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34 Episodes 1961 - 1962
Episode 1
Wed, Oct 4, 1961 60 mins
Sills and Corey hit the campaign trail when an attempt is made on Gov. Tom Barker's life. Barker: Ralph Bellamy. DeWitt: Chester Morris. Corey: Tony George. Anne: Patricia Huston. Jim: Wright King. Sills: Doug McClure. Castleberry: Oliver McGowan.
Episode 2
Wed, Oct 11, 1961 60 mins
Hyatt had Luther Gage sent to prison for murder. A year later, Gage sends him a note vowing revenge. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Sills: Doug McClure. Devlin: Jack Betts. Corey: Tony George. Vicky: Ina Victor.
Episode 3
Wed, Oct 18, 1961 60 mins
A romantic triangle, an escaped convict and a murder plot add up to an exciting vacation for Dr. Hyatt. Lorna: Dorothy Malone. Shay: John Dehner. Gil: Ed Nelson. Garvin: Steve Gravers. Jed: Doug McClure. Corey: Tony George. Bain: Lew Gallo.
Episode 4
Wed, Oct 25, 1961 60 mins
Jocko Townsend was once denied parole because of Hyatt, and now he wants to kill him in revenge. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Corey: Tony George.
Episode 5
Wed, Nov 1, 1961 60 mins
Gina Burton is a photo-journalist who has pictures that prove sensitive to a prominent men's club. In an effort to fend off an intruder trying to gain possession of the pictures while she's developing them, she accidentally gets acid in her eyes, resulting in permanent blindness. Hired to provide protection, Corey also helps her cope with her blindness.
Episode 6
Wed, Nov 8, 1961 60 mins
Checkmate is asked to prove that a migrant worker is innocent of murder. Thurston: Henry Jones. Jodi: Diana Lynn. Corey: Tony George. Sills: Doug McClure. Pedro: Vladimir Sokoloff. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Winslow: Philip Ober.
Episode 7
Wed, Nov 15, 1961 60 mins
Disc jockey Johnny Wilder stepped on many people on his way to the top. Now someone's trying to step on Wilder---permanently. Corey: Tony George. Phyllis: Dianne Foster. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Roberts: James Lydon. Lewis: Norman Burton. Sills: Doug McClure. Electrician: Charles Seel.
Episode 8
Wed, Nov 22, 1961 60 mins
An old flame of Corey's, artist Zoe Kamens, learns that she has been tricked into forging some valuable paintings. Corey: Tony George. Whit: John Kerr. Nordstrom: Jacques Aubuchon. Sills: Doug McClure. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot.
Episode 9
Wed, Nov 29, 1961 60 mins
Corey and Sills try to find out who wants to kill architect Howard Gentry. Corey: Tony George. Sills: Doug McClure. Ann: Audrey Dalton. Proprietor: Sam Hearn. Mrs. Welch: Sheila Bromley.
Episode 10
Wed, Dec 13, 1961 60 mins
Passed over for a promotion, detective Dave Harker is looking for a chance to get even with the man he holds responsible. Corey: Tony George. Cullry: Dennis Patrick. Hope: Diana van der Vlis. Devlin: Jack Betts. Freddy: Milton Selzer. Sills: Doug McClure. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot.
Episode 11
Wed, Dec 27, 1961 60 mins
An amnesiac, fearing the man who claims to be her husband, calls Checkmate for help. Corey: Tony George. Weston: Charles Drake. Sills: Doug McClure. Farrell: Robert Brubaker. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Miss Treadwell: Helen Brown.
Episode 12
Wed, Jan 3, 1962 60 mins
Checkmate, Inc. is hired to protect comedian Jack Bowen, the victim of several murder attempts. Corey: Tony George. Sills: Doug McClure. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Emory: Otto Kruger. Jo Ann: Tina Louise. Cole: Ed Mallory. Queen: Suzanne Noel.
Episode 13
Wed, Jan 10, 1962 60 mins
Hot-tempered actress Victoria Page is suspected of trying to murder Julie Emhart, who's having an affair with Victoria's boyfriend. Corey: Tony George. Sills: Doug McClure. Chapin: Jack Lord. Julie: Carole Eastman. Felix: Emile Genest. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Hoffman: Russ Conway. Grace: Gail Bonney.
Episode 14
Wed, Jan 17, 1962 60 mins
A beauty-farm owner asks Corey to find a missing employee. Hazly: Herschel Bernardi. Sills: Doug McClure. Countess: Harriet MacGibbon. Jinx: Cliff Norton. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot.
Episode 15
Wed, Jan 24, 1962 60 mins
Young Eddie Phillips reacts violently to the news that his father is an embezzler: he tries to kill Hyatt. Laura: Dina Merrill. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Rudy: Robert Ellenstein. Sills: Doug McClure. Corey: Tony George. Conrad: Dan Sheridan. Detective: Glenn Turnbull.
Episode 16
Wed, Jan 31, 1962 60 mins
Fran Davis, manager of a yacht club, asks Corey to probe an attempt made on a friend's life. Corey: Tony George. Kane: John Baragrey. Dunc: Stephen Franken. Phillips: Paul Tripp. Walter: Wilton Graff. Ken: George Neise. Martha: Lucy Prentis. Sills: Doug McClure. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot.
Episode 17
Wed, Feb 7, 1962 60 mins
Attorney John Baker hires someone to kill him. When he changes his mind, he learns that the plans can no longer be canceled. Malloy: Stafford Repp. Martha: Mary La Roche. Ainslee: Kent Smith. Corey: Tony George. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Sills: Doug McClure. Gloria: Elaine Edwards.
