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The Trials of O'Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a sordid Shakespeare-quoting lawyer and featuring Elaine Stritch as his secretary and Joanna Barnes as his ex-wife.
Original Release
09/18/1965 on CBS
US Release
09/18/1965
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Falk | Daniel O'Brien |
Joanna Barnes | Katie / Katie O'Brien |
Elaine Stritch | Miss G |
David Burns | The Great McGonigle |
Dolph Sweet | Sgt. Garrison / Lt. Garrison / Garrison |
Ilka Chase | Margaret |
Edgar Stehli | Judge Altman / Judge Prescott / Judge |
Ken Martin | Garabedian / First Reporter / Crapshooter |
Salem Ludwig | Judge Matkis / Judge |
Judi West | Cora Santelli / Bonny |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Over Defence Is Out | Saturday, 18 September 1965 |
2 | Bargain Day on the Street of Regret | Saturday, 25 September 1965 |
3 | Notes on a Spanish Prisoner | Saturday, 02 October 1965 |
4 | Never Bet on Anything That Talks | Saturday, 09 October 1965 |
5 | What Can Go Wrong | Saturday, 16 October 1965 |
6 | Goodbye and Keep Cool | Saturday, 23 October 1965 |
7 | A Gaggle of Girls | Saturday, 30 October 1965 |
8 | The Trouble with Archie | Saturday, 06 November 1965 |
9 | How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? | Saturday, 13 November 1965 |
10 | Charlie's Got All the Luck | Saturday, 20 November 1965 |
11 | Picture Me a Murder | Saturday, 27 November 1965 |
12 | Dead End on Flugel Street | Friday, 03 December 1965 |
13 | No Justice for the Judge | Friday, 10 December 1965 |
14 | Leave It to Me | Friday, 17 December 1965 |
15 | Alarums and Excursions | Friday, 07 January 1966 |
16 | The 10-Foot, 6-Inch Pole | Friday, 14 January 1966 |
17 | A Horse Called Destiny | Friday, 21 January 1966 |
18 | The Blue Steel Suite | Friday, 28 January 1966 |
19 | The Partridge Papers | Friday, 04 February 1966 |
20 | The Greatest Game: Part 1 | Friday, 04 March 1966 |
21 | The Greatest Game: Part 2 | Friday, 11 March 1966 |
22 | The Only Game in Town | Friday, 18 March 1966 |
Directors
Abner Biberman, Stuart Rosenberg, Lawrence Dobkin, Robert Gist, Paul Bogart, Bernard L. Kowalski, James Sheldon, Richard C. Sarafian, Tom Gries, Lamont Johnson
Writers
Gene Wang, George Bellak, Robert Van Scoyk, Irving Gaynor Neiman, Robert J. Crean, David Ellis, Heywood Peters, Philip H. Reisman Jr., Richard Alan Simmons, David Ellis, Don Mankiewicz, Harold Gast
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Falk | Daniel O'Brien |
Joanna Barnes | Katie / Katie O'Brien |
Elaine Stritch | Miss G |
David Burns | The Great McGonigle |
Dolph Sweet | Sgt. Garrison / Lt. Garrison / Garrison |
Ilka Chase | Margaret |
Edgar Stehli | Judge Altman / Judge Prescott / Judge |
Ken Martin | Garabedian / First Reporter / Crapshooter |
Salem Ludwig | Judge Matkis / Judge |
Judi West | Cora Santelli / Bonny |
Joe Boland | Deputy |
Murray Hamilton | Morton Lee / Eddie Hanover |
Barnard Hughes | Judge / Chief Judge |
Ken Kercheval | Jerry Quinlan / Dr. McCahey |
Tony Musante | Coley Thomas |
Jennifer West | Laura Cooper / Rosetta |
Valerie Allen | Roseanne / Bunny |
Marian Hailey | Holly Marsh / Burdine Vogel |
David Carradine | Felix |
Britt Ekland | Claudia |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Alan Simmons | Executive Producer |
Gene Wang | Producer |
Richard Alan Simmons | Producer |
Jon Epstein | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1966 | Emmy | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama | Nominated |