Episodes The Ripper September 13, 1974 The Zombie September 20, 1974 They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be... September 27, 1974 The Vampire October 4, 1974 The Werewolf November 1, 1974 Firefall November 8, 1974 The Devil's Platform November 15, 1974 Bad Medicine November 29, 1974 The Spanish Moss Murders December 6, 1974 The Energy Eater December 13, 1974 Horror in the Heights December 20, 1974 Mr. R.I.N.G. January 10, 1975 Primal Scream January 17, 1975 The Trevi Collection January 24, 1975 Chopper January 31, 1975 Demon in Lace February 7, 1975 Legacy of Terror February 14, 1975 The Knightly Murders March 7, 1975 The Youth Killer March 14, 1975 The Sentry March 28, 1975 Directed by Allen Baron   Alexander Grasshoff   Don Weis   Gordon Hessler   Michael Caffey   Gene Levitt   Robert Scheerer   Bruce Kessler   Don McDougall   Vincent McEveety   Seymour Robbie   Written by Jeffrey Grant Rice   Rudolph Borchert   Zekial Marko   David Chase   Dennis Lynton Clark   Bill Stratton   Paul Playdon   Dirk Wayne Summers   Bill S. Ballinger   Donn Mullally   Tim Maschler   L. Ford Neale   John Huff   Alvin R. Friedman   Arthur Rowe   Jimmy Sangster   Steve Fisher   Robert Zemeckis   Bob Gale   Stephen Lord   Michael Kozoll   Paul A. Magistretti   Cast Darren McGavin ... Carl Kolchak (20 episodes) Simon Oakland ... Tony Vincenzo (20 episodes) Jack Grinnage ... Ron Updyke (18 episodes) Ruth McDevitt ... Elderly Woman (12 episodes) Don Mantooth ... Policeman (3 episodes) (as Donald Mantooth) John Fiedler ... Gordon Spangler (3 episodes) Carol Ann Susi ... Monique Marmelstein (3 episodes) Dennis McCarthy ... Guard (3 episodes) Alyscia Maxwell ... 3rd Reporter (2 episodes) Keith Walker ... 1st Reporter (2 episodes) Ramon Bieri ... Captain Joe Baker (2 episodes) Richard Kiel ... The Diablero (2 episodes) Keenan Wynn ... Capt. Joe 'Mad Dog' Siska (2 episodes) Ned Glass ... Apartment Superintendent (2 episodes) Vince Howard ... Policeman (2 episodes) Beatrice Colen ... Jane Plumm Ken Lynch ... Capt. Warren Mews Small ... Masseuse (as Marya Small) Rob Berger ... Mail Boy (as Robert Bryan Berger) Roberta Collins ... Det. Cortazzo Clint Young ... Driver Mickey Gilbert ... The Ripper Charles Aidman ... Police Captain Leo Winwood Joseph Sirola ... Benjamin Sposato Val Bisoglio ... Victor Friese J. Pat O'Malley ... Caretaker Antonio Fargas ... Sweetstick Weldon Scatman Crothers ... Uncle Filemon (as Scat Man Crothers) Paulene Myers ... Marie Juliette 'Mamalois' Edmonds Earl Faison ... The Zombie Ben Frommer ... The Monk Roland Bob Harris ... Poppy James Gregory ... Captain Quill Mary Wickes ... Dr. Bess Winestock Maureen Arthur ... Woman Speaker Dick Van Patten ... Alfred Brindle Rudy Challenger ... Stanley Wedemyer Phil Leeds ... Howard Gough Len Lesser ... Crowley Fritz Feld ... Waiter Tony Rizzo ... Leon Van Heusen William Daniels ... Police Lt. Jack Matteo Suzanne Charny ... Catherine Rawlins John Doucette ... Deputy Sample Jan Murray ... Ichabod Grace Larry Storch ... Swede Kathleen Nolan ... Faye Kruger Milt Kamen ... Gingrich Anne Whitfield ... Call Girl Army Archerd ... Man Selma Archerd ... Woman Noel De Souza ... Chandra (as Noel de Souza) Bill Baldwin ... 