Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities

Mar 26, 1969

1h 40m

★ 0.0

Overview

The pilot film for the long-run series introduced the kindly small-town general practitioner who, following a mild coronary, grudgingly brings in an independent, motorcycling young associate to help share his workload. Welby's lady friend and his family, part of the plot of this movie, were written out of the subsequent series, with only his medical sidekick, Steven Kiley, and their secretary/nurse, Consuelo, remaining as regulars.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Universal Television

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Cast

Marcus Welby

Robert Young

Steven Kiley

James Brolin

Myra Sherwood

Anne Baxter

Tina Sawyer

Susan Strasberg

Dr. Andrew Swanson

Lew Ayres

Tiny Baker

Tom Bosley

Lew Sawyer

Pete Duel

Sandy Welby

Sheila Larken

Ray Wells

Mercer Harris

Consuelo Guadalupe-Lopez

Penny Santon

Kenji Yamashita

Richard Loo

Larry Linville

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