Ben Casey

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  • Genre(s):Drama
  • Release year: 1961
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series that aired on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe uttered, "Man, woman,...read more

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Ben Casey is an American medical drama series that aired on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe uttered, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff served as a medical consultant for the show.

Original Release

10/02/1961 on ABC

US Release

10/02/1961

Cast

(see additional cast & crew)
# Title Air Date
1 War of Nerves Monday, 13 September 1965
2 O' the Big Wheel Turns by Faith, by Faith Monday, 20 September 1965
3 A Nightingale Named Nathan Monday, 27 September 1965
4 Run for Your Lives, Dr. Galanos Practices Here! Monday, 04 October 1965
5 Because of the Needle, the Haystack Was Lost Monday, 11 October 1965
6 What to Her Is Plato? Monday, 18 October 1965
7 Francini? Who Is Francini? Monday, 25 October 1965
8 Then I, and You, and All of Us Fell Down Monday, 01 November 1965
9 No More, Cried the Rooster - There Will Be Truth Monday, 08 November 1965
10 The Importance of Being 65937 Monday, 15 November 1965
11 When Givers Prove Unkind Monday, 22 November 1965
12 The Man from Quasilia Monday, 29 November 1965
13 Why Did the Day Go Backwards? Monday, 06 December 1965
14 You Wanna Know What Really Goes on in a Hospital? Monday, 20 December 1965
15 If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a Loser Monday, 27 December 1965
16 In Case of Emergency, Cry Havoc Monday, 03 January 1966
17 Meantime, We Shall Express Our Darker Purpose Monday, 10 January 1966
18 For San Diego, You Need a Different Bus Monday, 17 January 1966
19 Smile, Baby, Smile, It's Only Twenty Dols of Pain Monday, 24 January 1966
20 Fun and Games and Other Tragic Things Monday, 31 January 1966
21 Weave Nets to Catch the Wind Monday, 07 February 1966
22 Lullaby for a Wind-Up Toy Monday, 14 February 1966
23 Where Did All the Roses Go? Monday, 21 February 1966
24 Twenty Six Ways to Spell Heartbreak: A, B, C, D... Monday, 28 February 1966
25 Pull the Wool Over Your Eyes, Here Comes the Cold Wind of Truth Monday, 14 March 1966
26 Then, Suddenly, Panic Monday, 21 March 1966

Directors

Leo Penn, Irving Lerner, Sydney Pollack, Alex March, Mark Rydell, Marc Daniels, John Meredyth Lucas, Vince Edwards, Abner Biberman, Fielder Cook, Alan Crosland Jr., Allen Reisner, Gerald Mayer, Charles R. Rondeau, Arthur Hiller, Harvey Hart, Maksim Ushakov, Richard C. Sarafian, Paul Nickell, Robert Ellis Miller, Harry Landers, Stuart Rosenberg, Paul Wendkos, Joseph Pevney, Harmon Jones, Byron Paul, Jud Taylor, Alvin Ganzer, David Lowell Rich, Jerry Lewis, Leon Benson, Irvin Kershner, John Erman

Writers

Howard Dimsdale, Gilbert Ralston, Barry Oringer, Jack Laird, Norman Katkov, Chester Krumholz, Theodore Apstein, Jack Curtis, Steven W. Carabatsos, James E. Moser, Oliver Crawford, Lester Pine, Gabrielle Upton, Al C. Ward, John Meredyth Lucas, Wilton Schiller, Teddi Sherman, Ellis Marcus, Alvin Sargent, Michael Zagor, Lionel E. Siegel, William P. McGivern, Anthony Lawrence, Don Brinkley, Pat Fielder, Norman Jacob, Allan Scott, Judith Plowden, Alfred Brenner, Arthur L. Murphy, Marcus Demian, Jeanne Beeching, Richard H. Landau, Dean Riesner, William Bast, John T. Dugan, John Kneubuhl, Richard Bartlett, Paul Savage, Dick Nelson, Lou Shaw, Tina Pine, Jerry Davis, Fred Freiberger, Charles K. Peck Jr., Ben Fox, James Johnson Sweeney, Jack Guss, Keith Fowler, Milton Merlin, Barbara Merlin, Margaret Schneider, Sam Ross, Robert Guy Barrows, Alice Taberyová, Paul Schneider, Harry Brown, Meredith Sklar, Richard Leichester, Harry Rellis, Frances Young, Eugene Solow, Ken Kolb, Sheldon Stark, Meyer Dolinsky, Raphael Hayes, Jo Pagano, Harold Gast, Merwin Gerard, Barry Trivers, Howard Browne, Lee Berg, Rod Alexander, Harry Julian Fink, Eric Peters, P.K. Palmer, Peggy O'Shea, D.C. Fontana, Leo Penn, Paul Mason

Creators

James E. Moser

Cast

Producers

Editors

Michael Pozen, Richard Einfeld, Bruce Schoengarth, George Boemler, Al Clark, William Mace, Lee Gilbert, Henry Batista, Argyle Nelson Jr., William Austin, Aaron Stell

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