List of Ironside episodes

Ironside is a Universal television series that ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The series starred Raymond Burr as a paraplegic Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. Ironside consists of a 2-hour pilot, eight seasons of episodes, and a reunion TV-movie.

Series overview

At present, the first four seasons have been released on DVD by Shout! Factory.[1]

Season Episodes Premiered Ended Time slot DVD set
release date
Pilot 1 March 28, 1967 Thursday at 9:00-11:00 pm (EST) --
1 28 September 14, 1967 April 4, 1968 Thursday at 8:30-9:30 pm (EST) April 24, 2007
2 26 September 19, 1968 April 10, 1969 October 16, 2007
3 26 September 18, 1969 April 9, 1970 January 10, 2010
4 26 September 17, 1970 April 15, 1971 October 19, 2010
5 23 September 21, 1971 March 9, 1972 Tuesday at 7:30-8:30 pm (EST)
(September 21 - November 23, 1971)
Thursday at 9:00-10:00 pm (EST)
(November 25, 1971 - March 9, 1972)
--
6 24 September 14, 1972 March 22, 1973 Thursday at 9:00-10:00 pm (EST) --
7 25 September 13, 1973 May 23, 1974 --
8 19 * September 12, 1974 January 16, 1975 --
TV Movie 1 May 4, 1993 Monday at 8:00-10:00 pm (EST) --

* The last three episodes of the series were not broadcast on NBC, but later seen in syndication. (As well as released on DVD)

Pilot movie

Title Directed by Written by Original air date
"Ironside"James GoldstoneTeleplay by: Don M. Mankiewicz
Story by: Collier Young
March 28, 1967
Wheelchair-bound detective Robert Ironside (Raymond Burr) is assigned to find the sniper who paralyzed him.

Season 1 (1967–68)

Main article: Ironside (season 1)
No. in
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Title Directed by Written by Original air date
11"Message from Beyond"Michael CaffeyDon M. MankiewiczSeptember 14, 1967
22"The Leaf in the Forest"Leo PennDon M. MankiewiczSeptember 21, 1967
33"Dead Man's Tale"Don WeisTeleplay by: Donald A. Brinkley and Don M. Mankiewicz
Story by: Don M. Mankiewicz
September 28, 1967
44"Eat, Drink and Be Buried"William GrahamTony BarrettOctober 5, 1967
55"The Taker"Don WeisTeleplay by: Irving Gaynor Neiman and Winston Miller
Story by: Irving Gaynor Neiman
October 12, 1967
66"An Inside Job"Charles S. DubinSy SalkowitzOctober 19, 1967
77"Tagged for Murder"Charles S. DubinArt WeingartenOctober 26, 1967
88"Let My Brother Go"Don WeisDonn MullallyNovember 2, 1967
99"Light at the End of the Journey"Charles S. DubinTeleplay by: Robert Van Scoyk and Sy Salkowitz
Story by: Jeannot Szwarc
November 9, 1967
1010"The Monster of Comus Towers"Don WeisTeleplay by: A.J. Russell and Stanford Whitmore
Story by: A.J. Russell
November 16, 1967
1111"The Man Who Believed"Tony LeaderStephen KandelNovember 23, 1967
1212"A Very Cool Hot Car"James SheldonLuther DavisNovember 30, 1967
1313"The Past Is Prologue"Don WeisPaul MasonDecember 7, 1967
1414"Girl in the Night"Ralph SenenskyTeleplay by: True Boardman
Story by: Dean Riesner
December 21, 1967
1515"The Fourteenth Runner"Don WeisTeleplay by: Donn Mullally
Story by: Leon Tokatyan
December 28, 1967
1616"Force of Arms"Tony LeaderTeleplay by: Ivan Goff & Ben Roberts and Warren Duff
Story by: Warren Duff
January 4, 1968
1717"Memory of an Ice Cream Stick"Charles S. DubinSy SalkowitzJanuary 11, 1968
1818"To Kill a Cop"Tony LeaderTeleplay by: Donn MullallyJanuary 18, 1968
1919"The Lonely Hostage"Charles S. DubinNorman KatkovFebruary 1, 1968
2020"The Challenge"Tony LeaderJohn McGreeveyFebruary 8, 1968
2121"All in a Day's Work"Charles S. DubinEd McBainFebruary 15, 1968
2222"Something for Nothing"Robert ButlerTeleplay by: Anthony Terpiloff and Stephen Kandel
Story by: Anthony Terpiloff
February 22, 1968
2323"Barbara Who"James SheldonSy SalkowitzFebruary 29, 1968
2424"Perfect Crime"Charles S. DubinTeleplay by: Norman Katkov
Story by: Leonard H. White
March 7, 1968
2525"Officer Bobby"James SheldonBrett Halliday & Bill S. BallingerMarch 14, 1968
2626"Trip to Hashbury"Tony LeaderNorman JolleyMarch 21, 1968
2727"Due Process of the Law"Dick CollaDon BrinkleyMarch 28, 1968
2828"Return of the Hero"Ralph SenenskyRobert PiroshApril 4, 1968

