American military comedy-drama television series
Hennesey Genre Comedy drama Created by Don McGuire Starring Jackie Cooper Abby Dalton Country of origin United States Original language English No. of seasons3 No. of episodes96 Executive producers Jackie CooperE.W. Swackhamer Producer Jackie Cooper Running time 24–26 minutes Production companies Hennesey Productions Network CBS Release September 28, 1959 (1959-09-28 ) – (1962-09-17 )
Hennesey comedy-drama television series that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1962, starring Jackie Cooper and Abby Dalton .
Cooper played a United States Navy physician, Lt. Charles W. "Chick" Hennesey, with Abby Dalton as Navy nurse Lt. Martha Hale. In the story line, they are assigned to the hospital at the U.S. Naval Station in San Diego , California .
Extended cast
Episodes
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1 1 "Hennessey" Hy Averback Don McGuire September 28, 1959 (1959-09-28 )
2 2 "Hennesey Meets Honeyboy Jones" Unknown Don McGuire October 5, 1959 (1959-10-05 ) 3 3 "Hennesey Meets Harvey Spencer Blair III" Unknown Don McGuire October 12, 1959 (1959-10-12 ) 4 4 "Hennesey and Peyton Place" Unknown Unknown October 19, 1959 (1959-10-19 ) 5 5 "Shore Patrol" Don McGuire Unknown October 26, 1959 (1959-10-26 ) 6 6 "Pork Chops and Apple Sauce" Gene Reynolds Hugh King November 2, 1959 (1959-11-02 ) 7 7 "The Baby Sitter" Robert Butler Unknown November 16, 1959 (1959-11-16 ) 8 8 "Hennesey Meets Mrs. Horatio Grief" Unknown Unknown November 23, 1959 (1959-11-23 ) 9 9 "Hennesey Goes Home" Unknown Unknown November 30, 1959 (1959-11-30 ) 10 10 "Hennesey and the Lady Doctor" Robert Butler Don McGuire December 7, 1959 (1959-12-07 ) 11 11 "Harvey Blair Returns" Gene Reynolds Don McGuire December 14, 1959 (1959-12-14 ) 12 12 "The Christmas Show" Unknown Unknown December 21, 1959 (1959-12-21 ) 13 13 "The Matchmaker" Unknown Unknown December 28, 1959 (1959-12-28 ) 14 14 "More of Harvey Spencer Blair" Unknown Unknown January 4, 1960 (1960-01-04 ) 15 15 "Space Man" Unknown Richard Baer January 11, 1960 (1960-01-11 ) 16 16 "Hennesey Joins the Marines" Gene Reynolds Don McGuire January 18, 1960 (1960-01-18 ) 17 17 "Hennesey Meets Fuji" Robert Butler Hugh King January 25, 1960 (1960-01-25 ) 18 18 "Hello, Cobra Leader" Don McGuire Unknown February 1, 1960 (1960-02-01 ) 19 19 "Hennesey and the Ancient Vehicle" Unknown Unknown February 8, 1960 (1960-02-08 ) 20 20 "Dr. Blair Again" Unknown Unknown February 15, 1960 (1960-02-15 ) 21 21 "The Annapolis Man" Unknown Unknown February 22, 1960 (1960-02-22 ) 22 22 "Hennesey Meets Mr. Wilkins" Unknown Unknown February 29, 1960 (1960-02-29 ) 23 23 "Senior Nurse" Unknown Richard Baer March 14, 1960 (1960-03-14 ) 24 24 "Scarlet Woman in White" Unknown Richard Baer March 21, 1960 (1960-03-21 ) 25 25 "Angel Face" Unknown Richard Baer March 28, 1960 (1960-03-28 ) 26 26 "What Is Dr. Blair?" Unknown Unknown April 4, 1960 (1960-04-04 ) 27 27 "We're Glad It's You" Unknown Unknown April 11, 1960 (1960-04-11 ) 28 28 "Calling Dr. King" Unknown Richard Baer April 18, 1960 (1960-04-18 ) 29 29 "Which One Is Wagner?" Unknown Richard Baer April 25, 1960 (1960-04-25 ) 30 30 "Big Brother" Unknown Richard Baer May 2, 1960 (1960-05-02 ) 31 31 "Bonjour, Mr. Hennesey" Unknown Unknown May 9, 1960 (1960-05-09 ) 32 32 "Goodbye, Dr. Blair" Unknown Unknown May 16, 1960 (1960-05-16 )
