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Starring Richard Chamberlain & Raymond Massey (b-w)
Season 2 (NBC) (1962-63)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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################# Dr. Kildare ################
############# season 2 1962-63 ###############
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NBC Thursdays 8:30 pm
34 episodes x 60 min. black and white
Produced by David Victor

2.1 [34] Dr. Kildare: GRAVIDA ONE (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6518
27Sep62
  Written by E. Jack Neuman
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
Guest Stars:
Patricia Barry ................ Doris Manning
Otto Kruger ................... Louis Conrad
with:
Ruth McDevitt ................. Adele Fromm, R.N.
Robert Brubaker ............... Dr. John Connor
Patience Cleveland ............ Jackie Barnett, R.N.
Brenda Scott .................. Francine Bell, R.N.
Stanja Lowe ................... Patricia Knox, R.N.
Stanley Adams ................. Dr. Alexander Choates
An older woman, neglected by her husband, gives birth to her
first child with the help and emotional support of Dr. Kildare.

2.2 [35] Dr. Kildare: THE BURNING SKY (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6566
4Oct62
  Directed by NOT KNOWN
Guest Stars:
Robert Redford ................ Mark Hadley
Carroll O'Connor .............. Roy Drummond
with
Eddy Waller ................... Dr. Millard Eakins
Harriet Day ................... Ellen Gates
James Griffith ................ Sims
Stephen Joyce ................. Jack Willis
Lyle Fox ...................... Jensen
James Gavin ................... Helicopter Pilot
A cocky medical student (Robert Redford) cracks under the
pressure of treating forest-fire victims.

2.3 [36] Dr. Kildare: THE VISITORS (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6553
11Oct62
Directed by Paul Wenkos
Guest Stars
John Cassavetes ............... Makin Saund
Theodore Bikel ................ Dr. Mahmel Homatka
with
John Anderson ................. Vernon Hackett
Patricia Huston ............... Marie Hackett
Abraham Sofaer ................ Shahzi Saund
David Lewis ................... Dr. Robert Conely
Gina Gillespie ................ Little Girl
Russ Bender ................... Government Man
The pro-communist heir to a neutral country suffers from a brain tumor.

2.4 [37] Dr. Kildare: THE MASK MAKERS (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6559
18Oct62
  Directed by Ralph Senensky
Guest Star:
Carolyn Jones ................. Evy Schaller
with
Mike Kellin ................... Larry Phelen
Warren Kemmerling ............. Dr. Norman Hutchens
Lonnie Blackman ............... Martha
Anne Barton ................... Mrs. Carney
Reba Waters ................... Sally
Nancy Reynolds ................ Sally's Mother
Peter Miller .................. Alfred
Chuck Winters ................. Ralph
Kildare feels responsible when a plastic surgery patient
attempts suicide.

2.5 [38] Dr. Kildare: GUEST APPEARANCE
25Oct62:
Directed by NOT KNOWN
Guest Stars
Jack Carter ................... Ted Gallahad
Georgann Johnson .............. Debby Lawton
with
Eddie Ryder ................... Dr. Simon Agurski (regular)
Jim Callahan .................. Dr. Atkinson
Bernard Kates ................. TV Director
Mark Murray ................... Terry Gallahad
Bert Remsen

2.6 [39] Dr. Kildare: HASTINGS' FAREWELL (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6552
1Nov62
Directed by Ralph Senensky
Guest Stars:
Beverly Garland
Harry Guardino
An aphasia patient's hopeless wife plans to put him in a nursing home.

2.7 [40] Dr. Kildare: BREAKDOWN (60 min. bw)
8Nov62
Directed by NOT KNOWN
Guest Stars:
Larry Parks ................... Dr. Steven Waller
Inga Swenson .................. Paula Waller
with
Eddie Ryder ................... Dr. Simon Agurski (regular)
Ken Berry ..................... Dr. John Kapish (regular)
Gary Judis .................... Dr. Vincent Barnes (regular)
Maxine Stuart ................. Mary Ayers, R.N. (regular)
Ellen Corby ................... Miss Ainsley Hallie
Leslie Barrington ............. Tommy
Norman Alden .................. Bernie
Monte Burkhart ................ Overweight Intern

2.8 [41] Dr. Kildare: THE COBWEB CHAIN (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6549
15Nov62
Written by Ernest Kinoy
Directed by Boris Sagal
Director of Photography, Harkness Smith, A.S.C.
Guest Star:
Steven Hill ................... Dr. Chandra Ramid
with:
Miriam Colon .................. Pila
Eddie Ryder ................... Dr. Simon Agurski (regular)
Ken Berry ..................... Dr. John Kapish (regular)
Clara Ray ..................... Barbara
Jean Inness ................... Mrs. Fain (regular)
Naomi Stevens ................. Mrs. Gitlin
Joey Faye ..................... Cab Driver
A sensitive Indian intern, reprimanded by Gillespie, nears his breaking point.

