TV series

Harry O

Name: Harry O
Released: 1974
Cast: David Janssen, Anthony Zerbe, Paul Tulley

1974–1976· 2 seasons· 60 min episodes★ 5.2Ended

On ABC — From Warner Bros. Television

A part-time investigator and a full-time human being.

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Synopsis

After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry runs a private detective agency out of his beach house... The series starred David Janssen and was executive produced by Jerry Thorpe.

Themes

california san diego, california police private detective police department

Episodes

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E1 GertrudeNext upSep 12, 1974 · 60 min
Synopsis
Harry tries to find out what happened to an AWOL sailor, his only clue being a single shoe mailed to the man's sister, who sells her furniture in order to hire him.
Guest stars: Mel Stewart (Roy Bardello), Julie Sommars, Jon Lormer, Fred Sadoff
E2 The Admiral's LadySep 19, 1974 · 60 min
Synopsis
A retired admiral asks Harry to find his missing young wife, but did she drown in a boating accident or did she just decide to leave him?
Guest stars: Leif Erickson, Stacy Keach Sr., Ellen Weston, Sharon Acker, Charles Haid, John McMartin, Tom McFadden
E3 Guardian at the GatesSep 26, 1974 · 60 min
Synopsis
Harry tries to protect an abrasive architect who refuses to believe that someone is trying to kill him after he witnessed a murder.
Guest stars: Barry Sullivan, Linda Evans (Marian Sawyer), Gordon Jump, Hal Williams, Anne Archer, Michael C. Gwynne, Tom Atkins (Sgt. Frank Cole), Katherine Woodville
E4 Mortal SinOct 3, 1974 · 60 min
Synopsis
A priest comes to Harry for help after a murderer confesses to him that he may kill again.
Guest stars: Laurence Luckinbill, Phillip Pine, G.W. Bailey, Charles Drake, John Doucette, Carol Eve Rossen
E5 Coinage of the RealmOct 10, 1974 · 60 min
Synopsis
Harry is looking for a man who could give a kidney transplant to his daughter, but so are two hired killers.
Guest stars: David Dukes, Danny Wells, Granville Van Dusen, Kenneth Mars (Don Yorkfield), Joan Darling (Rosemary Yorkfield), Dawn Lyn (Shelly Yorkfield), Julio Medina (Dr. Troy), Florence Stanley (Edith)
E6 EyewitnessOct 17, 1974 · 60 min
Synopsis
When a friend's son is framed for an underworld murder, Harry's only witness is a blind teenager.
Guest stars: Rosalind Cash, Nathaniel Taylor, Hal Williams, James McEachin (Teaser Strock), Margaret Avery (Ginnie Adams), G.W. Bailey (First Officer), Bill Henderson (Teak)
E7 Shadows at NoonOct 24, 1974 · 60 min
Synopsis
To investigate an escaped mental patient's claim that she is being held prisoner, Harry checks himself into a mental institution.
Guest stars: Diane Shalet, Michael Strong, Guy Stockwell, Marla Adams, Tom Atkins (Sgt. Frank Cole), Diana Ewing (Marilyn Sidwell)
E8 Ballinger's ChoiceOct 31, 1974 · 60 min
Synopsis
When a girl is found shot to death, Harry's simple divorce case turns into a murder investigation.
Guest stars: Mel Stewart (Roy Bardello), Juliet Mills (Margaret Ballinger), Paul Burke (Philip Ballinger), Tim McIntire (Burt Rosten), Tom Atkins (Sgt. Frank Cole), Lisa Gerritsen (Michelle March), John McLiam (The Old Salt)
E9 Second SightNov 7, 1974 · 60 min
Synopsis
The death of a man who asked Harry for protection is but the latest in a series of apparently psychic murder predictions by a blind author, all of which have come true.
Guest stars: Stefanie Powers, Martin E. Brooks, Anne Seymour, Mitzi Hoag, Tom Atkins (Sgt. Frank Cole)
E10 Material WitnessNov 14, 1974 · 60 min
Synopsis
The police ask Harry to guard a murder witness who refuses to believe that her life is in danger.
Guest stars: Mike Farrell, Barbara Anderson, James Olson, Jerry Douglas, Tom Atkins (Sgt. Frank Cole)
