Adventures in Paradise (1959)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
Plot.
Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.
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Cast & Crew.
George Tobias
Trader Penrose
Guy Stockwell
Chris Parker
Gardner McKay
Adam Troy
James Michener
Creator / Writer
Martin Manulis
Producer
William Self
Producer / Producer / Executive Producer
Dominick Dunne
Producer
William Froug
Producer / Writer
Marcel Hillaire
Inspector Bouchard
Linda Lawson
Renee
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Charles Myall
Art Direction
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
Norman Rockett
Set Decoration
Lloyd Ahern Sr.
Director of Photography
Johnny Borgese
Special Effects
Felix E. Feist
Director
Robert Florey
Director
Jus Addiss
Director
Paul Stanley
Director
James B. Clark
Director
Sutton Roley
Director
Boris Sagal
Director
Gerald Mayer
Director
Bernard Girard
Director
Tom Gries
Director
Charles F. Haas
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Director
Robert Aldrich
Director
Mitchell Leisen
Director
Stuart Rosenberg
Director
Burnet Lamont
Assistant Director
Norman Foster
Director
Don Medford
Director
Gilbert Kay
Director
Gerd Oswald
Director
Jacques Tourneur
Director
Gene Levitt
Director / Producer / Writer
Francis D. Lyon
Director
Charles R. Rondeau
Director
David Orrick McDearmon
Director
Richard L. Bare
Director
Robert Belcher
Editor
Gerald Wilson
Editor
Gaston Glass
Production Manager
Roy Huggins
Executive In Charge Of Production
Edward Rossi
Sound Effects Editor
Lionel Newman
Original Music Composer
George Korngold
Music Editor
Max Steiner
Music Coordinator
Fred Freiberger
Writer
Michael Pertwee
Writer
John Tucker Battle
Writer
Carey Wilber
Writer
John McGreevey
Writer
William Link
Writer
Richard P. McDonagh
Story Editor
James A. Michener
Writer
Richard Levinson
Writer
Meyer Dolinsky
Writer
Robert Mintz
Writer
Edward J. Lakso
Writer
Cyril Hume
Writer
Robert Douglas
Albert Othery
Dan O'Herlihy
Colonel Tomlinson
Jerome Cowan
Harvey Carlton
Whitney Blake
Carol Olafson
Mike Kellin
Mickey Hogan
Elsa Lanchester
Miss Creshaw
Betsy von Furstenberg
Dani Baxter
Fritz Feld
Fontaine
Joan Blondell
Millicent Brass
Gena Rowlands
Dr. Abigail Brent
Patricia Breslin
Lolrraine Maybery
Vito Scotti
FouFou
Geoffrey Horne
Ned Evans
Juliet Prowse
Simone Hall
Lizabeth Scott
Carla MacKinley
Carroll O'Connor
Henry Gresham
Barbara Eden
Ginny Grant
Barry Morse
Jarvis
Danielle De Metz
Danielle Durand
Virginia Field
Cecile
Paul Tripp
Derek Benson
Steven Hill
B.E. Langard
Lilyan Chauvin
Foridita
Bert Freed
Michael Dannora
Rita Moreno
Inez Sanders
Paul Hartman
Herbert Simmons
Victor Millan
Oro
Janice Rule
Audrey Lee
Betty Garde
Queen Atea
Margaret O'Brien
Phyllis Willoughby
Reginald Gardiner
Chester Hobart
Warren Stevens
Anders
Geraldine Brooks
Sylvia Ashcroft
Margo
Mrs. Hogue
Mara Corday
Angel
Ron Randell
Malleson
Inger Stevens
Dr. Britta Sjostrom
Elaine Stritch
Ethel Forester
Noah Beery Jr.
Jon Peterson
Joseph Wiseman
Torok
Al Freeman Jr.
