VEGAS SEASON 1(1978) PAGE
VEGAS SEASON 1(1978)
This is a great show with great leads: Robert Unrich and
Tony Curtis(only in 17 episodes), great guest stars: inclucing
Red Buttons, Wayne Newton, Jack Kelly, Victor Buono, Gary
Lockwood, June Lockhart, Patrick Nacnee, Shelly Fabares, Noah
Beary Jr., Lesley Neilson, Michael Ensara, Keye Luke, Broderick
Crawford, George Takei, The Captain and Tennille, Wilfred
Hyde-White, Muhammad Ali, James Darren, Ceasar Romero, John
Carradine, Dawn Wells, Ross Martin etc. and, of course, VEGAS,
mostly Circus Circus!!! Quite a bit of humor mixed with drama
and detective work!!
EPISODE # 0: HIGH ROLLER(Apr. 25, 1978):
In this Pilot episode, Tanna gets hired to find a
runaway, who's trying to get away from her abusive
step-father! Turns into a murder investigation!
Guest starring: Red Buttons, Edd Byrnes, Jack Kelly,
Scatman Crothers & June Allyson! A
EPISODE # 1: CENTERFOLD(Sept. 20, 1978):
Tanna is a watchdog for a model who winds up getting
set up to become a drug runner!!! Also going on Tony
wants Dan to find a lion!
Guest starring: Vic Tayback, Abe Vigoda, Morey Amsterdam! A
EPISODE # 2: THE GAMES GIRLS PLAY(Sept. 27, 1978):
A Senator gets hornswaggled by three well off women for
purposes unknown! One of them gets almost killed and it
becomes obvious that there's more her than just blackmail!
Guest starring: Shelly Farares, Troy Donahue, John
Carradine, George Jessel, Alex Trebek, Don Porter, Skip
Homier! A
EPISODE # 3: MOTHER MISHKIN(Oct. 11, 1978):
A woman known as - wait for it - Mother Mishkin(no reason
ever given), comes to Tanna saying someone is out to kill
her! Several snakes, scopions and a gorrilla later and Dan
is prone to believe her!!
Guest starring: Ross Martin, Ann Francis & Sid Ceasar! A
EPISODE # 4: LOVE, LAUGH AND DIE(Oct. 18, 1978):
Another call girl gets killed and her parents ask Dan
to find out who!!
Guest starring: Bobby Van, Andrew Duggan, Don Galloway,
Bill Dana & Jonathan Harris!!
EPISODE # 5: YES, MY DARLING DAUGHTER(Oct. 25, 1978):
A woman gets married in LV and sees her supposedly dead
father! She hires Tanner to find him!!
Guest starring: Stother Martin, Slim Pickens, Lauren
Tewes!! A
EPISODE # 6: LADY ICE(Nov. 01, 1978):
A shiek is in Roth's hotel and he asks Dan to watch over
him, and the rubies he's brought! He also winds up being
the alabi for the perp!!!!
Guest starring: Nehemiah Persoff, Kim Basinger, Cameron
Mitchell! A
EPISODE # 7: MILLIKEN'S STASH(Nov. 08, 1978):
A drug bust goes wrong and Dan gets the XXXX beat out of
him! The perps tell Tanna to stay away from Wendell
Milliken!
Guest starring: Shelly Berman, Pernell Roberts, Henry
Jones, Isabel Sandford! A-
EPISODE # 8: THE PAGEANT(Nov. 16, 1978):
I do not like shows about rape!!!
Guest starring: Robert Reed, Maureen McCormick! D
EPISODE # 9: LOST WOMEN(Nov. 22, 1978):
A man is running a sex slave scheme!
Guest starring: Cesar Romero, Greg Morris(here as a guest
star, he returns later as a regular)! B+
EPISODE # 10: SECOND STANZA(Dec. 06, 1978):
A singer on a downward spiral is in the casino and Dan
takes an interest in her!
Guest starring: Joseph Campenella, Doc Severinsen, Harvey
Lembeck, Eugene Roche! B
EPISODE # 11: SERVE, VOLLEY AND KILL(Dec. 20, 1978):
A none-to-well-liked tennis player is getting threats
to throw an important match or else!! Also, our old
friend Tommy Circo(Red Buttons) is back posing as n
ordained minisister!!
Guest starring: Don DeFore, Pamelyn Ferdin, Red Buttons
returns, Mamie Van Doren, Dawn Wells, Lynda Day George! A
EPISODE # 12: GHOST OF THE RIPPER(Jan. 10, 1979):
A dude is going around doing what JTR did back in the
1800s!
