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The Outsider (US) Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - For Members Only

First aired: Sep/18/1968
Guest star: Frank Marth (Karl Stanton), Francine York (Ellie), Timothy Carey (Max), Francis DeSales (John), John Zaremba (Charles Beggs), Kathie Browne (Anne Dubois), Arthur Space (John Mason), G. D. Spradlin (Kenneth Conrad), Warren Stevens (Richard Chase)

Ross is hired to go undercover in an exclusive club to ferret out a cardsharp who has been fleecing some of its members.



2 :01x02 - What Flowers Daisies Are

First aired: Sep/25/1968
Guest star: Booth Colman (Benjamin Seaton), Steve Franken (Roger Edgway), Allen Joseph (Fred), Yvonne White (Edith), Melodie Johnson (Daisy), Robert Millar (Detective), Clay Tanner (Sgt. Miller), Farley Granger (Curtis Anderson)

Ross is hired to find a missing model. At first the case seems routine but then he stumbles into a million dollar con game and murder.



3 :01x03 - Along Came a Spider

First aired: Oct/02/1968
Guest star: Floyd Mutrux (Ralph), Whit Bissell (Dr. Kingsland), Claude Akins (Detective Keller), Leonard Stone (Buddy Vasta), Than Wyenn (Danny Moreno), Marsha Hunt (Dorothy Kingsland), Lily Shalet (Mrs. Sandusky)

Ross is hired by a woman who lent her fiancee $6,000. Then the poor fellow got himself killed and now his erstwhile intended wants her money back.



4 :01x04 - A Wide Place in the Road

First aired: Oct/09/1968
Guest star: Sarah Marshall (Pearl Rapp), Chet Stratton (Fred Decker), Michael Cartel (George McBride, Jr.), Lou Krugman (Leo Glass), Anne Whitfield (Betty Dustin), Lillian Bronson (Mrs. Buchanan), Joe Don Baker (Billy Joe Corey), Louise Latham (Frances Dustin), Forrest Lewis (George McBride)

Ross travels to a small town in search of a car thief and bail jumper who was once an athletic hero in the town.



5 :01x05 - As Cold As Ashes

First aired: Oct/16/1968
Guest star: Vince Howard (Detective Allan), Noah Keen (Lt. Kering), Gerald York (Cizak), Larry Duran (Max), Don Knight (Matthew Garson), Katherine Woodville (Lita Dowell), Keye Luke (Won Ah-Kam)

Ross is hired to carry the ashes of a recently deceased man from Los Angeles to San Francisco but soon discovers that others are following him with mayhem in their hearts. He then tries to figure out why.



6 :01x06 - A Time to Run

First aired: Oct/30/1968
Guest star: Ross Elliott (Starnes), Don Stroud (Stan), Jimmy Joyce (John Drake), Byron Mabe (Jerry), Laurence Haddon (Frank Ebb), Tom Palmer (Dr. Wells), Brenda Scott (Della), Jack Hogan (Ed), James Dobson (Murphy)

A defense attorney hires Ross to find a missing witness in a murder case. Ross finds him but then things go from awful to good grief.



7 :01x07 - Love Is Under "L"

First aired: Nov/06/1968
Guest star: Willi Koopman (Mindy Taylor), Robert H. Harris (Albrt Kopke), Louis Guss (Ernie), Brad Weston (Thorpe), Karen Martin (Girl), Jack Grinnage (Clifford), Ron Russell (Cyclist), Pat Morita (Toshi), Simon Oakland (Lyman Barr), Jeanne Cooper (Connie)

A millionaire hires Ross to find his missing galpal. Ross finds her and soon discovers that she is in hiding for good reason.



8 :01x08 - The Twenty-Thousand Dollar Carrot

First aired: Nov/13/1968
Director: Michael Ritchie
Guest star: Dana Elcar (Fred Oliver), Delton Cook (John Morrison), John S. Ragin (Todd Elkins), Robert Donner (Sheriff Wade), Bonnie Hughes (Airline Clerk), Julia McCarthy (Helene Elkins), Sandra Smith (Joanne Jackson), Bonnie Beecher (Gloria Gronowski), Pat Harrington, Jr. (Borden), Stuart Nisbet (Floyd), Conlan Carter (Warren Vail)

Ross must try to return a man who supposedly died from his hiding place in Mexico back to the United States along with the insurance money he got after faking his death.



9 :01x09 - One Long Stemmed American Beauty

First aired: Nov/20/1968
Guest star: Richard Van Vleet (Stuntman), Ben Wright (Agent), Walter Mathews (Vincent Carlvic), Lloyd King (Karate Instructor), Marie Windsor (Leslie Jamison), Judith McConnell (Dorothy Johnson), Peggy Pope (Florist), Betty Field (Landlady), Julie Adams (Laura Carlvic)

Ross begins to wonder if the suicide of a renowned stage and dancing legend was murder.



