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Starring Vic Morrow & Rick Jason
Season 4 (ABC)(1965-66)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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ABC Tuesdays 7:30pm in B&W

4.01 [97] Combat!: MAIN EVENT  (verified on film)
14Sep1965
Written by William Fay
Directed by Tom Gries
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Jack Carter ....... Murphy
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert, Dick Peabody
with:
Vic Werber ........ Ferguson
Hans Difflipp ..... German Sergeant
Todd Lasswell ..... Driver
and:
Ben Cooper ........ Willy Kleve
Synopsis:
A fight manager threatens Saunders' squad when he tries to keep
his boxer out of a demolition mission

4.02 [98] Combat!: THE FIRST DAY (verified on film)
21Sep1965
Written by Esther and Bob Mitchell
Directed by Georg J. Fenady
Produced by Gene Levitt
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Conlan Carter, Pierre Jalbert
Guest Cast:
Dee Pollock ....... McBride
Buck Taylor ....... Tobin
Kevin Coughlin .... Loomis
Robert Biheller ... Tate
John Nealson ...... Anderson
Rick Weber ........ German
Synopsis:
The weary members of Saunders' squad are faced with defending a road junction
with only four inexperienced recruits as their support.

4.03 [99] Combat!: S.I.W.  (verified on film)
28Sep1965
Written by Shirl Hendrix
Directed by John Peyser
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
John Cassavetes ... Kalb
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert, Dick Peabody, Conlan Carter
with:
William Stevens ... Fleming
Paul Sheriff ...... Sawyer
Mike Krempels ..... German
Synopsis:
A soldier is accused having a self-inflicted wound when he is
recognized as one of few survivors of an earlier campaign.

4.04 [100] Combat!: THE LINESMAN (verified on film)
05Oct1965
Teleplay by Edward J. Lakso / Story by Gene Levitt
Directed by Tom Gries
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Jack Lord ......... Barney McClosky
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Dick Peabody, Pierre Jalbert
with:
Peter Duryea ...... Pvt. O'Connor
Heinz Brinkman ....... German Lieutenant
Horst Ebersberg ... German Sergeant
Gerd Rein ......... German
Tom J. Stears ........ Pvt. Locke
Peter Hellmann .... German Soldier
Chris Anders ...... German Sergeant
Synopsis:
A hostile Signal Corps sergeant threatens a mission to lay wire to an outpost.

4.05 [101] Combat!: THE FARMER (verified on film)
12Oct1965
Written by Andy White
Directed by John Peyser
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Dennis Weaver ..... Noah
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert, Dick Peabody, Conlan Carter
with:
Felix Locher ...... Old French Farmer
Belle Mitchell .... Old French Woman
Dina Harmsen ...... French Girl
Anthony Aiello .... G.I.
Synopsis:
A soldier endangers the squad by returning to an evacuated farm to help a newborn calf.

4.06 [102] Combat!: EVASION (verified on film)
19Oct1965
Written by Esther and Bob Mitchell
Directed by John Peyser
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Lloyd Bochner ..... Major Thorne
with:
Monique Le Maire ... Julie
John Lodge ........ Major Ramsey
Anthony Rogers .... Lt. Maples
John Levingston ... Captain Todd
Phil Bonnell ......... Frost
Herb Andreas ...... German Lieutenant
Willy Kaufman ..... German Ticket Agent
*
Peter Marks .......... Max
Ralph Josephs ....... Hans
Normand Houle ..... French Waiter
Socrates Ballis ..... Albanian Soldier
Karl Sadler ........... German Lieutenant
Robert Chapman .... German Guard
and:
Jacques Aubuchon .... Kopke
Synopsis:
Hanley disguises himself as an Albanian officer and escapes from
a prison camp into the German countryside.
 
4.07 [103] Combat!: HEAR NO EVIL (verified on film)
26Oct1965
Written by Tim Considine and John Considine
Directed by Sutton Roley
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Cast:
Richard Tretter ... Johnson
Gene Otis Shayne... Medic
Gary Lasdun ....... German Squad Leader
Edgar Winston ..... German Soldier
Roger Gentry ...... German Soldier
Chris Anders ...... German Motorcyclist
Tom Pace .......... German Motorcyclist
Ernst Winters ..... German in Jeep
Bruce Hayes ....... German in Jeep
William Harlow .... G.I.
and:
Peter Haskell ..... German Hostage
Synopsis:
Saunders, deafened by a grenade explosion, hides with a scrawny dog in the ruins of an abbey.

