Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Marcus Welby, M.D.' from 1970-1982:
- Elena Verdugo as Consuelo Lopez (1969-1976)
- James Brolin as Dr. Steven Kiley (1969-1976)
- Robert Young as Dr. Marcus Welby (1969-1976)
- Pamela Hensley as Janet Blake (1976)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Marcus Welby, M.D.':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Jerry De Bono D: Marc Daniels
With Susan Clark (Ruth Ann Adams), Michael Barbera (Tony), Gary Dubin (Peter), Daniel Fitzgerald (Billy), Margot Jane (Angela), Catherine McLeod (Mrs. Pate), Fredricka Meyers (Miss Mathews), George O'Hanlon Sr. (Writer), Venetta Rogers (Marsha). A young, outgoing school teacher retreats into isolation when she learns she has only a few months to live.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Robert Collins D: Daniel Petrie
With Lynn Carlin (Helen Stewart), Booth Colman (Mr. Huntsman), Brian Dewey (Pauly Stewart), Robert Ellenstein (Dr. Hall), Steve Ihnat (Bob Stewart), Michele Tobin (Judy), Jeremy Robert Brown (Rickle), Count D. Mingleton (Barry). Efforts by Dr. Welby to reach an autistic child locked into a fantasy world result in hostile actions by the child and growing estrangement between the boy's parents.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Ted Aspin D: Leo Penn
With Julie Adams (Claire Burwick), Richard Dillon (Young Father), Sonja Dunson (Jean), Dorothy Green (Louise Janis), Alice Rodriguez (Nurse), William Sylvester (Paul Burwick), Amy Thomson (Maggie). Claire Burwick is 42 and pregnant for the first time -- and desperately worried that her husband doesn't want a child.
Season 1, episode 4
W: John H. Bloch D: John Erman
With Peter Brandon (Dr. Hoving), Charles Brewer (Grant), Hanna Landy (Renee), Shirley O'Hara (Nurse), Barbara Rush (Nadine Cabot), Fred Sadoff (Jerry Ainsworth), Alexander Scourby (Lucas Coleman). A motion picture star suffers a stroke and Dr. Welby comes into conflict with her husband, a producer who drives her too hard on the road to recovery.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Ken Trevey D: Bob McDougall
With Andrew Johnson (Coast Guard Lieutenant), Ruta Lee (Shirlee Ballinger), Dita Nicole (Gunilla), Butch Patrick (Ballinger's son), Alma Platt (Little old lady), Napoleon Whiting (Donald), Henry Wilcoxon (Rick Ballinger). An aging war hero, in an effort to maintain his heroic facade for his son and young wife, plans a solo voyage across the Pacific despite Dr. Welby's warning that it will be fatal.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Max Hodge D: John Erman
With Amy Douglass (Grandmother), Nora Marlowe (Belle Newton), Belinda Montgomery (Mary Ann Graham), Shirley O'Hara (Nurse), Arthur Peterson (Dubie Newton), Peggy Rea (Mrs. Barker), Richard Thomas (Dennis Graham). A young wife panics when told her husband must learn of a previous pregnancy and abortion.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Jerome Ross D: Leo Penn
With Dee Carroll (Nora Thomason), Richard Dillon (Tom Ferris), Patti Heider (Carol), Dale Johnson (Bus Driver), Judy Jordan (Peggy Crain), Charles Lampkin (Mr. Murtree), Larry Linville (Dr. Beck), Cliff Potts (Paul Hannan), Carrie Snodgress (Laura Jelliffe), Hope Stansbury (Norma Semple), Russell Thorson (Dr. Smedley). A blind man's sight is restored by an operation and his love for his sightless fiancee cools.
Season 1, episode 8
W: John Vlahos D: Richard Benedict
With Michael Hardstark (Petro Eugenides), Linda Marsh (Zoe Eugenides), Tony Patino (Kosta Eugenides), Frank Silvera (Nick Eugenides), Jerry Summers (Driver), John Verros (Priest), Ed White (Repairman). An aging but lusty Greek fisherman refuses to change his life style when Dr. Welby informs him he has emphysema.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Paul Schneider, Margaret Schneider D: Philip Leacock
With Anne Baxter (Myra Sherwood), Darleen Carr (Tracy Clifford), Bobby Gilbert (Maitre d'), Angela Greene (Clair Clifford), Patti Heider (Joyce), Michael Larrain, Marcia Ralston (Nurse). Myra Sherwood takes a pregnant, unmarried "flower child", Tracy Clifford, into her home.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Robert Collins D: Daniel Petrie
With Stanley Beck (Dr. Sidney Stein), John Bleifer (Rabbi), Peggy Cowles (Madeline Stein), Tony De Costa (Chico), Robert Lipton (Scott Behrman), Jackie Loughery (Mary), Nehemiah Persoff (Max Behrman), Jack Sheldon (Visitor). Dr. Welby faces opposition from the father of a young man suffering from recurring LSD attacks.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Lionel E. Siegel D: Marc Daniels
With James Doohan (Sgt. Brenner), Percy Rodrigues (Ernest Jackson), Georgia Carr (Sophie Jackson). A police lieutenant lies about his occupation to protect his job -- and a possible promotion.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Jerry McNeely D: Richard Benedict
With Barry Williams (Pancho McGurney), Carol Anderson (Private Nurse), Kevin Burchett (Skip), Bradford Dillman (Ken McGurney), Nancy Malone (Nora McGurney), Heather Menzies (Margie McGurney), Barbara Morrison (Nurse), Michael F. Tanner (Bobby). A couple refuse to allow Dr. Welby to inform their son he has leukemia, even though their false cheer and stubborness have made the boy afraid and confused.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Margaret Armen D: Chris Christenberry
With Ruth Roman. A faith healer persuades one of Dr. Welby's patients, a young athlete with a knee injury, that she can cure his ailment without surgery.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Robert Collins D: Russ Mayberry
With Robert Guillaume (Carothers), Robert Brubaker (Dr. Vernon), Stacy Harris (Dr. Stanford), Vince Howard (Dr. Blair), Barney Phillips (Captain Cochran), Melvin Stewart (Sam Kincaid), Richard Van Vleet (Jim Morran), Kenneth Washington (Billy Kincaid). The son of a non-violent black leader is hospitalized after being struck by a policeman during a student demonstration, and Dr. Welby is suspected of trying to cover up the officer's attack.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Robert Collins, Ian Chevron D: Daniel Petrie
With David Cassidy, Judith McConnell (Lee Simmons), Joanna Cameron (Anne), Victoria Carroll (Lady Guest), John McMartin (John Ambrose). A diabetic teenager stops taking his insulin shots to "get even" with his widowed father.
Season 1, episode 17
W: John Dugan D: Daniel Petrie
With Russell Arms (Dr. Buckley), Janet Blair (Ann Ferris), Helen Hall (Nurse Peters), Miguel Angel Landa (Antonio Novarro Suarez), Ines Pedroza (Margarita de Novarro), Peggy Rea (Mrs. Barker), Dolores del Rio (Carlotta Lopez de Guadelupe), John Roper (Ricardo Guadelupe Lopez). Two hospitalized patients of Dr. Welby must -- each in her own way -- decide whether to risk death in order to continue living.
Season 1, episode 18
W: Paul Schneider, Margaret Schneider D: Jeannot Szwarc
With George Barrows (Mr. Wayne), Joseph Campanella (Leo Maslow), Joan Darling (Abby Maslow), Louise Lorimer (Mrs. Hearn), Celia Lovsky (Lena Perlin), Fredricka Meyers (Fran), Johnny Silver (Cab Driver), Jeff Thompson (Simpson). The condition of a scientist continues to deteriorate even though tests are inconclusive as to whether he has a serious hereditary disease.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Don M. Mankiewicz D: Marc Daniels
With Jack Albertson (Mr. Chambers), Jeanne Bates (Mrs. Collins), Larry J. Blake (Dispatcher), Barry Brown (Greg Wells Jr.), Lew Brown (Charles "Bulldog" McGill), Russ Caldwell (Pat), John Dennis (Gus), Bill Henry (Executive), Elizabeth Rogers (Woman Executive), William Smithers (George Howe), Chet Stratton (Mr. Keefer). Dr. Steven Kiley tries to help a former employer, an ex-dope addict, and places himself and Dr. Welby in an awkward position requiring a difficult decision.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Ken Trevey D: John Erman
With Joanna Cameron (Anne MacAndrews), Rafael Campos (Felix Azevedo), Jennifer Gan (Raylene Kohl), Arch Johnson, Strother Martin (Terry Riggs), Michael Burns (Dinty Gallagher). Desperate to lose weight for an important race, a young jockey refuses to give up his regimen of diet pills and steam baths -- even after his physical collapse.
