TV series

Ben Casey

Name: Ben Casey
Released: 1961
Cast: Vince Edwards, Sam Jaffe, Franchot Tone

1961–1966· 5 seasons★ 5.9Ended

On ABC — From Bing Crosby Productions

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E1 To the PureNext upOct 2, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dr. Ben Casey is at odds with the medical board, particularly Dr. Zorba and Dr. Jensen, because of his manner toward interns. Under a reprimand, Casey tries to persuade the board to approve neurosurgery on nine-year-old Pete Salazar. After the first of three operations on the boy, Casey is accidentally jabbed with a needle while administering a rabies test to a female patient. During his thirty-day wait for a life-or-death prognosis, he is given permission to resume the surgery.
Guest stars: Sam Jaffe (David Zorba), Stuart Nisbet (Dr. Taylor), Maudie Prickett (Miss Walker), Bettye Ackerman (Maggie Graham), Jeanne Bates (Miss Wills), Harry Landers (Ted Hoffman), Aki Aleong (Nobby), Barton Heyman (Paul Cain)
E2 But Linda Only SmiledOct 9, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Little Cathy Reed is brought to the hospital for emergency treatment after an auto accident. Casey prepares a blood transfusion, but her mother won't consent.
Guest stars: Jeanne Cooper, Susan Gordon, Sam Jaffe
E3 The Insolent HeartOct 16, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dr. Michael Waldman, a former professor of Casey's and a former colleague of Zorba's, comes to the hospital with a cardiovascular ailment diagnosed as fatal. Casey and Zorba want to try a new surgery on him, but the medical board is opposed.
Guest stars: Carl Benton Reid, George Dunn, Luther Adler, David Lewis
E4 I Remember a Lemon TreeOct 23, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dr. Karl Anders is a brilliant surgeon, and Zorba wants to keep him on at the hospital. But Anders is concerned with illnesses of his ownâ€”he's addicted to morphine, and suffers from leukemia.
Guest stars: Colleen Dewhurst (Phyllis Anders), Jeanne Bates (Miss Wills), Harry Landers (Dr. Ted Hoffman), Bettye Ackerman (Dr. Maggie Graham), Nick Dennis (Nick), George C. Scott (Dr. Karl Anders), John Zaremba (Dr. Harold Jensen)
E5 An Expensive Glass of WaterOct 30, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Casey has Walter Tyson for a patient, the president of a large corporation in difficulties, who makes treatment impossible by ordering him about. Zorba and Dr. Jensen try to dissuade him from withdrawing, because his patient is a big donor to the hospital.
Guest stars: Neva Patterson, Chester Morris, George N. Neise, Keith Thibodeaux
E6 The Sound of LaughterNov 6, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.
Guest stars: Ernie Anderson, Stanley Adams, John Pickard, Ned Glass
E7 A Few Brief Lines for DaveNov 13, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dr. Dave Taylor returns to the hospital to do research, but Dr. Casey diagnoses him as a ""hospital bum"" afraid of competition, and also treats a woman's hypochondria.
Guest stars: Bill Bixby, Meg Wyllie, Phyllis Love, Kevin McCarthy
E8 Pavane for a Gentle LadyNov 20, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
By degrees to the bare facts.
Guest stars: Bethel Leslie, Anne Seymour
E9 My Good Friend KrikorNov 27, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Orderly Nick Kanavaris' good friend Krikor Dakopian is committed by his family to the psychiatric ward. Dr. Casey, however, thinks the ailment is likely to be responsive to neurosurgery.
Guest stars: Abraham Sofaer, Robert Ellenstein, Arlene Martel, Jack Hogan, Henry Corden
E10 The Sweet Kiss of MadnessDec 4, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dr. Alan Reynolds' mental state is not improved by constant pressure from his wife to be a successful neurosurgeon. The strain increases when he treats an abused 10-year-old boy. Dr. Casey forestalls an unnecessary operation, and tries to persuade Dr. Reynolds to receive treatment.
Guest stars: Joyce Van Patten, George Sawaya, Arthur Hill, Bob Hastings, William Windom
E11 A Certain Time, a Certain DarknessDec 11, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Expectant mother Ellen Parker loses her child after an auto accident. Casey examines her and finds that she is subject to chronic seizures, and these, not the accident, are responsible for the loss of her baby.
Guest stars: Katherine Victor, Donald Woods, Lynn Bari, Joan Hackett, Don Haggerty, Dyan Cannon (Donna Whitney)
E12 A Dark Night for Billy HarrisDec 18, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dr. Casey operates on Billy Harris, a holdup man shot and paralyzed, but he's also concerned about the policeman, who may have been too keen and might be mentally hampered.
Guest stars: Telly Savalas, Bruce Dern (Billy Harris)
E13 And If I DieJan 1, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)
Guest stars: Ann Robinson, Brett Somers, Leo Penn, Karl Swenson, John Larch
