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Starring Robert Urich as Spenser
Season 3 (ABC) (19xx-xx)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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############## Spenser For Hire ##############
############## season 3 1987-88 ##############
############### (Final Season) ###############
ABC Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern

3.1 [45] Spenser For Hire: THE HOMECOMING
WB prod. no. 186231 / 27Sep87 ABC Sun
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Guest Cast:
William Hickey ................ Gus Harley
Jamey Sheridan ................ Nick Cavanaugh
David Patrick Kelly ........... Kevin HArley
Harry S. Murphy ............... Lee Kazek
Jimmy Nicherson ............... Ollie

3.2 [46] Spenser For Hire: MY ENEMY, MY FRIEND
WB prod. no. 186232 / 04Oct87 ABC Sun
Directed by Virgil Vogel
Guest Cast:
Kadeem Hardison ............... Bobby Waters
Daryl Roach ................... Greg Bronson
Samuel L. Jackson ............. Ned
John Finn ..................... Monroe
Cleavant Derricks ............. Mac Dickerson
Tim De Zaran .................. Harris
Daniel Beer ................... Jack
David Youse ................... Larry

3.3 [47] Spenser For Hire: HEART OF THE MATTER
WB prod. no. 186233 / 11Oct87 ABC Sun
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Guest Cast:
Shirley Knight ................ Kathie Quirk
Kenneth Welsh ................. Lt. Nicholas Webster
William Converse-Roberts ...... Clay Roper
Gary McCleery ................. Sean Winston
Tanya Berezin ................. Dr. Dartman
Richard Grant ................. George

3.4 [48] Spenser For Hire: ON THE NIGHT HE WAS BETRAYED
WB prod. no. 186236 / 01Nov87 ABC Sun
Directed by David M. Whorf.
James Rebhorn ................. Father Hoyt
Jack Gwaltney ................. Champ
Giancarlo Esposito ............ Ramos
Thomas Kopache ................ Grady
Brent Collins ................. Doc
Laura Sam Giacomo ............. Sharon
Sean Kemery ................... Young Spenser
David Seaman .................. Charlie Moon
Mary Fogarty .................. Harriet

3.05 [49] Spenser For Hire: SLEEPLESS DREAMS
WB prod. no. 186234 / 8Nov87 ABC Sun
Directed by David M. Whorf.
Trini Alvarado ................ Laurie Kincaid
Cherry Jones .................. racy Kincaid
Kenneth Walsh ................. Lt. Nicholas Webster
John Elijah Bauman ............ The Man

3.06 [50] Spenser For Hire: CONSILUM ABDITUM aka "Hidden Agenda"
WB prod. no. 186235 / 15Nov87 ABC Sun
Directed by Winrich Kolbe.
Peter Michael Goetz ........... Peter Dorian
Hansford Rowe ................. Prof. Peters
Ellen Foley ................... Ruth
Arnie Mazer ................... Stan
David Schramm ................. Carl
Leslie Lyles .................. Dr. Blackmon

3.07 [51] Spenser For Hire: THANKSGIVING
WB prod. no. 186240 / 29Nov87 ABC Sun
Directed by Richard Colla
Guest Cast:
Robert Swan ................... Mike Kaminski
Ron Frazier ................... George Huntley
Mary-Joan Negro ............... Etta Kaminski
George Ede .................... Alfred Devon, Sr.
Richard Backus ................ Alfred Devon, Jr.
David Groh .................... Tony Romano

3.08 [52] Spenser For Hire: GONE FISHIN'
WB prod. no. 186237 / 6Dec87 ABC Sun
Directed by Bruce Bilson
Guest Cast:
David Marguiles ............... Lou De Franco
Michael Lombard ............... Lucas Cantrell
Rutanya Alda .................. Estelle
Marita Geraghty ............... Janet
Steve Drury ................... Thad
Martha Gehman ................. Louanne
Debra Jo Rupp ................. Helen

3.09 [53] Spenser For Hire: CHILD'S PLAY
WB prod. no. 186238 / 20Dec87 ABC Sun
(no writer/director credits)
Guest Cast:
Gerry Bamman .................. William Reed
Norman Matlock ................ Lt. Grayson
Helen Carey ................... Mrs. Fontana
Gary Morgan ................... Albert
Peter Smith ................... Jimmy
Jason Kristofer ............... Harry
Michael Santoro ............... Cabbie
Jack R. Marks ................. Eddie

3.10 [54] Spenser For Hire: SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET
WB prod. no. 186243 / 3Jan88 ABC Sun
(no writer/director credits)
Guest Cast:
E.G. Marshall ................. Judge Jason Kingsley
Boyd Gaines ................... Alfie Cates
Judith Hoag ................... Eileen Kngsley
Elain Graham .................. Jess
Liz Whitcraft ................. Annie

