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Wilbur Stark Productions
Colonel
Humphrey Flack (DuMont 1953-54 live)(Wilbur Stark/CBS
Films 1958-59) starring Alan Mowbray, Frank Jenks
True Story (Wilbur Stark/NBC Saturday Noon)(1957-61) Dramatic Anthology Series
The
Brothers Brannagan (Wilbur Stark/CBS Films)(1960-61) starring Steve Dunne & Mark Roberts
Colonel Humphrey
Flack (1953-54) (live series)
(a.k.a. "The Fabulous Fraud" and "The Impostor")
Episode Guide
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Jim Brent, Rina Fox , Robert Leszczak
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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COLONEL HUMPHREY FLACK
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Wilbur Stark - Jerry Layton production
for the
DuMont Network (Wednesdays) (07Oct53-23Dec53) (live)
DuMont Network (Saturdays) (02Jan54-01May54) (live)
DuMont Network (Fridays) (07May54-02Jul54) (live)
Executive producer Ed Jurist
Created by Everett Rhodes Castle from his "Saturday Evening Post" stories
US Comedy 1953-54 39 episodes x 30 min bw (Dumont)(live)
starring
Alan Mowbray as Colonel Humphrey J. Flack
Frank Jenks as Uthas P. (Patsy) Garvey
Premise:
Retired, witty, dapper, Colonel Humphrey Flack and his partner in crime
Uthas P. Garvey, also known as Patsy, team up to play modern-day Robin
Hoods around the world. Conning the con men wherever they found them,
the two men change their clever tactics as often as they change locales,
giving their proceeds to the needy, and retaining a percentage for
themselves, of course, to "cover expenses."
########## Colonel Humphrey Flack ###########
################# (pilot) ####################
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[--] Pilot Was first an episode of Plymouth Playhouse
########## Colonel Humphrey Flack ###########
############## season 1953-54 ##############
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Du Mont Network (live episodes)
Wednesdays (07Oct53-23Dec53)
Saturdays (02Jan54-01May54)
Fridays (07May54-02Jul54)
1.01 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: ART IS FLEETING (live)
07Oct53 DuMont Wed
(No information on the synopsis)
1.02 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live) [JB]
14Oct53 DuMont Wed
Colonel Flack outwits a crook who is trying to fleece a poor southern lady.
[JB]
1.02 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live) [RF]
prod #5226 (NOT "The 8-Ball and the Side Pocket")
14-Oct-1953 DuMont Wed
written by Michael Morris
directed by Lester Vail
Guest Cast:
Nydia Westman
Charles Eggleston
Harry Townes
Alonzo Bozan
Synopsis:
Flack and Garvey are travelling in the South and take cheap lodgings in
a decaying mansion. They help a little old Southern lady find money
hidden on the estate to pay her back taxes. [RF]
1.03 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: THE EIGHT-BALL AND THE SIDE POCKET (live)
21Oct53 DuMont Wed
An antique billiard table becomes the instrument of good that undoes a pair
of villains. [JB]
1.04 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: THE RUMBOLDT AFFAIR (live)
28Oct53 DuMont Wed
The Colonel and Garvey come to the aid of a young student who is working his
way through college. [JB]
1.05 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
04Nov53 DuMont Wed
No information available
1.06 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
11Nov53 DuMont Wed
A con man gets wind that the good Colonel has pledged a large sum of money
to the Red Cross. Naturally he does not suspect that the Colonel lacks the
wherewithal to make good his pledge. [JB]
1.07 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: THE MISSING HEIR (live) [JB]
aka: THE MISSING HEIRESS (live) [RF]
prod #5411
18-Nov-1953 DuMont Wednesday
written by Ed Jurist
directed by Seymour Robbie
Guest Cast:
Boris Aplon
Jack Klugman
Sally Jessup
Fred Sadoff
LeRoy Operti
Rock Rogers
Eliot Sharfe
Eddy Hyans
Synopsis 1:
Flack helps a young heiress get her rightful inheritance and matches
wits with missing-heir racketeers. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The Colonel rescues a young girl from debt and blackmail and unites the two
swindlers who are each trying to fleece her. [JB]
1.08 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
25Nov53 DuMont Wed
Synopsis 1:
The wily Colonel wangles a free trip to Europe, and becomes involved in the
romance between a stowaway and a pretty thing, and also in a nest of diamond
smugglers. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
The Colonel promotes a week in Paris and a first class steamship passage to
New York out of an "accidental" mix-up in place tickets; then uncovers an
international smuggler and puts a happy ending on a rich girl-poor boy
romance. [JB]
1.09 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
02Dec53 DuMont Wed
The Colonel gets involved in production of a special kind of movie.
