About this season
Ensign O'Toole is a military comedy that aired on NBC from September 23, 1962, to May 5, 1963, with 31-year-old Dean Jones in the title role of a nonchalant United States Navy ensign during the early 1960s. Jones, born in 1931 in Alabama and a Navy veteran of the Korean War, played an officer aboard the fictional U.S. Navy destroyer USS Appleby, which roamed the Pacific Ocean.
Episodes (32)
1. Operation: Kowana
Aired 23 September 1962 • 30 min
2. Operation: Model 'T'
Aired 30 September 1962 • 30 min
3. Operation: Daddy
Aired 7 October 1962 • 30 min
4. Operation: Benefit
Aired 14 October 1962 • 30 min
5. Operation: Jinx
Aired 21 October 1962 • 30 min
6. Operation: Holdout
Aired 28 October 1962 • 30 min
7. Operation: Birthday
Aired 11 November 1962 • 30 min
8. Operation: Dinner Party
Aired 11 November 1962 • 30 min
9. Operation: Mess
Aired 18 November 1962 • 30 min
10. Operation: Impersonation
Aired 25 November 1962 • 30 min
11. Operation: Hypnosis
Aired 2 December 1962 • 30 min
12. Operation: Potomac
Aired 9 December 1962 • 30 min
13. Operation: Gaslight
Aired 16 December 1962 • 30 min
14. Operation: Brooklyn
Aired 23 December 1962 • 30 min
O'Toole must persuade a sailor to reenlist.
15. Operation: Swindle
Aired 30 December 1962 • 30 min
Chef Nelson doesn't know that he is being conned by his wife to be.
16. Operation: Treasure
Aired 6 January 1963 • 30 min
The crew find a message in a bottle which they believe to be a treasure map.
17. Operation: Intrigue
Aired 13 January 1963 • 30 min
O' Toole has shore leave in Hong Kong.
18. Operation: Psychology
Aired 20 January 1963 • 30 min
Lieutenant Commander Stoners brother in law, a professor of psychology, visits the ship.
19. Operation: Royalty
Aired 27 January 1963 • 30 min
20. Operation: Whodunit
Aired 3 February 1963 • 30 min
21. Operation: Casanova
Aired 10 February 1963 • 30 min
22. Operation: Souvenir
Aired 17 February 1963 • 30 min
A ban is placed on bringing souvenirs aboard so St. John has to hide a cannon he bought.
23. Operation: Arrivederci
Aired 5 March 1963 • 30 min
O'Toole schemes to host an art exhibition on board for an artist that catches his eye in Rome.
24. Operation: Re-enlist
Aired 10 March 1963 • 30 min
The Admiral orders Stoner to encourage the crew nearing the end of their tour's to re=enlist.
25. Operation: Boxer
Aired 17 March 1963 • 30 min
26. Operation: Stowaway
Aired 24 March 1963 • 30 min
A defector boards the ship while anchored close to the iron curtain.
27. Operation: Arctic
Aired 31 March 1963 • 30 min
28. Operation: Physical
Aired 7 April 1963 • 30 min
Stoner is concerned his age may affect his impending physical so the crew try to help.
29. Operation: Tubby
Aired 14 April 1963 • 30 min
An overweight member of the crew is told to lose 30 pounds in 30 days or be discharged.
30. Operation: Sabotage
Aired 21 April 1963 • 30 min
The crew must expose the man assigned as a saboteur during a training exercise.
31. Operation: Contest
Aired 28 April 1963 • 30 min
The crew miss their liberty in Hollywood after being quarantined.
32. Operation: Geisha
Aired 5 May 1963 • 30 min