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Glynis (1963)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by Tom Alger
references:
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GLYNIS
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Desilu Productions, Inc.
for
CBS (Wednesdays 8:30 pm EST)
Executive Producer
Jess Oppenheimer
Produced by
Edward H. Feldman
US Comedy-Mystery series 1963 13 episodes x 30 min bw
25Sep63-18Dec63 (1st run)/  (19Jul65-06Sep65) (rerun)
In the UK episodes were aired on BBC 24Sep64 - 8Oct64 Mondays 8:00pm
starring
Glynis Johns as Glynis Granville
Keith Andes as Keith Granville
George Mathews as Chick Rogers

 Premise:
British actress Glynis Johns plays Glynis Granville, a light-hearted
novice mystery writer, and Keith Anders portrays her husband, attorney
Keith Granville. Also appearing regularly in this comedy-mystery
series is George Mathews as retired policeman Chick Rogers.

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   [--] Vacation Playhouse: HIDE AND SEEK (30 min)
(comedy pilot for 1963 show "Glynis")
05Aug1963 CBS Monday
Desilu Studios
executive producer Jess Oppenheimer
written by Jess Oppenheimer
directed by Sherman Marks
starring
Glynis Johns ........ Glynis Granville
Keith Andes ......... John Granville
Michael Constantine .. Police Detective
Mary Gregory ......... Mrs. Gombert
Phyllis Love .......... Mrs. Green
Synopsis:
The story of Glynis Granville, a scatterbrained wife, who with her
ineffable sense of logic, helps her attorney husband solve crimes.
"Glynis" - 13 episodes CBS Wednesdays (25Sep63-18Dec63)

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CBS Wednesdays 8:30 pm Eastern
Premiere Air Date 25Sep63

1.01 [--] Glynis: THREE MEN IN A TUB (copyright title)
Prod. no. 004 (copyright date 13Aug63)
25Sep63 CBS Wed (CBS re-run 26Jul65)
Starring:
Glynis Johns (as Glynis), Keith Andes (as Keith)
Guest cast:
Harvey Korman ........ Ken Bradford
Peter Bourne ......... Butler
Alice Frost .......... Ulla
Chick Chandler ....... Officer Ferguson
Synopsis:
It's Ken Bradford's good fortune to be sole heir to his uncle's
fortune. When uncle disappears, Ken expects misfortune - in the
form of a murder rap. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
A homicidal butler chases Glynis through an eerie mansion. [TA]

1.02 [--] Glynis: possibly TEN CENTS A DANCE (copyright title)
Prod. no. 001 (copyright date 29Jul63)
02Oct63 CBS Wed
Starring:
Glynis Johns (as Glynis), Keith Andes (as Keith)
Guest cast:
Strother Martin ...... Dance Hall Customer
Joan Shawlee ......... Hostess
Bill Halop ........... Riley
Synopsis:
Glynis is writing a story about a taxi dance hall, and becomes a taxi
dancer to learn more about the subject. [TA]

1.03 [--] Glynis: KEEP IT COOL (copyright title)
Prod. no. 002 (copyright date 2Aug63)
09Oct63 CBS Wed.
Starring:
Glynis Johns (as Glynis), Keith Andes (as Keith)
Guest cast:
Hope Summers ......... Carrie Cobb
Peter Whitney ........ Mr. Cobb
Robert Ball .......... Gardner
Synopsis:
Glynis and Keith spend the night in a spooky motel - where Glynis spots
a murder in progress outside her bedroom window. [TA]

1.04 [--] Glynis: A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS FATAL (copyright title)
Desilu prod. no. 007 copyright date 9Sep63
16Oct63 CBS Wed.
Starring:
Glynis Johns (as Glynis), Keith Andes (as Keith)
Guest cast:
John Dehner ......... Willie the Fink
Howard Caine ........ Huey
Jack Searl .......... Harry Dixon
Frank Gerstle ....... Manny
Richard Reeves ...... Police Officer
Ray Kellog .......... Driver
Mark Baker .......... Tout
Saverio Le Medico ... Barber
Synopsis 1:
Gambler Harry Dixon decides to give Glynis the inside story on gangster
"Willie the Fink." [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Glynis learns that a little knowledge can be fatal when she stumbles on
a flourishing bookie establishment. [TA]

1.05 [--] Glynis: MR. BUTTERWORTH DOES IT HIMSELF (copyright title)
Prod. no. 006 (copyright date 27Aug63)
23Oct63 CBS Wed (CBS re-run 19Jul65)
Starring:
Glynis Johns (as Glynis), Keith Andes (as Keith)
Guest cast:
Eddie Foy Jr. ....... Fred Butterworth
Gail Bonney ......... Edna Butterworth
David Kory .......... Eugene
Synopsis 1:
Mr. Butterworth says he's writing a story, and he asks Glynis for ideas
about committing the perfect murder. But the story is that Butterworth,
a do-it-yourselfer, plans to do in his wife. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
A henpecked husband (Eddie Foy Jr.) passes himself off as a mystery writer
and tricks Glynis into helping him plot the "perfect murder" of his
overbearing wife. [TA]

1.06 [--] Glynis: GLYNIS GOES WRONG (copyright title)
Desilu prod. no. 009 (copyright date 20Sep63)
[--] Glynis: (unknown title) (possibly "Glynis Goes Wrong")
30Oct63 CBS Wed
Starring:
Glynis Johns (as Glynis), Keith Andes (as Keith)
Guest cast:
Ned Glass
Synopsis:
Glynis seeks a known criminal for story material, and suggests that
the best way to understand the criminal mind is to commit a crime.

