Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Simon & Simon' from 1970-1982:
- Gerald McRaney as Rick Simon (1981-1989)
- Jameson Parker as A.J. Simon (1981-1989)
- Mary Carver as Cecilia Simon (1981-1989)
- Eddie Barth as Myron Fowler (1981-1988)
- Jeannie Wilson as Janet Fowler (1981-1987)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Simon & Simon':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Philip DeGuere D: Corey Allen
With Markie Post (Carolyn Perry), Peter Graves (Wade Christian), Sharon Acker (Helena Christian), Joby Baker (Parker Stans), Beverly Ballard (Mrs. Porter), James Ray (Councilman Maddox), Raymond Singer (Tolliver), Richard Yniguez (Chuy).
Series premiere. Jameson Parker and Gerald McRaney portray two brothers who operate a private detective agency in San Diego. In the opening episode, Rick and A.J. are hired to find a young woman who flees to Mexico after she discovers her step father, a popular television news anchor, is complicit in a scheme to bribe local government officials.
Season 1, episode 2
W: James Crocker D: Bruce Bilson
With Liberty Godshall (Christy Huggins), Henry Darrow (Manuel Fernandez), Ian Patrick Williams (Robin Davis), Howard Witt (Joey Marcotte), Charlie Dell (Russell Tiegs), Len Ross (Sergeant), Mark Casella (Kurt), Douglas Hume (Cop), Josie Pepito (Anita), Jack Lucarelli (Stony).
A college co-ed hires Rick to find her stolen Porsche within twenty-four hours, so Rick calls on some old friends from the underworld to aid in the search.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Philip DeGuere D: Alan J. Levi
With Robbie Rist (Terry McDaniels), Jenny O'Hara (Ann McDaniels), James Whitmore Jr. (Paul Scully), Linda Scruggs (Doris Callahan), John H. Fields (Williams), Jim Boeke (Scully's Neighbor).
A young computer expert hacks into a bank's computer system and steals thousands of dollars.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Richard Chapman D: Mike Vejar
With Ralph Manza (Hotel Manager), Red West (Frank Dawson), Anthony Pena (Ponce), Wayne Grace (Jack), Robin Ignico (Irene Gaines), Taylor Lacher (Steve Gaines), Bonnie Parker (Margie Gaines), Michael Ansara (Bill Waller), Kristina Hayden (Cheryl).
While trying to locate a spirited young girl caught up in a divorce dispute, Rick and A.J. travel to the oil fields of Mexico where they find the girl's father in deadly conflict with men who will stop at nothing to strike it rich.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Richard Chapman D: Alan J. Levi
With William Bryant (Cecilia's Date), Pepe Hern (Leon Mendoza), Darleen Carr (Dr. Sandy Sawyer), Gregory Walcott (Kramer), Julius Harris (Montgomery), Nicolas Coster (Derek Frye).
When the zoo calls on the Simon brothers to investigate the mysterious death of an animal feeder, Rick and A.J. suspect the official who hired them has something to hide.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Bob Shayne D: Mike Vejar
With Benito Prezia (Maitre' D), Edward Bell (Thornbury), Wendy Girard (Andrea Viorst), Joan Crosby (Mrs. Haas), Kenneth Mars (Ben Dodge), Rosemary DeCamp (Mrs. Martin), William Boyett (Harrison), Lewis Arquette (Matt).
Rick and A.J. receive a letter that was originally sent twenty-three years earlier, but contains a clue to the murder of the letter writer, who died the day after he mailed it.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Bob Shayne D: Ray Austin
With Morgan Woodward (Jim Bob Raymond), Katherine Moffat (Dianne Pierce), Robert F. Hoy (Muir), Roy Jenson (Nelson), Peter Kastner (Gordie), Sal Viscuso (Willie Hoag), Joey Travolta (Rick Brewster), Eugene Butler (Burke Matson), David Darlow (Al Rintner).
Cecilia orders her sons to get four tickets to a sold-out rock concert for her niece, and they wind up involved with a counterfeit ticket scam.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Bob Shayne D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Louise Sorel (Sylvia Ross), Belinda Montgomery (Laura Steubens Dennison), Alex Rocco (Hank Galante), Charles Knox Robinson (Anthony Ross), Vernon Weddle (Mr. Lazenby), Jack Riley (Dr. Medlow), Howard Honig (Max), Thom Rachford (Michael Dennison), Joe Barrett (Burt).
