CTVA
The Classic TV Archive - US Medical Drama Series
<Previous      "Dr. Kildare"         Next>
Starring Richard Chamberlain & Raymond Massey (b-w)
Season 3 (NBC) (1963-64)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

################ Dr. Kildare #################
############# season 3 1963-64 ###############
##############################################
NBC Thursdays 8:30 pm
34 episodes x 60 min. black and white

3.1 [68] Dr. Kildare: WHO EVER HEARD OF A TWO-HEADED DOLL? (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6926
26Sep63
Guest Stars:
Janice Rule ................... Lila Gregg
Charles Bronson ............... Harry Gregg
Richard Anderson .............. Dr. Norman Phelps
with
Jean Inness ................... Nurse Fain (regular)
Jud Taylor .................... Dr. Gerson (regular)
Steven Bell ................... Dr. Quint Lowry (regular)
Conlan Carter ................. Dr. Yates Atkinson
Named resident at Blair, Kildare faces a dilemma, and a conflict with Gillespie.

3.2 [69] Dr. Kildare: THE GOOD SAMARITAN (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6912
3Oct63 NBC Thur (Network Rerun 11Jun64)
Guest Star:
Thomas Gomez .................. Truxton Bramley
with
Ruth White .................... Hester Cullen
Leonard Stone ................. Fred Payson
Jennifer Billingsley .......... Ruby Cullen
Paul Barselow ................. Judge Brewster
Rhys Williams ................. Chester Wayne, M.D.
Steve Gravers ................. Albert Case
A farm couple sues Kildare after he delivers a stillborn child
at the roadside following a traffic accident.

3.3 [70] Dr. Kildare: IF YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6919
10Oct63
Guest Stars:
James Whitmore ................ Henry Cay Kincaid
Barbara Eden .................. Judy Gail
Bob Denver .................... Paul Garret, M.D.
with
Ken Berry ..................... John Kapish, M.D. (regular)
Gary Judis .................... Vincent Barnes, M.D. (regular)
Mary Webster .................. Nancy Hoyt, R.N.
Joan Young .................... Lucy Webber, R.N.
Paulle Clark .................. Miss Potter
William Lanteau ............... George Kincaid
An industrialist (James Whitmore) being treated at Blair responds to
a gold-digging nurse (Barbara Eden).

3.4 [71] Dr. Kildare: THE HEART, AN IMPERFECT MACHINE (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6907
17Oct63
Guest Stars:
Pat Hingle .................... Edward Swader
Diane Baker ................... Emma Swader
Charles McGraw ................ Dr. Kenneth Hasker
with
Ken Berry ..................... Dr. Kapish (regular)
Susan Brown ................... Dr. Betty
Carol Anderson ................ Nurse
Pete Morrow ................... Intern
A medical scientist (Pat Hingle) working on a heart/lung machine
decides to use it on his ailing wife (Diane Baker) before it is perfected.

3.5 [72] Dr. Kildare: A GAME FOR THREE (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6905
24Oct63
Guest Stars:
Susan Strasberg ............... Barbara Miller
Andrew Prine .................. Dr. Louis Miller
with
Les Tremayne .................. Dr. Keith Breson
Maxine Stuart ................. Lucy Hyde, R.N. (regular)
(normally as Nurse Mary Ayers)
Charles Lampkin ............... Custodian
Adrienne Marden ............... Mrs. Sullivan
Jo Helton ..................... Nurse Conant (regular)
An irresponsible intern accuses Kildare of having an affair with his wife.

3.6 [73] Dr. Kildare: THE EXPLOITERS (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6929
31Oct63
Guest Stars:
Nancy Malone .................. Nurse Jean Dennis
Glenda Farrell ................ Vera Dennis
with
Judson Laire .................. Mr. Brown
Crahan Denton ................. Fred Dennis
Eddie Ryder ................... Dr. Simon Agurski (regular)
Jud Taylor .................... Dr. Tom Gerson (regular)
Jean Inness ................... Nurse Beatrice Fain (regular)
Tommy Farrell ................. Wally
A nurse begs Kildare to keep her father alive to avoid funeral costs.

