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"Doctor Christian" (1956-57)
"Lock Up" (1959-61)
Doctor Christian
Episode Guide - April 2007
(General Update)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Tom Alger, Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
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DOCTOR CHRISTIAN
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Ziv Television Programs, Inc.
for
First-Run Syndication
Produced by
Maurice Unger
US Medical Drama series 1956-57 39 episodes x 30 min bw
starring:
Macdonald Carey
as Dr. Mark Christian
with:
Jean Hersholt as Dr. Paul Christian
Nurses:
Jan Shepard as Secretary/ Nurse Betty
Cynthia Baer as Nurse Frances?
Kay Faylen as ?
Premise:
Following his Uncle Paul's retirement, young Mark Christian assumes
control of his practice in the small town of River's End, Minnesota
Dr. Paul Christian, had featured in a sereis of films made in the 1940's.
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"Doctor Christian" 1940's films
starring
Jean Hersholt as Dr. Paul Christian
"Melody for Three" (1941) as Dr. Paul Christian
"They Meet Again" (1941) as Dr. Paul Christian
"Dr. Christian Meets the Women" (1940) as Dr. Paul Christian
"Courageous Dr. Christian, The" (1940) as Dr. Paul Christian
"Remedy for Riches" (1940) as Dr. Paul Christian
"Meet Dr. Christian" (1939) as Dr. Paul Christian
############# Doctor Christian ###############
############## season 1956-57 ################
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Syndicated Program
[--] Doctor Christian: BIRTH OF A FATHER (1957)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
[--] Doctor Christian: QUESTION OF SUICUDE (1957)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
[--] Doctor Christian: (unidentified episode)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest Cast:
Paul Frees ........... Arnold Walsh
Katherine Warren ..... Mrs. Anders
Lillian Bond ......... Sarah
Recurring Cast:
Jan Shepard (as Nurse Betty)
Doctor Christian's nurse Betty is accused of blackmailing the
doctor's patients [TA]
(Synd: 15Aug66 Ch38 East New Eng, Monday 9:00pm)
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Synopsis:
When 13-year-old Ivy Nichols is orphaned by an automobile, Mark Christian
promises dying Mrs. Nichols to see that Ivy is cared for. [TA]
(Synd: 20Feb59 Tue 4:30 Ch12 North Calif) [TA]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest Cast:
Arthur Shields ....... Harry Osgood
Charlie Davis ........ McCabe
Olan Soule ........... Quentin
Jeanne Bates ......... Sarah
Synopsis 1:
A man with just one year left to live decides to do everything he's
ever dreamed of doing. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
With one year to live, Harry Osgood starts fulfilling all his dreams.
But his family, unaware of his illness, thinks he's insane. [RF]
(Synd: 08Oct60)
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Synopsis:
A man who believes that his cleanser formula was stolen as a result of
his having shared it with the Poison Information Center, refuses to
register his second formula. [RF]
(Synd: 18Dec60) [RF]
############# Doctor Christian ###############
############## unknown titles ################
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[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Herb Ellis ........... Garber
Lorna Thayer ......... Mrs. Garber
Helen Mowery ......... Mrs. Appleby
Synopsis:
Police don't believe a driver who claims that a prominent citizen
jumped in front of his moving truck. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Stuart Whitman ....... Mike
Joyce Meadows ........ Mary
Bobby Clark .......... Ricco
Synopsis:
A husband's resentment of his unborn child could endanger his wife's
health. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Peter Hansen ......... Rufus Corning
Whit Bissell ......... Layton
Jan Shepard .......... Nurse Betty (recurring)
Synopsis:
Rufus Corning blames Christian for his wife's death in surgery and vows
revenge. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Lawrence Dobkin ...... Kallen
Mike Ragan ........... Fingers
Raymond Guth ......... Evans
Synopsis:
An unusual decision faces Christian: should he operate on the man who
has been trying to kill him? [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Barbara Stuart ....... Betty Sawyer
Tom Brown ............ Walter
Richard Benedict ..... Hatcher
Jack Mann ............ Carter
Synopsis:
Blaming herself for her husband's death, Betty Sawyer is on the verge
of a breakdown. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Taylor Holmes ........ Cathcart
Helen Mowery ......... Georgia
Synopsis:
A retired plumber, living with his daughter and son-in-law, has trouble
adjusting. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Byron Foulger ........ Newton
Dorothy Adams ........ Suzy
Harry Harvey Jr. ..... Holmby
Jan Shepard .......... Nurse Betty (recurring)
Synopsis:
A man with a weak heart is bitten by a dog and rabies injections might
prove fatal. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Mason Alan Dinehart .. Danny Martin
Stacy Harris ......... Warren
Chuck Webster ........ Thompson
Synopsis:
