Charlie Wild,
Private Detective
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Jim Brent Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
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CHARLIE WILD, PRIVATE DETECTIVE
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(also known as "The Affairs of Charlie Wild")
Dumont "live" presentation in association with
L. White and E. Rosenberg Productions
CBS (Fridays 9:00-9:30 pm)(22Dec50-Mar51)(season 1a)
CBS (Wednesdays 9:00-9:30 pm)(Apr51-27Jun51)(season 1b)
ABC (Tuesdays 8:00-8:30 pm EST)(11Sep51-04Mar52)(season 2)
DuMont (Thursdays 10:00-10:30)(13Mar52-19Jun52)(season 3)
Produced by Carlo De Angelo, Herbert Brodkin
Writer: Peter Barry
Director: Leonard Valenta (NOT Richard Valenta)
US Detective Series 1950-52 69 episodes approx x 30 min bw (live)
(22Dec50-19June52)
Starring
Kevin O'Morrison as Charlie Wild #1 (1950-51)
John McQuade as Charlie Wild #2 (1951-52)
Cloris Leachman as Effie Perrine
Premise:
Cases of Charlie Wild, a New York Private Detective.
* Charlie Wild was basically Dashiell Hammett's character Sam Spade
under another name.
####### Charlie Wild, Private Detective ######
############## season 1 1950-51 ##############
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CBS (Fridays 9:00-9:30)(live)(22Dec50-Mar51)
CBS (Wednesdays 9:00-9:30)(live)(Apr51-27Jun51)
Starring
Kevin O'Morrison as Charlie Wild #1
1.01 [--] 22Dec50 CBS Fri
1.02 [--] 29Dec50 CBS Fri
1.03 [--] 05Jan51 CBS Fri
1.04 [--] 12Jan51 CBS Fri
1.05 [--] 19Jan51 CBS Fri
1.06 [--] 26Jan51 CBS Fri
1.07 [--] 02Feb51 CBS Fri
1.08 [--] 09Feb51 CBS Fri
1.09 [--] 16Feb51 CBS Fri
1.10 [--] 23Feb51 CBS Fri
1.11 [--] 02Mar51 CBS Fri
1.xx [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE DOUBLE TROUBLE [verified on film - RF]
1951 (5Mar51 imdb)(airdate to be verified / checked)
a Dumont presentation in association with L. White and E. Rosenberg.
Sponsored by Mogen David Wine
Their slogan: "You'll Never Know Till You Try!"
Announcer Bob Williams
Produced by Herbert Brodkin
Written by Palmer Thompson
Directed by Charles Adams
Television director Barry Shear
Music Julian Gould
Furst by Fredericka
Production Manager Phil Stoltz
Announcer Bob Williams
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
Guest cast:
Philip Truex ...... Terrance Tillinghost/Thomas Tillinghost
John Shellie ...... Captain Arnold O'Connell
Phillipa Bevans ... Amanda
Yale Wexler ....... Bell Boy
Synopsis:
Charlie Wild is hired by Terence Tillinghas to keep a parchment paper worth twenty thousand
dollars until Monday. [RF]
1.12 [--] 09Mar51 CBS Fri
1.13 [--] 16Mar51 CBS Fri
1.14 [--] 23Mar51 CBS Fri
1.15 [--] 30Mar51 CBS Fri
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Moves from Fridays to Wednesdays
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The show started airing two months later on the West Coast [RF]
1.16 [--] Charlie Wild:
04Apr51 CBS Wed
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
1.17 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE SECOND BULLET [JB]
11Apr51 CBS Wed
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
1.18 [--] Charlie Wild:
18Apr51 CBS Wed
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
Synopsis:
A blind safecracker, a mercenary chauffeur, a gambling son and a scheming woman make up the
cast for Charlie Wild, Private Detective. [RF]
1.19 [--] Charlie Wild: THE MOTHER GOOSE CASE [JB]
25Apr51 CBS Wed
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
Synopsis:
A recording of a nursery rhyme sends Charlie Wild into a weird adventure of murder.
1.20 [--] Charlie Wild:
02May51 CBS Wed
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
1.21 [--] Charlie Wild:
09May51 CBS Wed
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
1.22 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE COMPLACENT KILLERS [JB] (live?)
16May51 CBS Wed 9pm ET [JB]
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
Synopsis:
Charlie investigates some basketball gambling and implicates a gambler, a famous player, a coach and
the coach's wife. [RF]
1.23 [--] Charlie Wild:
23May51 CBS Wed
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
Synopsis:
Charlie Wild develops a casual acquaintance with a beautiful redhead and winds up in trouble. [RF]
1.24 [--] Charlie Wild:
30May51 CBS Wed
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
1.25 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE CRYING BOY
06Jun51 CBS Wed
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
Synopsis:
A pistol-packing boy says his father is dead and leads Charlie Wild into a complicated family situation. [RF]
1.26 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE MYSTICAL MR. A [JB]
13Jun51 CBS Wed
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
Synopsis:
Charlie meets a mystic suffering from grandiose delusions and apparently
well-gifted in the knack of fleecing his devoted followers. [JB]
1.27 [--] Charlie Wild:
20Jun51 CBS Wed
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
Synopsis:
Asked to be a second in a pistol duel, Charlie Wild, private detective laughs at the situation until the
challenged man lies dead at his feet. [RF]
1.28 [--] Charlie Wild:
27Jun51 CBS Wed (last in season 1)
starring John McQuade (as Charlie Wild)
Synopsis:
A tough assignment puts Charlie Wild Private Detective, in touch with a mystic suffering from
grandiose delusions. [RF]
####### Charlie Wild, Private Detective ######
############## season 2 1951-52 ##############
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ABC (Tuesdays 8:00-8:30 EST)(live)(11Sep51-04Mar52)
Starring
John McQuade as Charlie Wild #2
2.01 [--] 11Sep51 ABC Tue
2.02 [--] 18Sep51 ABC Tue
2.03 [--] 25Sep51 ABC Tue
2.04 [--] 02Oct51 ABC Tue
2.05 [--] 09Oct51 ABC Tue
2.06 [--] 16Oct51 ABC Tue
2.07 [--] 23Oct51 ABC Tue
2.08 [--] 30Oct51 ABC Tue
2.09 [--] 06Nov51 ABC Tue
2.10 [--] 13Nov51 ABC Tue
2.11 [--] 20Nov51 ABC Tue
2.12 [--] 27Nov51 ABC Tue
2.13 [--] 04Dec51 ABC Tue
2.14 [--] 04Dec51 ABC Tue
2.15 [--] 11Dec51 ABC Tue
2.16 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE LADY IN RED
18Dec51 ABC Tue 8pm
Synopsis:
A bookie is killed passing counterfeit money. [JB]
2.xx [--] 25Dec51 ABC Tue - preempted?
