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Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.
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- E1 Country GentlemanNext upOct 3, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
An ex-con moves to Miami from New York with his muscle man. No one believes he's gone straight, especially when a yacht club commodore turns up dead after denying him access to the yacht club.
Guest stars: Ray Danton, Gary Conway, John Hubbard, Frank De Kova (Stinger), Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar)
- E2 High TideOct 10, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
A woman, who identifies herself as a ""boring stenographer on vacation"", shows up at the houseboat with three thugs after her. After Sandy and Ken fend off the men, Sandy takes the woman for a drink -- and she promptly disappears on him. He's out to find out where the ""boring stenographer"" went and why men were tailing her.
Guest stars: Max Baer Jr., Dick Haynes, Tony Longo, Sherry Jackson (Jill Murray), Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Alfred Shelly (Ted), Chad Everett (Don Whitman), Gregg Palmer (Lou Montell)
- E3 The ClownOct 17, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
A hated dictator, living in exile in Miami, is murdered during a birthday party for his son. Lt. Snedigar thinks he has an open-and-shut case against Pepe the Clown, who performed at the birthday party, but Pepe insists he was not at the party. Dave has to prove to the skeptical policeman someone else went to the party in Pepe's costume.
Guest stars: Joel Grey (Willy), Del Moore, Burt Mustin, Vito Scotti, Joe De Santis, Pepe Hern, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Ted de Corsia (Correro)
- E4 According to Our FilesOct 24, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Bearer bonds have been missing for seven years while the man convicted of their theft has been in prison. An insurance agent asks Sandy to try to recover the bonds before his company has to pay on the insurance policy. One problem: every lead in the case turns out to be bad.
Guest stars: Joan Marshall, Mike Road, Alvy Moore (Herbert Colter), Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar)
- E5 Local GirlOct 31, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
A woman is on the run with $20,000 that was intended as a bribe. She hires Ken as a bodyguard to accompany her back to her hometown, unaware that the brother of the man the bribe is intended to free is on their tail.
Guest stars: Tom Gilson, Sue Ane Langdon, Frank Ferguson, Ric Roman
- E6 Par-a-keeNov 7, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Daphne goes to visit her horse, Par-a-kee, at the stable the night before a race. She interrupts a man trying to inject the horse with a fatal virus. Daphne's father hires Dave to investigate, while a bookie begins spreading rumors about the Dutton stable to have Par-a-kee disqualified.
Guest stars: Raymond Bailey (Reginald Dutton), Ben Welden (Joe Bundy), Lyle Talbot (Alan Crandell), Holly Bane, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Grant Williams (Keith Minter), Michael Harris (Eddie Geer)
- E7 Deadly MaleNov 14, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
A woman, having an affair, turns up dead after her lover attempts to blackmail her. The woman's husband, who suspected the affair, is the prime suspect, and asks Dave to find the truth.
Guest stars: George D. Wallace (Jim Elliot), Victor Buono (Mr. Beamish), Robert Colbert (Gary Dawson), Barbara Woodell (Mrs. Gilbert), Carol Forman (Mrs. Jordon), Darlene Fields (Mrs. Haney), Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Laurie Mitchell (Gloria Elliot)
- E8 Power of SuggestionNov 21, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
The girl in a mind-reading act hires Dave to look after her because she feels that the star of the show has given her a post-hypnotic suggestion to kill someone.
Guest stars: Joby Baker, Dolores Erickson, Shirley Knight, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar)
- E9 Odd JobNov 28, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Ken is paid $2000 to meet a business executive in Fort Lauderdale. En route he is kidnapped by men posing as police officers. He escapes and arrives at the hotel to meet the businessman, discovering someone else posing as Ken Madison has already contacted the businessman.
Guest stars: Robert Rockwell, Rusty Wescoatt, Dick Tufeld (Announcer (uncredited)), Claude Stroud (Maintenance Man)
- E10 The International NetDec 5, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
A theatrical producer's wife receives a note implicating her husband as a killer. He intercepts a second note and asks Ken and Sandy to find who sent the message. A man the producer hated, a former love rival, turns up dead, and there are no shortage of suspects.
Guest stars: John van Dreelen, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Gladys Hurlbut (La Contessa), Myrna Fahey (Ann Trevor), Albert Carrier (Andre Martine), Claude Akins (Mike Hogan)
- E11 The Frightened CanaryDec 12, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
An obnoxious comedian makes advances toward a nightclub singer friend of Sandy's. She publicly embarrasses him after he beats her boyfriend up, so he seeks his revenge with threats and harassment.