4.08 [104] Combat!: CROSSFIRE  (verified on film)
02Nov1965
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Directed by Alan Crosland, Jr.
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Don Gordon ........ Pvt. Stevens
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Pierre Albert, Dick Peabody, Conlan Carter
with:
Burt Douglas ...... Pvt. Clark
Ron Foster ........ Pvt. Marshall
Rand Brooks ....... G.I. Lieutenant
Walter Gregg ...... Pvt. Coates
Robert Hoy ....... G.I. on Radio
Paul Busch ........ German Captain
Bob Turnbull ...... G.I. Captain
Robert Champion ...... German Sergeant
Angelo De Meo ..... Doan
Synopsis:
Saunders files charges against a double medal-winner, a veteran of D-Day,
after the soldier disobeyed a direct order while on patrol.

4.09 [105] Combat!: 9 PLACE VENDEE (verified on film)
11Nov1965
Written by Kay Lenard and Jess Carneol
Directed by Alan Crosland, Jr.
Produced by Gene Levitt
Introducing:
Patrick Michenaud ........ Jacques
with:
William Leslie .... Captain Clinton
Mike Ragan ........ Pvt. Walsh
Michael Stroka .... German Drunk #1
Chris Howard ...... German Drunk #2
Max Kleven ........ German Lieutenant
Paul Busch ........ German Soldier
*
Dick Raymond ....... German Soldier
Philip De Firnian ....... German Sergeant #1
Mark Russi ........ German Sergeant #2
Alf Georg .......... German at Chow Wagon
Geoffrey Norman ... German in Truck
and:
Lee Patterson ..... Captain Howard
Christopher Dark... German Agent
Synopsis:
Hanley is left alone to find a missing OSS officer in a German held town
after a mine explosion injures the other members of his patrol.

4.10 [106] Combat!: THE OLD MEN  (verified on film)
16Dec1965
Written by Esther and Bob Mitchell
Directed by Georg J. Fenady
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Simon Oakland ..... Pvt. Clawson
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Piere Jalbert
with:
Arnold Merritt ...... Pvt. Fisher
Paul Busch ........ German Corporal
Norbert Siegfried ....... German #1
William Harlow .... G.I. Jeep Driver
and:
Tom Drake ......... Pvt. Todd
William Phipps .... Pvt. Barnhill
Synopsis:
An older soldier one of three replacements, pushes himself to prove
he can keep up with younger men.

4.11 [107] Combat!: SOLDIER OF FORTUNE  (verified on film)
23Nov1965
Written by George F. Slavin
Directed by Sutton Roley
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Burt Brinckerhoff ........ Pvt. Andy Marsh
with:
Ed Deemer ......... German Lieutenant
John Gentri ......... Karl
Buck Holland ...... Rudi
Ernst Winters ....... German Soldier
Nikolaus Kopp ...... German
and:
William Campbell ..... Pvt. Ed Wallace
Wesley Lau ........ Meyer
Synopsis:
Fearing he will be left behind, a wounded soldier won't disclose
information he heard over a wiretapped line.

4.12 [108] Combat!: THE CASKET (verified on film)
30Nov1965
Written by Ed Waters and Paul David Moessinger
Directed by Bernard McEveety
director of photography Emmett Bergholz
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Nina Foch ......... Madame Carmaux
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert
with:
Raymond Cavaleri... Michel
Henry Brandt ...... German N.C.O.
Synopsis:
Saunders trying to get a wounded man to an aid station commandeers a truck
carrying a woman and a coffin for her dead son.

4.13 [109] Combat!: LUCK WITH RAINBOWS (verified on film)
07Dec1965
Written by Wells Root and Ron Bishop
Directed by Alan Crosland, Jr.
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Michael Evans ..... Major Cole-Hughes
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Dick Peabody
with:
Roy Dean .......... Wilson
Peter Hellman ..... German Truck Driver
Dirk Hansen ....... German Convoy Officer
Stephen Ferry ..... Paulson
Paul Busch ........ German Fuel Tanker
David Adams ..... German #1
Kurt Landen ....... German #2
and:
Bill Glover ....... Sgt. Leighton
Synopsis:
Hanley clashes with a British major when they try to recover a camera from a downed airplane.

