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    Comedy TV Shows - 1950s TV Shows - 1960s 2 Mins Read

    Hennesey

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    1 9 5 9 – 1 9 6 2Β (USA)
    96 x 30 minute episodes

    Jackie Cooper played Lt. Charles ‘Chick’ Hennesey, a WWII veteran and Navy doctor in an onshore office at the San Diego Naval Base in California.Β Abby Dalton played his beautiful blonde nurse, Lt. Martha Hale.

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    Martha had a crush on Hennesey, but he maintained his professional dignity and much of the series was about his gradually warming up to her interest until – after a three-year courtship – they eventually married in the final episode on 7 May 1962.

    The third regular character was Chief Max Bronski (professional wrestler-turned-actor Henry Kulky), a beefy Navy seaman and sensitive Goliath who aspired to become an astronaut until Hennesey found he had an inner-ear defect and was ineligible.

    William Hale (Harry Holcombe) was Martha’s stern father and HarveyΒ Spencer Blair III (James Komack) was the base dentist.

    The regular cast also included RoscoeΒ Karns, formerly ofΒ Rocky King, Detective, as Hennesey’s superior officer Captain Walter Shafer, a 24-year Navy veteran fiercely dedicated to the Navy, and a strict believer in by-the-book practices.

    Guest stars who popped up in the series included singers Bobby Darin and Sammy Davis Jr, and comedian Soupy Sales.

    The CBS sitcom aired on Mondays at 10 pm between 28 September 1959 and 17 September 1962. 96 black and white episodes were made.

    Lt. Charles ‘Chick’ Hennesey, USN
    Jackie Cooper
    Lt. Martha Hale, RN
    Abby Dalton
    William Hale
    Harry Holcombe
    Capt. Walter A Shafer
    Roscoe Karns
    Chief Max Bronski
    Henry Kulky
    Harvey Spencer Blair III, DDS
    James Komack
    Lt. Dan Wagner
    Herb Ellis
    Commander Wilker
    Steve Roberts
    Dr King
    Robert Gist
    Chief Branman
    Ted Fish
    Seaman Pulaski
    Frank Gorshin
    SeamanΒ Shatz
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