The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy

Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers.

Action & AdventureCrime

Seasons

Pilot

1. Pilot

Air Date: 1981-11-04

Colt chases a crooked sheriff and tries to protect a friend and his family.

The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda

2. The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda

Air Date: 1981-11-11

Milton Bach is a computer hacker who ripped off the bank and ran. His wife, Rhonda, and friend Jerry stole the money and went to Mexico. He wants her back.

The Rich Get Richer

3. The Rich Get Richer

Air Date: 1981-11-18

The bounty keeps them on the run as he tries many places to sell the bonds he stole. Kay Faulkner is a recurring character as the insurance agent trying to recover the bonds.

That's Right, We're Bad

4. That's Right, We're Bad

Air Date: 1981-11-25

Danny was framed by 'Animal' for an armored car robbery. If he goes to jail, 'Animal' will kill him. Colt and Howie go under cover in prison to protect him and it all goes awry.

Colt's Angels

5. Colt's Angels

Air Date: 1981-12-02

Colt is sent to the Mohave Desert to bring back a biker wanted for drug dealing, rape and assault. He infiltrates the biker club and competes with them in difficult stunts.

The Human Torch

6. The Human Torch

Air Date: 1981-12-09

Colt is sent to a country town to pick up an arson suspect. The town's people of Federalsburg, and the suspect's mother, insist he is dead and buried.

The Japanese Connection

7. The Japanese Connection

Air Date: 1981-12-16

Colt is sent after the Rio Brothers who are much worse than he knows.

No Way Out

8. No Way Out

Air Date: 1982-01-06

In Las Vegas at a cycle show, Shecky turns himself in to Big Jack and tells her he needs a bodyguard. Reluctantly, Colt takes the assignment.

License to Kill (1)

9. License to Kill (1)

Air Date: 1982-01-13

Colt and company go to Hawaii to catch a man who turns out to be trying to stop an assassination. Things get mixed up and Colt becomes a target.

License to Kill (2)

10. License to Kill (2)

Air Date: 1982-01-20

Colt and company go to Hawaii to catch a man who turns out to be trying to stop an assassination. Things get mixed up and Colt becomes a target.

Goin' For It

11. Goin' For It

Air Date: 1982-01-27

A trio of small time crooks are using cars to smuggle jewels out of the country and hit a snag when one of them sells the cars to Howie to smash up for the movie.

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harold

12. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harold

Air Date: 1982-02-03

Harold had a run-in with his brother and now faces life as Ozzie, a homeless man. He witnesses a murder and becomes a target.

Soldiers of Misfortune

13. Soldiers of Misfortune

Air Date: 1982-02-10

The bounty is a mercenary trainee. Colt and Howie have to 'join up'. In the process, they meet a woman journalist with her own reasons for pursuing this story.

Ready, Aim, Die

14. Ready, Aim, Die

Air Date: 1982-02-17

A man says he must find his brother, a gambler with a big debt, before the 'hit man' does. The bookie has sworn to make an example of him. Some action takes place in the display of floats for the Tournament of Roses parade.

Ladies on the Ropes

15. Ladies on the Ropes

Air Date: 1982-02-24

Eddie needs three days, so he can attend bout and prove his innocence. These skips always have a good reason to delay. He manages women wrestlers. Howie is persuaded to to take part as Handsome Howard.

The Snow Job

16. The Snow Job

Air Date: 1982-03-03

In Aspen, a politician's wife tells Colt that she shot her husband in self-defense, but he is saying he did it himself.

Guess Who's Coming to Town?

17. Guess Who's Coming to Town?

Air Date: 1982-03-17

The statute of limitations will run out for a young man in just two days. He is related to a VIP, so caution is needed.

Child's Play

18. Child's Play

Air Date: 1982-03-24

Libby's father is planning to testify against the mob, but what they don't know is that Libby has a photographic memory and the evidence is in her brain.

Charlie

19. Charlie

Air Date: 1982-04-07

In Las Vegas, Colt runs into an old partner and finds out she is involved in a fraudulent scheme. Jody is kidnapped to be a hostage and there is a stagecoach chase.

Three for the Road

20. Three for the Road

Air Date: 1982-04-14

A pretty jewel thief hops off to Mexico with Colt and his friends, joined by insurance investigator Kay Faulkner, hot on her trail

The Silent Partner

21. The Silent Partner

Air Date: 1982-04-28

When a country music star kills his ghost writer and pins the blame on his chauffeur, it's up to Colt to set the record straight.

