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The John Forsythe Show began as a situation comedy in the fall of 1965 on NBC, but at mid-season it switched to a spy show. In the first phase of the series, John Forsythe appeared as United States Air Force veteran John Foster, who inherited the private Foster School for Girls in San Francisco, California, from his late aunt, Victoria. Forsythe's co-stars were Elsa Lanchester as the principal, Miss Culver; Ann B. Davis, as the physical education teacher, Miss Wilson; and Guy Marks as Ed Robbins, Forsythe's aide and a former sergeant. Actors who portrayed students included Pamelyn Ferdin as Pamela, Darlene Carr as Kathy, Page and Brooke Forsythe as Marcia and Norma Jean, Peggy Lipton, as Joanna, Tracy Stratford as Susan, and Sara Ballantine as Janice.
Original Release
09/13/1965 on NBC
US Release
09/13/1965
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Forsythe | Major John Foster |
Elsa Lanchester | Margaret Culver |
Guy Marks | Ed Robbins |
Ann B. Davis | Miss Wilson |
Pamelyn Ferdin | Pamela |
Tracy Stratford | Susan |
Peggy Lipton | Joanna |
Sara Ballantine | Janice |
Page Forsythe | Marcia |
David Lewis | Major Lovewell |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The Terrifying Inheritance of Major John Foster | Monday, 13 September 1965 |
2 | Little Miss Egghead | Monday, 20 September 1965 |
3 | Miss Culver, Won't You Please Come Home? | Monday, 27 September 1965 |
4 | 'Tis Better to Have Loved and Lost | Monday, 11 October 1965 |
5 | Time of the Goat | Monday, 18 October 1965 |
6 | The Nightmare of Koorbahu | Monday, 25 October 1965 |
7 | After Going Steady, What Else Is There? | Monday, 01 November 1965 |
8 | That Little Old Matchmaker | Monday, 08 November 1965 |
9 | Super Girl | Monday, 15 November 1965 |
10 | Duty and the Beast | Monday, 22 November 1965 |
11 | Oh, What a Tangled Web | Monday, 29 November 1965 |
12 | A Waltzing We Will a Go-Go | Monday, 06 December 1965 |
13 | The Daring Escape | Monday, 13 December 1965 |
14 | Anyone for Marriage? | Monday, 20 December 1965 |
15 | Miss Foster's Military Academy | Monday, 27 December 1965 |
16 | The Bainbridge Curse | Monday, 03 January 1966 |
17 | The Major's Big Beat | Monday, 10 January 1966 |
18 | Anyone for a Fat Lip? | Monday, 17 January 1966 |
19 | If Food Be the Music of Love | Monday, 24 January 1966 |
20 | Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No, It's Miss Culver! | Monday, 07 February 1966 |
21 | The Cupid Caper | Monday, 14 February 1966 |
22 | Funny, You Don't Look Like a Spy | Monday, 21 February 1966 |
23 | School for Spies | Monday, 28 February 1966 |
24 | Mission to Italy | Monday, 07 March 1966 |
25 | On an Island with You and You and You | Monday, 14 March 1966 |
26 | It Takes a Heap of Sergeants | Monday, 21 March 1966 |
27 | If I Were a Prince | Monday, 28 March 1966 |
28 | Doctor Soo | Monday, 04 April 1966 |
29 | From Russia with Chaos | Monday, 11 April 1966 |
30 | Get Me to the Execution on Time | Monday, 18 April 1966 |
Directors
Earl Bellamy, Sam Freedle, Jerry Paris
Writers
Joseph Bonaduce, Dan Beaumont, Joel Kane
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Forsythe | Major John Foster |
Elsa Lanchester | Margaret Culver |
Guy Marks | Ed Robbins |
Ann B. Davis | Miss Wilson |
Pamelyn Ferdin | Pamela |
Tracy Stratford | Susan |
Peggy Lipton | Joanna |
Sara Ballantine | Janice |
Page Forsythe | Marcia |
David Lewis | Major Lovewell |
Darleen Carr | Kathy |
Sandra Smith | Sandra / Andrea Hunter |
Mickey Sholdar | Nelson |
Harry Townes | Charles J. Fairchild |
Jack Kruschen | Constantino |
Peter Palmer | Moose |
Janet Lake | Melanie Sanders |
Susan Silo | Michelina |
Paul Birch | General Pierce |
Russ McCubbin | Agusto |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Peter Kortner | Producer |