TV APPEARANCES

LYNDA CARTER: OTHER TV APPEARANCES 1956 - 1979

USA [United States of America]
007 MATT HELM PANIC 1975

BROADCAST DATE: Saturday, December 27, 1975 ABC.

EPISODE TITLE: 1.12 "PANIC".

MATT HELM: "PANIC"

DESCRIPTION: In 1975, the ABC Network attempted to adapt Donald Hamilton's character for a television series entitled, Matt Helm. Anthony Franciosa played Helm in this series which was only loosely connected to the novels. The idea of building a series around an assassin was considered too controversial in the 1970s, so instead the show followed former secret agent Helm's adventures as a private detective. Following the airing of a pilot TV movie on May 7, 1975, the series debuted on September 20, 1975 and lasted for only 13 episodes.

MATT HELM: "PANIC"
MATT HELM: "PANIC"
MATT HELM: "PANIC"

Series Run: September 20, 1975 through January 3, 1976.

Broadcast Network: ABC.

Time Slot: Saturdays 10:00 P.M.

Regular Cast: ANTHONY FRANCIOSA [Matt Helm] / LARRAINE STEPHENS [Claire Kronski] / GENE EVANS [Sgt. Hanrahan] / JEFF DONNELL [Ethel].

Guest-Stars: DANE CLARK [Joey Bender] / LYNDA CARTER [Bobbi Dee] / ERIC BRAEDEN [Forbes] / ROGER PERRY [Dr. Ruben] / JOHN DURREN [Lewis] / WES PARKER [Cappy Crawford] / ARTHUR ROBERTS [Jerry Dale] / MURRAY McLEOD [Nick Strella].

Co-Starring: JOHN LUPTON [David Burke] / DIANE HERBERT [Rose Burke] / LINDA DANO [Nurse] / LEE PULFORD [Eleanor Ruben] / MARY MOON [Readhead].

Writer: Martin Roth.

Director: Don Weis.

Producers: Charles B. Fitzsimmons, Buzz Kulik, Ken Pettus.

Executive Producer: Irving Allen.

Executive Story Consultant: James Scherer.

Developed For TV by: Sam Rolfe.

Based Upon Characters Created by: Donald Hamilton.

Associate Producer & Unit Production Manager: Mel Swope.

Music: Jerrold Immel.

Music Theme: Morton Stevens.

Director of Photography: Robert Hoffman.

EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Intent on keeping their operation under wraps, a group of record pirates murder a detective friend of Matt's and critically injure the songwriter who hired him to investigate. During his investigation Matt Helm meets singer Bobbi Dee at a studio and though she shows herself helpful she may be involved with the responsible of the murder.

© 1975 by Midway Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television and ABC-TV. All Rights Reserved 

STATS MEDIA TRIVIA

RUNNING TIME: 0:50:00 [1 hour including commercials].
VHS: Not available on commercial video.
DVD: Not available on commercial video.
INFO:

This is Lynda Carter's first and only appearance on the "THE MATT HELM" series.

AUDIO: [1]  "SUNDAY SUNRISE" as performed by LYNDA CARTER as singer BOBBI DEE.
VIDEO: [1]  "MATT HELM: PANIC - CLIP 1". Video clip 1.
[2]  "MATT HELM: PANIC - CLIP 2". Video clip 2.
[3]  "MATT HELM: PANIC - CLIP 4". Video clip 3.
[4]  "MATT HELM: PANIC - CLIP 4". Video clip 4.
[5]  "MATT HELM: PANIC - CLIP 5". Video clip 5.
[6]  "MATT HELM: PANIC - CLIP 6". Video clip 6.
TRIVIA:
[•] This is LYNDA CARTER's third ever appearance as an actress, after her debut on the "NAKIA" series and her appearance on "SHAMUS: A MATTER OF WIFE AND... DEATH". And her first after the premiere of the pilot for "THE NEW, ORIGINAL WONDER WOMAN" series.
[•] LYNDA CARTER plays singer BOBBI DEE on this episode and sings the song "SUNDAY SUNRISE". Lynda never officially released this song in any record nor she ever sang it again. Previously it was recorded by BRENDA LEE for her 1973 album "NEW SUNRISE".
[•] Though Lynda sang on television for the first time at the very early age of 5 in "THE LEW KING RANGER SHOW", and though she also sang on the "MISS WORLD USA" pageant, this was the first time that she sang on a television show as an actress and playing a character. The next time would be on the "WONDER WOMAN" series.
[•] The series only lasted for 13 episodes and Lynda appeared on the 12th.
[•] CHARLES B. FITZSIMONS, producer of this series was also supervising producer in the second and third season of the "WONDER WOMAN" series.
[•] ERIC BRAEDEN, who plays Forbes on this episode, also played Kaptain Drangel on the pilot for the "WONDER WOMAN" series.
[•] ROGER PERRY, who plays Dr. Ruben on this episode, also played Dunfiled on the episode "THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD" of "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN" series.
[•] JOHN DURREN, who plays Lewis on this episode, also played Alfie on the episode "HOT WHEELS", and Dale Hawthorn on the episode "THE MAN WHO COULD NOT DIE", both of "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN" series.
[•] MURRAY McLEOD, who plays Nick Strella on this episode, also appeared on two episodes of the "WONDER WOMAN" series: "THE BUSHWHACKERS" and "STOLEN FACES".
[•] TONY FRANCIOSA died on January 19, 2006, only five days after the death of his ex-wive Shelley Winters.
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