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32 Episodes 1964 - 1965
Episode 1
Wed, Sep 16, 1964 60 mins
Tilson goes undercover as a surfer to find the murderer of a young actress. Mrs. Romaine: Dorothy Lamour. Murdock: Dewey Martin. Bates: Theodore Bikel. Warren: Macdonald Carey. Burke: Gene Barry. Libby: Sharon Farrell. Maxine: Marlyn Mason. Tilson: Gary Conway. Cassie: Joan Patrick.
Episode 2
Wed, Sep 23, 1964 60 mins
A comedian interrupts his act to take a nip---and drops dead. Miss Lily: Gloria Swanson. Jester: Eddie Foy Jr. Miss Cathcart: Gypsy Rose Lee. Watt: Phil Harris. Witt: Jim Backus. Charlie Who: William Demarest. Burke: Gene Barry. Swift: Gene Nelson. Alpha Zeta: Shary Marshall.
Episode 3
Wed, Sep 30, 1964 60 mins
When socialite Cassandra Cass is murdered, Burke's suspects are the four people Cassandra was blackmailing. Hooper: Louis Nye. Weems: William Bendix. Burke: Gene Barry. Athelstone: Nancy Kovack. King: Shelley Berman. Eve: Lola Albright. Jason: Nehemiah Persoff. Bessie: Elsa Lanchester.
Episode 4
Wed, Oct 7, 1964 60 mins
Charles Lee Horne's phone call to Burke is cut off when the model-agency owner is shot. Devlin: David Wayne. Claudia: Vera Miles. Lynch: John Saxon. Felice: Terry Moore. Metcalf: Ed Platt. Burke: Gene Barry. Tilson: Gary Conway. Les: Regis Toomey. Samantha: Claire Kelly.
Episode 5
Wed, Oct 14, 1964 60 mins
Four men attending a stag party won't leave standing up: someone has poisoned them. Gloria: Arlene Dahl. Connie: Margaret Leighton. Felice: Corinne Calvet. Miranda: June Havoc. Phoebe: Susan Silo. Burke: Gene Barry. Butterfield: Alan Mowbray. Tilson: Gary Conway. Intern: Norman Leavitt.
Episode 6
Wed, Oct 21, 1964 60 mins
Burke journeys to a Western ghost town to probe the death of a coin collector. Alkali: Ed Begley. Trader: Fred Clark. Pete: Sheldon Leonard. Sundance: Nick Adams. Xenobia: Diane McBain. Annie: Patsy Kelly. Burke: Gene Barry. Tilson: Gary Conway.
Episode 7
Wed, Oct 28, 1964 60 mins
A gold St. Christopher medal is Burke's only clue in the electrocution-murder of a hotel magnate. Rowena: Nanette Fabray. Yaeger: Dane Clark. Adrian: Martha Hyer. Burke: Gene Barry. Galbraith: Edgar Bergen. Linda: Barbara Eden. Kelso: Alvy Moore. Millicent: Bara Byrnes. Bruce: William Baskin. Tilson: Gary Conway.
Episode 8
Wed, Nov 4, 1964 60 mins
Burke looks into the murder of a wealthy woman who was about to change her will. Jay Boy: Dean Stockwell. Effie Mae: Anne Helm. Maniletha: Ida Lupino. Wingfield: Charlie Ruggles. Cleveland: Victor Jory. Burke: Gene Barry. Garnet: Dub Taylor. Girl: Mary Ann Mobley. Rebecca: Quinn O'Hara.
Episode 9
Wed, Nov 11, 1964 60 mins
Someone tried to shoot Nicholas Amenor, the richest man in the world---but he missed and killed the bookkeeper instead. Amenor: Ricardo Montalban. Sakito: Pilar Seurat. Rafer Brothers: Smothers Brothers. Perry: George Hamilton. Elaine: Diana Lynn. Burke: Gene Barry. Dana: Karen Sharpe.
Episode 10
Wed, Nov 25, 1964 60 mins
The DeArmand Sisters, a singing trio, are suddenly a duet---someone slipped Alicia some poison. Renee: Juliet Prowse. Lana: Diane McBain. Ross: Steve Cochran. Dudley: Hal March. Burke: Gene Barry. DeArmand: Eduardo Ciannelli. Manzini: Stanley Adams. Kyles: Peter Leeds.
Episode 11
Wed, Dec 2, 1964 60 mins
Burke is mystified: a stuntman was shot while submerged in a coffin. McCoy: Paul Lynde. Pinky: Jill St. John. Max: Nick Adams. Burke: Gene Barry. Danberry: Charlie Ruggles. Violet: Janet Blair.
