The Delphi Bureau

The Delphi Bureau
GenreDramatic television series
StarringLaurence Luckinbill
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8 + 1 pilot film
Production
ProducersJames Schmerer, Sam Rolfe
Production locationsWarner Brothers Burbank Studios, California, USA
Running time44-52 minutes
Production companyWarner Bros. Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseOctober 5, 1972 (1972-10-05) –
1973 (1973)

The Delphi Bureau is an American dramatic television series aired in the United States by ABC as one of three elements of The Men, a wheel series shown as part of its 1972-73 schedule.

The Delphi Bureau starred Laurence Luckinbill as Glenn Garth Gregory, a man with a photographic memory, whose obscure United States Government "agency" ostensibly did obscure research for the President of the United States. Its actual role was counter-espionage and its main operative was Gregory, whose liaison with the group's unnamed superiors was Sybil Van Lowreen (Anne Jeffreys), a Washington D.C. society hostess (Celeste Holm had played Sybil Van Lowreen in the series' pilot film).

A framing design for each episode involved a limerick, a single new line of which was added for each segment of the show, until the entire limerick was completed in the final segment.

Episode list

No Title Original air date PC
0The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death AssignmentMarch 6, 1972 (1972-03-06)23007
1"The Deadly Little Errand Project"October 5, 1972 (1972-10-05)166081
The White House sends agent Glenn Garth Gregory to the rescue of a missing agent with 10 million dollars in ransom handcuffed to his wrist in a briefcase.
2"The Man Upstairs–The Man Downstairs Project"October 26, 1972 (1972-10-26)166085
3"The White Plague Project"November 16, 1972 (1972-11-16)166082
Glenn becomes involved with gangsters and a pretty botanist while investigating a greenhouse fire.
4"The Top Secret Secret Project"December 14, 1972 (1972-12-14)166083
5"The Terror Broker Project"March 17, 1973 (1973-03-17)166088
6"The Day of Justice Project"March 27, 1973 (1973-03-27)166087
7"The Self-Destruct Project"March 31, 1973 (1973-03-31)166086
When members of a peace organization steal a canister of an extremely dangerous defoliant, Gregory goes in search of the culprits.
8"The Face That Never Was Project"April 7, 1973 (1973-04-07)166084

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