Episode 18
Wed, Feb 14, 1962 60 mins
Actor Richard Gilmore thinks it was no accident that a falling prop nearly killed him. Beatrice: Margaret Phillips. Corey: Tony George. Sills: Doug McClure. Price: John Emery. Leona: Patricia Kane. Kirk: Chet Stratton. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot.
Episode 19
Wed, Feb 21, 1962 60 mins
The leader of a foreign underground movement, exiled to the U.S., has been followed by an assassin. Martha: Signe Hasso. Corey: Tony George. Sills: Doug McClure. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Paul: Noah Keen. Leder: Werner Klemperer.
Episode 20
Wed, Feb 28, 1962 60 mins
Freed after her imprisonment for espionage, Karen Vale is harassed by an angry mob---and enemy agents. Corey: Tony George. Marcia: Joyce Van Patten. Vesey: Stuart Nisbet. Sills: Doug McClure. Eric: Warren Stevens. Mrs. Creighton: Anne Seymour. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot.
Episode 21
Wed, Mar 7, 1962 60 mins
Sills infiltrates a hobo village to keep an eye on one of its residents, who's about to inherit a large sum of money. Doc: Myron McCormick. Hokey: Dabbs Greer. Corey: Tony George. Stamper: Sean McClory. Gloria: Anne Benton. Singer: Dean Stanton. Baines: Jay Adler. Barbara: Eve Brent. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot.
Episode 22
Wed, Mar 14, 1962 60 mins
Daniel Brack seeks the details about his wealthy father's death, but his family is strangely reticent. Esther: Mary Astor. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Martin: Frank Overton. Sills: Doug McClure. Felice: Olive Sturgess. Paul: Ford Rainey.
Episode 23
Wed, Mar 21, 1962 60 mins
Hyatt dons a monk's garb to trap two escaped convicts hiding out in a monastery. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Gresch: James Coburn. Weiler: Nick Adams. Father Dunne: Alan Napier. Sills: Doug McClure.
Episode 24
Wed, Mar 28, 1962 60 mins
Who is trying to stop Judge Leland McIntyre from reenacting a famous murder case---and why? Sills: Doug McClure. Evelyn: Lori March. Dresher: Philip Abbott. Joanna: Carolyn Craig.
Episode 25
Wed, Apr 4, 1962 60 mins
Marcy Woodruff's brother doesn't like her boyfriend and threatens to end the match---with violence, if necessary. Marcy: Suzanne Lloyd. Phil: Robert Colbert. Corey: Tony George. Sills: Doug McClure. Tate: Tom Reese. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot.
Episode 26
Wed, Apr 11, 1962 60 mins
Wealthy art patroness Laraine Whitman asks Checkmate to investigate mysterious events at her lakeside home. Sills: Doug McClure. Hope: Susan Oliver. Devlin: Jack Betts. Meade: Lee Philips. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Clark: Phillip Pine. Sharon: Cathie Merchant. Corey: Tony George.
Episode 27
Wed, Apr 18, 1962 60 mins
Dr. James Low comes to Checkmate for help when he learns that his wife is being blackmailed. Helen: Nobu McCarthy. Kuong: James Hong. Ling Chow: Teru Shimada. Corey: Tony George.
Episode 28
Wed, Apr 25, 1962 60 mins
Gamblers threaten an editor with dire consequences unless he stops attacking them in his newspaper. Cynthia: Bethel Leslie. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Sills: Doug McClure. Devlin: Jack Betts. Hartman: Oliver McGowan. Wismer: Frank Maxwell. Mildred: Dorothy Green.
Episode 29
Wed, May 2, 1962 60 mins
Chip Damion has been badly beaten and his wife wants Checkmate to find out why. Corey: Tony George. Jean: Julie Adams. Sills: Doug McClure. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Diedrich: Sandy Kenyon. Bigelow: Joseph Hoover.
Episode 30
Wed, May 9, 1962 60 mins
Prominent Washingtonian Frederic Haley seeks help from Corey to protect his girlfriend---to the dismay of his wife and son (Peter Helm). Louise: Anna Lee. Diane: Maxine Stuart. Sills: Doug McClure. Pauline: Kathleen Crowley. Dr. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot.
Episode 31
Wed, May 16, 1962 60 mins
Earl Stoner's control of his corporation is being challenged by someone ruthless enough to stoop to murder. Stoner: Edward Binns. Quentin: Earl Holliman. Corey: Tony George. Sills: Doug McClure. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Ed: Paul Birch. Cholly: Stanley Adams. Margo: Ellen McCrea.
Episode 32
Wed, May 23, 1962 60 mins
Three heirs, each fearing the others' greed, ask Checkmate for protection. Corey: Tony George. Maria: Ilka Windish. Wladyslaw: Milton Selzer. Conductor: Oscar Beregi. Boris: Daniel Ocko. Trent: Larry Ward. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Anton: Stefan Schnabel.
Episode 33
Wed, Jun 6, 1962 60 mins
Businessman Bryson Jennings disappears before his scheduled speech at a convention. Hyatt is recruited to replace him---and then find him. Mary: Ilka Chase. Vicki: Susan Kohner. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot. Paul: Don Dubbins. Joe: Joe De Santis. Corey: Tony George. Sills: Doug McClure.
Episode 34
Wed, Jun 20, 1962 60 mins
Johnny Kay and Pete O'Mara, a top singing team, have been quarreling. Then Johnny's life is threatened. O'Mara: Buddy Ebsen. Kay: Paul Carr. Corey: Tony George. Palmer: Ed Nelson. Devlin: Jack Betts. Barbara: Judith Braun. Ralston: Robert B. Williams. Sills: Doug McClure. Max: Tyler McVey. Hyatt: Sebastian Cabot.