Adventures in Paradise (TV series)

Adventures in Paradise
Gardner McKay, guest star Susan Oliver, and Guy Stockwell (1961)
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 Guy Stockwell Lani Kai
Theme music composer	Lionel Newman
Composer(s)	Max Steiner
Country of origin	USA
Original 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 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 created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.

Cast and characters

Linda Lawson as Renee.

• Gardner McKay as Capt. Adam Troy, 91 episodes
• Weaver Levy as Oliver Lee (Season 1-2)
• George Tobias as Trader Penrose (Season 1-2)
• James Holden as Clay Baker (Season 2-3, 62 episodes)
• 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, 26 episodes)
• Marcel Hillaire as Inspector Bouchard (Season 3)

Guest stars

• Philip Ahn
• John Anderson
• Phyllis Avery
• Barbara Bain
• Diane Baker
• Joanna Barnes
• Henry Brandon
• Hazel Court
• Yvonne De Carlo
• Meyer Dolinsky
• Fifi D'Orsay
• Barbara Eden
• Betty Garde
• Peggy Ann Garner
• Bruce Gordon
• Alan Hale, Jr.
• Juano Hernández
• Steven Hill
• James Hong
• David Janssen
• Tor Johnson
• Werner Klemperer
• Martin Landau
• Bethel Leslie
• Gene Levitt
• Joanne Linville
• Dayton Lummis
• Arthur Malet
• George Macready
• Murray Matheson

• Marilyn Maxwell
• Nobu McCarthy
• Sean McClory
• Joanna Moore
• Read Morgan
• Simon Oakland
• Joan O'Brien
• Dan O'Herlihy
• Susan Oliver
• J. Pat O'Malley
• Suzanne Pleshette
• Judson Pratt
• Vincent Price
• Juliet Prowse
• Hari Rhodes
• Jacqueline Scott
• Pippa Scott
• Pilar Seurat
• Robert F. Simon
• Alexis Smith
• Fay Spain
• Barbara Steele
• Inger Stevens
• Barbara Stuart
• Joan Tompkins
• Jesse White
• Peter Whitney
• Anna May Wong
• Jo Anne Worley
• Dick York

External links

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

Cast

• James Holden at the Internet Movie Database
• James Holden on FindAGrave.com