Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Psychiatrist' from 1970-1982:
- Roy Thinnes as Dr. James Whitman (1971)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Psychiatrist':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
With Pete Deuel (Casey Poe), Jonathan Daly (Ziegler), Melendy Britt (Carolina), Ketty Lester (Maude), James McEachin (Irving).
Roy Thinnes returns to TV as Dr. James Whitman, a psychiatrist who utilizes all of the effective techniques of modern psychiatry. Luther Adler costars as Dr. Bernard Altman in this fourth segment of NBC-Universal's Four-in-One series. In the first episode, Dr. Whitman is caught between wanting to help his patient with methadone and the law prohibiting paroled ex-addicts from using any kind of drugs.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Bo May D: Steven Spielberg
With Jim Hutton (Robert Dalton), Katherine Woodville (Janis Dalton), Stephen Hudis (Martin), Pamelyn Ferdin.
Dr. Whitman finds himself confronted with a 12-year-old boy who, after four years of treatment, has slipped away into a fantasy world from which he refuses to emerge.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Jack Morse
With Brenda Vaccaro (Tish Royal), Paul Carr (Bert), Jeff Corey (Marvin), Ann Doran (Julia).
Dr. Whitman, who has been treating a girl for some months, realizes he has reached a critical point when she accuses him of murder following a legal operation he considered necessary during pregnancy.
Season 1, episode 4
With Reni Santoni (Eric Lonecloud), Jill Haworth (Diane Lonecloud), Jay Silverheels (Joseph Two Toes).
Dr. Whitman is consulted in a marital problem and discovers that the husband, an American Indian, suffers from an identity crisis which affects him physically.
Season 1, episode 5
With John Rubinstein (Ex-Sgt. Randell File), B.J. Mason (Oxley Kitt), Kiel Martin (Jo Jo Poole), Jesse Wayne (Randell's Buddy), Iris Korn (Randell's Mother), Jonathan Brooks (Homer Cling).
A Vietnam veteran who saw his squad wiped out and came home to find his wife cheating on him starts to open up to the group but stops short, deciding to end not only therapy, but his life.
Season 1, episode 6
W: T.Y. Drake D: Steven Spielberg
With Clu Gulager, Joan Darling, Michael Gwynne, David Astor, Bruce Glover.
A golf champion suffers from a terminal disease and Dr. Whitman tries to help him and his wife face the inevitable. (Last show of the series.)