Marcus Welby, M.D.

19691h 0m / epDrama

First aired

September 23, 1969

6.6

TMDB Score

66% match · 20 votes

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S01 · E16

Fun and Games and Michael Ambrose

Season 1 · Jan 13, 1970 · 1h 0m

Michael Ambrose, a diabetic, tries to end his life to get even with his father. Michael resents his father, best-selling novelist John Ambrose, blaming him for the unhappiness his mother suffered before her death, and taunts him by threatening to give up taking her insulin shots. When John Ambrose goes back East for a television appearance, Michael carries out his threat.

About the Series

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Drama

Synopsis

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.

CreatorDavid Victor

First aired
September 23, 1969
Last aired
May 4, 1976
Seasons
7 seasons · 171 episodes
Status
Ended
Original language
English
Network
ABC

Top Billed Cast

Robert Young

Robert Young

Dr. Marcus Welby

James Brolin

James Brolin

Dr. Steven Kiley

Pamela Hensley

Pamela Hensley

Janet Blake

Sharon Gless

Sharon Gless

Kathleen Faverty

Elena Verdugo

Elena Verdugo

Consuelo Lopez

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