Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Smith Family' from 1970-1982:
- Darleen Carr as Cindy Smith (1971-1972)
- Henry Fonda as Det. Sgt. Chad Smith (1971-1972)
- Janet Blair as Betty Smith (1971-1972)
- John Carter as Sgt. Ray Martin (1971-1972)
- Michael-James Wixted as Brian Smith (1971-1972)
- Ron Howard as Bob Smith (1971-1972)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Smith Family':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Edmund L. Hartmann D: Herschel Daugherty
With June Vincent (Mrs. Bradford), Yale Summers (Mr. Bowers), Heather Menzies (Janie Bradford).
Henry Fonda returns to TV in a series about the home life of a 25-year veteran of a police force. His family represents various stages of the generation gap, but all are frequently reminded of the demands and dangers of his profession. In the first episode, a divorcee imposes on his friendship when she discovers her daughter is hiding marijuana.
Season 1, episode 2
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Booth Colman (Ex-Con), Paul Petersen (Paul).
An ex-convict comes to the Smith home for help, and Detective Smith agrees he is entitled to resume his place in society.
Season 1, episode 3
D: Herschel Daugherty
With A Martinez (Ramon), Diane Holly (Maria), Carlos Romero (Blanco), Gil Serna (George Lopez).
Det. Smith uncovers a lead to a series of barrio bombings when he drives his son Brian's little friend home after a visit.
Season 1, episode 4
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Bruce Gordon (Ziggie), William Mims (Mr. Ritter), Virginia Vincent (Mrs. Ritter), Jan Arvan (Womrath).
A routine morning phone call for Det. Smith from his partner alarms his wife Betty because it has been open season on all policemen.
Season 1, episode 5
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Quinn O'Hara (Terry), Walter Brooke (Dave Anderson), Victor Brandt (Max), Shirley O'Hara.
Det. Smith's children, unlike the neighbors, become friendly with hippies who've just moved into the area.
Season 1, episode 6
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Betty Lynn (Barbara Martin).
Knowing he will be a special target at a stakeout, Chad Smith goes out of his way to show his love for his family.
Season 1, episode 7
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Ann Summers (Mrs. Mitchell), Jo Ann Harris (Lynn Mitchell), Robert Brubaker (Mr. Mitchell).
Chad becomes involved in the search for a runaway teenager because his daughter, Cindy, is worried about her friend. Acting more as a father than a police officer, Chad meets Lynn's wealthy parents and learns the girl cares nothing about material possessions.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Edmund Beloin, Henry Garson D: Herschel Daugherty
With Henry Jones.
Betty Smith lets a man identifying himself as Chad's old Army buddy into the house to wait for her husband. Chad learns he's a murderer recently out of prison.
Season 1, episode 9
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Vince Howard (Ed Thomas), Herb Armstrong.
While Chad is recuperating from injuries received during the arrest of two robbery suspects, Betty talks him into taking a safe job at the station.
Season 1, episode 10
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Arthur O'Connell (Sheriff), Bart Burns (Deputy).
Chad's youngest son Brian joins an old homesteader in his armed confrontation with the law over an eviction.
Season 1, episode 11
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Joanne Dru (Lisa Benton), Kevin Burchett (Jeff Benton).
A former sweetheart of Chad's seeks his help when her teenage son is found in a crashed stolen vehicle.
Season 1, episode 12
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Peter Helm, Natalie Masters, Tim Graham.
Although Chad has reservations about his new partner, he invites him home for dinner where a romance develops between Cindy and the man.
Season 1, episode 13
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Richard Bull (Wilson), Butch Patrick (Gary), Stefan Angrim (Lennie), Claire Wilcox (Susan), Brad Trumbull (Gifford), Diane Quinn (Jan).
When vandals wreck his high school classroom, Bob tells his father that he wouldn't fink even if he knew who did it.
Season 1, episode 14
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Barbara Nichols (Effie Howell), Bert Freed (Tom Weaver), A.G. Vitanza (Ramirez), David Roya (Ricardo), Joan Benedict (Marge).
Chad is offered a safe job with better pay at a propitious time: he's recuperating from injuries received while serving a warrant.
Season 1, episode 15
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Adrienne Marden (Mrs. Gorman), William Wintersole (Mr. Grimm), Jeanne Baird (Mrs. Grimm), Mitzi Hoag (Mrs. Torrey), Morgan Jones (Chandler), Tony Fraser (Donald), Sue Bernard (Linda).
Chad is assigned to a narcotics investigation that concerns him personally as well as professionally.
September 15, 1971: The Anniversary
Season 2, episode 1
W: Sydney Boehm D: Herschel Daugherty
With Greg Mullavey (Pete Willis), Julie Parrish (Agnes Hoffer), Agnes Moorehead, Vince Howard (Ed Thomas).
Second season begins with Chad Smith loking forward to a gourmet dinner that Cindy, his daughter, is preparing for his and Betty's 21st wedding anniversary. But a bomb threat at police headquarters changes his plans.
Season 2, episode 2
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Alex Dreier.
Det. Smith identifies a man who fled the scene of a killing, and the suspect's wealthy father hires a famous criminal lawyer for the defense.
Season 2, episode 3
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Ahna Capri (Joyce Baxter), Gene Evans (Capt. Dexter), Norman Grabowski (Robber), Vicki Cos (Debbie), Lois January (Stella).