Episode 12
Wed, Dec 9, 1964 60 mins
A businessman with a very shady reputation is found slain in a hotel elevator. Pepe: Hans Conried. Harold: Burgess Meredith. Burke: Gene Barry. Clarissa: Rhonda Fleming. Atherton: Dan Duryea. Corporal: Broderick Crawford. Aurora: Mamie Van Doren. Tilson: Gary Conway. Les: Regis Toomey.
Episode 13
Wed, Dec 16, 1964 60 mins
A police chief, attending a convention for the world's foremost detectives, is murdered. Toto: J. Carrol Naish. House: Carl Reiner. Foxe: Thomas Gomez. Bascule: Ed Begley. Ilona: Zsa Zsa Gabor. Burke: Gene Barry. O'Hara: Art Lewis. Tilson: Gary Conway.
Episode 14
Wed, Dec 23, 1964 60 mins
Gourmet Alexander Dukette is found dead---hanging from a meat hook in his refrigerator. Knox: Dick Clark. Connie: Gloria De Haven. Sharon: Janis Paige. Cross: Don Rickles. Burke: Gene Barry. Hayes: Leif Erickson. Tilson: Gary Conway. Les: Regis Toomey. Miss Smith: Bek Nelson. Butler: Gil Stuart. Lucinda: Jean Ingram.
Episode 15
Wed, Dec 30, 1964 60 mins
Burke probes a magnate's drowning. Ulla: Ruta Lee. Maharanee: Sheree North. Jonas: Cesar Romero. Court: Broderick Crawford. Haight: Dennis Day. Voltran: Reginald Gardner. Burke: Gene Barry.
Episode 16
Wed, Jan 6, 1965 60 mins
A wrestler named the Strangler has been permanently pinned---by a poison dart. Anna: Annette Funicello. Hirt: Frankie Avalon. Rocky: Robert Middleton. Lorraine: Jeanne Crain. Burke: Gene Barry. Mrs. Barrett: Una Merkel. Terri: Mary Ann Mobley. Sally Lou: Quinn O'Hara. Rosie: Sharyn Hillyer.
Episode 17
Wed, Jan 13, 1965 60 mins
A woman who called herself Mother Goose wrote children's books---until someone strangled her with a typewriter ribbon. Miss Frost: Lola Albright. Valerie: Ann Blyth. Burke: Gene Barry. Little John: George Hamilton. Abernathy: Jan Murray. Girl: Kathy Kersh. Perkins: Walter Pidgeon. Lolita: Suzanne Cupito. Tilson: Gary Conway.
Episode 18
Wed, Jan 20, 1965 60 mins
A toy manufacturer starts to light his cigar and is blown to bits. Melissa: Abbe Lane. Harder: Chill Wills. Psyche: Joan Caulfield. Serena: Martha Hyer. Stack: Louis Nye. Burke: Gene Barry. Tilson: Gary Conway. Grabber: Richard Hale. Percy: Jon Sargent.
Episode 19
Wed, Jan 27, 1965 60 mins
Someone killed old Rosie Sunset, a Hollywood character who sold maps showing where the stars live. Arthur Poindexter: Eddie Albert. Leonide: Hans Conried. Waldo: Dennis Day. Cleo: Sheree North. Maximillian: Russ Tamblyn. Burke: Gene Barry. Vanya: Francine York. George: Michael Fox. Mathilde: Lisa Seagram. Tilson: Gary Conway. Les: Regis Toomey. Henry: Leon Lontoc. Wife: Alice Backes. Husband: Jonathan Hole.
Episode 20
Wed, Feb 3, 1965 60 mins
Someone slipped tennis champ Wimbledon Hastings a dynamite-filled ball. Newman: Nick Adams. Olesen: Edgar Bergen. Nonnie: Gale Storm. Helen: Debra Paget. Romana: Marie Wilson. Burke: Gene Barry. Gloria: Teri Lee. Forrest: Vic Dana. Tilson: Gary Conway. Hastings: George Atkinson.
Episode 21
Wed, Feb 10, 1965 60 mins
Burke knows that cyanide killed a financier but he doesn't know how the poison was given. Nicely: Macdonald Carey. Newpenny: Billy De Wolfe. Laurel: Diana Hyland. Beulah: Martha Raye. Piedmont: Don Rickles. Burke: Gene Barry. Monty: Joe Higgins. Tilson: Gary Conway. Lab Man: Michael Fox.
