Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
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Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law is an American legal drama
Legal drama
A legal drama is a work of dramatic fiction about crime and civil litigation. Subtypes of legal dramas include courtroom dramas and legal thrillers, and come in all forms, including novels, television shows, and films. Legal drama sometimes overlap with crime drama, most notably in the case of Law...

, jointly created by David Victor and former law professor Jerry McNeely, that starred actor Arthur Hill
Arthur Hill (actor)
Arthur Edward Spence Hill was a Canadian actor best known for appearances in British and American theater, movies and television...

. The series was broadcast on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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 from 1971
1971 in television
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 to 1974
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. A two-hour pilot
Television pilot
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 movie had aired as a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week
ABC Movie of the Week
The ABC Movie of the Week is a weekly television anthology series, featuring made-for-TV movies, that aired on the ABC network in various permutations from 1969 to 1975.-History:...

entry prior to the series run.

Synopsis

Hill starred as Owen Marshall, a compassionate defense attorney who defended various clients in Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California
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 with the help of his young assistants. During the series run, several actors played the role of Marshall's assistants, including Reni Santoni
Reni Santoni
Reni Santoni is an American film, television and voice actor.Santoni was born in New York City of French and Spanish descent.He began his career in off-Broadway theatre...

, David Soul
David Soul
David Soul is an American-British actor and singer, best known for his role as Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the television programme Starsky and Hutch . He gained British citizenship in 2004.-Early life:...

 (later of Starsky and Hutch
Starsky and Hutch
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) and Lee Majors
Lee Majors
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, formerly of The Big Valley
The Big Valley
The Big Valley is an American television Western which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969, which starred Barbara Stanwyck, as a California widowed mother. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman...

and The Men From Shiloh. Majors co-starred in the series concurrently with his appearances in early episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man.

Hill made three crossover
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 appearances as Marshall on the series Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell...

, which Victor had also created.

Cast

  • Arthur Hill
    Arthur Hill (actor)
    Arthur Edward Spence Hill was a Canadian actor best known for appearances in British and American theater, movies and television...

     as Owen Marshall
  • David Soul
    David Soul
    David Soul is an American-British actor and singer, best known for his role as Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the television programme Starsky and Hutch . He gained British citizenship in 2004.-Early life:...

     as Ted Warrick
  • Reni Santoni
    Reni Santoni
    Reni Santoni is an American film, television and voice actor.Santoni was born in New York City of French and Spanish descent.He began his career in off-Broadway theatre...

     as Danny Paterno
  • Lee Majors
    Lee Majors
    Lee Majors is an American television, film and voice actor, best known for his starring role as Colonel Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man and as Colt Seavers in The Fall Guy ....

     as Jess Brandon
  • Joan Darling
    Joan Darling
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     as Frieda Krause
  • Christine Matchett as Melissa Marshall

Guest stars

The series marked one of director Steven Spielberg
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's earliest television directing stints and boasted several guest stars including:
  • John Travolta
    John Travolta
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  • Rory Calhoun
    Rory Calhoun
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  • Richard Eastham
    Richard Eastham
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  • Farrah Fawcett
    Farrah Fawcett
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  • Sharon Gless
    Sharon Gless
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  • Pat Harrington, Jr.
    Pat Harrington, Jr.
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  • Mark Hamill
    Mark Hamill
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  • Darby Hinton
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  • Scott Marlowe
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  • Tim Matheson
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  • Ricky Nelson
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  • Donna Mills
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  • Edward Platt
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  • Dick Sargent
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  • Susan Strasberg
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  • Joan Tompkins
    Joan Tompkins
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     (three times)
  • Dana Wynter
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