Dr. Kildare

1961

Dr. Kildare

7 | en | Drama

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP58 Reckoning (4)

Apr. 05,1966

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EP57 New Doctor in Town (3)

Apr. 04,1966

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EP56 A Strange Sort of Accident (2)

Mar. 29,1966

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EP55 Mercy Or Murder (1)

Mar. 28,1966

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EP54 Travel a Crooked Road (2)

Mar. 22,1966

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EP53 A Sometimes Distant Spring (1)

Mar. 21,1966

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EP52 Read The Book,Then See The Picture (2)

Mar. 15,1966

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EP51 The Art Of Taking A Powder

Mar. 14,1966

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EP50 Out of a Concrete Tower (5)

Mar. 08,1966

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EP49 The Taste of Crow (4)

Mar. 07,1966

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EP48 What Happened to All the Sunshine and Roses? (3)

Feb. 28,1966

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EP47 A Patient Lost (2)

Feb. 22,1966

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EP46 The Encroachment (1)

Feb. 21,1966

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EP45 No Other Road (4)

Feb. 15,1966

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EP44 I Can Hear the Ice Melting (3)

Feb. 14,1966

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EP43 Some Tales for Halloween (2)

Feb. 08,1966

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EP42 Few Hearts, Few Flowers (1)

Feb. 07,1966

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EP41 These Hands That Heal (4)

Feb. 01,1966

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EP40 Adrift in a Sea of Confusion (3)

Jan. 31,1966

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EP39 Gratitude Won't Pay the Bills (2)

Jan. 25,1966

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EP38 A Cry from the Street (1)

Jan. 24,1966

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EP37 Never So Happy (6)

Jan. 18,1966

Justin Post is determined to appear on television with evangelist Andrew Webb despite the danger to himself and the effect of his actions on his daughter.

EP36 The Next Thing to Murder (5)

Jan. 17,1966

Dr. Kildare feels that he must prevent Justin Post from making a television appearance. He plans to do it by declaring the former atheist mentally incompetent.

EP35 The Last to Believe in Miracles (4)

Jan. 11,1966

Amy Post learns that her father wants to join Dr. Webb in his evangelistic crusade.

EP34 A Sort of Falling in Love (3)

Jan. 10,1966

Amy Post seeks a medical explanation for her father's abrupt conversion from atheism to religion after his near brush with death.

EP33 A Quick Look at Glory (2)

Jan. 04,1966

A reporter tricks Andrew Webb into implying that Justin Post's heart attack may have been divine punishment.

EP32 The Atheist and the True Believer (1)

Jan. 03,1966

Dr. Gillepsie expects fireworks: Attorney Justin Post, an outspoken atheist, will be visiting the hospital at the same time as evangelist Andrew Webb.

EP31 Duet for One Hand (2)

Dec. 28,1965

Gillespie is impressed with intern Jessie Martel's handling of patient Frederic Foray, a temperamental pianist whose career is threatened by Parkinson's disease.

EP30 Perfect is too Hard to Be (1)

Dec. 27,1965

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EP29 With This Ring (4)

Dec. 21,1965

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EP28 When Shadows Fall (3)

Dec. 20,1965

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EP27 In Roman Candel's Bright Glare (2)

Dec. 14,1965

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EP26 From Nigeria with Love (1)

Dec. 13,1965

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EP25 To Visit One More Spring (2)

Dec. 07,1965

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EP24 Something Old, Something New (1)

Dec. 06,1965

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EP23 Going Home (4)

Nov. 30,1965

Despite a serious heart ailment, Joe Quinlan competes in a strenuous pool tournament to win the money for his daughter's hospital bill.

EP22 The Tent-Dwellers (3)

Nov. 29,1965

Joe Quinlan becomes the talk of Blair Hospital when he slips out of his sick bed to hustle a wealthy patient in a pool game.

EP21 A Gift of Love (2)

Nov. 23,1965

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EP20 Fathers and Daughters (1)

Nov. 22,1965

Sister Benjamin is forced to give up her missionary work when she's stricken with leukemia, an illness she hides from her father.