Scavenger Hunt

22. Scavenger Hunt

Air Date: 1982-05-05

Some naval officers were involved in a $5 million robbery in HI and they are looking for the man holding the money. For some reason, they just can't find the money.

Bail and Bond

1. Bail and Bond

Air Date: 1982-10-27

Colt and company go to Rio de Janeiro after a bail-jumper involved with money laundering. The local cop tells them to help him catch the Countess or else.

The I'ves Have It

2. The I'ves Have It

Air Date: 1982-11-03

Terri sends Colt to Aruba to bring back a burglar, but it turns out she is one of twins and had a good reason for the breaking and entering, but which one did it?

Colt's Outlaws (1)

3. Colt's Outlaws (1)

Air Date: 1982-11-10

Colt organizes his stuntman friends into a biker club to stop a man who runs the town of Littlefield and oppresses the citizens.

Colt Breaks Out (2)

4. Colt Breaks Out (2)

Air Date: 1982-11-10

Colt organizes his stuntman friends into a biker club to stop a man who runs the town of Littlefield and oppresses the citizens.

Mighty Myron

5. Mighty Myron

Air Date: 1982-11-17

An orangutan in a carnival sideshow is accused of murder and slated to be destroyed, but some of the carnival workers want to save him.

Reluctant Traveling Companion

6. Reluctant Traveling Companion

Air Date: 1982-11-24

A woman bail jumper demands she be returned by train rather than plane. She raises a ruckus and disturbs the man in the next compartment who happens to be Richard Burton.

A Piece of Cake

7. A Piece of Cake

Air Date: 1982-12-01

A New York City police officer tries to take advantage of Colt in his scheme to frame a syndicate member.

Hell On Wheels

8. Hell On Wheels

Air Date: 1982-12-08

Jody is persuaded to join a Roller Derby team, and steps are taken to see that she is hired, when they have to arrest one of the female skating stars.

How Do I Kill Thee? Let Me Count the Ways

9. How Do I Kill Thee? Let Me Count the Ways

Air Date: 1982-12-22

A man is tricked into supplying computer tapes by using a fake auto accident and telling him the other victim died, thus making him a murderer. Two bumbling detectives take the case

Win One for the Gipper?

10. Win One for the Gipper?

Air Date: 1983-01-05

Colt's cousin and a friend are kidnapped by some army men who want to have a winning football team.

Happy Trails

11. Happy Trails

Air Date: 1983-01-12

Two con men sell a stolen car to Howie to use in the movie when he tells them the car will be smashed. The law begs to differ. When the conmen run, a posse of cowboy stars takes off after them

Manhunter

12. Manhunter

Air Date: 1983-01-19

Colt is sent off to Mexico to bring back two jewel thieves. An undercover private detective has the same objective.

The Further Adventures of Ozzie & Harold

13. The Further Adventures of Ozzie & Harold

Air Date: 1983-01-26

Ozzie is back. This time he has witnessed a murder while rag-picking. He temporarily regains his sanity, but not for long.

Death Boat

14. Death Boat

Air Date: 1983-02-02

When a jewel thief has plastic surgery and takes a cruise to recover, Colt and insurance investigator Kay Faulkner join the cruise along with Howie and Jody who pretend to be an invalid and his nurse. Now if only they could identify the thief.

Eight Ball

15. Eight Ball

Air Date: 1983-02-09

Colt tries to dry out an alcoholic former pool expert and protect him from the mob, so he can enter and maybe win an upcoming competition.

Spaced Out

16. Spaced Out

Air Date: 1983-02-16

While the town is held spellbound by a purported UFO, the bank is being robbed. Jody is kidnapped and Colt traces the origin of the UFO, and it seems to rain money.

Strange Bedfellows

17. Strange Bedfellows

Air Date: 1983-02-23

A wild tale in which a man who fails to convince Colt to bail out a woman, takes Jody hostage to further his cause. The woman has an urgent need to pick up a million dollars.

The Molly Sue

18. The Molly Sue

Air Date: 1983-03-02

Terri took the airplane as collateral and it was stolen, so Colt is sent to Panama to retrieve it or Ace. Anyone who watched the Rockford Files knows that Angel, played by Margolin, was never up to any good and he plays the skip the same way.

