Marcus Welby, M.D.

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David Victor | Jerome Ross | Norman Hudis | Margaret Schneider | Paul Schneider | Richard Fielder | Ken Trevey | David Moessinger | Max Hodge | Jerry de Bono | Robert E. Collins | Eugene Price | Edward DeBlasio | Jerry McNeely | Jean Holloway | John W. Bloch | Theodore Apstein | John Vlahos | Don Ingalls | Dick Nelson | Peter S. Fischer | Hesper Anderson | Lee Oscar Bloomgarden | Richard Milton | Art Sarno | Robert M. Young | Gene Thompson | Philip Chapin | Robert Sabaroff | Joe Gerrard | Jack Hanrahan

Robert Young – Dr. Marcus Welby

James Brolin – Dr. Steven Kiley

Elena Verdugo – Consuelo Lopez

Anne Baxter – Myra Sherwood

Sharon Gless – Kathleen Faverty

Anne Schedeen – Sandy Porter

Gavin Brendan – Phil Porter

Pamela Hensley – Janet Blake

Marcia Ralston – Nurse Donnelly

Connie Izay – Anesthesiologist

Brett Hadley - Anesthesiologist

United States

David J. O’Connell | David Victor | Nina Laemmle | Allen Secher

Marc Daniels | Leo Penn | Hollingsworth Morse | Russ Mayberry | Daniel Petrie | Herschel Daugherty | Jeannot Szwarc | Joseph Pevney | Walter Doniger | John Erman | Philip Leacock | Jerry London | Randal Kleiser | Chris Christenberry | Arnold Laven | David Moessinger | William Asher | Richard Learman | Bruce Kessler

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September 23, 1969 – May 11, 1976

Leonard Rosenman - theme music

Hal Mooney - music supervision

Tom Selleck | Pernell Roberts | Lee Majors | Larry Hagman | Lindsay Wagner | Stacy Keach Sr. | John McCann | Joseph Campanella | Marion Ross | Vera Miles | Randolph Mantooth | Mike Farrell | Arte Johnson | Monique Gabrielle | Robert Lansing | Tom Bosley | Ricardo Montalban | James Doohan | Chief Dan George | Alexis Smith | Dorothy Lamour | Steven Spielberg | William Shatner

American Cinema Editors, USA

1970 - Won Eddie Best Edited Television Program - Gene Palmer for the pilot

Directors Guild of America, USA

1973 - Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' – Night - Marc Daniels for episode "Love Is When They Say They Need You"

Emmy Awards

1976 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series - Sheree North For episode "How Do You Know What Hurts Me?"

1973 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama - James Brolin

1972 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series - Robert Young

1972 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama - James Brolin

1972 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama - Elena Verdugo

1972 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Series – Drama - David Victor (Executive Producer) & David J. O'Connell (Producer)

1971 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series - Walter Strenge (Cinematographer) for episode "A Spanish Saying I Made Up"

1971 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series - Robert Young

1971 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama - James Brolin

1971 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama - Elena Verdugo

1971 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Series – Drama - David Victor (Executive Producer) & David J. O'Connell (Producer)

1970 - Won Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series - Walter Strenge (Cinematographer) for episode "Hello, Goodbye, Hello"

1970 - Won Emmy Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series - Robert Young

1970 - Won Emmy Outstanding Dramatic Series - David Victor (Executive Producer) & David J. O'Connell (Producer)

1970 - Won Emmy Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama - James Brolin

1970 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television - Gene Palmer (Editor) for the pilot episode

1970 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Dramatic Program - David Victor (Executive Producer) & David J. O'Connell (Producer) for episode "Hello, Goodbye, Hello"

1970 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding New Series - David Victor (Executive Producer) & David J. O'Connell (Producer)

1970 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Don Mankiewicz (Writer) for the pilot episode

Golden Globes, USA

1974 - Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Actor – Drama - Robert Young

1973 - Won Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor – Television - James Brolin

1973 - Nominated Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress – Television - Elena Verdugo

1973 - Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Actor – Drama - Robert Young

1972 - Won Golden Globe Best TV Actor – Drama - Robert Young

1972 - Nominated Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor – Television - James Brolin

1972 - Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Show - Drama

1971 – Won Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor – Television - James Brolin

1971 – Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Actor – Drama - Robert Young

1971 – Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Show - Drama

1970 - Won Golden Globe Best TV Show - Drama

1970 - Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Actor – Drama - Robert Young

TV Land Awards

2003 - Nominated TV Land Award Classic TV Doctor of the Year - Robert Young

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Robert Young was one of the few actors in television history to be closely identified with two highly successful and long-running roles – that of kindly family man Jim Anderson on Father Knows Best in the 1950’s (8 years) and that of kindly Dr. Marcus Welby in the 1970s (7 years). The 62-year-old Young came out of a seven-year retirement to originate the role of Welby.

Marcus Welby M.D. portrayed the cases of a veteran general practitioner in Santa Monica, California, whose thoroughness and dedication involved him in the lives of all sorts of patients. Assisting him was young Dr. Steven Kiley, who during the first season contracted to work with Welby for one year before resuming his training as a neurologist (he stayed). Thus the inevitable tension between youth and experience was established, but in this case Welby tended to be the more unorthodox of the two, often confounding the dedicated but textbook-oriented Kiley with his psychiatric approach to medicine. Welby treated the whole patient, his temperament, fears and family environment, as well as his physical ailments. The ailments were certainly varied for a suburban GP: during the first season alone there were tumors, autistic children, strokes, pernicious anemia, blindness, emphysema, LSD side effects, leukemia, diabetes, Huntington’s Chorea, faith healing, dope addiction, an overweight racing jockey and a diver who kept getting the bends.

A love interest was provided for Dr. Welby during the first season by Myra Sherwood, but this role was soon dropped. The only other suggestion that Welby might have a life of his own came in the last season, when his married daughter (Sandy) and six-year-old grandson (Phil) were occasionally seen. There was no Mrs. Welby. The only other regulars over the years, in fact, were nurses Consuelo Lopez and Kathleen Faverty.

Although romance eluded Dr. Welby it did finally come to young Dr. Kiley, in the person of Janet Blake, public relations director of Hope Memorial Hospital. They were married on the telecast of October 21, 1975.

Marcus Welby premiered in 1969 and soon became the biggest hit in the history of the ABC network up to that time – it was the first ABC series ever to rank number one among all TV programs for a full season (1970 – 1971). Part of its success was in scheduling; for its first two years it ran against a CBS news documentary hour and frequently against documentaries on NBC as well (First Tuesday). The limited appeal of these shows practically forfeited the audience to ABC. But once viewers had gotten used to Welby they stayed, against competition soft and strong. The program also won an Emmy and was held in very high esteem by medical groups, with Young serving off-screen as honorary chairman of numerous fund drives and observances.

The exterior of Dr. Welby's office was the same building used as the Cleaver family home on "Leave It To Beaver" (1957) with Welby's shingle as the new addition to the set.