The Beachcomber (1962)
Synopsis
The Beachcomber was an ITC Entertainment adventure TV series which ran for one series of 39 half-hour episodes in 1962. Narrated by Cameron Mitchell, the series followed a rich executive who retired from the rat-race to become a beachcomber on a small South Pacific island.
First Air Date: 1962-02-20
Last Air Date: 1962-11-13
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 39
Created By: Walter Newman
Top Cast
- Sebastian Cabot as Commissioner Andrew Crippen
- Cameron Mitchell as John Lackland / Narrator
- Don Megowan as Captain Huckabee
- Don Haggerty as Frank Butcher
- Robert J. Wilke as Bill Winters
- Arthur Batanides as Lah-Ring
- Cesar Romero as Krasny
- Raymond Guth as Ross
- Frank Silvera as Juan Dominguez
- Hal Baylor as Mike Boyle
Seasons
Season 1 (1962)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: The Brooch
Lackland's nearly broke---and facing deportation. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Crippen: Sebastian Cabot. Mika: Rosael Lopez. Ah Ling: Benson Fong. Loeuwan: Wilton Graff. Mrs. Loeuwan: Dolores Donlong. Saluku: Frank Puglia.
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Ep. 2: The Shark Affair
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Ep. 3: Pat Hand
Lackland's evening at the Icehouse Bar is interrupted by a poker player itching for action. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Taffy: Laya Raki. Dibley: Dub Taylor.
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Ep. 4: The Hijackers
Trader Peter Noord suspects his son has joined a band of pirates---who are hijacking his ships. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Carl: Wynn Pearce. Malola: Allen Jaffe. Sim: Al Ruscio. Lah-Ring: Arthur Batanides. Chris: Jim Ricketts. Kollea: Santy Josol.
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Ep. 5: Forbidden Island
Searching for a missing aviatrix, Lackland and a newspaperman meet hostile islanders. Davis: Warren Arnett. Borlund: Robert Cannon. Constance: Mary Sullivan. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell.
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Ep. 6: The Chase
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Ep. 7: Captain Huckabee's Beard
Customs officers have a suspicion that a new arrival is a wanted thief. Howland: Hugh Sanders. Beth: Lisa Gaye. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Kollea: Santy Josol. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell.
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Ep. 8: The Taming of Andrew
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Ep. 9: Death Do Us Part
Success has eluded artist Patrick Wrightwood and now his wild fits of temper are threatening his marriage. Peggy: Grace Raynor. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Butcher: Don Haggerty. Captain: Bob Cannon. Policeman: Art Spector.
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Ep. 10: The Larcenous Lover
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Ep. 11: Girl in Hiding
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Ep. 12: Honor Bound
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Ep. 13: Tambu
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Ep. 14: The Black Pearl
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Ep. 15: Charlie Six Kids
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Ep. 16: Empty Village
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Ep. 17: The Floating Fortune
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Ep. 18: Honest Larceny
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Ep. 19: Neilani
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Ep. 20: Mr. Winters
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Ep. 21: Rongorongo Man
Hidden treasure is the lure when Maeva Ormsby and Carl Bensinger come to Amura in search of a Rongorongo man. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Maeva: Rhea Vernon. Bensinger: Charles Martin. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Kollea: Santy Josol. Hatura: Francis McDonald. Alfy: Bill Hess.
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Ep. 22: The Day of the Whale
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Ep. 23: The Fugitive
The day after a GI is married to a Polynesian girl, he's found murdered. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Tahia: Mary Stevens. Ross: Raymond Guth. Womack: Don O'Kelly. Kahiuti: Allen Jung. Lovaina: Anita Sands. Weldan: Warren Arnett.
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Ep. 24: The Mask of Talugi
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Ep. 25: Home to Roost
Huckabee wagers Lackland's ketch---and loses. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Boyle: Hal Baylor. Diaz: Johnny Golden.
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Ep. 26: Devil in Paradise
Lackland takes a wounded youth to the island surgeon---then discovers the medic lost a hand during the war. Duval: John Vivyan. Martone: Michael Constantine. Taki: Mark Randall. Tara: Jill Chen. Mana: Alice Pruitt.
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Ep. 27: The Reward
Huckabee joins a police search for a murder suspect. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Dominguez: Frank Silvera. Selas: Michael Pate.
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Ep. 28: Tribal Law
The chief's brother has appendicitis---but it's a taboo to cut a man with a knife. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Wahilla: Gordon Kee. Mahkei: Arthur Batanides. Sartal: Allen Jaffe. Kahlana: Dana Ivey.
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Ep. 29: Flight to Freedom
Lackland tries to help a sailor from behind the Iron Curtain who has jumped ship. Guben: Grant Lockwood. Krasny: Cesar Romero. Ilana: Frances Fong. Slovenz: Larry Chance. Garvey: Terence de Marney. Kollea: Santy Josol.
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Ep. 30: Long Live the Sultan
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Ep. 31: The Prodigal Pretender
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Ep. 32: The Spaniard
Joaquin Perez claims his daughter has been kidnapped and asks Lackland to find her. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Gabrielle: Anita Sands. Riola: Happy Ison. Amkers: Grant Lockwood.
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Ep. 33: Man with a Guitar
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Ep. 34: The Ransom
Huckabee's boasts of wealth incite a stranger to seek easy money. Varda: Frank Silvera. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Tanya: Lisa Gaye. Jagat: Earl Parker. Constable: Joe Budd.
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Ep. 35: The Search for Robert Herrick
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Ep. 36: The Two-Sided Triangle
Knute Erickson's convinced Maria Mitsui is a fortune hunter and plots to expose her. Erickson: Walter Brooke. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Huckabee: Don Megowan. McBride: Alan Hale.
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Ep. 37: A Rooster Named Red
A man leaves his daughter in the care of Huckabee, who wastes no time in turning the responsibility over to Lackland. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Lily: Marianna Hill. Dinty: Hal Baylor.
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Ep. 38: Roll of Thunder
Lackland helps the police search for dynamite peddlers. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Brink: Russ Bender. Tate: Wade Jones. Huckabee: Don Megowan.
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Ep. 39: Paradise Lost
A missionary's daughter falls in love with an amnesic, but her father questions the man's past. Jimmy: Carleton Carpenter. Liane: Anne Helm. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Snow: George Mitchell. Native: Lou English.
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