EP19 Aftermath (7)

Nov. 16,1965

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EP18 Hour of Decision (6)

Nov. 15,1965

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EP17 A Little Child Shall Lead Them (5)

Nov. 09,1965

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EP16 Welcome Home, Dear Anna (4)

Nov. 08,1965

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EP15 Wives and Losers (3)

Nov. 02,1965

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EP14 Toast the Golden Couple (2)

Nov. 01,1965

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EP13 The Life Machine (1)

Oct. 26,1965

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EP12 Daily Flights to Olympus (2)

Oct. 25,1965

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EP11 With Helfire and Thunder (1)

Oct. 19,1965

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EP10 A Pyrotechnic Display (6)

Oct. 18,1965

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EP9 Now: the Mummy (5)

Oct. 12,1965

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EP8 Enough La Boheme for Everybody (4)

Oct. 11,1965

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EP7 Some Doors are Slamming (3)

Oct. 05,1965

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EP6 Life in the Dance Hall: F-U-N (2)

Sep. 28,1965

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EP5 The Bell in the Schoolhouse Tolls for Thee (1)

Sep. 27,1965

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EP4 Horizontal Hero (4)

Sep. 21,1965

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EP3 Web of Hate (3)

Sep. 20,1965

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EP2 A Life for Life (2)

Sep. 14,1965

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EP1 Behold the Great Man (1)

Sep. 13,1965

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Released: 1961-09-27 | Released Producted By: MGM Television , Arena Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Richard Chamberlain , Raymond Massey , Eddie Ryder

