Spy Television
Titles mentioned in the book Spy Television (Wesley Britton, Praeger Television Collection, 2004).
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- StarsGrant RichardsMel RuickWestbrook Van VoorhisForeign and domestic enemies of the United States are dealt with under the direction of John Randolph, primarily by agent Carter in the first and third seasons, by many different agents the middle year.
- StarsBrian DonlevyHerb ButterfieldLyle Talbot"The Commissioner" sends US special agent Steve Mitchell to exotic locales where he encounters adventure and international intrigue, all played out using extreme violence.
- StarsJerome ThorGerald MohrJames DalyThe experiences of Robert Cannon and Helen Davis, foreign correspondents for "Consolidated News". Stories relate to their attempts to infiltrate and expose espionage rings.
- CreatorJay Richard KennedyStarsBarry SullivanByron KeithDon C. HarveyThe Man Called X was Agent Ken Thurston who took on dangerous cases in a variety of exotic locations. He was sent all around the world by the Intelligence Bureau to gather information and protect U.S interests. His code name is simply X.
- StarsRichard CarlsonJohn ZarembaVirginia StefanHerbert Philbrick's covert life as an FBI spy within the Communist underground, his dual existence fraught with constant peril and the challenge of keeping his espionage activities hidden from family and friends.
- StarsRobert AldaHenk RigtersLous HensenWilliam Thompson, an American intelligence agent, goes on missions deep behind enemy lines to gather information about threats to American security and protect American diplomats abroad.
- StarsRon RandellLionel MurtonRobert GallicoFrank Hawthorne is an agent in World War II's Office of Strategic Services (O. S. S.), the U. S.'s spy agency. He operates behind German lines in France with the assistance of the French Resistance and his assistant, Sergeant O'Brien.
- StarsBrian KeithEdwin ReimersArthur SpaceIn revenge for the Communist government in Poland having sent his mother to a concentration camp where she died, Matt Anders devotes himself to freeing others from totalitarian countries.
- StarsBruce GordonEllis M. ZachariasJohn SuttonThe files of Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias were the basis of this series based on American counterespionage from 25 years in naval intelligence. The stories were connected with the Cold War which required frequent updates supplied by Admiral Zacharias, who served as technical consultant for the series. Bruce Gordon, played Commander Matson who hosted the program and was occasionally featured in several episodes.
- CreatorMichael ArlenStarsCharles McGrawJames FlavinG. Pat CollinsStories of an Espionage Agent.
- StarsDavid HedisonLuciana PaluzziPaul BurkeVictor Sebastian is a successful undercover agent based in Europe. Victor's cover is as a talent agent for singer Simone Genet, who is later a romantic interest. Victor is often aided by his contact, Robertson.
- CreatorRobert BucknerStarsRod TaylorLloyd BochnerJack KruschenGlenn Evans, a two-fisted journalist in Hong Kong, follows up stories involving smugglers, spies, murderers, and beautiful women in distress, with the help of his friend Chief Inspector Neil Campbell.
- StarsRichard StapleyJohn LongdenJohn SerretThe series followed the globetrotting adventures of Anthony Smith (The Man From Interpol) as he sought to bring master criminals from all corners of the globe to justice.
- CreatorPhilip H. Reisman Jr.Edward MontagneEdward J. MontagneStarsRaymond MasseyLouis EdmondsMarcel HillaireRaymond Massey is host and narrator for this anthology series featuring tales of espionage.
- StarsRichard WebbSid MeltonOlan SouleIn 40 episodes, Captain Midnight, of the Secret Squadron, flew around the globe in his personal jet the Silver Dart. He fought various criminals and spies with his comical sidekick Ichabod Mudd aided by a scientist, Dr. Aristotle Jones.
- StarsHarrison SheppardRobert CourtleighBob HastingsThe Atom Squad is a top-secret planetary defense organization faced with challenges from evildoers and malfunctioning machines alike.
- CreatorBill ScottJay WardStarsBill ScottJune ForayPaul FreesRocky, a plucky flying squirrel and Bullwinkle, a bumbling but lovable moose, have a series of ongoing adventures.
