Matlock (1986)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Andy Griffith
Ben Matlock / Executive Producer
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Conrad McMasters
Brynn Thayer
Leanne McIntyre
Dean Hargrove
Creator / Producer / Writer
Fred Silverman
Producer
Kene Holliday
Tyler Hudson
Linda Purl
Charlene Matlock
Joel Steiger
Producer / Writer
Carol Huston
Jerri Stone
Julie Sommars
Julie March
Richard Newton
Judge Richard Cooksey
Nancy Stafford
Michelle Thomas / Caryn Nelson / Caroline Nathan
Kari Lizer
Cassie Phillips / Margaret Danello
Daniel Roebuck
Cliff Lewis / Cliff Lewis / Dr. Bobby Shaw / Alex Winthrop
Vincent Schiavelli
Julian
Peter Frechette
Jimmy Collier
Jenny Beck
Lila Harrison
Joe Penny
Paul Baron
Jonathan Frakes
Prosecutor Mr. Park
Nick Cassavetes
Foley
Jo De Winter
Ruth Delaney
Holly Sampson
Vicky Miller
Billy McComb
Magician #2
Mason Adams
Bob Ranier
Theresa Saldana
Sonia Cardenas
Robert Walden
Roger Bundy
Kenneth J. Withers
Camera Operator
Frank Thackery
Director of Photography / Director
Christopher Hibler
Director
Robert Scheerer
Director
Charles S. Dubin
Director
Tony Mordente
Director
Daniel Haller
Director
Russ Mayberry
Director
Burt Brinckerhoff
Director
Bob Sweeney
Director
Robert Day
Director
David Solomon
Director
Seymour Robbie
Director
Alan Cooke
Director
George Peppard
Max Morgan
Christian I. Nyby II
Director
Michael O'Herlihy
Director
Glen Sanford
Second Second Assistant Director
Peter Ellis
Director
John Llewellyn Moxey
Director
Bill Duke
Director
Harvey Stambler
Editor
Anne Collins
Producer
Robert Schlitt
Writer
Michael Scheff
Writer
Gerry Conway
Writer
Mary Ann Kasica
Writer
Robert Hamilton
Writer
Brian Alan Lane
Writer
Stephen Lord
Writer
Bruce Shelly
Writer
Anne Collins
Teleplay
Paul Savage
Writer
Brion James
Mr. Grock
Reed Shelly
Writer
Rift Fournier
Story
Donald Ross
Writer
Fritz Weaver
Pastor James Hubert
Craig Shoemaker
Brian Clayborn
Kim Johnston Ulrich
Sandy Farrell
Carolyn Seymour
Christina Harrison Ward
Piper Laurie
Claire Leigh
Jeff Conaway
Daniel Ward
Lee Purcell
Andrea Colter
Billy Zane
Eric Dawson
Stephen Nichols
Cliff Lockwood
Jim Beaver
Barney Sutler
Mike Farrell
Judge David Bennett
Mike Pniewski
Mitch
Brian Benben
Atty Warren Kreitzer
Aneta Corsaut
Judge Cynthia Justin
Marsha Hunt
Harriet
Cristine Rose
Lacey St. John
Melinda O. Fee
Marsha Gold
Paul Lambert
Judge Sherman Lockwood
Philip Sterling
Prosecutor
Michael Ensign
Doctor
Chuck Jones
Magician #1
Diana Muldaur
Judge Diana Levin
Robert Pine
State Sen. Jeffrey Paul / Sam Dolan
Larry Wilcox
Lester Matthews
Willy Parsons
Sonny
Josh Taylor
Justin Kerns / Rod Greenwood
Harry Groener
Rod Greenwood
Kevin Conroy
Clark Harrison
David Ogden Stiers
Thomas Baldwin
Arnold F. Turner
Officer Green (as Arnold Turner)
Joel Polis
Gary Benton
Nicolas Coster
Chester Gaddis
Don Knotts
Les Calhoun
Ally Walker
Renee Williams
Lewis Arquette
Shaun Toub
Steven Flynn
Alberto Isaac
Fred Thompson
Debra Stipe
Kit McDonough
Michael Laskin
Audra Lindley
Jason Bateman
Mark Moses
Renée Victor
Cameron Mitchell
Clifton Powell
Michael Milhoan
Charles Cioffi
Christopher Norris
Jane Sibbett
Melanie Smith
Allan Miller
Fran Bennett
David Beecroft
Jeffrey Byron
Jerry Hardin
Chuck Wagner
Cliff Potts
Carol Mayo Jenkins