Season 1, episode 21
W: Ken Trevey D: Herbert Kenwith
With Joanna Cameron (Nurse MacAndrews), Elizabeth Hubbard (Dr. Gardner), Don Stroud (Dutch Radtke), Whit Bissell (Dr. Winnick), Slim Gaillard (Odie Langston), Abel Fernandez (Angelo Rodriguez). Dr. Steven Kiley, hospitalized with chicken pox, becomes interested in a fellow patient, a husky oilfield worker who panics at the thought of surgery.
Season 1, episode 22
W: Jerry McNeely D: Philip Leacock
With Skye Aubrey (Wendy Shearer), Jason Evers (Dick Shearer), Vera Miles (Ellen Wagner), Hugh Beaumont (Jim Wagner), Barbara Bostock. Severe heart seizures after corrective surgery lead Dr. Welby to suspect that a young woman is suffering from psychosomatic attacks.
Season 1, episode 23
W: Ben Masselink D: Chris Christenberry
With John Ericson (Peter Barton), Katherine Crawford (Carol Barton), Ben Cooper (Larry Adams), Walter Brooke (Dr. Staples), Millicent Schuber (Jeannie Adams), Bret Swanson (Dusty Barton). An oceanography student with the bends disregards Dr. Welby's advice and insists on one more dive.
Season 1, episode 24
W: Jerome Ross D: Steven Spielberg
With Marsha Hunt (Mrs. Bellows), Frank Webb (Larry Bellows), Ronne Troup (Ginny Peterson). A hemophiliac teenager rebels against his mother's protectiveness and tries to prove himself physically equal to his classmates.
Season 1, episode 25
W: David Moessinger D: Herschel Daugherty
With Flora Plumb (Enid Cooper), Ezekial Williams (Paul Davidson), Steven Share (Tim Gleason), Rockne Tarkington (Frank Davidson). Enid Cooper, a counselor in an orphanage, is responsible for the injury of one of her charges while she's driving under the influence of narcotics.
Season 1, episode 26
W: Lionel E. Siegel D: John Erman
With Kaz Garas. Dr. Welby tries to help a young doctor fighting a last-ditch battle to keep a clinic operating in a poor neighborhood.
September 22, 1970: A Very Special Sailfish
Season 2, episode 1
W: Jerry McNeely D: Leo Penn
With Cloris Leachman (Jean Cullen), Lee Purcell (Cathy Cullen), William Schallert (Brian Cullen), Kathleen Lloyd (Angela), Stacy Keach Sr. (Goodman), John David Carson (Tim Salter), Darrell Larson (Kirk Hannon). Series returns for its second year with an episode focusing on venereal disease among the young. A young girl's successful summer diet leads to sudden, overpowering popularity when school starts -- and promiscuity and near tragedy.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Don Ingalls D: Leo Penn
With Gary Merrill (Orlando Corday), Beth Brickell (Jeanne Corday), Kaz Garas (John Christopher), Carle Benson (Dr. White), Jill Chandler (Mrs. Wesley). Pride and career blend to make a man stricken with a terminal disease refuse Dr. Welby's advice.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Jerry McNeely D: Herschel Daugherty
With Rhoda Williams (Norma Simpson), Barry Brown (Mike Kiley), Dale Johnson (Dr. Freedman). Dr. Kiley's younger brother, a research scientist, believes he is dying from Hodgkin's disease and refuses help.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Jerome Ross D: Daniel Petrie
With Michele Lee (Rowena Dancy), Hope Summers (Mrs. Whittaker), Joaquin Martinez (Dr. Ramirez), Marlene Clark (Lorine), Alma Platt (Mrs. Prentiss), Burt Mustin (Mr. Truscott). A rich young hypochondriac complicates an outbreak of a dangerous new strain of influenza that has doctors Welby and Kiley working around the clock.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Charles A. McDaniel D: Marc Daniels
With Larry Hagman (Dr. Sam Bowers), Barbara Anderson (Marci Shore), Anthony Eisley (John Borden), George Takei (Fred), Norman Stuart (Dr. Kingman), Judith McConnell (Claudia Moran). Welby finds it difficult to treat an old friend, a "hot-line" psychiatrist who is more concerned with helping a girl threatening suicide than with his own continued existence.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Paul Schneider, Margaret Schneider D: Marc Daniels
With David Hartman (Tom Logan), Suzanne Pleshette (Ann Logan), Heather Harrison (Daisy Logan), Carmen Zapata (Maria Delgado), Dawn Lyn (Laurie). Welby delves into the emotional makeup of a woman who insists on bringing up a retarded daughter without outside help, even though the strain has already caused her a massive ulcer attack.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Paul Schneider, Margaret Schneider D: Joseph Lejtes
With Ricardo Montalban (Vic Rivera), Jan Shepard (Anita Rivera), Walter Woolf King (Dr. Seaton). A scientist who has been researching -- and taking -- the hallucinogenic drugs of a tribe of Mexican Indians begins to suffer extreme attacks of nausea and dizziness.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Edward DeBlasio D: Marc Daniels
With Don Galloway (Bill Hull), Tiffany Bolling (Ellen Nielsen), Robert F. Simon (Dr. Anders), Sheila Kuehl (Laura Mazza). Welby discovers that an attractive girl contracted leprosy during her childhood in the Philippines. The tragic discovery is made when she comes to him for a routine pre-marital checkup.
Season 2, episode 10
W: John Considine, Jeanne Taylor D: Jeannot Szwarc
With John Considine (Stuart Cochran), Shelby Grant (Diana Fletcher), Hilly Hicks (Danny Lee), Charles Drake (Tom Eades). Actor John Considine, who is an epileptic, stars in a story he co-authored, an episode concerned with the chronic nervous disorder. The teleplay centers on Stuart Cochran, an epileptic whose efforts to hide his affliction endanger his life, job and relations with loved ones.
Season 2, episode 11
W: John Vlahos D: Marc Daniels
With Michael Larrain (Bob Lucas), Pamela McMyler (Sue-Ann Lucas), Nora Marlowe (Belle Newton). Shame, pride and jealousy induce a young father to refuse treatment for his supposedly retarded child.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Don Ingalls D: Philip Leacock
With Jo Ann Pflug (Paula Lynch), Mariette Hartley (Maggie Lynch), Bill Williams (Mr. Lynch), Shelley Morrison (Mrs. Florino), June Dayton (Mrs. Lynch), Christine Belford (Lolly). Marcus Welby suspects a young nurse is suffering from a hereditary disease, but investigation fails to turn up anyone in her family to support the disgnosis.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Max Hodge D: Leo Penn
With Richard Thomas (Dennis Graham), Belinda Montgomery (Mary Ann Graham), Nora Marlowe (Belle Newton), Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (Jose Chavez), Jim Boles (Mr. Householder). A father ignores Marcus Welby's medical treatment and endangers his life -- and that of hs son.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Jerome Ross D: Chris Christenberry
With Judy Blair (Winona Arrowthorn), James Farentino (Clyde Arrowthorn), James Daris (Stinger). Emphysema destroys the dreams of a better life for a young Navajo and his wife.
Season 2, episode 15
W: Robert Collins D: Chris Christenberry
With Glenn Corbett (Wesley Hill), Chill Wills (Clayton Hill), Elaine Devry (Ellie Hill), Michael F. Blake (Bobby Hill). Dr. Marcus Welby tries to help a robust rancher adjust to a new way of living after he loses a kidney and becomes dependent on a kidney machine.
Season 2, episode 16
W: Joseph Stefano D: Russ Mayberry
With Dana Wynter (Julie Croft), Robert Lansing (David Croft), Leigh Christian (Sandra Hovis), Florence Sundstrom (Marian). Dr. Stephen Kiley falls in love with a TB patient whose husband reacts emotionally and negatively to her condition.
Season 2, episode 17
W: Ken Trevey D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Walter Pidgeon (Prof. Wilfred Bayliss), Pete Deuel (Roger Natsill), Steve Franken (Dr. Weitzman), Anthony Geary (Flipped-out Youth). A former teacher who is dying and a confused young Indian medical student complicate the efforts of Dr. Welby's patients to honor his long years of service to the community.
Season 2, episode 18
W: Charles A. McDaniel D: Leo Penn
With Rachel Roberts (Dr. Victoria Thorson), Ramon Bieri (Paul Barrett), Dana Elcar (Dr. McCready), Lee H. Montgomery (Billy Channing), Keye Luke (Dr. Braley), Bruce Kirby (Lou Rienzi). Welby and Steven Kiley try to help a once-successful orthopedic surgeon who's become an alcoholic.