4.14 [110] Combat!: BREAKOUT (verified on film)
14Dec1965
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Directed by John Peyser
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Fernando Lamas .... Vertrain
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Dick Peabody, Pierre Jalbert, Conlan Carter
with:
Peter Hellman ..... Sergeant Runte
Mark Tobin ........ Hans
Ross Sturlin ...... Rankin
Synopsis:
A quarry owner endangers troops and himself when he tries to stop
Saunders' men from destroying his heavy equipment.

4.15 [111] Combat!: FINEST HOUR  (verified on film)
21Dec1965
Written by Don Tait
Directed by Sutton Roley
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Stars:
Luise Rainer ...... Countess of Armandie
Ramon Novarro ..... Count George De Roy
Regular: Pierre Jalbert
with:
James Dobson ...... Lt. Schaefer
John Mylong ....... General Kroehler
Lou Robb .......... Captain Roswald
Karl Sadler ......... German #1
Norbert Meisel .... German #2
Larry Gelbman ..... Sentry
and:
Kurt Kreuger ...... Major Werner
Maurice Marsac .... Claude
Synopsis:
A French countess risks her life and home by sheltering wounded
Hanley from the Germans and her husband.

4.16 [112] Combat!: THE RAIDER (verified on film)
28Dec1965
Written by Kay Lenard and Jess Carneol
Directed by John Peyser
Produced by Richard Caffey
Guest Star:
Martin Brooks ...... Corporal MacGowan
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert, Conlan Carter
with:
Raymond McGrath ....... Tim
Don Knight ........ German Sergeant
George Sawaya ..... G.I. #1
Gerald Carter ........ Wounded German
Edgar Winston ....... German #1
William Mahoney ........ German #2
*
Gil Peterson ...... German #4
Roger Gentry ...... German #5
Wally Berns .... German #6
Peter Church ...... German Corporal
Raymond Mayo ...... G.I. Officer #2
John Tarangelo ...... G.I. Officer #1
and:
Leonard Nimoy ..... Pvt Baum
George Backman .... Captain Reichhardt
Synopsis:
A corporal eager for revenge questions Saunders' effort to free Hanley,
who is the captive of an SS captain.

4.17 [113] Combat!: THE MOCKINGBIRD  (verified on film)
04Jan1966
Teleplay by Esther and Bob Mitchell / Story by by Rev. Thomas A. Conway C.P.P.S.
Directed by John Peyser
Director of Photography Emmett Bergholz
Produced by Richard Caffey
Guest Star:
Jeremy Slate ...... Lt. Asher
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert
with:
Jacques Roux ...... Gautier
George Brenlin .... Pvt. Banning
Nelson Welch ...... Abbot
Hans Difflipp ..... Col. Richter
Felix Locher ...... Brother Jasper
Ben Ari ........... Monk
Jean Del Val ...... Brother Edmundo
*
Kurt Landen ....... Sgt. Mueller
Mark Russi ........ German Soldier
George Michaelides. Marcel
Max Kleven ........ Patrol Leader #1
Walter Alzmann .... Patrol Leader #2
Dusty Cadis ....... German Pilot
and:
John Agar ......... Captain Thorpe
Synopsis:
A German spy pretending to be an American flier fakes a plane crash,
hoping to be picked up by the French underground.

4.18 [114] Combat!: THE GOOD SAMARITAN  (verified on film)
11Jan1966
Written by Shirl Hendryx
Directed by Bernard McEveety
Produced by Richard Caffey
Guest Star:
Tom Simcox ........ Marsini
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert, Conlan Carter
with:
Henry Brandt ...... German NCO
Paul Busch ........ German Radio Man
*
Walt Davis .......... German Soldier (not credited)
Synopsis:
A bewildered soldier holds Saunders responsible for the deaths of his buddies
during a battle to take a hill held by Germans.
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4.19 [115] Combat!: RETRIBUTION  (verified on film)
18Jan1966
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Directed by Bernard McEveety
Director of Photography Neal Beckner
Produced by Richard Caffey
Guest Star:
Albert Paulsen .... Col. Bruener
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert, Dick Peabody, Conlan Carter
with:
King Moody ........ Andre
Rachel Rosenthal... Micheline
Frank Koomen ...... Capt. Klaus
Ulf-Balk Muller ... German Sergeant
Paul Huston ....... G.I. #1
William Harlow .... G.I. #2
Synopsis:
After finding intelligence Officer Eddie Kopachek beaten to death Kirby launches
a vendetta against the S.S. Colonel who is responsible.

