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The Outsider (1968-69)
Episode Guide
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
S.L. Kotar [SLK]
<www.darrenmcgavin.net>
Rina Fox [RF]
Tom Dischley [TD]
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THE OUTSIDER
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Universal-Public Arts Productions
Universal City Studios, Inc./ an MCA company
for
NBC (Wednesdays 10:00pm EST)
Created by Executive Producer Roy Huggins
Produced by Gene Levitt
US Detective series 1968-69 pilot + 26 episodes x 60 min color
Starring
Darren McGavin
as David Ross
Premise:
Cases of a Los Angeles private eye.
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THE OUTSIDER
(2hr Pilot
TV Movie in 'World Premiere' series)
21Nov67
Written by Roy Huggins,
(creator of "Run For Your Life" and "The Fugitive")
Directed by Michael Ritchie
Starring
Darren McGavin
Edmond O'Brien .......... Marvin Bishop
Ann Sothern ............. Mrs. Kozzek
Sean Harrison ........... Collin Kenniston III
Shirley Knight .......... Peggy Leydon
Ossie Davis ............. Lt. Wagner
Nancy Malone ............ Honora Dundas
Audrey Totter ........... Mrs. Bishop
Joseph Wiseman .......... Ernest Grimes
Mario Alcalde ........... Sgt. Delgado
Kent McCord
Anna Hagan
Hollywood private eye David Ross is hired to find out if a young
woman is embezzling company funds. He finds more trouble than
evidence; he's almost strangled by the girl's boy friend and when
she is murdered, Ross - who served six years on a murder rap -
becomes the chief suspect. [SLK]
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NBC Wednesdays 10:00pm Eastern
[01] The Outsider:
FOR MEMBERS ONLY
18Sep68 NBC
prod. no. 28913/48290
guest stars
Kathie Browne ..... Anne DuBois
Warren Stevens ..... Richard Chase
Frank Marth ..... Karl Stanton
G.D. Spradlin ..... Kenneth Conrad
with
Francine York ..... Ellie
Arthur Space ..... John Mason
Francis DeSales ..... John the Waiter
Timothy Carey ..... Max
John Zaremba ..... Charles Beggs
Ross is hired to ferret out an elusive cardsharp who's fleecing
members on an exclusive social club. Ross infiltrates the club by
posing as a gambler and prospective member. The subterfuge enables
Ross to check out Richard Chase and his girlfriend, Ellie. But a
chance meeting with Anne proved the stakes are higher than Ross
thought. [SLK]
[02] The Outsider:
WHAT FLOWERS DAISIES ARE
25Sep68 NBC
prod. no. 28914/48155
guest stars
Farley Granger ..... Curtis Anderson
Melodie Johnson ..... Daisy
Steve Franken ..... Roger Edgeway
Booth Colman ..... Benjamin Seaton
with
Allen Joseph ..... Fred
Yvonne White ..... Edith
Robert Millar ..... Detective
Clay Tanner ..... Sgt. Miller
Paul Hahn ..... Insurance Man
A routine missing-person case gets Ross embroiled in a million-dollar
con game and murder. Detective David Ross is hired to investigate
the strange disappearance of an attractive model and uncovers
evidence of murder. One of the model's boy friends, Kurt Anderson,
an executive with a local research foundation, is a prime suspect.