1st Reporter Alice Backes ... Dr. Shropell Scott Douglas ... Major Taylor Hunter von Leer ... Don Rhiner (as Hunter Von Leer) Dick Gautier ... Mel Tarter Henry Jones ... Captain Julian Wells Nita Talbot ... Paula Griffin Eric Braeden ... Bernhardt Stieglitz Jackie Russell ... Wendy Lewis Charles ... George Levitt Bob Hastings ... Hallem Barry Cahill ... Dr. Alan Ross Dort Clark ... Gribbs Heath Jobes ... Radioman Jimmy Hawkins ... Jay Remy (as Jim Hawkins) Fred Beir ... Ryder Bond Philip Carey ... Sgt. Mayer David Doyle ... Cardinale Madlyn Rhue ... Maria Virginia Vincent ... Mrs. Markoff Lenore Kasdorf ... Girl Joshua Shelley ... George Carol Veazie ... Mrs. Sherman Patricia Estrin ... Felicia Porter Tom Skerritt ... Robert W. Palmer Julie Gregg ... Susan Driscoll Ellen Weston ... Lorraine Palmer John Myhers ... Senator James Talbot Jeanne Cooper ... Dr. Kline William Mims ... Officer Hale (as Bill Mims) Robert DoQui ... Park Policeman (as Robert Do Qui) Dick Patterson ... Stephan Wald Stanley Adams ... Bartender Bill Welsh ... T.V. Announcer Bruce Powers ... Peters Alice Ghostley ... Dr. Agnes Temple Victor Jory ... Charles Rolling Thunder David Lewis ... Auctioneer Marvin Kaplan ... Delgado James Griffith ... Schwartz Morris Buchanan ... Guard Marilyn Clarke ... Hostess (as Madilyn Clark) Bill Deiz ... 2nd Reporter Severn Darden ... Dr. Aaron Pollack Randy Boone ... Gene the Fiddler Johnny Silver ... Pepe LaRue - Morris Shapiro Virginia Gregg ... Dr. Hollenbeck Brian Avery ... Record Producer Maurice Marsac ... Henri Villon Elisabeth Brooks ... Natalie - Lab Assistant William Smith ... Jim Elkhorn Elaine Giftos ... Nurse Janis Eisen Tom Drake ... Don Kibbey Michael Strong ... Walter Green Robert Yuro ... Detective Webster Joyce Jillson ... Diana Lanier John Alvin ... Dr. Carrie Robert Cornthwaite ... Dr. Hartfield Michael Fox ... Frank Wesley Melissa Greene ... 1st Girl Dianne Harper ... 2nd Girl John Mitchum ... Janitor Barbara Graham ... Laurie Ellaraino ... Receptionist (as Ella Edwards) Phil Silvers ... Harry Starman Murray Matheson ... Mr. Lane-Marriot Abraham Sofaer ... Ali Lakshmi Benny Rubin ... Julius 'Buck' Fineman Shelly Novack ... Officer York Barry Gordon ... Barry the Waiter Jim Goodwin ... Frank Rivas Eric Server ... Officer Boxman John Bleifer ... Charlie Herb Vigran ... Mr. Sol Goldstein Naomi Stevens ... Mrs. Miriam Goldstein Robert Karnes ... Officer Thomas Julie Adams ... Mrs. Walker Corinne Camacho ... Dr. Leslie Dwyer (as Corinne Michaels) Bert Freed ... Capt. Akins Don 'Red' Barry ... Tyrell Security Guard (as Donald Barry) Henry Beckman ... Senator Stephens Robert Easton ... Bernard Carmichael Maidie Norman ... Librarian Read Morgan ... Man Craig R. Baxley ... Mr. R.I.N.G. (as Craig Baxley) Gail Bonney ... Barham John Marley ... Captain Maurice Molnar Pat Harrington Jr. ... Thomas Kitzmiller (as Pat Harrington) Katherine Woodville ... Dr. Helen Lynch (as Katharine Woodville) Jamie Farr ... Jack Burton Barbara Rhoades ... The Secretary Jeannie Bell ... Rosetta (as Jeanie Bell) C. Lindsay Workman ... Dr. Fisk (as Lindsay Workman) Regis Cordic ... Dr. Peel Byron Morrow ... Dr. Cowan Sandra Gould ... Landlady Al Checco ... Nils Nina Foch ... Madame Trevi Marvin Miller ... Lecturer Bernie Kopell ... Doctor Gravanites (as Bernard Kopell) Lara Parker ... Madelaine Richard Bakalyan ... The 1st Killer (as Richard Bakalyn) Douglas Fowley ... The Super (as Doug Fowley) Priscilla Morrill ... Griselda Henry Brandon ... The Man Henry Slate ... 2nd Killer Peter Leeds ... Photographer Beverly Gill ... Melody Diana Quick ... Ariel (as Diane Quick) Larry Linville ... Captain Jonas Art Metrano ... Henry 'Studs' Spake (as Arthur Metrano) Sharon Farrell ... Lila Morton Frank Aletter ... Norman Kahill Jay Robinson ... Prof. Eli Strig Jesse White ... Security Guard Jim Backus ... Herb Bresson Steve Franken ... Neil Joey Aresco ... Electric Larry Jimmy Murphy ... Beaner Jack Bernardi ... Otto Jim Malinda ... Snow White Brunetta Barnett ... Nurse Jackie Vernon ... Coach Toomey Kristina Holland ... Rosalind Winters Carolyn Jones ... The