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Starring Raymond Burr; Also Starring: Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Elizabeth Baur
Season 5 (NBC) (1971-72)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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NBC Tuesdays 7:30-8:30 pm
(new day and time slot)
enter Elizabeth Baur as Officer Fran Belding  (#5.3) (1971-1975)(seasons 5-8)
(replacing Barbara Anderson)


 THE PRIEST KILLER (2 hour TV film)
(Crossover/Combined episode of "Ironside" & "Sarge")
14-Sep-1971 NBC Tuesday 7:30-9:30 PM Eastern
(1st hr. in "Ironside slot/ 2nd hr. in "Sarge" slot)
Harbor Productions/ Universal TV
Universal City Studios /an MCA Company
Executive Producer Richard A. Colla
Produced by David Levinson
Associate Producer Rita Dillon
Teleplay by Joel Oliansky & Robert Van Scoyck
Story by David Levy & Robert Van Scoyck
Directed by Richard A. Colla
*
Cast (in credits order)
Raymond Burr .... Robert T. Ironside (from "Ironside")
George Kennedy .... Sarge Swanson
Don Galloway .... Det. Sgt. Ed Brown (from "Ironside")
Don Mitchell .... Mark Sanger (from "Ironside")
Louise Latham .... Martha Gordon
Anthony Zerbe .... Vincent Wiertel
Peter Brocco .... Father Miles
Robert Sampson .... Father Dennis McMurtry
Robert Shayne .... Father Adam Wendell
Kermit Murdock .... Publisher
Fred Slyter .... Author
Max Gail .... Patrolman
Ned Romero .... Monsignor
David Huddleston .... Harrison Davis
Ann Doran .... Harriet Miles
Regis Cordic .... Archbishop
Kit Woodhouse
Allison McKay .... Woman
Thomas Bellin .... Mr. LaPlan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gail Bonney .... Josephine McMurtry
Robert Karnes .... Hugh O'Flynn
Ron Masak .... Michaels
Don Ross .... Det. Baker
Charles Seel .... Sacristan
Robert Williams .... Tom McMurtry
*
Original Music by David Shire
Director of Photography Jacques R. Marquette
Film Editing by Robert L. Kimble
Art Direction by Joe Alves
Set Decoration by Hal Gausman
Costume Design by Grady Hunt
Assistant Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Sound: Terry Kellum
Editorial Supervisor: Richard Belding
Synopsis:
Police Chief Ironside (Raymond Burr) confined to a wheelchair and a
former cop who is now a priest (George Kennedy) team up to discover
who has been committing a series of murders of local priests.

5.01 [105] Ironside: CONTRACT: KILL IRONSIDE
21Sep71
produced by Winston Miller
written by Stephen and Elinor Karpf
directed by Don Weis
guest star
James Olson
co-staring
Philip E. Pine .......... Joe Rossi
Marion Ross ............. Gloria Bosner

5.02 [106] Ironside: THE PROFESSIONALS
28Sep71
produced by Winston Miller
written by Sy Salkowitz
directed by Don Weis
guest stars
James Drury
Johnny Seven
co-starring
Michael Lerner
Michael Baseleon
A gang of credit-card thieves cause a man's death.

5.03 [107] Ironside: THE GAMBLING GAME
05-Oct-1971 NBC Thurs original airdate (rerun 16Mar72)
Produced by Douglas Benton
Written by Sy Salkowitz
Directed by Don Weis
guest stars
Bobby Darin ........ Charlie
Madlyn Rhue ........ Betty
Van Williams ....... Sgt. Artie Hawkins
Clifford David ..... Joe Julian
Johnny Seven ....... Gambler
Synopsis:
A small-time hood suspiciously eager to help the police clear a dead
cop accused of working with gamblers. The case is of particular
interest to Fran: the cop was her father.
Note: Elizabeth Bauer makes her debut as Officer Fran Belding,

5.04 [108] Ironside: RING OF PRAYER
12-Oct-1971 NBC Tue
Produced by Douglas Benton
Written by Jack Morse
Directed by Don Weis
guest stars
Barbara Rush .......... Mme. Jabez
Ray Walston .......... Walter Butler
Paul Stewart .......... Ben Hopkins
Synopsis 1:
The occult exerts a mysterious influence as Ironside hooks up
with a beautiful devotee (Barbara Rush).
Synopsis 2:
A mistress of the occult challenges the master of detection. A mysterious
woman who has Ironside puzzling over her connection with a troubled
parole-board member, a dying convict and a missing $50,000.