Guest stars: Ray Danton, Robert Ridgely, Hal Baylor, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Paul Bryar (Al Denitch)
- E12 Girl in the GalleonDec 19, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
A diver discovers five boxes of gold coins in a shipwreck while on a dive for a museum. He goes to ask for a percentage of the find. The next day he turns up dead, an apparant drowning victim. Sandy thinks it was murder, so he enlists Ken to find out what happened and if it is related to a woman the diver reported seeing in the sunken ship the day before his death.
Guest stars: Mike Garrett, Rhodes Reason, Whit Bissell, Jean Willes, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Dean Fredericks ('Deep' Waters), Andra Martin
- E13 Bride and SeekDec 26, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dave is asked by a woman to find her missing husband. While investigating he discovers he's not the only one looking for the missing man -- and the woman who hired him isn't really the bride she claims to be.
Guest stars: Warren Stevens, Paul Carr, Kaye Elhardt, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Grant Williams (Frank Anders), Nick Dimitri (Cop (uncredited)), Charles Seel (Hotel Clerk (uncredited)), Mary Treen (Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited))
- E14 Little Star LostJan 2, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
When a beautiful starlet finds out she is adopted, her old friend Sandy tries to keep her from being duped by someone claiming to be her real mother.
Guest stars: Marjorie Reynolds, Constance Ford, Shirley Knight, David White, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Don Ross (Eddie Stark), Dick Tufeld (Announcer (uncredited))
- E15 Heels Over HeadJan 9, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dave and Ken are dropped into a criminal's hunt for $70,000 after Dave refuses the job of protecting a closed-mouth man who leaves behind a letter with a fake address and blank paper inside.
Guest stars: Tim Rooney, Berry Kroeger, Carlos Romero, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Paul Collins (Bertie Simms), William Phipps (Al Owens), George Kennedy (Gabe Buchanan)
- E16 Facts on the FireJan 16, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
A woman has an unusual request of Ken: she wants him to prove that she's guilty of murdering her husband, although she was cleared of wrongdoing by an inquest. Before he begins investigating in earnest Ken is beaten up by some ""admirers"" of the dead man and ordered to make certain his investigation does prove her guilty. The more Ken digs, the more he uncovers that makes it appear that the woman did murder her husband.
Guest stars: Richard Webb, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Julie Adams (Merilee Williams), Dorothy Green (Crystal Martel), Max Baer Jr. (Joe Wilk)
- E17 Yesterday's HeroJan 23, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dave has wounds from the past opened up over his best friend from the Korean War. The man was reported to have been executed by a dictator for aiding revolutionaries, but his widow shows up and claims she wired him money long after the alleged execution. Dave tries to find his old buddy while controlling his feelings for his friend's wife and dealing with the suspicious exiles.
Guest stars: Merry Anders, Joe De Santis, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Dick Tufeld (Announcer (uncredited))
- E18 Thieves Among HonorJan 30, 1961 · 60 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Ellen Corby (Addie Horton), Myron Healey, Alex Gerry, Jane Wald (Joanne White), Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Dick Tufeld (Announcer (uncredited)), Peter Breck (Mark Goodwin)
- E19 License to StealFeb 6, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
A former USO singer who knew Dave in Korea is trying to make a name for herself. To help, she gets a ""gimmick"" - $130,000 worth of jewelry to attract publicity. The ""gimmick"" indeed attracts publicity -- thieves, who rob the nightclub during the show.
Guest stars: Jason Wingreen, Ralph Manza, Vito Scotti, Leonard Stone, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Dick Tufeld (Announcer (uncredited)), Hardie Albright (Mr. Adam), Joseph Ruskin (Christy)
- E20 Race Against TimeFeb 13, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dave is poisoned while flying back to Miami. Ken and Sandy have five hours to find what poison was used in order to save Dave's life. That task is complicated by uncooperative passengers from Dave's flight and the accidental death of the prime suspect, a man Dave once prosecuted.
Guest stars: Fred Crane, John Archer, Angela Greene, Brad Johnson, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Dick Tufeld (Announcer (uncredited)), William Lanteau (Steve Crest), Paul Smith (Bellboy (uncredited))
- E21 Black Orange BlossomsFeb 20, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Barbara Page, a friend of Sandy's, invites him to Jamaica to celebrate a carnival. While there, a friend of Barbara's father dies from a snake bite. Since there are no poisonous snakes on Jamaica, one of the plantation workers, often accused of importing poisonous snakes for voodoo rituals, is the prime suspect. Both Barbara's father and the plantation worker ask Sandy to investigate.
