I Spy is an American television secret-agent adventure series. It ran for three seasons on NBC from 1965 to 1968 and teamed Robert Culp as international tennis player Kelly Robinson with Bill Cosby as his trainer, Alexander Scott. The characters' travels as ostensible "tennis bums", Robinson playing talented tennis as an amateur with the wealthy in return for food and lodging, and Scott tagging along, provided a cover story concealing their roles as top agents for the Pentagon. Their real work usually kept them busy chasing villains, spies, and beautiful women.
The creative forces behind the show were writers David Friedkin and Morton Fine and cinematographer Fouad Said. Together they formed Three F Productions under the aegis of Desilu Studios where the show was produced. Fine and Friedkin were co-producers and head writers, and wrote the scripts for 16 episodes, one of which Friedkin directed. Friedkin also dabbled in acting and appeared in two episodes in the first season.
Actor-producer Sheldon Leonard, best known for playing gangster roles in the 1940s and '50s, was the executive producer. He also played a gangster-villain role in two episodes and appeared in a third show as himself in a humorous cameo. In addition, he directed one episode and served as occasional second-unit director throughout the series.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | So Long, Patrick Henry | 1965-09-15 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | A Cup of Kindness | 1965-09-22 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Carry Me Back to Old Tsing Tao | 1965-09-29 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Chrysanthemum | 1965-10-06 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Dragon's Teeth | 1965-10-13 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Loser | 1965-10-20 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Danny Was a Million Laughs | 1965-10-27 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Time of the Knife | 1965-11-03 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise | 1965-11-10 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | Tatia | 1965-11-17 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Weight of the World | 1965-12-01 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | Three Hours on a Sunday Night | 1965-12-08 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Tigers of Heaven | 1965-12-15 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | Affair in T'Sien Cha | 1965-12-29 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Tiger | 1966-01-05 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | The Barter | 1966-01-12 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | Always Say Goodbye | 1966-01-26 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | Court of the Lion | 1966-02-02 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | Turkish Delight | 1966-02-09 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | Bet Me a Dollar | 1966-02-16 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | Return to Glory | 1966-02-23 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | The Conquest of Maude Murdock | 1966-03-02 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 23 | A Day Called 4 Jaguar | 1966-03-09 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 24 | Crusade to Limbo | 1966-03-23 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 25 | My Mother, the Spy | 1966-03-30 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 26 | There Was a Little Girl | 1966-04-06 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 27 | It's All Done with Mirrors | 1966-04-13 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 28 | One Thousand Fine | 1966-04-27 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | So Coldly Sweet | 1966-09-14 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Lori | 1966-09-21 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | Sophia | 1966-09-28 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Vendetta | 1966-10-05 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | A Gift from Alexander | 1966-10-12 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Trial by Treehouse | 1966-10-19 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | Sparrowhawk | 1966-10-26 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | Will the Real Good Guys Please Stand Up? | 1966-11-22 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | Bridge of Spies | 1966-11-09 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | One of Our Bombs is Missing | 1966-11-16 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | To Florence, with Love (1) | 1966-11-23 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | To Florence, with Love (2) | 1966-11-30 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | Lisa | 1966-12-07 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 14 | Little Boy Lost | 1966-12-14 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 15 | Father Abraham | 1966-12-21 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 16 | Rome ... Take Away Three | 1966-12-28 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 17 | Tonia | 1967-01-04 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 18 | Child Out of Time | 1967-01-11 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 19 | The Trouble with Temple | 1967-01-25 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 20 | The War Lord | 1967-02-01 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 21 | A Room with a Rack | 1967-02-08 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 22 | Mainly on the Plains | 1967-02-22 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 23 | Get Thee to a Nunnery | 1967-03-01 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 24 | Blackout | 1967-03-08 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 25 | Magic Mirror | 1967-03-15 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 26 | Night Train to Madrid | 1967-03-22 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 27 | Casanova from Canarsie | 1967-03-29 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 28 | Cops and Robbers | 1967-04-12 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | Let's Kill Karlovassi | 1967-09-11 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Beautiful Children | 1967-09-18 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | Laya | 1967-09-25 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | The Medarra Block | 1967-10-02 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | Philotimo | 1967-10-09 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | The Honorable Assassins | 1967-10-16 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | Now You See Her, Now You Don't | 1967-10-23 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | Red Sash of Courage | 1967-10-30 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 9 | The Seventh Captain | 1967-11-13 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 10 | Apollo | 1967-11-20 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 11 | Oedipus at Colonus | 1967-11-27 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 12 | The Lotus Eater | 1967-12-11 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 13 | An American Empress | 1967-12-25 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 14 | Home to Judgement | 1968-01-08 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 15 | Anyplace I Hang Myself is Home | 1968-01-15 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 16 | Tag, You're It | 1968-01-22 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 17 | A Few Miles West of Nowhere | 1968-01-29 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 18 | This Guy Smith | 1968-02-05 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 19 | Turnabout for Traitors | 1968-02-19 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 20 | Happy Birthday... Everybody | 1968-02-26 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 21 | Shana | 1968-03-04 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 22 | The Name of the Game | 1968-03-11 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 23 | Suitable for Framing | 1968-03-25 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 24 | The Spy Business | 1968-04-01 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 25 | Carmelita is One of Us | 1968-04-08 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 26 | Pinwheel | 1968-04-15 | 60 min |
Writing | Morton S. Fine | Writer |
Production | Sheldon Leonard | Producer |
Production | David Friedkin | Producer |
Production | Morton S. Fine | Producer |