5.05 [109] Ironside: IN THE LINE OF DUTY
19Oct71
produced by Douglas Benton
written by Mark Rodgers
directed by Donald McDougall
guest stars
Vera Miles
Brandon de Wilde
co-starring
Ned Romero
The Chief's former police aide is killed.

5.06 [110] Ironside: JOSS STICKS AND WEDING BELLS
26Oct71
produced by Winston Miller
written by Marty Roth
directed by Leslie Martinson
(no guest stars creditted on opening titles)
co-starring
Miko Mayama ............ Chong Lee
Soon-Talk Oh ........... Kwangsoo Yung
Brian Fong ............. Inchull Kim
Lee De Lano ............ McCandle
Raymond Mayo ........... Pety
Dana Elcar ............. Joe Markham
Ironside's Korean foster daughter Chong Lee may have picked
a criminal as a husband. Or has he been framed.

5.07 [111] Ironside: MURDER IMPROMPTU
2Nov71
produced by Albert Aley
teleplay by Max Hodge
story by John McGreevey and Max Hodge
directed by Don Weis
guest stars
Roddy McDowall
Barbara Hale
Anne Archer
Joe Foreman ........... Lennie Blake
Roddy McDowall, once a child star himself, guests as a former child star with a justifiable grudge.

5.08 [112] Ironside: DEAR FRAN ...
9Nov71
produced by Douglas Benton
written by Edward De Blasio
directed by Don Weis
(no guest stars listed on opening credits)
co-starring
Christine Belford
Victor Holchak
Things are not as they seem when it turns out the author of a suicide note, Fran's cousin, could still be alive.

5.09 [113] Ironside: IF A BODY, SEE A BODY
16Nov71
produced by Douglas Benton
written by Max Hodge
directed by Don McDougall
guest stars
Beth Brickell
Lee Harcourt Montgomery
co-starring
Warren Berlinger
Lawrence Casey
Brian Avery

5.10 [114] Ironside: THE GOOD SAMARITAN
23Nov71
produced by Winston Miller
written by Frank Telford
directed by Leslie H. Martinson
guest stars
Michael Callan
Warren Stevens
Donald Barry
Robert Pratt
and
Diana Muldaur ......... Captain Pauline Daniels

5.11 [115] Ironside: GENTLE OAKS
250Nov71
produced by Douglas Benton
written by Michael Fisher
directed by Robert Clouse
guest stars
Ruth Roman
John Carradine
Harry Townes
Ironside goes under cover in the 'Gentle Oaks' convalescent home to track down a murderer.

5.12 [116] Ironside: LICENSE TO KILL
2Dec71
produced by Winston Miller
written by Donn Mullally
directed by Don Weis
guest stars
David Carradine
Roger Perry
Richard Anderson
Jackie Coogan
James McEachin
co-starring
Michael Conrad

5.13 [117] Ironside: CLASS OF '57
16Dec71
produced by Winston Miller
teleplay by Robert Earl and Sy Salkowitz
story by Sy Salkowitz
directed by James Neilson
guest stars
Marlyn Mason
Johnny Seven
co-starring
Gary Crosby
Charles Robinson
Sgt Ed Brown meets an old flame.