2.9 [42] Dr. Kildare: THE SOUL KILLER (60 min. bw)
22Nov62
Directed by NOT KNOWN
Guest Stars:
Suzanne Pleshette ............. Cathy Benjamin
Eileen Heckart ................ Jenny Freesmith
with
Ken Berry ..................... Dr. Kapish (regular)
Bill Bixby .................... Dr. Grant
Alan Reed, Jr. ................ Dr. Kessler
Carol Anderson ................ Nurse Chase
Ellen Atterbury ............... Nurse Adams
Barbara Parkins ............... Annie

2.10 [43] Dr. Kildare: AN ANCIENT OFFICE (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6573
6Dec62
Directed by Don Hedford
Guest Star:
Ed Begley ..................... Henry Harris
with
Peggy Wood .................... Katie Harris
Dick Davalos .................. Gordon
Irene Hervey .................. Martha Kildare
Henderson Forsythe ............ Dr. Stephen Kildare
Claudia Bryar ................. Elsie
William Quinn ................. Mr. O'Connor
Joan Freeman .................. Ellen
In Kildare's hometown, the coroner hastily blames a mother for
her baby's death.

2.11 [44] Dr. Kildare: THE LEGACY (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6563
13Dec62
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Guest Star:
Olympia Dukakis ............... Anna Nieves
with
Mario Alcaide ................. Luis Nieves
Charles MaCaulay .............. Jameson Black
Rudy Corella .................. Pablo Nieves
Linda Bennett ................. Miss Kyle
Lola Lynch .................... Nurse Hanley
James Callahan ................ Dr. Yates Atkinson
Jo Helton ..................... Nurse Conant (regular)
Marty Mason ................... Willie
Henry Beckman ................. Salesman
John Matthews ................. Policeman
Bern Bassey ................... Pennine
Robert E. Ball ................ Newsdealer
Frank Killmond ................ Dr. Brown
Sam Weston .................... Max
Kildare has mixed feelings about his testimony in a court case.

2.12 [45] Dr. Kildare: THE BED I'VE MADE (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6536
20Dec62
Written by Jean Holloway
Directed by Don Taylor
Guest Star:
Claire Trevor ................. Veronica Johnson
with:
Dan Tobin ..................... Jonesy
Jean Inness ................... Mrs. Fain (regular)
Madge Blake ................... Nurse Phipps
Harriet MacGibbon ............. Miss O'Connor
Grandon Rhodes ................ Dr. Evans
Robert Warwick ................ Dr. Bromley
Jackie Joseph ................. Ellie Carol
Grace Albertson ............... Nurse Rider
Ida Mae McKenzie .............. Esther
Frank Mahony .................. Young Intern
Charles Bren .................. Medical Student
Ruth Phillips ................. Veronica's Secretary
The Director of Nursing at Blair General Hospital retires
bringing unwanted change and attitude when a new one is hired.
Gillespie falls for the new director of nursing, an attractive widow.

2.13 [46] Dr. Kildare: A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE (60 min. bw)
27Dec62
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6595
Directed by Don Taylor
Guest Star
Betty Field
A teen-age girl handles her eye injury better than her mother.

2.14 [47] Dr. Kildare: LOVE IS A SAD SONG (60 min. bw)
3Jan63
  Directed by Boris Sagal
Guest Star
Diana Hyland .................. Dr. Lilith McGraw
with
Eddie Ryder ................... Dr. Simon Agurski (regular)
Dan Tobin ..................... Jonesy
James Callahan ................ Dr. Atkinson
Paul Langton .................. Dr. Lamb
Clegg Hoyt .................... Mac
Sidney Kay .................... Chester McIver
Mary Webster .................. Dr. Pauline Stewart
Deidre Owen ................... Dr. Una Reese
Alberta Nelson ................ Dr. Ruth Carrison