Tracing Anderson to the rural site of a research group, Ross enlists
the help of Daisy, a guide for the organization. Daisy takes Ross on
a tour which proves not only enlightening but nearly fatal. [SLK]
[03] The Outsider: ALONG CAME A SPIDER
02Oct68 NBC
prod. no. 28910/48291
guest stars
Claude Akins ..... Detective Keller
Marsha Hunt ..... Dorothy Kingsland
with
Lily Shalet ..... Mrs. Sandusky
Than Wyenn ..... Danny Moreno
Leonard Stone ..... Buddy Vasta
Whit Bissell ..... Dr. Kingsland
Floyd Mutrux ..... Ralph
Plain-looking Helen Brunner hires Ross to retrieve $6000. She
foolishly lent the money to a younger man who promised to marry
her - and then got himself murdered. The search involves Ross
with a lonely-hearts club, a tough detective, an assortment of
gangsters - and the killer. [SLK]
[04] The Outsider:
A WIDE PLACE IN THE ROAD
09Oct68
prod. no. 28908
guest stars
Louise Latham ..... Frances Dustin
Joe Don Baker ..... Billy Joe Corey
Anne Whitfield ..... Betty Dustin
Peter Whitney ..... Sheriff Breckenridge [SLK only]
with
Sarah Marshall ..... Pearl Rapp
Lou Krugman ..... Leo Glass
Lillian Bronson ..... Mrs. Buchanan
Forrest Lewis ..... George McBryde
Chet Stratton ..... Fred Decker
Michael Cartel ..... George McBryde Jr.
Ross' search for Billy Joe Corey, a car thief who jumped bail,
leads to the boy's home town, where folks - including the local
sheriff - don't take kindly to the investigator's presence.
Residents there still consider the boy something of a local hero.
[SLK]
[05] The Outsider:
AS COLD AS ASHES
16Oct68 NBC
prod. no. 28916/48317
guest stars
Don Knight ..... Matthew Garson
Keye Luke ..... Won Ah-Kam
Kate Woodville ..... Lita Dowell
with
Noah Keen ..... Lieutenant Kering (recurring)
Vince Howard ..... Detective Allan
Gerald York ..... Cizak
Lawrence Duran ..... Man
Oriental mystery - and murder - enshroud the investigator. Hired
to deliver a dead man's ashes to San Francisco, Ross soon finds
himself being tracked by killers for reasons he can't fathom.
He is stunned to learn the urn containing the ashes is priceless.
[SLK]
[06] The Outsider:
A TIME TO RUN
30Oct68 NBC
guest stars
Don Stroud ..... Stan
Brenda Scott ..... Della
Jack Hogan ..... Ed
with
Byron Mabe .... Jerry
Ross Elliott .... Starnes
Lawrence Haddon ..... Frank Ebb
James Dobson ..... Murphy
Tom Palmer .... Dr. Welles
Jimmy Joyce .... John Drake
Hired to locate a missing witness in a murder trial, Private
Investigator Ross does just that, but regrets it. Working for
a defense attorney, Ross tracks down a fleeing witness, Murphy,
and by doing so, unwittingly abets and man's murder by Starns,
a thug posing as a friend of Ross' client. Ross is desperate to
get this new evidence to the courtroom where the trial is underway,
but first must elude two men who are out to silence him. Wounded
in the chase, Ross solicits the aid of two runaway "hippies." [SLK]
[07] The Outsider:
LOVE IS UNDER "L."
