The Brian Keith Show is an American sitcom

Situation comedy

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 that aired on NBC from September 1972 to March 1974. The series stars Brian Keith

Brian Keith

Brian Keith was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his four decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the 1961 Disney family film The Parent Trap, the 1966 comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, and the 1975 adventure saga The Wind and...

 and Shelley Fabares

Shelley Fabares

Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares is an American actress and singer. Fabares is known for her roles as Donna Reed's oldest child, Mary Stone, on The Donna Reed Show , and as Craig T. Nelson's love interest and eventual wife, Christine Armstrong Fox, on the sitcom Coach. She also was Elvis...

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Synopsis

Keith plays Dr. Sean Jamison, a pediatrician living running a free clinic for children in Hawaii. Shelley Fabares stars as his daughter who also works as pediatrician alongside her father. The first season supporting cast included Stephen Hague as Alfred Landis and Sean Tyler Hall as Stewart, two neighborhood youngsters. Victoria Young played Nurse Puni. Michael Gray

Michael Gray (actor)

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 appeared the first season as Ronnie Collins, a student doctor, and Moe Keale

Moe Keale

Wilfred Nalani "Moe" Keale was a musician of Hawaiian music, ukulele virtuoso, and an American actor. He was uncle to Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.-Career:...

 played Officer O'Shaughnessy.

In the fall of 1973 with the renaming of the series to The Brian Keith Show, Gray, Hague, and Hall left the cast. Nancy Kulp

Nancy Kulp

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 and Roger Bowen

Roger Bowen

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 joined the series in the roles of wealthy landlady, Mrs. Millard Gruber, and the allergist, Dr. Spencer Chaffee.

Guest stars included Edward Binns, Victor Buono

Victor Buono

Charles Victor Buono was an American actor and comic.-Early life and career:Buono was born in San Diego, California, the son of Myrtle Belle and Victor Francis Buono . His maternal grandmother, Myrtle Glied , was a Vaudeville performer on the Orpheum Circuit...

, Christopher Connelly, Jackie Coogan

Jackie Coogan

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, Jack Elam

Jack Elam

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, Nina Foch

Nina Foch

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, Dawn Lyn

Dawn Lyn

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, Pat Morita

Pat Morita

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, Douglas Mossman, Merlin Olsen

Merlin Olsen

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 (as himself), Dick Van Patten

Dick Van Patten

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, Reta Shaw

Reta Shaw

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 (as Miss Gormley), Ronnie Schell

Ronnie Schell

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, Robert Sterling

Robert Sterling

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, Dub Taylor

Dub Taylor

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, and David Wayne

David Wayne

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 (as Uncle Timothy Jamison).

Production notes

Bruce Johnson was the producer of the series, a Warner Brothers Production was filmed at an estate at the foot of Diamond Head in Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii

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. Several episodes were directed by Earl Bellamy

Earl Bellamy

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. Some episodes were written by Garry Marshall

Garry Marshall

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 about the time that he was launching Happy Days on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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In its first season, the series aired on Fridays following the top 10 hit Sanford and Son

Sanford and Son

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. It was broadcast at 8:30 p.m. opposite CBS's The Sonny and Cher Show and ABC's The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. The series originally ran from September 25, 1970 until August 31, 1974, the last new episode airing on March 23, 1974, on the ABC network, as part of a Friday-night lineup...

. In the second season, it aired at 9:30 p.m. Friday opposite CBS Friday Night Movies and ABC's short-lived sitcom Adam's Rib. After its cancellation in March 1974, reruns of The Brian Keith Show continued from April 5 to August 30, 1974.