The Bold Ones: The Lawyers

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The Bold Ones: The Lawyers

The Cast of The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Format Drama / Legal
Created by Jack B. Sowards
Directed by Douglas Heyes
Starring Burl Ives
Joseph Campanella
James Farentino
Opening theme by Pete Rugolo
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of seasons 3[1]
No. of episodes 29 (including 2 Pilot Movies)[1] (List of episodes)
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Roy Huggins[2]
Running time 60 min.
Broadcast
Original channel NBC
Original run December 10, 1968[3] – February 13, 1972[3]
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (or The Lawyers) is a legal television drama that aired on NBC from 1968 through 1972. It lasted for three seasons.

It starred Burl Ives as Walter Nichols, a selfrespecting attorney who hires two young brothers (Joseph Campanella and James Farentino) who both are lawyers and help him with his cases.

The Lawyers was part of The Bold Ones, a rotating series of dramas that also included The New Doctors (with E.G. Marshall), The Protectors (with Leslie Nielsen) and The Senator (with Hal Holbrook). It was nominated for three Emmy awards and won two of them.[4] Pat Hingle and Walter Brooke both made two guest appearances, before they had also made guest appearances in The New Doctors, Kermit Murdock who also made two guest appearances later made cameos in The Senator.

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[edit] Cast

[edit] Main Cast

  • Burl Ives as Walter Nichols an attorney that hires the Darrel brothers to help him with his cases. (appeared in all the episodes)
  • Joseph Campanella as Brian Darrell one of the two Darrel Brothers who helps Nicholas with his cases. (appeared in all the episodes)
  • James Farentino as Neil Darrell the other one of the two Darrel Brothers. (appeared in all the episodes)

[edit] Recurring Characters

  • John Milford as Lieutenant Paul Hewitt (appeared in 6 episodes)
  • Todd Martin as Deputy District Attorney Skinner (appeared in 3 episodes)

[edit] Guest Stars

  • Roger Davis made three appearances including The Long Morning After: Pt. 1 and Pt. 2
  • Will Geer made three appearances including The Verdict
  • David Spielberg made three appearances as Vernon Wahlburg
  • Dana Elcar made two appearances as District Attorney Shannon including The Crowd Pleasers
  • John S. Ragin made two appearances
  • John Randolph made two appearances as Dr. Paul Schaefer
  • Charles Aidman made three appearances including The Rockford Riddle and The Search for Leslie Grey
  • Nina Shipman made two appearances as Louise Miller
  • Richard Van Vleet made two appearances as James Fryman
  • James Wainwright made two appearances as Bill Stillman
  • Charles Lampkin made two appearances
  • George Murdock made two appearances as District Attorney Braddock
  • Leslie Perkins made two appearances
  • Kermit Murdock made two appearances as Judge Chapman including Justice Is a Sometime Thing
  • Ramon Bieri made two appearances as Judge Hartman
  • Walter Brooke made two appearances as Dr. Howe including By Reason of Insanity
  • Clarke Gordon made two appearances
  • Pamela McMyler made two appearances as Linda Sternwood
  • Jared Martin made two appearances including Trial of a Pfc
  • Frank Campanella made two appearances
  • Herbert Nelson made two appearances
  • Ford Rainey made two appearances
  • Patricia Barry made two appearances playing different roles
  • Bob Corff made two appearances as Brother Bartholomew
  • Anne Helm made two appearances
  • Pat Hingle made two appearances as General Sternwood
  • Pete Duel made an appearance in "Trial of a Pfc"

[edit] Episodes

The following is a list of titles of the broadcast episodes broken down by seasons:

[edit] Pilot Movies

  1. The Sound of Anger
  2. The Whole World Is Watching

[edit] Season One (1969-1970)

  1. A Game of Chance
  2. The People Against Ortega
  3. The Crowd Pleaser
  4. Rockford Riddle
  5. Shriek of Silence
  6. Trial of a Mafioso
  7. Point of Honor
  8. The Shattered Image

[edit] Season Two (1970-1971)

  1. The Verdict
  2. Panther in a Cage
  3. Trial of a Pfc.
  4. The People Against Dr. Chapman
  5. The Loneliness Racket
  6. The Search for Leslie Grey
  7. The Hyland Confession
  8. The Price of Justice

[edit] Season Three (1971-1972)

  1. The Invasion of Kevin Ireland
  2. The Strange Secret of Yermo Hill
  3. Hall of Justice
  4. In Defense of Ellen McKay
  5. By Reason of Insanity
  6. Justice Is a Sometime Thing
  7. The Letter of the Law
  8. The Long Morning After Pt. 1
  9. The Long Morning After Pt. 2
  10. In Sudden Darkness
  11. Lisa, I Hardly Knew You

[edit] Awards

[edit] Nominations

  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series: Richard Bracken, Gloryette Clark and Terry Williams[4]
  • WGA Award for Best Written Dramatic Episodic Script (Any Length): Jack B. Sowards and Brett Huggins
    For episode "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland"[5]

[edit] Wins

  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series : Pete Rugolo
    For episode "In Defense of Ellen McKay"[4].
  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme: Alexander Singer
    For episode "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland"[4].

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b tviv.org. The Bold Ones: The Lawyers. Retrieved on November 18, 2007.
  2. ^ tv.com. The Bold Ones: The Lawyers. Retrieved on November 18, 2007.
  3. ^ a b tviv.org. The Bold Ones: The Lawyers. Retrieved on November 18, 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d Advanced Primetime Awards Search from the Emmy Awards website
  5. ^ imdb.com. The Bold Ones: The Lawyers. Retrieved on November 22, 2007.

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The Bold Ones
TV Series
Main Cast Members
Crew
John Badham • Richard Benedict • Larry Brody • Jack B. Sowards • Douglas Heyes • Daryl Duke • Adrian Spies • David Levinson • Jerry de Bono • Jack Laird