1.10 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
09Dec53 DuMont Wed
The Colonel encounters a gang of hoods working a protection racket.
1.11 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
16Dec53 DuMont Wed
The Colonel encounters a swindled toy inventor and arranges for him to
recoup his losses. [JB]
1.12 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
23Dec53 DuMont Wed
No information available
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1.13 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
02Jan54 DuMont Sat
Colonel matches wits with a swindler who controls an entire town. [JB]
1.14 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: THE WILDFIRE FUND (live)
09Jan54 DuMont Sat
An impoverished con man takes a job with a phony fund for the preservation
of wildlife, and encounters the sharp-eyed Colonel. [JB]
1.15 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: PRINCE FAHZ OF BAKLAVA (live)
16Jan54 DuMont Sat
The protean Colonel poses as a foreign dignitary to outwit a phony music
publisher. [JB]
1.16 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: THE MANSION (live)
23Jan54 DuMont Sat
The Colonel tries to further the love affair of a poor girl. [JB]
1.17 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
30Jan54 DuMont Sat
The Colonel's charm gets a workout in a false-arrest swindle. [JB]
1.18 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: THE KNAVE OF DIAMONDS (live)
06Feb54 DuMont Sat
Synopsis 1:
The Colonel poses as a Belgian jewel thief to outwit a crooked uncle and a
hoard of non-existent termites. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
The Colonel, that Robin Hood in pin-stripes runs afoul of a jewelry faker
at a resort hotel. [JB]
1.xx Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
09-Feb-1954 DuMont Tuesday? (airdate to be checked)
prod #5825B
written by Michael Cramoy
Guest Cast:
Edgar Stehli
Janet de Gore
John Gibson
Carl White
Skedge Miller
Remo Pisani
Synopis:
Flack helps a girl get a diamond necklace back from an unscrupulous
uncle. [RF]
1.19 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: THE MONACO STRADIVARIUS (live)
13Feb54 DuMont Sat
The Colonel buys a priceless violin and strings along the unhappy husband
who advanced the money. [JB]
1.20 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
20Feb54 DuMont Sat
No information available
1.21 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
27Feb54 DuMont Sat
No information available
1.22 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: THE FLOWER GIRL (live)
06Mar54 DuMont Sat
A woman reads in her tealeaves that the man of destiny, Humphrey Flack,
should search the shrubbery to find a fortune. [JB]
1.23 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: THE COLUMNIST (live)
13Mar54 DuMont Sat
Synopsis 1:
The atomic Colonel poses as a nuclear-fission expert to counter-blackmail a
gossip columnist. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A sharp newspaper columnist stumbles on the greatest story of his career in
the atomic serum process which transforms monkeys into men. [JB]
1.24 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: THE POMERANIAN SOCIETY (live)
20Mar54 DuMont Sat
A slippery accountant dupes the president of a dog club and the Department
of Internal Revenue. The money-wise Colonel gets on his trail. [JB]
1.25 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: VACATION (live)
27Mar54 DuMont Sat
The Colonel visits Key West and becomes involved in blackmail. [JB]
1.26 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: THE SWAMI (live)
03Apr54 DuMont Sat
That mystic Oriental named Garvey poses as a swami to help masseur who has
been swindled by an unscrupulous insurance broker. [JB]
1.27 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
10Apr54 DuMont Sat
At a dude ranch, Garvey thinks he's discovered some bank robbers. [JB]
1.28 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
17Apr54 DuMont Sat
No information available
1.29 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: GAMBLING FEVER (live)
24Apr54 DuMont Sat
The Colonel saves a small hotel, a pair of acrobats, a uranium mine and a
birdwatcher from a crooked poker player. [JB]
1.30 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
01May54 DuMont Sat
The owner of an art gallery plants a phony vase in the Royal Suite.