Episode 22
Wed, Feb 17, 1965 60 mins
Cowboy star Clayton Steele is murdered in full view of the rodeo audience---but that doesn't make the killer easier to find. Mars: Fernando Lamas. Terry: Virginia Mayo. Windsor: Robert Middleton. Balakirov: Telly Savalas. Vanessa: Barbara Eden. Alistair: Nancy Kovack. Spiegel: Alvy Moore.
Episode 23
Wed, Feb 24, 1965 60 mins
As part of their act, 13 clowns pile into a car, but only 12 come out alive---and that's not part of the act. Ariella: Corinne Calvet. Alexis: Joan Caulfield. Rena: Betty Hutton. Gideon: Terry-Thomas. Gogi: Jack Weston. Burke: Gene Barry. Hubie: Grady Sutton.
Episode 24
Wed, Mar 3, 1965 60 mins
In Burke's absence, Tilson and Les probe the murder of a department-store janitor. Denise: Joan Bennett. Carr: Edd Byrnes. Maggie: Arlene Dahl. Hawthorne: Paul Lynde. Webb: Bert Parks. Tilson: Gary Conway. Les: Regis Toomey. Alexander: Jonathan Hale.
Episode 25
Wed, Mar 17, 1965 60 mins
Burke's Mexico vacation goes sour: he's charged with killing a Hollywood columnist. Alvaro: Cesar Romero. Seamway: Steve Cochran. Honoria: Eartha Kitt. Manfred: Theodore Bikel. Mimsy: Janice Rule. Burke: Gene Barry. Samantha: Lisa Gaye.
Episode 26
Wed, Mar 24, 1965 60 mins
Burke hunts down the killer of a policeman-friend. Anders: Hal March. Armand: Ricardo Montalban. Nikki: Terry Moore. Melinda: Susan Strasberg. Piante: James Whitmore. Burke: Gene Barry. Jacobs: Herbie Faye.
Episode 27
Wed, Mar 31, 1965 60 mins
Burke investigates the death of an author who collapsed after a fist fight at a party. D.D. Booker: Lola Albright. Ashley: Rory Calhoun. Clement: Tom Ewell. Cissy: Diane McBain. Tree: Steve Brodie. Burke: Gene Barry. Curtis: Kevin McCarthy. Tilson: Gary Conway. Les: Regis Toomey.
Episode 28
Wed, Apr 7, 1965 60 mins
The opening performance of Hamlet is disrupted when the lead player is murdered. Collins: John Cassavetes. Duggan: Eddie Foy Jr. James: Basil Rathbone. Starlington: Edward Everett Horton. Pauline: Agnes Moorehead. Burke: Gene Barry. Eileen: Susan Bay. Sandra: Nina Shipman. Andre: Paul Micale. Tilson: Gary Conway.
Episode 29
Wed, Apr 14, 1965 60 mins
Burke investigates the murder of a prominent physician and the disappearance of the doctor's wife. Doris: Gloria Grahame. Bullock: John Ireland. Dixon: Sal Mineo. Leonardo: Paul Richards. Burke: Gene Barry. Clara: Una Merkel. Maddox: Lennie Weinrib.
Episode 30
Wed, Apr 21, 1965 60 mins
Burke and female private detective Honey West are both investigating the same murder case. Honey: Anne Francis. Sam Bolt: John Ericson. Jocko: Steve Forrest. Miss Friendly: Nancy Gates. Backwell: Louis Hayward. Maitland: George Nader. Vera Selby: Jan Sterling. Burke: Gene Barry. Tim: Gary Conway. Henry: Leon Lontoc.
Episode 31
Wed, Apr 28, 1965 60 mins
A concert pianist hits the wrong note---blowing him to bits. Ghoul: Ed Begley. Algernon: John Cassavetes. Penny: Martha Hyer. Maria: Marilyn Maxwell. Kasimer: Nehemiah Persoff. Club Manager: Hugh Hefner. Burke: Gene Barry. Tim: Gary Conway.
Episode 32
Wed, May 5, 1965 60 mins
The party's over for greeting-card magnate Valentine Holliday---he's been poisoned. Rockett: Les Crane. Handy: Wally Cox. Ambrosia: Jill Haworth. Quatrain: Eddie Bracken. Burke: Gene Barry. Goodie: Hazel Court. Receptionist: Quinn O'Hara. Tim: Gary Conway. Les: Regis Toomey.