When a businessman falls to his death after being served papers by Rick and A.J., his estranged widow informs the brothers they served the wrong man.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Karen Harris D: Ray Austin
With John Schuck (Agent Frank Campbell), Margaret Muse (Secretary), Jerry Stiller (Harold Traxler), Whitney Rydbeck (Wally Byrnes), Jodie Mann (Marianne Byrnes), Lynne Randall (Director), Louise Fitch (Dorothy Mitchell).
Myron hires the Simons when one of his operatives removes a confidential file from his office, and he wants to find out who and why.
Season 1, episode 10
W: James Crocker D: Paul Krasny
With David Goss (Ken Fielding), Thomas A. Geas (Hampton's Thug), Charles Cioffi (Miller Hampton), Bernard Erhard (Maitre D'), Paul Mantee (Lassiter), Terence Michos (Roger Fielding), Lisa Eilbacher (Stacey Wheeler).
Rick needs money in a hurry when his truck is repossessed so he grabs the first client he can, which turns out to be one of Myron's. The new client is a jilted bride trying to find her runaway groom.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Robert Bielak D: Alan J. Levi
With Tom Reese (Frost), Nicholas Pryor (Victor Farrell), Lynette Mettey (Jean Edmunds), Sondra Currie (Claire Hipple), Richard Herd (Kyle Edmunds), Jeff Severson (Kona), Frank Dent (Mickey), Hank Underwood (Pete), Michael Griswold (Bank Manager), Jason Ross (Sergeant Jackson).
A woman hires Rick and A.J. to find out if her husband is having an affair with the company accountant, but their investigation reveals what the accountant is really up to.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Ruel Fischmann, Richard Pierce D: Vincent McEveety
With Duane Tucker (Marty Czabo), Adam Taylor (Sergeant Guenther), Terence McGovern (Ticket Agent), Sharon McCreedy (Katherine), Alex Donnelley (Barbara), Nancy DeCarl (Vicki Hansen), Ruta Lee (Penny Russell), Richard Andrews (Lenny), Erin Gray (Whittaker), Alex Henteloff (Herbie Gresher), Jonathan Banks (Mr. Lloyd).
The Simons uncover a robbery scheme within a dating service while trying to recover stolen antiques insured by a beautiful agent who has her eye on A.J.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Richard Chapman D: Paul Krasny
With John Tuell (Bartender), Andy Jarrell (Gas Station Attendant), Lance LeGault (Colonel Paul Stark), Clyde Kusatsu (Gerald), Mickey Jones (Ron), Jay Ingram (Hollins), Tom Hallick (Doug Sullivan), Sandy McPeak (Undercover F.B.I. Agent), Burr DeBenning (Vincent), Lucille Benson (Dorothy Bartlett).
The Simons' former high school teacher asks Rick and A.J. to find some missing classmates for the class reunion, but the search for Rick's class president takes them into unexpected trouble.
October 7, 1982: Emeralds Are Not A Girl's Best Friend
Season 2, episode 1
W: Richard Chapman, Bob Shayne D: Lawrence Doheny
With Joe Mantegna (Henry), Morgan Fairchild (Catherine Hailey/Alex Houston), Ashley Hester (Catherine Lookalike), Tony Acierto (Guerilla), Robert Madrid (Policeman), J.P. Bumstead (FBI Man), Panchito Gomez (Manuel), Eduardo Ricard (El Presidente Ramon), Tom Selleck (Thomas Magnum), John Hillerman (Jonathan Higgins).
In the continuation of a Magnum P.I. episode, Rick and A.J. are in Hawaii tailing a con artist whom Higgins has just entrusted with the proceeds from his charity event.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Richard Chapman D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
With Tiger Joe Marsh (Otto), R.J. Arterburn (Bartender), Dennis A. Pratt (Gary Williams), Chip Johnson (Naval Officer), Charles Napier (Gibson), J. Patrick McNamara (Seaworld Administrator), Thomas Callaway (Connell), Nancy Lee Grahn (Joan).
A dolphin is abducted from Sea World, and Rick and A.J. have to find and bring him back before his mate starves herself to death.
Season 2, episode 3
W: James Crocker D: Vincent McEveety
With Diane Lewis (Waitress), Greg Finley (Myron's Bookie), John C. McLaughlin (Dr. Gentry), Edith Fellows (Telephone Operator), Michael Gregory (Tony), Erik Stern (George), Christine De Lisle (Diane Gentry), Joe Dorsey (Lt. Kaster), Christopher Connelly (Reimers), Kathleen Lloyd (Sarah Childs).
