Honey West

an Episode Guide
by Alan Morton and
Walter von Bosau

Last updated:
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:00

aired from: Sep 1965 to: Apr 1966

regulars:

Anne Francis as Honey West
John Ericson as Sam Bolt
Irene Hervey as Aunt Meg
Bruce the ocelot as Himself

A spin-off from the series Burke's Law, based on the novels by G.G. (Skip and Gloria) Fickling.

Forrest E. "Skip" Fickling, co-writer of the original Honey West novels, died on 3 Apr 1998.

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1st Season 1965

Production credits:
A Four Star Production
Executive producers: Aaron Spelling
Produced by: Richard Newton
Music: Joseph Mullendore
Titles Designed by Format Productions, Inc.

_"The Swingin' Mrs. Jones"
gs: Ray Danton [ Sonny ], Winnie Coffin [ Masseuse ], Marvin Brody [ Joe Steele ], Louise Arthur [ Mrs. Mainwaring ], Than Wyenn [ Driver / Waiter ], Dan Gazzaniga [ Second Man ], David Armstrong [ Man ], J.P. Burns [ Clerk ], Joel Lawrence [ First Man ]
Honey goes undercover as a society matron to quash a blackmail ring that preys upon wealthy women.
b: 17 Sep 65 pc: _________ w: Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov d: Paul Wendkos
_"The Owl and the Eye"
gs: Lloyd Bochner [ Gus Patterson ], Richard Loo [ Tog ], William Bramley [ Mortimer ], John McLiam [ Gordon ], Guy Lee [ Houseboy ]
In order to test a museum's security system, an insurance company hires Honey to steal a jade carving that they have insured.
b: 24 Sep 65 pc: _________ w: William Bast d: Paul Wendkos
_"The Abominable Snowman"
gs: Henry Jones [ Reedy Comfort ], Barry Kelley [ Lieutenant Stone ], George Keymas [ The Killer ], Leon Askin [ The Count ], Henry Hunter [ Lucas ], Phil Arnold [ Buyer ]
After agreeing to deliver a novelty salesman's sample case, Honey becomes marked for death.
b: 1 Oct 65 pc: _________ w: Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov d: Paul Wendkos
_"A Matter of Wife and Death"
gs: Dianne Foster [ Unknown ], James Best [ Unknown ], Henry Beckman [ Cody ], Michael Fox [ Lieutenant Kovacs ], Henry Brandon [ Alexander Sebastian ]
Someone tries to sink a ship carrying Honey and a woman who hired her after receiving anonymous death threats.
b: 8 Oct 65 pc: _________ w: Tony Barrett d: John Florea
_"Live a Little, Kill a Little"
gs: Warren Stevens [ Arthur Strickland ], Harry Millard [ Unknown ], Mary Murphy [ Vicky ], Herb Edelman [ Moody ], Maurine Dawson [ Karen ]
Honey and an assassin race to find the former girl friend of an underworld leader.
b: 15 Oct 65 pc: _________ w: Tony Barrett d: Murray Golden
_"Whatever Lola Wants...."
gs: Audrey Christie [ Lola Getz ], Johnny Haymer [ Rodriguez ], Horst Ebersberg [ Gunter ], Don Gazzaniga [ Butler ], Jerry Brutsche [ Carlos ], Richard Angarola [ Ramon Vargas ]
Honey is hired to escort a man to a charity ball; unaware that he is a murderer.
b: 22 Oct 65 pc: _________ w: William Bast d: John Peyser
_"The Princess and the Paupers"
gs: Michael J. Pollard [ Unknown ], Phil Ober [ J.J. Vanderhyden ], Nino Candido [ Marv ], Stanley Adams [ Tobias Quinn ], Don Gazzaniga [ First Man ], Joe Perry [ Second Man ], Bern Hoffman [ Steamfitter ], Richard Crane [ Master Of Ceremonies ], Bruce [ Himself ], Bobby Sherman [ Nicky Van ]
Honey is called in when the kidnapping of a rock and roll star, first thought to be a publicity stunt, turns into a murder mystery.
