The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

1956

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

8.1 | en | Comedy

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday is an American adventure sitcom

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Seasons & Episodes

EP23 The Invisible Man

Jan. 01,0001

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EP22 Amontillado

Jan. 01,0001

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EP21 The Surplus General

Jan. 01,0001

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EP20 Misguided Missile

Feb. 27,1957

Hiram switches identities with a French scientist in an attempt to keep the secret of the first Earth satellite from foreign agents.

EP19 Hiram's Holiday

Feb. 20,1957

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EP18 Ersatz Joel

Feb. 13,1957

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EP17 Shipwrecked Ancestor

Jan. 30,1957

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EP16 Unkissed Bride

Jan. 16,1957

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EP15 Moroccan Hawk Moth

Jan. 09,1957

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EP14 Sturmzig Cunieform

Jan. 02,1957

Holliday is in Sturmzig, a strategically important nation in which a new king is to be chosen. Holliday thwarts the nefarious schemes of the evil Baron; but is inadvertantly chosen king. After he defeats the Baron and his henchman, he abdicates.

EP13 Romantic Pigeon

Dec. 26,1956

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EP12 Christmas Fruchtbrod Day

Dec. 19,1956

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EP11 Dancing Mouse

Dec. 12,1956

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EP10 Wrong Rembrandt

Dec. 05,1956

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EP9 Swiss Titmouse

Nov. 28,1956

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EP8 Hawaiian Hamzah

Nov. 21,1956

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EP7 Monaco Hermit Crab

Nov. 14,1956

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EP6 Gibraltar Road

Nov. 07,1956

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EP5 The Sea Cucumber

Oct. 31,1956

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EP4 The Hollow Umbrella

Oct. 24,1956

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EP3 False Monarch

Oct. 17,1956

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EP2 Lapidary Wheel

Oct. 10,1956

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EP1 Attache Case

Oct. 03,1956

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8.1 | en | Comedy , Action & Adventure | More Info

Released: 1956-10-03 | Released Producted By: California National Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

Synopsis

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday is an American adventure sitcom

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Cast

Stanley Adams , Wally Cox , Thurston Hall

Director

Philip Rapp

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California National Productions ,

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Cast

Stanley Adams

as Garreaux

Dixie Dynamite The Clones The Norliss Tapes The Night Stalker The Seven Minutes Lilies of the Field 13 West Street Requiem for a Heavyweight The Errand Boy

Wally Cox

as Hiram Holliday

The Night Strangler The Barefoot Executive The Young Country The Boatniks The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County Ironside Morituri The Bedford Incident Underdog

Thurston Hall

as Harrison Prentice

Affair in Reno The Adventures of Hiram Holliday Carson City One Big Affair Belle Le Grand The Bandit Queen Chain Gang Bright Leaf Rim of the Canyon

Reviews

WillEd There is an episode of it on YouTube.What is weird about this show, even though it didn't even last a season, it went into syndication in the early sixties. That is where I saw it and according to Wikipedia was one of the first American shows broadcast daily in the UK.I thought it was great when I was a kid and the episode on YouTube is very funny. What a great premise, a nerd superman and just perfect for Wally Cox who plays him perfectly. Why it didn't catch on is a mystery to me.

screenman Crikey, was it really so long ago? I'm obviously shooting from a much longer memory that I care to measure. However, I recollect the small, thin bespectacled bloke with a girlish voice quite clearly.Here, he got into all manner of bizarre adventures, but unlike the more typical Alpha males, used wits and knowledge to effect an escape or solution. Wally Cox had the character to perfection, in my childish eyes. He was the American equivalent of our then Charlie Drake, whose physical dimensions and voice had a striking similarity. Except that Drake played a buffoon.He had a straight, sardonic side-kick played by Ainslie Price and one might wonder what the bond was that sustained their relationship. In the 1950's, it was perfectly usual for men to have companions or buddies or whatever, as with 'Batman' 'The Lone Ranger' 'The Range Rider' and so on. Nobody seemed to question their sexual orientation. But repeat-screened today, this effeminate little pixie would likely be a cult gay hero. Such are the times.I guess any recordings are long since gone. As indeed are the actors.

welchmj-1 I'm surprised that nobody has done a remake or theater version of it. I think it would be perfect for David Hyde-Pierce. If Hiram was updated, he could be working for the CIA or Homeland Security. As I recall, he was an absolute master of languages & dialects & a martial arts expert (if you can accept a rolled-up umbrella as a weapon). Maybe the country isn't ready yet for a spoof of our semi-sacred national security establishment but I always think that a little black humor can be a tonic for the soul. It might even work into a video game format, although it was probably too tame for current tastes. Maybe it is better to leave it in the past when times were simpler.

Richard Nathan This was one of my favorite television programs when I was a child. I was delighted when I recently found some episodes on home video. It holds up well. Wally Cox does a magnificent job of portraying a loner with a deeply romantic soul. I found something melancholy about his performance that I certainly didn't see when I was a child. The film was based on a series of short stories by Paul Gallico, written in the late 1930's, in which Hiram Holliday fought Nazis. The character in the book was described as slightly overweight, and seemed much less of a bookwork than the character Wally Cox portrayed. I would like to see a feature film remake with Kevin Spacey in the lead, but I'm sure it will never happen.