Heidi Swedberg
David Ruprecht
Ann Walker
Don Porter
Richard Herd
Dennis Christopher
Karen Moncrieff
Julie Ronnie
Caitlin Clarke
Kevin McCarthy
Chick Hearn
Candy Clark
Penelope Windust
Charles Cyphers
Kathy Garver
Bruce Kirby
Alyson Reed
Robert Lesser
Lenore Kasdorf
Conchata Ferrell
Maura Soden
Richard Fullerton
Elizabeth Gracen
Robert Ginty
Cherie Currie
Larry Anderson
James Pax
Toni Sawyer
Susan Seaforth Hayes
Gary Grubbs
Robert Curtis Brown
Desiree Marie Velez
Michael P. Moran
Parker Stevenson
Joe Mays
Wayne Duvall
Terrence E. McNally
Dick Butkus
Judith Baldwin
Hal Landon Jr.
Lawrence Dobkin
Wanda De Jesus
Richard McGonagle
Kenneth Kimmins
Jim Calvert
Connie Sawyer
Suellen Yates
Lawrence Pressman
Evan C. Kim
Glenn Morshower
R. G. Armstrong
Joel Grey
Patricia Charbonneau
Tom Verica
Richard Bakalyan
Leon Greene
Ralph Bellamy
Muse Watson
Michael Genevie
Susan Walters
Tonya Williams
Yvette Nipar
Herb Edelman
Charles Siebert
Rick Podell
Randy Travis
Michael Gregory
Tara Thompson
Heather McAdam
Sherilyn Wolter
Allen Garfield
Robert Mandan
Ray Owens
Tonea Stewart
Diane Delano
Pat Hingle
Hector Elizondo
Andrew Divoff
Lynne Cormack
Sara Seidman
Michael Cavanaugh
Claude Akins
Pat Crawford Brown
Elizabeth Storm
Jennifer Holmes
Leslie Bevis
Howard George
Heidi Kozak
Robert Desiderio
Sal Lopez
Titus Welliver
Cyril O'Reilly
George Dzundza
Greg Mullavey
Maureen Arthur
Rebecca Staab
Julie Hayek
Caryn Richman
Tony Goldwyn
Lois de Banzie
Brandon Douglas
Elizabeth Hoffman
Milton Berle
Jimmy Keegan
Alan Fudge
Kristoffer Tabori
Michael C. Gwynne
David Froman
Mark Joy
Katherine Cannon
Barry Bell
Tricia O'Neil
Ralph Wilcox
John Rubinstein
Mary-Margaret Humes
Georg Stanford Brown
Diana Bellamy
Pat Skipper
Joe Seneca
Peter Marc Jacobson
Kathryn Leigh Scott
James Sloyan
Mark Rolston
Noble Willingham
Roddy McDowall
Beth Toussaint
Anita Morris
Ray Reinhardt
Andrew W. Walker
Nia Peeples
Jack Thibeau
Jack Hallett
James Sutorius
Walter Olkewicz
Greg Finley
J. Michael Hunter
Kim Morgan Greene
Stuart Fratkin
Hy Anzell
Hugh Gillin
Montrose Hagins
Vincent Van Patten
Brian Lane Green
Richard Kline
Shirley Knight
Charlotte Stewart
John Hancock
Gracie Harrison
Jandi Swanson
Granville Van Dusen
Miguel Sandoval
Ellen Heuer
Tamara Taylor
Anita Finlay
Nana Visitor
Gary Frank
Charles Frank
Marta DuBois
Jason Beghe
Dennis Franz
Ned Bellamy
David Paymer
Joe Dallesandro
Preston Lockwood
Nancy Dussault
Shaun Cassidy
Richard Burgi
Ron Fassler
Peter Jurasik
Bo Hopkins
Judith Chapman
Beau Billingslea
Tom Nowicki
Scott Burkholder
Lee Wilkof
Jack Dodson
Richard Lineback
Timothy Busfield
Twyla Littleton
Lew Horn
John Allen Nelson
Madison Mason
Joseph Hacker
Amy Yasbeck
Gerald Hiken
Jane Hallaren
William Allen Young
Lisa Hartman
Seymour Cassel
Diane Shalet
Christopher McDonald
René Auberjonois
John Calvin
Greg Evigan
William Conrad
Scott Thompson Baker
Oliver Parker
Steve Bond
Shawn Weatherly
William Sanderson
Brett Cullen
Andrea Powell
Christopher Birt
Ken Michelman
Nancy Sullivan
Peter Hansen
Terri Garber
Fredric Lehne
Kim Walker
Arnold Johnson
Claudia Christian
Chris Mulkey
Julie Cobb
Lee Garlington
Marilyn McIntyre
Richard Gilliland
John Harkins
Casey Biggs
Roxann Dawson
Isabella Hofmann
Ken Kercheval
Melissa McBride
Wallace Langham
Richard Speight Jr.
