Matlock (1986)
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

Joel Steiger
Producer / Writer

Kene Holliday
Tyler Hudson

Linda Purl
Charlene Matlock

Fred Silverman
Producer

Carol Huston
Jerri Stone

Richard Newton
Judge Richard Cooksey

Julie Sommars
Julie March / Julie March (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nancy Stafford
Michelle Thomas / Caryn Nelson / Caroline Nathan / Michelle Thomas (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kari Lizer
Cassie Phillips / Margaret Danello

Daniel Roebuck
Cliff Lewis / Cliff Lewis / Alex Winthrop / Dr. Bobby Shaw

Ned Bellamy
Lyle

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

Kim Morgan Greene
Female Juror

Holly Sampson
Vicky Miller

Don Swayze
Tommy Jenks

Charles Cyphers
Tom Coyle

Billy McComb
Magician #2

Mason Adams
Bob Ranier

Theresa Saldana
Sonia Cardenas

Robert Walden
Roger Bundy

Tonea Stewart
Henrietta Dorsey

Mark DeCarlo
Billy Joe Walker

George Peppard
Max Morgan

Kenneth J. Withers
Camera Operator

Frank Thackery
Director of Photography / Director

Christopher Hibler
Director

Robert Scheerer
Director

Charles S. Dubin
Director

Tony Mordente
Director

Burt Brinckerhoff
Director

Russ Mayberry
Director

Daniel Haller
Director

Brion James
Mr. Grock

Bob Sweeney
Director

Christian I. Nyby II
Director

David Solomon
Director

Michael O'Herlihy
Director

Alan Cooke
Director

Robert Day
Director

John Llewellyn Moxey
Director

Peter Ellis
Director

Glen Sanford
Second Second Assistant Director

Seymour Robbie
Director

Bill Duke
Director

June Chadwick
Patricia Taylor

Harvey Stambler
Editor

Anne Collins
Producer

Robert Schlitt
Writer

Mary Ann Kasica
Writer

Brian Alan Lane
Writer

Robert Hamilton
Writer

Gerry Conway
Writer

Michael Scheff
Writer

Fritz Weaver
Pastor James Hubert

Paul Savage
Writer

Peter Haskell
Sen. Peter Dolan

Anne Collins
Teleplay

Rift Fournier
Story

Reed Shelly
Writer

Dick Butkus
Vic Garrett / The Annihilator

Stephen Lord
Writer

Donald Ross
Writer

Bruce Shelly
Writer

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

Milton Berle
Harvey Chase

Stephen Nichols
Cliff Lockwood

Claudia Christian
Mickey Alder

Jim Beaver
Barney Sutler

Michael C. Gwynne
Larry Cooper / Police Lieutenant Rosetti

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

Phil Leeds
Marty Willis

Paul Lambert
Judge Sherman Lockwood

James Sloyan
Elliot Atkins

Claude Akins
Sam Taylor

Gwynyth Walsh
Kiki Rice / Sandra Hopkins

Philip Sterling
Prosecutor

Fred Thompson
Prosecutor Mr. McGonigal (uncredited)

Julio Oscar Mechoso
Ramon

Michael Ensign
Doctor

Chuck Jones
Magician #1

Diana Muldaur
Judge Diana Levin

Robert Pine
State Sen. Jeffrey Paul / Sam Dolan

Leon Russom
Doug Levitt

John Beck
Brad Bingham

Larry Wilcox
Lester Matthews

Desiree Marie Velez
Mrs. Walker

Willy Parsons
Sonny

Josh Taylor
Justin Kerns / Rod Greenwood

Rhoda Griffis
Jane Kravitz

Harry Groener
Rod Greenwood

Kevin Conroy
Clark Harrison

Arnold F. Turner
Officer Green

Mark Joy
Attorney for Sen. Dolan / Robert Gateway

Gregory Itzin
Assistant D.A.

Joel Polis
Gary Benton

Nicolas Coster
Chester Gaddis

Al Wiggins
Judge Clagett

Jack Hallett
Male Juror

Ally Walker
Renee Williams

Richard Bakalyan
Bobby Devine

Bryan Cranston
Brian Emerson / Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor

David Ogden Stiers
Thomas Baldwin

John D'Aquino
Dwayne Meeks (archive footage) (uncredited) / Jim Roper

Theodore Lehmann
Jury Foreman

Steve Eastin
Steve Miller

Debra Stipe

Alberto Isaac

Terri Garber

Christopher Norris

Roger Davis

Sharon Wyatt

Andrew Divoff

David Haskell

Cathryn Damon

Lynne Cormack

Lois de Banzie

James Sutorius

Peri Gilpin

Jack Thibeau

Nia Peeples

Andrew W. Walker

Rosalind Allen

Ray Reinhardt

Jimmy Baio

Anita Morris

Beth Toussaint

Beah Richards

Roddy McDowall

Amzie Strickland

Noble Willingham

Mark Rolston

Bob Dishy

Kathryn Leigh Scott

Peter Marc Jacobson

Tammy Lauren

Adam LaVorgna

Brandon Douglas

James Karen

Diane Delano

David Paymer

Mark Moses

Michael Laskin

Bruce Wright

Robert Desiderio

Lewis Arquette

Kit McDonough

Sal Lopez

Sam McMurray

Pamela Brull

Wayne Duvall

Titus Welliver

Joe Mays

Parker Stevenson

Michael P. Moran

Raymond Singer

Howard George

Robert Curtis Brown

Toni Sawyer

James Pax

Heidi Kozak

Larry Anderson

Cherie Currie

Elizabeth Gracen

Richard Fullerton

Maura Soden

Kathy Karges

Preston Lockwood

Brian Lane Green

Marc Platt

Richard Kline

Shirley Knight

Barry Bell

Tricia O'Neil

Ralph Wilcox

John Rubinstein

Mary-Margaret Humes

Georg Stanford Brown

Michael Cavanaugh

Shaun Toub

Pat Crawford Brown

James Cromwell

Betty White

Elizabeth Storm

Jennifer Holmes

Fred Holliday

Anne Francis

Leslie Bevis

Jason Bateman

Renee Victor

Charles Cioffi

Michael Milhoan

Robert Downey Sr.

Herb Edelman

Nancy Sullivan

George Dzundza

Nicholas Pryor

Guy Stockwell

Rick Podell

Oliver Parker

Chazz Palminteri

Jimmy Keegan

Peter Hansen

Joe Seneca

Judith Chapman

Beau Billingslea

Charlotte Stewart

John Hancock

Gracie Harrison

Jandi Swanson

Daniel Quinn

Tonya Williams

Yvette Nipar

John Anderson

Gary Hudson

J. Michael Hunter

Ric Reitz

Cameron Mitchell

Randy Travis

Steven Flynn

Clifton Powell

Michael Gregory

Nicholas Cascone

Beverly Leech

Tara Thompson

Mary Cadorette

Robert Ginty

David Ruprecht

Heather McAdam

Sarah Douglas

Conchata Ferrell

Sherilyn Wolter

Kathy Garver

Tracy Nelson

Pat Brady

Julie Hayek

Greg Finley

Caryn Richman

Robert Mandan

Allen Garfield

Michael Genevie

Muse Watson

Ralph Bellamy

Leon Greene

Vincent Van Patten

Tom Verica

Patricia Charbonneau

R.G. Armstrong

Glenn Morshower

Evan C. Kim

Maureen Arthur

Anthony Charnota

Richard Herd

Rebecca Staab

Tom Everett

Granville Van Dusen

Elizabeth Hoffman

Miguel Sandoval

Ellen Heuer

Susan Seaforth Hayes

Rhea Perlman

Troy Evans

Tamara Taylor

Katherine Cannon

Lee Wilkof

Arnold Johnson

Chris Mulkey

Patrick St. Esprit

James Eckhouse

Debbie Barker

John Ducey

John Harkins

Casey Biggs

Roxann Dawson

Isabella Hofmann

Jack Dodson

Richard Lineback

Timothy Busfield

Twyla Littleton

Lew Horn

S.A. Griffin

George Gray

Robert Harper

Stan Ivar

Barry Corbin

Catherine MacNeal

Dana Elcar

Michael Cumpsty

Jane How

Raymond O'Keefe

Linal Haft

Andrea Powell

Christopher Birt

Jeff Lester

Stacy Edwards

Scott Bryce

Nina Repeta

Wilfredo Hernández

Dirk Blocker

Jeffrey Pillars

Henry G. Sanders

John Hostetter

Gregg Henry

Michael Harding

Jeff Allin

Robin Gammell

Leslie Easterbrook

Erik King

Marilyn McIntyre

Paul Collins

Jean Bruce Scott

Caitlin O'Heaney

Isabel Cooley

Luis Contreras

Claire Oberman

Michael Bowen

William Schallert

M.C. Gainey

Jeff Osterhage

Steve Bond

Shawn Weatherly

William Sanderson

Brett Cullen

Barry Jenner

Ken Michelman

Kim Walker

Julie Cobb

Lee Garlington

Philip Baker Hall

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Kevin Hagen

Fran Ryan

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

Christopher Allport

Leo Penn
Director

Grainger Hines

Jack Murdock

Wayne Tippit

Dan Cox

Geoffrey Blake

Ken Kercheval

Melissa McBride

Wallace Langham

Richard Speight Jr.

Jonathan Banks

Cindy Morgan

Michael H. Moss

Bert Remsen

Shelby Leverington

Vivica A. Fox

Carl T. Evans

Maryann Plunkett

Rene Russo

Steven Eckholdt

Bonnie Burroughs

William O'Leary

Diane Shalet

Brenda Strong

Christopher McDonald

René Auberjonois

Stephen Graham

John Calvin

Greg Evigan

William Conrad

Scott Thompson Baker

Jeri Ryan

Jason Evers

Penny Fuller

Ken Foree

Billy Bob Thornton

Roger Aaron Brown

Tony Todd

Scott Burkholder

John Lafayette

Nancy Priddy

Kevin McCarthy

Chick Hearn

Candy Clark

Penelope Windust

Peter Mark Richman

Patricia Heaton

Alyson Reed

Robert Lesser

Terry O'Quinn

Mitchell Anderson

Brian McNamara

Stan Shaw

James Stephens

Robin Christopher

Lenny Wolpe

Mitchell Ryan

Eric Pierpoint

Nancy Linari

Beth Broderick

William Prince

Terri Treas

Norma Donaldson

Daniel Davis

Rocco Sisto

Bill Hayes

Caitlin Clarke

Reiner Schöne

Terrence E. McNally

Judith Baldwin

Leann Hunley

Forry Smith

Hal Landon Jr.