06Nov68
prod. no. 28903
guest stars
Simon Oakland ..... Lyman Barr
Jeanne Cooper .... Connie
with
Willi Koopman .... Mindy Taylor
Brad Weston ..... Thorpe
Robert H. Harris .... Albert Kopke
Pat Morita ..... Toshi
Ron Russell ...... Cyclist
Jack Grinnage .... Clifford
Louis Guss ..... Ernie
Karen Martin .... Girl at Bar
Ross undertakes a job for self-made millionaire Lyman Barr. Hired
to find Barr's missing girl friend, Ross finds the young lady hiding
out. Not only does she not want to be found, Ross finds himself
constantly under attack. [SLK]
[08] The Outsider:
THE TWENTY-THOUSAND DOLLAR CARROT
13Nov68 NBC
Directed by Michael Ritchie (also diirected the series pilot film)
guest stars
Pat Harrington Jr. ..... Borden
Dana Elcar .... Fred Oliver
Conlan Carter .... Warren Vail
with
Bonnie Beecher .... Gloria Gronowski
Sandra Smith .... Joanne Jackson
Robert Donner .... Sheriff Wade
Julie McCarthy .... Helene Elkins
John Ragin .... Todd Elkins
Delton Cook .... John Morrison
Stuart Nisbit .... Floyd
Bonnie Hughes .... Airline Clerk
While investigating the death of a pretty girl's boy friend,
David Ross detects a monumental insurance fraud and goes after
bigger game. Ross returns from Mexico to break the news to his
client that alleged accident victim Tod Elkins is alive and
apparently has staged a $200,000 insurance coup. Seeing a chance
to make some big money himself, Ross offers insurance company
executive Daniel W. Border to return the culprit and the money
in exchange for a percentage of the total amount. No studio sets
were used on this on-location episode. [SLK]
[09] The Outsider:
ONE LONG-STEMMED AMERICAN BEAUTY
20Nov68 NBC
prod. no. 28906/48183
guest stars
Julie Adams ..... Laura Carlvic
Judith McConnell ..... Dorothy Johnson
Marie Windsor .... Leslie Jamieson
Walter Mathews .... Vincent Carlvic
with
Betty Field .... Landlady
Richard Van Vleet ..... Stuntman
Peggy Pope .... Florist
Loyd King .... Karate Instructor
Ben Wright ..... Agent
The death of one-time dancing star Leroy Rollins from an overdose
of alcohol and tranquilizers prompts a suspicious casting department
to employ David Ross for an investigation. The strange behavior of
Rollin's landlady, the cold indifference of his former girl friend
and attempted bribery by a producer have Ross wondering whether or
not Rollins was murdered. But by whom? There are plenty of
suspects - and all of them are females. [SLK]
[10] The Outsider:
I CAN'T HEAR YOU SCREAM
27Nov68 NBC
prod. no. 28904
guest stars
Marc Cavell .... Solly Thayer
Ena Hartman ..... Eleanor Springer
Myron Healey .... Frank Murphy
with
Bobo Lewis .... Besse
Gwendolyn Ormes .... Mona Gentry
Jodean Russo .... Mary
Howard Dayton .... Eddie
James Edwards ..... Lieutenant Wagner (recurring)
James Nusser .... Thin Man
Joe Haworth .... George
John J. Fox ..... Tom Mullins
David Bond .... Jed Mills
Private investigator David Ross involves himself in a final-hour
bid to save a hoodlum from the gas chamber. Despite the objections
of a police lieutenant and a strong case against the convicted man,
Rose decides to move on new evidence which hints of a frame-up.
The trail leads to a known gambler and a former accomplice of the
condemned man. [SLK]
Note: The photo promo of Darren McGavin labels this as the series
premiere, to be aired 18Sep68 - strange! [SLK]
[11] The Outsider: TELL IT LIKE IT WAS -- AND YOU'RE DEAD
04Dec68 NBC
prod. no. 28911/48184
guest stars
Marilyn Maxwell .... Winnie Blake
Whitney Blake .... Judy Elliott
Jackie Coogan .... Rusty
Ted Knight .... Nick Ames
Ben Murphy .... Patrick Forrester
with
Gordon Jump .... Carl