Para
Barbara Steele
Dolores
Patricia Owens
Rusty Haynes
Alexis Smith
Loraine Lucas
Cesare Danova
Father Juan Perez
Torin Thatcher
Michael Cameron
Anna May Wong
Lu Yang
Vincent Price
Armand Duchette
Luciana Paluzzi
Suzanne Dulac
Gloria DeHaven
Liana MacIntosh
Reginald Denny
Winston Harrow
Anna Kashfi
Monique Le Febure
Parley Baer
Penner Bell
Yuki Shimoda
Kenko Yoshimura
Frank Overton
Max Brodie
Diana Lynn
Nicole Hazen
Yvonne De Carlo
Lianne Zagreb
Brett Halsey
Paul Spencer
Bruce Gordon
Stevens
John Hoyt
Sebastian
Judson Pratt
Harry Summers
Werner Klemperer
Kuberli
Pilar Seurat
Midge
Don Dubbins
Big Ed Brody
Terence de Marney
Kernahan
Viveca Lindfors
Sister Catherine
Robert Middleton
Howard Bailey
Jo Morrow
Suzette
Reginald Owen
Ambrose Feather
Art Baker
Brownley
Dick York
Markham Jones
Lola Albright
Nita Graham
Constance Towers
Laura Knight
Anne Seymour
Mrs. Alice Webster
Lawrence Dobkin
Nat Wilson
Tuesday Weld
Gloria Dannora
BarBara Luna
Tapou
Sheila Bromley
Sylvia Simmons
Forrest Lewis
Henry Willoughby
Jeff Richards
Paul Garner
Paul Mazursky
Paul Michelet
Rhys Williams
Ogden Bartholomae
Larry Blyden
Charlie Vale
Agnes Moorehead
Jikiri
Paul Richards
Jerry Pine
Jay Novello
Willoughby
Aki Aleong
Kim Hopu
Tom Conway
Bartlett
Robert J. Wilke
Riker
Ricardo Montalban
Captain Henri Privaux
Thomas Gomez
Bello
Moyna MacGill
Daphne
Vaughn Taylor
Lamb
Nico Minardos
Sebastian
Eva Gabor
Mme. Laszlo
Hugo Haas
Hugo Zagreb
Fay Bainter
Sister Josephine
Raymond Massey
Captain William Brooks
Patricia Medina
Mme. Celeste Soulange
Marcel Dalio
Maurice
Alan Napier
Alex
Suzanne Pleshette
Minette
Dan Duryea
Theodore Florian
Jeanette Nolan
Maggie
Joanna Moore
Ricky
Herbert Marshall
Dr. Morgan / Judge
Anna Sten
Antonia Kohlermann
George Macready
Shepherd / Christopher Weldon
Glynis Johns
Esther Holmes
Vince Edwards
Jink Pierce
Kim Hunter
Vanessa Sutton Charles
Tom Drake
Jock Underhill
Abraham Sofaer
Timaui / Geoffrey Donne
Teresa Wright
Emilie Forbes
Joey Forman
Sam Crane
Patricia Cutts
Mavis Compton / Jeanie
Rolfe Sedan
Dr. Gaillefontaine
Hazel Court
Laura McLeish
Fay Spain
Julie / Amy
Joanne Linville
Kay Wilson / Christine 'Chu Chu' Benoit
Celia Lovsky
Paul's Mother
Raymond Bailey
Morton Forsythe
Sean McClory
Mike Milligan / Shay
Kent Smith
Michael Legrange / Crandall
Tudor Owen
Colonel Beaufort
Fifi D'Orsay
Mother Superior / Wanda
Julia Montoya
Runa
Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Maude Harper
France Nuyen
Pele LeClerc
Phillip Pine
Robert Dawson
Peggy Ann Garner
Deborah Baxter / Lorrie Hamilton
Susan Hampshire
Estelle Heydin
Madlyn Rhue
Sherry Drake
Anne Helm
Susan Webster
Malcolm Atterbury
Lars Olafson
John Fiedler
Professor Henry Hoag / Mr. Groper
Julie Newmar
Venus
Aliza Gur
Tiare
Dayton Lummis
Charles Fouchet
John Dehner
Paul Jordan
Michael Forest
John Thompson
Buddy Ebsen
Ben Curtis
Constance Ford
Reba
Christopher Dark
John Merrick
Edgar Barrier
Soovan
Wesley Lau
Paul Moore
Johnny Seven
Joe Perlote
Booth Colman
Chitral
Dabbs Greer
Reverend Forbes
Henry Jones
Professor Flanders
Eileen Ryan
Alice
Hari Rhodes
Ombomb / Timi
Lee Patrick
Millicent
Alf Kjellin
Ulrich T. Hansen
Paul Mantee
Ori
Lani Kai
Khobu
Paul Comi
Stewart / Red Wickham
John Anderson
Benson
Marilyn Maxwell
Virgie Shackleford / Lili Montegro
Estelle Winwood
Lolita Meggs
Bethel Leslie
Barbara Lyons / Carol Legrange
Larry Pennell
Dr. Patrick Donovan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Judith
Diane Baker
Veronica Sanders / Danielle Arnoux
Natalie Trundy
Monica Carlton
Anthony Steel
Charles Remley
Oscar Beregi Jr.