2.17 [--] 01Jan52 ABC Tue
2.18 [--] 08Jan52 ABC Tue
2.19 [--] 15Jan52 ABC Tue
2.20 [--] 22Jan52 ABC Tue
2.21 [--] 29Jan52 ABC Tue
2.22 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE TRAGIC MASK
05Feb52 ABC Tue
Synopsis 1:
Murder behind the footlights. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A brooch mounted with two Greek masks of the theater-comedy and tragedy, sets
Charlie on a manhunt. [JB]
2.23 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE TURKISH BATH
12Feb52 ABC Tue
Synopsis:
Charlie faces certain death when he subs for a client who contracted
for his own murder, but changed his mind. [JB]
2.24 [--] Charlie Wild: (episode title unknown)
19Feb52 ABC Tue
Charlie Wild is forced by weather to stop in a fishing shack off the coast
of Florida on his way back from Cuba with a prisoner. There he runs into
murder. [JB]
2.25 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE DREAMY DENOUNCEMENT [JB]
26Feb52 ABC Tue
Charlie Wild shadows a diamond merchant who is murdered. He finds clues
in a dream sequence. [JB]
2.26 [--] 04Mar52 ABC Tue (last on ABC in season 2)
####### Charlie Wild, Private Detective ######
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DuMont (Thursdays 10:00-10:30) (live)(13Mar52-19Jun52)
Starring
John McQuade as Charlie Wild #2
3.01 [--] 13Mar52 DuMont Thur
3.02 [--] 20Mar52 DuMont Thur
3.03 [--] 27Mar52 DuMont Thur
3.04 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE PRODIGAL SON [JB]
03Apr52 DuMont Thur
A Passover story.
3.05 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE PHOTOGENIC GHOST
prod #3484
10Apr52 DuMont Thur
Charlie is involved with a wealthy old lady, a not-too-spirited medium, a gal
and a ghost. [JB]
3.06 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE LONG LOST LOVE [JB]
prod #3503
17Apr52 DuMont Thur
An old sweetheart's husband is in trouble with police. She comes to Charlie
for help. [JB]
3.07 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE COWARD'S CHOICE
24Apr52 DuMont Thur
Synopsis 1:
Hit and run driver does not know whether to confess or not. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A hit and run driver has to make a choice of remaining a coward or confessing
the crime. [JB]
3.08 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE DEADLY DOUBLE
01May52 DuMont Thur
A dangerous killer looks like Charlie. [JB]
3.09 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE TEACHER'S TROUBLE
08May52 DuMont Thur
Charlie Wild runs into trouble when he asks a teacher to excuse him from
making a speech to the students of a Junior High School. [JB]
3.10 [--] 15May52 DuMont Thur
3.11 [--] 22May52 DuMont Thur
3.12 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE CANDY STORE KID [JB]
29May52 DuMont Thur
3.13 [--] Charlie Wild: THE CASE OF THE CUT THROAT CASANOVA [JB]
05Jun52 DuMont Thur
A man uses romance as a means of getting money. [JB]
3.14 [--] Charlie Wild; THE CASE OF THE FATAL LETTER [JB]
12Jun52 DuMont Thur
Charlie Wild learns that it requires a man of intelligence to tell a good
lie. [JB]
3.15 [--] 19Jun52 DuMont Thur (final episode)
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THE CASE OF THE DOUBLE TROUBLE
05-Mar-1951 (3/5/52?)
produced by Herbert Brodkin
written by Palmer Thompson
directed by Charles Adams /television director Barry Shear
guest stars
Philip Truex, John Shellie, Phillipa Bevens, Yale Wexler
Unknown title: 1951 prod #3397
Unknown title: 1951 prod #3437
Unknown title: 1951 prod #3461
Unknown title: 1951 prod #3549
Unknown title: prod #3566
Unknown title: 06-May-1952: prod #3713
Unknown title: 1952: prod #3631
Unknown title: 1952: prod #3648
Unknown title: 1952: prod #3665
Unknown title: 1952: prod #3682
THE CASE OF THE PLUME PEDDLER prod #3696
Unknown title/date PROD #3913
.xx [--] (title unknown)
1951-52
Complete with "Mogen David wine" commercials. This program originally
aired live on the Dumont network, and is presented here exactly in
that form. John McQuade stars as a tough New York City detective who
gets involved in fights no matter how hard he tries to simply
investigate cases calmly.
####### Charlie Wild, Private Detective ######
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