Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.

Drama

Seasons

1. Twenty-Four Hours

Air Date: 1961-09-28

2. Immunity

Air Date: 1961-10-05

3. Shining Image

Air Date: 1961-10-12

Julie Lawler, a beautiful and fun-loving young woman, suffers a sudden respiratory attack and is brought to Blair Hospital.

4. Winter Harvest

Air Date: 1961-10-19

5. The Million Dollar Property

Air Date: 1961-10-26

Anne Francis plays the part of a famous actress BUT everywhere she goes her cool cat friends follow. All they care about is partying. They give Kildare a very hard time. She is emotionally drained and in the hospital. Her friends led by Jan Murray try to keep up the partying even in her room but eventually Anne calls it quits. Gillespe arranges for Kildare to go on a romantic weekend with Anne. He finally convinces her that she doesnt need these friends and can go on with her acting career with confidence. Jan Murray plays a very sarcastic role. Anne highlights that beauty mark on her face like never before. Good episode.

6. Admitting Service

Air Date: 1961-11-02

7. The Lonely Ones

Air Date: 1961-11-09

8. Holiday Weekend

Air Date: 1961-11-16

9. The Patient

Air Date: 1961-11-23

Dr. Kildare trips over a cart while looking at a cute nurses aide and hurts his back. He gets hospitalized in Blair in a ward with several different characters. He slowly becomes friends with them all and ends up liking them and givies advise on their problems. Very good episode.

10. For the Living

Air Date: 1961-11-30

11. Second Chance

Air Date: 1961-12-07

12. Hit and Run

Air Date: 1961-12-14

13. Season to Be Jolly

Air Date: 1961-12-21

14. Johnny Temple

Air Date: 1961-12-28

15. My Brother, the Doctor

Air Date: 1962-01-04

16. The Adminstartor

Air Date: 1962-01-11

17. Oh My Daughter

Air Date: 1962-01-25

18. The Search

Air Date: 1962-02-01

19. The Glory Hunter

Air Date: 1962-02-08

20. The Dragon

Air Date: 1962-02-15

21. The Stepping Stone

Air Date: 1962-02-22

22. The Bronc Buster

Air Date: 1962-03-01

23. The Witch Doctor

Air Date: 1962-03-08

24. The Roaring Boy-O

Air Date: 1962-03-15

25. Solomon's Choice

Air Date: 1962-03-29

26. A Very Present Help

Air Date: 1962-04-05

Glynis Johns plays a nun who gets admitted to Blair because she has gallstones and needs an operation. She gets involved in some of the patient's lives and problems, tries to help and is scolded by Kildare before he apologizes and realizes how good she really is. The episode is too long and deep to explain in words, BUT, it is one of the very best that they ever produced. An A plus for this show.

27. One for the Road

Air Date: 1962-04-12

28. The Horn of Plenty

Air Date: 1962-04-19

29. The Chemistry of Anger

Air Date: 1962-04-26

30. Something of Importance

Air Date: 1962-05-03

31. A Distant Thunder

Air Date: 1962-05-10

Elderly war hero, Lt Gen John Sparrow is admitted for malnutrition. A very potient story of mistreatment of the elderly.

32. The Road to the Heart

Air Date: 1962-05-17

33. Operation Lazarus

Air Date: 1962-05-24

1. Gravida One

Air Date: 1962-09-27

With the help and emotional support, Dr. Kildare helps a severly neglected older woman, Doris Manning, give birth to her first child.

2. The Burning Sky

Air Date: 1962-10-04

Cocky medical student, Mark Hadley cracks under the pressure of treating forest-fire victims.

3. The Visitors

Air Date: 1962-10-11

4. The Mask Makers

Air Date: 1962-10-18

Carolyn Jones plays the part of a girl born with an big, odd shaped nose and who is used to being teased and made fun of. Kildare dates her and convinces her to have plastic surgery to remedy the problem. She goes ahead and has the surgery. Later on she cannot get accustomed to having a normal looking face, tries to kill herself and Kildare feels responsible. C. Jones has spent so many years with her imperfection that she cannot get used to the fact that she is normal looking, she was used to making light of herself and so on.......as a defense mechanism. Super good episode.

5. Guest Appenrance

Air Date: 1962-10-25

Jack Carter plays an arrogant, sarcastic, smooth operating T.V. talk show host. His young son is hurt in an accident, Kildare shows up with the ambulance, the boy later dies , Carter blames Kildare and belittles him on the T.V. show. Finally Gillespe goes on the show and defends Kildare using Carters own words, thus making him eat every word he said and he apologizes for all. As tough as Carter thinks he is, Gillespe eats him up for lunch on the show. Decent episode, very predictable though.