Lavin
Jacqueline Scott
Betts Forbes / Adrian Crandall
Jessie Royce Landis
Madame Vachet
Wayne Morris
Sam Agnew
Lawrence Tierney
Gorn
Joanna Barnes
Diane Winthrope
Paulette Goddard
Mme. Victorine Reynard
Rafael Campos
Tu
Arthur Malet
O'Toole / Sailor
James Barton
Rocky
Liliane Montevecchi
Therese Privaux
Michael Pate
Andre Villard
Philip Ahn
Ling / Reverend Yen / Mr. Chee
Julie London
Dalisay Lynch
Kay Medford
Willie Foster
David Opatoshu
Paul Broussard
Hans Conried
Dr. Mood
Cecil Kellaway
Hector / Charlie Bassett / Martin Wormer
Harvey Korman
Bromby
John Larch
Nicholas
Henry Slate
Bulldog Lovey
Susan Oliver
Maggie Thornhill / Prudence Brown / Nora Evans
J. Pat O'Malley
McPheeney / John Dougal / Llewellyn
Kim Charney
Vincent Sanders
Lew Gallo
Pete Hanlon / Bremmer
Mark Roberts
Ralph Harris
Miriam Colon
Rea
Peter Whitney
Wilbur Paddock / Bosun
Gustavo Rojo
Lt. Romain
Jesse White
Frank Crayle
Reggie Nalder
Honore Balzac
Ina Balin
Princess Sakindra
Russell Johnson
Bowman
Ronald Long
George Bellamy
Don Kennedy
Cunningham
Berry Kroeger
Inspector Riebold
Claude Akins
Sam Kayle
Anna Navarro
Tina
Doreen Lang
Ruth Brodie
Steven Geray
Piet / Paul Barolle
Del Moore
Loudmouth
Albert Salmi
Paul LeBlanc
James Hong
Kim Fong / Lim Fong
John van Dreelen
Monsieur Coret / Lieutenant Troveaux / Charles Arnoux
Barbara Stuart
Gilbert
Lon Chaney Jr.
Trader One Arm
Patrick Macnee
Colonel O'Neill
Anthony Eustrel
Waiter in Bar / Doctor
Pippa Scott
Mariah Feather / Amanda Dawson / Judith
Edward Andrews
Theodore Kramer
Simon Oakland
McGraw / Martin Quirk / John Briggs
Skip Ward
Yank
John Abbott
Murdock
Charles Aidman
Stan Willets
Skip Homeier
Ryan
Thomas Mitchell
Hubert Willis
Brock Peters
Nicholas
Henry Silva
Raoul Marquette
Paul Langton
Dr. Stan Sandholm
George Mathews
Holt
Iphigenie Castiglioni
Tama
Rusty Lane
Brady
Martin Landau
Sacheveral Sackett / Miller
Albert Carrier
Pierre / Triveaux
Charles Bronson
Dan Morton
Ben Cooper
Doug Forsythe
Virginia Gregg
Kate Anthony
Roy Jenson
Guard
Antoinette Bower
Sarah / Vicki
Barbara Bain
(uncredited) / Martha Peterson
Jason Evers
Rick Leyton
Lurene Tuttle
Penelope Hobart
Milton Parsons
Nasonby
Jan Sterling
Topaz Harmony
Billy Curtis
Captain Borcher
Jason Wingreen
Romer
Henry Brandon
Totani / Kahuna
Kurt Kasznar
Herr Wagner
Brian Roper
Potter
Len Lesser
Lasser
Hal Baylor
Thompson
Anne Francis
Anne Meadow
Ben Wright
Dr. Jameson / Police Lieutenant
Greta Chi
Tara
James Holden
Clay Baker
David Janssen
Scotty Bell
Robert Foulk
Harris
Arthur Batanides
Brimmer
Steve Baylor
Ross
Mary Ayres
Girl in Apartment
Nina Shipman
Gail Shepherd
John Ericson
Jeff Hazen
Alan Caillou
Bates / Inspector Black
Marjorie Bennett
Agnes Higgins
John Alderson
Darcy
Weaver Levy
Oliver Kee
Ellen Corby
Sister Julia
Harold Innocent
Governor's Aide
Mel Prestidge
Native
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 5, 1959
StatusEnded
Seasons3
Episodes91
Running Time1h
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
south seas
south pacific
sea captain
schooner
french polynesia
charter sailor
Scripted
Wiki.
Adventures in Paradise is an American one-hour television series created by James Michener and starring Gardner McKay, which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962.
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