3.11 [55] Spenser For Hire: THE SIEGE
WB prod. no. 186244 / 10Jan88 ABC Sun
Directed by Bill Duke.
Guest Cast:
John Shepard .................. Mickey
Richard Brooks ................ Robert
MacIntyre Dixon ............... Higgins
Leonard Jackson ............... Larry
Nadine Hart ................... Marsha
Joe Aufiery ................... Officer Fielding
George Guidall ................ Captain Samuels

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Moves to Saturdays on ABC
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3.12 [56] Spenser For Hire: ARTHUR'S WAKE
WB prod. no. 186239 / 16Jan88 ABC Sat
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Guest Cast:
Frederick Neumann ............. Artur Reynolds
Peter Crombie ................. Solomon Trench
Kent Broadhurst ............... Brian Melchior
David Cryer ................... BArney
Josh Carroll .................. Donald Watson
Khalif Bobatoon ............... Larry
Evanly Shin ................... Mugger #1
David Herman .................. Mugger #2

3.13 [57] Spenser For Hire: TO THE END OF THE LINE
WB prod. no. 186242 / 23Jan88 ABC Sat
Directed by Harry Harris
Guest Cast:
Charles Kimbrough ............. Roger Thornwood
Fred J. Scollay ............... Fred Mullens
Andrew Bloch .................. Ned Cleary
Robin Bartlett ................ Mrs. Drake
Ron Canada .................... Stapleton

3.14 [58] Spenser For Hire: PLAY IT AGAIN, SAMMY
WB prod. no. 186245 / 30Jan88 ABC Sat
(no writer/director credits)
Sal Viscuso ................... Sammy Backlin
Kate Burton ................... Randy Lofficier
W.H. Macy ..................... Efrem Connors
Jean De Baer .................. Dorothy Winsome
Edmond Genest ................. Burl Dodds
James Baffico ................. Nash Bodine
John Bell ..................... Max Winsome

3.15 [59] Spenser For Hire: THE BIG FIGHT
WB prod. no. 186241 / 6Feb88 ABC Sat
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Guest Cast:
Cliff Gorman .................. Joey
Austin Pendleton .............. The Professor
John C. McGinley .............. K.C.
Annie De Salvo ................ Mildred
James Shanta .................. Mike Walsh

3.16 [60] Spenser For Hire: SUBSTANTIAL JUSTICE
WB prod. no. 186247 / 5Mar88 ABC Sat
Directed by Mark Horowitz
Guest Cast:
Margaret Whitton .............. Janet Cole
Philip Bosco .................. David McVane
Dylan Baker ................... Sam Reynolds
Harry Groener ................. George Lynnwood
Stephen Keep Mills ............ Ted Watson
Jack Davidson ................. Judge Sorenson
Susan Wilder .................. Annie Bucklin
George Lords .................. Jimmy Culver
Stephen M. Gagnon ............. Brian Lord

3.17 [61] Spenser For Hire: COMPANY MAN
WB prod. no. 186246 / 12Mar88 ABC Sat
(no writer/director credits)
Guest Cast:
Louis Zorich .................. Jack Delroy
Eddie Jones ................... J.D. Haynes
Michael Mantell ............... William Wright
Samuel E. Wright .............. Dave Watkins
Graham Beckel ................. Sully

3.18 [62] Spenser For Hire: WATERCOLORS
WB prod. no. 186248 / 19Mar88 ABC Sat
(no writer/director credits)
Guest Cast:
Bobby Orr ..................... Bobby Orr as himself
Pauline Flanagan .............. Mrs. Durrant
Jordan Marder ................. R.C. Camden
Susan Pellegrino .............. Mrs. Frier
Judith Barcroft ............... Ms. Charlie Branch
George Gerdes ................. Ed
John Juback ................... Donovan
Angela Logan .................. woman in car

3.19 [63] Spenser For Hire: HAWK'S EYES
26Mar88 ABC Sat
Directed by David M. Whorf
Guest Cast:
Andrea Thompson ............... Martha Prince
David Leary ................... Willard Prince
Omar Shapli ................... Professor Freed

3.20 [64] Spenser For Hire: McALLISTER
30Apr88 ABC Sat
Directed by Harvey Hart
Guest Cast:
Steve Inwood .................. Tom McAllister
Victor Love ................... Darnell Lewis
John Seitz .................... Capt. Warren Sears
Andie MacDowell ............... Maggie
Will Lyman .................... Lt. Grant
James Eckhouse ................ Lt. Commander Carl Westmore
Tom Urich ..................... judge
Ving Rhaines .................. Henry Brown
Tom Brennan ................... Capt. Kiarski
William Youmans ............... Stefan Smolen
Peter Mackenzie ............... Lt. Travis Williams
Susan Gibney .................. Molly Sears
Robinson Frank Adu ............ Ralph Lewis
Jane Fleiss ................... Jeanette

3.21 [65] Spenser For Hire: HAUNTING (final episode)
7May85 ABC Sat
Guest Cast:
Celeste Holm .................. Rose
Barbara Garrick ............... Valentine
Lois Smith .................... Elsie
Caroline Lagerfelt ............ Governess
Alan Vint ..................... LeClerc

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