Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

Name: Marcus Welby, M.D.
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7
Cast: Robert Young, James Brolin, Pamela Hensley, Sharon Gless, Elena Verdugo

Drama

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.

IMDb rating: 7.0 (2,028 votes)
Seasons: 7
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1969)

6.91 avg 27 episodes 7.4 → 6.5 61 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	A Matter of Humanities	7.4	110
1	Hello, Goodbye, Hello	7.7	37
2	The Foal	6.4	34
3	Don't Ignore the Miracles	6.9	39
4	Silken Threads and Silver Hooks	6.5	25
5	All Flags Flying	7.2	30
6	Echo of a Baby's Laugh	7.0	31
7	The White Cane	6.4	21
8	The Vrahnas Demon	6.2	21
9	Madonna with Knapsack and Flute	7.6	33
10	Homecoming	6.3	33
11	Let Ernest Come Over	7.2	21
12	The Chemistry of Hope	7.0	23
13	Neither Punch nor Judy	6.6	18
14	Diagnosis: Fear	6.9	19
15	The Soft Phrase of Peace	6.9	23
16	Fun and Games and Michael Ambrose	8.0	27
17	The Legacy	7.5	31
18	Dance to No Music	6.8	26
19	Go Get 'Em, Tiger	7.9	21
20	Nobody Wants a Fat Jockey	6.6	28
21	The Other Side of the Chart	6.4	33
22	The "Merely" Syndrome	6.6	20
23	Sea of Security	6.3	31
24	The Daredevil Gesture	6.6	66
25	Enid	7.3	25
26	Rebel Doctor	6.5	20

Season 2 (1970)

6.87 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 6.4 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Very Special Sailfish	8.0	26
2	The Worth of a Man	6.3	22
3	Warn the World About Mike	7.5	24
4	Epidemic	7.5	24
5	To Get Through the Night	6.4	20
6	Daisy in the Shadows	7.6	17
7	Labyrinth	5.8	17
8	The Girl from Rainbow Beach	6.0	22
9	Aura to a New Tomorrow	7.4	19
10	Sounding Brass	7.2	23
11	To Carry the Sun in a Golden Cup	5.9	14
12	All the Golden Dandelions Are Gone	7.5	16
13	Brave on a Mountain Top	6.6	17
14	Another Buckle for Wesley Hill	7.1	15
15	False Spring	6.7	16
16	A Passing of Torches	7.2	19
17	A Woman's Place	7.9	19
18	A Spanish Saying I Made Up	7.2	13
19	Cynthia	5.9	21
20	Don't Kid a Kidder	7.6	13
21	Elegy for a Mad Dog	6.6	22
22	The Contract	6.2	14
23	The Windfall	6.3	13
24	The House of Alquist	6.4	15

Season 3 (1971)

6.82 avg 24 episodes 8.1 → 7.2 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Tender Comrade	8.1	19
2	A Portrait of Debbie	7.7	16
3	In My Father's House	6.1	15
4	I Can Hardly Tell You Apart	5.7	19
5	This Is Max	5.5	11
6	Men Who Care	6.1	12
8	Ask Me Again Tomorrow	8.4	12
9	Don't Phase Me Out	7.0	13
10	Echo from Another World	7.0	11
11	The Best Is Yet to Be	8.0	10
12	A Yellow Bird	6.7	11
13	They Grow Up	7.2	20
14	Of Magic Shadow Shapes	6.3	14
15	Cross-Match	5.9	13
16	The Basic Moment: Part 1	5.6	14
17	The Basic Moment: Part 2	6.4	13
18	All the Pretty People	7.6	13
19	I'm Really Trying	7.1	20
20	Is It So Soon That I Am Done for - I Wonder What I Was Begun For?	6.5	19
21	Just a Little Courage	7.0	17
22	Don't Talk About Darkness	8.0	16
23	Once There Was a Bantu Prince	5.3	11
24	A Taste of Salt	7.3	13
25	Solomon's Choice	7.2	20

Season 4 (1972)

