The Beachcomber (1962)
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.
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Episode 1 - The Brooch
Release Date: 1962-02-20Lackland'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.
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Episode 2 - The Shark Affair
Release Date: 1962-02-27 -
Episode 3 - Pat Hand
Release Date: 1962-03-06Lackland's evening at the Icehouse Bar is interrupted by a poker player itching for action. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Taffy: Laya Raki. Dibley: Dub Taylor.
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Episode 4 - The Hijackers
Release Date: 1962-03-13Trader 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.
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Episode 5 - Forbidden Island
Release Date: 1962-03-20Searching for a missing aviatrix, Lackland and a newspaperman meet hostile islanders. Davis: Warren Arnett. Borlund: Robert Cannon. Constance: Mary Sullivan. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell.
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Episode 6 - The Chase
Release Date: 1962-03-27 -
Episode 7 - Captain Huckabee's Beard
Release Date: 1962-04-03Customs 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.
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Episode 8 - The Taming of Andrew
Release Date: 1962-04-10 -
Episode 9 - Death Do Us Part
Release Date: 1962-04-17Success 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.
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Episode 10 - The Larcenous Lover
Release Date: 1962-04-24 -
Episode 11 - Girl in Hiding
Release Date: 1962-05-01 -
Episode 12 - Honor Bound
Release Date: 1962-05-08 -
Episode 13 - Tambu
Release Date: 1962-05-15 -
Episode 14 - The Black Pearl
Release Date: 1962-05-22 -
Episode 15 - Charlie Six Kids
Release Date: 1962-05-29 -
Episode 16 - Empty Village
Release Date: 1962-06-05 -
Episode 17 - The Floating Fortune
Release Date: 1962-06-12 -
Episode 18 - Honest Larceny
Release Date: 1962-06-19 -
Episode 19 - Neilani
Release Date: 1962-06-26 -
Episode 20 - Mr. Winters
Release Date: 1962-07-03 -
Episode 21 - Rongorongo Man
Release Date: 1962-07-10Hidden 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.
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Episode 22 - The Day of the Whale
Release Date: 1962-07-17 -
Episode 23 - The Fugitive
Release Date: 1962-07-24The 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.
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Episode 24 - The Mask of Talugi
Release Date: 1962-07-31 -
Episode 25 - Home to Roost
Release Date: 1962-08-07Huckabee wagers Lackland's ketch---and loses. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Boyle: Hal Baylor. Diaz: Johnny Golden.
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Episode 26 - Devil in Paradise
Release Date: 1962-08-14Lackland 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.
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Episode 27 - The Reward
Release Date: 1962-08-21Huckabee joins a police search for a murder suspect. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Dominguez: Frank Silvera. Selas: Michael Pate.
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Episode 28 - Tribal Law
Release Date: 1962-08-28The 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.
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Episode 29 - Flight to Freedom
Release Date: 1962-09-04Lackland 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.
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Episode 30 - Long Live the Sultan
Release Date: 1962-09-11 -
Episode 31 - The Prodigal Pretender
Release Date: 1962-09-18 -
Episode 32 - The Spaniard
Release Date: 1962-09-25Joaquin 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.
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Episode 33 - Man with a Guitar
Release Date: 1962-10-02 -
Episode 34 - The Ransom
Release Date: 1962-10-09Huckabee'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.
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Episode 35 - The Search for Robert Herrick
Release Date: 1962-10-16 -
Episode 36 - The Two-Sided Triangle
Release Date: 1962-10-23Knute 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.
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Episode 37 - A Rooster Named Red
Release Date: 1962-10-30A 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.
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Episode 38 - Roll of Thunder
Release Date: 1962-11-06Lackland helps the police search for dynamite peddlers. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Brink: Russ Bender. Tate: Wade Jones. Huckabee: Don Megowan.
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Episode 39 - Paradise Lost
Release Date: 1962-11-13A 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.