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Starring Robert Young, James Brolin
Season 2 (ABC) (1970-71)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Shawn A. Adam, Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

########### Marcus Welby, M. D. #############
############# season 2 1970-71 ###############
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ABC Tuesdays 10:00pm

 2.01 [027] Marcus Welby, MD: A VERY SPECIAL SAILFISH
22Sep70
guest stars
Lee Purcell
Cloris Leachman
William Schallert
David Carson
After a successful diet, a teen-ager gets caught up in the swinging set, leading to VD.

2.02 [028] Marcus Welby, MD: THE WORTH OF A MAN
29Sep70
guest stars
Gary Merrill
Kaz Garas
Beth Brickell
Carle Benson
An attorney refuses to step down from a case after Dr. Welby tells him he has a terminal disease.

 2.03 [029] Marcus Welby, MD: WARN THE WORLD ABOUT MIKE
06Oct70 ABC Tue (rerun 07Sep71)
Guest cast:
Barry Brown ............ Mike Kiley
Rhoda Williams ......... Miss Simpson
Arlene Howes ........... Mrs. Schesgall
Synopsis 1:
Dr. Kiley's brother believes he is dying and refuses to seek help. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Dr. Kiley's kid brother Mike, a budding biochemist is secretly tape-recording
a journal about a very special subject: his ever-worsening symptoms of Hodgkin's disease. [RF]

2.04 [030] Marcus Welby, MD: EPEDEMIC
13Oct70
guest stars
Michele Lee ......... Rowena Dancy (Knots Landing)
Hope Summers ........ Mrs Whittaker
Jeanette Nolan ......
Marlene Clark ....... Lorine
The efforts of Drs. Welby and Kiley to battle a flu epidemic
are complicated by a rich hypochondriac.

2.05 [031] Marcus Welby, MD: TO GET THROUGH THE NIGHT
20Oct70
guest stars
Larry Hagman (Dallas)
Barbara Anderson (Ironside)
Anthony Eisley (Hawiian Eye)
A psychiatrist discovers he is the victim of a fatal form of sclerosis.

2.06 [032] Marcus Welby, MD: DAISY IN THE SHADOWS
27Oct70 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
Suzanne Pleshette ...... Ann Logan
David Hartman .......... Tom Logan
Michael Barbara
Carmen Zapata ....... Mrs. Delgado
Synopsis 1:
The mother of a mentally challenged child is forced to realize that
she must allow the child to live with foster parents. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Ann Logan endangers both her health and her family's happiness with
her unshakable conviction that her brain-damaged child is making
great strides under parental guidance at home. [RF]

2.07 [033] Marcus Welby, MD: THE LABYRINTH
10Nov70
guest stars
Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island)
Jan Shepard
Dr. Welby treats a scientist who appears to be suffering from drug-induced symptoms.

 2.08 [034] Marcus Welby, MD: THE GIRL FROM RAINBOW BEACH
17Nov70 ABC Tue (rerun 31Aug71)
Guest cast:
Tiffany Bolling ........ Ellen Nielsen
Don Galloway ........... Bill Hull
Robert F. Simon ........ Dr. Anders
Sheila James ........... Laura Mazza
Paula Victor ........... Landlady
Carole Menacker ........ Terri
Claire de la Torre ..... Mrs. Baxter
Robert Edwards ......... Handyman
Synopsis 1:
Just before her marriage, a young woman discovers she is a victim of a form of leprosy. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Ellen Nielsen has a non-contagious form of the disease, but her traumatic
fears threaten any possibility of a normal life. [RF]

2.09 [035] Marcus Welby, MD: AURA TO A NEW TOMORROW
24Nov70 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
John Considine ......... Stuart Cochran
Shelby Grant ........... Diana Fletcher
Hilly Hicks ............ Danny Lee
Charles Drake
Synopsis 1:
A young epileptic's efforts to hide his affliction endanger his life. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
An autobiographical drama coauthored (John Considine) with Jeanne A. Tylor
of the Watts Writers Workshop. The story dramatizes the emotional suffering brought
 on by an epileptic young man's obsessive concern with concealing his affliction. [RF]

2.10 [036] Marcus Welby, MD: SOUNDING BRASS
1Dec70
guest stars
Michael Larrain
Pamela McMyler
A proud young father refuses to bring his supposedly mentally
challenged son to a free clinic for treatment.