6. Hastings Farewell

Air Date: 1962-11-01

7. Breakdown

Air Date: 1962-11-08

8. The Cobweb Chain

Air Date: 1962-11-15

9. The Soul Killer

Air Date: 1962-11-22

10. An Ancient Office

Air Date: 1962-12-06

11. The Legacy

Air Date: 1962-12-13

12. The Bed I've Made

Air Date: 1962-12-20

13. A Time for Every Purpose

Air Date: 1962-12-27

14. Love is a Sad Song

Air Date: 1963-01-03

15. The Thing Speaks for Itself

Air Date: 1963-01-10

16. The Great Guy

Air Date: 1963-01-17

A comedian with a bone tumor refuses to face a possible amputation.

17. The Mosaic

Air Date: 1963-01-31

18. Good Luck Charm

Air Date: 1963-02-07

19. Jail Ward

Air Date: 1963-02-14

20. A Trip to Niagara

Air Date: 1963-02-21

21. A Place Among the Monuments

Air Date: 1963-02-28

22. Face of Fear

Air Date: 1963-03-07

23. Sister Mike

Air Date: 1963-03-14

24. A Very Infectious Disease

Air Date: 1963-03-21

25. Dark Side of the Mirror

Air Date: 1963-03-28

Twin sisters one good and one bad, the good sister needs a kidney to save her life and the bad refuses to donate one to her.

26. The Sleeping Princess

Air Date: 1963-04-11

27. Ship's Doctor

Air Date: 1963-04-18

28. Tightrope Into Nowhere

Air Date: 1963-04-25

29. The Balance and the Crucible

Air Date: 1963-05-02

30. Gift Of Koodjanuk

Air Date: 1963-05-09

31. An Island LikeA Peacock

Air Date: 1963-05-16

32. To Each His Prison

Air Date: 1963-05-23

33. A Hand Held Out in Darkness

Air Date: 1963-05-30

34. What's God To Julis

Air Date: 1963-06-06

A brother is worried about his mentally retarded brother, Julius and who will take care of him after he is gone.

1. Who Ever Heard Of Two-Headed Doll?

Air Date: 1963-09-26

On his first day as a resident Kildare struggles with the question of whether to tell a patient---and the patient's wife, an old school friend---that he has been diagnosed with leukemia.

2. Good Samaritan

Air Date: 1963-10-03

3. If You Can't Believe the Truth

Air Date: 1963-10-10

4. Heart, an Imperfect Machine

Air Date: 1963-10-17

5. A Game for Three

Air Date: 1963-10-24

6. Exploiters

Air Date: 1963-10-31

7. One Bright and Clear Thursday Morning

Air Date: 1963-11-07

8. Eleventh Commandment

Air Date: 1963-11-14

9. Four Feet in the Morning

Air Date: 1963-11-21

10. Pack Rat and Prima Donna

Air Date: 1963-11-28

11. Backslider

Air Date: 1963-12-05

12. Charile Wade Makes Lots of Shade

Air Date: 1963-12-12

13. Oracle

Air Date: 1963-12-19

14. Vote of Confidence

Air Date: 1963-12-26

15. Willing Suspension of Disbelief

Air Date: 1964-01-09

16. Tyger Tyger (1)

Air Date: 1964-01-16

Yvette Mimiuex plays the part of a girl who is totally smitten with surfing and is hell bent on being the BEST surfer. She is in Blair and Gillespe diagnoses her with epilepsy. She is warned not to surf OR drive a car until the siezures are brought under control. Despite everyone's concern and warnings she keeps sneaking off to the beach to ""catch the big wave"". Kildare and her friend Clu Gullager go to the beach several times to stop her. At home she has a grand mal(BIG) siezure and is re-hospitalized. It ends there and is continued into part 2. VERY good show, brings you right back to the 60's.

17. Tyger Tyger (2)

Air Date: 1964-01-23

Yvette Mimieux continues her surfing. She and Kildare go to the beach at night and they ""make out"". He is infatuated with her but cant get her to accept the epilepsy. She has many smaller siezures. Kildare meets all the beach bums and beatnicks of that time. Ultimately she goes for a surf, catches the wave off her life and has a grand mal siezure at the same time. She drowns and Kildare is there to pronounce her dead. GREAT episode with a sad ending.