Lawrence Dobkin

Wanda De Jesus

Richard McGonagle

Kenneth Kimmins

Paul Fusco

Charles Martinet

Lyman Ward

David Kagen

Allan Arbus

Diane Franklin

Jay Pickett

James A. Watson, Jr

Christian Clemenson

Rebecca Koon

Jennifer Bassey

Shari Headley

Sheree North

David Birney

John Bennes

John Randolph

Rosalyn Landor

Tom Nowicki

Casey Sander

Jeanna Michaels

Jerry Hardin

Chuck Wagner

Samantha Eggar

Cliff DeYoung

Kerrie Keane

Arthur Rosenberg

James O'Sullivan

Paul Koslo

Richard Ridings

Frances Fisher

Carmen Argenziano

Carol Mayo Jenkins

Heidi Swedberg

Ann Walker

Kale Browne

Don Porter

Dennis Christopher

Karen Moncrieff

George Gaynes
Judge Hollis D. Dunaway

Stanley Kamel
Jeweler Mark Douglas

David McCallum
Philip Dudley

Don Knotts
Les Calhoun

George DiCenzo
George Wilton / George Wilton (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bruce Greenwood
Mitchell Gordon

Nigel Gibbs
Policeman

David Carradine
Steve Mazarowski / Jimmy Legrand

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

Michael Durrell
D.A. Lloyd Burgess / D.A. Lloyd Burgess (archive footage) (uncredited)

Diana Taylor
Prosecutor

Jan Taylor Hendricks
Marilyn Reese (as Janice Taylor)

Warren Frost
Billy Lewis

Betty Lynn
Sarah

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

Susan Walden
Carolyn Westlake / Sandra Taylor / Jennifer O'Malley

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

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

Lea DeLaria
Det. Pat Jordan

Wayne Heffley
Wayne Cornell

Arthur Tovey
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Dorian Harewood
Edward Kramer

Marge Redmond
Mrs. McCardle / Mrs. McArdle

Anne Haney
Aunt Elsie / Nurse Jackson / Elizabeth Farrell

Charles Bateman
Michael Russell

Frank Pesce
Bailiff

Patricia McPherson
Karen Sylvester

Kay E. Kuter
Uncle Roy

Warren Vanders
Preacher

Alan Oppenheimer
Dr. Linder

Linden Chiles
Alan Rollins

Peter Michael Goetz
Steven Abbot

Brooke Bundy
Sherry Lister

Danny Goldring
Mo

Michael Harris
Harry Samuels (archive footage) (uncredited)

Raye Birk
Simon Le Simple

Fran Bennett
Betty Harding

Melinda O. Fee
Barbara Grayson / Marsha Gold

Bruce Gray
James Hamilton / Mr. Reese

Connie Sawyer
Mrs. Kowalski

Joe Regalbuto
Arthur Prescott

Earl Boen
Patrick Morrison / Judge George Clayton

Charles Siebert
Dr. Gilbert Lehman

Walter Olkewicz
Bartender

Jenny Wright
Ginnie Morell

Cliff Potts
Harry Neiman

John Saxon
John Franklin

Curt Lowens
Hotel Clerk

Lawrence Pressman
Nelson White

Alan Haufrect
Mr. Cooper

Robert Donner
Roy / Tom Jakes

Martin E. Brooks
District Attorney (uncredited)

Richard Gilliland
Jeffrey Spidell / Gil Stoddard

Jordan Rhodes
Police Lt. Harmon Andrews

Max Gail
Lt. Chet Webber

Seymour Cassel
Dick Silvers / Honest Earl Edwards

Allan Miller
George Brenner

Stuart Margolin
Nelson Adelson

Joshua Bryant
Dave Edwards

Tommy Lister Jr.
Tiny / Johnny Mack

Michael Champion
Guard John Jackson

Bob Minor
Rudy Chambers

Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Jerry Stone

Joel Grey
Tommy DeLuca

Tony Roberts
Guy Palmer

Tony Jay
John Bosley Hackett

Sonny Shroyer
Hugo Larson

Anthony 'Chip' Brienza
Elliot Ross

Ivan Bonar
Judge

Dianna Miranda
Patricia Price

Alexander Zale
Judge Alden
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Details.
Release DateMarch 3, 1986
StatusEnded
Seasons9
Episodes194
Running Time45m
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Matlock is an American mystery legal drama television series created by Dean Hargrove and 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, then on ABC from November 5, 1992, to May 7, 1995.
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.
A gender flipping reboot, starring Kathy Bates, premiered on CBS on September 22, 2024.
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