One Hundred Miles a Gallon

19. One Hundred Miles a Gallon

Air Date: 1983-03-09

The son of one of Colt's friends skips and Colt goes to South Carolina after him, but they aren't running moonshine like he thought and the regular drivers quit

P.S., I Love You

20. P.S., I Love You

Air Date: 1983-03-16

Tab Hunter is framed for the murder of a debt collector and Colt sets out to find the real culprit.

The Chameleon

21. The Chameleon

Air Date: 1983-04-06

A man who was a master of disguise takes part in an staged accident to cover the robbery of an armored car.

The Chase

22. The Chase

Air Date: 1983-04-13

Max sees a murder in the parking lot where he was about to steal a car. He is arrested and the killers escape. Now he is the target.

Just a Small Circle of Friends

23. Just a Small Circle of Friends

Air Date: 1983-05-04

An industrialist begs Colt to rescue his daughter from a cult which she thinks is great, but isn't quite what she believes.

Devil's Island

1. Devil's Island

Air Date: 1983-09-21

Fred wants Mary detained long enough to keep her from testifying against his boss. She is in Mexico. Opening stunt is a choreographed battle in free fall.

Trauma (I)

2. Trauma (I)

Air Date: 1983-09-28

Howie is seriously hurt in a sabotaged stunt meant to keep them from testifying against a thief. The crossover continues on Trauma Center S01E02 Notes About Courage (II).

Pleasure Isle

3. Pleasure Isle

Air Date: 1983-10-05

Ivy bides her time and then uses the computer to abstract Vessman's assets. He kidnaps her and attempts to get the code numbers from her to regain his assets. Colt to the rescue.

Baker's Dozen

4. Baker's Dozen

Air Date: 1983-10-19

Colt is sent to a dude ranch in Arizona after a bail jumper, but he finds it is a paramilitary encampment.

The Last Drive

5. The Last Drive

Air Date: 1983-10-26

Colt is sent to a dude ranch in Arizona after a bail jumper, but he finds it is a paramilitary encampment.

TKO

6. TKO

Air Date: 1983-11-02

Colt tries to protect a fight manager from the mob.

Dirty Laundry

7. Dirty Laundry

Air Date: 1983-11-09

Flo hits an amourous man, is jailed, and then jumps bail. She flees to Reno where she is involved with a money laundering scheme.

Inside, Outside

8. Inside, Outside

Air Date: 1983-11-16

Colt refuses a bribe, so Terri is kidnapped to pressure him not to testify.

Nashville Pirates

9. Nashville Pirates

Air Date: 1983-11-23

Colt encounters a case of piracy when he goes after a bounty in Nashville. He performs 'The Unknown Stuntman'.

Hollywood Shorties

10. Hollywood Shorties

Air Date: 1983-11-30

A drug dealer needs a midget to retrieve his stash. Opening stunt: the midgets trip and 'net' a man.

To the Finish

11. To the Finish

Air Date: 1983-12-07

Fargo is afraid Pat will recognize him from the past, so he hires two thugs to keep him away from a car race.

Wheels

12. Wheels

Air Date: 1983-12-21

A former stuntman, now disabled, is reunited with his former fiancee by Colt in Seattle. He dumped her after his accident. Colt has a wild ride downhill in a wheelchair.

Cool Hand Colt

13. Cool Hand Colt

Air Date: 1984-01-04

A corporation wants to drain the bayou. Colt is sent to bring back Junior to testify, but is put in a chain gang and the sheriff is out to kill him.

The Huntress

14. The Huntress

Air Date: 1984-01-11

Colt searches for a hit woman who likes expensive art.

Bite of the Wasp

15. Bite of the Wasp

Air Date: 1984-01-18

They set up a sting to catch a politician who is extorting money from a movie producer.

Rabbit's Feet

16. Rabbit's Feet

Air Date: 1984-01-25

Colt and his assistants become fugitives after they are involved in a jail break in Argentina.

Olympic Quest

17. Olympic Quest

Air Date: 1984-02-01

Colt's sister inadvertantly tapes a kidnapping at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. Colt comes to her assistance when she is threatened by two thugs who want the tape.

Always Say Always

18. Always Say Always

Air Date: 1984-02-22

Actresses interrupt work on a "James Bond" film to help Colt catch smugglers in Hong Kong and return a Ming vase.

King of the Cowboys

19. King of the Cowboys

Air Date: 1984-02-29

Roy Rogers and former TV cowboy stars John Russell, Peter Breck, Jock Mahoney and Roy Rogers Jr. join Colt's posse to track a gang of diamond smugglers using horses.