E14 A Memory of Candy StripesJan 8, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
Recollections.
Guest stars: Denise Alexander, Brian Davies
E15 Imagine a Long, Bright CorridorJan 15, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
A clean, well-lighted place.
Guest stars: Robert Blake, Paul Wexler, Marge Redmond, Betty Garde, Cecil Kellaway, Strother Martin, Arthur Malet, Michael Donovan
E16 A Story to Be Softly ToldJan 22, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
Between you, me and the nurse's station.
Guest stars: Jean Hagen, Lee Marvin, Burt Mustin
E17 The Big Trouble with CharlieJan 29, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
He's not quite himself, or is he?
Guest stars: Jack Warden, Norma Crane, Walter Burke, Irene Tedrow, Kevin Brodie, Garry Walberg
E18 Give My Hands an EpitaphFeb 5, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.
Guest stars: Eileen Ryan, Nick Dennis (Nick Kanavaras), Harry Landers (Dr. Ted Hoffman), Bettye Ackerman (Dr. Maggie Graham), Jack Klugman (Dr. Philip Walton)
E19 Victory Wears a Cruel SmileFeb 12, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
From another point of view.
Guest stars: Edward Andrews, Tyler McVey, Alfred Ryder, Ed Begley, Nancy Rennick (Catherine Huett)
E20 Odyssey of a Proud SuitcaseFeb 19, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
A piece of baggage.
Guest stars: Quentin Sondergaard, Francis Lederer, Fay Spain
E21 Behold a Pale HorseFeb 26, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
""And his name that sat on him was Death.""
Guest stars: Suzanne Pleshette, John Hart, Keenan Wynn, Paul Hartman
E22 For the Ladybug, One Dozen RosesMar 5, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
A decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.
Guest stars: Jess Kirkpatrick
E23 To a Grand and Natural FinaleMar 12, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
A consummation devoutly to be wished.
Guest stars: Gina Gillespie, Phillip Pine, Ralph Manza, Hari Rhodes
E24 Monument to an Aged HunterMar 19, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
Souvenirs and trophies.
Guest stars: Chris Robinson (Robert Stanton), Jeanne Bates (Miss Wills), Nick Dennis (Nick Kanavaras), Harry Landers (Dr. Ted Hoffman), Bettye Ackerman (Dr. Maggie Graham), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Jason Hardy Fletcher), Kathie Browne (Melissa Stanton), Robert F. Simon (Dr. Max White)
E25 All the Clocks are TickingMar 26, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
As time goes by.
Guest stars: Henry Beckman, Nan Martin
E26 Among Others a Girl Named AbileneApr 2, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dr. Casey spends a Saturday on Outside Medical Relief while the Neurosurgical staff, thinking Casey needs money, take up a collection for him.
Guest stars: Paul Tripp, Daryl Duke, Denver Pyle (Dallas Hopewell), William Allyn, Lillian Bronson, Nick Dennis (Nick Kanavaras), Harry Landers (Dr. Ted Hoffman), Bettye Ackerman (Dr. Maggie Graham)
E27 A Pleasant Thing for the EyesApr 16, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
A vision of loveliness.
Guest stars: Butch Patrick, Eddie Firestone, John Zaremba, Yoko Tani
E28 And Eve Wore a Veil of TearsApr 23, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
Sorrow and pity.
Guest stars: Luana Anders, Betty Field, Ruth Foster
E29 Preferably, the Less-Used ArmApr 30, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
Might and main.
Guest stars: Ellen Burstyn (Dr. Leslie Fraser), Sheldon Allman, John Astin, Joseph V. Perry, Charles Bateman, Raymond Guth
E30 An Uncommonly Innocent KillingMay 7, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
Gene Bilstrom is a leading business man of the community but a series of incidents causes his family concern. Bilstrom is admitted to the hospital for a complete mental evaluation but there is a fear of the stigma involved.
Guest stars: Eddie Albert (Gene Billstrom), Conrad Nagel (Mr. Schutz), Harry Landers (Dr. Ted Hoffman), Andrew Prine (Jeff Billstrom), Philip Abbott (Oscar Johnson), Joe Maross (Sam Lewis), Virginia Gregg (Ellen Billstrom), Duane Grey (Guard #1)
E31 So Oft It Chances in Particular MenMay 21, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
So oft it chances in particular men That (for some vicious mole of nature in them, As in their birth, wherein they are not guilty, Since nature cannot choose his origin) By the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit, that too much o'erleavens The form of plausive mannersâ€”that (these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star) Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault. The dram of evil Doth all the noble substance of a doubt, To his own scandal. Hamlet
Guest stars: James Franciscus, Leo Penn, Carol Eve Rossen
E32 When You See an Evil ManMay 28, 1962 · 60 min
Synopsis
The patient and the ill.
Guest stars: Robert Ellis Miller, Tuesday Weld, Bill Erwin, Jeanette Nolan, Simon Oakland