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24 Episodes 1974 - 1975
Episode 1
Tue, Sep 10, 1974 60 mins
A real-estate swindle leads to four murders, including that of a professor who voiced displeasure in his new property. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Brewer: Robert Foxworth. Madge: Tyne Daly. Irene: Laraine Stephens. Carter: Richard Evans.
Episode 2
Tue, Sep 17, 1974 60 mins
After being charged with embezzling from an investment firm, a comptroller fakes his death to avoid arrest. Lloyd Kellner: Lawrence Pressman. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Bernice Kellner: Jessica Walter. Stamens: Peter Mark Richman. Freels: William Schallert. Moore: Richard Bull. Betty: Lee Meriwether.
Episode 3
Tue, Sep 24, 1974 60 mins
While Barnaby tries to uncover motives surrounding a man's unlikely suicide, another detective is busy covering up the facts. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Sheila: Joan Van Ark. Stevenson: Charles Aidman. Nancy: Priscilla Pointer. Kathy: Cheryl Miller.
Episode 4
Tue, Oct 1, 1974 60 mins
An imprisoned dying man makes a deal with a murderer to take the rap for the man's crimes, just as long as he will financially take care of his wife after he's gone. But when the deal goes sour, Barnaby is hired to see to it that justice is served.
Episode 5
Tue, Oct 8, 1974 60 mins
Three otherwise ordinary guys who carpool together plan a $335,000 heist, but when things go horribly wrong and it turns into a case of murder, Barnaby Jones gets involved.
Episode 6
Tue, Oct 15, 1974 60 mins
A guy who works for a bail bonds woman who's a friend of Barnaby's, is coerced by a man who wants to be bailed out so that he could sell some stuff he has and says he'll cut him in. But tries to pull a fast one but the guy finds the man and kills him and takes the loot. He gets rid of the body. The bonds woman asks Barnaby to find the man or she'll forfeit the bond. He tries to sell the stuff but the man's partner whom he also cheated wants his share.
Episode 7
Tue, Oct 29, 1974 60 mins
A man who works for an insurance company is killed when a guy attacks him and throws him down an elevator. The police think it's an accident but the man's wife doesn't think so, so she hires Barnaby to investigate. What they don't is that the man was providing a group of thieves with info on various clients so they can rob them. And the man who killed him is the leader who just got out of prison. It seems that the man was getting together with the leader's girl who's also a member of the gang.
Episode 8
Tue, Nov 12, 1974 60 mins
A insurance settlement rests on the outcome of an investigation of a motorcycle manufacturer's death. Carolyn: Mariette Hartley. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Steve Rollins: James Luisi. Frances: Claudette Nevins. Betty: Lee Meriwether. Pete: Gerald McRaney.
Episode 9
Tue, Nov 19, 1974 60 mins
A singer who hit it big goes back to her hometown to perform. She runs into her ex who is now dating someone else, and the girl he is dating is very insecure when the singer is with him. She confronts the singer, and the singer hits her knocking her out. Her manager who likes the singer tells her that she's dead but in actuality is not. He tells the singer to leave and he'll handle it, he wakes her up and he gets her out before anyone sees her. They talk and he wants her to pretend to be dead.
Episode 10
Tue, Nov 26, 1974 60 mins
After a dinner guest dozes off, his host steals his diamond. Colby: Laurence Luckinbill. Claire: Ellen Weston. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. George: Kent Smith. Kurt: Kaz Garas. Biddle: John Carter. Andy: Val Avery. Marcel: Than Wyenn.
Episode 11
Tue, Dec 3, 1974 60 mins
On the day a cattleman intends to withdraw his money from the bank, he's murdered in his corral. Ellen Blazeford: Lois Nettleton. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Dr. Tucker: Ed Flanders. Sheriff: Richard O'Brien. Gail: Renee Jarrett. Bert: John Findlater. Betty: Lee Meriwether.
Episode 12
Tue, Dec 10, 1974 60 mins
A newsman photographs evidence that an industrialist is involved with the syndicate. Montgomery: Don Porter. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Larry Colter: Joel Fabiani. Brock: Stephen Elliott. Hilary: Jane Merrow. Mrs. Tatum: Peggy McKay. Betty: Lee Meriwether.