Jonathan Banks
Cindy Morgan
Michael H. Moss
Christopher Allport
Jack Murdock
Bert Remsen
Shelby Leverington
Vivica A. Fox
Carl T. Evans
Peter Haskell
Kevin Hagen
Maryann Plunkett
Leon Russom
Richard Epcar
Brian Bloom
Peter Mark Richman
Patricia Heaton
Forry Smith
Scott Bryce
Stacy Edwards
Barry Jenner
Jeff Osterhage
William Schallert
John Ducey
Debbie Barker
William Bogert
Rick Hill
Stephen Graham
Brenda Strong
William O'Leary
Scott Valentine
Leo Penn
Director
Rene Russo
Al Wiggins
Bonnie Burroughs
Joe Regalbuto
Steven Eckholdt
June Chadwick
Fran Ryan
Raymond Singer
Rod Loomis
Eddie Quillan
Alex Hyde-White
Stewart Moss
Philip Brown
Louise Shaffer
James Harper
Stacy Keach, Sr.
Lynn Whitfield
Kathleen Freeman
Burr DeBenning
Eddie Jones
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Sal Viscuso
Grainger Hines
Leann Hunley
Kale Browne
Carmen Argenziano
Frances Fisher
Troy Evans
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Richard Ridings
Paul Koslo
James O'Sullivan
Arthur Rosenberg
Kerrie Keane
Cliff DeYoung
George DiCenzo
Paul Collins
Jean Bruce Scott
Jeanna Michaels
John Randolph
Robert Donner
John Bennes
Rhoda Griffis
David Birney
Sheree North
Gregory Itzin
Shari Headley
Jennifer Bassey
Rebecca Koon
Christian Clemenson
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Susan Krebs
James A. Watson, Jr
Jay Pickett
Diane Franklin
Allan Arbus
John D'Aquino
Pat Brady
James Stephens
Stan Shaw
Brian McNamara
Tracy Nelson
Mitchell Anderson
Terry O'Quinn
Linda Kelsey
Art Hindle
Tuesday Knight
David Haskell
Caitlin O'Heaney
Reiner Schöne
Rhea Perlman
Bill Hayes
William Prince
Beth Broderick
Jerry Houser
Nancy Linari
Eric Pierpoint
Mitchell Ryan
Lenny Wolpe
Cathryn Damon
Guy Stockwell
Nicholas Pryor
Robin Christopher
Tommy Lister Jr.
John Hostetter
Henry G. Sanders
Jeffrey Pillars
Dirk Blocker
John Beck
Wilfredo Hernández
Anthony Charnota
Teri Austin
Nina Repeta
Ron Taylor
Gail O'Grady
Robert Downey Sr.