6.56 avg 24 episodes 8.3 → 7.0 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Fragile Possession	8.3	19
2	Love Is When They Say They Need You	6.4	16
3	We'll Walk Out of Here Together	6.7	21
4	In Sickness and in Health	6.0	14
5	House of Mirrors	6.7	20
6	He Could Sell Iceboxes to Eskimos	6.4	14
7	The Wednesday Game	5.9	12
8	Don and Denise	6.9	20
9	Please Don't Send Flowers	7.1	16
10	With a Shout, Not a Whimper	6.0	15
11	Jason Be Nimble, Jason Be Quick	7.9	23
12	Unto the Next Generation	6.6	18
13	Heartbeat for Yesterday	7.1	17
14	Dinner of Herbs	7.5	11
15	A More Exciting Case	6.0	10
16	A Necessary End	6.5	11
17	Who Are You Arthur Kolinski?	5.6	14
18	Gemini Descending	6.0	11
19	The Problem with Charlie	6.8	13
20	Catch a Ring That Isn't There	7.9	15
21	The Working Heart	5.7	15
22	The Other Martin Loring	3.9	50
23	The Day After Forever	6.5	22
24	The Tortoise Dance	7.0	17

Season 5 (1973)

6.48 avg 24 episodes 5.8 → 6.0 60 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Panic Path	5.8	15
2	A Joyful Song	8.0	13
3	For Services Rendered	7.1	13
4	Blood Kin	7.3	16
5	The Light at the Threshold	6.5	19
6	A Question of Fault	7.6	20
7	Friends in High Places	6.2	18
8	The Endless Moment	7.5	17
9	The Tall Tree	5.8	13
10	The Circles of Shame	6.1	13
11	Nguyen	5.4	18
12	A Cry in the Night	5.4	17
13	Death Is Only a Side Effect	7.2	15
14	The Comeback	7.2	11
15	A Full Life	6.8	14
16	No Charity for the MacAllisters	6.1	14
17	Each Day a Miracle	6.2	16
18	The Fear of Silence	5.2	12
19	Angela's Nightmare	7.3	15
20	The Mugging	6.6	14
21	The Latch-Key Child	6.4	12
22	Out of Control	6.2	13
23	I've Promised You a Father: Part 1	5.7	16
25	Designs	6.0	10

Season 6 (1974)

5.99 avg 23 episodes 6.2 → 4.5 60 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Brittle Warrior	6.2	15
2	The Faith of Childish Things	5.5	16
3	Last Flight to Babylon	6.4	15
4	To Father a Child	6.8	18
5	The Outrage	4.9	52
6	The Fatal Challenge	5.6	16
7	A Fevered Angel	4.9	14
8	Feedback	6.2	14
9	No Gods in Sight	6.2	11
10	Hell Is Upstairs	7.1	18
11	The Last Rip-Off	5.9	15
12	Child of Silence	7.4	17
13	The 266 Days	6.7	15
14	The Resident	5.1	12
15	Dark Fury: Part 1	5.3	12
16	Dark Fury: Part 2	5.3	11
17	Public Secrets	5.8	14
18	The Time Bomb	5.9	16
19	Four Plus Hot	6.8	11
21	Save the Last Dance for Me	6.6	14
22	Unindicted Wife	5.0	12
23	Dark Corridors	7.7	12
24	Loser in a Dead Heat	4.5	12

Season 7 (1975)

6.40 avg 23 episodes 6.1 → 5.5 60 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Tomorrow May Never Come	6.1	15
2	The Fruitfulness of Mrs. Steffie Rhodes	6.4	20
3	The Lie	6.0	17
4	The Covenant	6.5	18
5	The Double-Edged Razor	6.2	17
6	To Live Another Day	5.5	16
7	An End and a Beginning	6.9	13
8	The Tidal Wave	6.9	14
9	The Strange Behavior of Paul Kelland	6.0	16
10	Calculated Risk	7.9	19
11	Killers of Dreams	6.3	15
12	The Medea Factor	5.5	13
13	The One Face in the World	4.8	10
14	Go Ahead and Cry	7.4	13
15	Strike Two!	6.6	14
16	How Do You Know What Hurts Me?	6.6	15
17	Prisoner of the Island Cell: Part 1	6.7	11
18	Prisoner of the Island Cell: Part 2	7.0	12
19	The Highest Mountain	6.8	17
20	To Trump an Ace	6.7	12
21	All Passions Spent	7.2	14
22	Aspects of Love	5.7	11
23	Vanity Case	5.5	17