| The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | |
 The Cast of The Bold Ones: The Lawyers |
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| Also known as | The Lawyers |
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| Format | Legal drama |
| Created by | Jack B. Sowards |
| Directed by | Douglas Heyes |
| Starring | Burl Ives Joseph Campanella James Farentino |
| Opening theme | Pete Rugolo |
| Composer(s) | Stanley Wilson |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 29 (Including two pilot movies) (List of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Roy Huggins |
| Producer(s) | Jo Swerling, Jr. |
| Running time | 60 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | December 10, 1968 – February 13, 1972 |
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (or The Lawyers) is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from 1968 through 1972. It lasted for three seasons.
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Synopsis
It starred Burl Ives as Walter Nichols, a self respecting attorney who hires two young brothers (Joseph Campanella and James Farentino) who both are lawyers and help him with his cases.
The Lawyers was part of The Bold Ones, a rotating series of dramas that also included The New Doctors (with E.G. Marshall), The Protectors (with Leslie Nielsen) and The Senator (with Hal Holbrook). It was nominated for three Emmy awards and won two of them.[1] Pat Hingle and Walter Brooke both made two guest appearances, before they had also made guest appearances in The New Doctors, Kermit Murdock who also made two guest appearances later made cameos in The Senator.
Cast
Main cast
- Burl Ives as Walter Nichols an attorney that hires the Darrel brothers to help him with his cases. (appeared in all the episodes)
- Joseph Campanella as Brian Darrell one of the two Darrel Brothers who helps Nicholas with his cases. (appeared in all the episodes)
- James Farentino as Neil Darrell the other one of the two Darrel Brothers. (appeared in all the episodes)
Recurring Characters
- John Milford as Lieutenant Paul Hewitt (appeared in 6 episodes)
- Todd Martin as Deputy District Attorney Skinner (appeared in 3 episodes)
Guest Stars
- Roger Davis made three appearances including "The Long Morning After: Pt. 1 and Pt. 2"
- Will Geer made three appearances including "The Verdict"
- David Spielberg made three appearances as Vernon Wahlburg
- Dana Elcar made two appearances as District Attorney Shannon including "The Crowd Pleasers"
- John S. Ragin made two appearances
- John Randolph made two appearances as Dr. Paul Schaefer
- Charles Aidman made three appearances including "The Rockford Riddle" and "The Search for Leslie Grey"
- Nina Shipman made two appearances as Louise Miller
- Richard Van Vleet made two appearances as James Fryman
- James Wainwright made two appearances as Bill Stillman
- Charles Lampkin made two appearances
- George Murdock made two appearances as District Attorney Braddock
- Leslie Perkins made two appearances
- Kermit Murdock made two appearances as Judge Chapman including "Justice is a Sometime Thing"
- Ramon Bieri made two appearances as Judge Hartman
- Walter Brooke made two appearances as Dr. Howe including "By Reason of Insanity"
- Clarke Gordon made two appearances
- Pamela McMyler made two appearances as Linda Sternwood
- Jared Martin made two appearances including "Trial of a Pfc"
- Frank Campanella made two appearances
- Herbert Nelson made two appearances
- Ford Rainey made two appearances
- Patricia Barry made two appearances playing different roles
- Bob Corff made two appearances as Brother Bartholomew
- Anne Helm made two appearances
- Pat Hingle made two appearances as General Sternwood
- Pete Duel made an appearance in "Trial of a Pfc"
Episodes
The following is a list of titles of the broadcast episodes broken down by seasons:
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Result | Category | Recipient |
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| 1972 | Nominated | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series | Richard Bracken, Gloryette Clark, and Terry Williams | |
| Won | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme | Alexander Singer (For episode "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland") | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series | Pete Rugolo (For episode "In Defense of Ellen McKay") | |||
| Writers Guild of America Award | Nominated | Best Written Dramatic Episodic Script (Any Length) | Brett Huggins (Story) and Jack B. Sowards (Teleplay) (For episode "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland") |
See also
- The Bold Ones
- The Bold Ones: The Protectors
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
- The Bold Ones: The Senator
References
- ^ Advanced Primetime Awards Search from the Emmy Awards website
External links
- The Bold Ones: The Lawyers at TVIV
- The Bold Ones: The Lawyers at the Internet Movie Database
- The Bold Ones: The Lawyers at Allmovie
- The Bold Ones: The Lawyers at TV.com
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