Season 2, episode 19
W: Theodore Apstein D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Joseph Campanella (Ignacio Ladera), Richard Yniguez (Nacho Ladera), John Roper (Ricardo Lopez). Nurse Consuelo Lopez falls in love with a rich patient from Mexico City and Dr. Welby fears the attachment will lead to heartbreak.
Season 2, episode 20
W: David Moessinger D: Herschel Daugherty
With Diana Hyland (Cynthia Crowley), William Lundigan (Jack Crowley), Robert Lipton (Ross Sutton), John Van Dreelen (Frederick Bramstedt), Len Wayland (Marvin Manley), Jason Wingreen (Henry Gargan), Russell Thorson (Dr. Sloan), S. John Launer (Dr. Ingram), Robert Rhodes (Dr. Sutherland). Doctors Welby and Kiley are sued for malpractice by a pampered, neurotic woman who claims their treatment led to paralysis, but Welby sticks to his psychosomatic diagnosis.
Season 2, episode 21
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Kay Medford (Mrs. Varni), Robert Pratt (Jerome Varni), Kathleen Lloyd (Ruth), Lana Wood (Angie), Jack De Mave (Dr. Wilder), Marguerite Chapman (Angie's Mother). A blind mother arranges for plastic surgery for her homely son but doesn't anticipate the problems caused by the transformation.
Season 2, episode 22
W: Ken Trevey D: Russ Mayberry
With Margarita Cordova (Socorro Ledesma), Christina Crawford (Sister Mary Eileen), Brad David (Dougie Jakubik), Johnny Seven (Joe Metzger), Gary Dubin (Gary Ledesma), Eric Chase (Malcolm Hartman), Pat McCaffrie (Dr. Haines). Marcus Welby is bitten by a rabid dog belonging to a retarded young patient, setting Dr. Kiley and a nun in pursuit of the runaway pet.
Season 2, episode 23
D: Russ Mayberry
With Geraldine Brooks (Elaine Rossi), Pat Harrington Jr. (Chris Rossi), Dick Wilson (Health Faddist), Anne Garman (Stewardess). Marcus Welby comes to the aid of a young woman who falls ill on a plane flight to Los Angeles and becomes involved in her strained relationship with her musician-husband.
Season 2, episode 24
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Laurie Prange (Ellen Craig), Alexis Smith (Evie Craig), Craig Stevens (Jim Craig). Doctors Welby and Kiley attempt to treat the emotional as well as physical problems of a young girl who believes her parents don't love her.
Season 2, episode 25
D: Russ Mayberry
With Alexander Scourby (Anthony Alquist), Jessica Walter (Jenny Alquist), Don Chastain (Doug Preston), Gail Bonney (Mrs. Billings). Welby tries to help a young woman break away from her domineering father and marry the man she loves. The problem is compounded by the fact that the father, a famous playwright, is suffering from a nerve disease which may end his career.
September 14, 1971: Tender Comrade
Season 3, episode 1
W: Edward DeBlasio D: David Lowell Rich
With Diana Muldaur (Ann Rolf), Pernell Roberts (Roger Bentley), Clint Howard (Kimmy Rolf), Carmen Zapata (Carmela), Dawn Lyn (Andrea Rolf), Francis De Sales (Dr. Stanley). Medical series enters its third season. A beautiful widow finds that she must undergo a mastectomy just as she plans to marry again.
Season 3, episode 2
W: David Moessinger D: Arnold Laven
With Pat Crowley (Carol Adams), George Grizzard (George Adams), Pamelyn Ferdin (Felicia), Keye Luke (David Yen), Lou Frizzell (Alfred Gage). Marcus Welby faces a difficult diagnosis. Is a newly adopted young girl's recurring illness physical or psychosomatic?
Season 3, episode 3
D: Bruce Kessler
With Alan Hale Jr. (Dan Kiley), Kathryn Hays (Ellen Kiley), Barry Brown (Mike Kiley), Norman Stuart (Dr. Kingman). Against Marcus Welby's advice, Dr. Kiley goes deeply into debt to get his father, a former alcoholic who has suffered a massive stroke, the "best of care".
Season 3, episode 4
D: Bruce Kessler
With Sally Field (Jan / June Wilkins), Russell Johnson (Dr. Colman), Michael Stearns (Andy), Wayne Heffley (Bernie), Claudio Martinez (Arnoldo), Jean Byron (Dr. Koerner). Sally Field portrays identical twins whose rivalry -- and familial love -- are challenged when one of them suffers severe burns.
Season 3, episode 5
D: Marc Daniels
With Vincent Van Patten (Philip Grand), Claire Brennen (Leona Grand), Brian Tochi (Max Redding), Tom Helmore (Alan Redding). A Japanese-American boy is tortured by conflicting feelings for his father, an old friend of Welby's.
Season 3, episode 6
W: Jerry McNeely D: Marc Daniels
With Arthur Hill (Owen Marshall), Lee Majors (Jess Brandon), Ed Nelson (Todd Christian), Belinda Montgomery (Susan Christian), Ron Masak (Stan Krause), Rick Ely (Terry Kalscheur), Robert Emhart (Jack Walthers), Frank Marth (Sgt. Hamilton). A two-part drama which unites Marcus Welby and Owen Marshall and concludes on "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law" this Thursday. A politician whose daughter is a patient of Dr. Welby's shoots her boyfriend. Arrested for murder, the man claims he believed the victim was a prowler.
Season 3, episode 7
D: Bruce Kessler
With William Windom (Dr. Sam Mason), Dorothy Green (Ruthie), Sharon Madigan (Nurse Kelly), Aline Towne (Nurse Cohen). A famed neurosurgeon's reliance on amphetamines to keep up with his busy schedule leads to a crisis during an emergency surgery.
Season 3, episode 8
W: Theodore Apstein D: Leo Penn
With Joseph Campanella (Howard Garsen), Jacqueline Scott (Miriam Garsen), Darrell Larson (Rick Garsen), Stacy Keach Sr. (Morton), Peter Hobbs (Dr. Lerner), Russ McCubbin (Ed Jamison). The double blow of the loss of his job and a severe heart attack causes an over-40 executive to reassess his life.
Season 3, episode 9
D: Marc Daniels
With Ted Bessell (Dr. Hal Powers), Dorothy Lamour (Mary DeSocio), Linda Meiklejohn (Rita Tobin), Laraine Stephens (Kay Powers). The life of one of Welby's patients is endangered when a young neurologist stubbornly refuses to admit a wrong diagnosis.
Season 3, episode 10
D: Bruce Kessler
With Ruth Hussey (Laura Benson), Patric Knowles (Otis Carstairs), Lindsay Wagner (Nurse Gledhill), Robert Clarke (Arthur), Myrna Fahey (Grace Ashley). A wealthy widow takes up residence in a posh retirement home where a romance develops between her and an aging charmer.
Season 3, episode 11
D: Bruce Kessler
With Skye Aubrey (Laura Sanderson), Christopher Stone (Scott Sanderson), Brian Dewey (Paul Sanderson). Lonely and afraid that life is passing her by, nurse Consuelo Lopez decides to adopt an unwanted 10-year-old neighbor boy.
Season 3, episode 12
W: Dick Nelson D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Fred Holliday (George Bryant), Sian Barbara Allen (Ellie Bryant), Michael Blodgett (Vince Kolski), Kathryn Kelly Wiget (Jan Michaels), Barry Higgins (Mark). Dr. Welby helps a young teacher face his subconscious guilt over an accident which caused brain damage to his younger sister.
Season 3, episode 13
D: Bruce Kessler
With Barry Sullivan (Cortland Evans), Robert Pratt (Terry Archer), Doris Singleton (Evelyn Monahan), Sandra Gould (Rose Shapiro), Grace Albertson (Volunteer), Jim Boles (Buck Jensen), Maidie Norman (Cleaning Woman), Peggy Rea (Mrs. Baker), John McCann (Dr. Latham), Walter Woolf King (Hugh Benedict). A once-renowned film director endangers his life when a young cinema student gives him a chance to regain his fame.
Season 3, episode 14
W: Jerome Ross D: Marc Daniels
With Michael Warren (Jason Greer), Johnnie Whitaker (Ricky Perino), Murray Matheson (Dr. Stoddard), Lonny Chapman (Joe Perino), Leslie Parrish (Elaine Perino), Kip Niven (Sam), Paulene Myers (Mrs. Greer), Jessica Jones (Gloria), Aline Towne (Nurse Blair). A disillusioned young black gets a new perspective on life when he gives his blood to save a white lad.