Boom

20. Boom

Air Date: 1984-03-07

A drug dealer who lost $250,000 when Colt nabbed his bail-jumping son holds hospitalized Jody and others hostage for $1 million.

Undersea Odyssey

21. Undersea Odyssey

Air Date: 1984-03-21

An insurance investigator trying to retrieve sunken gold deals with both Colt and his bail-jumping quarry.

Old Heroes Never Die

22. Old Heroes Never Die

Air Date: 1984-05-02

An ex-baseball player is now a swindler with a big debt.

Losers Weepers

1. Losers Weepers

Air Date: 1984-09-19

A cast of comedians, an insurance agent and the theft of $3 million interact in this episode.

Stranger Than Fiction

2. Stranger Than Fiction

Air Date: 1984-09-26

A novelist, who made an incriminating tape, is chased through the Everglades, by a syndicate boss who wants the tape, after his aide accidentally falls out a window and she is accused of pushing him.

Prisoner

3. Prisoner

Air Date: 1984-10-10

Jody is arrested in a small town and sent to the prison farm where female inmates are destined to be sold into white slavery.

Terror U.

4. Terror U.

Air Date: 1984-10-17

Colt hides in a frat house from hit men, after he picks up his latest bounty, who was turning state's evidence in a money laundering case.

Private Eyes

5. Private Eyes

Air Date: 1984-10-24

Former private eyes, Cannon and Petrocelli, stick their noses into the case of the stolen stunt cars.

October The 31st

6. October The 31st

Air Date: 1984-10-31

Sandcastles

7. Sandcastles

Air Date: 1984-11-07

Colt and Howie pursue a murder suspect to Hawaii, only to discover that Jody has fallen in love with him and let him escape.

Dead Bounty

8. Dead Bounty

Air Date: 1984-11-14

Colt has to leave his prisoner in the care of the local sheriff and finds that, during the night, his prisoner has been severely beaten and is in a coma. The sheriff accuses Colt of brutality and Colt becomes a fugitive.

The San Francisco Caper

9. The San Francisco Caper

Air Date: 1984-11-21

A bored teen-aged girl stows away in Colt's truck while he is searching for a diamond thief.

Baja 1000

10. Baja 1000

Air Date: 1984-11-28

Dell Loomis is the man who gave Colt his break and he has been holding it over his head to get him to do things for him. He is also duplicitous.

The Winner

11. The Winner

Air Date: 1984-12-19

Problems arise at the Special Olympics.

Semi-Catastrophe

12. Semi-Catastrophe

Air Date: 1985-01-02

Colt helps an independent trucker who is the victim of a loan shark and a gambling habit.

Her Bodyguard

13. Her Bodyguard

Air Date: 1985-01-09

Colt is assigned to be the bodyguard for a woman who is the target of a hitman.

I Love Paris

14. I Love Paris

Air Date: 1985-01-16

Colt is sent to Paris on false pretenses. His real object is to identify a terrorist assassin only he can recognize.

Sheriff Seavers

15. Sheriff Seavers

Air Date: 1985-01-23

Colt acts as sheriff in a town owned by the bounty's father.

Tailspin

16. Tailspin

Air Date: 1985-01-30

Wild Bill Hillman needs some money to keep his air show afloat, so he 'borrows' some from a buried stash. Unfortunately, he is caught and the mobsters want all the money.

High Orbit

17. High Orbit

Air Date: 1985-02-06

Thieves change the stunt to cover the theft of a chip from a space shuttle.

Rockabye Baby

18. Rockabye Baby

Air Date: 1985-02-13

Colt trails a bail-jumping girl singer accused of murder.

Spring Break

19. Spring Break

Air Date: 1985-02-20

Colt is in Florida on the trail of a computer hacker, who inadvertantly copied the secret account kept by his Professor in the same file as his next exam questions.

Split Image

20. Split Image

Air Date: 1985-02-27

A mobster who has been threatened finds a shoe salesman who is a look-a-like for a him and then the fun begins.

Skip Family Robinson

21. Skip Family Robinson

Air Date: 1985-03-06

Nick, the boss, has undergone plastic surgery, but Shelby can identify him and has a grudge against George. He promises his honest daughter that he will go straight if she will help him this one last time.

Reel Trouble

22. Reel Trouble

Air Date: 1985-04-10

Colt takes three stunt women to Turkey for a film that is meant to fail. One of the women is a self-willed novice and botches some scenes, while they all get mixed up with a drug deal.