Read Morgan .... Lacey
James Edwards .... Lieutenant Wagner (recurring)
Eve McVeagh .... Mrs. Forrester
Dallas Mitchell .... Sergeant
Fabian Dean .... Beefy Man
The news that a former burlesque queen intends to "tell all" in
her memoirs has a lot of highly placed people on edge. Ross must
find out which one might be nervous enough to kill her. [SLK]
[12] The Outsider:
THE LAND OF THE FOX
18Dec68 NBC
prod. no. 28912/48153
guest stars
Susan Oliver .... Diane Clay
Russell Thorson .... George Lund
Kent McCord .... Bill Ellison
with
Ben Hammer .... Tom Campbell
Roy Roberts ..... Ben Adams
Philip Chapin .... Peter MeKee
Charles Brewer .... Boy Surfer
Al Checco .... Bartender
Ross makes with the sand-and-sun set as he tries to locate a
witness to a hit-and-run killing, then finds he's falling for
the girl who holds the key to the case. Susan Oliver portrays
Diana, one of the "beautiful people" populating the California
beaches, who finds herself involved in a hush-up but her evidence
proves useless when thugs move in. [SLK]
[13] The Outsider:
THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL
25Dec68
prod. no. 28909/48289
guest stars
Joan Blondell .... Sadie Burch
Simon Scott ..... George Harrington
Dorothy Green .... Margaret
with
Noah Keen .... Lt. Kering (recurring)
Mary Jo Kennedy ..... Marcie
George Neise ..... Brad Elston
Paul Lambert .... Larry Rogers
Jean Carson ..... Mary Potter
Ralph Manza .... Charley
Dave Diamond ..... Policeman
Harry Harvey Sr. ..... Neighbor
Twelve years ago, industrialist George Harrington paid a $250,000
ransom for his kidnapped daughter, who was never seen again. Now
Sadie Burch claims the girl she raised as her own is the millionaire's
missing daughter. [SLK]
[14] The Outsider:
THE GIRL FROM MISSOURI
08Jan69 NBC
prod. no. 48425
guest stars
Mariette Hartley ..... Mary Smith
Rick Jason .... Matt Smith
Jaye P. Morgan ..... Ginny
with
Phillip Pine .... Coppolino
Mickey Manners .... Rudy Jacobs
Robert Millar .... Police Sergeant
Frank Schuller .... Larry
Stanely Adams .... Bo Peep
Will J. White ..... Jackie
Victor Bozeman ..... Policeman
Lennie Bremen .... Bartender
Mary Smith, plain-spoken and na‹ve, enlists Ross's help to track
down her missing brother. The detective soon learns that Smith
is involved with some very unsavory types, who don't take kindly
to people who ask questions. [SLK]
[15] The Outsider:
THE SECRET OF MARENO BAY
15Jan69 NBC
prod. no. 48572
(described on photo file as "Secrets of Mareno Bay") [SLK]
guest stars
Pippa Scott .... Virginia Kirk
Walter Brooke ..... Colonel Grey
Grace Lee Whitney .... Claire
with
Estelle Winwood .... Mrs. Perry
Lawrence Linville .... Floyd Hendricks
Henry Beckman ...... Sheriff Damon
Charles Lampkin .... Richard
Ross hits a wall of resentment and hostility as he searches for
Marion Bay's least-loved citizen. Novelist John Bedford disappeared
shortly after returning to the area, and the residents are
unanimous in wishing him dead. [SLK]
[16] The Outsider:
THE OLD SCHOOL TIE
22Jan69 NBC
prod. no. 48721
guest stars
Aldo Ray ..... Eddie Wolfe
Gail Kobe ..... Gloria Johnson
George Murdock .... Vern Fletcher
with
Anthony Russell .... Vincent
Len Lesser ..... Max Davenport
Elvira Allman ..... Mrs. Vaughn
James McEachin .... John Arnold
David Ross is in prison on The Outsider and it's as realistic a
prison shot as you'll see in a long time. Actually, this is a
series of flashbacks showing him when he was in prison before and
how his life was saved, during a savage fight, by another convict,
played by Aldo Ray. When his prison- buddy is released, he contacts
