Our Man Higgins

Our Man Higgins is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from October 3, 1962, to May 17, 1963.

Our Man Higgins
Stanley Holloway and Regina Groves (1962)
GenreSitcom
Created byPaul Harrison
StarringStanley Holloway
Audrey Totter
Frank Maxwell
Ricky Kelman
K.C. Butts
Regina Groves
Theme music composerFrank De Vol
ComposerFrank DeVol
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes34
Production
ProducerPaul Harrison
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesFirst Company of Writers
Screen Gems
Release
Original networkABC
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseOctober 3, 1962 (1962-10-03) –
May 17, 1963 (1963-05-17)

Synopsis

Our Man Higgins follows the adventures of an English butler portrayed by Stanley Holloway, who is inherited by a suburban American family, resulting in a cultural clash that grows into a cultural blending.

Higgins answers to Duncan and Alice MacRoberts, played by Frank Maxwell and Audrey Totter. Joining Holloway, Maxwell and Totter were Ricky Kelman, K.C. Butts, and Regina Groves, who portrayed the children Tommy, Dinghy, and Joanie MacRoberts, respectively.[1]

It's Higgins, Sir was previously a 13-episode NBC radio comedy series in 1951, created and produced by Paul Harrison, and written by Harrison and Rik Vollaerts. Harry McNaughton read the starring role of Higgins in that series, broadcast on Tuesdays at 9 P.M. (as Bob Hope's summer replacement). [2]

Cast

Episodes
No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"It's Higgins, Sir"Richard MurphyRichard MurphyOctober 3, 1962 (1962-10-03)
2"A Servant of the People"TBATBAOctober 10, 1962 (1962-10-10)
3"Lady of Leisure"TBATBAOctober 17, 1962 (1962-10-17)
4"Surprise Party"TBATBAOctober 24, 1962 (1962-10-24)
5"From the Forest Primeval"TBATBAOctober 31, 1962 (1962-10-31)
6"The Rules of the Road"Earl BellamyAlvin SapinsleyNovember 7, 1962 (1962-11-07)
7"Five Will Get You Ten"TBATBANovember 14, 1962 (1962-11-14)
8"Birthday Party"TBATBANovember 21, 1962 (1962-11-21)
9"Higgins' Little Helper"TBATBANovember 28, 1962 (1962-11-28)
10"Butler Father"TBATBADecember 5, 1962 (1962-12-05)
11"Golf Partner"TBATBADecember 12, 1962 (1962-12-12)
12"The Three Faces of Higgins"TBATBADecember 19, 1962 (1962-12-19)
13"Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Sullivan"TBATBADecember 26, 1962 (1962-12-26)
14"Manchester Minstrel"TBATBAJanuary 2, 1963 (1963-01-02)
15"The Milkman Cometh"TBATBAJanuary 9, 1963 (1963-01-09)
16"The Broken Statue"TBATBAJanuary 16, 1963 (1963-01-16)
17"A Bunch of Forget-Me-Nots"TBATBAJanuary 23, 1963 (1963-01-23)
18"Prom Girl"TBATBAJanuary 30, 1963 (1963-01-30)
19"The Royal and Ancient Game"TBATBAFebruary 6, 1963 (1963-02-06)
20"My First Friend"TBATBAFebruary 13, 1963 (1963-02-13)
21"The Long, Long Saturday"TBATBAFebruary 20, 1963 (1963-02-20)
22"Higgins' Understudy"TBATBAFebruary 27, 1963 (1963-02-27)
23"Black Thursday"TBATBAMarch 6, 1963 (1963-03-06)
24"Half a Higgins"TBATBAMarch 13, 1963 (1963-03-13)
25"Conflict of Interest"TBATBAMarch 20, 1963 (1963-03-20)
26"Higgins and the Hillbilly"TBATBAMarch 27, 1963 (1963-03-27)
27"The Reluctant Handicapper"TBATBAApril 3, 1963 (1963-04-03)
28"Meet Aunt Sadie"TBATBAApril 10, 1963 (1963-04-10)
29"Will the Real Mr. Hargrave Please Stand Up?"TBATBAApril 17, 1963 (1963-04-17)
30"Delinquent for a Day"TBATBAApril 24, 1963 (1963-04-24)
31"The Education of Harry Barker"TBATBAMay 1, 1963 (1963-05-01)
32"Who's on First?"TBATBAMay 8, 1963 (1963-05-08)
33"Love is Dandy"TBATBAMay 17, 1963 (1963-05-17)
34"The Dance"TBATBAMay 24, 1963 (1963-05-24)

Guest stars

Scheduling

Our Man Higgins, co-sponsored by General Motors' Pontiac division and American Tobacco, aired on ABC at 9:30 P.M. Eastern on Wednesdays opposite The Dick Van Dyke Show on CBS and the second half of Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall on NBC. Higgins followed another one-year ABC series Going My Way, starring Gene Kelly, Dick York, and Leo G. Carroll, in a television version of the 1944 Bing Crosby film.[3]

References
  1. http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950/US/Comedy/OurManHiggins.htm
  2. Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs: It's Higgins Sir
  3. 1962-1963 American network television schedule
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