This NBC TV daytime soap operarevolved around the lives of the students and faculty at the fictional Bancroft College, in the town of Bancroft, somewhere in the American Midwest.
Dana Andrews (pictured above) was the original featured male lead playing College President Thomas Boswell. A supporting cast of permanent actors and guest performers had roles as instructors, town citizens, doctors and nurses etc, who formed a web of relationships, gossip, affairs, intrigue and scandal – with attractive young college students thrown in for good measure.
In 1970, Andrews learned he had been fired via an article in the Los Angeles Times. His character was written out of the show and replaced with musical stage and film actress Anne Jeffreys as wealthy town leader Sylvia Bancroft (pictured below).
Martha Pierce Ferguson
Susan Brown Professor Bill Ferguson
Paul Lukather Sandra Jones Pierce
Susannah Darrow (1)
Pamela Murphy (2) Thomas Boswell
Dana Andrews Dean Ann Boyd Jones
Coleen Gray (1)
Gail Kobe (2) Jim Boswell
Eric James Red Wilson
Richard Eastham Marian Connally
Marion Brash Howard Jones
Mark Miller George Townley
Nigel McKeand Jennifer Collins Matthews
Nancy Stephens Stuart Pierce
Peter Ratray Dave Martin
David Pritchard Dean Henry Pierce
Tod Andrews (1)
David Lewis (2) Chet Matthews
Gary Pillar Asst. DA Stephens
Robert Hogan Mike Porter
Darryl Young Albert Porter
Peter Hobbs Isabel Jones
Lesley Woods Professor Mitchell
Ivor Francis Alice Porter
Sydna Scott Elizabeth Walker
Betsy Jones-Moreland Clara Ryan
Ruth McDevitt Dr Brian Walsh
John Considine Dr Crosley
Gary Clarke Vince Adams
Forrest Compton Barbara Jenkins
Pat Woodell Jody Harper
Sherry Alberoni Dr Tracy Graham
Dabney Coleman David Lockhart
Anthony Geary Dr Amanda Winninger
June Vincent Charles Diedrich
Anthony Eisley Sylvia Bancroft
Anne Jeffreys (1)
Regina Gleason (2) Elaine Bancroft
Jennifer Leak Nurse Radford
Brigid Bazlen Mr Gibson
Walter Brooke Bob Corcoran
Philip Carey Samantha Pudding
Cheryl Miller Gypsy
Annette O’Toole Pecos
Robert Viharo
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