Nicholas Cascone
Beverly Leech
Mary Cadorette
Patrick St. Esprit
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Philip Baker Hall
Erik King
Gwynyth Walsh
Leslie Easterbrook
Robin Gammell
Gregg Henry
Michael Harding
Jeff Allin
Theodore Lehmann
Jury Foreman
Dorian Harewood
Edward Kramer
Steve Eastin
Steve Miller
George Gaynes
Judge Hollis D. Dunaway
Michael Durrell
D.A. Lloyd Burgess
Stanley Kamel
Jeweler Mark Douglas
David McCallum
Philip Dudley
Bruce Greenwood
Mitchell Gordon
David Carradine
Steve Mazarowski / Jimmy Legrand
Charles Bateman
Michael Russell
Desi Arnaz Jr.
Michael Porter
Mary Fanaro
Tanya Bergen
Bobbie Eakes
Joanne Leigh
Dick Van Dyke
Judge Carter Addison
Linda Pierce
Harriet Dern
Matt Nikko
Taki Yamamoto
Meredith Strange-Boston
Natalie Parmelee
Diana Taylor
Prosecutor
Betty Lynn
Sarah
Jan Taylor Hendricks
Marilyn Reese (as Janice Taylor)
Warren Frost
Billy Lewis
Tammy Arnold
Guard
Clifton Daniel
David (as Clifton Daniel Jr.)
Ryan Phillippe
Michael
Eugene Casassa
Judge Stillwell
Melora Hardin
Lisa Swift
Jimmy Workman
Bully #1
D. Anthony Pender
Man
Tom Tyler
Convict
Michael E. Knight
Daniel Fontaine
David Purdham
Bruce Parmelee
Rex Ryon
Buster
Rob Stone
Clyde Eller
Bianca Rossini
Nicole Carlton
Will Bledsoe
Gideon Harris
Patricia M. Peters
Yolanda
Mark Drexler
Police Officer
Lise Cutter
Kathy Dawson - Nurse
J. Hunter
Young Noel
Frances Bay
Samantha Bergstrom
Gregory White
Private Investigator
Sharon Farrell
Rose Ballou
Jim Haynie
Captain Chris Lewis
Sam Lloyd
Waiter
Michele Greene
Laura Gordon
Barrie Ingham
Butler
Don Murray
Albert Gordon
Ronald Pickup
Sir Alec Moore
Richard Shaw
Security Guard
Jack Bannon
Paul Lockwood
James McEachin
Police Lt. Frank Daniels
Dennis Lipscomb
Les McCall
Billy Green Bush
Billy Ray Webber
Peter White
Atty. Harvey Ravanelle
Erica Yohn
Mrs. Harris
Darrell Zwerling
Weatherman Dr. Farnsworth
Frank Aletter
Judge David Spinner
Richard Gautier
Bobby Freemont
Marg Helgenberger
Victoria Rollins / Laura Norwood
Sheldon Leonard
Casino Tipster
Bruce Weitz
Lt. Jim Manning
Phil Adams
Cop
Doug McClure
Elliot Jones
Art LaFleur
Buck Rayhall / Police Det. Campbell Buchard
Marge Redmond
Mrs. McCardle
George Coe
Dr. Lucas Sinclair
Arlene Golonka
Jackie Westmore / Jackie Flemming
John de Lancie
Dr. Albert Levinson
Norman Fell
Dr. Norman Radburn
Darrell Larson
Dr. Jackson
Ralph Manza
Mr. Lipman
Ben Piazza
Dr. David Westlake
Jean Speegle Howard
Mrs. Wilson
Peg Shirley
Foreperson
Andrew Prine
Gil Briscoe
Matt Battaglia
Rudy Simms
John Schuck
Reporter Carl Burke
Jesse Jacobs
Jury Foreperson
Wayne Heffley
Wayne Cornell
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 3, 1986
StatusEnded
Seasons9
Episodes194
Running Time45m
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
Wiki.
Matlock is an American mystery legal drama television series created by Dean Hargrove, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by Intermedia Entertainment Company (first season only), The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions (called Strathmore Productions in the first two seasons) and Viacom Productions, originally aired from March 3, 1986, to May 8, 1992, on NBC, and from November 5, 1992, to May 7, 1995, on ABC.
The show's format is similar to that of CBS' Perry Mason (both Matlock and the 1980s Perry Mason television films were created by Dean Hargrove), with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial from the jury.