The Beachcomber (TV series)

*The Beachcomber*
The Beachcomber
Also known as	Mystery Adventure: The Beachcomber
Genre	Adventure fiction
Created by	Walter Newman
Written by	Robert Sabaroff
Starring	Cameron Mitchell; Don Megowan; Sebastian Cabot; Santy Josol
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	39 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Robert Stambler
Producer	Nat Perrin
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Everglade Productions
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	20 February –; 13 November 1962

The Beachcomber is a Filmmasters/ITC Entertainment adventure TV series which ran for one series of 39 episodes in 1961.^[1]

Plot[edit]

John Lackland, a rich advertising executive from San Francisco,^[2] retires from the rat race to become a beachcomber on the island of Amura in the South Pacific.^[1] While Lackland "searches for the true meaning of life" he helps people who are in difficult situations.^[2]

Captain Huckabee is Lackland's friend, and Tarmu is Lackland's houseboy. Andrew Crippen is commissioner of Amura, and the Reverend Snow is the priest there. Kallea and Alfy are other friends of Lackland, and Alfy is a bartender.^[2]

Main cast[edit]

Cameron Mitchell as John Lackland^[2]
Don Megowan as Captain Huckabee^[2]
Sebastian Cabot as Commissioner Andrew Crippen^[2]
Bill Hess as Alfy^[2]
George Mitchell as the Reverend Snow
Joan Staley as Linda
Jerry Summers as Tarmu^[2]
Stan Josol as Kallea^[2]

Guest stars in the series included Adam West, Frank Silvera and Cesar Romero

Episode list[edit]

The Brooch
The Shark Affair
Pat Hand
The Hijackers
Forbidden Island
The Chase
Captain Huckabee's Beard
The Taming of Andrew
Death Do Us Part
The Larcenous Lover
Girl in Hiding
Honor Bound
Tambu
The Black Pearl
Charlie Six Kids
Empty Village
The Floating Fortune
Honest Larceny
Neilani
Mr. Winters
Rongorongo Man
The Day of the Whale
The Fugitive
The Mask of Talugi
Home to Roost
Devil in Paradise
The Reward
Tribal Law
Flight to Freedom
Long Live the Sultan
The Prodigal Pretender
The Spaniard
Man with a Guitar
The Ransom
The Search for Robert Herrick
The Two-Sided Triangle
A Rooster Named Red
Roll of Thunder
Paradise Lost

Production[edit]

Beachcomber was filmed on location in Winter Park, Florida.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Erickson, Hal (1989). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987'. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 107. ISBN 0-7864-1198-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Terrace, Vincent (January 10, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-7864-8641-0. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
^ Stern, Harold (August 12, 1961). "Florida-Flavored South Pacific". The Record. New Jersey, Hackensack. p. 42. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[edit]

[st-1] Erickson, Hal (1989). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987'. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 107. ISBN 0-7864-1198-8.

[etvs-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Terrace, Vincent (January 10, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-7864-8641-0. Retrieved May 17, 2023.

[3] Stern, Harold (August 12, 1961). "Florida-Flavored South Pacific". The Record. New Jersey, Hackensack. p. 42. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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