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1.31 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
07May54 DuMont Fri
No information available
1.32 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
14May54 DuMont Fri
No information available
1.33 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
21May54 DuMont Fri
A girl develops a formula for perfume, and makes it for some men who refuse
to pay her. [JB]
1.34 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
28May54 DuMont Fri
(No information available)
1.35 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: BACK IN THE SALT MINE (live)
04Jun54 DuMont Fri
Colonel Flack, racket-buster, helps out a man who has purchased some phony
salt-mine stock. [JB]
1.36 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA (live)
11Jun54 DuMont Fri
Elegant Garvey poses an eccentric millionaire to help the Colonel outwit
some boardwalk swindlers. [JB]
1.37 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
18Jun54 DuMont Fri
Cardsharps victimize a newlywed couple on a Mediterranean cruise. To save
them, the Colonel takes a plunge in the ship's betting pool. But it's
Garvey who gets wet. [JB]
1.38 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
25Jun54 DuMont Fri
Garvey finally goes the distance, and dies for the cause. Well, he pretends
to die, so a swindler will give up the restaurant he's taken over. [JB]
1.39 [--] Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
02Jul54 DuMont Fri
A housemaid is afraid she'll be blamed for the theft of a famous jewel. The
Colonel and Garvey take jobs as cook and butler to help the lady out. [JB]
(Last show of the season)
39 Episodes (8 with no information)
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1.xx Colonel Humphrey Flack: (episode title Unknown) (live)
Airdate Unknown
written by Ed Jurist & S.L. David
directed by Seymour Robbie
starring
Barbara Joyce
House Jameson
Fran Carlton
Mort Marshall
Millicent Brower
Synopsis:
Flack helps his hotel manager get 5,000 dollars back after she has
loaned it to her fiance (a crook). [RF]
Unidentified episodes
Colonel Humphrey Flack. Dumont prod no. 5191
Colonel Humphrey Flack. Dumont prod no. 5265
Colonel Humphrey Flack. Dumont prod no. 5301
Colonel Humphrey Flack. Dumont prod no. 5446
Colonel Humphrey Flack. Dumont prod no. 5482
Colonel Humphrey Flack. Dumont prod no. 5556
Colonel Humphrey Flack. Dumont prod no. 6119
Colonel Humphrey Flack. Dumont prod no. 6146
Colonel Humphrey J. Flack (1958-59) (filmed series)
CBS Films, Inc. (39 filmed episodes)
for
First-Run Syndication
Produced by ?
US comedy 1958-59 39 episodes x 30 min bw film
starring
Alan Mowbray as Colonel Humphrey J. Flack
Frank Jenks as Uthas P. (Patsy) Garvey
######### Colonel Humphrey J. Flack ##########
############## season 2 1958-59 ##############
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CBS Films, Inc. (39 filmed episodes)
First-Run Syndication
2.01 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: LADY BLUEBEARD (filmed)(pilot?)
CBS Television Film Sales, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 5Nov58 / OREG: LP12429)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Hillary Brooke ......... Countess
Phyllis Avery .......... Gloria
Synopsis:
Flack finds himself attracted to a countess, who's suing a magazine for
libel. [RF]
2.02 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: COL. FLACK GETS KILT (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 12Oct58 /OREG: LP12433)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as FlacK), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Kent Smith ............. Rogers
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack poses Garvey as a missing Scotsman in order to solve a case. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack and Garvey try to rescue a kidnapped heir. [RF]
2.03 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE FORMULA (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 19Oct58 / OREG: LP12431)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack applies his own formula to save a scientist from being
hoodwinked by unscrupulous operators. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A scientist, about to be swindled out of his new formula by a conniving
woman and her partner, meets the interference of Colonel Humphrey J. Flack. [RF]
Synopsis 3:
Flack cooks up a scheme to trap crooks who are trying to steal the
formula for a rust remover. [RF]
(Synd: 04Mar60)
2.04 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE BANK TELLER (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 26Oct58/ OREG: LP12430
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack goes out on a ledge to prevent an embezzling bank teller
from committing suicide. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack comes to the aid of a suicidal bank teller. [RF]
2.05 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: SOMETHING FOR THE BIRDS (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 02Nov58/ OREG: LP12436
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
Synopsis 1:
A rich old bird watcher, peering through his telescope, is an eyewitness
to a robbery-murder, but Colonel Flack thinks there is more foul play than
meets the eye. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack tries to pigeonhole the testimony of a bird-watcher in a
robbery-murder case. [RF]
2.06 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE REAL ESTATE CAPER (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 09Nov58/ OREG: LP12435
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack tangles with two real estate swindlers. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack cooks up trouble when he takes over management of a diner. [RF]
2.07 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: SADDLE SORE (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 16Nov58/ OREG: LP12432
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
Synopsis 1:
A well-educated man who was involved in a valuable book theft is forced to
work in the stables of his gangster employer. The irrepressible Colonel
Flack set out to help. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Colonel Flack and Garvey rent a suite at a dude ranch. They soon discover
that the groom assigned to them is being held a prisoner at the ranch.