2.15 [48] Dr. Kildare: THE THING SPEAKS FOR ITSELF (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6570
10Jan63
Directed by Don Medford
Guest Stars:
John Williams ................. Dr. George Hazard
Zohra Lampert ................. Rose Kemmer
Fritz Weaver .................. Arthur Hobler
with
Eddie Ryder ................... Dr. Simon Agurski (regular)
George McCready ............... Dr. Harper Faring
Paul Newlan ................... Carl Victor
Kelly Thordsen ................ Judge Delwyn
Jo Helton ..................... Joan Kaiser (normally Nurse Conant)
Francis de Sales .............. Dr. Whitner
Jess Kirkpatrick .............. Dr. Sharp
Joan Granville ................ Miss Ranger
Neil Rosso .................... Dr. Beasley
A woman's sudden death brings a malpractice suit on Kildare and the hospital.

2.16 [49] Dr. Kildare: THE GREAT GUY (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6576
17Jan63
Directed by James Komack
Guest Stars:
Jack Carter ................... Willie Guy
Constance Ford ................ Reba Guy
with
Jane Dulo ..................... Ginger Sells
Jean Inness ................... Nurse Fain (regular)
Eddie Ryder ................... Dr. Agurski (regular)
Ken Berry ..................... Dr. Kapish (regular)
Shary Marshall ................ Nurse Lori Perry
Buddy Garion .................. Dr. Monty Keefe
S. John Launer ................ Dr. Sadvray
A comedian with a bone tumor refuses to face a possible amputation.

2.17 [50] Dr. Kildare: THE MOSAIC (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6571
31Jan63
Directed by NOT KNOWN
Guest Stars:
Tom Tryon ..................... Dr. William Ellis
Barbara Barrie ................ Peggy Farrow
James Caan .................... Charley Johnson
with
Carl Reindel .................. Joe Startell
Bobby Byles ................... Dr. Van Sandt
Chuck Haren ................... Victor Bowman
Ben Wright .................... Vernon Beasley
Fred Holliday ................. John Tremont
Kildare searches for the source of a potential hepatitis epidemic.

2.18 [51] Dr. Kildare: GOOD LUCK CHARM (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6562
07Feb63 NBC Thur
Directed by Jack Arnold
Guest Star:
Gloria Swanson ......... Julia Colton
Jena Engstrom .......... Marcia
Jeanette Nolan ......... Fanny
James McCallion ........ Dr. Atkinson
Susan Davis ............ Nurse
Synopsis 1:
An inexplicable paralysis seizes the healthy legs of a great actress.
Synopsis 2:
Dr. Kildare wants to convince former movie queen Julia Colton that
there are patients with worse problems than hers - so he introduces
her to a young terminal case named Marcia. [RF]

2.19 [52] Dr. Kildare: JAIL WARD (60 min. bw)
14Feb63
Directed by Jack Arnold
Guest Stars:
James Franciscus .............. Stan Fisher
Henry Silva ................... Edmund Carson
with
Allan Melvin .................. Linko
William Zuckert ............... Sam Crowley
Irene Tedrow .................. June Crowley
Ashley Cowan .................. Seymour
Ross Ellicott ................. Asst. District Attorney
James Bell .................... Judge Hatfield
Jennifer West ................. Ethyl Carson
Jill Jarmyn ................... Miss Larson
Robert Strauss ................ Mike Martin

2.20 [53] Dr. Kildare: A TRIP TO NIAGARA (60 min. bw)
21Feb63 NBC Thur
  Directed by NOT KNOWN
Guest Star:
John Larch ............. Dr. Victor Jonah
with
Irene Daily ............ Sara Beth Anderson
Harold Dyrenforth ...... Dr. Myers
Betsy Jones-Moreland ... Ruth Jonah
Billy Hughes ........... David Jonah
Isabel Elsom ........... Mrs. Walker
William Sargent ........ Dr. Neal
Gertrude Flynn ......... Technician
Synopsis:
Dr. Victor Jonah is going blind because of an accidental exposure to
radiation in the hospital lab. His dilemma: Should he devote his last
days of light to his family or to his patients? [RF]

2.21 [54] Dr. Kildare: A PLACE AMONG THE MONUMENTS (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6557
28Feb63
Directed by William Graham
Guest Stars:
Zohra Lampert ................. Myra Krolik
Harold J. Stone ............... Mr. Krolik
with
Iphigenie Castiglioni ......... Mrs. Krolik
Brendan Dillon ................ Dr. Simmons
Aki Aleong .................... Dr. King
Sharon Conners ................ Sandy
H.M. Wynant ................... Dr. Renner
Kildare saves a girl who attempts suicide, but tragedy follows.