4.20 [116] Combat!: COUNTERPLAY (verified on film)
25Jan1966
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Directed by Alan Crosland Jr.
Director of Photography Emmett Bergholz
Produced by Richard Caffey
Guest Star:
Mark Richman ...... Marchand, German Lieutenant
with:
Robert Crawford ... Pierre DuBois
Louis Mercier ..... Paul Dubois
Gary Lasdun ....... Marchand French
Paul Busch ......... German Officer
Walter Davis ...... German #1
Gerd Rein ......... German #2
Chris Anders ...... German #3
and:
H.M. Wynant ....... Sgt. Rawlings
Robert Ellenstein ....... DuBois
Synopsis:
An impostor posing as one of the French underground leads Saunders' men on
a mission to destroy an enemy radar installation.

4.21 [117] Combat!: NOTHING TO LOSE (verified on film)
01Feb1966
Written by Richard Wendley
Directed by George J. Fenady
Director of Photography Emmett Bergholz
Produced by Richard Caffey
Guest Star:
Sal Mineo ......... Vinnick
with:
Tom Skerrit ....... Burke
Regulars: Jack Hogan. Dick Peabody, Pierre Jalbert
Synopsis:
A soldier, secretly a coward, ridicules another soldier for his toughness.

4.22 [118] Combat!: ASK ME NO QUESTIONS (verified on film)
08Feb1966
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Directed by Alan Crosland, Jr.
Director of Photography Emmett Bergholz
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Claude Akins ...... Mastin
*
Ed Peck ........... Pvt. Coker
Carl Reindel ...... Pvt. Murray
Craig Curtis ...... Pvt. Beecher
*
Curt Lowens ....... Capt. Hoffman Haus
Charles Maxwell ... Corp. Giles
Vic Dana .......... Pvt. James
Featuring:
Henry Evens ....... Corp. Rogers
Ted Jordan ........ Pvt. Brand
Barry Ford ........ First German Sentry
*
John Siegfried ...... 2nd German Sentry
Mark Tobin ........ 1st German Soldier
Ivan Henry Fairbanks .... 2nd German Soldier
Synopsis:
A German lieutenant poses as an American sergeant to infiltrate a group
of POWs and learn about a future battle.

4.23 [119] Combat!: THE RINGER (part verified on film)
15Feb1966
Teleplay by Gene L. Coon / Story by Gene L. Coon & Del Carnes
Directed by Michael Caffey
Guest Star:
Mart Hulswit ...... Arthur Adams
Rest of Cast Not Verified:
Peter Colton ...... Johnson
Mike Krempels ..... German #2
Tom Pace .......... German #1
Synopsis:
A lone straggler claiming to be an experienced soldier joins up with Saunders' squad
and insists on going along on a dangerous mission.

4.24 [120] Combat!: THE FLYING MACHINE (verified on film)
22Feb1966
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Directed by Alan Crosland, Jr.
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Keenan Wynn ....... Lt. Brannagan
with:
Peter Brocco ...... Claude
Peter Coe ......... Capt. Zweiger
Ross Elliott ...... Lt. Colonel
Bard Stevens ...... Kruger
Norbert Meisel .... Lt. Croftsen
Dick Raymond ....... 1st German
Horst Ebersberg ... Brucke
Larry Gelbman ..... 1st German Soldier
Synopsis:
A brash Army pilot flying Hanley on a reconnaissance mission
is forced to crash in enemy territory.
 