3.7 [74] Dr. Kildare: ONE CLEAR, BRIGHT THURSDAY MORNING (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6920
7Nov63
 Guest Stars:
Miyoshi Umeki ................. Hana Shigera
James Shigeta ................. Dr. Roy Shigera
with
Beulah Quo .................... Natsu Shigera
Parley Baer ................... Dr. James Connors
Anne Loos ..................... Nurse Quinn
Garry Walberg ................. Dr. Benjamin Lenlow
Robert Page ................... Dr. John Ross (regular)
A doctor's pregnant wife was exposed to atomic radiation at Nagasaki.

3.8 [75] Dr. Kildare: THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6911
14Nov63
Guest Stars:
Molly Picon ................... Ida Forman
Susan Oliver .................. Carol Logan
with
Michael Forest ................ Julian Forman
Bernard Kates ................. Irv Forman
Lurene Tuttle ................. Mrs. Parker
Ellen Miller .................. Dorothy Miller
Kildare makes roommates of a widow and an embittered young artist
(Molly Picon, Susan Oliver), then regrets it.

3.9 [76] Dr. Kildare: FOUR FEET IN THE MORNING (pt.1) (60 min. bw)
21Nov63 NBC Thur
(Crossover episode continued on "The Eleventh Hour"  #2.09 - 27Nov63 NBC Wed)
Guest Stars:
Ruth Roman .................... Marie Quincy
Andrew Duggan ................. Carl Quincy
Tony Dow ...................... Bob Quincy
Phyllis Avery ................. Roberta Landon
Ralph Bellamy ................. L. Richard Starke, M.D.
Jack Ging ..................... Paul Graham, Ph.D
Marta Kristen ................. Darleen Landon
Richard Carlyle ............... Jack Landon
Steven Bell ................... Quint Lowry, M.D. (regular)
Jean Inness ................... Beatrice Fain, R.N. (regular)

3.10 [77] Dr. Kildare: THE PACK RAT AND THE PRIMA DONNA (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6924
28Nov63
Guest Stars:
Celeste Holm .................. Nurse Jane Munson
Ed Nelson ..................... Dr. Keith Judge
with
Danielle DeMetz ............... Nurse Danielle Mercier
Steven Bell ................... Dr. Quint Lowry (regular)
Charles Fredericks ............ Barney Terrander
Frances Robinson .............. Lucile Terrander
Molly Glessing ................ Nurse Weems
Lee Meriwether ................ Nurse Bonnie Mynes
Kildare works with Central Supply to dispose of obsolete equipment.

3.11 [78] Dr. Kildare: THE BACKSLIDER (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6928
5Dec63
Guest Stars:
Kevin McCarthy ................ Harvey Gruboldt, M.D.
Anne Helm ..................... Helen Keening
with
Steven Bell ................... Quint Lowry, M.D. (regular)
Maxine Stuart ................. Mary Ayers, R.N. (regular)
Josie Lloyd ................... Miss Roth, R.N.
Harry Ellerbe ................. Gary Dawson, M.D.
Gillespie investigates a staff doctor whose carelessness endangers patients.

3.12 [79] Dr. Kildare: CHARLIE WADE MAKES LOTS OF SHADE (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6927
12Dec63
Guest Stars:
Dale Malone ................... Charlie Wade
Frank Overton ................. John Oliver
with
Mary LaRoche .................. Sarah Oliver
Marion Ross ................... Ann Patterson
Claire Wilcox ................. Sandy Oliver
An overweight patient gains rather than loses on a low-calorie diet.

3.13 [80] Dr. Kildare: THE ORACLE (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6932
19Dec63
 Guest Stars:
Lauren Bacall ................. Virginia Herson
Brenda Scott .................. Suzy Walker
Joyce Van Patten .............. Miss Scully
with
Jocelyn Brando ................ Doris Phillips
Staats Cotsworth .............. Sen. Arthur Clanton
Adam Williams ................. Ralph Walker
A glamorous female White House correspondent has multiple sclerosis.

