The Magician (1973)
The Magician (1973)
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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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