18. Never Too Old for the Circus

Air Date: 1964-01-30

19. Onions, Garlic and Flowers That Bloom in Spring

Air Date: 1964-02-06

20. To Walk in Grace

Air Date: 1964-02-13

21. Goodbye Mr. Jersey

Air Date: 1964-02-20

22. Why Won't Anybody Listen?

Air Date: 1964-02-27

23. Child Between

Air Date: 1964-03-05

24. A Hundred Million Tomorrows

Air Date: 1964-03-12

25. Tomorrow is a Fickle Girl

Air Date: 1964-03-19

26. Quid Pro Quo

Air Date: 1964-03-26

27. A Day to Remember

Air Date: 1964-04-02

28. An Ungodly Act

Air Date: 1964-04-09

29. Nickel's Worth Of Prayer

Air Date: 1964-04-16

30. Night of the Beast

Air Date: 1964-04-23

31. Middle Of Ernie Mann

Air Date: 1964-04-30

32. Sense of Tempo

Air Date: 1964-05-07

33. Speak Not in Angry Whispers

Air Date: 1964-05-14

34. Dolly's Dilemma

Air Date: 1964-05-21

1. Man is a Rock

Air Date: 1964-09-24

2. Maybe Love Will Save My Apartment House

Air Date: 1964-10-01

3. Hand That Hurts, Hand That Heals

Air Date: 1964-10-08

4. Last Leaves on the Tree

Air Date: 1964-10-15

5. What's Different About Today?

Air Date: 1964-10-22

6. Sound of a Faraway Hill

Air Date: 1964-10-29

7. Candle in the Window

Air Date: 1964-11-05

8. Rome Will Never Leave You (1)

Air Date: 1964-11-12

9. Rome Will Never Leave You (2)

Air Date: 1964-11-19

10. Rome Will Never Leave You (3)

Air Date: 1964-11-26

11. Elusive Dik Dik

Air Date: 1964-12-03

12. Catch a Crooked Mouse

Air Date: 1964-12-17

13. Exchange of Gifts

Air Date: 1964-12-24

14. Never is a Long Day

Air Date: 1964-12-31

15. Lullaby for an Indian Summer

Air Date: 1965-01-07

16. Take Care of My Little Girl

Air Date: 1965-01-14

17. My Name is Lisa, and I am Lost

Air Date: 1965-01-21

18. Please Let My Baby Live

Air Date: 1965-01-28

19. No Mother To Giude Them

Air Date: 1965-02-04

20. A Marriage Of Convience

Air Date: 1965-02-11

21. Make Way for Tomorrow

Air Date: 1965-02-18

22. Miracle for Margaret

Air Date: 1965-02-25

23. Do You Trust Your Doctor?

Air Date: 1965-03-04

Robert Culp Plays a heart doctor who was involved in a malpratice suit therefore has become afriad to diagnose anything so he refers all his patients to Bliar. Kildare catches on, they have it out good, then Gillespe gets involved, makes Culp face his demons, offers him a big job at the hospital. Good one, Culp plays a very sarcastic, abrasive character.

24. All Brides Should be so Beatiful

Air Date: 1965-03-11

25. She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not (1)

Air Date: 1965-03-18

26. She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not (2)

Air Date: 1965-03-25

27. A Joruney To The Sunrise

Air Date: 1965-04-01

28. Time Buyers

Air Date: 1965-04-08

29. Music Hath Charms

Air Date: 1965-04-15

30. Believe and Live

Air Date: 1965-04-22

31. Reverence for Life

Air Date: 1965-04-29

32. Wings of Hope

Air Date: 1965-05-13

1. Behold the Great Man (1)

Air Date: 1965-09-13

2. A Life for Life (2)

Air Date: 1965-09-14

3. Web of Hate (3)

Air Date: 1965-09-20

4. Horizontal Hero (4)

Air Date: 1965-09-21

5. The Bell in the Schoolhouse Tolls for Thee (1)

Air Date: 1965-09-27

6. Life in the Dance Hall: F-U-N (2)

Air Date: 1965-09-28

7. Some Doors are Slamming (3)

Air Date: 1965-10-05

8. Enough La Boheme for Everybody (4)

Air Date: 1965-10-11

9. Now: the Mummy (5)

Air Date: 1965-10-12

10. A Pyrotechnic Display (6)

Air Date: 1965-10-18

11. With Helfire and Thunder (1)

Air Date: 1965-10-19

12. Daily Flights to Olympus (2)

Air Date: 1965-10-25

13. The Life Machine (1)

Air Date: 1965-10-26

14. Toast the Golden Couple (2)

Air Date: 1965-11-01

15. Wives and Losers (3)

Air Date: 1965-11-02

16. Welcome Home, Dear Anna (4)

Air Date: 1965-11-08

17. A Little Child Shall Lead Them (5)

Air Date: 1965-11-09

18. Hour of Decision (6)

Air Date: 1965-11-15

19. Aftermath (7)

Air Date: 1965-11-16

20. Fathers and Daughters (1)

Air Date: 1965-11-22

Sister Benjamin is forced to give up her missionary work when she's stricken with leukemia, an illness she hides from her father.