 2.11 [037] Marcus Welby, MD: TO CARRY THE SUN IN A GOLDEN CUP
08Dec70 ABC Tue (rerun 22Jun71)
Guest cast:
Mariette Hartley ....... Maggie Lynch
Jo Ann Pflug ........... Paula Lynch
Shelley Morrison ....... Mrs. Florino
June Dayton ............ Mrs. Lynch
Bill Williams .......... Lynch
Marcia Ralston ......... Nurse Donnelly
Christine Belford ...... Lolly
Synopsis 1:
Dr. Welby suspects a young nurse is suffering from a hereditary muscular disease. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Dr. Kiley's interest in a lovely nurse takes a clinical turn when she begins
to exhibit symptoms of a mystifying paralytic disorder. [RF]

2.12 [038] Marcus Welby, MD: ALL THE GOLDEN DANDELIONS ARE GONE
15Dec70
guest stars
Richard Thomas (The Waltons)
Belinda Montgomery
A father with mononucleosis endangers his life by not following Dr. Welby's advice.

2.13 [039] Marcus Welby, MD: BRAVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP
22Dec70 ABC Tue (rerun 10Aug77)
Guest cast:
James Farentino ........ Clyde
Judy Blair ............. Winona
Synopsis 1:
Dr. Welby urges a young American Indian with emphysema to return to the clean air of the reservation. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
A Navaho tries to make good in the city as a construction worker. He is
risking emphysema attacks at dizzying heights rather than quit the smog-infested metropolis. [RF]

2.14 [040] Marcus Welby, MD: ANOTHER BUCKLE FOR WESLEY HILL
5Jan71
guest stars
Glenn Corbett
Chill Wills
John Smith
Elaine Devry
A young rancher lapses into despondency when he becomes dependent on a kidney machine.

2.15 [041] Marcus Welby, MD: FALSE SPRING
19Jan71
guest star
Robert Lansing
Dana Wynter
Dr. Kiley falls in love with a TB patient after her husband shows disgust at her condition.

2.16 [042] Marcus Welby, MD: A PASSING OF TORCHES (verified on film)
26 January 1971
Teleplay by Ken Trevey / Story by Ken Trevey & Martin Donaldson
Directed by Jeannot Szwarc
Guest Stars:
Pete Duel ............ Roger Nastili
Steve Frankey
Special Guest star
Walter Pidgeon ....... Professor Bayliss
with:
Marc Hannibal ........ Booking Sergeant
Tony Geary ........... Flippant Youth
Conrad Parham ........ Larry Garcia
Lynn Fields .......... Desk Nurse
Credits (non-typical)
Set Decorations - Joseph Reith
Unit Manager - Mary Hornstein
Assistant Director - Joe Boston
Film Editor - Richard C. Wray A.C.E.
Technical Consultant For Bio-Medical Equipment - Byron Bloch
Synopsis 1:
A Chiricahua Apache (Pete Duel) suffers from severe migraines following his
tribe's decision to send him to medical school.
Synopsis 2:
A dying former teacher and a confused medical student complicate efforts to honor the educator.

 2.17 [043] Marcus Welby, MD: A WOMAN'S PLACE
02Feb71 ABC Tue (rerun 17Aug71)
Guest cast:
Rachel Roberts ......... Dr. Vicky Thorson
Dana Elcar ............. Dr. McCready
Lee Montgomery ......... Billy
Ramon Bieri ............ Paul Barrett
Keye Luke .............. Dr. Braley
Bruce Kirby ............ Lou Rienzi
Allen Jenkins .......... Benji
Marcia Ralston ......... Nurse Donnelly
Synopsis 1:
Dr. Welby tries to help an alcoholic orthopedic surgeon. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
An orthopedic surgeon convinced that a two year drinking binge has left her
with alcoholic hepatitis - and ample justification for her self-destruction. [RF]

2.18 [044] Marcus Welby, MD: A SPANISH SAYING I MADE UP
16Feb71
guest stars
Joseph Campanella
Richard Yniguez
Barbara Sigel
Dr. Welby's nurse falls in love with a rich man with old-fashioned principles.