3.14 [81] Dr. Kildare: A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE(60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6933
26Dec63
Guest Stars:
Eddie Albert
Frank Aletter
Patricia Breslin
Carl Benton Reid
Lee Meriwether
A brilliant young surgeon challenges Gillespie for Chief of Staff.

3.15 [82] Dr. Kildare: A WILLING SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6922
9Jan64
Guest Stars:
Jack Lord ..................... Dr. Frank Michaels
Mala Powers ................... Julie Michaels
Denver Pyle ................... R.E. Lenger
with
Robert Karnes ................. Monte
Steven Bell ................... Dr. Quint Lowry (regular)
Patience Cleveland ............ Miss Rowe
A surgeon, an ex-football player, tries to hide his severe arthritis.

3.16 [83] Dr. Kildare: TYGER, TYGER (pt. 1/2) (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6915
16Jan64 NBC Thur (rebroadcast 10Sep64)
Written by Ben Masselink
Directed by John Newland
Guest Stars:
Yvette Mimieux ................ Pat Holmes
Clu Gulager ................... Norman Gage
Anjanette Comer ............... Carol Montgomery
John Newland .................. Paul Montgomery
with
Phyllis Hill .................. Mrs. Holmes
George Petrie ................. Mr. Holmes
Robert Logan .................. Russ
Jewell Lain .................. Lilly
Synopsis 1:
A beautiful young woman, after learning she has epilepsy, is
forced to make a life decision about her driving passion for surfing.
Synopsis 2:
Pat is brought unconscious into Blair Hospital after fainting on
her surfboard. Tests reveal that she has peitit mal, a mild form
of epilepsy that usually causes only minor inconvenience to the
victim. But in some instances the disease grows worse, developing
into major seizures. [RF]
*Note:
At the annual TV Guide Awards balloting , viewers selected this story
as the "best single dramatic, musical or variety program" of the
1963-64 season. [RF]

3.17 [84] Dr. Kildare: TYGER, TYGER (pt. 2/2) (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6925
23Jan64
 Guest Stars:
Yvette Mimieux ................ Pat Holmes
Clu Gulager ................... Norman Gage
Anjanette Comer ............... Carol Montgomery
John Newland .................. Paul Montgomery
with
Phyllis Hill .................. Mrs. Holmes
George Petrie ................. Mr. Holmes
Robert Logan .................. Russ
Robert Sorrells ............... Big Green
Kildare falls for surfer Pat Holmes (Yvette Mimieux), who must
adjust to epilepsy and life away from the ocean.

3.18 [85] Dr. Kildare: NEVER TOO OLD FOR THE CIRCUS (60 min. bw)
30Jan64
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6949
Guest Stars:
Walter Pidgeon ................ Dr. Charles Priest
Ann Harding ................... Mae Priest
with
Joey Scott .................... Chris
John Fiedler .................. Mr. Calhoun
G.B. Atwater .................. Dr. George Costello
James Callahan ................ Dr. Yates Atkinson
Charles Alvin Bell ............ Mr. Peoples
Jo Helton ..................... Nurse Conant (regular)
Dennis King, Jr. .............. Bartender
A retired heart surgeon tries to take over Kildare's case.

3.19 [86] Dr. Kildare: ONIONS, GARLIC, AND THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM IN THE SPRING
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6923
6Feb64 (60 min. bw)
Guest Stars:
Cesar Romero .................. Dr. Paul Marino
Audrey Dalton ................. Jo Grant
Joe DeSantis .................. Mr. Contio
Marianna Hill ................. Gina Crain
Nick Alexander ................ Mario Conti
James Noah .................... Andy Craig
Penny S ....................... Mrs. Conti
Kildare takes over a difficult practice in a near-tenement neighborhood.

3.20 [87] Dr. Kildare: TO WALK IN GRACE (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6944
13Feb64
 Guest Star:
Gena Rowlands ................. Helen Scott
with
Joan Tompkins ................. Mrs. Hutchinson
Michel Petit .................. James Dwyer
Brenda Scott .................. Abby
James Griffith ................ Mr. Hutchinson
Peg La Centra ................. Lorretta
An attractive novelist tours the hospital researching for a new book.

