The Beachcomber (TV series)
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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.
Guest stars in the series included Adam West
, Frank Silvera
and Cesar Romero
ITC Entertainment
The Incorporated Television Company was a British television company largely involved in production and distribution. It was founded by Lew Grade.-History:...
adventure TV series which ran for one series of 39 half-hour episodes in 1962.
Narrated by Cameron Mitchell
Cameron Mitchell (actor)
Cameron Mitchell was an American film, television and Broadway actor with close ties to one of Canada's most successful families, and considered, by Lee Strasberg, to be one of the founding members of The Actor's Studio in New York City.-Early life and career:Born Cameron MacDowell Mitzel in...
, the series followed a rich executive who retired from the rat-race to become a beachcomber on a small South Pacific island.
Main cast
- Cameron Mitchell as John Lackland
- Don MegowanDon Megowan-Career:Born in California USA, Megowan starred in the Sci-Fi movies: The Werewolf in the role of sheriff Jack Haines, and in The Creation of the Humanoids as a captain in the army who must stop the Humanoids....
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Guest stars in the series included Adam West
Adam West
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, Frank Silvera
Frank Silvera
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and Cesar Romero
Cesar Romero
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Episode list
- The Brooch
- The Shark Affair
- Pat Hand
- The Hijackers
- Forbidden Island
- The Chase
- Captain Huckabee's Beard
- The Taming of Andrew
- Death Do Us Part
- The Larcenous Lover
- Girl in Hiding
- Honor Bound
- Tambu
- The Black Pearl
- Charlie Six Kids
- Empty Village
- The Floating Fortune
- Honest Larceny
- Neilani
- Mr. Winters
- Rongorongo Man
- The Day of the Whale
- The Fugitive
- The Mask of Talugi
- Home to Roost
- Devil in Paradise
- The Reward
- Tribal Law
- Flight to Freedom
- Long Live the Sultan
- The Prodigal Pretender
- The Spaniard
- Man with a Guitar
- The Ransom
- The Search for Robert Herrick
- The Two-Sided Triangle
- A Rooster Named Red
- Roll of Thunder
- Paradise Lost