Danny Martin fears that he, like his mother, is a typhoid carrier. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Stuart Whitman ....... Jackie
Charlie Davis ........ Willing
Bruce Wendell ........ Bender
Synopsis:
A young boxer, influenced by an exaggerated build-up of his ability, is
becoming dangerously cocky. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Stacy Graham ......... Judy
William Boyett ....... Andy
Synopsis:
An expectant mother's fears about her husband's dangerous job may cause
her to die in childbirth. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Peter Hansen ......... Walters
June Vincent ......... Angela
Michael Fox .......... Rausch
Synopsis:
Dr. Christian attempts to help a man conceal his illegal entry into the
U.S. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Lyle Talbot .......... Wood
Jeanette Nolan ....... Jenny
Whit Bissell ......... Breen
Synopsis:
Dr. Christian inherits an estate from a woman whom he can't even
remember. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Peter Hansen ......... Conway
Susan Cummings ....... Edna
Tom Brown ............ Welles
Synopsis:
Dr. Christian tries to put a former mental patient on the road to a
normal life. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Larry Blake .......... Father
David Colmans ........ Richard
Christine Larsen ..... Ruth
George Eldredge ...... Judge
Synopsis:
A father takes his son on a camping trip not realizing that the boy has
a rheumatic heart. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Jeanne Bates ......... Janis Sommers
Tom McKee ............ Sommers
Ruth Clifford ........ Sarah
Jan Shepard .......... Nurse Betty (recurring)
Synopsis:
Janis Sommers may be having paranoid delusions or her husband may
really be trying to kill her. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Jack Hogan
Willis Bouchey ....... Parsons
Jean Ann Lewis ....... Margie
John Sorrentino ...... Muller
Synopsis:
A retired policeman tries to prevent a robbery in which his daughter's
boy friend is involved. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Edward Kemmer ........ Wilson
John Vivyan .......... Brother Jonas
Synopsis:
Dr. Christian tries desperately to save the life of a little boy bitten
by a black widow spider. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Patricia Morrow ...... Teenager
Will Wright .......... Ben
Gladys Thornton ...... Wilma
Synopsis:
Dr. Christian tries to save an orphaned teen-ager from her scheming
relatives. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Gregory Walcott ...... Mike Higgins
ynopsis:
Though injured, foreman Mike Higgins stubbornly refuses to stop
working. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Jan Shepard .......... Nurse Betty (recurring)
Harry Lauter ......... Ed
Gloria Grant ......... Doris
Synopsis:
Dr. Christian and his secretary help a truck driver, fired after a
fight with a coworker. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Pamela Duncan ........ Ann
Charles Evans ........ Wilmot
Chet Marshall ........ Jeff
Synopsis:
A secretary swallows some poison for which the antidote is not
available. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Stuart Whitman ....... Taylor
Susan Morrow ......... Phyllis
Keith Richards ....... Brian
Jan Shepard .......... Nurse Betty (recurring)
Synopsis:
Dr. Christian is stranded in a mountain lodge with a murderer. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Michael Landon ....... Young Man
Nancy Lee ............ Edith
Jim Nusser ........... McKnight
Howard Wright ........ Walker
Synopsis:
Dr. Christian tries to help a young man acquire some badly needed
self-confidence. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Robert Patten
Thomas P. Dillon ..... Carl
Synopsis:
Mark's uncle, Dr. Paul Christian (Jean Hersholt), tries to end the
friction between a father and son. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Peter Miller ......... Johnny Haven
Tom Brown ............ Antrim
Harlan Warde ......... Baker
Kaye Elhardt ......... Mary
Synopsis:
Dr. Christian tries to prove that Johnny Haven is not the hit-and-run
driver the police are seeking. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Edward Kemmer ........ Frank
Addison Richards ..... Jerome
Synopsis:
A young intern is pressured into giving up medicine and entering the
family business. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Judith Ames .......... Julie
Isabel Jewell ........ Mae
Gordon Wynn .......... Evers
Synopsis:
Walter Brandon dies only a few days after taking out a huge
life-insurance policy. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Jack Hogan ........... Boxer
Billy Nelson ......... Red
John Gallaudet ....... Mitchell
Synopsis:
On the eve of a championship fight, a boxer learns that the slightest
blow to his head will cause permanent blindness. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Robert Armstrong ..... Larsen
Robert Hutton ........ Seymour
Virginia Welles ...... Marie
Ken Christy .......... Long
Hal Hoover ........... Jay
Synopsis:
When the president of a chemical company has a heart attack, crooks
move in and take over the business. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Richard Devon ........ Dixon
Jack Edwards ......... Kiley
Cynthia Baer ......... Nurse Frances (recurring?)