Season 2 (1968–69)

Main article: Ironside (season 2)
No. in
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Title Directed by Written by Original air date
291"Shell Game"Tony LeaderSy SalkowitzSeptember 19, 1968
30/312/3"Split Second to an Epitaph"Leonard J. HornTeleplay by: Sy Salkowitz and Don M. Mankiewicz
Story by: Richard Landau
September 26, 1968
324"The Sacrifice"Abner BibermanGerald SanfordOctober 3, 1968
335"Robert Phillips vs. the Man"Nicholas ColasantoSy SalkowitzOctober 10, 1968
346"Desperate Encounter"Dick CollaDonn MullallyOctober 24, 1968
357"I, the People"Barry ShearMilton Berle & Stephen LordOctober 31, 1968
368"Price Tag -- Death"Dick CollaRobert EarllNovember 7, 1968
379"An Obvious Case of Guilt"Abner BibermanBrad RadnitzNovember 14, 1968
3810"Reprise"Don McDougallAlbert AleyNovember 21, 1968
3911"The Macabre Mr. Micawber"Jeannot SzwarcBill S. Ballinger & Brett HallidayNovember 28, 1968
4012"Side Pocket"Abner BibermanTeleplay by: Norman Katkov and Sy Salkowitz
Story by: Charles A. McDaniel
December 5, 1968
4113"Sergeant Mike"Tony LeaderCarey WilberDecember 12, 1968
4214"In Search of an Artist"Abner BibermanJoseph BonaduceJanuary 2, 1969
4315"Up, Down, and Even"Don WeisRobert EarllJanuary 9, 1969
4416"Why the Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club Met on Thursday"Don McDougallIrve TunickJanuary 16, 1969
4517"Rundown on a Bum Rap"Allen ReisnerSy SalkowitzJanuary 30, 1969
4618"The Prophecy"Don WeisJackson GillisFebruary 6, 1969
4719"A World of Jackals"Don McDougallTeleplay by: Anthony Spinner and Irving Pearlberg
Story by: Anthony Spinner
February 13, 1969
4820"And Be My Love"Charles S. DubinTeleplay by: Dale Eunson & Katherine Eunson and Sy Salkowitz
Story by: Dale Eunson & Katherine Eunson
February 20, 1969
4921"Moonlight Means Money"Don WeisSy SalkowitzFebruary 27, 1969
5022"A Drug on the Market"Barry ShearArthur WeingartenMarch 6, 1969
5123"Puzzlelock"Allen ReisnerB.W. SandefurMarch 13, 1969
5224"The Tormentor"Don WeisNorman JolleyMarch 27, 1969
5325"A Matter of Love and Death"Jeannot SzwarcJeannot SzwarcApril 3, 1969
5426"Not with a Whimper, But a Bang"Abner BibermanTeleplay by: Carey Wilber
Story by: Robert Hamner
April 10, 1969

Season 3 (1969–70)