Season 3, episode 15
W: Jerry McNeely D: Marc Daniels
With Christine Belford (Sandy Wells), Richard Van Vleet (Ray Wells), Michele Lee (Katie Wells), Berkeley Harris (Glenn Weckner), Sherry Bain (Evy Weckner). Dr. Welby's daughter, Sandy, who has been living in South America since her marriage, returns home to have an abortion because she fears her baby will be deformed due to possible exposure to rubella. However, her husband believes there's a deep-seated psychological reason for her reluctance to become a mother.
Season 3, episode 16
W: Jerry McNeely D: Marc Daniels
With Christine Belford (Sandy Wells), Richard Van Vleet (Ray Wells), Michele Lee (Katie Wells), Berkeley Harris (Glenn Weckner), Sherry Bain (Evy Weckner), Norman Stuart (Dr. Sandberg), Gordon Gray (Dr. Thorne). Marcus Welby's daughter, in deference to her husband and her father, goes full term in her pregnancy and must fight for her life when the child is born.
Season 3, episode 17
D: Bruce Kessler
With Nico Minardos (Rick Metaxas), Lindsay Wagner (Emily Metaxas), Dorothy Green (Charlotte), Robert Mandan (Alex), Sidney Clute (Hanson), Lois January (Miss Evans). Rick Metaxas, whose tennis prowess has brought him fame, money and a beautiful wife, believes his life is over when he's stricken with a degenerative muscle disease.
Season 3, episode 18
D: Bruce Kessler
With Gary Collins (Maj. Ken McKenna), Virginia Gregg (Dr. Heider), Sean Kelly (Johnny McKenna), Elaine Devry (Loretta McKenna), Scott Garrett (Tim McKenna), Stacy Keach Sr. (Mr. Burns), Byron Morrow (Headmaster), Susan Adams (Mrs. Linder). A father refuses to accept Dr. Welby's diagnosis of minimal brain dysfunction in his son and, instead, aggravates his son's problems by sending him to a military school.
Season 3, episode 19
W: Paul Schneider, Margaret Schneider D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Michael Callan (Greg Robbins), Sallie Shockley (Amy Robbins), Charles Seel (Mr. Webster), Tiger Wlliams (Brian Webster), Lynette Mettey (Sue Marshall), Jerry Fogel (Jack Kramer). Soon after the sudden death of their own boy, a young couple become foster parents to 4-year-old Brian Webster, only to learn the terror of the youngster's recurrent attacks of an undiagnosed illness.
Season 3, episode 20
W: Jerry De Bono D: Marc Daniels
With David McCallum (Brian Kenny), Leslie Charleson (Lisa Kenny), Barry Higgins (Matthew Kenny). Dr. Welby probes the psyche of a college instructor to uncover the non-physical cause of his muscle spasms.
Season 3, episode 21
W: John Wilder D: David Alexander
With Neville Brand (Kenny Carpenter), Barbara Rush (Dorothy Carpenter), James Doohan (Fred Baxter), Don 'Red' Barry (Al Karlovic), Allison McKay (Addie), Don Keefer (Dr. Hendrix), Tom Pace (Paul Welles). A past-40 man chooses to delay badly-needed eye surgery so he may see his soon-to-be-born first child.
Season 3, episode 22
D: Bruce Kessler
With Chelsea Brown (Tallie Hughes), Felton Perry (Russ Hughes), Edward Crawford (Benjie Miller), Juanita Moore. Marcs Welby intervenes on behalf of a black social worker and her policeman husband who are meeting resistance in the adoption of an abandoned child suffering from sickle cell anemia.
Season 3, episode 23
W: Robert Collins D: Robert Collins
With Charles Aidman (Dr. Kendall Blair), Anne Jackson (Alicia Blair), Sara Seegar (Mrs. Milligan), Nancy DeCarl (Lauren Blair), Julian Burton (Dr. Halstead). The long marriage of a middle-aged couple develops a rift when their newborn son is found to be a victim of cystic fibrosis.
Season 3, episode 24
W: Max Hodge D: Marc Daniels
With Jack Kelly, Brett Hadley (Dr. Todd), Randolph Mantooth, Lee Purcell, John Lupton (Vincent Dunn), Suzanne Cohane (Ginnie Locket). Welby's unwed and pregnant niece's problems are further complicated by an infection requiring hospitalization.
September 12, 1972: A Fragile Possession
Season 4, episode 1
W: Paul Schneider, Margaret Schneider D: Harry Falk
With Beverly Garland (Roberta Kingsley), Joanna Cameron (Carolyn Kingsley), Kathleen Lloyd (Donna Sherman), Mark Travis (Chad Wheeler), Joan Tompkins (Mrs. Hackett), Mark Travis (Chad Wheeler). The fourth season begins with the story of a beautiful 20-year-old girl, the pride of her attractive divorced mother, who learns she is pregnant and must make an important decision on what to do with the baby.
Season 4, episode 2
D: Marc Daniels
With Bruce Davison (Donald Lorimer), Mike Farrell (Clifford Lorimer), Peggy McCay (Sister Joanna). A victim of aplastic anemia following an excessive dose of radiation is in need of a bone marrow transplant, but all members of his family are ruled out except his retarded brother, Donald.
Season 4, episode 3
W: Edward DeBlasio D: Leo Penn
With Sian Barbara Allen (Renee Wilson), Jordan Rhodes (Bobby Hershey), Dana Elcar (Dr. Tomlinson), Barbi Benton (Liz), Ann Doran (Mother Therese), Dan Ferrone (Dr. Carter). A serious illness leaves an active 20-year-old girl a paraplegic facing life in a wheelchair. At the rehabilitation center, she becomes attracted to a young man, also a paraplegic, but Dr. Welby and Consuelo help convince her that nothing can come of the romance.
Season 4, episode 4
With Heidi Vaughn (Jamie Bell), Kaz Garas (Jack), Eric Braeden (Sten Holmquist), Cathy Lee Crosby. A young woman, recently separated from her husband, contracts venereal disease when she has an affair with another man.
Season 4, episode 5
W: Joanna Lee D: Leo Penn
With Patrick O'Neal (Dr. Peterson), Brenda Vaccaro (Marilyn Hoffman), Robert F. Simon (Dr. Graham), Leigh Christian (Jeanne), Steve Sherman (Bobby Peterson), Byron Morrow (Dr. Goldsmith), Mitch Carter (Henderson). A pathologist planning to remarry to give his son a mother is told by Dr. Welby he must have serious surgery and must examine his motives before the operation.
Season 4, episode 6
W: Adrian Spies D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Ramsey), Jack Haley (Ned Ramsey), Sharon Farrell (Cecile Ramsey), Marion Ross (Dr. Cartwright), Dawn Lyn (Sheila), Shirley O'Hara (Miss Harris). An aging salesman is given a new chance at life by Dr. Welby following a stroke, when he is reunited with his estranged wife and daughter whom he deserted years before.
Season 4, episode 7
With Radames Pera (Terence Ellis), Katherine Justice (Morgan Ellis), Russell Wiggins (Terry Michaels). A lonely girl who is overprotective of her young brother and a cancer-stricken athlete are drawn together -- each learning new meaning in life through their association.
Season 4, episode 8
W: Jerry De Bono D: Herschel Daugherty
With Lindsay Wagner (Denise Mallory), Rick Lenz (Don Mallory), Dana Elcar (Dr. Tomlinson), Michael Richardson (Jim Arnold). The future of a young pianist-composer and his attractive wife is in doubt when she is stricken with multiple sclerosis when he is about to leave on a tour.
Season 4, episode 9
W: Bess Boyle D: Arnold Laven
With Lawrence Pressman (Alex Graham), Susan Clark (Judy Graham), William Mims (Dr. Nelson), Helen Verbit (Katie Ryan), Kirby Furlong (Rickie Graham), Clay O'Brien (Peter Graham). A young mother learns she must undergo a hysterectomy and attempts suicide.
Season 4, episode 10
W: Peter S. Fischer D: Marc Daniels
With Leif Erickson (Dr. Garvey), Joel Fabiani (Dr. Willis), Martin E. Brooks (Miles Haggerty). Dr. Welby helps a famous surgeon and old friend face the fact that because of his age and physical condition he must redesign his active life.
Season 4, episode 11
W: David Moessinger D: David Moessinger
With James Stacy (Phil Darrow), Linda Marsh (Nancy Darrow), Lee H. Montgomery (Jason Darrow). A 12-year-old boy who is stricken with rheumatoid arthritis must also face conflicts between his estranged parents.