This is the first episode with Greg Morris being listed
as a regular!
Guest starring: George Tekai, Peter Lind Hayes, Murray
Matheson! B<
EPISODE # 13: THE ELEVENTH EVENT(Jan. 17, 1979)
A used-to-be track star who wound up paralized after a
car crash come back to his home town of Las Vegas for
a telethon hi his honor! But, of course this wouldn't
be Vegas without some bad guys/girls messing up the
whole thing!!
Thing is, is he really paralyzed?
Guest starring: Muhammad Ali, Robert Loggia! B
EPISODE # 14: KILL DAN TANNA!(Jan. 24, 1979):
A deranged former commander of Tanna's in the service
comes looking for Dan to pay him back for abandoning hims
and another soldier in Vietnam! B-
EPISODE # 15: DEATH MOUNTAIN(Jan. 31, 1979):
A very not-nice person wants to build on Indian land
and will do anything to git-r-dun!
Guest starring: Keye Luke, Joan Van Ark, Ken Curtis! A
EPISODE # 16: BEST FRIENDS(Feb. 07, 1979)
An old school friend of Dan's show up in town and
turns out to be a really good shot!!!
Guest starring: Harold J. Stone, Ned Glass! A
EPISODE # 17: DEMAND AND SUPPLY(Feb. 14, 1979):
All about teenage prostitutes!
Not a fan of these kind of shows!
Guest staring: John Fielder! C
EPISODE # 18: EVERYTHING I TOUCH(Feb. 28, 1979):
It seems someone's out after the women in Dan's life!!! A
EPISODE # 19: DOUBTFUL TARGET(Mar. 07, 1979)
Binzer's long time girlfriend gets killed by a bank
exec after he kills an investiment counselor! He
thinks that she and Binzer were witnesses to the
murder!
This was before Neilson became a comedy giant!!
Guest starring: the great Leslie Neilson!!! A
EPISODE # 20: TOUCH OF DEATH(Mar. 14, 1979):
A young couple get married and head to Vegas for their
honeymoon, almost get into a accident with an 18-wheeler,
arive in town, get a room, win at the roulette table,
buy a bottle of champaign, the guy goes to buy a gift
at the jewelery store, and disapppears!! No one will
back up her story and Tanna believes her and will not
rest till he gets answers!!
Guest starring: Alan Oppenheimer, Paul Mantee, Barbara
Baldavin! A
EPISODE # 21: THE WAY TO LIVE(May 02, 1979):
A woman wants to make a record breaking jump that others
don't want her to!!
Guest starring: Alfred Hyde-White!! B
EPISODE # 22: THE VISITOR(May 09, 1979)
Dan is hired to protect a Princess!
Guest starring: Michael Ansara, Harry Darrow! A
Reviewer From IMDb.com:
This had to be one of the coolest shows on television. The
thing that really made it great was the pacing of the show
and its mix of the old Las Vegas and what Vegas was becoming.
The other thing that made this show what it was were the
numerous cameos of some of the brightest stars that would
appear in Vegas on a regular basis such as Dean Martin,
Wayne Newton and other members of the Vegas elite. However,
all the glitz and glamour would never have mattered if it
wasn't for the late great Robert Urich who made this role
his own. - Sargebri
Cast:
Robert Urich ... Dan Tanna
Bart Braverman ... Bobby 'Binzer' Borso
Phyllis Davis ... Beatrice Travis
Greg Morris ... Lt. David Nelson/Lt. George Nelson
Naomi Stevens ... Sgt. Bella Archer
Tony Curtis ... Roth
Judy Landers ... Angie Turner
Will Sampson ... Harlon Twoleaf
Al Stephans Scaglione ... Pit Boss/Mitch
Richard Bakalyan ... Bernie/Bronson/...
Byron Morrow ... Judge Hunt/Chairman/...
Victor Buono ... 'Diamond' Jim
Chase Cordell ... Burns/Chuck/...
Tony Ballen ... Charlie/Gary Tinsley/...
Dian Parkinson ... Sally/Charlene/...
Peter Haskell ... Turner/Colonel Dixon Vance/...
Pepper Davis ... Manny
Chick Vennera ... Costigan/Mitch Costigan/...
Heather Menzies-Urich ... Charlotte Henderson/Lisa/...
Pernell Roberts ... Mr. Logan/Pete Sedgewick
Lloyd Bochner ... Alexander Waverly/Lyle Galen/...