Main article: Ironside (season 3)
No. in
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Title Directed by Written by Original air date
551"Alias Mr. Braithwaite"Don WeisTeleplay by: Frank Telford
Story by: Frank Telford and Robert Ward
September 18, 1969
56/572/3"Goodbye to Yesterday"Barry ShearSy SalkowitzSeptember 25, 1969
584"Poole's Paradise"Abner BibermanRichard ShapiroOctober 2, 1969
595"Eye of the Hurricane"Don McDougallDonn MullallyOctober 9, 1969
606"A Bullet for Mark"Richard BenedictRichard BluelOctober 16, 1969
617"Love My Enemy"Don WeisIrve TunickOctober 23, 1969
628"Seeing Is Believing"Barry ShearCharles Nicholls & Don GallowayOctober 30, 1969
639"The Machismo Bag"Don WeisWilliam Douglas LansfordNovember 13, 1969
6410"Programmed for Danger"John FloreaTrue BoardmanNovember 20, 1969
6511"Five Miles High"Don WeisMargaret Schneider & Paul SchneiderNovember 27, 1969
6612"L'Chayim"Tony LeaderMort ThawDecember 4, 1969
6713"Beyond a Shadow"Richard BenedictMartha WilkersonDecember 11, 1969
6814"Stolen on Demand"Bill FosterArthur WeingartenDecember 25, 1969
6915"Dora"John FloreaFrank ChaseJanuary 8, 1970
7016"Beware the Wiles of a Stranger"Don WeisRobert EarllJanuary 22, 1970
7117"Eden Is the Place We Leave"Daniel PetrieJohn KneubuhlJanuary 29, 1970
7218"The Wrong Time, the Wrong Place"John FloreaSy Salkowitz and Norman BorisoffFebruary 5, 1970
7319"Return to Fiji"Don WeisSy SalkowitzFebruary 12, 1970
7420"Ransom"Abner BibermanArthur WeingartenFebruary 19, 1970
7521"One Hour to Kill"Richard BenedictSandy SternFebruary 26, 1970
7622"Warrior's Return"Don WeisTeleplay by: Irving Pearlberg
Story by: Joyce Perry
March 5, 1970
7723"Little Jerry Jessup"Don WeisSy SalkowitzMarch 12, 1970
7824"Good Will Tour"Robert DayNorman KatkovMarch 26, 1970
7925"Little Dog, Gone"Don WeisFrank TelfordApril 2, 1970
8026"Tom Dayton Is Loose Among Us"Don McDougallFrancine CarrollApril 9, 1970

Season 4(1970–71)

Main article: Ironside (season 4)
No. in
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Title Directed by Written by Original air date
811"A Killing Will Occur"Don WeisAlvin SapinsleySeptember 17, 1970
822"No Game for Amateurs"John FloreaSy SalkowitzSeptember 24, 1970
833"The Happy Dreams of Hollow Men"Don WeisTeleplay by: Sy Salkowitz
Story by: Sy Salkowitz & Carol Salkowitz
October 1, 1970
844"The People Against Judge McIntire"Abner BibermanTeleplay by: Liam O'Brien
Story by: Liam O'Brien and Mark Rodgers
October 8, 1970
855"Noel's Gonna Fly"Don WeisSy SalkowitzOctober 15, 1970
866"The Lonely Way to Go"Richard BenedictDonn MullallyOctober 22, 1970
877"Check, Mate and Murder: Part 1"David Lowell RichSandy SternOctober 29, 1970
888"Check, Mate and Murder: Part 2"David Lowell RichSandy SternNovember 5, 1970
899"Too Many Victims"Corey AllenIrving PearlbergNovember 12, 1970
9010"The Man on the Inside"Don McDougallTeleplay by: Sy Salkowitz and Brad Radnitz
Story by: Brad Radnitz
November 19, 1970
9111"Backfire"John FloreaFrank TelfordDecember 3, 1970
9212"The Laying On of Hands"Don McDougallTom SellerDecember 10, 1970
9313"This Could Blow Your Mind"James NeilsonTeleplay by: Sy Salkowitz and Stephen Cannell
Story by: Stephen Cannell
December 17, 1970
9414"Blackout"Don McDougallRobert PiroshDecember 31, 1970
9515"The Quincunx"Don WeisMax HodgeJanuary 7, 1971
9616"From Hruska with Love"Alf KjellinRichard ShapiroJanuary 21, 1971
9717"The Target"Don WeisSy SalkowitzJanuary 28, 1971
9818"A Killing at the Track"Don McDougallRobert Pirosh and Max HodgeFebruary 4, 1971
9919"Escape"John FloreaAdrian SpiesFebruary 11, 1971
10020"Love, Peace, Brotherhood and Murder"Don WeisTeleplay by: Sy Salkowitz and Robert Earll
Story by: Robert Earll
February 18, 1971
10121"The Riddle in Room Six"John FloreaStephen CannellFebruary 25, 1971
10222"The Summer Soldier"Don WeisJameson BrewerMarch 4, 1971
10323"The Accident"Don WeisTeleplay by: William Douglas Lansford and Irving Pearlberg
Story by: William Douglas Lansford
March 11, 1971
10424"Lesson in Terror"James NeilsonDonn MullallyMarch 18, 1971
10525"Grandmother's House"Don WeisPreston WoodApril 1, 1971
10626"Walls Are Waiting"Barry ShearSy SalkowitzApril 15, 1971

