Walter Newman
Director
The Beachcomber (1962)
Season 1
The Beachcomber was an ITC Entertainment adventure TV series which ran for one series of 39 half-hour episodes in 1962. Narrated by Cameron Mitchell, the series followed a rich executive who retired from the rat-race to become a beachcomber on a small South Pacific island.
Released Feb. 20, 1962
Episode 30 min
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S1E1 - The Brooch
Lackland's nearly broke---and facing deportation. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Crippen: Sebastian Cabot. Mika: Rosael Lopez. Ah Ling: Benson Fong. Loeuwan: Wilton Graff. Mrs. Loeuwan: Dolores Donlong. Saluku: Frank Puglia.
Feb. 20, 1962, midnight
S1E2 - The Shark Affair
Feb. 27, 1962, midnight
S1E3 - Pat Hand
Lackland's evening at the Icehouse Bar is interrupted by a poker player itching for action. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Taffy: Laya Raki. Dibley: Dub Taylor.
March 6, 1962, midnight
S1E4 - The Hijackers
Trader Peter Noord suspects his son has joined a band of pirates---who are hijacking his ships. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Carl: Wynn Pearce. Malola: Allen Jaffe. Sim: Al Ruscio. Lah-Ring: Arthur Batanides. Chris: Jim Ricketts. Kollea: Santy Josol.
March 13, 1962, midnight
S1E5 - Forbidden Island
Searching for a missing aviatrix, Lackland and a newspaperman meet hostile islanders. Davis: Warren Arnett. Borlund: Robert Cannon. Constance: Mary Sullivan. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell.
March 20, 1962, midnight
S1E6 - The Chase
March 27, 1962, midnight
S1E7 - Captain Huckabee's Beard
Customs officers have a suspicion that a new arrival is a wanted thief. Howland: Hugh Sanders. Beth: Lisa Gaye. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Kollea: Santy Josol. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell.
April 3, 1962, midnight
S1E8 - The Taming of Andrew
April 10, 1962, midnight
S1E9 - Death Do Us Part
Success has eluded artist Patrick Wrightwood and now his wild fits of temper are threatening his marriage. Peggy: Grace Raynor. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Butcher: Don Haggerty. Captain: Bob Cannon. Policeman: Art Spector.
April 17, 1962, midnight
S1E10 - The Larcenous Lover
April 24, 1962, midnight
S1E11 - Girl in Hiding
May 1, 1962, midnight
S1E12 - Honor Bound
May 8, 1962, midnight
S1E13 - Tambu
May 15, 1962, midnight
S1E14 - The Black Pearl
May 22, 1962, midnight
S1E15 - Charlie Six Kids
May 29, 1962, midnight
S1E16 - Empty Village
June 5, 1962, midnight
S1E17 - The Floating Fortune
June 12, 1962, midnight
S1E18 - Honest Larceny
June 19, 1962, midnight
S1E19 - Neilani
June 26, 1962, midnight
S1E20 - Mr. Winters
July 3, 1962, midnight
S1E21 - Rongorongo Man
Hidden treasure is the lure when Maeva Ormsby and Carl Bensinger come to Amura in search of a Rongorongo man. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Maeva: Rhea Vernon. Bensinger: Charles Martin. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Kollea: Santy Josol. Hatura: Francis McDonald. Alfy: Bill Hess.
July 10, 1962, midnight
S1E22 - The Day of the Whale
July 17, 1962, midnight
S1E23 - The Fugitive
The day after a GI is married to a Polynesian girl, he's found murdered. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Tahia: Mary Stevens. Ross: Raymond Guth. Womack: Don O'Kelly. Kahiuti: Allen Jung. Lovaina: Anita Sands. Weldan: Warren Arnett.
July 24, 1962, midnight
S1E24 - The Mask of Talugi
July 31, 1962, midnight
S1E25 - Home to Roost
Huckabee wagers Lackland's ketch---and loses. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Boyle: Hal Baylor. Diaz: Johnny Golden.
Aug. 7, 1962, midnight
S1E26 - Devil in Paradise
Lackland takes a wounded youth to the island surgeon---then discovers the medic lost a hand during the war. Duval: John Vivyan. Martone: Michael Constantine. Taki: Mark Randall. Tara: Jill Chen. Mana: Alice Pruitt.
Aug. 14, 1962, midnight
S1E27 - The Reward
Huckabee joins a police search for a murder suspect. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Dominguez: Frank Silvera. Selas: Michael Pate.
Aug. 21, 1962, midnight
S1E28 - Tribal Law
The chief's brother has appendicitis---but it's a taboo to cut a man with a knife. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Wahilla: Gordon Kee. Mahkei: Arthur Batanides. Sartal: Allen Jaffe. Kahlana: Dana Ivey.
Aug. 28, 1962, midnight
S1E29 - Flight to Freedom
Lackland tries to help a sailor from behind the Iron Curtain who has jumped ship. Guben: Grant Lockwood. Krasny: Cesar Romero. Ilana: Frances Fong. Slovenz: Larry Chance. Garvey: Terence de Marney. Kollea: Santy Josol.
Sept. 4, 1962, midnight
S1E30 - Long Live the Sultan
Sept. 11, 1962, midnight
S1E31 - The Prodigal Pretender
Sept. 18, 1962, midnight
S1E32 - The Spaniard
Joaquin Perez claims his daughter has been kidnapped and asks Lackland to find her. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Gabrielle: Anita Sands. Riola: Happy Ison. Amkers: Grant Lockwood.
Sept. 25, 1962, midnight
S1E33 - Man with a Guitar
Oct. 2, 1962, midnight
S1E34 - The Ransom
Huckabee's boasts of wealth incite a stranger to seek easy money. Varda: Frank Silvera. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Tanya: Lisa Gaye. Jagat: Earl Parker. Constable: Joe Budd.
Oct. 9, 1962, midnight
S1E35 - The Search for Robert Herrick
Oct. 16, 1962, midnight
S1E36 - The Two-Sided Triangle
Knute Erickson's convinced Maria Mitsui is a fortune hunter and plots to expose her. Erickson: Walter Brooke. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Huckabee: Don Megowan. McBride: Alan Hale.
Oct. 23, 1962, midnight
S1E37 - A Rooster Named Red
A man leaves his daughter in the care of Huckabee, who wastes no time in turning the responsibility over to Lackland. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Lily: Marianna Hill. Dinty: Hal Baylor.
Oct. 30, 1962, midnight
S1E38 - Roll of Thunder
Lackland helps the police search for dynamite peddlers. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Brink: Russ Bender. Tate: Wade Jones. Huckabee: Don Megowan.
Nov. 6, 1962, midnight
S1E39 - Paradise Lost
A missionary's daughter falls in love with an amnesic, but her father questions the man's past. Jimmy: Carleton Carpenter. Liane: Anne Helm. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Snow: George Mitchell. Native: Lou English.
Nov. 13, 1962, midnight
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Feb. 20, 1962
Last Air Date: Nov. 13, 1962, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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