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Starring Robert Young, James Brolin
Season 4 (ABC) (1972-73)
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 4 1972-73 ###############
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ABC Tuesdays 10:00pm

 4.01 [075] Marcus Welby, MD: A FRAGILE POSSESSION
12Sep72 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
Beverly Garland ........ Roberta Kingsley
Joanna Cameron ......... Caroline Kingsley
Kathy Lloyd ............ Donna Sherman
Mark Travis
Synopsis 1:
The physical and emotional dangers of abortion surface when a
domineering mother forces her daughter to undergo the operation. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Abortion - physical and emotional dangers are explored in the season 4 opener. [RF]

4.02 [076] Marcus Welby, MD: LOVE IS WHEN THEY SAY THEY NEED YOU
19Sep72
guest stars
Bruce Davidson
Mike Farrell
Peggy McCay
A mentally challenged man faces the problem of being a
transplant donor to his brother.

4.03 [077] Marcus Welby, MD: WE'LL WALK OUT OF HERE TOGETHER
26Sep72
guest stars
Jordon Rhodes
Sian Barbara Allen
Dana Elcar
An active young girl must adjust to a lifetime in a wheelchair following a serious illness.

4.04 [078] Marcus Welby, MD: IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH
3Oct72
guest stars
Heidi Vaughn
Kaz Garas
Eric Braeden
Cathy Lee Crosby
A newly separated wife contracts a venereal disease when she has an affair.

4.05 [079] Marcus Welby, MD: HOUSE OF MIRRORS
10Oct72
guest stars
Patrick o'Neal
Steve Sherman
Brenda Vaccaro
Robert F. Simon
Just as he plans to remarry, a pathologist is told he faces serious surgery.

4.06 [080] Marcus Welby, MD: HE COULD SELL ICEBOXES TO THE ESKIMOS
17Oct72 ABC Tue (rerun 27Mar73)
Guest cast:
Jack Haley ............. Ned Ramsey
Agnes Moorehead ........ Mrs. Ramsey
Sharon Farrell ......... Cecile Ramsey
Synopsis 1:
An aging salesman tries to make peace with his daughter. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
A stroke victims' recovery depends on the embittered daughter he left 25 years before. [RF]

4.07 [081] Marcus Welby, MD: THE WEDNESDAY GAME
24Oct72 ABC Tue
Script by Paul Petersen
Guest cast:
Katherine Justice ...... Morgan Ellis
Russell G. Wiggins ..... Terry Michaels
Radames Pera ........... Terence Ellis
Synopsis 1:
A lonely girl and her brother strike up a friendship with a cancer-stricken athlete. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
Two people are in trouble: a woman who's overprotecting her younger brother, and a
 baseball player whose trip to the big leagues may be sidetracked by disease. [RF]

4.08 [082] Marcus Welby, MD: DON AND DENISE
31Oct72
guest stars
Lindsay Wagner (The Bionic Woman)
Rick Lenz
Dana Elcar
A young pianist-composer and his wife face an uncertain
future after she is stricken with multiple sclerosis.

4.09 [083] Marcus Welby, MD: PLEASE DON'T SELL FLOWERS
14Nov72
Guest cast:
Lawrence Pressman ...... Alex Graham
Susan Clark ............ Judy Graham
Helen Verbit ........... Katie Ryan
Clay O'Brien ........... Peter Graham
Kirby Furlong .......... Rickie Graham
Synopsis 1:
Learning that she faces a hysterectomy, a young wife attempts suicide. [SAA]
Synopsis 2:
A young mother's battle with uterine cancer and fear. [RF]

4.10 [084] Marcus Welby, MD:  WITH A SHOUT, NOT A WHIMPER
21Nov72
guest stars
Leif Erickson (High Chaparral)
Joel Fabiani (Department S)
Martin Brooks
An aging surgeon discovers that his life is not over even though he can no longer practice.

