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Season 4 – Marcus Welby, M.D.

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A kindly California doctor treats a wide variety of patients.

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Maureen Koch Los Angeles Free Press 01/04/2020
Marcus Welby opened its new season with an abortion story exhibiting all the enlightenment of a cross burning. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Marcus Welby, M.D. — Season 4

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David Victor

Creator

Robert Young

Dr. Marcus Welby

James Brolin

Dr. Steven Kiley

Elena Verdugo

Consuelo Lopez

Anne Baxter

Actor

Sharon Gless

Actor

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 12, 1972 A Fragile Possession A mother (Beverly Garland) and daughter (JoAnna Cameron) realize their own mistakes after the daughter's disastrous abortion. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 19, 1972 Love Is When They Say They Need You A mentally impaired man (Bruce Davison) must decide whether to give bone marrow to save his brother (Mike Farrell), a radiation victim. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 26, 1972 We'll Walk Out of Here Together A 20-year-old woman (Sian Barbara Allen) with ambitions of becoming a writer is struck with a disease and left a paraplegic. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 3, 1972 In Sickness and in Health A woman (Heidi Vaughn), separated from her spouse, contracts venereal disease after an affair with another man (Eric Braeden). Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 10, 1972 House of Mirrors A doctor (Patrick O'Neal) who believes he has terminal cancer plans to wed a nurse (Brenda Vaccaro) to give his son a mother. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 17, 1972 He Could Sell Iceboxes to Eskimos A lonely salesman (Jack Haley Sr.) turns to his long-forsaken daughter (Sharon Farrell) after he is incapacitated by a stroke. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 24, 1972 The Wednesday Game A lonely girl (Katherine Justice) is drawn to a college basketball player (Russell G. Wiggins) with inoperable brain cancer. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 31, 1972 Don and Denise A woman (Lindsay Wagner) with multiple sclerosis leaves her husband (Rick Lenz) to spare him the burden of taking care of her. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 14, 1972 Please Don't Send Flowers A wife (Susan Clark) attempts suicide after learning she must have a hysterectomy because of cancer; guest Lawrence Pressman. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 21, 1972 With a Shout, Not a Whimper An old friend (Leif Erickson) of Welby's, a top surgeon, must alter his life because of age and a worsening medical condition. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 28, 1972 Jason Be Nimble, Jason Be Quick A 12-year-old boy (Lee H. Montgomery) stricken with rheumatoid arthritis must also deal with his battling, estranged parents. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 5, 1972 Unto the Next Generation A Jewish couple (Jess Walton, Harvey Fisher) whose first child was lost to Tay-Sachs disease is afraid to have another baby. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 12, 1972 Heartbeat for Yesterday An old Hopi Indian (Chief Dan George) resists efforts to help his grandson, who is in a diabetic coma; guest William Shatner. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 19, 1972 Dinner of Herbs An overweight woman (Margaret O'Brien) with hypertension goes on a hazardous weight-reduction regimen. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 2, 1973 A More Exciting Case A nurse (Jessica Walter), depressed over a recent hysterectomy, becomes emotionally involved with a patient (Robert Walker). Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 9, 1973 A Necessary End A photographer (Anne Baxter) contracts a fatal illness from an insect bite; guests Susan Howard, Murray Matheson. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 16, 1973 Who Are You, Arthur Kolinski? A businessman (Peter Mark Richman) must face his background when his mechanic father (Nehemiah Persoff) becomes seriously ill. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 23, 1973 Gemini Descending An aggressive salesman (guest star James Coco) undergoes a personality change caused by a rare disease. With Robert Young, James Brolin. Details Episode 19 Aired Jan 30, 1973 The Problem With Charlie A law student (Don Stroud) combining study and marriage develops a stress-related ulcer; guests Jackie Coogan, Greg Mullavey. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 6, 1973 Catch a Ring That Isn't There The parents of a 17-year-old gymnastics champion (Jan-Michael Vincent) refuse to accept their son's problem with alcoholism. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 13, 1973 The Working Heart A TV personality (Joanna Barnes) has a heart condition that could kill if she remains in her current job. Details Episode 22 Aired Feb 20, 1973 The Other Martin Loring A diabetic man (Mark Miller) drinks himself into a coma after his homosexual impulses cause his wife to leave with their son. Details Episode 23 Aired Feb 27, 1973 The Day After Forever Welby deals with a despondent husband's injuries, caused by his misuse of drugs, and the pregnancy of his unfaithful wife. Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 6, 1973 The Tortoise Dance A teenage boy (Darrel Larson) becomes depressed after a pal's suicide and decides to take his own life; guest Darleen Carr. Details

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Season Info

Director
Leo Penn, Marc Daniels, Joseph Pevney, Philip Leacock, Earl Bellamy, Hollingsworth Morse, Herschel Daugherty, Harry Falk
Creator
David Victor
Executive Producer
David Victor
Screenwriter
Peter S. Fischer, Paul Schneider, Dick Nelson, Jerry De Bono, Robert Malcolm Young, Joanna Lee, Bess Boyle, Edward DeBlasio, Jerome Ross, Margaret Schneider
Network
ABC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 12, 1972
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