b: 29 Oct 65 pc: _________ w: Leonard Stadd d: Virgil W. Vogel
_"In the Bag"
gs: Everett Sloane [ Mr. Bartholomew (Mr. Peevy) ], Maureen McCormick [ Margaret Mary Driscoll ], Robert Carricart [ Mr. Arkudian ], Len Lesser [ Mr. Crimm ], Gene Darfler [ The Goon ], Don Gazzaniga [ T-Man ], James Donohue [ Father ]
A precocious young girl whom Honey was escorting between her divorced parents gets lost at the airport.
b: 5 Nov 65 pc: _________ w: Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov d: Seymour Robbie
_"The Flame and the Pussycat"
gs: Sean McClory [ Unknown ], Henry Basch [ Mr. Flowers ], Ken Lynch [ Lieutenant Barney ], Liam Sullivan [ Mr. Canby ], R.J. Nelson [ Policeman ]
Honey and Sam must catch a warehouse arsonist in order to secure a contract with an insurance company.
b: 12 Nov 65 pc: _________ w: George Clayton Johnson d: James Goldstone
_"A Neat Little Package"
gs: J. Pat O'Malley [ Unknown ], Roy Jenson [ Unknown ], Val Avery [ Roger ], Clarence Lung [ Maitre D' ], Sidney Smith [ Addison ], Harold Fong [ Custodian ], Barbara Morrison [ Woman ], Norman Palmer [ Customer ], Gil Stuart [ Desk Man ], Charles Wagenheim [ Desk Clerk ], Arthur Batanides [ Chico ]
A newsdealer survives a car wreck with amnesia and a mysterious $175,000.
b: 19 Nov 65 pc: _________ w: Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov d: Murray Golden
_"A Stitch in Crime"
gs: Charlene Holt [ Unknown ], Laurie Main [ Unknown ], James B. Sikking [ Valentine ], Herbie Faye [ Mr. Kessler ], David Pritchard [ Frankie ], Nino Candido [ Buddy ], Marjorie Bennett [ Ma ]
Honey is hired to recover a stolen dress collection valued at $100,000.
b: 26 Nov 65 pc: _________ w: Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov d: John Peyser
_"A Million Bucks in Anybody's Language"
gs: Steve Inhat [ Unknown ], Henry Bellaver [ Charlie ], Ken Lynch [ Lieutenant Keller ], Sarah Selby [ Dora Neeley ], Frank Scannell [ Driver ], Percy Helton [ Wiley ], Judy Kane [ Dottie ]
Honey investigates the death of a P.I. whose car exploded shortly after he called Honey for help, and she uncovers a plan to print fake British pounds.
b: 3 Dec 65 pc: _________ w: Tony Barrett d: John Florea
_"The Gray Lady"
gs: Cesare Danova [ Abbott ], Kevin McCarthy [ Jerry Ivar ], Nancy Kovack [ Nicole ], Bert Parks [ Himself ], Pat Collins [ Babs Ivar ], Fred Vincent [ Lt. Keith ], Jon Sargent [ Parking Attendant ], Aleane Hamilton [ Nurse ], Jason Wingreen [ Bellhop ], Dana White [ Photographer ]
Honey goes after a master thief who stole an actress's jewel collection while she was being interviewed on TV.
b: 10 Dec 65 pc: _________ w: William Link and Richard Levinson d: Walter Grauman
NOTE: This was the actual pilot for the series, and has a different opening sequence and music.
_"Invitation to Limbo"
gs: Louise Troy [ Darlene, the hypnotist ], Peter Leeds [ Lieutenant Sherman ], Wayne Rogers [ Jerry, the photographer ], Stacy Harris [ Charlie Kenyon ], Dan Frazier [ Harold Sutter ], Judy Lang [ Miss Christie ], S. John Launer [ Tyler ], Lonnie Fotre [ Mrs. Tyler ], Cal Bolder [ Motorcycle Cop ], Will J. White [ Guard ], Danny Reese [ Juggler ], George Atkinson [ Officer ]
An electronics firm hires Honey to find an industrial spy who has been leaking company secrets.
b: 17 Dec 65 pc: _________ w: William Link and Richard Levinson d: Tom Gries