Season 4, episode 12
W: Jerome Ross D: Russ Mayberry
With Shelley Morrison (Mrs. Sobel), Harvey Fisher (Dan Sobel), Jess Walton (Naomi Sobel), Alan Oppenheimer (Art Sobel), Ann Summers (Dr. O'Connor), Lionel Ames (Cantor). A young couple who lose their baby to a rare disease which occurs only in infants of Jewish origin are afraid to have another child when it is learned the wife is pregnant again.
Season 4, episode 13
W: Robert Sabaroff D: Earl Bellamy
With Chief Dan George (Charlie), William Shatner (Dr. Billings), Cal Bellini (Carlo). Dr. Welby flies to an Indian reservation to save the life of a young Hopi whose grandfather clings to the medicines of his ancestors.
Season 4, episode 14
With Sharon Gless (Lynn Baker), Margaret O'Brien (Neva Phillips), Anthony Eisley, Greg Mullavey. An overweight woman with hypertension endangers her life by going on a crash weight-reducing program to save her marriage.
Season 4, episode 15
With Jessica Walter (Marion Lawrence), James Callahan (Allen Lawrence), Charles Drake. Following a hysterectomy, a woman takes an overdose of pills. She claims it was an accident, but Dr. Welby and her husband believe otherwise.
Season 4, episode 16
W: Norman Hudis D: Leo Penn
With Anne Baxter (Julie Langley Kirk), Susan Howard (Greta Francis), Murray Matheson (Edward Liddell), Tom Drake (George Appleton). A famous photographer, who is stricken by a fatal illness while on assignment, is encouraged by Dr. Welby to finish a lifelong project and continue working.
Season 4, episode 17
W: Peter S. Fischer D: Philip Leacock
With Nehemiah Persoff (Nicholas Kolinski), Peter Mark Richman (Arthur Kolinski), Jack De Mave (Reese Bennett), Victor Izay (Dr. Rollins), Michael Rupert (Craig Cole). An aging mechanic is estranged from his son, an apparently successful businessman bedeviled by insecurity, who doesn't want his son to follow in his father's footsteps.
Season 4, episode 18
W: Robert M. Young D: Marc Daniels
With James Coco (Quentin Bailey), Aneta Corsaut (Jenny Bailey), Don 'Red' Barry (Abner Dickens), Gary Dubin (Chris Bailey), Ronald Lieb (Lt. Stone). An overweight salesman undergoes a personality change due to Cushing Syndrome, a rare disease necessitating surgery.
Season 4, episode 19
W: Peter S. Fischer D: Leo Penn
With Don Stroud (Charlies Gates), Elaine Giftos (Melanie Gates), Greg Mullavey (Ed Putnam), Jackie Coogan (Vince Darrell), Paul Kent (Alan Pritchard), Maggie Malooly (Joy Putnam). The career and marriage of a law student is jeopardized by his fear of responsibility combined with a fear of failure when important decisions are thrust upon him. Dr. Welby shows him how his attitudes are forcing his actions.
Season 4, episode 20
W: Paul Schneider, Margaret Schneider D: Leo Penn
With Lane Bradford (Dan Cooper), Gloria DeHaven (Estelle Manning), Norman Fell (George Manning), Jan-Michael Vincent (Ritchie Manning), Buddy Joe Hooker (Ron), Stuart Nisbet (Proprietor), K.C. Ligon (Donna), Eileen Ryan (Shirley Cooper). Dr. Welby helps a young drinker and his family face their problem, by facing the fact that the boy has been under too much strain following the death of his older brother.
Season 4, episode 21
W: Anthony Lawrence D: Joseph Pevney
With Joanna Barnes (Laura Daniels), Whit Bissell (Dr. Emrick), Kristina Holland (Jan Michaels), Donnelly Rhodes (Paul Daniels), Frank Sinatra Jr. (Stewart Laube), Jerry Fogel (Marty Siegel). A woman television personality turns to pills and alcohol when a heart condition interferes with her job.
Season 4, episode 22
W: Dick Nelson D: Allen Reisner
With Mark Miller (Martin Loring), Sharon Acker (Margaret Loring), Martha Scott (Mrs. Loring), Scott Jacoby (Billy Loring), Leo Gordon (Sgt. Lewis). A man is driven into a diabetic coma as a result of excessive drinking when he is faced with divorce by his wife who realizes he has homosexual tendencies.
Season 4, episode 23
W: Richard Fielder D: Marc Daniels
With Sally Ann Howes (Janet Boyd), Pernell Roberts (Tom Boyd), Lyle Waggoner (Eric Lundgren), Maureen McCormick (Sharon Boyd), Howard Morton (Dr. Wainwright), Marshall Reed (Matt Callan). Troubled by his wife's relationship with a charming young political candidate, a successful architect-builder turns to tranquilizers and is seriously injured at a construction site.
Season 4, episode 24
W: Dick Nelson D: Joseph Pevney
With Darrell Larson (David Carter), Colleen Camp (Betty Adams), Richard Bradford (Ralph Carter), Darleen Carr (Cathy Wheelock), Janet Blair (Mrs. Carter). A popular teenage boy becomes suicidal when a buddy dies after deliberately driving his motorcycle into a brick wall.
September 11, 1973: The Panic Path
Season 5, episode 1
D: Marc Daniels
With Vera Miles (Janet Devaney), Paul Burke (Carol Devaney), Laurette Spang (Peggy), Anson Williams. The fifth season opens with the story of a middle-aged man, seeking satisfaction outside his marriage when he can't find it from his wife, who causes his daughter to have a severe asthma attack when she sees him with another woman.
Season 5, episode 2
With Radames Pera (David Epstein), Fionnuala Flanagan (Maggie), Peter Kastner (Joe Reed), Greg Mullavey (Father Kling), Ketty Lester (Nurse Walsh), Ellyn Stern (Rosemary DiRosa). A vibrant young woman who is dying of leukemia takes more than a special interest in a blind boy who wants to be an artist.
Season 5, episode 3
W: Jerome Ross D: Marc Daniels
With Tige Andrews (Fred Pulaski), Kim Hunter (Vera Pulaski), Dan Tobin (Dr. Jessup), Ross Elliott (Bank Manager). A immigrant couple's lifelong dream of owning a house is shattered when the husband is faced with an expensive but life-saving heart operation that will put them in debt for many years.
Season 5, episode 4
W: Charles A. McDaniel D: Joseph Pevney
With Sonny Bono (Rico Renatti), Deanna Martin (Maria Renatti), Lawrence Pressman (Dr. Hartnett), Suzanne Charney (Luisa Renatti), Meredith Duncan (Betty). An Italian father's fears for his daughter's life make him unable to face the fact that she needs a delicate operation to prolong her life.
Season 5, episode 5
W: Paul Schneider, Margaret Schneider D: Joseph Pevney
With Audrey Landers (Tracy Robbins), Carol Lawrence (Adele Robbins), Rodney Allen Rippy (Jeffrey), Ryan MacDonald (Bill Robbins), Gordon Pinsent (Dr. Xavier). A feeling of rejection by her father and Dr. Kiley causes a young blind girl to refuse an operation that could restore her sight.
Season 5, episode 6
W: Lee Oscar Bloomgarden D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Barbara Luna (Serita Salazar), Frank Aletter (Avery Waters), Jed Allan (Dr. Edmund), Claudio Martinez (Diego Salazar), Lou Frizzell (Henry Greenway), Paul Picerni (Dr. Oliver), Lou Krugman (Dr. Bernstein), Marion Ross (Mrs. Johnson), Armand Alzamora (Ramon Salazar), Kathryn Reynolds (Miss Carson). The emergency amputation of a young boy's arm causes unexpected repercussions within the lad's own family, and involves Dr. Welby in a malpractice suit against another doctor.
Season 5, episode 7
W: Jerry De Bono D: Marc Daniels
With Frank Langella (Carey Robins), Jack Kruschen (Arnold Robins), Jerry Fogel (David Robins), Marguerite Ray (Nurse Hopkins), Viola Harris (Florence Robins). A bit actor's lie about a starring role to cheer his dying father backfires, and the old man loses his will to live.
Season 5, episode 8
W: Art Sarno, Richard Milton D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Stefanie Powers (Kelly Green), Norman Stuart (Dr. Levinson). A serious rift occurs when Dr. Welby tells Dr. Kiley's fiancee how serious her illness is, despite Kiley's objections.
Season 5, episode 9
With Sharon Gless (Dr. Carr), Tony Musante (David), Susan Howard (Dr. Kerr), Paul Kent (Albert McGrath), Pamelyn Ferdin (Amy), Joan Pringle (Karen), Robert Doyle (Dr. Berger). A psychiatric therapist learns he has a serious illness which will complicate his work with emotionally disturbed children.
