The Beachcomber (TV series)

This article is about the 1960s TV series. For the similarly titled Canadian series of the 1970s-90s, see The Beachcombers.

The Beachcomber
Also known as	Mystery Adventure: The Beachcomber
Genre	Adventure
Created by	Walter Newman
Written by	Robert Sabaroff
Starring	Cameron Mitchell Don Megowan Sebastian Cabot Santy Josol
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	39 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Robert Stambler
Producer(s)	Nat Perrin
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Incorporated Television Company
Broadcast
Original run	20 February 1962 – 13 November 1962

The Beachcomber was an ITC Entertainment adventure TV series which ran for one series of 39 half-hour episodes in 1962.

Narrated by Cameron Mitchell, the series followed a rich executive who retired from the rat-race to become a beachcomber on a small South Pacific island.

Main cast

• Cameron Mitchell as John Lackland
• Don Megowan as Captain Huckabee
• Sebastian Cabot as Commissioner Andrew Crippen
• Bill Hess as Alfy
• George Mitchell as the Reverend Snow
• Joan Staley as Linda
• Jerry Summers as Tarmu

Guest stars in the series included Adam West, Frank Silvera and Cesar Romero

Episode list

1. The Brooch
2. The Shark Affair
3. Pat Hand
4. The Hijackers
5. Forbidden Island
6. The Chase
7. Captain Huckabee's Beard
8. The Taming of Andrew
9. Death Do Us Part
10. The Larcenous Lover
11. Girl in Hiding
12. Honor Bound
13. Tambu
14. The Black Pearl
15. Charlie Six Kids
16. Empty Village
17. The Floating Fortune
18. Honest Larceny
19. Neilani
20. Mr. Winters
21. Rongorongo Man
22. The Day of the Whale
23. The Fugitive
24. The Mask of Talugi
25. Home to Roost
26. Devil in Paradise
27. The Reward
28. Tribal Law
29. Flight to Freedom
30. Long Live the Sultan
31. The Prodigal Pretender
32. The Spaniard
33. Man with a Guitar
34. The Ransom
35. The Search for Robert Herrick
36. The Two-Sided Triangle
37. A Rooster Named Red
38. Roll of Thunder
39. Paradise Lost

External links

• TV.com listing
• The Beachcomber at the Internet Movie Database