2.22 [55] Dr. Kildare: FACE OF FEAR (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6572
7Mar63
Directed by David Friedkin
Guest Stars:
Robert Culp ................... Matt Hendricks
Mariette Hartley .............. Ellen Hendricks
Mary Astor .................... Aunt Frances
with
Ken Berry ..................... Dr. Kapish (regular)
Jud Taylor .................... Dr. Gerson (regular)
Gary Judis .................... Dr. Barnes (regular)
Jo Helton ..................... Nurse Crane (Normally Nurse Conant)
Dana Latham
A young lab technician (Robert Culp) thinks his outbursts are
linked to mental illness, but Kildare and Gillespie suspect otherwise.

2.23 [56] Dr. Kildare: SISTER MIKE (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6556
14Mar63
  Directed by Elliot Silverstein
Guest Stars:
Fay Bainter ................... Sister Mike
Collin Wilcox ................. Lorena Henty
with
Rory O'Brien .................. Jody
Isabelle Cooley ............... Phyllis Johns
Michael Harvey ................ Fred Moran
Denise Morris ................. Mrs. Fellini
Clancy Cooper ................. Dunleavy
Mary Badhamn .................. Cara Sue
Kildare considers reporting a young woman he suspects of beating her daughter.

2.24 [57] Dr. Kildare: A VERY INFECTIOUS DISEASE (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6574
21Mar63
Directed by Jules Bricken
Guest Stars:
Dan O'Herlihy ................. Dr. Phillip Downey
Jean Hagen .................... Nurse Mary Ogilvy
Vito Scotti ................... Mr. Munoz
with
Chris Hughes .................. Jerry Tucker
Eddie Ryder ................... Dr. Simon Agurski (regular)
Fay Baker ..................... Mrs. Tucker
Nora Marlowe .................. Mrs. Smith
Salya Talma ................... Mrs. Vela
John Baer ..................... Ralph Farwell
Betty Harford ................. Special Nurse
A middle-aged Australian intern has a harsh bedside manner.

2.25 [58] Dr. Kildare: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MIRROR (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6538
28Mar63
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Guest Star:
Polly Bergen .................. Janice Graham
Polly Bergen .................. Cathy Brandon
with
Alex Nicol .................... David Graham
Jean Inness ................... Mrs. Fain (regular)
Jud Taylor .................... Thomas Gerson, M.D. (regular)
Ron Sumner .................... Randy
Peggy Rea ..................... Mrs. Gitner
Jason Johnson ................. Mr. Gitner
Jennifer Gillespie ............ Debby
Hal Gould ..................... Peter Gould, M.D.
James Callahan ................ Yates Atkinson, M.D.
A wild-living girl bitterly refuses to donate a kidney to save her twin sister.

2.26 [59] Dr. Kildare: THE SLEEPING PRINCESS (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6551
11Apr63
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Guest Star:
June Harding .................. Sophia Nirchos
with
Alex Davion ................... Kenneth Meadows, M.D.
Charles H. Radilac ............ Nick Nirchos
Lee Meriwether ................ Bonnie Tynes, R.N.
Martine Bartlett .............. Mrs. Goodwin
Moyna MacGill ................. Neighbor
Kildare charms a teen-age girl who lives in a fairy-tale world.

2.27 [060] Dr. Kildare: SHIP'S DOCTOR (60 min. bw)
18Apr63 NBC Thur
Directed by Jack Arnold
Guest Stars:
Patrick O'Neal ......... Dr. Harvey Robert Jones, M.D.
Elinor Donahue ......... Sharon Calloway
with
John Fiedler ........... D.R. Dromley
Stefan Gierasch ........ Willie Kovar
Robert Casper .......... Purser
Anna Lee ............... Mrs. Frances Alland
Claudine Longet ........ Mme. Dupres
Cynthia Lynn ........... Fraulein Gsoschen
Orville Sherman ........ Steward
Synopsis:
On a luxury cruise, Dr. Gillespie hides the fact that he is a physician
in order to avoid being pestered for free advice - and the ship's doctor
thinks that he's on board to investigate his huge expense account. [RF]

2.28 [61] Dr. Kildare: TIGHTROPE INTO NOWHERE (60 min. bw)
25Apr63
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
Guest Stars:
Mary Murphy ................... Janet Logan
Edward Asner .................. Frank Williams, M.D.
with
Ken Berry ..................... John Kapish, M.D. (regular)
Jean Inness ................... Beatrice Fain, R.N. (regular)
Josie Lloyd ................... Miss Roth, R.N.
Clegg Hoyt .................... Mac
Lyle Sudrow ................... Robert Logan
Carol Anderson ................ Millie McLean, R.N.