3.21 [88] Dr. Kildare: GOODBYE, MR. JERSEY (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6947
20Feb64
 Guest Stars:
Suzanne Pleshette ............. Ellen Tracey Adams
J. Pat O'Malley ............... John Doe, IV
with
Frederick Beir ................ Dr. Tex Mantell
Max Showalter ................. Rulon Murphy
Anthony Holland ............... Dr. Carver Willoughby
Chet Stratton ................. Raymond Willoughby
Peggy Rea ..................... Nurse O'Hara
Ken Berry ..................... Dr. Kapish (regular)
Marian Collier ................ Mary MacDonald
A woman (Suzanne Pleshette) whom men find persuasive brings a
mysterious patient to Blair.

3.22 [89] Dr. Kildare: WHY WON'T ANTBODY LISTEN? (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6946
27Feb64
Guest Star:
Claude Rains .................. Edward Fredericks
with
William Demarest .............. Mr. Aimes
Peter Hansen .................. Mr. Sloan
Walter Brooke ................. William Fredericks
Burt Mustin ................... Mr. Franklin
Ted de Corsia ................. Mr. Swenson
Steven Bell ................... Dr. Quint Lowry (regular)
Susan Brown ................... Ann Fredericks
The grandfather of a dead patient plants a bomb in Gillespie's office.

3.23 [90] Dr. Kildare: THE CHILD BETWEEN (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6903
5Mar64
Guest Stars:
Jeanne Cooper ................. Marian Colby
Lee Philips ................... Dr. Arthur Colby
Beau Bridges .................. Bob Colby
Brooke Bundy .................. Linda
Jan Moriarty .................. Kit Colby
Lee Meriwether ................ Nurse Johnson
Allan Hunt .................... Rusty
A young diabetic, bitter about his parents' divorce, refuses medication.

3.24 [91] Dr. Kildare: A HUNDRED MILLION TOMORROWS (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6901
12Mar64
Guest Cast:
Paul Burke .................... Lawerence Crane
George Grizzard ............... Douglas Martin
Diana Van Der Vlis ............ Virginia Martin
Dennis Patrick ................ Franklin V. Powers
Robert Brubaker ............... Dr. Norman Larken
David Whorf ................... Dr. Oscar Bittner
Hilary Wontner ................ Lionel Grant
William Woodson ............... Mr. Parsons
A young corporation president won't slow down after a heart attack.

3.25 [92] Dr. Kildare: TOMORROW IS A FICKLE GIRL (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6945
19Mar64
 Guest Star:
Sal Mineo ..................... Carlos Mendoza
with
Naomi Stevens ................. Mrs. Mendoza
Manuel Padilla ................ Juan Ortega
Leonid Kinskey ................ Sam Weiss
Roberto Contreras ............. Santos Esqueda
Jo Helton ..................... Nurse Conant (regular)
A brilliant ghetto youth forges prescriptions as a fake doctor.

3.26 [93] Dr. Kildare: QUID PRO QUO (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6948
26Mar64
Guest Star:
Robert Walker ................. Neal Tomlinson
Michael Callan ................ Charles Devereaux
with
Cheryl Holdridge .............. Nurse Reynolds
Steven Bell ................... Dr. Quint Lowry (regular)
Barry Malcollum ............... Mr. Steelman
Anne Loos ..................... Nurse Palmer
Jo Helton ..................... Nurse Conant (regular)
Holly McIntire ................ Kay
Kildare befriends a panic-stricken intern on scholastic probation.

3.27 [94] Dr. Kildare: A DAY TO REMEMBER (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6937
2Apr64
Guest Cast:
Anne Baxter ................... Nora Willis
with
Michel Petit .................. Jerome Sebrell
Yvonne Craig .................. Carol Devon
Edith Atwater ................. Miss Thorton
Jon Lormer .................... Mr. Teale
Mary Lansing .................. Bungalow Owner
Ken Mayer ..................... Bartender
A volunteer applicant determines to give a sick boy one day of happiness.