21. A Gift of Love (2)

Air Date: 1965-11-23

22. The Tent-Dwellers (3)

Air Date: 1965-11-29

Joe Quinlan becomes the talk of Blair Hospital when he slips out of his sick bed to hustle a wealthy patient in a pool game.

23. Going Home (4)

Air Date: 1965-11-30

Despite a serious heart ailment, Joe Quinlan competes in a strenuous pool tournament to win the money for his daughter's hospital bill.

24. Something Old, Something New (1)

Air Date: 1965-12-06

25. To Visit One More Spring (2)

Air Date: 1965-12-07

26. From Nigeria with Love (1)

Air Date: 1965-12-13

27. In Roman Candel's Bright Glare (2)

Air Date: 1965-12-14

28. When Shadows Fall (3)

Air Date: 1965-12-20

29. With This Ring (4)

Air Date: 1965-12-21

30. Perfect is too Hard to Be (1)

Air Date: 1965-12-27

31. Duet for One Hand (2)

Air Date: 1965-12-28

Gillespie is impressed with intern Jessie Martel's handling of patient Frederic Foray, a temperamental pianist whose career is threatened by Parkinson's disease.

32. The Atheist and the True Believer (1)

Air Date: 1966-01-03

Dr. Gillepsie expects fireworks: Attorney Justin Post, an outspoken atheist, will be visiting the hospital at the same time as evangelist Andrew Webb.

33. A Quick Look at Glory (2)

Air Date: 1966-01-04

A reporter tricks Andrew Webb into implying that Justin Post's heart attack may have been divine punishment.

34. A Sort of Falling in Love (3)

Air Date: 1966-01-10

Amy Post seeks a medical explanation for her father's abrupt conversion from atheism to religion after his near brush with death.

35. The Last to Believe in Miracles (4)

Air Date: 1966-01-11

Amy Post learns that her father wants to join Dr. Webb in his evangelistic crusade.

36. The Next Thing to Murder (5)

Air Date: 1966-01-17

Dr. Kildare feels that he must prevent Justin Post from making a television appearance. He plans to do it by declaring the former atheist mentally incompetent.

37. Never So Happy (6)

Air Date: 1966-01-18

Justin Post is determined to appear on television with evangelist Andrew Webb despite the danger to himself and the effect of his actions on his daughter.

38. A Cry from the Street (1)

Air Date: 1966-01-24

39. Gratitude Won't Pay the Bills (2)

Air Date: 1966-01-25

40. Adrift in a Sea of Confusion (3)

Air Date: 1966-01-31

41. These Hands That Heal (4)

Air Date: 1966-02-01

42. Few Hearts, Few Flowers (1)

Air Date: 1966-02-07

43. Some Tales for Halloween (2)

Air Date: 1966-02-08

44. I Can Hear the Ice Melting (3)

Air Date: 1966-02-14

45. No Other Road (4)

Air Date: 1966-02-15

46. The Encroachment (1)

Air Date: 1966-02-21

47. A Patient Lost (2)

Air Date: 1966-02-22

48. What Happened to All the Sunshine and Roses? (3)

Air Date: 1966-02-28

49. The Taste of Crow (4)

Air Date: 1966-03-07

50. Out of a Concrete Tower (5)

Air Date: 1966-03-08

51. The Art Of Taking A Powder

Air Date: 1966-03-14

52. Read The Book,Then See The Picture (2)

Air Date: 1966-03-15

53. A Sometimes Distant Spring (1)

Air Date: 1966-03-21

54. Travel a Crooked Road (2)

Air Date: 1966-03-22

55. Mercy Or Murder (1)

Air Date: 1966-03-28

56. A Strange Sort of Accident (2)

Air Date: 1966-03-29

57. New Doctor in Town (3)

Air Date: 1966-04-04

58. Reckoning (4)

Air Date: 1966-04-05

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Rating

5.4/10

Release Date

1961-09-27

Episodes

191 (5 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

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Production Companies

MGM Television

MGM Television

Arena Productions