Season 5, episode 10
W: Hesper Anderson D: Philip Leacock
With Leslie Charleson (Alice Henley), Colby Chester (Martin), Barbara Baxley (Natalie), Tom Hayden (The Man), Paul Sorensen (Mr. McNeeley), Judy Jordan (Sandy Reeves). A patient previously treated for an ulcer condition tells Dr. Welby that she believes she is pregnant and undergoes the emotional trauma of what to do about it.
Season 5, episode 11
W: David Moessinger D: David Moessinger
With Robert Hooks (Joe Lucas), Joan Pringle (Diana Lucas), Eric Woods (Terry Lucas), Juanita Moore (Mrs. Coleman), Jackie Earle Haley (Tony). An ex-Marine brings home a 7-year-old Vietnamese orphan of mixed racial background, and becomes so obsessed with the child's welfare that he alienates his wife and son.
Season 5, episode 12
W: Richard Fielder D: Philip Leacock
With Dina Merrill (Dr. Brooks), Claude Akins (Jim Randall), Stephanie Steele (Sally Brooks), Robert Ito (Dr. Arnold), Reb Brown (Ken Norris). A dedicated marine biologist, who refuses to admit to herself that she is seriously ill, blacks out during an underwater dive.
Season 5, episode 13
W: Jerome Ross D: Jerry London
With Joanna Barnes (Noreen Saunders), Lynne Marta (Patricia Lowry), Alan Bergmann (Dr. Manners), Robert Urich (Mike Lowry), Barbara Flicker (Marilyn Carswell), Norman Stuart (Dr. Sedley). A woman who is despondent over her chronic kidney ailment and the fear that her husband is having romantic affairs on his business trips, takes a tranquilizer that puts her in a coma.
Season 5, episode 14
With Penny Fuller (Vicky Thorson), Ed Flanders (Dr. Magruder), Marian McCargo (Nurse Harwell), Victor Izay (Dr. Burroughs), Lee H. Montgomery (Billy), Victor Millan (Dr. Reeves). A former surgeon who has just won a two-year battle with alcoholism returns to the hospital as a therapist, hoping to be reinstated in the medical profession.
Season 5, episode 15
W: Lee Oscar Bloomgarden D: Nicholas Colasanto
With Richard Basehart (Professor Kirkcastle), Murray MacLeod (Cecil Kirkcastle), Phyllis Thaxter (Kate Tannahill), Milton Selzer (Dr. Mazer), Jack Hogan (Dr. Haskins), Donald Mantooth (Student). After an elderly scientist returns from the jungles, he learns that he has contracted malaria and that his grandson will not follow in his footsteps. Dr. Welby enlists a tough nurse to rekindle his enthusiasm for life.
Season 5, episode 16
W: R. Wright Campbell D: Russ Mayberry
With R.G. Armstrong (Grandee MacAllister), Pamela McMyler (Sylvie MacAllister), Edd Byrnes (John Trask), Stacy Keach Sr. (Mr. Clinton), Tom Lester (Will MacAllister), Bonnie Ebsen (Heather MacAllister), Stephen Manley (Hinky MacAllister). Treatment of a boy for a snake bite reveals a hereditary blood disease which requires hospitalization for both the boy and his father.
Season 5, episode 17
W: Hesper Anderson D: Leo Penn
With Ronne Troup (Nancy Riggs), Clark Howat (Harold Riggs), Andrew Robinson (Chris Bakewell), Lew Brown (Dr. Evans), Maidie Norman (Willie), Byron Morrow (Mr. Bakewell), Adrienne Marden (Mrs. Bakewell). A girl, whose remission from leukemia is the longest on record, falls in love with her professor and plans to marry him against the wishes of both their parents.
Season 5, episode 18
W: Robert M. Young D: Randal Kleiser
With Christopher Connelly (Gary), Gretchen Corbett (Jan Allister), Robert Ellenstein (Dr. Delatour). An air traffic controller who uses his voice to guide planes into the airport loses interest in life when malignant lesions are found in his larynx.
Season 5, episode 19
W: Richard Fielder D: Leo Penn
With Mary Maldonado (Angela), Carmen Zapata (Mrs. Sanchez), Aldine King (Miss Lewis), Michael Richardson (Dr. Charles), Abbey Lincoln (Judge Palmer). A 15-year-old Mexican-American girl becomes a runaway after being raped by the man seeking to adopt her.
Season 5, episode 20
D: Marc Daniels
With Lorraine Gary (Jean Wainwright), Jim Hutton (George Wainwright), Craig Huxley (Ben Sabberly), Don Keefer (Larry Sabberly), John Lupton (Cleary), Tracey Roberts (Lucille Sabberly). The recovery of a patient of Dr. Welby's is hampered by fear and her husband's obsession to find her attacker.
Season 5, episode 21
With Marcia Strassman (Julie Sellers), Brad Savage (Joshua Sellers), Tracie Savage (Casey Sellers), Brett Hadley (Dr. Stauffer), Lois January (Mrs. Sloan). Dr. Kiley gives a waitress a lift home when her camper breaks down and finds a 4-year-old boy who is suffering blackouts and being cared for by his 9-year-old sister.
Season 5, episode 22
W: Paul Schneider, Margaret Schneider D: Joseph Pevney
With Barbara Anderson (Julie Haynes), George Maharis (Curtis Haynes), Geoffrey Deuel (Eddie Haynes), Dirk Blocker (Benjy), Stephen Coit (Dr. Baker). Dr. Welby refuses to okay a racing driver for competition until the cause of his recurrent headaches and violent fits of temper can be determined.
Season 5, episode 23
W: Hesper Anderson D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Kim Darby (Perry Stewart), Farrah Fawcett (Laura Foley), Lynda Day George (Leigh Conforti), Arthur Hill (Owen Marshall), Joan Crosby (Mrs. Johnson). Dr. Kiley is named in a paternity suit by a young nurse who believes he is the father of her son. The conclusion will be seen on the March 9 episode of "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law".
Season 5, episode 24
With Jane Wyatt (Edwina), Mel Ferrer (Carlo), Paul Woodville (Walter), Lillian McBride (Mrs. Flynn), Tony Giorgio (Vito). Robert Young and Jane Wyatt are reunited for the first time since Father Knows Best stopped production 13 years ago. Miss Wyatt plays a British fashion designer with whom Dr. Welby becomes emotionally involved -- only to learn she is married.
September 10, 1974: The Brittle Warrior
Season 6, episode 1
W: Judy Burns D: Richard Learman
With Forrest Tucker (Officer Stewart), Peggy McCay (Jane Stewart), Patty McCormack (Marilyn Bryson), Alan Fudge (Sgt. Bryson), Kip Niven (Dr. Richards), Sharon Gless (Kathleen Faverty), Reb Brown (Rifleman), Craig Baxley (Burglar), Ron Kelly (Officer Collins). Drs. Welby and Kiley take on their new posts at the Family Practice Center. The sixth season opens with a policeman who puts his life on the line by refusing treatment for rheumatoid arthritis in order to keep his job.
Season 6, episode 2
W: Jean Holloway D: William Asher
With Sian Barbara Allen (Carrie Brandon Lyman), Kristoffer Tabori (Brad Lyman), Barbara Hale (Marjorie Brandon), Jacques Aubuchon (Dr. Crayler), Bob Hastings (Dr. Pardan), Claudia Bryar (Mrs. Grande), Maudie Prickett (Miss James), Allison McKay (Miss Willow). A diabetic expectant mother risks her life to reach Los Angeles because she believes that only Dr. Welby should deliver her baby.
Season 6, episode 3
W: Edward DeBlasio D: Jerry London
With Jim Backus (Bill), Christine Belford (Phyllis Dalton), Cliff De Young (Lenny Dalton), June Lockhart (Lila), Greg Mullavey (Tom Dalton), Ken Lynch (Masters), William Boyett (Watts), Anne Schedeen (Mariette). It's a race against time to prevent the attempted suicide of a patient who has becomes mentally despondent after surgery.
Season 6, episode 4
W: Jean Holloway, Larry Alexander D: Randal Kleiser
With Diane Baker (Ann Brecht), Ron Ely (Ben Brecht), Dirk Blocker (Benji), Paul Lambert (Dr. Jenner), S. John Launer (Dr. Bronson). A young couple discover they are unable to have children and Dr. Welby suggests artificial insemination as an alternative.
