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    Young Dr Malone

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    1 9 5 8 – 1 9 6 3 (USA)

    Set in fictional Denison, Maryland, this daytime serial from NBC – adapted from a popular long-running radio serial of the 1940s – focused on the father and (adopted) son team of doctors Jerry (the original “young” Dr Malone, played by William Prince) and his son David Malone (John Connell), who practised at Valley Hospital in Denison, Maryland.

    Jerry’s wife, Tracy, was played by Virginia Dwyer and Augusta Dabney in succession.

    youngdrmalone2David struggled to follow in his respected father’s footsteps with a successful career and marriage, but it was not easy.

    During the show’s run, he found himself either in love with or loved by Dorothy Ferris (Liz Gardner and Florence Mitchell), Eve Dunbar (Loretta Leversee), and Gig Houseman (Diana Hyland), finally marrying the latter.

    His parents disapproved of Gig, though, and if that was not enough heartache, he was put on trial for murder after the suspicious death of Gig’s mother, Lillian Houseman (Elizabeth Watts). David was eventually exonerated and managed to continue his career.

    The show’s real star in terms of activity was Claire Bannister Steele (Lesley Woods), who rivalled Lisa on As the World Turns for overall chicanery on a soap opera at the time. She became Tracy’s stepmother-in-law when she wed Emory Bannister (Judson Laire) and devoted considerable effort to driving a wedge between Jerry and Tracy.

    She also belittled Tracy’s sister and Emory’s other daughter, Faye (Lenka Peterson and Chase Crosley).

    By 1960 Claire was cheating on Emory with Lionel Steele (Martin Blaine) and the pair intimidated Emory to the point at which he threatened Claire, and the devilish duo used his action to put him through a messy court trial.

    After Emory died in January 1961, Claire and Lionel began an on/off relationship which lasted through to the end of the show’s run and included marriage, jealousy, deception, and other soap opera staples. It was hardly a surprise that Lionel’s daughter Lisha, witnessing her parents’ behaviour, felt she was living in a world of scheming adults.

    Claire lost sight first in one eye due to thrombosis and then in the other (due to hysteria), but her vision returned.

    Judged insane later that year, she returned to Denison in 1962 and stayed with Dee Dee (Elizabeth St Clair), the only woman patient enough to keep a relationship going with Dr Ted Powell (Peter Brandon), who tried to break up David’s romance with Dorothy, among other noble deeds.

    But Claire never really mellowed and continued to cause trouble for her former daughters-in-law.

    Dr Jerry Malone ran into a few roadblocks of his own. He faced a malpractice suit in October 1960 for his care of Pete, a chronically ill child. Helping his defence was Dr Eileen Seaton (Emily McLaughlin), who nursed an unrequited love for the doctor who had helped her survive a run-in the previous year with the evil Peter Brooks (Robert Lansing).

    Other doctors were Stefan Koda (Michael H. Ingram), who wed Faye in February 1962 after a challenging courtship, and Matt
    Steele (played by a succession of actors), who found himself a suspect in yet another extended trial in 1962-63.

    This time it was for the death of wheelchairbound Larry Renfrew (Dick Van Patten) following surgery that was supposed to make him able to walk again.

    Renfrew was wed to David Malone’s sister Jill, who had failed in a relationship earlier with Jody Baker (Stephen Bolster), and both she and Dr Steele had to rely on lawyer Harold Cranston (William Post Jr) to pull them out.

    Young Dr Malone was notable for its use of actual medical crises and lighthearted humour, both of which were generally absent in late-50’s serials.

    The series was finally laid to rest on 1 April 1963 – a victim of dwindling ratings – after almost 30 years on radio and television. NBC replaced the series with the long-running game show You Don’t Say.

    Dr Jerry Malone
    William Prince
    Dr David Malone
    John Connell
    Tracy Malone
    Virginia Dwyer (1)
    Augusta Dabney (2)
    Jill Malone
    Kathleen Widdoes (1)
    Freda Holloway (2)
    Sarah Hardy (3)
    Claire Bannister Steele
    Lesley Woods
    Emory Bannister
    Judson Laire
    Dr Matt Steele
    Eddie Jones (1)
    Franklyn Spodak (2)
    Nicolas Coster (3)
    Lionel Steele
    Martin Blaine
    Lisha Steele
    Zina Bethune (1)
    Michele Tuttle (2)
    Susan Hallaran (3)
    Patty McCormack (4)
    Faye Bannister 
    Lenka Peterson (1)
    Chase Crosley (2)
    Dr Stefan Koda
    Michael H. Ingram
    Dr Ted Powell
    Peter Brandon
    Jody Baker
    Stephen Bolster
    Gail Prentiss
    Joan Hackett
    Dr Eileen Seaton
    Emily McLaughlin
    Clara Kershaw
    Joyce Van Patten
    Fran Merrill
    Patricia Bosworth
    Ernest Cooper
    Robert Drivas (1)
    Nicholas Pryor (2)
    Peter Brooks
    Robert Lansing
    Eve Dunbar
    Loretta Leversee
    Pete Ferris
    Luke Halpin
    Harold Cranston
    William Post Jr
    Gig Houseman Malone
    Diana Hyland
    Larry Renfrew
    Dick Van Patten
    Miss Long
    Mary Fickett
    Lillian Houseman
    Elizabeth Watts
    Deirdre “Dee Dee” Bannister
    Elizabeth St Clair
    Fred McNeill
    Hugh Franklin
    Lt. Flagler
    William Smithers
    Natalie
    Joan Wetmore
    Erica Brandt
    Ann Williams
    Rick Hampton
    Louis Edmonds
    Miss Fisher
    Betty Sinclair
    Marge Wagner
    Teri Keane
    Clarence Williams
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