4.25 [121] Combat!: HILLS ARE FOR HEROES: Part 1 (verified on film)
01Mar1966
Written by Gene L. Coon
Directed by Vic Morrow
Director of Photography Emmett Bergholz
Produced by Gene Levitt
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert, Dick Peabody, Conlan Carter
Guest Cast:
Paul Carr ......... Kleinschmidt
Joseph Walsh ...... Einstein
Anthony Call ...... Morgan
Michael Forest .... Company Commander
*
Steven Marlo ...... Radio Operator (not credited)
Earl Parker ....... Chester (not credited)
Synopsis:
Two German bunkers stop Hanley's attempts to secure a strategic hill

4.26 [122] Combat!: HILLS ARE FOR HEROES: Part 2 (verified on film)
08Mar1966
Written by Gene L. Coon
Directed by Vic Morrow
Director of Photography Emmett Bergholz
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Cast:
Paul Carr ......... Kleinschmidt
Joseph Walsh ...... Einstein
Anthony Call ...... Morgan
Michael Forest .... Company Commander
*
Walt Davis ........ Tank Driver (not credited)
Steven Marlo ...... Radio Operator (not credited)
Synopsis 1:
Hanley and his exhausted men are ordered to make another assault on the hill and its German bunkers.
Synopsis 2:
The two German hilltop bunkers that are holding up the American advance have cost Hanley's platoon
10 men in three futile attacks - yet high command insists that the platoon make another assault.

4.27 [123] Combat!: GITTY (verified on film)
15Mar1966
Written by Judith Barrows
Directed by Georg J. Fenady
Director of Photography Emmett Bergholz
Produced by Gene Levitt
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Dick Peabody, Conlan Carter, Pierre Jalbert
Guest Cast:
Andrea Darvi ...... Gitty
Richard Bakalyan... Sgt. Piper
Tom Nolan ......... Pvt. Hamilton
with:
John Himes ........ Captain Mason
Paul Busch ........ Gitty's Father
Bill Harlow ....... Captain's Aide
Synopsis:
Saunders' squad encounters a German girl who is waiting for her soldier father in a
French convent, unaware that he has been killed.

4.28 [124] Combat!: ONE AT A TIME (verified on film)
22Mar1966
Written by Esther and Bob Mitchell
Directed by Bernard McEveety
Director of Photography Emmett Bergholz
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Cast:
Jan Merlin ........ Erich
Larry Kert ........ Fry
Ronnie Welsh ...... Peal
Robert Yuro ....... Tanner
Rod Lauren ........ Guerney
*
Dick Peabody ...... Littlejohn (Regular)
Jerry Ayres ....... Sims
Walt Davis ........ Kerrigan
Hagen Smith ....... Daniels
Synopsis:
A German sergeant who escaped from Saunders' custody stalks the squad as a sniper.

4.29 [125] Combat!: A SUDDEN TERROR (verified on film)
29Mar1966
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Directed by Michael Caffey
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Brandon De Wilde ... Wilder
with:
Hank Brandt ....... Martin
David Moss ........ Fire Director
Earl Parker ....... Cooper
Mark Russi ........ Radioman
Paul Busch ........ German Officer
and:
Jan Malmsjö ....... Bruener
Synopsis:
A soldier gets trapped in quicksand while on a night patrol in enemy occupied territory.

4.30 [126] Combat!: RUN, SHEEP, RUN (verified on film)
05Apr1966
Written by Esther and Bob Mitchell
Directed by Bernard McEveety
Director of Photography Emmett Bergholz
Produced by Gene Levitt
Guest Star:
Dwayne Hickman .... Pvt. Corey
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert, Dick Peabody
with:
Walter Maslow ..... Booker
Chris Howard ...... German Corporal
and:
Frank Marth ....... Lt Gustav Vogler
Synopsis:
An inexperienced soldier is afraid he will be called a coward if the squad
learns his panic caused another man's death.

4.31 [127] Combat!: THE LEADER (verified on film)
12Apr1966
Written by Esther and Bob Mitchell
Directed by Georg Fenady
Director of Photography Emmett Bergholz
Produced by Gene Levitt
Regulars: Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert, Dick Peabody, Conlan Carter
Guest Cast:
William Bryant ..... Maynard
Michael Vandever ... Scott
Steven Marlo ....... Austin
with:
Tim Felix .......... Stice
Andre Philippe ..... Grover
Richard Chambers.... Lloyd
Richard Tretter .... Wills
Michael Barrier .... Dean
*
Beau Van den Ecker.. German
Larry Gelbmann .... German Sergeant
David Ross ......... Wonded Soldier
Bill Harlow ........ Sgt. Meade
Mike Masters ....... Runner
Louie Elias ........ Johnson
Synopsis:
Kirby is in command when Saunders is called away, but his authority is
challenged by a German attack.

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