1.07 [--] Glynis: THE PROS AND CONS (copyright title)
Desilu prod. no. 011 (copyright date 03Oct63)
06Nov63 CBS Wed. (CBS re-run 02Aug65)
Written by Jerry Seelen and Leo Rifkin
Starring:
Glynis Johns (as Glynis), Keith Andes (as Keith)
Guest cast:
Jack Albertson ....... Al
Eddie Quillan ........ Eddie
Frank Cady ........... George
Vince Barnett ........ Smitty
Bernard Kates ........ Frankie
Michael St. Clair .... Gus
Synopsis:
Glynis tries to help three ex-convicts who say they want to go
straight, but suspect that the Syndicate is trying to frame them. [TA]

1.08 [--] Glynis: AGENTS ARE MURDER (copyright title)
Desilu prod. no. 008 (copyright date 13Sep63)
13Nov63 CBS Wed (CBS re-run 30Aug65)
Starring:
Glynis Johns (as Glynis), Keith Andes (as Keith)
Guest cast:
Whit Bissell ........ Crown
David White ......... Dave Hayward
Synopsis 1:
Glynis learns that agents can be murdered when she shows up for an
appointment with one and finds him dead. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Glynis doesn't want her husband to know she has imposed on his client,
a literary agent, to read herlatest manuscript. She arrives at the
agent's office for an appointment to find he has been murdered. She
covers up all the clues which might connect her with the victim. [TA]

1.09 [--] Glynis: TWO WAY STRETCH (copyright title)
Desilu prod. no. 012 (copyright date 09Oct63)
20Nov63 CBS Wed. (Network rerun 09Aug65)
Starring:
Glynis Johns (as Glynis and Aggie), Keith Andes (as Keith)
Guest cast:
Hazel Shermet ........ Flo
Kate Murtagh ......... Big Bertha
Marjorie Bennett ..... Matron
Milton Frome ......... Spats
Synopsis:
Glynis visits a women's prison, and finds that an inmate named Aggie is
her exact double. [TA]

1.10 [--] Glynis: THE BODY GUARDS (copyright title)
Desilu prod. no. 003 (copyright date 8Aug63)
27Nov63 CBS
Starring:
Glynis Johns (as Glynis), Keith Andes (as Keith)
Guest cast:
Sam Gilman .......... Simmons
Michael Pate ........ Wellman
George Tobias ....... Barney
Synopsis 2:
Keith has incriminating evidence against an underworld gang and Glynis
is afraid he may become the target for their revenge.
Synopsis:
Keith has important evidence against an underworld boss, so Glynis and
Chick hire bodyguards to protect him.

1.11 [--] Glynis: KITTY KAT CAPER (broadcast title)
a.k.a. "Catsa Nostra" (copyright title)
Prod. no. 013 (copyright date 15Oct63)
04Dec63 CBS Wed (CBS re-run 23Aug65)
Starring:
Glynis Johns (as Glynis), Keith Andes (as Keith)
Guest cast:
Ned Glass ............. Harry
Cliff Osmond .......... Big Max
Synopsis:
Keith's new client is a cat who may need all of its nine lives - Tabby
has just inherited a fortune. [TA]

1.12 Glynis: THIS ONE WILL KILL YOU (copyright title)
Prod. no. 010 (copyright date 27Sep63)
[--] Glynis: title unknown (possibly "This One Will Kill You")
11Dec63 CBS Wed.
Guest cast:
Miguel Landa ........... Claudio Aguero
Rafael Campos .......... Pato
Don Diamond ............ Carlos
Victor Millan .......... Julio
Henry darBoggia ........ Captain
Eddie LaBaron .......... Mate
Vincent Padula ......... Generalissimo
Tom Barto .............. Steward
Synopsis:
Glynis learns that a visiting international playboy's life may be in danger. [TA]

1.13 [--] Glynis: CRIME AFTER A FASHION (final episode)
Prod. no. 005 (copyright date 21Aug63)
18Dec63 CBS Wed. (CBS re-run 16Aug65)
Starring:
Glynis Johns (as Glynis), Keith Andes (as Keith)
Guest cast:
Cathleen Cordell ....... Miss Demerest
Emile Genest ........... Andre
Diana Chesney .......... Miss Fuller
Maurice Marsac ......... Charbet
Joseph Downing ......... Joe
Dick Wilson ............ Danny
Synopsis 1:
Glynis tries to catch a jewel thief by posing as a wealthy socialite.[TA]
Synopsis 2:
Glynis poses as a wealthy society matron to test her
theory that a society dress designer, who supplied the
gowns for the victims of several jewel robberies, must be the thief.

[--] 25Dec63 - replaced by "Tell It to the Camera" a series produced by "Candid Camera's" Alan Funt.

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Summer 1965 Re-runs (19Jul65-06Sep65)
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19Jul65 - rerun of "Mr. Butterworth Does It Himself" (from 23Oct63)
26Jul65 - rerun of "Three Men in a Tub" (from 25Sep63)
02Aug65 - rerun of "The Pros and the Cons" (from 6Nov63)
09Aug65 - rerun of "Two-Way Stretch" (from 20Nov63)
16Aug65 - rerun of "Crime After a Fashion" (from 18Dec63)
23Aug65 - rerun of Kitty Kat Caper" (from 04Dec63)
30Aug65 - rerun of "Agents are Murder (from 13Nov63)
06Sep65 - rerun of "Keep It Cool" (from 09Oct63)


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