10 :01x10 - I Can't Hear You Scream

First aired: Nov/27/1968
Guest star: John J. Fox (Tom Mullins), Gwendolyn Ormes (Mona Gentry), Marc Cavell (Solly Thayer), Bobo Lewis (Besse), David Bond (Jed Mills), Ena Hartman (Eleanor Springer), James Edwards (Lt. Wagner), Howard Dayton (Eddie), Joe Haworth (George), Myron Healey (Frank Murphy), James Nusser (Thin Man), Jodean Lawrence (Mary)

Ross is running down leads to save a convict from the gas chamber but he doesn't have much time remaining.



11 :01x11 - Tell It Like It Was--and You're Dead

First aired: Dec/04/1968
Guest star: Ted Knight (Nick Ames), Fabian Dean (Burly Man), Whitney Blake (Judy Elliott), Jackie Coogan (Rusty), Dallas Mitchell (Sergeant), James Edwards (Lt. Wagner), Read Morgan (Lacey), Ben Murphy (Patrick Forrester), Marilyn Maxwell (Winnie Blake), Eve McVeagh (Mrs. Forrester), Gordon Jump (Carl)

A former burlesque queen hires Ross to find out who's been making death threats against her personage.



12 :01x12 - The Land of the Fox

First aired: Dec/18/1968
Guest star: Al Checco (Bartender), Kent McCord (Bill Ellison), Roy Roberts (Ben Adams), Ben Hammer (Tom Campbell), Phillip Chapin (Peter McKee), Charles Brewer (Surfer), Russell Thorson (George Lund), Susan Oliver (Diane Clay)

On a case, Ross falls for a woman involved in the case and with some rough characters.



13 :01x13 - There Was a Little Girl

First aired: Dec/25/1968
Guest star: Joan Blondell (Sadie Burch), Dorothy Green (Margaret Harrington), Dave Diamond (Policeman), Noah Keen (Lt. Kering), Ralph Manza (Charley), George N. Neise (Brad Elston), Harry Harvey (Neighbor), Simon Scott (George Harrington), Paul Lambert (Larry Rogers), Mary Jo Kennedy (Marcie), Jean Carson (Mary Potter)

Ross is hired when a woman shows up on a millionaire's doorstep claiming that the girl she has raised is his. It all has to do with a twelve year old kidnapping case for which a ransom was paid yet the victim never seen again.



14 :01x14 - The Girl from Missouri

First aired: Jan/08/1969
Guest star: Leonard Bremen (Bartender), Phillip Pine (Coppolino), Victor Bozeman (Policeman), Rick Jason (Matt Smith), Mickey Manners (Rudy Jacobs), Mariette Hartley (Mary Smith), Will J. White (Jackie), Stanley Adams (Bo Peep), Robert Millar (Sergeant), Frank Schuller (Larry), Jaye P. Morgan (Ginny)

A naive midwestern gal hires Ross to locate her missing brother. He soon learns that the sibling is involved with some very unsavory types.



15 :01x15 - The Secret of Mareno Bay

First aired: Jan/15/1969
Guest star: Walter Brooke (Colonel Grey), Pippa Scott (Virginia Kirk), Estelle Winwood (Mrs. Perry), Larry Linville (Floyd Hendricks), Charles Lampkin (Richard), Grace Lee Whitney (Claire), Henry Beckman (Sheriff Damon)

Ross searches for a missing novelist in a town where most of the residents are glad that the man is gone.



16 :01x16 - The Old School Tie

First aired: Jan/22/1969
Guest star: Aldo Ray (Eddie Wolfe), Gail Kobe (Gloria Johnson), Elvia Allman (Mrs. Vaughn), James McEachin (John Arnold), Len Lesser (Max Davenport), Anthony Russell (Vincent), George Murdock (Vern Fletcher)

Ross's old prison buddy, who once saved his life, insists that the gumshoe join him in an extortion plot and he won't take no for an answer.



17 :01x17 - A Bowl of Cherries

First aired: Jan/29/1969
Guest star: Lynne Marta (Kerry Palmer), Philip Kenneally (Joe Brock), John Marley (Jason Cambor), Scott Marlowe (Joe Andrade), Warren J. Kemmerling (Lieutenant), Robert Karnes (Man), Frank Farmer (Sergeant), Penny Santon (Mrs. Andrade), Michael Masters (Swamper), Alan Oppenheimer (Pete), Tom Skerritt (Arnie Cambor)

When Ross offers to help out the son of an old friend he soon finds himself tangled up in a homicide.



18 :01x18 - Behind God's Back

First aired: Feb/05/1969
Guest star: Paul Micale (Desk Clerk), Virginia Mayo (Jean Daniels Ortega), Stella Garcia (Juanita Martinez), Ben Cooper (Fred Rhodes), Victor Rogers (Eddie), Ahna Capri (Tracy Stratton), Stacy Harris (Henry Stratton), Larry Chance (Mike), Thomas Gomez (Miguel), Richard Jury (Dr. Wrigley)

Ross goes to Acapulco to find a millionaire's runaway daughter. He locates her among the jet set there then tries to convince her that some of her playmates are up to no good.



