Bachelor Father - Peter Falls In love (April 27, 1958)

PETER FALLS IN LOVE.....
Spring is in the air, and everyone is falling in love - except Bentley Gregg.

BACHELOR FATHER.....
Is an American sitcom starring John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran and Sammee Tong. The series first premiered on CBS in September 1957 before moving to NBC for the third season in 1959. The series' fifth and final season aired on ABC. A total of one hundred and fifty seven episodes were aired. The series was based on "A New Girl in His Life," which aired on General Electric Theater on May 26, 1957. Bachelor Father is the only primetime series ever to run in consecutive years on the three major television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC).

Bachelor Father follows the adventures of Bentley Gregg, a wealthy bachelor attorney living in Beverly Hills who assumes the responsibility of raising his niece, Kelly (Noreen Corcoran), after her parents died in an automobile accident. Other members of the cast included houseboy Peter Tong (Sammee Tong), teenage neighbor and Kelly's on and off boyfriend, Howard Meechum (Jimmy Boyd), Kelly's best friend, Ginger Farrell (Bernadette Withers) and Jasper, the dog. Withers appeared in fity one episodes from 1957-1962; Boyd in thirty seven from 1958-1962. Plots center on Bentley's adjustments to his new role as an adoptive parent, his search for the right woman to share his life, Kelly facing the usual problems of adolescence and young adulthood and her ritual of passage from high school to college and Peter's misadventures with his family, love life and financial schemes.

CAST.....
John Forsythe / Bentley Gregg
Noreen Corcoran / Kelly Gregg
Sammee Tong / Peter Tong
Alice Backes / Vickie
Zachary Charles / Hank
John Hiestand / Hal
William Kendis / Jack
Joseph Mell / Petey
Bobette Bentley / Barbara
Molly Dodd / Woman at Laundromat

CREDITS.....
Director: Don Taylor
Teleplay: Arthur Alsberg & Nate Monaster
Producer: Everett Freeman
Cinematography: William A. Sickner
Film Editing: Stanford Tischler
Art Direction: George Patrick
Set Decoration: Ralph Sylos
Assistant Director: Charles S. Gould

DETAILS.....
Country: USA
Season 1 Episode 17
Original Air Date: April 27, 1958
Production Company: Bachelor Productions

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