3.28 [95] Dr. Kildare: AN UNGODLY ACT (60 min. bw)
9Apr64
Guest Stars:
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Shelley Morrison

3.29 [96] Dr. Kildare: A NICKEL'S WORTH OF PRAYER (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6943
16Apr64 NBC Thur
Script by Agnes Ridgway
Guest Stars:
Ed Begley ..................... Joe Hogan
Lola Albright ................. Gertrude Carey
Kim Darby ..................... Patsy Carey
with
Steven Bell ................... Dr. Quint Lowry (regular)
Steve Mitchell ................ Bob
Synopsis 1:
Two disgruntled patients, an old man and a teen-age girl, form a  friendship.
Synopsis 2:
Cancer is not a new enemy to elderly janitor Joe Hogan; he's been undergoing
treatment for some time - but now he's determined he won't submit to another
operation. [RF]

3.30 [97] Dr. Kildare: NIGHT OF THE BEAST (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6917
23Apr64
Guest Stars:
Bradford Dillman .............. Tony Warren
Carol Rossen .................. Dr. Lois Bower
Sharon Farrell ................ Jeanne Sawyer
with
John Ashley ................... Mitch
Ivan Dixon .................... Detective
Ken Berry ..................... John Kapish, M.D. (regular)
Maxine Stuart ................. Nurse Mary Ayers (regular)
Kate Murtagh .................. Nurse Gordon
Hal K. Dawson ................. Derelict
A psychotic beach bum attacks Kildare and a pretty intern on the beach.

3.31 [98] Dr. Kildare: THE MIDDLE OF ERNIE MANN (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6941
30Apr64
Guest Stars:
Terry Carter .................. Ernie Mann
Ellen Holly ................... Lucille Mann
Peter Whitney ................. Dr. Nat Franklin
Tige Andrews .................. Roy Winters
with
Kyle Johnson .................. Davey Mann
Anne Loos ..................... Nurse Johnson
Overwhelming debt drives a prizefighter suffering from a severe
ulcer to risk his life and keep fighting.

3.32 [99] Dr. Kildare: A SENSE OF TEMPO (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6956
7May64 NBC Thur (Network rerun 30Jul64)
Script by Don Balluck
Guest Stars:
Cyril Ritchard ................ Justin Fitzgibbons
Patricia Crowley .............. Claire Sutton
Jeanette Nolan ................ Nurse Helen Margolis
Dabney Coleman ................ Dr. Kirkson
John Hoyt ..................... Dr. Bernard Notley
with
Jean Inness ................... Nurse Fain (regular)
Nelson Olmsted ................ Mr. Pruyn
Jason Johnson ................. Mr. Chapman
Ken Drake ..................... Mrs. Phelps
Synopsis 1:
Justin Fitzgibbons, a brilliant but eccentric writer, sweeps into
Blair hospital demanding the best accommodation and predicting
he'll die within the week. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A healthy man claiming ESP enters the hospital because of a
"premonition".

3.33 [100] Dr. Kildare: SPEAK NOT IN ANGRY WHISPERS (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6966
14May64
Guest Stars:
Lois Nettleton ................ Hildy Pochek
Gerald S. O'Loughlin .......... Gus Pochek
Paul Comi ..................... Dr. Thomas Kane
with
Amanda Ames ................... Nurse Hollis
Marcelle Herbert .............. Nurse Wilson
A hospital kitchen worker's estranged wife has a fatal tumor.

3.34 [101] Dr. Kildare: DOLLY'S DILEMMA (60 min. bw)
MGM-Arena prod. no. 6957
21May64
Guest Stars:
Joan Blondell ................. Dolly Marlowe
Chester Morris ................ Tom Monahan
with
Alan Hewitt ................... Arthur Brink
Wilton Graff .................. Dr. Cassidy
Lauren Gilbert ................ Dr. Stockton
Steven Bell ................... Dr. Quint Lowry (regular)
Jo Helton ..................... Head Nurse (regular)
Beverly Adams ................. Student Nurse
Gillespie wants a wealthy widow on the Board of Directors,
but she wants him.

################ Dr. Kildare #################
############## end of season 3 ###############
##############################################