19 :01x19 - Take the Key and Lock Him Up

First aired: Feb/12/1969
Guest star: Kurt Grayson (Roberts), Don 'Red' Barry (Sheriff Watson), Paul Newlan (Reeves), Renny Roker (Barrows), Shannon Farnon (Laura), Bert Freed (Elkins), Anne Bellamy (Ella), Roger Perry (Briggs), Joseph Mell (Myron), Don Hanmer (Padre), Quinn Redeker (Harve)

Investigating a shooting in a rural town, Ross is arrested on charges of selling marijuana.



20 :01x20 - The Flip Side

First aired: Feb/26/1969
Guest star: Joseph Lacavan (Croupier), Michael Strong (Dr. Sam Gaynor), Judd Laurance (Pablo Renoir), Fred Williamson (Randall), Alice Backes (Telephone Operator), Carrie Snodgress (Janet/Diane), Al Dunlap (Billboard Man)

A homely looking woman hires Ross to find her missing glamorous model twin sister. He finds her and discovers that she's mixed up in extortion and a narcotics trafficking ring.



21 :01x21 - Handle with Care

First aired: Mar/05/1969
Guest star: Paul Stewart (Julius Ainsworth), Berkeley Harris (Smiley), Judith M. Brown (Colleen), Anthony Redondo (Dispatcher), Vic Tayback (Faber), Edmund Hashim (Phil Campos), John Wheeler (Montana), Duke Cigrang (Truck Driver), Michael Masters (Marty), Bruce Glover (Sparky), Joan Huntington (Josie), Pepe Callahan (Frank Guerra), Herb Voland (Hollis)

Hired by an insurance company to investigate a series of truck hijackings, Ross poses as a drifter named Leo Martin and joins the hijacking ring.



22 :01x22 - All the Social Graces

First aired: Mar/12/1969
Guest star: Helen Baron (Diane Fuller), Lloyd Bochner (George Jenkins), Del Russel (Tom), Geraldine Brooks (Emily Kester), Regis Cordic (Stambler), Ellen Clark (Mary Jenkins), Lorraine Davies (Millie), Gene Tyburn (Todd), Charles Shull (Carlin), Michael Evans (Giles), Kenneth Tobey (Joe Kester), Warren J. Kemmerling (Masters)

A crude and rough hewn millionaire hires Ross but he's killed before our protagonist can discover why he's been hired. Ross's investigation leads to an elegant tennis club which considered the deceased too uncouth for membership.



23 :01x23 - A Lot of Muscle

First aired: Mar/26/1969
Guest star: James Gregory (Michael Cameron), Vivian Rhodes (Librarian), Frank Maxwell (Thatcher), Kenneth O'Brien (Richard Twining), Joseph V. Perry (Eddie Clark), Len Wayland (Matthews), Susan O'Connell (Patricia Cameron), Greg Mullavy (Ted Baxter), Lloyd Kino (Houseboy), Lawrence Hauben (James Reardon), Patricia Walker (Landlady)

Ross is hired by a hard as nails, unbending cop who's facing an indictment on a bribery charge. Suspecting a possible frame-up, he begins checking out the cop's enemies and the man has a whole bunch.



24 :01x24 - Periwinkle Blue

First aired: Apr/02/1969
Director: Richard Benedict
Guest star: Lois Nettleton (April Endby), Ellen Corby (Aunt Myrtle), Douglas Dick (Arthur Endby), Bill Quinn (Lt. Kanter), Richard Benedict (Case), Paul Hahn (Jones), Shelby Livingston (Model), Paula Victor (1st Woman), Zee Wilson (2nd Woman), Pat Harrington, Jr. (Mr. Wainwright (as Pat Harrington))

A woman has already buried two previous husbands and her third hires Ross to make sure she's not planning on being a widow for the third time.



25 :01x25 - Service for One

First aired: Apr/09/1969
Guest star: John Doucette (Stan Potolski), Henry Jones (Decker), Johnny Silver (Kel), Shelly Novack (Edward Potolski), John Archer (Businessman), Sandy Balson (Sally), Kathie Browne (Amy Godwin), Jayne Meadows (Lil), Jack Spratt (Chef)

Ross is hired to tail a recently paroled convict who is supposedly the only person who knows the exact location of missing money in the amount of $250,000. But, as could be expected, he's not the only one searching for the missing loot.



26 :01x26 - Through a Stained Glass Window

First aired: Apr/16/1969
Guest star: William Windom (Bernard Christie), E. J. Andre (Mike), Walter Burke (L. J. Fox), Ruth McDevitt (Alice Donner), Carol Booth (Billie), Bill Quinn (Lt. Kanter), Mickey Shaughnessy (Chauncy James), Harry Swoger (Frank Stobles), Marilyn Lovell (Nancy Davis), Eldon Quick (Eddie Johnson), Charles Seel (Engineer), Arch Johnson (Bob)

Ross is hired to serve a subpoena on a Howard Hughes like millionaire who has never been photographed and uncovers a curious love affair along with a murder plot.