Joe E. Tata ... Dixon/Mickey Enright/...
Jere Rae Mansfield ... Blue/Charlene/...
Burton Cohen ... Burton Cohen
Ned Glass ... Charlie/Erwin/...
Sandy Freeman ... Dr. Beck/Manageress/...
Margolyn Curtis ... Aludra/Lady/...
David Sheiner ... Capt. Frank Smith/Carl Septon
Paul Mantee ... Capt. Jim Schmidt/Roy/...
3 episodes • 1979–1981 ... Linda Thompson
Linda Thompson ... Helen Martin/Rita Mason/...
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Charles A. Tamburro ... Hastings/Reel
Peter Mark Richman ... Sam Ullman/Grady
Louis Jourdan ... Nicholas Rambeau
Lorne Greene ... Emil Remick
Richard Lynch ... Benjamin Lang/Mr. North
Cristina Ferrare ... Cynthia Jennings/Shawn Adams
Joseph Campanella ... Bruno Moretti/Stewy Wilson
Denny Miller ... Art Cochran/Lyle Kemp
Andrew Duggan ... Dr. Barrow/William Virgil
Wayne Newton ... Justin Marsh/Wayne Newton
Tom Urich ... Grant Packer/T. Earl Townsend
John Larch ... Ben Coleman/Jack the Ripper
Randolph Mantooth ... Bobby Howard/Todd Peterson
Edd Byrnes ... Billy Brogan/Johnny Crystal
Elyssa Davalos ... Kimberly Sarrason/Wendy Paige
Vernee Watson ... Annabel Nelson/Dorothy
Manu Tupou ... Luke Kichi
Cameron Mitchell ... Willie 'Sparrow' Salter/Zinberg
Skip Homeier ... Frederick Barr/Jason
Johnny Seven ... Buddy Johnson/Johnny Blue
Red Buttons ... Tommy Cirko
Harold J. Stone ... Augie Brenner/Mr. Hunter
Vito Scotti ... Casino Manager/Valeria Viceria
Dick Sargent ... Farley/Phil King
Branscombe Richmond ... Maker
Michael D. Roberts ... Chickie/Michael D. Roberts
Robert Loggia ... Lou Voit/Simon Webster
Joe Kapp ... Donny Vincent/Elija Twoleaf
Rex Holman ... Gaylord/Verne Ryder
Barbara Parkins ... Lani
Leigh Christian ... Ann Nolan/Diane
Michael Swan ... David Lansford/Larry
Jeffry Druce ... Benny Trudo/Clerk
Woodrow Parfrey ... Cashier/Winters
Kathrine Baumann ... Ann/Katy Hedrick
Lindsay Bloom ... Rocket
Walter Mathews ... Ben Kanin/Jerry Crane
Tiffany Bolling ... Doris/Madeline
Paul Tuerpe ... Bradshaw/Walter
Austin Willis ... Jesse/Warren Michaels
John Saxon ... Michael Jennings
Seamon Glass ... Armand/Vito
Courtney Pledger ... Kate/Susan
Gary Pagett ... Dealer/Detective
Laurence Haddon ... Captain/Ski Directorv
Patti Davis ... Beth/Connie
John Quade ... Dominic/Hugh
Barbara McNair ... Beverly
Karlene Crockett ... Kristie Cornell/Tracy
Jerry Ayres ... Alex/Phil Reese
Frank Arno ... Alex Barr/Tate
Walter Scott ... Chuck/Garth
Dick Ziker ... Chaney
Stephanie Blackmore ... Allison/Liz Pemberly
Vivian Ford ... Sue Adams/Waitress
Mike Minor ... Aide/Floyd
Barbara Baldavin ... Mrs. Stein/Susan Klein
Charlie Picerni ... Ben/Mustapha
Douglas Hume ... Mel/Sheriff
Jenny Sherman ... Carol/Janet Wilson
Jeannie Wilson ... Adele Zorav/Lucille
Monte Levine ... Monte
John Fitzpatrick ... Reporter/Stuart Thatcher
Sharon McGee ... Kate Wilson
Frank Corsentino ... Mechanic/Tony
Virginia Hawkins ... Ms. Webster/Shopper
Wayne Ward ... Roger Mathews
Colby Chester ... Larry Johnson/Major Barney Adams
Leo Needham ... Guard/Personnel Man
Michelle Phillips ... Officer Cassandra Hunt
James Luisi ... Karl Larson/Rico
Cassie Yates ... Sister Bridget Callahan