1. Dead Ringer

Air Date: 1985-09-26

Colt is sent after a jumper and then discovers his quarry has entered an Elvis Presley impersonator contest and merged with the crowd.

King of the Stuntmen

2. King of the Stuntmen

Air Date: 1985-10-03

There is a 'King of the Stuntmen' contest.

Femme Fatale

3. Femme Fatale

Air Date: 1985-10-10

Howie goes undercover as a female impersonator, Denise, when the skip is a material witness in hiding.

A Fistful of Lire

4. A Fistful of Lire

Air Date: 1985-10-17

Colt has to protect an Italian village.

The Life of Riley

5. The Life of Riley

Air Date: 1985-11-30

When Colt catches a young man wanted in Los Angeles, he stumbles into a 'kidnapping for adoption' ring in Sacramento. Simon begs Colt to wait one more day while he checks out his last lead - a VW that matches the one used in the kidnapping.

October the Thirty Second

6. October the Thirty Second

Air Date: 1985-12-07

Elvira and company are filming a horror movie in an old haunted mansion during a storm, of course.

Seavers, Dead Or Alive

7. Seavers, Dead Or Alive

Air Date: 1985-12-14

The tables are turned when Colt is framed and becomes a fugitive.

Escape Claus

8. Escape Claus

Air Date: 1985-12-21

A fitting story for Christmas - Santa is arrested for freeing the reindeer. He asks what each wants for Christmas. Jody wants a 'white' Christmas in spite of the current heat wave; Colt reluctantly says he needs a new truck. There is a child care center threatened with eviction and some crooks want the bonds Santa's cellmate is hiding.

No Rms., Ocean Vu.

9. No Rms., Ocean Vu.

Air Date: 1986-01-04

Colt is stranded on a desert isle with a spoiled socialite, who has a perfume company, after their plane is shot down by robbers.

Miami's Nice

10. Miami's Nice

Air Date: 1986-01-10

An FBI agent persuades Colt to participate in a cocaine sting. Jody presents awards to Miss Stuntwoman USA winners.

Reunion

11. Reunion

Air Date: 1986-01-17

One of Colt's old classmates steals his own jewels for the insurance money.

Trial By Fire

12. Trial By Fire

Air Date: 1986-01-24

An old army buddy begs Colt to rescue one of the group that was betrayed years ago in Vietnam. He insists a recent photo shows the man as a POW even though everyone believes he is dead.

In His Shadow

13. In His Shadow

Air Date: 1986-01-31

A young man arrives who might be Colt's son.

The Lucky Stiff

14. The Lucky Stiff

Air Date: 1986-02-07

Jerry has lost his money, house and wife, so he puts out a contract on himself - then wins the lottery.

Beach Blanket Bounty

15. Beach Blanket Bounty

Air Date: 1986-02-21

A severe earthquake rocks L.A. and Colt coincidentally is involved with a 'rock' group, who want $20,000, and an industrial.

The Last Chance Platoon

16. The Last Chance Platoon

Air Date: 1986-02-28

Colt becomes the drill instructor for a platoon of misfits.

I Now Pronounce You ... Dead

17. I Now Pronounce You ... Dead

Air Date: 1986-03-07

Pearl wants Colt to grab the skip during his wedding, but one of his wives beats him to it. As his creditors chase him, more wives turn up.

Two On a Skip

18. Two On a Skip

Air Date: 1986-03-21

Trench sends Colt after another bounty hunter who he thinks is taking too long and spending too much.

The Lady in Green

19. The Lady in Green

Air Date: 1986-03-28

An old actor who played "Silver Blade", a Zorro type crime fighter, in his earlier days, witnesses a murder and wants to go after the killer.

Tag Team

20. Tag Team

Air Date: 1986-04-04

Colt wins two pro wrestlers (losers) and Howie trains them. They do come in handy in a pinch.

War On Wheels

21. War On Wheels

Air Date: 1986-04-11

A town was bought to become a reservoir, but one resident refuses to leave. His granddaughter wants to put him in a rest home. Howie has a remote 'out-of-control' tank. A gang of bikers have them all trapped in the town.

The Bigger They Are

22. The Bigger They Are

Air Date: 1986-05-02

A cop wants evidence against a club owner who sells pcp to kids.

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Rating

7.5/10

Release Date

1981-11-04

Episodes

111 (5 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

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Production Companies

20th Century Fox Television

20th Century Fox Television

Glen A. Larson Productions