OSS (TV series)
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O.S.S. was a Buckeye Productions and Associated Television
co-produced wartime
television drama series.
It ran for 26 half-hour monochrome episodes during the 1957-1958 season and was distributed by ITC Entertainment
and networked in the United States by ABC
.
The series followed the adventures of Frank Hawthorne, an agent with the American Office of Strategic Services
, who operated behind Nazi lines in occupied France.
Guest stars included Lois Maxwell
, Christopher Lee
and Doctor Who
villain Roger Delgado
.
in the UK.
Associated TeleVision
Associated Television, often referred to as ATV, was a British television company, holder of various licences to broadcast on the ITV network from 24 September 1955 until 00:34 on 1 January 1982...
co-produced wartime
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
television drama series.
It ran for 26 half-hour monochrome episodes during the 1957-1958 season and was distributed by ITC Entertainment
ITC Entertainment
The Incorporated Television Company was a British television company largely involved in production and distribution. It was founded by Lew Grade.-History:...
and networked in the United States by ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
.
The series followed the adventures of Frank Hawthorne, an agent with the American Office of Strategic Services
Office of Strategic Services
The Office of Strategic Services was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. It was the wartime intelligence agency, and it was a predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency...
, who operated behind Nazi lines in occupied France.
Main cast
- Ron RandellRon RandellRonald Egan "Ron" Randell was an Australian-born American film and stage actor.-Biography:Randell was born in Sydney. He started his career as a stage and radio performer in his teens. He soon established himself as a leading male juvenile for radio, acting for 2KY Players, George Edwards, BAP...
as Captain Frank Hawthorn - Lionel MurtonLionel MurtonWilliam Lionel Murton was a British-Canadian character actor. He most often played Americans/Canadians in numerous films and television series, from the late 1940s...
as The Chief - Robert Gallico as O'Brien
Guest stars included Lois Maxwell
Lois Maxwell
Lois Maxwell was a Canadian actress.Maxwell began her film career in the late 1940s, and won a Golden Globe Award for the New Actress of the Year for her performance in That Hagen Girl...
, Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ is an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films...
and Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
villain Roger Delgado
Roger Delgado
Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto was an English actor, best known for his role as the first Master in Doctor Who....
.
Episode list
This episode list is based on the airdate order on ABC, which appears to match the production order and the air-date order for the (unrelated) ABC Weekend TVAssociated British Corporation
Associated British Corporation was one of a number of commercial television companies established in the United Kingdom during the 1950s by cinema chain companies in an attempt to safeguard their business by becoming involved with television which was taking away their cinema audiences.In this...
in the UK.
- Operation Fracture
- Operation Tulip
- Operation Powder Puff
- Operation Death Trap
- Operation Orange Blossom
- Operation Pay Day
- Operation Foul Ball
- Operation Blue Eyes
- Operation Flint Axe
- Operation Sweet Talk
- Operation Big House
- Operation Love Bird
- Operation Pigeon Hole
- Operation Yo-yo
- Operation Yodel
- Operation Sardine
- Operation Firefly
- Operation Eel
- Operation Barbecue
- Operation Blackbird
- Operation Post Office
- Operation Newsboy
- Operation Chopping Block
- Operation Dagger
Operation Buried Alive - Operation Meatball
- Operation Jingle Bells