_"Rockabye the Hard Way"
gs: Vincent Beck [ Unknown ], Larry D. Mann [ Unknown ], Paul Sorenson [ Sweetlow ], Joe Don Baker [ Rocky Hansen ], Ivan Triesault [ Lazlo Shatzi ], Gil Lamb [ Counter Man ], Pepe Callahan [ Jose ], Bella Bruck [ Mexican Woman ], Jonathan Hole [ Chemist ]
Honey and Sam journey to Mexico to investigate the drugging of a truck driver whose cargo of missile parts was stolen.
b: 24 Dec 65 pc: _________ w: Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov d: Bill Colleran
_"A Nice Little Till to Tap"
gs: Anthony Eisley [ Unknown ], Peter Leeds [ Lt. Coombs ], Howard McNear [ Mr. Tweedy ], Marvin Brody [ Mears ], Lou Krugman [ Durant ], William Benedict [ Farley ], Chuck Hicks [ Crowley ]
A suave master thief starts dating Honey in the hopes of getting inside information needed to pull off a bank robbery.
b: 31 Dec 65 pc: _________ w: Tony Barrett d: Jerry Hopper
"How Brillig, O, Beamish Boy"
gs: John McGiver [ Mr. Brillig ], Norman Alden [ Ben Fancher ], Howard Dayton [ Little Ardo ], Monte Hale [ Sheriff Johnson ], Leon Lontoc [ Wong ], Charles Horvath [ Terk ]
A man kidnaps Sam and is willing to exchange him for a parcel that Honey has been hired to guard.
b: 7 Jan 66 pc: _________ w: Don Ingalls d: Ida Lupino
_"King of the Mountain"
gs: David Opatoshu [ Unknown ], Dennis Patrick [ Carson ], Charles Lane [ Ash ], Richard Kiel [ Groalgo ], Allyson Ames [ Ida Bering ], Troy Melton [ Guard ]
Honey goes undercover as a nurse on the secluded estate of a missing company president she's been hired to find.
b: 14 Jan 66 pc: _________ w: Jay Simms d: Thomas Carr
_"It's Earlier Than You Think"
gs: James Griffith [ Unknown ], Leonid Kinskey [ Unknown ], Maurice Dallimore [ Hurd, the Englishman ], Ken Lynch [ Lt. Barney ], Paul Sorenson [ Patrolman Gowan ], Bill McLean [ Pringle ], Bill Catching [ Paul Wycherly ]
A mortally wounded man carrying an 1865 newspaper wanders into Honey's flat and with his dying breath tells her to warn President Lincoln of an assassination plot.
b: 21 Jan 66 pc: _________ w: Marc Brandel d: James Brown
_"The Perfect Un-Crime"
gs: David Bryan [ Unknown ], Byron Foulger [ Arthur Bird ], John Harmon [ Engineer ], James Secrest [ Stockboy ], Bob Stephenson [ Watchman ]
An embezzler who has had second thoughts hires Honey and Sam to return the money he had stolen to the company vault before his employer discovers it is missing.
b: 28 Jan 66 pc: _________ w: Ken Kolb d: Sidney Miller
_"Like Visions and Omens and All That Jazz"
gs: Nehemiah Persoff [ Unknown ], Fred Beir [ Pete Lynch ], June Vincent [ Unknown ], Norman Alden [ Unknown ], Mimsy Farmer [ Tina ], Benny Rubin [ Marty ]
A psychic accurately predicts several attempts to kill an heiress.
b: 4 Feb 66 pc: _________ w: Tony Barrett d: John Florea
"Don't Look Now, But Isn't That Me"
gs: Alan Reed [ Chick ], Monica Keating [ Mrs. Carter ], Jonathan Hole [ Mr. Gruder ], Paul Sorenson [ Motorcycle Officer ], Charles Horvath [ Ding Dong ], Louis Quinn [ Toddle ]
Honey gets in trouble when her lookalike steals some furs that she has been hired to guard.
b: 11 Feb 66 pc: _________ w: Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov d: James Brown
"Come to Me, My Litigation Baby"
gs: James Brown [ Buster Macon ], Michael Fox [ Mr. Strate ], Army Archerd [ Announcer ], Ron Lerner [ Dancer Number One ], Kami Stevens [ Dancer Number Two ], Chuck Couch [ Witness Number One ], Bill Shannon [ Witness Number Two ], Ellen Corby [ Nellie Peedy ]