Season 5 (1971–72)

Main article: Ironside (season 5)
No. in
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Title Directed by Written by Original air date
107/1081/2"The Priest Killer"Richard A. CollaTeleplay by: Robert Van Scoyk and Joel Oliansky
Story by: David Levy and Robert Van Scoyk
September 14, 1971
1093"Contract: Kill Ironside"Don WeisStephen Karpf & Elinor KarpfSeptember 21, 1971
1104"The Professionals"Don WeisSy SalkowitzSeptember 28, 1971
1115"The Gambling Game"Don WeisSy SalkowitzOctober 5, 1971
1126"Ring of Prayer"Don WeisJack MorseOctober 12, 1971
1137"In the Line of Duty"Don McDougallMark RodgersOctober 19, 1971
1148"Joss Sticks and Wedding Bells"Leslie MartinsonMarty RothOctober 26, 1971
1159"Murder Impromptu"Don WeisTeleplay by: Max Hodge
Story by: John McGreevey and Max Hodge
November 2, 1971
11610"Dear Fran"Don WeisEdward de BlasioNovember 9, 1971
11711"If a Body See a Body"Don McDougallMax HodgeNovember 16, 1971
11812"The Good Samaritan"Leslie H. MartinsonFrank TelfordNovember 23, 1971
11913"Gentle Oaks"Robert ClouseMichael FisherNovember 25, 1971
12014"License to Kill"Don WeisDonn MullallyDecember 2, 1971
12115"Class of '57"James NeilsonTeleplay by: Robert Earll and Sy Salkowitz
Story by: Sy Salkowitz
December 16, 1971
12216"No Motive for Murder"Leslie H. MartinsonSy SalkowitzDecember 23, 1971
12317"But When She Was Bad"Corey AllenAlvin BoretzDecember 30, 1971
12418"Unreasonable Facsimile"Don WeisMerwin GerardJanuary 6, 1972
12519"Find a Victim"Christian Nyby IIIrving PearlbergJanuary 13, 1972
12620"And Then There Was One"Arnold LavenFred FreibergerJanuary 20, 1972
12721"Death by the Numbers"Don WeisFrancine CarrollJanuary 27, 1972
12822"Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Murder"Christian I. Nyby IISy SalkowitzFebruary 3, 1972
12923"Achilles' Heel"Raymond BurrFrank TelfordFebruary 17, 1972
13024"His Fiddlers Three"Alf KjellinEdward DeBlasioMarch 2, 1972
13125"A Man Named Arno"Chris ChristenberryHelen McAvityMarch 9, 1972

Season 6 (1972–73)

