The Magician (1973)
Plot.
The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. In the series pilot, the character was instead named Anthony Dorian. The name change was due to a conflict with the name of a real life stage magician.
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Cast & Crew.
Bill Bixby
Anthony Blake / Director
Joseph Sirola
Dominick
Keene Curtis
Max Pomeroy
Bruce Lansbury
Creator
Julian Christopher
Jerry Anderson
Todd Crespi
Dennis Pomeroy
Larry Anderson
Larry Anderson
Sutton Roley
Director
Reza Badiyi
Director
Marvin J. Chomsky
Director
Leslie H. Martinson
Director
Alexander Singer
Director
Barry Crane
Director
Jack Arnold
Director
Paul Stanley
Director
Arnold Laven
Director
David Moessinger
Director / Writer
Michael O'Herlihy
Director
Don Weis
Director
Paul Krasny
Director
Walter Brough
Writer
Laurence Heath
Writer
Richard Hesse
Writer / Story
Paul Playdon
Writer
Shimon Wincelberg
Writer / Story
Marion Hargrove
Writer
Edward J. Lakso
Writer
James L. Henderson
Story / Writer
Samuel Roeca
Writer / Story
David Chase
Writer
Frank Telford
Writer / Story
Juanita Bartlett
Writer
Jimmy Sangster
Writer
Harold Livingston
Writer
Howard Berk
Writer
Larry Brody
Writer
Lew Ayres
Max Braden
Cameron Mitchell
Canfield / Walter C. Marsh
Peggy Doyle
Nun
Marlyn Mason
Diane Thomson
Stephen McNally
Manning Hargrove
Vincent Beck
Stanley Owens
Peter Brown
Ray Weaver
Amanda McBroom
Julie Carter
Ramon Bieri
Lt. Phil Corcoran
John Karlen
Jim Russell
Brenda Benet
... Joanna Marsh / Joanna Osborne (as Brenda Benét)
Macdonald Carey
Rich
Bill Zuckert
Matt Osborne
Neville Brand
Sheriff Platt
Geoffrey Deuel
Vic Reiser
Beah Richards
Mrs. Thatcher
Susan Foster
Maggie Platt
Susan Oliver
Susanna
Walter Brooke
Orin Connover
Roy Jenson
Frank Letterman
Wesley Lau
Captain Ivan Gottschalk
Carl Betz
Paul Ryerson
Lloyd Bochner
Matt Matthews
Brad David
Danny Ryerson
Jane Merrow
Carol Spain / Lorna Hackett
Wayne Heffley
Sheriff Harris
Robert Webber
Arthur Zellman
Kristina Holland
Stacy McGranahan
William Jordan
Sheriff R. Sanders
Anthony Eisley
Ralph Turner
Joe Flynn
George Blaisdell
Yvonne Craig
Dr. Nora Zabriskie
George Murdock
Timothy Dunagan
Hal Williams
Jonathan Gordon
Pamela Britton
Betty Foster
John Milford
Stan Lubie
Yuki Shimoda
Father Fred
Russell Thorson
Alex Nicholson
Leif Erickson
Nicholas Olson
Christopher Stone
Gary Allmont
Robyn Millan
Laurie Allmont
Bob Herron
Scuba Diver
Joseph Campanella
Frank Mitchell
Leslie Parrish
Lydia
Ed Gilbert
Larry Malone (as Edmund Gilbert)
John Colicos
Paul Gunther
Carol Lynley
Janet Keegan
L.Q. Jones
Johnson
Lloyd Nolan
Charles Keegan
Joe Maross
Alan Burke
Joan Shawlee
Trudy Kroll
Charlie Picerni
Johnny Kroll (as Charles Picerni) / Melton (as Charles Picerni)
Barbara Rhoades
J.J. 'Joy Joy' Walters
Mark Wilson
Mark Wilson / Mark Wilson (uncredited)
Anthony Zerbe
Brad Nicholson
Beth Brickell
Victoria Hunter
Nina Foch
Irene Denore
Edward Winter
Ted Winters
Mark Lenard
Foley
Biff Elliot
Hotel Manager
Greg Wilson
Greg Wilson / Greg Wilson (uncredited)
Katherine Justice
Sandra Cassidy
Brooke Bundy
Virginia Miles
Paul Mantee
Joe Taggart
Eric Braeden
Nelson Paradine
Lynda Day George
Stacey Hyatt
Milton Selzer
Alex Pochek
Norman Burton
Malloy (as Normann Burton)
Curt Lowens
Carl Pochek
Abraham Sofaer
Hassid
Joseph Wiseman
Hon Chi Kai
France Nuyen
Dawn
Philip Ahn
Chao Liu
John Devlin
Howard Sherman / Simmons
Soon-Tek Oh
Sheng (as Soon Taik-Oh)
Nobu McCarthy
Mrs. Ti
Eugene Roche
Rev. Wally Snider
Jack Ging
Frank Denbo
William Sylvester
Peter Hayden
Michele Marsh
Sister Janet
Peggy Rea
Emma
Jeremy Slate
Ross Hazlitt
Tim Matheson
Jerry Purcell
Murray Matheson
Walter Moran
Pamela Franklin
Linda Casey
Fred Sadoff
Lt. Ed Gold
James Victor
Father / Artie
Grace Gaynor
Mother / Shirl
Louis Hayward
Millotson
Joanna Miles
Maggie Jones
Scott Hylands
Hal Millotson
Simon Scott
Jackson Wyndham
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 2, 1973
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes21
Running Time1h
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
crime investigation
magic
Scripted
Wiki.
The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. In the series pilot, the character was named Anthony Dorian; the name was changed due to a conflict with the name of a real-life stage magician.
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