Episode Guide

Both the original U.S. air dates and the U.K. air dates are listed. Episodes are in order of original U.S. air date. Episode descriptions are from BBC Radio Times.

Automan (pilot)
US: December 15, 1983
UK: May 12, 1984

WRITTEN BY  -  Glen A. Larson
DIRECTED BY -  Lee H. Katzin

A special feature-length episode introducing the ultimate television hero -- Automan -- a holographic image who starts life as a character in a computer game and ends up as Los Angeles Police Department's greatest asset in their fight against crime.

Automan and his creator, mild-mannered computer expert Walter Nebicher, turn their unique talents to solving the mysterious disappearance of key personnel from several big corporations -- even the cop assigned to the case has gone missing!

GUEST STARS
Patrick Macnee  as  Lydell Hamilton
Steven Keats  as  Collins
Robert J. Hogan  as  Peterson
James Antonio, Jr.  as  Cramer
Robert Dunlap  as  Chuck Wilson
Don Galloway  as  Martin Wills
Doug McClure  as  Det. Ted Smithers
Camilla Sparv  as  Tanya

CO-STARRING
Steven Franken  as  P.J. Hawkins
Sid Haig
Mickey Jones
Herman Poppe
Dennis Fimple
Gloria LeRoy
Carol Vogel

Staying Alive while Running a High Flash Dance Fever
US: December 22, 1983
UK: May 26, 1984

WRITTEN BY  - Glen A. Larson
DIRECTED BY -  Winrich Kolbe

When underworld gambling tsar, Leonard Martin, hatches a plot to discredit a respected judge, Automan taps his own database to find a suitable guise to go undercover in Las Vegas. Programmed with superlatives only, a John Travolta clone seems as inconspicuous a choice as any.

GUEST STARS
Mary Crosby  as  Ellen Fowler / "Miss Simmons"
Don Gordon  as  Leonard Martin
Angela Aames  as  Bartender
Robert F. Lyons  as  Jason

SPECIAL GUEST STAR
William  as  Judge Alexander Farnsworth

CO-STARRING
Jack Perkins  as  Drunk
Jorge Cervera, Jr.  as  Jackson
Jim Storm  as  The Driver
Bud Davis  as  Seiger
Gary Epper  as  Brandt

The Great Pretender
US: December 29, 1983
UK: June 2, 1984

WRITTEN BY - Sam Egan
DIRECTED BY - Kim Manners

Walker [sic] and Automan go under cover as a couple of big-time underworld operators to capture Rudolph Brock, a powerful syndicate counterfeiter. With Automan's data base packed with scenes from classic gangster movies, he doesn't find it too difficult to penetrate Brock's criminal empire.

GUEST STARS
Clu Gulager  as  Rudolph Brock
Michael Callan  as  Kevin Mayhew
Andrea Howard  as  Lauren Robinson
Ed Griffith  as  Seymour Laird
James Andronica  as  Parsons
Cliff Emmich  as  Paul Lambert
Fil Formicola  as  Solt
Todd Martin  as  Gritch

CO-STARRING
William Long, Jr.  as  Russo
Ken Sansom  as  The Minister
K.C. Winkler  as  The Blonde
Marc Vahanian  as  Carty

FEATURING
Richard Derr  as  Robinson
Barry Berman  as  Tate
Talbot Simons  as  The Taxi Driver

Ships in the Night
US: January 5, 1984
UK: June 9, 1984

WRITTEN BY - Parke Perine
DIRECTED BY - Bob Claver

On a Caribbean island, Robert Sawyer has a profitable racket going -- conning near bankrupt businessmen out of their money, then dumping them into the ocean from his private jet. Posing as a big-time crook with more money than sense, Automan soon finds himself taking his last flight aboard Sawyer's plane....

GUEST STARS
Scott Marlowe  as  Robert Sawyer
France Nuyen  as  Liang Lew
Steve Hanks  as  Woody
Frank Aletter  as  James Dowling
Abraham Alvarez  as  Police Sergeant

SPECIAL GUEST STAR
Cesare Danova  as  Captain Romano

CO-STARRING
Javier Grajeda  as  The Desk Clerk
Branscombe Richmond  as  Johnson

FEATURING
Melanie Vincz  as  The Beautiful Girl
Bridget Sienna  as  The Croupier
Rick Garcia  as  The Bank Guard

Unreasonable Facsimile
US: January 12, 1984
UK: June 16, 1984

WRITTEN BY - Sam Egan
DIRECTED BY - Winrich Kolbe

Automan's personality changes when his database becomes cluttered with soap-opera. A very cool hologram sets out to crack the case of a murdered businessman and a police helicopter that fell out of the sky.