Episode 13
Tue, Dec 31, 1974 60 mins
A mother wants to contact her runaway daughter, who is now married to a contract killer. Clay: Peter Strauss. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Vicki: Darleen Carr. Lester: Geoffrey Deuel. Timmer: Norman Alden. Cheryl: Bonnie Ebsen.
Episode 14
Tue, Jan 7, 1975 60 mins
After a marital spat, a wife leaves to meet a football player for a rendezvous that proves fatal. Mark Rainey: Nick Nolte. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Jennifer Rainey: Sheila Larken. Feather Tanner: Marc Singer. Paul Craig: Simon Scott. Biddle: John Carter. Maynard Bates: Bucklind Beery. Ken: Jordan Rhodes.
Episode 15
Tue, Jan 21, 1975 60 mins
A woman kills her father-in-law when the man refuses to give in to her demands for money. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Melissa: Pamela Franklin. Brad: Robert Pine. Arthur: Ed Power. Junie: Kristina Holland. Meg: Phyllis Thaxter. Stranton: Bill Quinn. Betty: Lee Meriwether.
Episode 16
Tue, Feb 4, 1975 60 mins
An escaped convict hires Barnaby to prove that he didn't fire the bullet that killed a judge. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Dennis Kelly: Mitchell Ryan. Biddle: John Carter. Sylvia Albin: Jacqueline Scott. Rex Turner: Robert Mandan. Joan Whitley: Patricia Estrin.
Episode 17
Tue, Feb 11, 1975 60 mins
Barnaby is hired to find a friend's missing son. Chris: John Rubinstein. Warren: Hilly Hicks. Michelle: Katherine Cannon. Irene Thurston: Joan Hotchkis. John B. Thurston: Dennis Patrick. Ronston: Paul Comi. Hansberry: Robert Florea. Lt. Taylor: Vince Howard.
Episode 18
Tue, Feb 18, 1975 60 mins
A film director sets up a death trap for his leading man. Darrin: Tom Skerritt. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Mitchell: Dennis Cole. Phyllis: Sharon Spelman. Iris: Audra Lindley. Sheriff Whalen: Stacy Keach Sr. Bob Tarcher: Tony Monaco.
Episode 19
Tue, Feb 25, 1975 60 mins
A nervous-breakdown victim is led to the verge of a relapse by a series of bizarre events. Kay: Shirley Knight. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Vincent: Quinn Redeker. Ann: Jane Elliot. Dan: Joshua Bryant. Sheriff: Kenneth Tobey. Steven: Sander Johnson.
Episode 20
Tue, Mar 11, 1975 60 mins
An actor-turned-businessman murders his partner, and then frames his double for the crime. Vince/Rick: Monte Markham. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Shirley: Katherine Justice. Reston: Linden Chiles. Marty: Jamie Farr. Ted: Mark Roberts. Bell Captain: William Beckley.
Episode 21
Tue, Mar 18, 1975 60 mins
An attorney is murdered after he learns the identity of swindlers who prey on women. Travis: Bradford Dillman. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Sylvia: Marj Dusay. Ruth: Mariclare Costello. Betty: Lee Meriwether.
Episode 22
Tue, Mar 25, 1975 60 mins
Two con artists murder a victim who has caught on to their game. Della: Penny Fuller. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Tim: Michael Callan. Wade: Wayne Tippit. Charlie: Jonathan Lippe. Norm: Jack Riley. Bruno: Alex Henteloff.
Episode 23
Tue, Apr 1, 1975 60 mins
Barnaby is on the trail of a double agent who stole a porcelain collection. Jennings: Eric Braeden. Barnaby: Buddy Ebsen. Radford: Bernard Fox. Albright: John Anderson. Caroline: Karen Carlson. Biddle: John Carter. Harry: Harvey Jason.
Episode 24
Tue, Apr 15, 1975 60 mins
Barnaby is hired to reinvestigate a murder case in which a woman is found innocent by a jury but guilty by the townspeople. Florence: Sharon Acker. Nora: Arlene Golonka. Eugene: Ben Piazza. Russ Madden: Roger Perry. Lori: Devon Ericson. Harold: John Devlin.