Series · Drama, Comedy
The Trials of O'Brien (1965)
The Trials of O'Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a sordid Shakespeare-quoting lawyer and featuring Elaine Stritch as his secretary and Joanna Barnes as his ex-wife. The series ran for only 22 episodes. Among its guest stars: Milton Berle, Robert Blake, David Carradine, Faye Dunaway, Britt Ekland, Tammy Grimes, Buddy Hackett, Gene Hackman, Frank Langella, Angela Lansbury, Cloris Leachman, Roger Moore, Rita Moreno, Estelle Parsons, Joanna Pettet, Brock Peters, Tony Roberts and Martin Sheen. Falk often said that he actually liked this financially unsuccessful series much better than his later smash-hit Columbo.
- Creator
- Gene Wang
- Writers
- Gene Wang, Robert Van Scoyk
- Network
- CBS
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- September 18, 1965
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Peter FalkDaniel O'Brien
Elaine StritchMiss G
Joanna BarnesKatie O'Brien
David BurnsThe Great McGonigle
Dolph SweetSgt. Garrison
Ilka ChaseMargaret
Edgar StehliJudge
George Coulouris
Barnard Hughes
Alice Ghostley
Tammy GrimesMother Superior
Conrad Bain
Ethel Griffies
Estelle Parsons
Gene HackmanRoger Nathan
Marc Connelly
Nan Martin
David DoyleMurray
Reni SantoniLeonard
Will GeerJudge Lindemann
Episodes
0/22 watched- Episode 1: Over Defense is Out48 min · Sep 18, 1965
- Episode 2: Bargain Day on the Street of Regret48 min · Sep 25, 1965
- Episode 3: Notes on a Spanish Prisoner48 min · Oct 2, 1965
- Episode 4: Never Bet on Anything That Talks48 min · Oct 9, 1965
- Episode 5: What Can Go Wrong48 min · Oct 16, 1965
- Episode 6: Goodbye and Keep Cool48 min · Oct 23, 1965
- Episode 7: A Gaggle of Girls48 min · Oct 30, 1965
- Episode 8: The Trouble with Archie48 min · Nov 6, 1965
- Episode 9: How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?48 min · Nov 13, 1965
- Episode 10: Charlie Has All the Luck48 min · Nov 20, 1965
- Episode 11: Picture Me a Murder48 min · Nov 27, 1965
- Episode 12: Dead End on Flugel Street48 min · Dec 3, 1965
- Episode 13: No Justice for the Judge48 min · Dec 10, 1965
- Episode 14: Leave It to Me48 min · Dec 17, 1965
- Episode 15: Alarums and Excursions48 min · Jan 7, 1966
- Episode 16: The 10-Foot, 6-Inch Pole48 min · Jan 14, 1966
- Episode 17: A Horse Called Destiny48 min · Jan 21, 1966
- Episode 18: The Blue Steel Suite48 min · Jan 28, 1966
- Episode 19: The Partridge Papers48 min · Feb 4, 1966
- Episode 20: The Greatest Game (1)48 min · Mar 4, 1966
- Episode 21: The Greatest Game (2)48 min · Mar 11, 1966
- Episode 22: The Only Game in Town48 min · Mar 18, 1966
