Harrigan and Son
Harrigan and Son is an ABC sitcom about a father-and-son team of lawyers, played by Pat O'Brien as Jim Harrigan Sr. and Roger Perry as Jim Jr.. In supporting roles, as secretaries, are Georgine Darcy as Gypsy and Helen Kleeb as Miss Claridge. The series aired 34 episodes at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Fridays from October 14, 1960, to September 29, 1961. It preceded ABC's cartoon series, The Flintstones. Its competition was the second half of the CBS Western, Rawhide. For the first half of the season, Harrigan and Son aired opposite the detective series Dan Raven, starring Skip Homeier.[1]
Harrigan and Son | |
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Pat O'Brien as James Harrigan Sr. | |
Starring | Pat O'Brien Roger Perry Helen Kleeb Georgine Darcy |
Composer | Bill Loose |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 34 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Desilu Productions |
Distributor | Desilu Sales |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Black and white |
Original release | October 14, 1960 – September 29, 1961 |
The series premiere is titled "Junior Joins the Law Firm". The finale is called "The Testimonial". Harrigan and Son was owned and produced by Desilu Productions.[2]
A running gimmick in the show consisted of Harrigan Sr. commenting on some situation in Latin, Harrigan Jr., replying, "Which means?", and Harrigan Sr. translating his comment, usually humorous, into English. The exact same gimmick had been used continually in the television show Colonel Humphrey Flack some years earlier.
The closing of show featured O'Brien and Perry, in silhouette behind the credits, singing the old George M. Cohan song, "Harrigan".
Guest stars
- John Anderson
- John Astin
- Parley Baer
- Raymond Bailey
- Ken Berry
- Willis Bouchey, twice as Joe Carr
- Richard Bull
- Victor Buono, three times as Dr. Blaine
- John Carradine
- Bert Convy
- William Fawcett
- Eva Gabor, twice as Lillian Lovely
- Gina Gillespie
- Gale Gordon
- Gloria Grahame
- Clegg Hoyt
- Allyn Joslyn
- Robert Karnes
- Forrest Lewis
- Elizabeth MacRae
- Gerald Mohr
- Carl Monson
- Agnes Moorehead
- J. Pat O'Malley
- Leo Penn
- Olan Soule
- Jack Weston
References
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- Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1997, p. 361 and appendix
- "Harrigan and Son episode list". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 20, 2009.