Registrar Andrew Prine ... Prof. C. Evan Spate Carmen Zapata ... Spanish Woman Maria Grimm ... Maria Vanegas Ben Masters ... Mike Thompson Milton Parsons ... Mozart John Elerick ... Mark Hansen (as John Elrick) Davis Roberts ... Coroner Margie Impert ... Betty Walker (as Margaret Impert) Iris Edwards ... The Girl Pippa Scott ... Tillie Jones Sorrell Booke ... Mr. Eddy Victor Campos ... Professor Jaime Rodriguez Erik Estrada ... Pepe Torres Carlos Romero ... George Andrews Udana Power ... Capt. Madge Timmins Sondra Currie ... Vicky Cal Bartlett ... Officer Earl Lyons Ernest Macias ... Andrew Gomez (as Ernesto Macias) Robert Casper ... Prof. Jones Mina Vasquez ... Rita Torres Dorrie Thomson ... Lona Merrie Lynn Ross ... Nina John Dehner ... Capt. Vernon Rausch Hans Conried ... Mendel Boggs Robert Emhardt ... Roger - Coat of Arms Dealer Jeff Donnell ... Maura Shug Fisher ... Pop Stenvold Lieux Dressler ... Minerva Musso Bryan O'Byrne ... Charles - Butler Sidney Clute ... Bruce Krause Gregg Palmer ... Sgt. Buxbaum Ed McCready ... 1st Reporter Jim Drum ... Leo J. Ramutka Don Carter ... Lester Nash Cathy Lee Crosby ... Helen Surtees Dwayne Hickman ... Sergeant Orkin Kathleen Freeman ... Bella Sarkof George Savalas ... Kaz (as Demosthenes) Eddie Firestone ... Conventioneer Michael Richardson ... Mervin Penny Santon ... Mother James Murtaugh ... Manager James Ingersoll ... 1st Young Man Reb Brown ... 2nd Young Man Joss White ... Secretary Kathie Browne ... Lieutenant Irene Lamont Albert Paulsen ... Dr. James Verhyden John Hoyt ... Dr. Beckwith Frank Marth ... Colonel Brody Tom Bosley ... Jack Flaherty Cliff Norton ... Arnie Wisemore Frank Campanella ... Ted Chapman Margaret Avery ... Ruth Van Galen Lew Brown ... 1st Detective Greg Finley ... Dr. Phillips Tom Moses ... Dr. Gordon Uncredited Cast Martha Manor ... Maria's Client (8 episodes) Paul Baxley ... Cop in Alley (6 episodes) Bob Harks ... Bartender (5 episodes) Al Beaudine ... Detective (4 episodes) Daniel Elam ... Passerby (4 episodes) Walter Smith ... Reporter (4 episodes) Chuck Waters ... Jerry (4 episodes) Norman Stevans ... Reporter (4 episodes) Edwin Rochelle ... Waiter (3 episodes) Leoda Richards ... Lecture Guest (3 episodes) Murray Pollack ... Reporter (3 episodes) Craig R. Baxley ... Robert Gurney (3 episodes) Len Felber ... Detective (2 episodes) Eddie Garrett ... Bus Driver (2 episodes) Joe Pine ... Observer on Street (2 episodes) Gary Baxley ... Willie Pike (2 episodes) Gary Bohn ... Observer on Street (2 episodes) Kathryn Janssen ... Plane Passenger (2 episodes) Jimmy Joyce ... Man Talking (2 episodes) Tony Regan ... Reporter (2 episodes) Robert Hitchcock ... Ship Passenger (2 episodes) Ted Christy ... Arcade Patron (2 episodes) Chester Hayes ... Stage Manager (2 episodes) Bill Deiz ... Second Reporter (2 episodes) Peter Eastman ... Mr. Ludlow (2 episodes) Bob Golden ... Detective Tackwood (2 episodes) Bob Templeton ... Reporter (2 episodes) Benjie Bancroft ... Detective (2 episodes) Tom Anfinsen ... Guard (2 episodes) Nick Borgani ... Lecture Guest (2 episodes) Eddie Smith ... Forklift Driver (2 episodes) Mickey Gilbert ... Nanautzin, the Mummy Denise Dillaway ... Debbie Fielder Dulcie Jordan ... Driver's Wife Jim Michael ... Reporter Cathey Paine ... Ellen Charlie Picerni ... Bartender Dick Warlock ... Policeman Calvin Brown ... Hood Hank Calia ... Albert Berg Cosmo Sardo ... Reporter Dick Enberg ... Radio announcer (voice) George Tracy ... Zookeeper Sally Yarnell ... Reporter Alice Backes ... Elena Munoz Nick Dimitri ... Football Player Scott Douglas ... Second Reporter Betty Endicott ... Linda Courtner Tony Epper ... Andrew Garth