Their decision to help him puts them in great danger. [JB]
Synopsis 3:
Flack and Garvey get tied up with gangsters at a dude ranch. [RF]
2.08 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: COL. FLACK'S BIG DEAL (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 23Nov58/ OREG: LP12434)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Claude Akins ........... Rikkio
Lois Hollister ......... Kasey
Jon Sheppod ............ Wayne
Synopsis 1:
A young physics student working his way through college as a waiter, loses
a vast sum of money to a gambler. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack vs. a murderous gambler in Las Vegas. [RF]
2.09 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE BIG WHEELS (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 30Nov58/ OREG: LP12778)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Lisa Gaye .............. Michelle
Ed Kemmer .............. Eddie
Ross Martin ............ Jacques
Synopsis 1:
Stranded in a French village, Colonel Flack and Garvey try to help a young
couple in love with their financial difficulties. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack plays Cupid for young lovers. [RF]
2.10 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE DIAMOND RING (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 07Dec58/ OREG: LP13169)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as FlacK), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Patricia Donahue ....... Roxy
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack tries to outmaneuver two beautiful swindlers who have set
out to fleece him by switching diamonds in a jewelry store. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack matches wits with two beautiful jewel thieves. [RF]
2.11 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: COL. FLACK TO THE RESCUE (filmed)
[verified -RL]
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 14Dec58/ OREG: LP12779)
A Jody/Pam Production, CBS Films, at MGM Studios, Hollywood
Produced by Wilbur Stark & Jerry Layton
Written by Phillip Shuken & John L. Greene
Directed by Richard Kinon
*
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest Cast:
Werner Klemperer
Narda Onyx
Peter Brocco
Stephen Bekassy
Lilyan Chauvin
Jan Brooks
Ken Clayton
Stuart Wade
Harold Dyrensworth
Albert d'Arno
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack tries to rescue a girl from the hands of foreign agents by
pretending to be a master spy. Then the real master spy shows up. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack poses as a spy to rescue a girl from foreign agents. [RF]
2.12 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE BLACKMAILER (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 21Dec58/ OREG: LP12780)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
Synopsis 1:
A curator of a museum is being blackmailed by an employee, so Colonel
Flack searches for the missing party. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack poses as an art curator to trap blackmailers. [RF]
2.13 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE STAR MAKER (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 28Dec58/ OREG: LP13168)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Carolyn Kearney ........ Jenny
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack tries to aid a young singer's career by turning publicity
man himself. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A young singer falls prey to a phony agent, causing the Colonel to come
to her rescue. [JB]
Synopsis 3:
Flack sings up a storm to promote a songstress. [RF]
2.14 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE TREASURE HUNT (filmed)
(aka The Treasure)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 04Jan59/ OREG: LP13166)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
Synopsis:
Flack tries to keep two old ladies from losing their inn. [RF]
2.15 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE EMPOROR'S SNUFF-BOX (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 11Jan59/ OREG: LP13167)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack uncovers a Mexican tourist swindle when he meets a pretty
museum directress who has been selling Aztec relics. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack and Garvey get mixed up with crooks selling fake relics. [RF]
2.16 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: IN FLACK WE TRUST (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 18Jan59/ OREG: LP13165)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Lyle Talbot ............ Rexford
William Schallert ...... Moore
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack attempts to help a political candidate. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack helps a political candidate fight a corrupt opponent in a
Midwestern town. [RF]
2.17 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: FLACK AND THE MAHARAJAH (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 25Jan59/ OREG: LP13596)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
Synopsis 1:
The Colonel uncovers trouble in an electric fan factory. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack dons an Eastern ruler's robe to trap a fan-company embezzler. [RF]
2.18 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: COLONEL CUPID (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 01Feb59/ OREG: LP13595)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
synopsis 1:
The destitute Flack and Garvey pose as two wealthy business tycoons to
crash a weekend society party. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack crashes a swank party, where he discovers swindlers. [RF]
2.19 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: BACK TO THE COAL MINES (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 08Feb59/ OREG: LP13589)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as FlacK), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack fights for a controlling interest in a mine in order to help
a woman who has been duped by a crooked mining stock promoters. Flack
pretends to be a business tycoon. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
The lure of mining stock and the need for cash draws Colonel Flack into
the fight for a controlling interest in a mine. [JB]
Synopsis 3:
Flack tries to put the lid on an illegal mining-stock operation. [RF]
2.20 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE HYPNOTIST (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 15Feb59/ OREG: LP13592)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
Synopsis 1:
A crooked fight manager is floored by the Colonel's hypnotic gaze. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack pits his hypnotic powers against those of a crooked prizefight
manager. [RF]
2.21 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE PRODUCER (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 22Feb59/ OREG: LP13593)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack disguises himself as a Hollywood producer to help some new
young actors get a break. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack hams it up when he poses as a Hollywood producer to trap two
unscrupulous agents. [RF]
2.22 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE HAPPY MEDIUM (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 01Mar59/ OREG: LP13594)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Dorothy Newman ......... Mme. Siva
Frances Bavier ......... Old Woman
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack has Garvey join the world of the supernatural in an effort to
expose a phony medium who is trying to swindle an old lady. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack uses his crystal ball to mystify a phony medium. [RF]
2.23 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE FRIENDSHIP CLUB (filmed)
(aka "The Friendship Game")
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 08Mar59/ OREG: LP13590)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
******* no guest cast details *********
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack investigates a bogus lonely-hearts agency. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
To advance one of Colonel Flack’s schemes, Garvey poses as a multimillionaire
and gets roped into a wedding with the head of a crooked matrimonial agency. [JB]
Synopsis 3:
Flack risks a shotgun wedding to smash a lonely-hearts racket. [RF]
2.24 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: COL. FLACK AND THE GANGSTER (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 15Mar59/ OREG: LP13591)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Arthur Batanides ....... Gangster
Dick Wessel ............ Bodyguard
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack and Garvey pose as big-time gangsters. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack and Garvey turn mobsters to catch a racketeer. [RF]
2.25 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: HORSE OF ANOTHER COLOR (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 29Mar59; OREG: LP14325)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Ann McCrea ............. Diane
Joe Hearn .............. Fairweather
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack and Garvey attempt to out swindle a pair of crooks. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack and Garvey invade a racing club and run into a pair of con men. [RF]
2.26 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: FOLLOW THE BOUNCING MEATBALL
(filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 05Apr59; OREG: LP14329)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Florence Marly ......... Countess
Argentina Brunetti ..... Sophie
Mario Siletti .......... Mario
Joseph Waring .......... Jackson
Synopsis:
Flack romances a countess and discovers she's an enemy spy. [RF]
2.27 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: WEST OF THE WEIRDOS (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 12Apr59; OREG: LP14328)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Billy Halop ............ Ambros
Marya Stevens .......... Shalimar
Richard Deacon ......... Evans
Ross Elliott ........... Fletcher
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack schemes to trap a Bohemian artist into revealing her past
in a swindle. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack clashes with a beatnik artist who frames her customers as well as
her pictures. [RF]
2.28 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: COLONEL FLACK AND THE LITTLE LEAGUERS
(filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 19Apr59; OREG: LP14327)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Stephen Talbot ......... Bart
Don Beddoe ............. Stanford
Linda Leighton ......... Mrs. Bradley
William Bakewell ....... Jones
Robert Carson .......... O'Brien
Chet Stratton .......... Krisel
Synopsis:
Flack goes to bat for a Little League team in need of a playing field. [RF]