Using a psychic in a murder investigation becomes embarrassing to the police, so she hires the Simons to check out her leads when the police no longer will -- then has a vision that she will be the next victim of a serial murderer.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Bob Shayne D: Vincent McEveety
With Kip Gilman (Admiral Arthur), Clint Young (Chief Stallard), Jack Perkins (Undershirt Man), Glenn Dixon (Elisha Abernathy), Dennis Patrick (Admiral Danforth), William Long Jr. (Lieutenant Bell), Jake Steinfeld (Bernard), Sarah Torgov (Rosalie Arthur), Jennifer Holmes (Julie Arthur), Luca Bercovici (Landers), Edson Stroll (Dr. Courtney).
The Simons are given 24 hours to recover a valuable painting that was stolen from the Navy museum, and the key to its recovery lies with the feuding daughters of the Navy admiral who donated the painting.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Bill Dial D: Bernard McEveety
With Read Morgan, Zale Kessler (Peacock), John McCann (Co-Pilot), Thom Christopher (Priest), Steve Franken (Tunridge), Barry Bartle (Max Tashlin), Lonny Chapman (Grover), James Callahan (Rinzier), Anne Schedeen (Bailey Randall), Alan Fudge (George).
A.J. is robbed while delivering $450,000 in diamonds, and not only is A.J. the FBI's prime suspect, the brothers are also on the hook for the first $10,000 of the insurance settlement.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Michael Piller D: Burt Kennedy
With Norman Howell (Blake Hunt), Blake Marion (Attorney), Doris Dowling (Annette), Marty Brill (P.R. Veep), Alan Hale Jr. (Bartender), John Steadman (Landlord), Jackie Joseph (Lila Hackett), Don Stroud (Arnold), Pat Buttram (Jonathan Evans), Broderick Crawford (Kern Barnett), Bridget Hanley (Shelley Barnett), Stuart Whitman (Buck Yancy), Alice Nunn (Barney).
One of the old-time TV cowboys -- a Saturday morning hero of young Rick and A.J. -- is accused of killing his show's producer when a young actor is hired to revive his old role.
Season 2, episode 7
W: James Crocker D: Bernard McEveety
With Bob Schott (Muscles), Christina Hart (April), Vince Howard (Sgt. Jacobs), Robert Phalen (Dr. Wertzman), Ken Swofford (Lloyd Getz), Del Hinkley (Bill Rawlins), Lisa Eilbacher (Maggie/Sharon Dameron), Kathrine Baumann (Rhonda Fairbanks), Jonathan Banks (Alan Wyncoop), Alex Hyde-White (Steve).
A woman who has recurring nightmares that her twin sister is in grave danger hires the Simon brothers to find her when she turns up missing.
Season 2, episode 8
W: James Crocker D: Vincent McEveety
With Colin Campbell (John Abbott), K.C. Winkler (Cindy), Matthew Tobin (Siggy), Don Gordon (Knapp), June Allyson (Margaret Wells), Robert Sterling (Michael Wells/Arthur Bristol), Jack Lucarelli (Earl Hickman).
A friend of Cecilia's claims that she's just seen her supposedly dead husband alive.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Donald R. Boyle D: Burt Kennedy
With Ted Giannoulas (The Chicken), Chick Hearn (Cal), Phil Hoover (Ken Cunningham), Sterling Swanson (Frank Donnelly), Duke Stroud (Larry Rooney), Charles McDaniel (Emile Otis), Barbara Block (Anne Blake), Norman Burton (Carl Emory), Gary Crosby (Stan Tucker), Stephen Liska (Artie Slecter), Henry Gibson (Herbert T. Dowd), Dick Butkus (Joe Blake).
A staff member of a pro football club asks the Simon brothers to discreetly investigate who is threatening the life of his friend who plays for the team.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Howard Browne, Philip DeGuere, Bob Shayne D: Bernard McEveety
With Patty Regan (Miriam Martin), Tom McGreevey (Burt Holloway), Keri Houlihan (Karen Holbrook), Linda Scruggs (Leona Holbrook), Tony Giorgio (Sam Boyle), Kip Niven (Paul Holbrook), Frank Marth (Police Detective), Rick Grassi (Harry), Julius Harris (Jules), Anthony James (Vinnie).
Rick's former girlfriend asks him to find her missing husband -- and then she is arrested for his murder.