Surfside 6

Total Seasons :2Total Episodes : 74

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...

Episodes(34)

Country Gentleman

1. Country Gentleman

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.

Air Date : 1960-10-03

High Tide

2. High Tide

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.

Air Date : 1960-10-10

The Clown

3. The Clown

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.

Air Date : 1960-10-17

According to Our Files

4. According to Our Files

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.

Air Date : 1960-10-24

Local Girl

5. Local Girl

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.

Air Date : 1960-10-31

Par-a-kee

6. Par-a-kee

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.

Air Date : 1960-11-07

Deadly Male

7. Deadly Male

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.

Air Date : 1960-11-14

Power of Suggestion

8. Power of Suggestion

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.

Air Date : 1960-11-21

Odd Job

9. Odd Job

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.

Air Date : 1960-11-28

The International Net

10. The International Net

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.

Air Date : 1960-12-05

The Frightened Canary

11. The Frightened Canary

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.

Air Date : 1960-12-12

Girl in the Galleon

12. Girl in the Galleon

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.

Air Date : 1960-12-19

Bride and Seek

13. Bride and Seek

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.

Air Date : 1960-12-26

Little Star Lost

14. Little Star Lost

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.

Air Date : 1961-01-02

Heels Over Head

15. Heels Over Head

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.

Air Date : 1961-01-09

Facts on the Fire

16. Facts on the Fire

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.

Air Date : 1961-01-16

Yesterday's Hero

17. Yesterday's Hero

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.

Air Date : 1961-01-23

Thieves Among Honor

18. Thieves Among Honor

Air Date : 1961-01-30

License to Steal

19. License to Steal

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.

Air Date : 1961-02-06

Race Against Time

20. Race Against Time

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.

Air Date : 1961-02-13

Black Orange Blossoms

21. Black Orange Blossoms

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.

Air Date : 1961-02-20

The Chase

22. The Chase

Dave Thorne aids a murder witness.

Air Date : 1961-02-27

Ghost of a Chance

23. Ghost of a Chance

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.

Air Date : 1961-03-06

The Impractical Joker

24. The Impractical Joker

Air Date : 1961-03-13

Inside Job

25. Inside Job

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.

Air Date : 1961-03-20

Invitation to a Party

26. Invitation to a Party

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.

Air Date : 1961-03-27

Spring Training

27. Spring Training

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.

Air Date : 1961-04-03

Double Image

28. Double Image

Sandy meets a beautiful tourist, a woman who has a strange obsessive interest in a local mobster.

Air Date : 1961-04-10

Circumstantial Evidence

29. Circumstantial Evidence

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.

Air Date : 1961-04-17

Vengeance Is Bitter

30. Vengeance Is Bitter

Air Date : 1961-04-24

Little Mister Kelly

31. Little Mister Kelly

Air Date : 1961-05-01

Spinout at Sebring

32. Spinout at Sebring

Air Date : 1961-05-08

The Bhoyo and the Blonde

33. The Bhoyo and the Blonde

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.

Air Date : 1961-05-15

An Overdose of Justice

34. An Overdose of Justice

Air Date : 1961-05-22

Cast

Troy Donahue
Troy Donahue

(Sandy Winfield II)

Van Williams
Van Williams

(Ken Madison)

Lee Patterson
Lee Patterson

(Dave Thorne)

Diane McBain
Diane McBain

(Daphne Dutton)

Margarita Sierra

(Cha Cha O'Brien)

Don 'Red' Barry
Don 'Red' Barry

(Lt. Snedigar)

Dick Tufeld

(Announcer (uncredited))

John van Dreelen

( - )

Ray Danton
Ray Danton

( - )

Sue Ane Langdon
Sue Ane Langdon

( - )

Richard Benedict
Richard Benedict

( - )

Robert Colbert
Robert Colbert

(Gary Dawson)

Kaye Elhardt

( - )

Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight

( - )

Ric Roman
Ric Roman

( - )

Vito Scotti
Vito Scotti

( - )

Joe De Santis
Joe De Santis

( - )

Grant Williams
Grant Williams

(Keith Minter)

Michael Harris

(Eddie Geer)

Charles Seel

(Hotel Clerk (uncredited))

Leslie Parrish
Leslie Parrish

( - )

Warren Stevens
Warren Stevens

( - )

Karen Steele
Karen Steele

( - )

Joel Grey
Joel Grey

(Willy)

Fred Crane

( - )

Robert Rockwell
Robert Rockwell

( - )

Guy Stockwell
Guy Stockwell

( - )

Raymond Bailey
Raymond Bailey

(Reginald Dutton)

Marjorie Reynolds
Marjorie Reynolds

( - )

Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn

(Wandra Drake)

Lester Matthews
Lester Matthews

(Inspector Campbell)

Sue Randall
Sue Randall

( - )

Joan Marshall
Joan Marshall

( - )

Tom Gilson
Tom Gilson

( - )

Joby Baker
Joby Baker

( - )

John Gabriel
John Gabriel

( - )

Richard Webb
Richard Webb

( - )

Mike Garrett

( - )

Will Hutchins
Will Hutchins

(Arky Cooper)

Edward Platt
Edward Platt

( - )

George D. Wallace
George D. Wallace

(Jim Elliot)

Joe Sawyer
Joe Sawyer

(Leon Huff)

Reggie Nalder
Reggie Nalder

( - )

John Archer
John Archer

( - )

Peggy McCay
Peggy McCay

( - )

Dawn Wells
Dawn Wells

( - )

Danielle De Metz
Danielle De Metz

( - )

Del Moore
Del Moore

( - )

Gary Conway
Gary Conway

( - )

Mala Powers
Mala Powers

( - )

Dolores Erickson

( - )

