Adventures in Paradise

This article is about the television series. For the Minnie Riperton album, see Adventures in Paradise (album).

Adventures in Paradise
Also known as	James A. Michener's Adventures in Paradise
Genre	Adventure
Created by	James Michener
Starring	Gardner McKay Weaver Levy George Tobias James Holden Lani Kai
Theme music composer	Lionel Newman
Composer(s)	Max Steiner
Country of origin	USA
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	91
Production
Executive producer(s)	Martin Manulis William Self
Producer(s)	Richard Goldstone William Froug Gene Levitt Art Wallace
Cinematography	Lloyd Ahern
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	20th Century Fox Television Martin Manulis Productions, Inc. Marjay Productions, Inc.
Distributor	20th Century Fox Television
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Picture format	Black and white
Audio format	Monaural
Original run	October 5, 1959 – April 1, 1962

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962. It starred Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. The show was created by James Michener. USA Network briefly aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. It tells the romantic and detective stories of a Korean war veteran, Adam Troy, (played by Gardner McKay, who buys a 82 feet schooner, called “Tiki” and is in search for new cargo or/and rich passengers (female are preferred!) to charter from island to island.

Cast and characters

• Gardner McKay as Capt. Adam Troy
• Weaver Levy as Oliver Lee (Season 1-2)
• George Tobias as Trader Penrose (Season 1-2)
• James Holden as Clay Baker (Season 2-3)
• Lani Kai as Kelly (Season 2-3)
• Sondi Sodsai as Sondi (Season 2)
• Henry Slate as Bulldog Lovey (Season 2)
• Linda Lawson as Renee (Season 2)
• Guy Stockwell as Chris Parker (Season 3)
• Marcel Hillaire as Insp. Bouchard (Season 3)

Guest stars

• Phyllis Avery
• Diane Baker
• Juano Hernández
• Steven Hill
• David Janssen
• Joanne Linville
• Dayton Lummis
• Read Morgan
• Susan Oliver
• Vincent Price
• Pippa Scott
• Barbara Steele
• Joan Tompkins

External links

• Adventures in Paradise at the Internet Movie Database
• Adventures in Paradise at TV.com