1 9 7 5 – 1 9 7 6 (USA)
16 x 60 minute episodes
Dr Jake Goodwin (George Peppard) was the brave and brash chief of neurosurgery at (the fictitious) Lowell Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, California, who communicated mainly in angiograms.
Goodwin and his dedicated staff – including chief resident Dr Ortega (Victor Campos), second-year resident Norah Purcell (Zohra Lampert) and admissions nurse Stanton (Adrian Ricard) – fought to save the lives and cure the illnesses of their patients.
Dr Varga (Albert Paulsen) was the hospital’s director.
To minimise the roles of the patients, a large number of them were treated in each episode, thereby shifting the emphasis of the storylines to the work and personalities of the doctors and the other members of the hospital staff.
Dr Jake Goodwin
George Peppard
Dr Norah Purcell
Zohra Lampert
Dr Felipe Ortega
Victor Campos
Nurse Hester Stanton
Adrian Ricard
Dr Janos Varga
Albert Paulsen
Nurse Connie Kimbrough
Elisabeth Brooks
Dr Anson Brooks
James Almanzar
Dr Paul Herman
John Larroquette
Nurse Richards
Susan Franklin
Nurse Forester
Barbara Darrow
Nurse Wilson
Elaine Church