Pamela Susan Shoop ... Maryann Silverton
William Lucking ... George Benton/Kenny
Tanya Roberts ... Officer Britt Blackwell
Robert Reed ... Johnny 'J.T. Rodmore' Roth/Mike Logan
John Karlen ... Eddie Stolvak/Geddes
Alex Henteloff ... Dr. Bernie White/Specialist
Bruce Kirby ... Joe Culley
Scatman Crothers ... Rosey/Rosie
Frank Marth ... George Crowley/Tom Cornell
Andrew Robinson ... Derek Razzio
Norman Alden ... Coleman/Lou Meakin
Michael Stearns ... Pete
Peggy Cass ... Dottie
Ed Nelson ... Jonathan Stockwood/Phillip Landauer
Dennis Robertson ... Burt/Mike Carlton
James McKenna ... Bellhop/Frank
Chuck Hicks ... Arnold Suchak/Leon
Jason Wingreen ... Drake/Hank Adamek
Natalie Schafer ... Charlotte Hunt
Glenn R. Wilder ... Ben/Jack Lucas
Lynne Marta ... Dr. Lutness/Virginia Marshall
Michael Lerner ... Nate Stephanson
Gary Lockwood ... Dr. Edward St. John
Erin Gray ... Jennifer Stallings
Tige Andrews ... Benson
Patrick Macnee ... Lyle Jeffries
Noah Beery Jr. ... Josiah Sparks
Leslie Nielsen ... Tyler Dickenson
June Lockhart ... Dr. Michaels
Julie Adams ... Margaret Sorenson
James MacArthur ... Jerry Lang
Michael Cavanaugh ... Vance
Dick Butkus ... Vinnie Trancas
Kim Basinger ... Allison Jorden
Shelley Fabares ... Linda Stockwood
Strother Martin ... Hank Jenner
Shelley Berman ... Mickey
June Allyson ... Loretta Ochs
John Fiedler ... S.J. Henderson
Pat Hingle ... Caleb Tucker
Michael Ansara ... Hamaad
Don Gordon ... Willie
Keye Luke ... Henry Matsimura
Wolfman Jack ... Wolfman Jack
Broderick Crawford ... Winslow
Anne Francis ... Lillian Ross
Maureen McCormick ... Jenny Logan
Melanie Griffith ... Dawn Peters
George Takei ... Medical Examiner
Daryl Dragon ... Daryl Dragon
Toni Tennille ... Toni Tennille
Tim O'Connor ... Michael Pierce
Michael Constantine ... Arnie Moss
Richard Basehart ... J. Terrance Wainwright
Hermione Baddeley ... Lottie
Michael Cole ... 'Jimmy Ellis'/Gene
Nehemiah Persoff ... The Sheik
Pamelyn Ferdin ... Katie Howard
Don Galloway ... Brad Thomas
Wilfrid Hyde-White ...Matt Tolan
Henry Darrow ... Shopkeeper
Phil Morris ...Tate
Don Stroud ... Marty Vale
Jack Kelly ... Merle Ochs
Harvey Lembeck ... Mike at Jockey Club
Jill St. John ... Mavis Graham
Werner Klemperer ... Siegfried Klaus
Doc Severinsen ... Doc Severinsen
Muhammad Ali ... Muhammad Ali
Abe Vigoda ... Max
Cesar Romero ... Christopher Vincente
Henry Jones ... Fitz
Bobby Van ... Eddie Banning
James Darren ... Paul Bracken
Slim Pickens ... Ben Handler
John Carradine ... Mr. Goody
Dawn Wells ... Millie Farmer
Dorothy Malone ... Mrs. Gardner
Sid Caesar ... The General
Morey Amsterdam ... Izzy
Ross Martin ... Werner Worthmeyer
Lauren Tewes ... Cindy Smalley
Troy Donahue ... Teddy Howard
Vic Tayback ... Bruno
Bill Dana ... Danny
Jonathan Harris ... Used Car Salesman
Lynda Day George ... Sandra Wells
Alex Trebek ... Arthur Martin
Tori Spelling ... Julie
George Jessel ... Eulogist at Funeral
Shelley Winters ... J.D. Finton
Dean Martin ... Dean Martin
Sherry Jackson ... Denise
Eve Arden ... Sarah Bancroft
Lisa Hartman ... Diana Payne
Barbi Benton ... Holly
Gary Crosby ... Tom Bancroft
Harry Guardino ... John Varga