- StarsKeith LarsenBarry NelsonBlair DaviesA Spy series where character Bart Adams is a master of disguise. He uses the cover of being an international businessman to fight Communism abroad.
- StarsAlan Hale Jr.Randy StuartJay NovelloA husband-and-wife spy team poses as American importers behind the Iron Curtain.
- CreatorRobert C. DennisStarsCesar RomeroCharles HorvathVictor RomitoThe adventures of a U.S. diplomatic courier, as he travels to distant countries with important communiques to America's allies and dodges enemy agents.
- StarsRussell HaydenJackie CooganPhil ArnoldPat Gallagher and his sidekick Stoney Crockett are Secret Service agents in the Old West, dispatched by the government to investigate crimes threatening the young nation.
- StarsJohn RussellChick ChandlerJohn DaheimTwo soldiers take on jobs to fight injustice.
- StarsDennis MorganJoanna BarnesBrian KellyPrivate investigator Dennis Chase operates with a staff made up of the stunning Lola, new attorney Brian, and talented linguist Jim. Using specific methods they determine the guilty party and leave the rest to the police of an unnamed city.
- DirectorWilliam H. Brown Jr.StarsBarry NelsonPeter LorreLinda ChristianAmerican spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss Le Chiffre while monitoring his actions.
- DirectorTerence YoungHenry LevinStarsSenta BergerStephen BoydYul BrynnerUnited Nations narcotics agents attempt to trace heroin shipments from the Afghanistan-Iran border to the main European distributor.
- StarsMarshall ThompsonArthur FranzMarcia HendersonMarshal Thompson plays a secret agent who is approximately 6 inches tall. He's carried around from one mission to another in a briefcase with a small chair inside.
- StarsRichard ConteJack HawkinsDan DaileyFour men: a British politician, an American journalist in Paris, a lawyer in the U.S., and a Roman hotelier, band together to fight injustice wherever they find it.
- StarsWilliam FranklynPatrick CargillAlan RothwellA British agent starts work in South America.
- StarsTim TurnerLisa DanielyDeborah WatlingWhile working on an invisibility formula, British scientist Dr. Peter Brady (Tim Turner) suffers a tragic accident which turns him invisible. Unfortunately, there is no antidote, so while working on a method to regain his visibility, he undertakes missions for his government stopping bad guys.
- CreatorSam RolfeStarsRobert VaughnDavid McCallumLeo G. CarrollThe two top Agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) fight the enemies of peace, particularly the forces of T.H.R.U.S.H.
- CreatorMichael GarrisonStarsRobert ConradRoss MartinDick CangeyTwo Secret Service agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West.
- StarsRobert CulpBill CosbyKenneth TobeyA pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.
- CreatorMel BrooksBuck HenryStarsDon AdamsBarbara FeldonEdward PlattMaxwell Smart, a highly intellectual but bumbling spy working for the CONTROL agency, battles the evil forces of rival spy agency KAOS with the help of his competent partner Agent 99.
- CreatorSam RolfeStarsStefanie PowersNoel HarrisonLeo G. CarrollThe missions of agent April Dancer of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.
- 19831h 36mTV-PG6.4 (744)TV MovieDirectorRay AustinStarsRobert VaughnDavid McCallumPatrick MacneeWhen THRUSH steals a nuclear weapon and demands a ransom delivered by Napoleon Solo, UNCLE recalls him and his partner to duty.
- StarsRobert VaughnNyree Dawn PorterTony AnholtChallenges abound for worldwide crime-fighting team The Protectors. Organised into a global secret society, their mission is to protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Starring Emmy winner Robert Vaughn "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.".
- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggHonor BlackmanA quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
- StarsPatrick MacneeGareth HuntJoanna LumleySecret agent Steed, working for an unnamed branch of British intelligence, is teamed up with two partners to fight evil plots for world domination, dealing with suspended animation, biological warfare, robotics, and other threats.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsGranville Van DusenMorgan FairchildLen BirmanTwo U.S. Secret Service agents are lured on a bizarre search for their rookie partner who has mysteriously disappeared.Two secret agents set out in search of a missing comrade.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsRobert CulpBill CosbyGeorge NewbernTime passes and things change. So have Scott and Robinson. Scott has become a college professor and Robinson holds a high enough position with the S.S.A.. Actually, their children are now the agents. It's their first mission, and they must babysit some Russian scientists But the loving fathers that they are, follow them to make sure their babies don't get hurt. What happens next is a mix of action and comedy involving the CIA, the KGB, China, and old friends from the old world.
