Temperatures Rising (1972)
Temperatures Rising (1972)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Cleavon Little
Jerry Noland
Joan Van Ark
Annie Carlisle
Paul Lynde
Paul Mercy
William Asher
Creator / Producer / Director
Harry Ackerman
Producer
James Whitmore
Vincent Campanelli
Nancy Fox
Ellen Turner
Reva Rose
Millie MacInerny
Oscar Rudolph
Director
Roger Duchowny
Director
Herbert Kenwith
Director
Allen Baron
Director
Charles R. Rondeau
Director
Herb Wallerstein
Director
Richard Kinon
Director
Jerry London
Director
Bruce Bilson
Director
Ernest Losso
Director
Alan Rafkin
Director
Richard Learman
Director
Sheldon Keller
Writer
Joseph Bonaduce
Writer
Seaman Jacobs
Writer
Fred S. Fox
Writer
Sam Locke
Writer
Charles Tannen
Writer
Elroy Schwartz
Writer
Bill Davenport
Writer
Milton Pascal
Writer
Michael Morris
Writer
Martin Ragaway
Writer
Roy Kammerman
Writer
Lawrence Marks
Writer
Joshua Shelley
Larkin
Alan Oppenheimer
George
Elaine Giftos
Nina
Sorrell Booke
Harry Green
Graham Jarvis
Tolkin
Michael Conrad
Livingston
Charles Bateman
Dr. Benson
John Stephenson
Dr. Joiner
Frank Aletter
Dr. Larkin
Stephanie Edwards
Reporter
Trent Dolan
Intern
Mike Henry
Jason
David Huddleston
Charlie Brings
Jayne Meadows
Miss Brandon
Beverly Garland
Claudia
Craig Littler
Mr. Cooper
Milton Selzer
Sam
Charles Lane
Fulton Briggs
Roger Bowen
Dr. Lippincott
Milton Frome
Nickerson
Edward Platt
Senator Bradley
Anthony Geary
Scott
Pat Harrington, Jr.
Tip Henry
John Astin
Russo
Richard X. Slattery
Jerome
Ignatius Wolfington
Scobo
Ysabel MacCloskey
Mrs. Right
Charlotte Rae
Mrs. Moscowitz
Edmond O'Brien
Dr. Banning
Ned Glass
Poppa Amherst
Mabel Albertson
Mrs. Bingham
Tracy Reed
Terry
Bernie Kopell
Harold Lefkowitz
Joan Hotchkis
Emma Bradshaw
Larry Storch
Norman Frye
Parley Baer
Phineas Duncan
Elliott Reid
Driscoll
Chuck McCann
Charlie
Tom Bosley
Gibson
Diane Sommerfield
Susan
Michael Fox
General
Ivor Francis
Dr. Malloy
Bernard Fox
Sturges
Herb Edelman
Dr. Patterson
Burt Mustin
Mr. Peabody
Edward Andrews
Dr. Crown
Janos Prohaska
Gorilla
Larry D. Mann
Senator
Peter Brocco
Judge
Herbert Rudley
Hanson
J. Pat O'Malley
Mr. Hayden
Woodrow Parfrey
Brundage
Bryan O'Byrne
Dr. Forrester
Robert Nichols
Dr. Baker
Fred Festinger
Elevator Operator
Milt Kamen
Dr. Anderson / Al Breen
Dave Morick
Painter #1
Jack Denton
Painter #2
Jack Wells
Newscaster
David Bailey
David Amherst
C. Lindsay Workman
Dr. Bradley
John Hiestand
Colonel
Larry Fleischman
Delivery Boy
Barbara Carney
Flo
Mwako Cumbuka
Mudcat
Joyce Easton
Lady Patient
Gordon Jump
Mr. Latimore
John Gallaudet
Senator Almont
Dick Wilson
Dr. Pangloss
Michael Bell
Dr. Robertson
Rick Hurst
Orderly
Merritt Smith
Man
Felice Orlandi
Eddie
Joe E. Tata
Nails
Ondine Vaughn
Lady Technician / Gloria
Bill Elliot
Eddie
Anthony Holland
Donovan
Helen Verbit
Roberta Green
Karl Lukas
Piano Mover
Bobby Baum
Mr. Stewart
Inga Neilsen
Miss Prewitt
Michael Frome
Orderly / Intern
Lynn Wood
Nurse
Nelson D. Cuevas
Ambulance Attendant Partner / Ambulance Driver
Paul Smith
Expectant Father / Salesman
Gerald York
Doctor #2 / Dr. Allen
Alex Bookston
Doctor #1
Alice Ghostley
Edwina Moffitt / Mrs. Lindsey
Dorothy Meyer
Admissions Clerk
David White