Ross to tell him of a big moneymaking plot he has devised, which
is actually extortion. Ross declines, but his buddy insists. [SLK]
[17] The Outsider:
A BOWL OF CHERRIES
29Jan69 NBC
guest stars
John Marley ..... Jason Cambor
Scott Marlowe .... Joe Andrade
Tom Skerritt .... Arnie Cambor
Lynne Marta .... Kerry Palmer
with
Alan Oppenheimer .... Pete
Penny Stanton .... Mrs. Andrade
Warren Kemmerling .... Police Lieutenant
Philip Kenneally .... Joe Brock
Frank Farmer .... Sergeant
Michael Masters .... Swamper
Robert Karnes ..... Max
David Ross offers to help the son of an old friend, only to become
enmeshed in a homicide. When Ross learns that young Joe Andrade
has been beaten up and is out to get the man responsible, he
intervenes. The embittered Andrade's target, however, is found
murdered. [SLK]
[18] The Outsider: BEHIND GOD'S BACK
05Feb69 NBC
guest stars
Ahna Capri .... Tracy Stratton
Thomas Gomez .... Miguel
Virginia Mayo .... Jean Daniels Ortega
with
Ben Cooper .... Fred Rhodes
Stacy Harris .... Harry Stratton
Larry Chance .... Mike
Victor Rogers .... Eddie
Stella Garcia ..... Juanita Martinez
Richard Jury .... Dr. Rigley
Paul Micale .... Desk Clerk
In Acapulco, Mexico, Ross mixes with the jet set as he tries
to convince a millionaire's runaway daughter that her new-found
playmates are up to no good. Ross finally locates the girl in the
company of a self-styled archaeologist Fred Rhodes. When Ross
begins to check Rhodes out, he's arrested by Mexican police as
the suspect in a jewelry theft. [SLK]
[19] The Outsider:
TAKE THE KEY AND LOCK HIM UP
12Feb69 NBC
prod. no. 48888
guest stars
Roger Perry .... Briggs
Bert Freed ..... Elkins
Don 'Red' Barry .... Sheriff Watson
with
Quinn Redeker .... Harve
Shannon Farnon .... Laura
Joseph Mell .... Myron
Don Hanmer .... Padre
Kurt Grayson ..... Roberts
Paul Newlan .... Reeves
Anne Bellamy .... Ella
Renny Roker ..... Barrows
While investigating the shooting of a convict in a backwater town,
Ross is arrested on a charge of selling marijuana. [SLK]
[20] The Outsider:
THE FLIP SIDE
26Feb69 NBC
guest stars
Carrie Snodgrass ..... Janet/Diane
Michael Strong ..... Dr. Sam Gaynor
with
Fred Williamson .... Randall
Alice Backes .... Telephone Operator
Judd Laurance ..... Pablo Renoir
Al Dunlap ..... Billboard Man
Joseph LaCavan .... Croupier
Newcomer Carrie Snodgress plays a difficult double role. The
psychological drama involves Ross with a plain young woman who
hires him to find her missing sister, a glamorous model involved
in an underworld ring dealing in narcotics, and gets involved in
an extortion racket. [SLK]
[21] The Outsider:
HANDLE WITH CARE
05Mar69 NBC
guest stars
Paul Stewart ..... Julius Ainsworth
Joan Huntington .... Josie
Vic Tayback .... Faber
with
Berkeley Harris .... Smiley
Herbert Voland .... Hollis
Edmund Hashim .... Phil Campos
Pepe Callahan .... Frank Guerra
Bruce Glovor .... Sparky
Judy Brown .... Colleen
John Wheeler .... Montana
Michael Masters .... Marty
Duke Cigrang .... Truck Driver
Anthony Redondo .... Dispatcher
Posing as a drifter with the alias Leo Martin, Ross joins a
gang of hijacking truckers, whose operation is hurting an
insurance company. [SLK]
[22] The Outsider:
ALL THE SOCIAL GRACES
12Mar69 NBC
prod. no. 48968
guest stars
Geraldine Brooks .... Emily Kester
Lloyd Bochner .... George Jenkins
Virginia Gregg ...... Heather Downs [SLK only]
Warren Kemmerling .... Masters
Regis Cordic .... Stambler
with
Ken Tobey .... Joe Kester
Michael Evans .... Giles
Helen Baron .... Diane Fuller
Ellen Clark .... Mary Jenkins
Charles Shull ... Carlin
Lorraine Davies .... Millie
Gene Tyburn .... Todd
Del Russell .... Tom