4.11 [085] Marcus Welby, MD:  JASON BE NIMBLE, JASON BE QUICK
28Nov72
guest stars
James Stacy
Linda Marsh
Lee Montgomery
Lois Hall
A man learns he has a responsibility to his young son who is stricken with rheumatoid arthritis.

4.12 [086] Marcus Welby, MD:  UNTO THE NEXT GENERATION
5Dec72
guest stars
Jess Walton
Harvey Fisher
Shelley Morrison
Alan Oppenheimer
Young parents are afraid to have another child after losing their first to a rare disease.

4.13 [087] Marcus Welby, MD:  HEARTBEAT FOR YESTERDAY
12Dec72
guest stars
William Shatner
Robert Rhodes
Chief Dan George
Cal Bellini
The life of a young American Indian is endangered by his grandfather, who clings to the medicines of his ancestors.

4.14 [088] Marcus Welby, MD:  DINNER OF HERBS
19Dec72
guest stars
Margaret O'Brien
Anthony Eisley (Hawiian Eye)
Vincent Van Lynn
Marjorie Arnold
Richard Derr
A problem-plagued overweight wife goes on a crash diet to save her marriage.

4.15 [089] Marcus Welby, MD:  A MORE EXCITING CASE
2Jan73
guest stars
Jessica Walter
James Callahan
Charles Drake
Robert Walker Jr.
Following a hysterectomy, a nurse returns to work and becomes over-involved with a patient.

4.16 [090] Marcus Welby, MD:  A NECESSARY END
9Jan93
guest stars
Anne Baxter
Murray Matheson
Tom Drake
Susan Howard (Petrocelli, Dallas)
A famous photographer is stricken with a fatal illness which prompts her to complete her best work.

4.17 [091] Marcus Welby, MD:  WHO ARE YOU, ARTHUR KOLINSKI?
16Jan73
guest stars
Nehemiah Persoff
Peter Mark Richman
Michael Rupert
A grandfather, his son and grandson learn to respect each other when illness draws them together.

4.18 [092] Marcus Welby, MD:  GEMINI DESCENDING
23Jan73
guest stars
James Coco
Aneta Corseaut
An aggressive salesman undergoes a personality change caused by a rare disease.

4.19 [093] Marcus Welby, MD:  THE PROBLEM WITH CHARLIE
30Jan73
guest stars
Don Stroud
Elaine Giftos
Jackie Coogan
Dr. Welby helps a law student find a new approach to the problems causing his ulcer.

4.20 [094] Marcus Welby, MD:  CATCH A RING THAT ISN'T THERE
6Feb73
guest stars
Gloria DeHaven
Jan-Michael Vincent
Norman Fell
Lane Bradford
Drs. Welby and Kiley help a teen-age alcoholic and his parents face their problems.

4.21 [095] Marcus Welby, MD:  THE WORKING HEART
13Feb73
guest stars
Joanna Barnes
Donnelly Rhodes
Kristina Holland
Frank Sinatra Jr.
Whit Bissell
A television emcee turns to pills and alcohol to keep her job and her husband.

4.22 [096] Marcus Welby, MD:  THE OTHER MARTIN LORING
20Fe73
guest stars
Mark Miller
Sharon Acker
Martha Scott
Scott Jacoby
The emotional strain of an impending divorce sends a man into a diabetic coma.

4.23 [097] Marcus Welby, MD:  THE DAY AFTER FOREVER
27Feb73
guest stars
Pernell Roberts
Sally Ann Howes
Lyle Waggoner
Maureen McCormick
Troubled by his wife's relationship with a political
candidate, a man turns to tranquilizers for help.

4.24 [098] Marcus Welby, MD:  THE TORTOISE DANCE
6Mar73
guest stars
Darrel Larson
Janet Blair
Richard Bradford (Magill, Man in a Suitcase)
Darleen Carr (The Streets of San Francisco, Bret Maverick)
Anthony Eldridge
A secretly depressed high-school boy becomes suicidal after the senseless death of a friend.

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