GUEST STARS
Robert Sampson  as  Henry Innis
Glenn Corbett  as  Jarrett Powers
Gerald Gordon  as  Edward M. Scanlin
Delta Burke  as  Rachel Innis
Lina Raymond  as  Christine Powers

SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE BY
David S. Sheiner  as  Norman

CO-STARRING
Conroy Gedeon  as  The Bartender
Walter Brooke  as  Mr. Theodore Behrens
Ruth Warshawsky  as  Mrs. Hortense Behrens

SEPCIAL APPEARANCE BY
Tawny Schneider  as  Herself

FEATURING
Toni Nero  as  Francine
Dennis Scott  as  Reedy
Tammy Alverson  as  Lisa

Flashes and Ashes
US: January 19, 1984
UK: June 23, 1984

WRITTEN BY - Doug Heyes, Jr.
DIRECTED BY - Kim Manners

What happens when police investigators looking into corruption on the force turn out to be corrupt themselves? This is the awkward question asked by Walter Nebicher who soon finds himself suspended from duty. It is left to Automan to find an answer though he has to go beyond the grave to do it!

GUEST STARS
Jeff Pomerantz  as  Malcom Whittaker
Hari Rhodes  as  Rollie Dumont
Anita Dangler  as  Madame Russo
Danil Torppe  as  Sam Lymon
Ron Harvey  as  Frank Cooney

SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY
Roscoe Tanner  as  The Tennis Pro

CO-STARRING
Michael Horsley  as  Jeff Coe
James Emery  as  Dean Springer
Tammy Brewer  as  Tisha
Tami Barber  as  Laurie
Africanus Roscius  as  The Street Guy

The Biggest Game in Town
US: January 26, 1984
UK: May 19, 1984

TELEPLAY BY - Larry Brody
STORY BY - Larry Brody and Shel Willens
DIRECTED BY - Winrich Kolbe

Three computer wizards create a terror-filled game which threatens the entire city of Los Angeles with chaos, death and destruction if their demands are not met. But they reckon without Automan's inside connections in the computer world!

GUEST STARS
Kristen Meadows  as  Ellie Harmon
Felton Perry  as  Bart Johnson
Rick Lenz  as  Ronald Tilson
Timothy Blake  as  Sam Maroni

FEATURING
Stefan Zema  as  The Man
Michael Holden  as  2nd Air Controller
Bill Ewing  as  Chief Controller
Robert Gribbin  as  Bomb Squad Man #1
Paul Savior  as  Flood Control Engineer
Lee Garlington  as  The Doctor
Richard Milholland  as  Bomb Squad Man #2

Renegade Run
US: March 6, 1984
UK: July 14, 1984

TELEPLAY BY - Larry Brody and Doug Heyes, Jr.
STORY BY - Larry Brody
DIRECTED BY - Allen Baron

Walter investigates the case of a crooked sheriff who steals the land of Chico Fuentes as part of a plan to run illegal immigrants over the border as forced labour on road gangs. Automan is soon in action, leading a motorcycle gang to spring his partner and Walter's old friend Chico from jail. [sic; Walter's old friend is Chico's sister, Teresa.]

GUEST STARS:
Richard Lynch  as  Sheriff Clay Horton
Greta Blackburn  as  Gretchen Lewis
Gina Gallego  as  Teresa Fuentes
Billy Drago  as  Chico Fuentes
Terry Kiser  as  Stone

SPECIAL GUEST STAR
Richard Anderson  as  Carl Donovan

CO-STARRING
Michael MacRae  as  J.P. Crazy
Carol Webster  as  Miss Lucy
Bobby E. Green  as  Travis

Murder MTV
US: March 12, 1984
UK: July 28, 1984

TELEPLAY BY - Doug Heyes, Jr.
STORY BY - Guerdon Trueblood
DIRECTED BY - Bruce Seth Green

Sweet Kicks is an all-girl band on the rise. At the shooting of the group's video, an explosion rocks the stage. Walter's and Automan's attempts to track down the would-be killers are hampered when the girls' father seeks help from the underworld....