2.29 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: COLONEL FLACK'S NEW MUFFLER (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 26Apr59; OREG: LP14337)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Harry Harvey Sr. ....... Dilby
Joan Banks ............. Deborah
Irene Tedrow ........... Mable
Synopsis:
Flack tries to romance a conniving lawyer. [RF]
2.30 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: GARVIOLA, THE MATADOR (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 03May59; OREG: LP14338)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Alan Reed .............. Dawson
Narda Onyx ............. Eva
Pepe Hern .............. Ruentes
Synopsis:
Garvey braves the bullring for a damsel in distress. [RF]
2.31 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: SURPLUS (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 10May59/ OREG: LP14339)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Howard McNear .......... Minton
Synopsis:
Flack tries to outwit a dishonest wholesaler who cheated a Government
surplus store. [RF]
2.32 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE MISSING MOOLAH (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 17May59; OREG: LP14336)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Cheerio Meredith ....... Agatha
Jeanne Baird ........... Susan
Fred Sherman ........... Hinkley
Sam Hearn .............. Ashton
Synopsis:
Flack tries to uncover a fortune. His witness: a talking parrot. [RF]
2.33 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: COL. FLACK AND THE DRAGON (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 24May59/ OREG: LP14335)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Jack Albertson ......... Huber
Kasey Rogers ........... Leila
Sam Flint .............. Chilton
Synopsis:
Flack commissions a crooked antique dealer to find a rare and phony
mustache cup. [RF]
2.34 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: PEARLS OF WISDOM (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 31May59/ OREG: LP14332)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Lisa Gaye ............ Marie
Stanley Adams ........ Benson
Dorothy Green ........ Mrs. Linden
Hal Peary ............ Hotel Manager
Synopsis:
Posing as detectives Colonel Flack and Garvey investigate a dowager's
claim that a hotel maid stole her pearl necklace. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Flack comes to the aid of a hotel maid accused of robbery. [RF]
2.35 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: SPACESHIP AHOY (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 07Jun59; OREG: LP14331)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Beverly Tyler .......... Peggy
Frances Robinson ....... Julia
Jack Mulhall ........... Norris
Burt Mustin ............ Carling
Synopsis:
Flack baffles scientists by producing a flying saucer. [RF]
2.36 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: UP FROM THE APES (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 14Jun59; OREG: LP14330)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Patricia Donohue ....... Monica
Hayden Rorke ........... Clayton
Bill Baldwin ........... Grayson
Wilson Wood ............ Johnson
Synopsis 1:
Tables are turned on a snooping reporter when Colonel Flack gives him a
story. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
When Colonel Flack meets an unscrupulous gossip columnist who blackmails his
victims,
Flack decides to give the reporter his own “exclusive” story. [JB]
Synopsis 3:
Garvey poses as an ape man to stop a blackmailing gossip columnist. [RF]
2.37 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: THE TYCOON (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 21Jun59/ OREG: LP14334)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Peter Leeds ............ Robertson
Nita Talbot ............ Sheila
Marjorie Bennett ....... Mrs. Grunther
Synopsis 1:
In a scheme to recover an elderly widow's money from a pair of swindlers
Colonel Flack has Garvey pose as two different people. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack tries to trip up swindlers. [RF]
2.38 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: COL. FLACK AND THE COUNTERFEITER
(filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 28Jun59/ OREG: LP14333)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Sally Fraser ........... Doris
Willard Waterman ....... Werner
Claire Carleton ........ Mrs. Werner
Synopsis 1:
Colonel Flack attempts to expose a counterfeiter who pays off gambling
debts in phony money. But the gangster, Tony Werner, becomes suspicious
of Flack, and decides to do some investigating of his own. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack sets out to expose a gambler who pays with phony money. [RF]
2.39 [--] Colonel Humphrey J. Flack: LO, THE ETRUSCANS (filmed)
CBS Films, Inc. (copyright ODAT: 05Jul59/ OREG: LP14326) (final episode)
Starring: Alan Mowbray (as Flack), Frank Jenks (as Garvey)
Guest cast:
Narda Onyx ............. Flavia
Dabbs Greer ............ Bryson
Chet Stratton .......... Synge
Frank Wilcox ........... Bold
Synopsis 1:
Scholarly Flavia Theocritus invests a fortune with a crooked publisher to
print her treatise on ancient Etruscan civilization. In an effort to help
Flavia recover her money, Colonel Flack sets out to make the textbook a
best-seller. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Flack schemes to turn a textbook into a bestseller. [RF]
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