Synopsis:
A patient for whom exercise could be fatal disappears from the
hospital. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Walter Kelley ........ Paul
Jeanne Cooper ........ Marsha
Joe Corey ............ Evans
Tony Miller .......... Lindstrom
Synopsis:
A Korean war veteran suddenly loses the power of speech.
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Ray Stricklyn ........ Paul
Jack Hogan ........... Martin
Bill Hudson .......... Evans
Synopsis:
Dr. Christian's good intentions boomerang when he has a convict
paroled. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Walter Kingsford ..... Marin
Charles Evans ........ Alden
Joseph Turkel ........ Philip
Carol Thurston ....... Sandy
Synopsis:
A series of mysterious accidents threatens to halt work on a top-secret
project. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Robert Cornthwaite ... Belford
Peg Hillias .......... Ruth Belford
Jean Carson .......... Myra
Synopsis:
Ruth Belford loses her memory after an auto accident rigged by her
husband. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Christopher Dark ..... Frank Wallace
Jean Howell .......... May
Charlie Davis ........ Connelly
Synopsis:
Sent to prison for a robbery he did not commit, Frank Wallace goes
after the stolen money when he is released. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Bing Russell ......... Burt
Joyce Meadows ........ Ann
Synopsis:
An epidemic of bubonic plagues breaks out but delivery of the serum is
delayed. [RF]
[--] Doctor Christian: (unknown episode title)
ZIV release no.
Starring: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Mark Christian)
Guest cast:
Jack Hogan ........... Bush
Steven Ritch ......... Perry
John Sorrentino ...... Quinn
Synopsis:
Two crooks kidnap Dr. Christian and force him to operate on their
wounded brother. [RF]
############# Doctor Christian ###############
############## copyright info ################
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Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1001-46. ODAT: 16Sep56; OREG: LP49323.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1002-106. ODAT: 23Sep56; OREG: LP49324.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1003-39. ODAT: 30Sep56; OREG: LP49325.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1004-78. ODAT: 07Oct56; OREG: LP49326.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1005-28. ODAT: 21Oct56; OREG: LP49327.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1006-34. ODAT: 28Oct56; OREG: LP49328.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1007-80. ODAT: 04Nov56; OREG: LP49329.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1008-80. ODAT: 11Nov56; OREG: LP49330.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1009-54. ODAT: 18Nov56; OREG: LP49331.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1010-79. ODAT: 25Nov56; OREG: LP49332.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1011-79. ODAT: 02Dec56; OREG: LP49333.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1012-80. ODAT: 09Dec56; OREG: LP49334.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1013-26. ODAT: 16Dec56; OREG: LP49335.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1014-26. ODAT: 30Dec56; OREG: LP49336.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1015-49. ODAT: 06Jan57; OREG: LP49300.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1016-19. ODAT: 13Jan57; OREG: LP49301.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1017-26. ODAT: 20Jan57; OREG: LP49302.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1018-39. ODAT: 27Jan57; OREG: LP49303.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1019-29. ODAT: 03Feb57; OREG: LP49304.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1020-46. ODAT: 10Feb57; OREG: LP49305.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1021-29. ODAT: 17Feb57; OREG: LP49306.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1022-50. ODAT: 24Feb57; OREG: LP49307.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1023-24. ODAT: 03Mar57; OREG: LP49308.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1024-18. ODAT: 10Mar57; 0REG: LP49309.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1025-33. ODAT: 17Mar57; OREG: LP49310.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1026-22. ODAT: 24Mar57; OREG: LP49311.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1027-39. ODAT: 31Mar57; OREG: LP49312.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1028-13. ODAT: 07Apr57; OREG: LP49313.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1029-27. ODAT: 14Apr57; OREG: LP49314.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1030-34. ODAT: 21Apr57; OREG: LP49315.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1031-24. ODAT: 28Apr57; OREG: LP49316.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1032-20. ODAT: 05May57; OREG: LP49317.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1033-21. ODAT: 12May57; OREG: LP49318.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1034-32. ODAT: 19May57; OREG: LP49319.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1035-28. ODAT: 26May57; OREG: LP49320.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1036-20. ODAT: 02Jun57; OREG: LP49321.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1037-29. ODAT: 09Jun57; OREG: LP49299.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1038-20. ODAT: 23Jun57; OREG: LP49322.
Doctor Christian; ZIV Release No. 1039-106 ODAT: 20Dec56; OREG: LP49337.
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