5.14 [118] Ironside: NO MOTIVE FOR MURDER
23Dec71
produced by Winston Miller
written by Sy Salkowitz
directed by Leslie H. Martinson
guest star
James Shigeta

5.15 [119] Ironside: BUT WHEN SHE WAS BAD ...
30Dec71
produced by Winston Miller
written by Alvin Boretz
directed by Corey Allen
guest stars
Suzanne Pleshette
Dane Clark
Johnny Seven

5.16 [120] Ironside: UNREASONABLE FASCIMILE
6Jan72
produced by Winston Miller
written by Merwin Gerard
directed by Don Weis
guest stars
Burgess Meredith
Frank Aletter
co-starring
Bernie Kopell
Myron Healey
Susan Seaforth

5.17 [121] Ironside: FIND A VICTIM
13Jan72
produced by Douglas Benton
written by Irving Pearlberg
directed by Christian Nyby II
guest stars
Pat Hingle
Robert Emhardt
Paul E. Winfield
Morgan Paull
and
Charo .............. The Dancer

5.18 [122] Ironside: AND THEN THERE WAS ONE
20Jan72
produced by Albert Aley
written by Fred Freiberger
directed by Arnold Laven
guest star
Scott Hylands
special guest star
Percy Rodriguez
co-starring
Bo Hopkins

5.19 [123] Ironside: DEATH BY THE NUMBERS
27-Jan-1972 NBC Thurs original airdate
Produced by Albert Aley
Written by Francine Carroll
Directed by Don Weis
starring
Raymond Burr ........ Ironside/Duffy
Guest cast:
Jacqueline Scott .... Felice Evans
Burr DeBenning ...... Hank Logan
Marilyn Erskine ..... Mrs. Gordon
William Katt ........ Jimmy
George Murdock ...... Jim Peters
Shelly Novack ....... Matt Newell
Synopsis:
Raymond Burr plays three roles in this yarn about the use of a
masquerade to trap a killer. [RF]

5.20 [124] Ironside: BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TOIL AND MURDER
03-Feb-1972 NBC Thurs original airdate
Produced by Douglas Benton
Written by Sy Salkowitz
Directed by Christian I. Nyby II
Guest cast:
Jodie Foster ....... Pip Barker
Lee Paul ........... Billy Mahan
Rod Serling ....... Thyros, Witches Shop Keeper
Paul Carr ......... Gerald Barker
John Schuck ....... Archie Baldwin
Milton Selzer ...... Mr. Gold
Anne Whitfield .... Carol Barker
Synopsis:
A child thinks she caused a murder (a mentally retarded adult is
being held for the crime) in this bizarre case of the occult. [RF]

5.21 [125] Ironside: ACHILLES' HEEL
17Feb72
produced by Douglas Benton
written by Frank Telford
directed by Raymond Burr
guest stars
William Windom
Rick Lenz
Johnny Seven
Angel Tomkins
co-starring
Kerwin Matthews
Bill Fletcher
Val Avery
James Douglas (Peyton Place)
Henry Beckman (Peyton Place)

5.22 [126] Ironside: HIS FIDDLERS THREE
02-Mar-1972 NBC Thurs original airdate
Produced by Douglas Benton
Written by Edward De Blasio
Directed by Alf Kjellin
Guest cast:
Tim Matheson ....... Darryl Podell
Kathy Lloyd ........ Diane Lombard
Paul Koslo ......... Donald Flood
Collin Wilcox-Horne. Elizabeth
Barry Higgins ...... Jeremy Daniels
Rick Kelman ........ Tony Savo
Synopsis:
About an unpopular quartetmeister who left a cryptic musical clue to his killer's identity. [RF]

5.23 [127] Ironside: A MAN NAMED ARNO
09-Mar-1972 NBC Thur
Produced by Albert Aley
Written by Helen McAvity
Directed by Chris Christenberry
Guest Stars:
Nico Minardos ...... Ken Griffin
Johnny Seven ....... Lt. Carl Reese (recurring)
Special Guest Star:
Anne Francis ....... Mrs. Moratta
*
Co-Starring: (end cast NOT verified)
Aldine King ........ Peggy Alexander
Tom Geas ........... Moratta
Synopsis:
A mystery about a missing husband and an elusive dope supplier. [RF]

[--] 16Mar72 rerun of "The Gambling Game" (first aired 050ct71)

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