Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Matt Helm' from 1970-1982:
- Tony Franciosa as Matt Helm (1975-1976)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Matt Helm':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Michael Fisher D: Richard Benedict
With Richard Egan (Dan Sydon), Richard Mulligan (Jack Harte), Peter Donat (Bates), Katherine Justice (Paula), Robert F. Hoy, Peter Brown, Helen Funai (Lin), Lance Fuller.
Tony Franciosa returns in a weekly series as a private detective, formerly a government agent, who faces danger with a whimsical confidence. In the first show a woman hires Helm to find her father, a targeted airline owner who disappeared after escaping a bomb explosion in his car.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Gerry Day, Bethel Leslie
With Shelley Fabares (Chris / Tina), Burr DeBenning (Frank), Ian McShane (Paul), Lou Wagner, Rita Gam, Dorothy Blackburn.
Helm is hired by a socialite to investigate the death of her surrogate father, but he is unaware that the woman has a split personality.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Gerry Day, Bethel Leslie
With Pamela Bellwood (Patricia), Jason Evers (Alan Grant), Frances Reed (Millie), Farley Granger (James McKittrick), John Moio (Harlow), Everett Creach (Tate).
Helm's investigation of the true identity of an adopted young woman leads to murder and an elusive former movie queen.
Season 1, episode 4
With Biff McGuire (Professor Shannon), Pat Crowley (Lila Faro), Fred Beir (Billy Jones), Betty Ann Carr (Cherokee), Ray Danton, Logan Ramsey.
A multimillion-dollar winner-take-all poker game draws Helm to Las Vegas when the sponsor of a mathematical genius is found dead.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Don Balluck
With Jack Cassidy (Buckman), Richard Kelton (Jed Larson), Alex Cord (Gallagher), Karen Carlson (Janet Larson), Beeson Carroll, R.B. Sorko-Ram, Peter Brown.
An international diamond smuggling ring is ripped off and Helm is tricked into finding the thief.
Season 1, episode 6
W: James Schmerer
With Marlyn Mason (Karen Ashley), Curt Lowens (Alain Ledoux), Ahna Capri (Monique Ledoux), Charles Cioffi (Pike), Paul Stewart (Joe Delphia), Robert Lipton, John McLiam, Claudia Bryar.
A woman, the intended victim of a hit man disguised as a birthday party clown who mistakenly kills her neighbor, seeks help from Helm.
Season 1, episode 7
With Beth Brickell (Jessica Wells), Pepper Martin (Manning), Tom Drake (Fred Wells), Lee De Broux (Lash), Mark Miller (Brandon), L.Q. Jones.
An attractive horse ranch owner hires investigator Helm after her valuable thoroughbred is stolen from a van and the driver is killed.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Carey Wilber
With Juliet Mills (Caroline Jeffries), Joseph Campanella (Corbett), Cesare Danova (Knebel), Bert Convy (John Peters), Steve Sandor (Gilroy), Judson Pratt (Guard).
Helm's search for a missing girl he found shot on the beach leads to a chilling plot involving thefts of radioactive material.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Michael Fisher
With Pippa Scott (Phyllis Hartley), Clifford David (Ed Glenn), Sherry Jackson (Elena Bosworth), Don Gordon, Susan Bay, Eddie Barth, Rod Colbin, Nick Dimitri, Dick Crockett.
A lying witness found by Matt frees an actual killer, and Matt swears to bring the man to justice.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Larry Alexander D: John Newland
With Diana Ewing (Amy Farrah), Joanna Barnes (Hanna Bigelow), Jonathan Lippe (Reardon), Whit Bissell (Rollins), Carl Betz (Purcell), Daniel Keough (Sheriff Parker), Carmen Argenziano (Molinas), Damon Douglas (Hansen), David Knapp (Bannerman).
Matt's life is in danger when he investigates the "ski accident" death of a young scientist who was found frozen to death.
Season 1, episode 11
W: James Schmerer
With Gretchen Corbett (Nancy Taylor), Tim O'Connor, Steven Keats (Kelly), John P. Ryan (Carl Ainsley), Joshua Bryant (Bub Stuart).
A rancher hires Matt to find the girl he loves, who hid after unknowingly participating in a bank robbery.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Martin Roth
With Linda Dano (Nurse), Lynda Carter (Bobbi Dee), Eric Braeden (Forbes), Dane Clark (Joey Bender), Roger Perry (Dr. Ruben), John Durren (Lewis), Wes Parker (Cappy Crawford), Diana Herbert (Rose Burke), John Lupton (Dave Burke), Arthur Roberts (Jerry Dale), Murray MacLeod, Lee Pulford (Eleanor Ruben), Mary Moon (Redhead), Gene Evans (Sgt. Hanrahan).
Helm faces danger from record piracy racketeers while investigating the death of a private detective friend.
Season 1, episode 13
W: James Schmerer, Ken Pettus D: John Newland
With Susan Dey (Ellen Tanner), Howard Duff (Dan Mallory), Charles Drake (Mr. Simmons), Audrey Totter (Mrs. Simmons), Huntz Hall (Willy), Marged Wakeley (Flo), Seamon Glass (Bartender), Laraine Stephens (Kronsky), Fred Lerner (Paul Tyler), Robert Ginty (Griff Tanner), Jeff Donnell (Ethel), Joel Fabiani (Kyle Dennison).
With Helm out of the country, lawyer Claire Kronsky hires another detective to uncover evidence to prove that her client did not murder her husband. (Last show of the series.)