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33 1 "Hail to the Chief" Don McGuire Richard Baer (t ) October 3, 1960 (1960-10-03 ) 34 2 "Tell It to the Chaplain" Don McGuire Richard Baer October 10, 1960 (1960-10-10 ) 35 3 "Hennesey à la Gunn" Don McGuire Don McGuire October 17, 1960 (1960-10-17 ) 36 4 "The Marriage of Dr. Blair" Unknown Unknown October 24, 1960 (1960-10-24 ) 37 5 "The Captain's Dilemma" Unknown Richard Baer October 31, 1960 (1960-10-31 ) 38 6 "Miss San Diego Navy" Unknown Unknown November 14, 1960 (1960-11-14 ) 39 7 "Hennesey and the Submarine" Unknown Unknown November 21, 1960 (1960-11-21 ) 40 8 "Come Home, Dr. Rogers" Unknown Unknown November 28, 1960 (1960-11-28 ) 41 9 "Harvey's Horse" Unknown Unknown December 5, 1960 (1960-12-05 ) 42 10 "The Underfed Fullback" Unknown Richard Baer December 12, 1960 (1960-12-12 ) 43 11 "The Reunion" Unknown Richard Baer December 26, 1960 (1960-12-26 ) 44 12 "The Hat" Unknown Richard Baer January 2, 1961 (1961-01-02 ) 45 13 "The Stutterer" Unknown Richard Baer January 9, 1961 (1961-01-09 ) 46 14 "The Promotion" Unknown Richard Baer January 16, 1961 (1961-01-16 ) 47 15 "The Specialist" Unknown Richard Baer January 23, 1961 (1961-01-23 ) 48 16 "Harvey Spencer Blair and His Electric Money Machine" Don McGuire Don McGuire January 31, 1961 (1961-01-31 ) 49 17 "Hennesey vs. Crandall" Unknown Richard Baer February 6, 1961 (1961-02-06 ) 50 18 "Join the Navy, Please" Unknown Unknown February 13, 1961 (1961-02-13 ) 51 19 "The Apartment" Unknown Don McGuire February 20, 1961 (1961-02-20 ) 52 20 "Max Remembers Papa" Unknown Richard Baer February 27, 1961 (1961-02-27 ) 53 21 "The Novelist" Unknown Unknown March 6, 1961 (1961-03-06 ) 54 22 "Harvey's Doll" Unknown James Komack March 13, 1961 (1961-03-13 ) 55 23 "The Wedding" Unknown Unknown March 27, 1961 (1961-03-27 ) 56 24 "The Green-Eyed Monster" James Komack Richard Baer April 3, 1961 (1961-04-03 ) 57 25 "Admiral and Son" Unknown Richard Baer April 10, 1961 (1961-04-10 ) 58 26 "The Nogoodnik" Unknown Richard Baer April 17, 1961 (1961-04-17 ) 59 27 "Harvey's Pad" Unknown Richard Baer April 24, 1961 (1961-04-24 ) 60 28 "The Patient Vanishes" Unknown Richard Baer May 1, 1961 (1961-05-01 ) 61 29 "Shore Patrol Revisited" Unknown Unknown May 8, 1961 (1961-05-08 ) 62 30 "A Star Is Born" Unknown Unknown May 15, 1961 (1961-05-15 ) 63 31 "His Honor, Dr. Blair" Don McGuire Don McGuire May 22, 1961 (1961-05-22 ) 64 32 "The Signover" Unknown Unknown June 5, 1961 (1961-06-05 )
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65 1 "The Gossip-Go-Round" Jackie Cooper Richard Baer, September 25, 1961 (1961-09-25 ) 66 2 "The Holdout" Jackie Cooper Richard Baer October 2, 1961 (1961-10-02 ) 67 3 "Welcome Home, Dr. Blair" Jackie Cooper James Komack October 9, 1961 (1961-10-09 ) 68 4 "The Cohen Mutiny" Unknown Don McGuire October 16, 1961 (1961-10-16 ) 69 5 "My Daughter, the Nurse" Unknown Richard Baer October 23, 1961 (1961-10-23 ) 70 6 "Aunt Sarah" Unknown Richard Baer October 30, 1961 (1961-10-30 ) 71 7 "Get Me Clyde Dingle" Unknown Unknown November 13, 1961 (1961-11-13 ) 72 8 "Professional Sailor" Jackie Cooper Richard Baer November 20, 1961 (1961-11-20 ) 73 9 "Aloha, Dr. Hennesey" Unknown Richard Baer November 27, 1961 (1961-11-27 ) 74 10 "Remember Pearl Harbor?" Jackie Cooper Richard Baer December 4, 1961 (1961-12-04 ) 75 11 "The Sightseers" Unknown Richard Baer December 11, 1961 (1961-12-11 ) 76 12 "Going Home" Unknown