 2.19 [045] Marcus Welby, MD: CYNTHIA
23Feb71 ABC Tue (rerun 29Jun71)
Guest cast: [RF]
Diana Hyland ........... Cynthia Crowley
Robert Lipton .......... Ross Sutton
John Van Dreelen ....... Bramstedt
William Lundigan ....... Jack Crowley
Len Wayland ............ Manley
Jason Wingreen ......... Gargan
Marica Ralston ......... Nurse Donnelly
Russell Thorson ........ Dr. Sloan
S. John Launer ......... Dr. Ingram
Robert Rhodes .......... Dr. Sutherland
Synopsis:
Drs. Welby and Kiley are sued for malpractice by a patient who blames
them for her paralysis. [SAA]

2.20 [046] Marcus Welby, MD: DON'T KID A KIDDER
02Mar71 ABC Tue (rerun 06Jul71)
Guest cast:
Kay Medford ............ Mrs. Varni
Robert Pratt ........... Jerome Varni
Kathy Lloyd ............ Ruth
Lana Wood .............. Angie
Jack De Mave ........... Dr. Wilder
Marguerite Chapman ..... Angie's mother
Synopsis 1:
Problems occur after Dr. Welby helps a blind woman arrange plastic surgery for her big-eared son. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
The blind mother of a homely teenager who hides his sadness behind the mask of a clown as Mrs. Varni 
coaxes her son into plastic surgery, unaware that his personality could change for the worse. [RF]

2.21 [047] Marcus Welby, MD: ELEGY FOR A MAD DOG
9Mar71
guest stars
Christina Crawford
Brad David
Johnny Seven
Margarita Cordova
Dr. Welby is bitten by a rabid dog belonging to a mentally challenged patient.

2.22 [048] Marcus Welby, MD: THE CONTRACT
16Mar71 ABC Tue (rerun 20Jul71)
Guest cast:
Geraldine Brooks ....... Elaine Rossi
Pat Harrington ......... Chris Rossi
Monica Lewis ........... Monica McKay
Mabel Albertson ........ Dr. Connery
Athena Lorde ........... Mrs. Hagen
Jean Hayworth .......... Mrs. Henderson
Dick Wilson ............ Health Faddist
John Nolan ............. Ed
Anne Garman ............ Stewardess
Synopsis 1:
Dr. Welby becomes involved in a strained marriage when he assists the wife
of a musician who becomes ill on a flight to Los Angeles. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Elaine Rossi's recovery from hepatitis is jeopardized by fear of losing her
husband to success: in his profession and in his battle against alcoholism.
As a drunken failure, he needed her much more. [RF]

2.23 [049] Marcus Welby, MD: THE WINDFALL
23Mar71 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
Alexis Smith ........... Evie Craig
Craig Stevens .......... Jim Craig
Laurie Prange .......... Ellen
Marcia Ralston ......... Nurse Donnelly
Barbara Ruddy .......... Housekeeper
Don Wasson ............. Clerk
Synopsis 1:
A young girl develops an ulcer because she feels her rich parents don't love her. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Completely wrapped up in each other, Jim and Evie Craig are oblivious to the fact that
 their 13-year-old daughter, an only child, feels like an intruder in her own home. [RF]

2.24 [050] Marcus Welby, MD: THE HOUSE OF ALQUIST
30Mar71 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
Alexander Scourby ...... Anthony Alquist
Jessica Walter ......... Esther
Don Chastain ........... Doug Preston
Gail Bonney ............ Mrs. Billings
Synopsis 1:
Dr. Welby urges a young woman to break with her despotic father and marry the man she loves. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
A celebrated playwright, Anthony Alquist draws his strength and inspiration
from a daughter who feels helpless to break away and marry the man she loves. [RF]

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