer (Elliot Myles). Kojak and syndicate members are searching for a crippled racehorse, mated with a champion, which has been stolen.
Season 5, episode 20
W: Gene Kearney D: Jim Benson
With Antoinette Bower (Diane Marco), Andrew Robinson (Roger Layton), Arte Johnson (Billy Butler), Tige Andrews (Joe Paxton), Denyce Liston (June DiMarcoli), Robert Ball (Willie). When a former beauty queen, traveling with $3 million in jewels, confronts a photographer who has been hounding her, she is killed by a masked thief.
Season 5, episode 21
W: Gene Kearney, Mike Frankowich Jr. D: Gene Kearney
With Dick Dinman (Phil Reed), Liberace (Himself), Gianni Russo (Russ Barton), Jilly Rizzo (Croupier), Ethel O'Connel (Mae Rainey), Mark Hannibal (Andy Quinn), Paul Picerni (Vic Whitley), Priscilla Barnes (Sally/Vicki Addison). While in Las Vegas extraditing a prisoner back to New York, Crocker, his prisoner, a lady agent and a showgirl are kidnapped. Kojak joins the sheriff in a jeep posse searching for the victims.
Season 5, episode 22
W: Chester Krumholz D: Telly Savalas
With Susan Tyrell (Mary Torino), Donegan Smith (Dave Simmons), Marc Alaimo (Joe Greensteen), Danny Thomas (Assistant Chief Howard Brokaw), Nicholas Georgiade (Gino), M.P. Murphy (Chief Inspector), Lenny Montana (McCoy). An assistant chief inspector, passed over for promotion, feels that Kojak's investigation into a possible organized crime war should be his case. (Last show of the series.)