- DirectorPaul LeafStarsBill CosbyTracy ReedSheldon LeonardA veteran American espionage agent is sent with a new partner to Italy, in order to track down 100 pounds of missing plutonium before it can be obtained by terrorists.
- StarsPatrick McGoohanRichard WattisLionel MurtonJohn Drake is a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element which threatened world peace.
- StarsPatrick McGoohanPeter MaddenFrank MaherJohn Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
- CreatorPatrick McGoohanStarsPatrick McGoohanAngelo MuscatPeter SwanwickAfter he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.
- StarsRoger MooreIvor DeanLeslie CrawfordSimon "The Saint" Templar, a wealthy adventurer and 20th-century Robin Hood, travels the world in his white Volvo P1800S, solving unsolvable problems and righting wrongs.
- StarsIan OgilvyGayle HunnicuttStratford JohnsThis series chronicles the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsAndrew ClarkeGeorge RoseKevin TigheSimon Templar returns to New York via Concorde and is feeling restless, until a note from an old flame surfaces.
- DirectorIan ToyntonStarsSimon DuttonGayle HunnicuttDavid RyallSleuth Simon Templar ties a London baby's kidnapping to a black-market baby ring based in Brazil.
- DirectorDennis BerryStarsSimon DuttonJohn AstinSabine NaudSimon Templar uses twin sisters and a rare Russian necklace to trap a ruthless American in Paris.
- DirectorMarijan David VajdaStarsSimon DuttonGünther Maria HalmerArielle DombasleSimon Templar's Berlin weekend with a girlfriend includes a spy, a terrorist and missiles for sale.
- DirectorDonald CrombieStarsSimon DuttonRebecca GillingEd DevereauxSimon Templar thwarts a Hong Kong syndicate's takeover of a businessman's Australian fun park.
- DirectorPaolo BarzmanStarsSimon DuttonMorgan BrittanyJerry Di GiacomoSimon Templar and a newswoman track down the front man for a deadly corporate takeover.
- DirectorHenry HerbertStarsSimon DuttonDavid RyallDinsdale LandenSimon Templar solves a case of slain scientists with a Russian-American beauty and her computer.
- StarsTony CurtisRoger MooreLaurence NaismithTwo worlds collide when Lord Brett Sinclair, a titled British man, and Danny Wilde, a Bronx-raised, self-made American, reluctantly join forces to right wrongs and protect the innocent.
- CreatorBruce GellerStarsPeter GravesBarbara BainGreg MorrisAn elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
- CreatorBruce GellerStarsPeter GravesThaao PenghlisAntony HamiltonAn elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsRobert ConradRoss MartinPaul WilliamsWest and Gordon come out of retirement to find out who is replacing world leaders with lookalikes. They go to Arizona where the son of their old enemy is found, and with his arsenal of weapons, is a bigger threat than his father ever was.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsRobert ConradRoss MartinJonathan WintersRobert Conrad and Ross Martin reprise their roles as Secret Service agents of the 1890s.
- CreatorDouglas HeyesStarsWilliam ShatnerRichard KielDave TurnerThe wild wild west adventures of 19th-century agents Jeff Cable and Cash Conover.
- CreatorEric MorrisStarsBruce CampbellAngela Marie DotchinStuart DevenieJack Stiles, American spy stationed on a South Pacific island in the early 19th century, teams up with no nonsense British agent Emilia Rothschild to stop Napoleon's colonizing efforts. Jack's alter ego is the Zorro-esque Daring Dragoon.
- CreatorGavin ScottStarsFrancesca HuntMichel CourtemancheChris DemetralThe fantastic steampunk adventures of the future science fiction writer and his friends, the Foggs and Passepartout.