Good support is offered to Darren McGavin on The Outsider by the
acting talents of Lloyd Bochner and Geraldine Brooks. McGavin is
hired by a diamond-in-the-rough millionaire who is slain before
the detective has any idea why he was hired. His investigation
leads him to an elegant tennis club which considered the millionaire
too "low-crust" for membership. (Tennis scenes filmed at the Encino
Racquet Club.) [SLK]
[23] The Outsider:
A LOT OF MUSCLE
26Mar69 NBC
Guest Stars:
James Gregory ..... Michael Cameron
Susan O'Connell ..... Patricia Cameron
Greg Mullavey ..... Ted Baxter
with
Kenneth O'Brien ..... Richard Twining
Frank Maxwell ..... Thatcher
Lawrence Hauben ..... James Reardon
Len Wayland ..... Matthews
Joseph Perry ..... Eddie Clark
Patricia Walker ..... Landlady
Lloyd Kino .... House Boy
Vivian Rhodes ..... Librarian
Ross takes up the cudgels for a tough, unbending cop who's facing
indictment on a bribery charge. Probing a possible frame, Ross
begins to sort out the man's many enemies - ranging from a
bartender to a high city official. [SLK]
[24] The Outsider:
PERIWINKLE BLUE
02Apr69 NBC
guest stars
Lois Nettleton ..... April Endby
Douglas Dick ..... Arthur Endby
with
Ellen Corby ..... Aunt Myrtle
Pat Harrington Jr. ..... Wainwright
Bill Quinn ..... Lieutenant Kanter (recurring)
Shelby Livingston ..... Model
Ross is alternately beguiled and bedeviled by April Endby, winsome
widow who has buried two husbands. Ross can't help wondering:
did she do them in? Her current husband wonders the same thing and
hires Ross to investigate. Director Richard Benedict appears as
a photographer. [SLK]
[25] The Outsider:
THROUGH A STAINED GLASS WINDOW
09Apr69 NBC
guest stars
Walter Burke ..... L.J. Fox
Arch Johnson ..... Bob
Mickey Shaughnessy ..... Chauncy James
Ruth McDevitt..... Alice Donner
with
Marilyn Lovell ..... Nancy Davis
Harry Swoger ..... Frank Stobles
Eldon Quick ..... Eddie Johnson
Carol Booth ..... Billie
Bill Quinn ..... Lieutenant Kanter (recurring)
E.J. Andre ..... Mike
Charles Seel ..... Engineer
Ross is hired to trail a paroled convict, who supposedly is the
only person who knows the hiding place of a stolen fortune of
$250,000. Kooks and heavies crowd Ross as he searches a crumbling
section of Los Angeles. Jayne Meadows makes a cameo as Lil. [SLK]
[26] The Outsider:
SERVICE FOR ONE
(final episode)
16Apr69 NBC
guest stars
Kathie Browne ..... Amy Godwin
William Windom ..... Bernard Christie
John Doucette ..... Stan Potolski
with
Henry Jones ..... Decker
Shelly Novack ..... Edward Potolski
Johnny Silver ..... Kel
Sandy Balson ..... Sally
John Archer ..... Businessman
Jack Spratt..... Chef
Ross is hired to serve a subpoena on a well-guarded millionaire
who has never been photographed. As he dogs his quarry, Ross
uncovers a curious love affair - and a murder plot. William will
soon be starring in the new series, My World And Welcome To It,
guest-stars as a wealthy businessman whose expansions are
threatening other businesses. When one of the latter gets a court
order against him, Ross is hired to serve the papers, which proves
to be a touchy task, since the man lives like a recluse. [SLK]
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[--]
ANATOMY OF A CRIME
(1969 TV movie)(2hr. slot)
a compilation of two episodes:
Directed by John Peyser
#11 "Tell it like it was - and you're dead"
and another UNKNOWN episode
[--]
THE 48 HOUR MILE
(1970 TV movie)(2hr. slot)
Written by Don Carpenter
Directed by Gene Levitt
a compilation of two episodes:
#20 "The Flip Side" and #26 "Service for One"
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