Cindy and Bob believe their father is two-timing their mother when they see him drive off in a flashy car with an attractive woman.
Season 2, episode 4
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Sheree North (Sheree), Richard Webb (Sergeant), Gail Bonney (Manager), Vince Howard (Ed Thomas).
Chad befriends a former movie star, an alcoholic living on skid row who he discovers in a police line-up, and when the family hears about it they bring her to the house to help rehabilitate her.
Season 2, episode 5
W: John McGreevey D: Herschel Daugherty
With David Barton, Erin Moran (Julie), Patience Cleveland (Pat Keefer), Jeanne Bates, Michael McGreevey (Scott), Richard Webb (Sergeant).
Det. Smith gets a day off following a successful all-night stakeout, but the leisurely day he and his family plan for themselves is complicated by problems.
Season 2, episode 6
D: Herschel Daugherty
With June Dayton (Helen), John Baer (Al).
Pressured by Brian to attend his school's parents' night, Chad swaps duty with a detective and he is killed while working with Chad's partner.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Alan J. Levitt, Sydney Boehm D: Herschel Daugherty
With Neville Brand.
Chad Smith learns that the truck driver who rescues his son from a fatal car accident is a convicted murderer escaped from prison.
Season 2, episode 8
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Karen Carlson, Rick Jason (Tom).
Moonlighting as a bodyguard to finance home improvement, Chad becomes suspicious of his wealthy charge.
Season 2, episode 9
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Lurene Tuttle (Edith), Richard Webb (Detective), Elvia Allman (Clara), Pamela McMyler (Barbara).
The Smiths take in a girl as a houseguest who is the sole witness to the shooting of two policemen.
Season 2, episode 10
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Herbert Anderson, Jon Lormer.
Season 2, episode 11
D: Herschel Daugherty
With William Boyett (Tom), Geoffrey Deuel (Roy Hunter), Tim Considine (Jim York).
Chad and his partner investigate the bombing of an underground newspaper which is read by the Smith children.
Season 2, episode 12
D: Herschel Daugherty
With John Larch, Richard O'Brien (Capt. O'Farrell).
When a classmate of Chad's at the Police Academy is appointed commissioner, he offers Chad the job of his executive assistant.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Preston Wood D: Herschel Daugherty
With Richard O'Brien (Capt. O'Farrell), Ned Romero, Craig Guenther, Gary Clarke, Carol Locatell, Robert Biheller, Lori Loughlin.
Chad Smith helps a fellow officer whose tensions from police work threaten his marriage.
Season 2, episode 14
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Maria Grimm, Tom Nardini, Florence Lake.
Chad Smith gives up his Christmas vacation so that a fellow detective can go on his honeymoon. Then Chad learns that his youngsters are leaving home for the holidays so that he and his wife can have a second honeymoon.
Season 2, episode 15
D: Herschel Daugherty
With John Vivyan (Craig Saunders), Mike Henry, Richard O'Brien (Capt. O'Farrell), Warren Hammack.
Bob Smith's enthusiasm for police work is dampened when he becomes involved in a shootout as part of his Explorer Scout training.
Season 2, episode 16
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Susan Oliver, Mark Miller, Richard O'Brien (Capt. Farrell).
Det. Smith is framed by a woman when he goes to her apartment seeking information about her boyfriend, a jewel thief.
Season 2, episode 17
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Wayne Heffley (Scott), Tom Troupe (Reporter), Scott Walker (Holdup Man), Peggy Stewart (Mrs. Dennison), Richard O'Brien (Capt. Farrell).
Det. Sgt. Chad Smith has to make a difficult decision while in a crowded supermarket during a robbery.
Season 2, episode 18
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Betty Anne Rees (Anne), Guy Madison, Booth Colman, Steve Brodie.
Investigating the robbery of an armed truck in which the guard is killed, Chad recognizes the driver as a former policeman.
Season 2, episode 19
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Benson Fong (Frank Low), Irene Tsu (Nancy Low), Beulah Quo (Anna), Vince Howard (Ed Thomas).
Chad is assigned to help a San Francisco police detective in his search for an 18-year-old runaway he is ashamed to admit is his daughter.
Season 2, episode 20
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Patience Cleveland (Martha), Yvonne White (Robin), Monty Margetts, Selette Cole (Laura).
Chad's assignment to a series of robberies keeps him on a lengthy stakeout while wife Betty is busy as the PTA talent show chairman.
Season 2, episode 21
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Larry Levine, Al Lanti (Steve), Aron Kincaid (Tony).
Chad becomes suspicious of a wealthy police rookie who is dating his daughter Cindy.
Season 2, episode 22
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Butch Patrick, Florence Lake, Barbara Collentine, Sheldon Collins.
On Chad and Betty's night out, Brian schemes to prove he is too old to need a babysitter.
Season 2, episode 23
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Hank Jones (Bellboy), Harry Lauter (Jack), Richard O'Brien (Capt. Farrell), Dean Haren (Morgan), Dorothy Keller (Jane).
Chad and Betty visit their home town, Philadelphia, after an absence of 25 years when Chad is sent there to pick up a prisoner.
Season 2, episode 24
D: Herschel Daugherty
With Tim Matheson (Mark), Tim Graham (Steve), Jonathan Lippe (John).
Chad and Betty are at first pleased when daughter Cindy becomes romantically involved with a clean-cut youth who plans a law enforcement career, but then change their minds. (Last show of the series.)