Rhodes Reason
Rhodes Reason

( - )

Paul Carr
Paul Carr

( - )

Chad Everett
Chad Everett

( - )

Tim Rooney
Tim Rooney

( - )

Rusty Wescoatt

( - )

Merry Anders
Merry Anders

( - )

Alan Caillou

( - )

Gigi Perreau
Gigi Perreau

( - )

Richard Coogan
Richard Coogan

( - )

Ben Welden
Ben Welden

(Joe Bundy)

Victor Buono
Victor Buono

(Mr. Beamish)

Dolores Donlon
Dolores Donlon

( - )

Robert Ridgely
Robert Ridgely

( - )

Ellen Corby
Ellen Corby

(Addie Horton)

Constance Ford
Constance Ford

( - )

Eddie Quillan
Eddie Quillan

( - )

Sean McClory
Sean McClory

( - )

Jason Wingreen
Jason Wingreen

( - )

Mike Road
Mike Road

( - )

John Hubbard
John Hubbard

( - )

Frank Ferguson
Frank Ferguson

( - )

Dick Haynes

( - )

Kathleen Crowley
Kathleen Crowley

( - )

Angela Greene
Angela Greene

( - )

Ralph Manza
Ralph Manza

( - )

Burt Mustin
Burt Mustin

( - )

Ed Nelson
Ed Nelson

( - )

Anthony Caruso
Anthony Caruso

( - )

Mara Corday
Mara Corday

( - )

Hal Baylor
Hal Baylor

( - )

Bing Russell
Bing Russell

( - )

Alvy Moore
Alvy Moore

(Herbert Colter)

John Lupton
John Lupton

(Curt Maxon)

Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot

(Alan Crandell)

Slim Pickens
Slim Pickens

( - )

Myron Healey
Myron Healey

( - )

James Seay
James Seay

( - )

Ed Peck
Ed Peck

( - )

Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore

(Kathy Murlow)

Brad Dexter
Brad Dexter

( - )

Frank De Kova
Frank De Kova

(Stinger)

Alex Gerry
Alex Gerry

( - )

Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell

( - )

Ann Robinson
Ann Robinson

(Gloria Hale)

Lisa Gaye
Lisa Gaye

( - )

Elizabeth Harrower
Elizabeth Harrower

( - )

Tony Longo
Tony Longo

( - )

David White
David White

( - )

Berry Kroeger
Berry Kroeger

( - )

Barbara Woodell
Barbara Woodell

(Mrs. Gilbert)

Linda Watkins
Linda Watkins

( - )

Tol Avery
Tol Avery

( - )

Doris Packer
Doris Packer

( - )

Judy Lewis
Judy Lewis

( - )

Brad Johnson
Brad Johnson

( - )

Paula Raymond
Paula Raymond

( - )

George N. Neise
George N. Neise

( - )

Holly Bane

( - )

Russ Conway
Russ Conway

( - )

Donna Douglas

( - )

Gregg Palmer
Gregg Palmer

( - )

Jean Willes
Jean Willes

( - )

Jack Livesey
Jack Livesey

( - )

Leonard Stone
Leonard Stone

( - )

Johnny Seven
Johnny Seven

( - )

John Beradino

( - )

Irene Hervey
Irene Hervey

(Mrs. Gardner)

Barry Kelley
Barry Kelley

( - )

Neil Hamilton
Neil Hamilton

(Judge Denning)

Pepe Hern

( - )

Sherry Jackson
Sherry Jackson

(Jill Murray)

Carlos Romero
Carlos Romero

( - )

Claire Kelly
Claire Kelly

( - )

Claire Griswold
Claire Griswold

( - )

Howard Wendell
Howard Wendell

( - )

Charles Lampkin
Charles Lampkin

( - )

Sally Kellerman
Sally Kellerman

(Roxy)

Jane Wald

(Joanne White)

Carol Forman
Carol Forman

(Mrs. Jordon)

Darlene Fields
Darlene Fields

(Mrs. Haney)

Ronnie Dapo

( - )

Alfred Shelly

(Ted)

Ted de Corsia
Ted de Corsia

(Correro)

Jacqueline deWit
Jacqueline deWit

(Manager)

Laurie Mitchell
Laurie Mitchell

(Gloria Elliot)

Gladys Hurlbut
Gladys Hurlbut

(La Contessa)

Paul Bryar
Paul Bryar

(Al Denitch)

Dean Fredericks
Dean Fredericks

('Deep' Waters)

Nick Dimitri
Nick Dimitri

(Cop (uncredited))

Don Ross
Don Ross

(Eddie Stark)

William Lanteau
William Lanteau

(Steve Crest)

Paul Smith
Paul Smith

(Bellboy (uncredited))

Robert Shayne
Robert Shayne

(Dowell)

Mario Roccuzzo
Mario Roccuzzo

(Rafael)

Eve McVeagh
Eve McVeagh

(Blossom McKenzie)

Billy Nelson
Billy Nelson

(Al (uncredited))

Marjorie Bennett
Marjorie Bennett

(Mrs. Shaw)

Robert Logan
Robert Logan

(Bellboy)

Hardie Albright
Hardie Albright

(Mr. Adam)

Joseph Ruskin
Joseph Ruskin

(Christy)

Sam Gilman
Sam Gilman

(Dan Norwin)

Alejandro Rey
Alejandro Rey

(Tony Ricardo)

Alan Marshal
Alan Marshal

(Larry Littrell)

David Frankham
David Frankham

(Ian Smallens)

Myrna Fahey
Myrna Fahey

(Ann Trevor)

Albert Carrier
Albert Carrier

(Andre Martine)

Claude Akins
Claude Akins

(Mike Hogan)

Sol Gorss

(Thug (uncredited))

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