Richard Baer December 18, 1961 (1961-12-18 ) 77 13 "Santa Hits Harvey" Unknown Richard Baer December 25, 1961 (1961-12-25 ) 78 14 "The Man in the Crow's Nest" Unknown Richard Baer January 1, 1962 (1962-01-01 ) 79 15 "Hysteresis Synchronous Can Be Fun" Unknown Unknown January 8, 1962 (1962-01-08 ) 80 16 "Harvey and the Ring" Unknown Richard Baer January 15, 1962 (1962-01-15 ) 81 17 "Little Girl" Unknown Unknown January 22, 1962 (1962-01-22 ) 82 18 "Tight Quarters" Unknown Unknown January 29, 1962 (1962-01-29 ) 83 19 "Close Enough for Jazz" Unknown Unknown February 5, 1962 (1962-02-05 ) 84 20 "Patti's Tune" Unknown Unknown February 12, 1962 (1962-02-12 ) 85 21 "The Hobby" Unknown Unknown February 19, 1962 (1962-02-19 ) 86 22 "Harvey's Pills" Unknown Unknown February 26, 1962 (1962-02-26 ) 87 23 "The Bicep Caper" Unknown Unknown March 5, 1962 (1962-03-05 ) 88 24 "The Old Pro" Unknown Unknown March 12, 1962 (1962-03-12 ) 89 25 "Big Bertha" Unknown Richard Baer March 19, 1962 (1962-03-19 ) 90 26 "Buttons and Bones" Unknown Unknown March 26, 1962 (1962-03-26 ) 91 27 "No Down Payment" Unknown Unknown April 2, 1962 (1962-04-02 ) 92 28 "The Best Man" Unknown Unknown April 9, 1962 (1962-04-09 ) 93 29 "Calling Doctor Good-Deed" Unknown Unknown April 13, 1962 (1962-04-13 ) 94 30 "Hennesey Meets Soupy Sales" Jackie Cooper James Komack April 23, 1962 (1962-04-23 ) 95 31 "Martha" Unknown Unknown April 30, 1962 (1962-04-30 ) 96 32 "I Thee Wed" Unknown Richard Baer May 7, 1962 (1962-05-07 )
Guest stars
Abby Dalton with guest star Charles Bronson Actor and singer Bobby Darin was cast in the second episode (October 5, 1959) as "Honeyboy Jones". That same week Darin became famous with his version of the song, "Mack the Knife ".[ 1]
Prior to being cast as Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show Ron Howard played "Walker", a little boy temporarily left in Hennesey's care in the 1959 episode "The Baby Sitter". Gary Hunley , another child actor, appeared in the same episode.
Charles Bronson , en route to a long film career, was cast twice as Lt. Cmdr. Steve Ogrodowski, a Navy intelligence officer.
Don Rickles was cast in the 1961 episode "Professional Sailor" as CPO Ernie Schmidt. From 1976 to 1978, Rickles played the lead with the same rank in the NBC military sitcom, C.P.O. Sharkey .
Bandleader Les Brown and His Band of Renown and comedian Soupy Sales appeared in separate episodes as themselves.
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Production notes
The series theme tune by Sonny Burke was a jazzy hornpipe played by tuba and piccolo. Hennesey was also innovative for being the first series to employ what has since become a standard device in television: beginning the dialog and action of each episode during opening credits.
Cooper starred in, produced, and directed the series, drawing upon his real-life experience as a World War II Navy veteran and his continuing service for many years as an officer in the United States Naval Reserve . He was a former child actor who starred in the Our Gang comedies of the early 1930s and then moved into feature films .
Beginning in 1960, scriptwriter Richard Baer wrote 38 of Hennesey's episodes, which earned him an Emmy nomination.[ 2]
For the series finale, "I, Thee Wed", broadcast on May 7, 1962, characters Chick and Martha were married following their series-long romance.
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