- CreatorMel BrooksBuck HenryStarsDon AdamsBarbara FeldonEdward PlattMaxwell Smart, a highly intellectual but bumbling spy working for the CONTROL agency, battles the evil forces of rival spy agency KAOS with the help of his competent partner Agent 99.
- CreatorLuther DavisDavid LevyStarsRed ButtonsFred ClarkZeme NorthMild-mannered accountant Harry Phyfe is recruited by a US counterintelligence agency to impersonate a dead foreign agent who was his opposite in all respects except appearance.
- DirectorGary NelsonStarsDon AdamsBarbara FeldonBernie KopellSmart is called back to duty as KAOS is back causing trouble again with a 'weather machine'.
- CreatorMichael J. Di GaetanoLawrence GayStarsDon AdamsAndy DickElaine HendrixMaxwell Smart, now Chief of Control, has to deal with his own bumbling secret agent, his son Zach.
- CreatorElliott BakerStarsWinston RekertJonathan WelshDixie SeatleV.H. Adderly, a former James Bond style operative for I.S.I., is given a desk job in the Department of Miscellaneous Affairs after losing function in his left hand- the result of torture by enemy agents. He hates the mundane assignments he is given, thumbs his nose at protocol, and somehow manages to dig up a threat to national security or a spy at every turn. Melville Greenspan, his boss, is an insecure life long pencil pushing bureaucrat, who seems concerned only with not making waves and making sure that the proper forms are filled out. He is afraid that Adderly's snooping will result in his being fired. Mona is the efficient department clerk/secretary, almost bored with her work and longing for excitement (and a date with V.H.). She often covered for Adderly, and would occasionally help him on assignments, sometimes with Greenspan's permission.
- CreatorJohn McNamaraIvan RaimiSam RaimiStarsLinden AshbyAllison SmithBruce McCartyLorne and Max are spies in the post-Cold War age of espionage.
- StarsVictor PlattMartin LyderMaxwell ShawAn anthology series telling different and unrelated stories of espionage set in many countries and historical periods.
- CreatorLarry CohenWalter GraumanStarsRobert GouletChristine CarèreJohn van DreelenAn American correspondent pretends to go over to the Germans in World War II but is instead working for the officially neutral United States against Hitler.
- CreatorRichard LevinsonWilliam LinkStarsDon FrancksMarino MaséJohn LeytonThe Jericho team is a trio of Allied specialists who operate as intelligence agents and saboteurs behind German lines. Franklin Sheppard of American Army Intelligence is their commanding officer and chief planner. Jean-Gaston Andre of the Free French Air Force is the team's demolitions and weapons expert. Nicholas Gage of the British Navy is a former circus performer (high-wire artist) whose specialty is getting in and out of German installations.
- StarsSteve ForrestSue LloydPaul FerrisStories of an antique dealer who is really an undercover agent.
- StarsCraig StevensTracy ReedPaul MaxwellMichael Strait is a high-flying photo-journalist and a real Man of the World. His business takes him to every corner of the world and every corner of society and with his eye for trouble it proves to be an irresistible combination.
- StarsBurt KwoukClemence BettanyCarlos ThompsonArgentinian shipping agent Carlos Varela (Carlos Thompson) finds that the people using his services often need a lot more of his help than purely shipping goods.
- CreatorJohn GouldStarsDinsdale LandenSimon OatesPeter DyneleyThriller series set in the fictional European country of Amalia and dealing with the political interests of the British, American and Communist espionage communities within.
- StarsDinsdale LandenSimon OatesPeter ArneThriller series about the espionage operations of the British secret service agents stationed in the fictional European country of Amalia.
- CreatorMonty BermanDennis SpoonerStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsAn elite department within Interpol, Department S inherits those cases which the other member groups have failed to solve.
- CreatorJohn NewlandStarsDana WynterRobert LansingMurray HamiltonAmerican agent Peter Murphy is trying to escape from East Berlin when he encounters his exact double, millionaire playboy Mark Wainwright. After Wainwright is mistaken for him and killed by the KGB, Murphy assumes his identity and lifestyle, which makes a perfect cover for his covert activities. Wainwright's widow, Eva, discovers the deception but plays along, and soon finds herself falling in love with the impostor.
