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    Comedy TV Shows - 1970s 2 Mins Read

    Tony Randall Show, The

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    1 9 7 6 – 1 9 7 8 (USA)
    44 x 30 minute episodes

    Tony Randall starred as Walter Franklin – a rather proper widower and none-too-stern judge in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia – facing a range of recalcitrant characters in the courtroom and at home.

    His stuffy nature made him the perfect foil for his two super-bright children, 18-year-old Bobby (Devon Scott initially and then Penny Peyser) and 11-year-old Oliver (Brad Savage), his motherly but nutty housekeeper Mrs Bonnie McClellen (Rachel Roberts) and his domineering and sharp-tongued secretary, Janet Reubner (Allyn Ann McLerie).

    While he would not exactly call Judge Eleanor Hooper (Diana Muldaur) his girlfriend or his romantic interest, he was seeing her and referred to her as his “lady friend”.

    Other regular characters included Walter’s law clerk Judy (Brooke Adams), his obnoxious associate Mario Lanza (Zane Lasky), his liberal-minded father, Wyatt (Hans Conried), ultra-accurate court stenographer Jack Terwilliger (Barney Martin) and Jack’s wife Tanya (Helen Page Camp).

    Judge Walter Franklin
    Tony Randall
    Jack Terwilliger 

    Barney Martin
    Janet Reubner 

    Allyn Ann McLerie
    Mrs Bonnie McClellen 
    Rachel Roberts 
    Oliver Wendell Franklin 

    Brad Savage
    Roberta “Bobby” Franklin 
    Devon Scott
    Penny Peyser
    Jack Terwilliger
    Barney Martin
    Tanya Terwilliger
    Helen Page Camp
    Judge Eleanor Hooper
    Diana Muldaur
    Judy Trowbridge
    Brooke Adams
    Mario Lanza
    Zane Lasky
    Wyatt Franklin
    Hans Conried
    Bailiff 
    Steve Hershaw

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