Main article: Ironside (season 6)
No. in
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Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1321"Five Days in the Death of Sergeant Brown: Part 1"Leonard J. HornRobert Van ScoykSeptember 14, 1972
1332"The Savage Sentry"Don WeisWilliam Douglas LansfordSeptember 21, 1972
1343"Programmed for Panic"Daniel PetrieAdrian SpiesSeptember 28, 1972
1354"Down Two Roads"Don WeisSy SalkowitzOctober 12, 1972
1365"Camera...Action...Murder!"Russ MayberryMichael Butler & Christopher TrumboOctober 26, 1972
1376"Riddle Me Death"Jeffrey HaydenEdward DeBlasioNovember 2, 1972
1387"Nightmare Trip"Raymond BurrRichard LandauNovember 9, 1972
139/1408/9"Buddy, Can You Spare a Life?"Don WeisA.A. Roberts and Peter PenduikNovember 16, 1972
14110"The Countdown"Don WeisBill S. BallingerNovember 23, 1972
14211"The Deadly Gamesmen"Don WeisMax HodgeNovember 30, 1972
14312"Who'll Cry for My Baby?"Richard DonnerDavid P. HarmonDecember 7, 1972
14413"Cold, Hard Cash"Don WeisStephen LordDecember 14, 1972
14514"Shadow Soldiers"Daniel HallerTeleplay by: Sy Salkowitz
Story by: Michael Fisher
December 21, 1972
14615"Ollinger's Last Case"Don WeisFrank TelfordJanuary 4, 1973
14716"A Special Person"Jeffrey HaydenFrank Chase and Ramona ChaseJanuary 11, 1973
14817"The Caller"Don WeisMargaret ArmenJanuary 25, 1973
14918"Love Me in December"Don WeisWilliam Gordon & James DohertyFebruary 1, 1973
15019"The Ghost of the Dancing Doll"Russell MayberryOrville H. HamptonFebruary 15, 1973
15120"All About Andrea"Russell MayberryMichael Butler & Christopher TrumboFebruary 22, 1973
15221"Another Shell Game"Alvin GanzerSy SalkowitzMarch 1, 1973
15322"All Honorable Men"Russ MayberryWilliam Douglas LansfordMarch 8, 1973
15423"The Best Laid Plans"Daniel HallerDavid P. HarmonMarch 15, 1973
15524"A Game of Showdown"Don WeisTeleplay by: Mann Rubin and Sy Salkowitz
Story by: Mann Rubin
March 22, 1973

Season 7 (1973–74)

Main article: Ironside (season 7)
No. in
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Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1561"Confessions from a Lady of the Night"Don WeisShawn MallorySeptember 13, 1973
1572"Murder by One"Alexander SingerTeleplay by: David Vowell and Sy Salkowitz
Story by: David Vowell
September 20, 1973
1583"In the Forests of the Night"Russ MayberryTeleplay by: Michael P. Butler & Christopher Trumbo
Story by: Cy Chermak
September 27, 1973
1594"Fragile Is the House of Cards"Don WeisSy SalkowitzOctober 4, 1973
1605"The Armageddon Gang"Russ MayberryLarry BrodyOctober 11, 1973
1616"House of Terror"Don WeisWilliam Douglas LansfordOctober 25, 1973
1627"The Helping Hand"Jerry JamesonWilliam D. Gordon & James DohertyNovember 1, 1973
163/1648/9"Downhill All the Way"Don WeisTeleplay by: Michael P. Butler & Christopher Trumbo
Story by: Michael P. Butler & Christopher Trumbo and Francine Carroll
November 8, 1973
16510"Mind for Murder"Gene NelsonJudy BurnsNovember 15, 1973
16611"The Hidden Man"Don WeisWilliam Gordon & James DohertyNovember 29, 1973
16712"The Double-Edged Corner"David FriedkinRichard LandauDecember 6, 1973
16813"The Last Payment"Daniel HallerFelton Perry and William Gordon & James DohertyDecember 20, 1973
16914"Friend or Foe"
"For the Love of God"
Jerry JamesonDavid P. HarmonJanuary 3, 1974
17015"Two Hundred Large"Robert ScheererMaurie GoodmanJanuary 10, 1974
17116"Once More for Joey"Krishna ShahSam RoecaJanuary 17, 1974
17217"Terror on Grant Avenue"Arnold LavenArthur RoweJanuary 31, 1974
17318"Class of '40"Barry ShearTeleplay by: Richard L. Breen Jr. & James T. Surtees and Norman Jolley
Story by: Richard L. Breen Jr. & James T. Surtees
February 7, 1974
17419"A Taste of Ashes"Alvin GanzerDick NelsonFebruary 14, 1974
17520"A Death in Academe"Russ MayberryMichael P. Butler & Christopher TrumboFebruary 21, 1974
17621"Close to the Heart"David FriedkinPauline Stone & Mike CosgroveFebruary 28, 1974
17722"Come Eleven, Come Twelve"Don WeisRobert I. HoltMarch 7, 1974
17823"Riddle at 24,000"Don WeisTeleplay by: Ken Kolb and Lane Slate
Story by: Ken Kolb
March 14, 1974
179/18024/25"Amy Prentiss"
"The Chief"
Boris SagalTeleplay by: William Gordon & James Doherty
Story by: Francine Carroll and William Gordon & James Doherty
May 23, 1974