Howard Gray ... Bellboy Stuart Nisbet ... Hotel Manager Hunter von Leer ... Blond Football Player Ted White ... Hugo Maltz Barry Cahill ... Murray Vernon Ray Ballard ... Bernie Efron Lyn Guild ... Lois Prysock Steven Marlo ... Sailor Dick Cherney ... George Mason Gary Glanz ... Philip, Stage Manager George Sawaya ... Frankie Markoff Marcus Smith ... Man at Pool Don Watters ... Hit Man John Dennis ... Second Maintenance Engineer Sam Edwards ... Mailman Ike Jones ... First Maintenance Engineer Bruce Powers ... First Policeman Ross Sherman ... Second Policeman Keith Walker ... TV Reporter Bob Courts ... Auction Attendee Walt Davis ... Officer Mason Running Deer ... Indian Dick Geary ... Auction Guard Bart Greene ... Auction Attendee Lois January ... Rhonda June Markay Troy Melton ... Desk Sgt. Barbara Morrison ... Lucy LaPont Addison Riza Royce ... Mrs. Charlotte Elaine Van Piet Don Terwilliger ... Auction Attendee Arthur Wong ... Asian Auction Attendee Roberta Dean ... Michelle Louise Kelly Rudy Diaz ... Sgt. Villaverde Michael Jeffers ... Patient James LaSane ... Officer Johnson Frieda Rentie ... Reporter Wesley Gale ... Reporter Eugene Jackson ... Reporter Chester Jones ... Reporter Daniel Nunez ... Worker Jack Berle ... Rabbi Duke Fishman ... Passerby Hank Robinson ... Police Officer Paul Sorensen ... Officer Prodman Myron Healey ... Col. Wright Alex Sharp ... Detective Creed Bratton ... Man Entering Laboratory Charles Fogel ... Mort Barbara Luddy ... Woman Paul Picerni ... Humane Society Man Arnold Williams ... Barney David Armstrong ... Fashion Show Attendee Ella Mae Brown ... Lecture Guest Brent Dunsford ... Make-Up Artist Kellye Nakahara ... Lecture Guest Fern Barry ... Mrs. Rita Baker Steve Boyum ... Harold 'Swordsman' Baker Mel Gold ... Detective Ralph Montgomery ... Claude Nico Stevens ... Mourner Teddy Blue ... Demon Carlos Molina ... Carlos the Landlord Steve Stafford ... Craig H. Donnelly Snag Werris ... Station Attendant Don Ames ... Exhibit Guest Alma Beltran ... Mrs. Torres Jerry Brutsche ... Warrior #2 Robert Clarke ... Detective in Stairwell Pitt Herbert ... Medical Examiner Gene LeBell ... Officer Tim Olson Paul V. Picerni Jr. ... Waiter Wally Rose ... Warrior #1 Clark Ross ... Hotel Guest Ron Stein ... Officer Smith John Arndt ... Police Officer Mickey Golden ... Reporter William O'Connell ... Brewster Hocking Robert Buckingham ... Construction Worker Edward Coch Jr. ... Construction Worker George Holmes ... Worker Andrew Robinson ... Shipping Clerk Kelly Wilder ... Receptionist Produced by Paul Playdon   Cy Chermak   Darren McGavin   Original Music by Gil Mellé   Jerry Fielding   Luchi De Jesus   Greig McRitchie

Additional Info Premiere: September 13, 1974 DVD Release: October 04, 2005 Blu-ray Release: October 12, 2021 Country: Distributor: Kino Video Websites: Production Companies Francy Productions Universal Television Distributors American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1974-1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing) MCA/Universal Home Video   (USA) (VHS) MGM/UA Home Entertainment   (USA) (VHS) Me-TV   (2017-) (USA) (TV) Studios USA Television   (USA) (TV) Universal Television   (USA) (TV) (syndication) World Beyond Video   (USA) (VHS) Rating Stats Overall Rating 8.4 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,466 / 21,077 Site Ranking #5,462 Dungeons & Dragons: Season 2 (1984) #5,463 Dungeons & Dragons: Season 3 (1985) #5,464 Grizzly (1976) #5,465 Puppet Master II (1991) #5,466 Kolchak: The Night Stalker: Season 1 (1974) #5,467 Fool's Paradise (2023) #5,468 Demonic (2021) #5,469 The Ledge (2022) #5,470 The Silence Of The Hams (1994)