Season 6, episode 5
W: Eugene Price D: Bernard McEveety
With Sean Kelly (Ted), Gretchen Corbett (Leah Blakely), Edward Power (George Blakely), Marla Adams (Marian Blakely), Patrick Wayne (Sgt. Buchanan), Edward Winter (Bill Swanson), Francis DeSales (Ralph Martin), Norman Stuart (Dr. Lewis), Sheila Rogers (Mrs. Kagle). A boy has been the victim of child molestation, and although injured and depressed will not reveal the name of his attacker.
Season 6, episode 6
W: Stephen Kandel D: Richard Learman
With Jess Walton (Dr. Janet Oliver), Joe Kapp (Frank Gonzalez), Anna Navarro (Evalina Gonzalez), Sharon Gless (Kathleen Faverty), Ketty Lester (Thelma Walters), Jason Wingreen (Marty Ross), Gwenn Mitchell (Dr. Jackson), Arthur Space (Dr. Olson). A man almost dies because a woman doctor is not giving enough time and attention to her patients at the Family Practice Center where Drs. Welby and Kiley are staff members.
Season 6, episode 7
W: Norman Hudis D: Randal Kleiser
With Eric Braeden (Pastor Goodleigh), Donna Mills (Bea Averton), Quinn Redeker (Judge Wildson), Robert Drivas (Burt Averton), Kip Niven (Dr. Richards), John Elerick (Franklin Hughes). The doctors fight to save the life of a 3-year-old boy whose mother will not allow the child to be given proper medical treatment because of her beliefs.
Season 6, episode 8
W: Art Sarno, Richard Milton D: Walter Doniger
With Norman Alden (Hal Moore), Peter Brandon (Dr. Driskill), Leslie Uggams (Laurie Williams), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Danny Williams), Tom Selleck (Lt. Rogers), Henry Beckman (Manager), John Milford (Bellows). An up-and-coming boxer finds out he is an epileptic and must give up his career.
Season 6, episode 9
W: Norman Hudis D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Carl Betz (Dr. Bryant), Elaine Devry (Sheila Bryant), Jane Actman (Ellen Welton), Sharon Gless (Kathleen Faverty), Michael Richardson (Fred Dickerson). A brilliant researcher and diagnostician comes to work at the Family Practice Center but cannot adjust to doctor-patient relationships.
Season 6, episode 10
W: Norman Hudis D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Shirley Knight, Mike Farrell (Mr. Ferra), Sharon Gless (Kathleen Faverty), John Smith (Dr. McManus), Deanna Martin (Helen Ferra). A young girl suffers from a muscular disease which can be cured only by a brain operation in which the patient stays awake.
Season 6, episode 11
W: Norman Hudis, Harold Harnum D: William Asher
With Richard Basehart (Reece Sutton), Virginia Gregg (Janet Kenderdine), Kasey Rogers (Sue Parker), Irene Tedrow (Eileen McAdams), Frank Aletter (Avery Waters), Anne Schedeen (Mrs. Carstairs), Jerry Fogel (Mike Rossowitz), Hal England (Jerry Moore), Stacy Keach Sr. (Harry Ferguson). Dr. Welby exposes an unscrupulous funeral director who preys on the relatives of the deceased when they are bereaved and under emotional stress.
Season 6, episode 12
W: Jean Holloway D: John Erman
With Lois Nettleton (Mary Anderson), Dawn Lyn (Cara Anderson), Ruth McDevitt (Mrs. Davis), Tom Troupe (Dr. Jones), Dennis McCarthy (Mr. Davis), Claudia Bryar (Nurse Grande), Rodney Allen Rippy (Little Boy), Arthur Peterson (Watchman). A four-year-old deaf girl, suffering from a serious infection, runs away and Dr. Welby must find her to save her life.
Season 6, episode 13
W: Jerome Ross D: Jerry London
With Gena Rowlands (Lorraine Denby), Jed Allan (Chris Denby), Stewart Moss (Dr. Davis), Aldine King (Mary Ellen Hayes), Sharon Gless (Kathleen Faverty). Consuelo takes a brief leave of absence to head the obstetrical care team for pregnant women at the Family Practice Center and is called upon to deliver a baby under unexpected circumstances.
Season 6, episode 14
W: Gene Thompson D: Jerry London
With Cliff Potts (Dr. Walton), Mel Stewart (Chet Wiggins), Bruce Kirby (Fred Bowers), Helen Verbit (Nurse Lattimore), Wallace Rooney (Charlie Sanders), Linda Gray (Patsy Grey), Sharon Gless (Kathleen Faverty). Drs. Welby and Kiley feel that turnabout is fair play when they hospitalize a brilliant but uncaring doctor, and employ various and unique methods of patient care.
Season 6, episode 15
With Diana Hyland (Janet Trent), Dack Rambo, Lindsay Wagner (Susan Davis), Tom Selleck (Sgt. Brock), William Campbell (Justin Hubbard), Stack Pierce (Albert Johnson), Bob Delegall (Dr. Haddon), Sharon Gless (Kathleen Faverty). Dr. Kiley becomes emotionally involved with a kidney transplant patient who subsequently is attacked by her former boyfriend.
Season 6, episode 16
With Diana Hyland (Janet Trent), Dack Rambo, Lindsay Wagner (Susan Davis), Tom Selleck (Sgt. Brock), Stack Pierce (Albert Johnson), Bob Delegall (Dr. Haddon), Sharon Gless (Kathleen Faverty), Regis Cordic (Judge), Frank Aletter, Robert Forward (Dr. West). Dr. Kiley gets slapped with a malpractice suit because of his treatment of a rapist.
Season 6, episode 17
W: Eugene Price D: Leo Penn
With Juliet Mills (Louise Carpenter), Mark Miller (Paul Carpenter), Logan Ramsey (Kane), Kathryn Reynolds (Emily Mueller), Ketty Lester (Betty Fisher), William Dozier (Frank Alexander), Jerry Fogel (John Avery), Kim Hamilton (Elsbeth Byars). A woman with a severe heart condition almost loses her life when she inadvertently finds out her husband has a venereal disease.
Season 6, episode 18
W: Jerome Ross D: Marc Daniels
With Lucie Arnaz (Jo Anne Bosley), Joan Hotchkis (Muriel Bosley), Gavan O'Herlihy (Herb Frane), Victor Millan (Mr. Timmons), Art Balinger (Bert Sidney), Russell Thorson (Dr. Gregson), Tom Scott (Larry Bennett). Dr. Welby has serious self-doubts when a young woman develops a cancerous condition from treatments she received as a child.
Season 6, episode 19
W: Norman Hudis D: Rick Edelstein
With Ben Murphy (Alan Peterson), Scott Newman (Harry Palmer), Gerald Hiken (Russ Robinson), Susan Brown (Joanna Lowell), Sidney Miller (Ben Leona). The reunion of two former high school football teammates is marred by the shadow of death.
Season 6, episode 20
With Scott Jacoby (Jake), Belinda Montgomery. A teenage boy with minimal brain damage that has gone undetected does poorly at school and in his relationship with people, especially the opposite sex.
Season 6, episode 21
With Pamela Hensley (Crystal), Elaine Giftos (Doris), Jordan Rhodes (Jon). Two women who fear they may have breast cancer have widely differing reactions to the dread possibility.
Season 6, episode 22
W: Norman Hudis D: Marc Daniels
With John Astin (Martin Gannard), Patty Duke (Kate Gannard), Paul Sorensen (Cass Lombard), Fred Holliday (Bob Lander). When a politician is accused of having accepted a $750,000 kickback in connection with the awarding of a building contract, the notoriety causes his wife, who suffers from hypertension, to become dangerously ill.
Season 6, episode 23
D: Richard Milton
With Joanne Dru (Dorothy Brander), Rosemary DeCamp (Nurse Kelly), Douglas Fowley (Dr. Hanes), Allison McKay (Miss Willow), Phil Diskin (Dr. Brown), Richard Reicheg (Dr. Morrison), Robin Mattson (Mavis Brander), Lois January (Miss Billings). After the death of a very dear personal friend, Dr. Welby becomes emotionally involved with an ill teenage violin prodigy.
Season 6, episode 24
W: Meyer Dolinsky
With Larry Hagman, Murray Matheson, Shelby Leverington (Maggie Cassell), Angela Hoffman (Holly Meade). Constant arguing between her parents because of her father's compulsive gambling causes a girl to suffer from hyperventilation. When Dr. Welby examines her, he reveals her condition to be more serious than first suspected.