- CreatorFrank D. GilroyStarsGene BarryGary ConwayRegis ToomeyThe millionaire captain of the LAPD homicide division is driven to the crime scenes in his 1962 Rolls-Royce by his loyal chauffeur.
- CreatorGwen BagniPaul DubovStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonBruceAfter her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.
- CreatorMonty BermanDennis SpoonerStarsGene BarryBarry MorseCatherine SchellBasically an updating of Gene Barry's "Amos Burke, Secret Agent" character, Gene Bradley is a wealthy government agent, who, posing as an American movie star, travels the globe in search of adventure, intrigue and danger.
- CreatorRichard HarrisDennis SpoonerStarsRichard BradfordRicardo MontezWarren StanhopeMcGill (known as "Mac") is a former U.S. intelligence agent based in London. After being thrown out of the agency for something he did not do, he finds his infamous reputation has preceded him everywhere he goes. To make ends meet he takes odd and intriguing "private eye" jobs throughout Europe, all the while trying to clear his name.
- CreatorRoland KibbeeStarsRobert WagnerFred AstaireMalachi ThroneThe adventures of suave cat burglar Alexander Mundy, who plies his trade for the U.S. Government.
- CreatorSam RolfeStarsLaurence LuckinbillDean JaggerAnne JeffreysThe adventures of government agent Glenn Garth Gregory and his photographic memory.
- StarsRobert ConradCharles CioffiAnton DiffringThe adventures of rugged American spy Jake Webster.
- CreatorCliff GouldStarsRobert ConradDan O'HerlihyJi-Tu CumbukaSloane is a freelance spy. Although he doesn't work for the government, he frequently accepts assignments from The Director, a head of a secret government agency. He's assisted by Torque, a man with a detachable hand (which can be replaced by a variety of implements drills, guns, and what-not).
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsRobert LoganDan O'HerlihyPenelope WindustPilot for the television series A Man Called Sloane (1979).
- CreatorLeslie StevensStarsHugh O'BrianDoug McClureAnthony Franciosa"World Securities", an international high-tech private investigation company, employs field operatives who are aided by implanted audio receivers and who carry tiny cameras and telemetry units which can be attached to tie tacks or rings. Each episode featured one of three (O'Brian, Franciosa, McClure) agents on a particular investigation, which usually had political elements. Meredith played the "director" of the investigations, as leader of the expert team who remained at headquarters monitoring and providing the agent with intelligence. Other experts included a computer hacker (such as they were portrayed in the early 70's), someone fluent as a translator in several languages, and a doctor.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsHugh O'BrianElke SommerBurgess MeredithHigh-tech investigations company World Securities uses Agents, called Probes, to solve various international cases, such as the retrieval of a famous diamond collection stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
- CreatorMonty BermanDennis SpoonerStarsStuart DamonAlexandra BastedoWilliam GauntAfter a plane carrying three Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.
- StarsLee MajorsRichard AndersonMartin E. BrooksAfter a severely injured test pilot is rebuilt with nuclear-powered bionic limbs and implants, he serves as an intelligence agent.
- DirectorRichard IrvingStarsLee MajorsBarbara AndersonMartin BalsamAfter an astronaut and test pilot is catastrophically mutilated in a test plane crash, he is rebuilt and equipped with nuclear powered bionic limbs and implants.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsLee MajorsRichard AndersonAlan OppenheimerAfter a failed mission, Steve Austin goes on vacation and gets a second chance to stop an arms dealer.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsLee MajorsRichard AndersonAlan OppenheimerA criminal organization, known as "O.S.O.", specializes in kidnapping high ranking U.S. representatives. Although Colonel Steve Austin has already thwarted one of their kidnappings, he is unable to stop them from grabbing William Henry Cameron right from under O.S.I.'s nose. O.S.O. demands one billion dollars in gold, and Oscar Goldman takes the opportunity to try and lure them out into the open. Meanwhile, Steve accompanies Dr. Erica Bergner, who is testing a new method of brain transferal, in order to find out where Cameron is being kept.
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonStarsLindsay WagnerRichard AndersonMartin E. BrooksAfter fully recovering from her nearly fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.