Director

Norman Felton

Producted By

MGM Television , Arena Productions

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Reviews

raysond Premiering on NBC's prime-time schedule on September 28,1961, "Dr. Kildare" became a widely successful television series that was based on the theatrical MGM "Dr. Kildare" movies starring Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore that were released in theaters during the 1930's and 1940's. There was also a successful radio version of "Dr. Kildare" that became a household name within itself even before it made the transition to television by the early-1960's. The television series quickly achieved success and made a star of Richard Chamberlain,who played the title role(along with an ABC medical drama "Ben Casey" that premiered at the same time but premiered a week after "Dr. Kildare" on October 2,1961)that inspired many television series dealing with the medical field.Produced with the American Medical Association along with the Physicians Advisory Committee and the Hospital of the Good Samaritan of Greater Los Angeles for their valuable assistance the television series "Dr. Kildare" became one of the biggest prime-time successes at NBC produced a total of 191 episodes airing from September 28,1961 until August 30,1966. Out of the 191 episodes that were produced a total of 135 hour long episodes were in black and white for Seasons 1 thru 4 from September 28,1961 until May 11,1965(with the exception of "The Burning Sky" in Season 2 that was in color). Then on September 13,1965 for it's fifth and final season,the show went from it's hour long format to an half-hour weekly format and the series was now in color for 56 episodes airing from September 13,1965 until April 5,1966. Repeated episodes of it's fifth and final season continued in constant airings until August 30,1966. Seasons 1 thru 4 of "Dr. Kildare" were on Thursday nights in prime-time for NBC. The fifth and final season saw the series moved from Thursday nights to Tuesday nights for the remainder of it's run.Under the creation of James Komack and producers Norman Felton and David Victor(who served as executive producers of this series under there production company Arena Productions/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and NBC),the series like the MGM film series of the same title(1938-1942) centered around the young intern Dr. Kildare(Richard Chamberlain) working at the fictional metropolitan "Blair General Hospital" to learn his profession,and dealing with not only the problems of the patients,but confronting medical issues while winning the respect of the Senior Dr. Leonard Gillespie(Raymond Massey) while surrounded by all artistic obstacles both personal and professional. The results of this series was riveting drama with big name guest stars to boot along with the superior writing. The result gave the series three Prime Time Emmy Nominations for Best New Series and Best Actor in a Television Series and won Richard Chamberlain the Golden Globe in 1963 for Best Outstanding Actor in a Television Series. The list of big time writers for this series consisted of Gene Roddenberry, Douglas Benton, Don Brinkley, Sy Salkowitz, E. Jack Neuman, Arthur Weiss, Al C. Ward, Christopher Knopf, Edward J. Lakso, Chester Krumholz, Phillip Saltzman, William Bast, to Theodore Apstein, Louis S. Peterson, Jerry De Bono, and Jim Thompson. The big time list of directors who made "Dr. Kildare" a standard quality of great entertainment included Jack Arnold, Alvin Ganzer, Don Medford, Marc Daniels, Alf Kjellin, Leo Penn, Ida Lupino, Lawrence Dobkin, to John Brahm, John Newland, Herschel Daugherty, Sydney Pollack, James Goldstone, Alexander Singer, Boris Sagel, Paul Wendkos and David Friedkin along with James Komack, Richard C. Sarafian, Don Taylor and Elliott Silverstein.In addition to the recurring characters including Ken Berry, Jud Taylor, Jean Inness, Robert Paget, Joan Patrick, John Napier and Cynthia Stone among others big name guest stars ranging from Leslie Nielsen, Lee Meriwether, Hayden Rourke, Diane Baker, William Shatner, Robert Redford, James Mason, Boris Karloff, Suzanne Pleshette, Robert Culp, Yvette Mimieux, Ricardo Montalban, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Vaughn, Ed Asner, to Sorrell Booke, James Best, Dick York, James Franciscus, Richard Beymer, Ross Martin, Donna Douglas, Fred Astaire, Barbara Parkins, William Schallert, Dean Jagger, James Earl Jones, Diana Sands, Gene Hackman, Greg Morris, Angie Dickinson, Kim Hunter, Carroll O'Connor, Basil Rathbone, Edgar Buchanan, Steven Hill, Anne Francis, Joanne Linville, Charles Bronson, Jack Lord, James Coburn, Burgess Meredith, Yvonne Craig, and George Kennedy. Several great episodes of "Dr. Kildare" do stand out as brilliant and I will start the show's pilot episode "Twenty Four-Hours". Other great episodes "An Island Like A Peacock", "The Administrator", "An Ungodly Act", "One for the Road", "For The Living", "The Chemistry of Anger", the two-part "Tyger,Tyger", to "To Each His Own Prison", "The Good Luck Charm","Whoever Heard Of A Two-Headed Doll?","A Miracle For Margaret" just to name a few. The phenomenal success of "Dr. Kildare" was a landmark series for many reasons largely because it let audiences see for the first time a show that combined high drama and medical information that was unheard of when this series premiered in 1961. And it has been much imitated.

visionar7 I was 13 when the episodes of 'Tyger 'Tyger' with Yvette Mimieux who played an epileptic surfer...... They have listed both episodes as that they were on Dr Kildare however the way I remember it .... Part 1 was on Dr Kildare and Part 2 was on the show 'The 11th Hour'... I guess they even melded shows like they do today back then in 1964. I remember it well as my mom didn't want me to watch it as there was a lot of making out in it, and she didn't want me getting any ideas.... How funny is that!! I watched it anyway, as I loved the premise of the show surfing being very in that era, and I did want to see all that making out! It was a great show, and I only ever saw it once as I never found it again to watch..too bad

filmsfan38 I used to watch this show (along with Ben Casey show) which was on around the same era, and loved them. This was in the 1960's. I watchedDr. Kildare every week starring Richard Chamberlain. It was a must for me. And Raymond Massey, as Dr. Gillespie was really the best actor in the series. I always thought Richard Chamberlain was a good actor and his career has gone well through the years. But as far as I am concerned, I liked him best as Dr Kildare. Why did they never bring out some episodes of Dr. Kildare on DVD or VHS?There must be lots of us still around who were young in the 60's who would buy them.

Cammy-3 The two part Episode of Dr. Kildare that featured Yvette Mimieux was called "Tiger,Tiger." (The title of a famous poem) It was one of the highest rated shows of the year, which I believe was 1963. Miss Mimieux played a beautiful epileptic and she died having a seizure while surfing, which her doctor had warned her not to do.Oh, the heartbreak! Oh the teenage hormones! Oh, how the ratings soared!