Mr. Andrews
Allen Secher
Patient
Eugene Troobnick
Dr. Anderson
Bill Zuckert
Dr. Spitzer
Gloria Manners
Mrs. Warden
Jerry Rush
Dr. Blake
Joel Lawrence
Dr. Clark
Barrie Youngfellow
Nurse #1
Ann Barber
Student Nurse
John Myhers
Malaporte / Edgar Cross
Bernie Kuby
Patient
James Gregory
James Jerome
Larry Casey
Dr. McFarland
Larry Delaney
Crenshaw
Hollis Irving
Mrs. Cooper
Ellen Blake
Pizza Girl
Jerry Fogel
Landis / Ulmer
Marilyn Child
Bernice Butler
Jonathan Daly
Dr. Strick
Tom Ewell
Harry Butler
Jack Albertson
Senator Farnstock / Senator Farmstick
Ketty Lester
Nurse Ferguson
Kathleen Lloyd
Donna
Jim Begg
Shopkeeper
Robert Casper
Florist
Lou Epton
Cab Driver
Jordan Rhodes
Young Man
Marc Copage
Donald
Royce Wallace
Mrs. Downy
Byron Chung
Chung Ho
Virginia Ann Lee
Li Soo
Robert F. Simon
Lowell
Lillian Adams
Mrs. Pollack
Bartine Burkett
Old Lady / Mrs. Wilson
Gregory White
Orderly / Technician
Olive Dunbar
Miss Llewellen
Jerry Clark
Jenkins
Sudie Bond
Martha Mercy
Barbara Cason
Miss Tillis
John Dehner
Charles Claver
Barbara Rucker
Kelly
Charles Woolf
Dr. Franklin
Mike Moore
Intern
Jennifer Darling
Windy Winchester
Jeff Morrow
Lloyd Axton
David Westberg
Dave
Details.
Release DateSeptember 12, 1972
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes47
Running Time30m
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Temperatures Rising is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from September 12, 1972 to August 29, 1974. During its 46-episode run, it was presented in three different formats and cast line-ups. The series was developed for the network by William Asher and Harry Ackerman for Ashmont Productions and Screen Gems. Set in a fictional Washington, D.C. hospital, the series first featured James Whitmore as a no-nonsense chief of staff, forced to deal with the outlandish antics of a young intern (Cleavon Little) and three nurses (Joan Van Ark, Reva Rose, and Nancy Fox).
For the first season, 26 episodes were produced and broadcast. In the second season, Whitmore was replaced in the lead role by comedian Paul Lynde, and Asher was replaced as producer by Duke Vincent and Bruce Johnson. The series was re-titled The New Temperatures Rising Show, and featured a new supporting cast: Sudie Bond, Barbara Cason, Jennifer Darling, Jeff Morrow, and John Dehner. Cleavon Little was the only returning member of the original cast. In this season, Lynde was presented as the penny-pinching chief of staff, with Bond as his nagging mother and owner of the hospital.
The New Temperatures Rising Show ran for 13 episodes before being placed on hiatus in January 1974 due to poor ratings. It returned in July in yet another incarnation. Asher returned as producer and restored the series to its original format—albeit with Lynde continuing in the lead. Reverting to the original title of Temperatures Rising, Little remained in the show's cast, accompanied by a new line-up of supporting players: Alice Ghostley, Barbara Rucker and, returning from the first season's cast, Nancy Fox. Offered as a summer replacement on Thursday nights, the third version of the sitcom ran for seven episodes, after which it was cancelled permanently.