TV Series Appearances

While Harrison struggled to get film work he spent the early part of his career appearing in television series. The only series that he appeared in after becoming successful was the Young Indiana Jones Chonicles.

Even though this work did not make Harrison an overnight sensation these appearances are fun to watch. On the right are some Amazon.com links where you can purchase listed series on DVD.


Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Episode: Mystery of the Blues
Broadcast Date March 13th, 1993
Harrison's Character Indiana Jones (age 50)
Summary It's bathtub gin, smoky jazz clubs and bullet-ridden corpses as Indy comes on like gangbusters in prohibition-era Chicago. Going to college and working in a seedy speakeasy bring Indy into contact with jazz great Sidney Bechet who teaches him how to play the blues. Unfortunately, he also crosses paths with up-and-coming thug Al Capone and it's only with the assistance of his dorm roommate, future Untouchable Eliot Ness, that Indy is able to solve a vicious murder and prevent himself from ending up in a pair of cement overshoes.

Petrocelli

Episode Edge of Evil
Broadcast Date October 2nd, 1974
Harrison's Character Tom Brannigan
Episode Summary Petrocelli faces an agonizing descision when a murder surspect asks for his help. The man is accused of killing a consumer advocate, who was one of Petrocelli's closest friends.

Gunsmoke

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Episode Whelan's Men
Broadcast Date February 5th, 1973
Harrison's Character Hobey
Episode Summary Marshall Matt Dillion is out of town delivering a prisoner to Abilene and Dodge is invaded by a gang led by former lawman Whelan, who has a grudge against Matt. Whelan's men rob people on the street as well as the bank and finally settle in Kitty's Saloon for a drink and a game of poker. Kitty joins the game when Hobey shoots and kills one of the other card players for cheating and the party is one player short. The game develops into a no-limit thriller where Whelan's final bet is Marshall Dillon's life and Kitty bets all she's won in the game, which is pretty much everything the gang has already stolen. Kitty wins - and Whelan refuses to accept the result. Whelan's men turn their back on a boss who won't stand by his word and leave town. Kitty is taken hostage by Whelan and then Marshall Dillon returns.

Gunsmoke

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Episode Sodbusters
Broadcast Date November 20th, 1972
Harrison's Character Print Underwood
Episode Summary Marshall Matt Dillon has trouble getting a fight about water rights under control when things escalate to violence. Harrison plays the nasty and violent son of the local land baron and cattleman - Lamoor Underwood - who's in conflict with all the nearby farmers.

Kung Fu

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Episode Crossties
Broadcast Date February 21st, 1974
Harrison's Character Mr. Harrison
Episode Summary Caine is caught in the middle of a land-rights fight between farmers and railroad agents. He tries to convince the farmers to accept an offer of amnesty, and to keep the agents from using the offer as a fatal trap for the farmers. Harrison plays a prominent railroad representative.

Dan August

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Episode The Manufactured Man
Broadcast Date March 11th, 1971
Harrison's Character Al Hewitt
Episode Summary The secretary of a political candidate is found murdered in an alley. A witness at the nearby bus depot reports that a drifter, who has stuff stashed in a locker at the bus depot, was bothering the young woman before she was murdered. Further, the witness saw the drifter running form the scene of the crime. Dan August & partner have the locker under observation and when a girl comes to pick up the contents they follow her. She goes to an apartment, where the drifter - Al Hewitt - is hiding out. Hewitt spots the girl being trailed and tries to knock out Dan with a guitar but is subdued and arrested on suspicion of Murder One. Autopsy of the murdered secretary shows that she gave birth to a child just a few months before her death and that she was once involved with the son of the political candidate. Armed with information from reporter Steve McAdams, Dan looks further into the case.

Love, American Style

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Episode Love and the Former Marriage
Broadcast Date November 24th, 1969
Harrison's Character Roger Crane
Episode Summary Julie (18) arrives home at her mom's and second husband with the unwelcome news that she and her boyfriend Roger (21) have decided to marry . Mom is not happy and has her husband call her ex - Julie's father - to have him help out with the situation. The ex arrives and has a talk with the boyfriend, decides he likes the guy and says he can't and won't get involved in other people's adult lives. He gets into an argument with his ex-wife and her second husband is also soon involved. The argument is observed by Roger, who's done three years of psych in college and he analyses and comments on the behavior and motives of the older threesome. The analysis also leads to unexpected consequences for himself and his wife-to-be.

The F.B.I.

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Episode Scapegoat
Broadcast Date 1969
Harrison's Character Everett Giles
Episode Summary Passing himself off as reporter Lee Rogers of NOW Magazine, insp. Erskine follows spy suspect Danielle Chabrot to the Hawaiian estate of retired American diplomat Eric Reeverson. The beautiful Parisienne is suspected of playing her charms on the widowed statesman to extract state secrets. Eric's son, Glen, is openly sceptical to the relationship between Danielle and his father as he thinks she's after his money. Erskine (posing as reporter Rogers) approaches Glen on the beach, gets friendly with him, and is consequently invited to a formal party on the same night. Glen learns that his father intends to marry Danielle and wants to talk to her.

My Friend Tony

 Episode The Hazing
Broadcast Date February 16th, 1969
Harrison's Character Unknown
Episode Summary N/A

The Mod Squad

Episode Teeth of the Barracuda
Broadcast Date September 24th, 1968
Harrison's Character Beach patrol cop (uncredited)
Episode Summary The daughter of a California governorial candidate is caught with drugs and is blackmailed.

Ironside

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Episode The Past Is Prologue
Broadcast Date December 7th, 1967
Harrison's Character Tom Stowe
Episode Summary Walter Stowe, a friend of the Chief's, turns out to have been living under an assumed identity for the last nineteen years, and is wanted in New York for murder. The mayor is determined to have him extradited back to NY for execution, but Ironside is equally determined to save him, especially when it becomes clear that he is innocent. Harrison plays Walter's graduate son, due to leave for a career at NASA in Houston.

The Virginian

Episode The Modoc Kid
Broadcast Date February 1st, 1967
Harrison's Character Cullen Tindall
Episode Summary Five men arrive in Medicine Bow intent on robbing the bank: however, they have been observed by Deputy Emmett Ryker and are ambushed by him. One of the gang members - Roy Tindall - gets wounded - but the gang eludes the posse and goes to Shiloh Ranch, where they take the Graingers prisoner.