Season 8 (1974–75)

Main article: Ironside (season 8)
No. in
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No. in
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Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1811"Raise the Devil: Part 1"Russ MayberryTeleplay by: Anthony Lawrence and Jimmy Sangster
Story by: Anthony Lawrence
September 12, 1974
1822"Raise the Devil: Part 2"Russ MayberryTeleplay by: Anthony Lawrence and Jimmy Sangster
Story by: Anthony Lawrence
September 19, 1974
1833"What's New with Mark?"Charles S. DubinIrving PearlbergSeptember 26, 1974
1844"Trial of Terror"Russ MayberryLou ShawOctober 3, 1974
1855"Cross Doublecross"Don WeisRobert I. HoltOctober 10, 1974
1866"Set-Up: Danger!"Russ MayberryWilliam Gordon & James DohertyOctober 24, 1974
1877"The Lost Cotillion"Alvin GanzerWalter BlackOctober 31, 1974
1888"Run Scared"Don McDougallHindi BrooksNovember 7, 1974
1899"Act of Vengeance"David FriedkinTrue BoardmanNovember 14, 1974
19010"Far Side of the Fence"David FriedkinJudy BurnsNovember 21, 1974
19111"The Over-the-Hill Blues"Don McDougallRobert HamnerDecember 5, 1974
19212"Speak No Evil"Don WeisOliver CrawfordDecember 12, 1974
19313"Fall of an Angel"Daniel HallerTeleplay by: William Gordon & James Doherty and Phyllis White & Robert White
Story by: Phyllis White & Robert White
December 19, 1974
19414"The Visiting Fireman"Don WeisJimmy SangsterDecember 26, 1974
19515"The Return of Eleanor Rogers"Don WeisTeleplay by: William Gordon & James Doherty
Story by: Alfred Brenner and William Gordon & James Doherty
January 2, 1974
19616"The Faded Image"Bruce KesslerMann RubinJanuary 16, 1975
19717"A Matter of Life or Death"Jeffrey HaydenTeleplay by: Joel Rogosin and Leonardo Bercovici
Story by: Leonardo Bercovici
N/A
19818"The Organizer"Jerry JamesonDavid P. HarmonN/A
19919"The Rolling Y"Don McDougallTeleplay by: William Gordon & James Doherty
Story by: Sam Roeca
N/A

TV Movie

Title Directed by Written by Original air date
"The Return of Ironside"Gary NelsonRob Hedden and William Read WoodfieldMay 4, 1993
Chief Robert Ironside comes out of retirement when the chief of the Denver police department, where Ed Brown now works, dies prematurely and the daughter of Eve Whitfield is suspected of murdering her boyfriend.

See also

References

  1. DVD release info at TVShowsOnDVD.com