Series synopsis
Surfside 6 is an American drama television series that premiered on ABC on October 6, 1960. It ended on June 25, 1962. It stars Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Lee Patterson and Diane McBain.
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout a ...
Premise
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II
- Van Williams as Ken Madison
- Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne
- Diane McBain as Daphne Dutton
- Margarita Sierra as Cha Cha O'Brien
- John van Dreelen
- Leslie Parrish
- Ray Danton
Supporting cast
- Warren Stevens
- Karen Steele
- Roxanne Arlen
- Gerald Mohr as Dawson Wells
- Jeanne Cooper
- Joel Grey as Willy
- Alan Baxter
- Fred Crane
- Bruce Dern as Johnny Page
- Robert Rockwell
- Guy Stockwell
- Margaret Lindsay
Guest cast
- Margarita Sierra as Cha Cha O'Brien
- John van Dreelen
- Leslie Parrish
- Ray Danton
- Warren Stevens
- Karen Steele
- Roxanne Arlen
- Gerald Mohr as Dawson Wells
- Jeanne Cooper
- Joel Grey as Willy
- Alan Baxter
- Fred Crane
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 74 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 34 | October 3, 1960 | May 22, 1961 |
| Season 2 | 40 | September 18, 1961 | June 25, 1962 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Country Gentleman An ex-con moves to Miami from New York with his muscle man. No one believes he's gone straight, especially when a yacht club commodore turns up dead after denying him access to the yacht club. |
October 3, 1960 |
| 2 |
High Tide A woman, who identifies herself as a ""boring stenographer on vacation"", shows up at the houseboat with three thugs after her. After Sandy and Ken fend off the men, Sandy takes the woman for a drink -- and she promptly disappears on him. He's out to find out where the ""boring stenographer"" went and why men were tailing her. |
October 10, 1960 |
| 3 |
The Clown A hated dictator, living in exile in Miami, is murdered during a birthday party for his son. Lt. Snedigar thinks he has an open-and-shut case against Pepe the Clown, who performed at the birthday party, but Pepe insists he was not at the party. Dave has to prove to the skeptical policeman someone else went to the party in Pepe's costume. |
October 17, 1960 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Count Seven! Ken is hired to investigate theft at an amusement park. He befriends a little girl while there, then finds himself between the girl's divorced parents when the man's fiancee turns up murdered and the little girl's stuffed birthday present is stolen at gunpoint from her home. |
September 18, 1961 |
| 2 |
The Wedding Guest When Daphne is kidnapped on the way to a friend's wedding in Nassau, Sandy discovers the truth about the prospective groom. |
September 25, 1961 |
| 3 |
One for the Road When Daphne falls in love with a mysterious young nomad, the detectives are suspicious of his past. |
October 2, 1961 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 6, 1960 |
| Last aired | June 25, 1962 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday at 21:00:00 |