E11 Forty Reasons to Kill (1)Dec 5, 1974 · 60 min
Synopsis
Harry investigates the murder of a young friend who was framed for drug dealing after trying to buy 40 acres of ranch land.
Guest stars: Ned Romero (Deputy Pete Gutierrez), Eric Christmas, Craig Stevens (Ben Ryerson), Joanna Pettet (Glenna Nielson)
E12 Forty Reasons to Kill (2)Dec 12, 1974 · 60 min
Synopsis
Harry now finds himself framed for murder, so he solicits Manny Quinlan's help in finding out who is behind the corporation that is buying up the ranch land.
Guest stars: Ned Romero (Deputy Pete Gutierrez), Broderick Crawford, Eric Christmas, Joanna Pettet
E13 Accounts BalancedDec 26, 1974 · 60 min
Synopsis
An old friend asks Harry to follow her husband, an accountant whose mysterious behavior suggests that he is having an affair.
Guest stars: Linda Marsh, Gerrit Graham, Robert Reed, John Crawford, Louis Guss, Tom Atkins (Sgt. Frank Cole)
E14 The Last HeirJan 9, 1975 · 60 min
Synopsis
Harry is stranded at a woman's desert home, where one member of her family is killing off all the other potential heirs.
Guest stars: Clifford David, Irene Tedrow, Whit Bissell, Jeanette Nolan
E15 For the Love of MoneyJan 16, 1975 · 60 min
Synopsis
A woman hires Harry to find her boyfriend, who has disappeared after she helped him steal $25,000 worth of bonds from her employer.
Guest stars: Sharon Farrell, Bernie Kopell, Don Haggerty, Joe Silver
E16 The Confetti PeopleJan 23, 1975 · 60 min
Synopsis
A puzzling client is a young man just out of a mental institution who claims he shot his drunken brother to protect his sister-in-law, but the sister-in-law knows nothing about a shooting and the brother is very much alive.
Guest stars: Diana Hyland, Scott Hylands, Marsha Hunt, Harvey Jason, Kay E. Kuter, John Rubinstein, Scott McKay
E17 Sound of TrumpetsJan 30, 1975 · 60 min
Synopsis
Harry discovers that the blues trumpeter who stole his car is just out of prison and being pursued by several people, including a hit man.
Guest stars: Brenda Sykes, Julius Harris, Hal Williams, Henry Corden, Cab Calloway, Jim Backus (Ziggy), Alan Manson (Clint Kaplan)
E18 Silent KillFeb 6, 1975 · 60 min
Synopsis
Harry's client is a deaf-mute janitor charged with arson and murder after a building burns down.
Guest stars: William Sylvester, Gail Strickland (Laura Mayo), Lawrence Pressman (Alex Keller), Jack Riley (Eddie Stern), Jed Allan (Ted Gillman), Len Wayland (Capt. Kronman)
E19 Double JeopardyFeb 13, 1975 · 60 min
Synopsis
An aspiring actor persuades Harry to protect him from a former syndicate boss who is convinced the young man killed his daughter.
Guest stars: Farrah Fawcett (Sue Ingham), Audrey Totter, Linda Dano, Hal Williams, Kurt Russell, Ben Piazza (Frank Cabot), Paul Brinegar (Old Man), Ed Call (Workman)
E20 LesterFeb 20, 1975 · 60 min
Synopsis
A criminology student seems less interested in proving his innocence of two sex murders than in observing Harry's investigative technique.
Guest stars: Karen Lynn Gorney, Farrah Fawcett (Sue Ingham), Lynnette Mettey, Scott Newman
E21 Elegy for a CopFeb 27, 1975 · 60 min
Synopsis
Manny Quinlan, Harry's old friend on the San Diego police force, is murdered when he comes to Los Angeles to take his addicted niece back home.
Guest stars: Farrah Fawcett (Sue Ingham), Sal Mineo, Olan Soule, Raymond O'Keefe, Julio Medina (Jesus Quinlan), Margaret Avery (Ruby Dome), Carmen Zapata (Mrs. Reynosa), Mel Stewart (Arvin Granger)
E22 Street GamesMar 2, 1975 · 60 min
Synopsis
Harry hits the city's grubbier streets in a search for his client's daughter, a teen-age drug addict who saw a narcotics dealer murder her addict boyfriend.
Guest stars: Lani O'Grady, Maureen McCormick, Raymond Vitte