GUEST STARS
Laura Branigan  as  Jessie Cole
Albert Paulsen  as  Frank Ladrone
Michael Gregor  as  Tony Lupus
Zitto Kazann  as  Carlo Crane
Ola Ray  as  Joanne
Christie Claridge  as  Josie

SPECIAL GUEST STAR
Michael McGuire  as  Sid Cole

CO-STARRING
Sander Johnson  as  Sam Clementine
Gerald Berns  as  Leo Shane

FEATURING
Paul Haber  as  The Delivery Boy
Miguel A. Nunez, Jr.  as  The Valet Parking Attendant

Murder, Take One
US: March 19, 1984
UK: August 11, 1984

WRITTEN BY - Sam Egan
DIRECTED BY - Kim Manners

When gossip columnist Ray [sic; credited as Keith] Gillette is murdered, suspicion falls on former movie star Veronica Everly. But Automan uncovers incriminating evidence suggesting that producer Michael Hagedorn had a greater motive for wanting Gillette out of the way. To trap this killer, Automan goes undercover as an actor, and discovers his true vocation as Hollywood's hottest sex symbol!

GUEST STARS
Ed Lauter  as  Michael Hagedorn
Winnie Gardner  as  Kitty Hopkins
Tim Rossovitcjh  as Oscar Selby
Bart Braverman  as  Frank Loren

SPECIAL CAMEO APPEARANCE BY
Peter Marshall  as  Keith Gillette

SPECIAL GUEST STARS
Greg Mullavey  as  Philip Eames
Michelle Phillips  as  Veronica Everly

CO-STARRING
Hilary Thompson  as  Sheila Dunham
Floyd Levine  as  Seymour Grodkin

FEATURING
Mark Wheeler  as  Roland Green
Jonathan Gochberg  as  The Guard

Zippers
US: March 26, 1984
UK: August 28, 1984

WRITTEN BY - David Garber and Bruce E. Kalish
DIRECTED BY - Alan Crosland

A small-time house burglary ring operating out of an exotic male dancers' nightclub leads Walter and Automan to a bigger caper involving the theft of secret government information. Strictly in the line of duty Automan has to strut his stuff as `Auto the Hot Electrician,' but with a very attractive female audience it's a task he doesn't find too arduous.

GUEST STARS
John Vernon  as  Carlos Rayner
James Morrison  as  Gary Baxley
Erik Stern  as  Victor
Billy Ray Sharkey  as  Buck
James Callahan  as  Dennis Stanton
Jo Anne Astrow

CO-STARRING
Tom Everett  as  Stanley
Reginald T. Dorsey  as  Freddie
Don Mirault  as  Robin Hood
Nancy Jeris  as  Mrs. Stanton

FEATURING
Gertrude Marx  as  The Woman
Cliff Carnell  as  Karl
Eric Lawson  as  Guard #1
Charles Walker  as  Guard #2
Mindi Iden  as  Kevie Wright
John Mahon  as  The Policeman

Death by Design
US: April 2, 1984
UK: August 18, 1984

WRITTEN BY - Sam Egan
DIRECTED BY - Gil Bettman

Automan assumes the identity of a revenge seeking vigilante cop called Mad Dog to trap the ruthless syndicate hit-man responsible for killing one of Jack's best friends, and to stop the mob penetrating the fashion business.

GUEST STARS
John Erickson  as  Woodrow "Woody" Oster
Anne Lockhart  as  Tracy Morgan
Luke Askew  as  Eric LeBlanc
Lance Le Gault  as  Simon Rafferty
Eric Server  as  Gill
David Spielberg  as  Tom Sholes
Michael Gazzo

CO-STARRING
Edward Mallory  as  Nate Hester
J.D. Hall  as  Noah Jeffries
K.C. Winkler  as  The Model
Danny Dayton  as  The Bookie
Johnny Crear  as  Joseph Sylvana

Club Ten
US: April 9, 1984
UK: August 25, 1984

WRITTEN BY - Michael S. Baser and Kim Weiskopf
DIRECTED BY - Kim Manners

The exclusive Club Ten resort is a centre for diamond smuggling. When Laura Ferguson stumbles on this secret she manages to put out an SOS call to her old friend Roxanne before being taken prisoner. Roxanne, Walter and Automan are soon on the trail of the missing Laura, unaware they themselves are being trailed....

GUEST STARS
Dennis Cole
Marshall Teague  as  Ted
Bruce Bauer  as  Randy
Brett Halsey  as  Felipe Valdez
Robin Eisenman  as  Laura Ferguson
Barbra Horan  as  Geri

SPECIAL GUEST STAR
Don Knight

CO-STARRING
John Alderson  as  Rummy

FEATURING
Abraham Gordon  as  The Valet
Mae LaBlanc  as  Girl #2
Cis Rundle  as  Girl #1
Edward Crotty  as  The Waiter
Dona Speir  as  The Bikini Girl



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