2.29 [62] Dr. Kildare: THE BALANCE AND THE CRUCIBLE (a.k.a. "Jinx Ward"?) (60 min. bw)
02May63
Written by Jerry McNeeley
Directed by Don Medford
Guest Star:
Peter Falk .................... Matt Gunderson
with
Sue Randall ................... Emily Gunderson
Jud Taylor .................... Thomas Gerson, M.D. (regular)
Bill Bixby .................... Ben Mollenhour, M.D.
Anne Loos ..................... Miriam Palmer, R.N.
June Vincent .................. Sarah Hogan
Clegg Hoyt .................... Mac
Noreen Corcoran ............... Mary Thompson

2.30 [63] Dr. Kildare: THE GIFT OF THE KOODJANUK (60 min. bw)
09May63 NBC Thur
Written by Walter Brough
Directed by NOT KNOWN
Guest Stars:
Brian Keith ............ Alfred Freely
J. Pat O'Malley ........ Paul Menzies
with
Joseph Sweeney ......... Harvey Wooten
Al Ruscio .............. Ed Rutherford
Jean Inness ............ Beatrice Fain, R.N. (regular)
Ken Berry .............. John Kapish, M.D. (regular)
Greg Morris ............ Lincoln Ball
Joseph Perry ........... Antonio Pronesti
Synopsis:
Bubbling with cheer and optimism, Alfred Freely enters Blair Hospital for
a check-up - and announces that he happens to be Dr. Kildare's long-lost uncle. [RF]

2.31 [64] Dr. Kildare: AN ISLAND LIKE A PEACOCK (60 min. bw)
16May63
  Directed by Elliot Silverstein
Guest Star:
Forrest Tucker ................ Max Beemis
with
Kathryn Hays .................. Gina Beemis
Eli Mintz ..................... Sam Stone
Lillian Bronson ............... Miss Nelson
Clarence Lung ................. Dr. Keeler
Leonard Nimoy ................. Harry
Marjorie Bennett .............. Mrs. Philips
Marcia Blakesley .............. Blind Actress
Curt Barrett .................. Blind Actor
Carol Anderson ................ Nurse

2.32 [65] Dr. Kildare: TO EACH HIS OWN PRISON (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6589
23May63
Directed by Don Medford
Guest Star:
Ross Martin ................... Oscar Clayton
with
Anne Meacham .................. Rose Clayton
Lois Smith .................... Libby Clayton
Jered Barclay ................. Philip Corlane
George Kennedy ................ Joe Cramer
Bob Hastings .................. Billy
John Marley ................... Judge Haines
Edgar Buchanan ................ Judge Manning
Regis Toomey .................. Arthur Wheeler
An alcoholic patient reveals privileged information about a crime.

2.33 [66] Dr. Kildare: A HAND HELD OUT IN DARKNESS (60 min. bw)
30May63
  Written by Jean Holloway
Directed by Robert Gist
Guest Stars:
Philip Abbott ................. David Key, M.D.
Vicki Cos ..................... Charlie Jane Doe
with:
Anita Dangler ................. Ruth Foster, R.N.
Valora Noland ................. Miss Andrews
Dorothy Neumann ............... Miss Sanderson
Jean Inness ................... Beatrice Fain, R.N. (regular)
Wilton Graff .................. George Miller, M.D.
Paul Mantee ................... Neurosurgeon
Richard Benjamin .............. Intern
Joey Scott .................... Freddy Brown
Gilbert Green ................. Sergeant Smith
A small girl found lying unconcsious in the street is brought
to Blair General Hospital without name or identification.
The pursuit is on to diagnose the cause of her seeming comatose
state and to locate anyone who might know her.

2.34 [67] Dr. Kildare: WHAT'S GOD TO JULIUS (60 min. bw)
6Jun63
Directed by NOT KNOWN
Guest Stars:
Theodore Bikel
Sorrell Booke .............. Julius
Theodore Bikel plays a man devoted to his mentally retarded
brother, Julius, played by Sorrell Booke

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