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Bachelor Father is an American sitcom starring John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran and Sammee Tong. The series first premiered on CBS in September 1957 before moving to NBC for the third season in 1959. The series' fifth and final season aired on ABC for the rest of the show's run. A total of 157 episodes were aired. The series was based on "A New Girl in His Life," which aired on General Electric Theater on May 26, 1957.

Original Release

09/15/1957 on ABC

US Release

09/15/1957

Cast

Name	Character

John Forsythe	Bentley Gregg
Sammee Tong	Peter Tong
Noreen Corcoran	Noreen Corcoran / Kelly Gregg
Jimmy Boyd	Howard Meechim
Bernadette Withers	Ginger Farrell / Loomis / Mitchell
Sue Ane Langdon	Kitty Marsh
Bernadette Withers	Ginger
Pat McCaffrie	Chuck Forrest
Alice Backes	Vickie
Red	Jasper the Second

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Kelly's Graduation	Thursday, 21 September 1961
2	The King's English	Tuesday, 03 October 1961
3	Rush Week	Tuesday, 10 October 1961
4	Kelly and the Freethinker	Tuesday, 17 October 1961
5	A Party for Peter	Tuesday, 24 October 1961
6	Never Steal an Owl	Tuesday, 31 October 1961
7	Bentley's Catered Affair	Tuesday, 07 November 1961
8	The House at Smuggler's Cove	Tuesday, 14 November 1961
9	Peter's Punctured Wedding	Tuesday, 21 November 1961
10	Star Light, Star Not So Bright	Tuesday, 28 November 1961
11	Bentley and the Timeclock	Tuesday, 05 December 1961
12	Birth of a Song	Tuesday, 12 December 1961
13	Deck the Halls	Tuesday, 19 December 1961
14	The Law and Kelly Gregg	Tuesday, 26 December 1961
15	How to Throw Your Voice	Tuesday, 02 January 1962
16	Kelly the Yes Man	Tuesday, 09 January 1962
17	Gold in Them Hills	Tuesday, 16 January 1962
18	How Howard Won His C	Tuesday, 23 January 1962
19	Pinch That Penny	Tuesday, 30 January 1962
20	Blossom Comes to Visit	Tuesday, 06 February 1962
21	Bentley and the Homebody	Tuesday, 13 February 1962
22	Summer Romance	Tuesday, 20 February 1962
23	The Hong Kong Suit	Tuesday, 27 February 1962
24	Will Success Spoil Jasper?	Tuesday, 06 March 1962
25	Strictly Business	Tuesday, 13 March 1962
26	On the Old Camp Ground	Tuesday, 20 March 1962
27	A Visit to the Bergens	Tuesday, 27 March 1962
28	The Richest Cat	Tuesday, 03 April 1962
29	The Twain Shall Meet	Tuesday, 10 April 1962
30	Bentley Goes to Bat	Tuesday, 17 April 1962
31	Kelly's Engagement	Tuesday, 24 April 1962
32	Kelly, the Home Executive	Tuesday, 01 May 1962
33	Blossom Time at the Greggs	Tuesday, 08 May 1962
34	What Men Don't Know	Tuesday, 15 May 1962
35	Marry Thy Neighbor	Tuesday, 22 May 1962
36	Bentley Takes It Easy	Tuesday, 29 May 1962
37	Boys Will Be	Tuesday, 05 June 1962
38	Divided House	Tuesday, 12 June 1962
39	Peter, the Medicine Man	Tuesday, 19 June 1962
40	Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight	Tuesday, 26 June 1962

Directors

Earl Bellamy, Jerry Hopper, John Newland, Bretaigne Windust, Sidney Lanfield, Sidney Miller, Don Taylor, Norman Abbott, Hollingsworth Morse, Stanley Z. Cherry, Andrew McCullough, Richard Kinon, Greg Garrison, Abby Berlin, Ezra Stone, David Butler

Writers

Arthur Alsberg, Bob Fisher, Alan Lipscott, Seaman Jacobs, Si Rose, Nate Monaster, Mel Diamond, Ben Starr, Jerry Davis, Everett Freeman, William Raynor, Keith Fowler, Jim Allen, R.S. Allen, Myles Wilder, Howard Leeds, Dan Beaumont, Laurence Marks, Joseph Quillan, Larry Rhine, Alfred Lewis Levitt, David R. Schwartz, Frank Gill Jr., Sheridan Gibney, Charles R. Marion, Lou Derman, Jess Carneol, Kay Lenard, George Carleton Brown, Danny Simon, Eleanor Middleton, Henry Sharp, Shirley Gordon, Glenn Wheaton, Phil Davis, Lydia Nathan, Cynthia Lindsay, Helen Mandel, Hannibal Coons, Bill Freedman, Ralph Goodman, Dick Conway, Roland MacLane, Maggie Williams, John Elliotte, Larry Williams, Jay Sommers, Leo Townsend, Mel Tolkin, Elroy Schwartz, Sloan Nibley, John Kohn, Sam Locke, Phil Leslie, Martin Ragaway, Calvin Clements Sr., Milton Pascal, James Hong, Robert Pirosh, Don Nelson

Cast

Name	Character

John Forsythe	Bentley Gregg
Sammee Tong	Peter Tong
Noreen Corcoran	Noreen Corcoran / Kelly Gregg
Jimmy Boyd	Howard Meechim
Bernadette Withers	Ginger Farrell / Loomis / Mitchell
Sue Ane Langdon	Kitty Marsh
Bernadette Withers	Ginger
Pat McCaffrie	Chuck Forrest
Alice Backes	Vickie
Red	Jasper the Second
Del Moore	Cal Mitchell
Shirley Mitchell	Kitty Deveraux
Beal Wong	Grandpa Ling
Harry von Zell	Frank Curtis
Whit Bissell	Bert Loomis
Charlotte Stewart	Maybelle
Sid Melton	Harry
Evelyn Scott	Adelaide Mitchell
Pamela Baird	Nancy
Victor Sen Yung	Cousin Charlie