An insurance company hires Honey to validate a cowboy's claim that he was paralyzed by falling down a flight of stairs.
b: 18 Feb 66 pc: _________ w: Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov d: Thomas Carr
"Slay, Gypsy, Slay"
gs: Michael Pate [ Darza ], Ralph Manza [ Putzi ], Arline Anderson [ Mrs. Buckley ], Byron Morrow [ Franklyn Buckley ], Papita Funez [ Lida ], Bobby Johnson [ Attendant ], Jack Perkins [ Szabo ]
Honey and Sam are led to a gypsy camp while on the trail of kidnappers.
b: 25 Feb 66 pc: _________ w: Tony Barrett d: James Brown
"The Fun-Fun Killer"
gs: Woodrow Parfrey [ Ronald Neuworth ], John Hoyt [ Professor Von Kemp ], Ken Lynch [ Lieutenant Barney ], William Keene [ Granville Manners ], Marvin Kaplan [ Byron Manners ]
Honey and Sam have three suspects for the murder of a toy manufacturer.
b: 4 Mar 66 pc: _________ w: Art Weingarten d: Murray Golden
_"Pop Goes the Easel"
gs: George Furth [ Unknown ], Robert Strauss [ Unknown ], Larry D. Mann [ Willis Van Wyck ], Antony Eustrel [ Mr. Leopold ], Bill Quinn [ Lieutenant ], Howard Curtis [ Hood ], Beau Hickman [ Waiter ]
When two men steal a can of soup from Aunt Peg at the supermarket, Honey and Sam get involved with a famous pop artist.
b: 11 Mar 66 pc: _________ w: Lila Garrett and Bernie Kahn s: Gail Allen and Chris Christensen d: James Brown
_"Little Green Robin Hood"
gs: Edd Byrnes [ Unknown ], Allen Jenkins [ Gate Guard ], Eleanor Audley [ Mrs. Carlton Murdock ], Peter Leeds [ Police Lieutenant ], Francoise Ruggieri [ Annette ], Severn Darden [ Dr. Gregory Ames ]
Honey and Sam go after a modern day "Robin Hood" who has been victimizing the ritzy Sherwood Park area.
b: 18 Mar 66 pc: _________ w: Ken Kolb d: Sidney Miller
"Just the Bear Facts Ma'am"
gs: Richard Carlyle [ Twilly ], Frank Wilcox [ Mr. Burgess ], Frank Gerstle [ Director ], Mousie Garner [ Igor ], Marvin Brody [ Bear Trainer ], Lonnie Fotre [ Miss Dawn ], Robert Kenneally [ Joe Hero ], Don Gazzaniga [ Jago ]
When a stuntwoman is killed during a routine stunt, Honey is called in to discover if the death was really accidental.
b: 25 Mar 66 pc: _________ w: Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov d: James Brown
_"There's a Long, Long, Fuse A'Burning"
gs: Dick Clark [ Payton, the Publicity Agent ], Lennie Bremen [ Maxie Bripp ], Paul Dubov [ Lieutenant Badger ], John Holland [ Piccadilly Charlie ], David Fresco [ Mousey ], Richard Hoyt [ Drunk/Waiter ]
Honey comes to the aid of a recently released convict who gets into trouble when someone starts a series of thefts using his M.O.
b: 1 Apr 66 pc: _________ w: Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov d: Thomas Carr
"An Eerie, Airy, Thing"
gs: Adam Williams [ Gordon Forbes ], Ken Lynch [ Lieutenant Barney ], Lou Krugman [ Stuart Bell ], Bill Quinn [ Lieutenant Curtis ], Jan Arvan [ Mr. Rush ], Michael Harris [ Technician ], Fred Murphy [ Young Man ], Lisa Seagram [ Connie Phillips ]
A man who threatens to jump out of a window unless his wife is brought to him, is unaware that she is dead.
b: 8 Apr 66 pc: _________ w: William Link and Richard Levinson d: James Brown
NOTE: The credits incorrectly list Ken Lynch's character name as Lt. Wyman. In the episode he was referred to as Lt. Barney.