Guest stars: Lester Matthews (Inspector Campbell), Alan Caillou, Kathleen Crowley, Doris Packer, Jack Livesey, Howard Wendell, Charles Lampkin, David Frankham (Ian Smallens)
- E22 The ChaseFeb 27, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dave Thorne aids a murder witness.
Guest stars: Reggie Nalder
- E23 Ghost of a ChanceMar 6, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
A Treasury Department engraver retiree disappears from Bass Creek on his honeymoon. A federal agent thinks he's being forced to work with conterfeiters so she hires Ken, who vacations frequently at Bass Creek. When they arrive, posing as newlyweds, Ken discovers that his old friends have been replaced by new, unfriendly owners.
Guest stars: John Gabriel, Danielle De Metz, Slim Pickens, Russ Conway, Johnny Seven, Claire Kelly
- E24 The Impractical JokerMar 13, 1961 · 60 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Karen Steele, Mala Powers, Robert Colbert (Gary Dawson), Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Dick Tufeld (Announcer (uncredited)), Ted Knight (Tod Edwards), Harold J. Stone (Harry Wilde)
- E25 Inside JobMar 20, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
A man suspects that his bank is going to be robbed because he has seen the pattern before. The police cannot act on hunches, so the man hires Dave to gather information and to possibly infiltrate the group planning the robbery.
Guest stars: Joe Sawyer (Leon Huff), Dolores Donlon, Mary Tyler Moore (Kathy Murlow), Tol Avery, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Michael Harris (Ted Briller)
- E26 Invitation to a PartyMar 27, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
A young woman feels she is being blackmailed to keep an accident from making headlines and ruining her father's chance at political office. To prove her case Sandy poses as the wild son of a millionaire who is in danger of having his inheritance cut off if he gets into trouble.
Guest stars: Ed Nelson, Kaye Elhardt, Sally Kellerman (Roxy), Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Elizabeth MacRae (Carla Wilson)
- E27 Spring TrainingApr 3, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
The manager of a baseball team hires Ken, a one-time aspiring pitcher, to keep tabs on a rookie pitching sensation who may be involved with a bookie.
Guest stars: Will Hutchins (Arky Cooper), Gigi Perreau, Bing Russell, George N. Neise, Barry Kelley, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar)
- E28 Double ImageApr 10, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Sandy meets a beautiful tourist, a woman who has a strange obsessive interest in a local mobster.
Guest stars: Ellen Burstyn (Wandra Drake), Richard Benedict, Brad Dexter, Ann Robinson (Gloria Hale), Ric Roman, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Robert Shayne (Dowell), Charles Seel (Harry Honnegger)
- E29 Circumstantial EvidenceApr 17, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
A performer in a water ski show is blackmailing her former boyfriend. He will lose a multi-million dollar inheritance if he gets married before the age of 30, but she discovers he secretly got married to a rival in the water ski show. When the woman turns up dead, Cha Cha's nephew, who had an almost obsessive crush on her, is implicated in the murder.
Guest stars: Leslie Parrish, Dawn Wells, John Lupton (Curt Maxon), Lisa Gaye, John Beradino, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Mario Roccuzzo (Rafael)
- E30 Vengeance Is BitterApr 24, 1961 · 60 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Guy Stockwell, Peggy McCay, James Seay, Linda Watkins, Neil Hamilton (Judge Denning), Claire Griswold, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar)
- E31 Little Mister KellyMay 1, 1961 · 60 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Richard Benedict, Eddie Quillan, Ed Peck, Irene Hervey (Mrs. Gardner), Ronnie Dapo, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Eve McVeagh (Blossom McKenzie), Billy Nelson (Al (uncredited))
- E32 Spinout at SebringMay 8, 1961 · 60 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: John van Dreelen, Sue Randall, Elizabeth Harrower, Alejandro Rey (Tony Ricardo), Alan Marshal (Larry Littrell)
- E33 The Bhoyo and the BlondeMay 15, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
Kevin Flanagan is a famous, profane novelist vacationing in Miami. He has a love of women and drink, which causes his wife to hire Dave as a bodyguard ""to protect him from himself"". Dave has much more to protect Kevin from: while on a drinking binge he witnessed a murder. The criminals are not sure whether Kevin's alcohol fog will allow him to remember what he saw, so they make arrangements to kill him.
Guest stars: Sue Ane Langdon, Sean McClory, Anthony Caruso, Paula Raymond, Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Snedigar), Marjorie Bennett (Mrs. Shaw), Robert Logan (Bellboy)
- E34 An Overdose of JusticeMay 22, 1961 · 60 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Edward Platt, Richard Coogan, Mara Corday, Judy Lewis, Donna Douglas
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