September 9, 1975: Tomorrow May Never Come
Season 7, episode 1
W: Richard Fielder D: Walter Doniger
With Jon Cypher (Eric Brandon), Victor Izay (Dr. Gardner), Nehemiah Persoff (Nat Bader), James Ingersoll (Don Riggs), William Wellman Jr. (Dr. Wells). With the series into its seventh season, Pamela Hensley joins the cast as the new hospital director and Dr. Kiley's girlfriend. His first date with her turns into tragedy when she is thrown from a horse and is paralyzed.
Season 7, episode 2
W: Jerome Ross D: Marc Daniels
With Julie Cobb (Steffie Rhodes), Michael Richardson (Kenny Rhodes), Jon Cypher (Eric Brandon), Warren Stevens (Chief of Obstetrics), Army Archerd (Reporter), Selma Archerd (Reporter), Dick Wesson (Charlie Benson). The hospital is thrown into a state of excitement when quintuplets are about to be born.
Season 7, episode 3
W: Gene Thompson D: Marc Daniels
With Jon Cypher (Eric Brandon), Lew Brown (Dr. Resnick), Richard McMurray (Dr. Cahan), Scott Garrett (Benji Stuart). Eric Brandon, a new patient and longtime friend of Janet Blake, fails to tell Dr. Welby that he recently suffered a mild stroke, and consequently his life is jeopardized when he undergoes major surgery.
Season 7, episode 4
W: John W. Bloch D: Walter Doniger
With Peter Brown (Mike Ross), Ronne Troup (Barbara Hogan), Jon Cypher (Eric Brandon), Robert Lipton (Carter Hogan), Frank Aletter (Avery Waters), Al Ruscio (Judge Angelotti), Susan Stafford (Gina Drew). Dr. Welby jeopardizes his medical career when he overrides a patient's religious objectives and gives her a transfusion to save her life.
Season 7, episode 5
W: Irving Elman D: Walter Doniger
With Tina Andrews (Darlene Stokes), Kim Hamilton (Velma Stokes), Ty Henderson (Roy Stokes), Patty McCormack (Dr. Newman), Tracy Savage (Judy Rollins). A 14-year-old girl is suffering from a tumor that can cause high blood pressure, and her parents decide what must be done.
Season 7, episode 6
W: Norman Hudis D: Marc Daniels
With Scott Jacoby (Simon Zimmer), Beverly Garland (Nancy Zimmer), Michael Strong (Lee Zimmer), Fred Holliday (Dr. West), Claire Brennen (Dr. Carr), Lionel Ames (Rabbi Gersler). Welby and Kiley fight to save a child with an incurable affliction, and Janet informs Kiley she will not have children when they are married.
Season 7, episode 7
D: Marc Daniels
With Julie Adams (Lee Morgan), Jason Evers. Dr. Welby's elation over the imminent marriage of Dr. Kiley and Janet Blake is paralleled with concern over an autistic youth whose mother is reluctant to submit him to medical care.
Season 7, episode 8
W: Eugene Price D: Marc Daniels
With Anthony Geary (John Gavanelli), Robert Hays (Officer Gilpin), Aldo Ray (Joe Gavanelli), Jodean Russo (Rose Gavanelli), Rod Colbin (Dr. Leonard), Bernard Behrens (Dr. Brigg), Robert Forward (Byron West), Harry Hickox (Walt Baker). A patient subject to fits of violence does not respond to medication and turns on his wife. Dr. Welby and Kiley are at odds over the merits of a controversial type of brain surgery which the patient may need.
Season 7, episode 9
W: Jerome Ross D: Randal Kleiser
With Lloyd Haynes (Paul Kelland), Denise Nicholas (Myrna Kelland), Arch Johnson (Contractor), Curt Lowens (Dr. Spandau), Richard Derr (Winston Ackroyd). A construction engineer who appears to be in a state of inebriation jeopardizes his wife's life when he does not have her hospitalized as Dr. Welby ordered.
Season 7, episode 10
W: Richard Fielder D: Walter Doniger
With Terry Kiser (Ray Porter), Regis Cordic (Dr. Ames), Tom Troupe (Dr. Turner), John Smith (Dr. Grant). Dr. Welby's daughter returns home from South America, but the homecoming turns to tragedy when illness strikes her husband.
Season 7, episode 11
W: Norman Hudis D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Don Galloway (Jack Hartley), Jill Jaress (Stella Colter), Damian London (Dr. Dinmont). A couple's wedding plans are halted when Dr. Welby recommends that the girl return to a life-giving machine, a development that alters her fiancee's feelings for her.
Season 7, episode 12
W: Norman Hudis D: Hollingsworth Morse
With Diane Baker (Sister Ann King), Gary Crosby (Mr. Braden), Elaine Devry (Mrs. Braden), Robert Hays (Officer Hanson), Cassie Yates (Officer McNulty), Ham Larsen (The Boy), Kristin Larkin (Sister Maureen), Dran Hamilton (Sister Laura). After being placed with foster parents, a young boy now refuses to speak and Welby and Kiley seek to find out the true reason.
Season 7, episode 13
With Sharon Gless (Kathleen Faverty), Anne Schedeen (Sandy Porter), Gavin Brendan (Phil Porter). Dr. Welby runs into a touchy situation when a woman doctor defies the unwritten medical law about not adminstering to a relative when her father becomes a victim of leukemia.
Season 7, episode 14
With Don DeFore. Consuelo undergoes a major operation, and her fear that she will be unable to continue as Dr. Welby's nurse causes her to consider a marriage proposal.
Season 7, episode 15
W: Jerome Ross D: Dennis Donnelly
With Shelley Fabares (Norma Fritchie), Kent McCord (Scott Fritchie), Jean Allison (Mrs. Maynor). Drs. Welby and Kiley help a reformed alcoholic get a job as an athletic instructor, unaware that he is a hepatitis carrier.
Season 7, episode 16
W: Jack Morse D: Joseph Pevney
With Simon Oakland (Harry Burke), Sheree North (June Monica), Wallace Rooney (Dr. Ryan), Chanin Hale (Lois). A Las Vegas showgirl collapses from an infection and Drs. Welby and Kiley are hampered in their diagnosis when she fails to reveal that she has had silicone injections.
Season 7, episode 17
D: Marc Daniels
With Marla Adams, Marlyn Mason, Dick Sargent, Cliff Potts (Dr. Moran), Brett Hadley, Katherine Crawford. Despite the evidence compiled by the police against a doctor on rape charges, Dr. Welby believes he is innocent.
Season 7, episode 18
D: Marc Daniels
With Marla Adams, Marlyn Mason, Dick Sargent, Cliff Potts (Dr. Moran), Brett Hadley, Katherine Crawford, Anne Schedeen (Sandy Porter). Dr. Welby becomes emboiled in controversy when the hospital asks his young colleague to discontinue his practice after a charge of rape is brought against him.
Season 7, episode 19
W: Eugene Price D: Russ Mayberry
With Cliff Potts (Dr. Moran), Roger Perry (Jack Tappin), Aneta Corsaut (Brenda Tillerman), Maureen Reagan (Arlene Barnham), Tom Drake (Dave Tillerman), Melissa Murphy (Sue Tappin), Marie Windsor (Amanda Degan), Diane McBain (Barra Dean). Dr. Kiley suffers a paralyzing stroke when mounting pressures at the hospital are coupled with fatigue and a spat with his wife.
Season 7, episode 20
W: Max Hodge D: Joseph Kenney
With Scott Thomas (Jim Brednan), Fionnula Flanagan (Barbara Brendan), Tony Becker (Brian Brendan), Heidi Bruhl (Jim's Girlfriend), John Kepler (Dr. Gehringer), Marcia Ralston (Nurse Donnelly). A pilot's swinging lifestyle is curbed after an asthma attack, and unless Dr. Welby can find a cure he will be grounded.
Season 7, episode 21
W: Richard Fiedler D: Richard Milton
With Tina Louise (Susan Dager), Dick Gautier (Vince Dager), Udana Power (Cathy Trent), K.T. Stevens (Mrs. Palmer), Stephen Coit (Dr. Gardner), Michael Swan (Stash). Dr. Kiley's former college roommate suffers a heart attack and while he fears that his sexual prowess will be curbed, his wife confides to Kiley that all is not well with their marriage otherwise.
Season 7, episode 22
W: Norman Hudis D: Joseph Pevney
With Cliff Potts (Dr. Moran), Gretchen Corbett (Hedy Moran), Jason Bernard (Dr. Mendoza). Dr. Welby's fatherly instincts are aroused when a ladies man tells him he wants to marry his daughter.
Season 7, episode 23
W: Norman Hudis D: Leo Penn Dr. Welby accepts the prospect of his daughter marrying the frivolous Dr. Moran until the young doctor's ex-wife throws the engagement into turmoil. (Last show of the series.)