About this season
The Beachcomber was an ITC Entertainment adventure TV series which ran for one series of 39 half-hour episodes in 1962. Narrated by Cameron Mitchell, the series followed a rich executive who retired from the rat-race to become a beachcomber on a small South Pacific island.
Episodes (39)
1. The Brooch
Aired 20 February 1962 • 30 min
Lackland's nearly broke---and facing deportation. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Crippen: Sebastian Cabot. Mika: Rosael Lopez. Ah Ling: Benson Fong. Loeuwan: Wilton Graff. Mrs. Loeuwan: Dolores Donlong. Saluku: Frank Puglia.
2. The Shark Affair
Aired 27 February 1962 • 30 min
3. Pat Hand
Aired 6 March 1962 • 30 min
Lackland's evening at the Icehouse Bar is interrupted by a poker player itching for action. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Taffy: Laya Raki. Dibley: Dub Taylor.
4. The Hijackers
Aired 13 March 1962 • 30 min
Trader Peter Noord suspects his son has joined a band of pirates---who are hijacking his ships. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Carl: Wynn Pearce. Malola: Allen Jaffe. Sim: Al Ruscio. Lah-Ring: Arthur Batanides. Chris: Jim Ricketts. Kollea: Santy Josol.
5. Forbidden Island
Aired 20 March 1962 • 30 min
Searching for a missing aviatrix, Lackland and a newspaperman meet hostile islanders. Davis: Warren Arnett. Borlund: Robert Cannon. Constance: Mary Sullivan. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell.
6. The Chase
Aired 27 March 1962 • 30 min
7. Captain Huckabee's Beard
Aired 3 April 1962 • 30 min
Customs officers have a suspicion that a new arrival is a wanted thief. Howland: Hugh Sanders. Beth: Lisa Gaye. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Kollea: Santy Josol. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell.
8. The Taming of Andrew
Aired 10 April 1962 • 30 min
9. Death Do Us Part
Aired 17 April 1962 • 30 min
Success has eluded artist Patrick Wrightwood and now his wild fits of temper are threatening his marriage. Peggy: Grace Raynor. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Butcher: Don Haggerty. Captain: Bob Cannon. Policeman: Art Spector.
10. The Larcenous Lover
Aired 24 April 1962 • 30 min
11. Girl in Hiding
Aired 1 May 1962 • 30 min
12. Honor Bound
Aired 8 May 1962 • 30 min
13. Tambu
Aired 15 May 1962 • 30 min
14. The Black Pearl
Aired 22 May 1962 • 30 min
15. Charlie Six Kids
Aired 29 May 1962 • 30 min
16. Empty Village
Aired 5 June 1962 • 30 min
17. The Floating Fortune
Aired 12 June 1962 • 30 min
18. Honest Larceny
Aired 19 June 1962 • 30 min
19. Neilani
Aired 26 June 1962 • 30 min
20. Mr. Winters
Aired 3 July 1962 • 30 min
21. Rongorongo Man
Aired 10 July 1962 • 30 min
Hidden treasure is the lure when Maeva Ormsby and Carl Bensinger come to Amura in search of a Rongorongo man. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Maeva: Rhea Vernon. Bensinger: Charles Martin. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Kollea: Santy Josol. Hatura: Francis McDonald. Alfy: Bill Hess.
22. The Day of the Whale
Aired 17 July 1962 • 30 min
23. The Fugitive
Aired 24 July 1962 • 30 min
The day after a GI is married to a Polynesian girl, he's found murdered. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Tahia: Mary Stevens. Ross: Raymond Guth. Womack: Don O'Kelly. Kahiuti: Allen Jung. Lovaina: Anita Sands. Weldan: Warren Arnett.
24. The Mask of Talugi
Aired 31 July 1962 • 30 min
25. Home to Roost
Aired 7 August 1962 • 30 min
Huckabee wagers Lackland's ketch---and loses. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Boyle: Hal Baylor. Diaz: Johnny Golden.
26. Devil in Paradise
Aired 14 August 1962 • 30 min
Lackland takes a wounded youth to the island surgeon---then discovers the medic lost a hand during the war. Duval: John Vivyan. Martone: Michael Constantine. Taki: Mark Randall. Tara: Jill Chen. Mana: Alice Pruitt.
27. The Reward
Aired 21 August 1962 • 30 min
Huckabee joins a police search for a murder suspect. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Dominguez: Frank Silvera. Selas: Michael Pate.
28. Tribal Law
Aired 28 August 1962 • 30 min
The chief's brother has appendicitis---but it's a taboo to cut a man with a knife. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Wahilla: Gordon Kee. Mahkei: Arthur Batanides. Sartal: Allen Jaffe. Kahlana: Dana Ivey.
29. Flight to Freedom
Aired 4 September 1962 • 30 min
Lackland tries to help a sailor from behind the Iron Curtain who has jumped ship. Guben: Grant Lockwood. Krasny: Cesar Romero. Ilana: Frances Fong. Slovenz: Larry Chance. Garvey: Terence de Marney. Kollea: Santy Josol.
30. Long Live the Sultan
Aired 11 September 1962 • 30 min
31. The Prodigal Pretender
Aired 18 September 1962 • 30 min
32. The Spaniard
Aired 25 September 1962 • 30 min
Joaquin Perez claims his daughter has been kidnapped and asks Lackland to find her. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Gabrielle: Anita Sands. Riola: Happy Ison. Amkers: Grant Lockwood.
33. Man with a Guitar
Aired 2 October 1962 • 30 min
34. The Ransom
Aired 9 October 1962 • 30 min
Huckabee's boasts of wealth incite a stranger to seek easy money. Varda: Frank Silvera. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Tanya: Lisa Gaye. Jagat: Earl Parker. Constable: Joe Budd.
35. The Search for Robert Herrick
Aired 16 October 1962 • 30 min
36. The Two-Sided Triangle
Aired 23 October 1962 • 30 min
Knute Erickson's convinced Maria Mitsui is a fortune hunter and plots to expose her. Erickson: Walter Brooke. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Huckabee: Don Megowan. McBride: Alan Hale.
37. A Rooster Named Red
Aired 30 October 1962 • 30 min
A man leaves his daughter in the care of Huckabee, who wastes no time in turning the responsibility over to Lackland. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Lily: Marianna Hill. Dinty: Hal Baylor.
38. Roll of Thunder
Aired 6 November 1962 • 30 min
Lackland helps the police search for dynamite peddlers. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Brink: Russ Bender. Tate: Wade Jones. Huckabee: Don Megowan.
39. Paradise Lost
Aired 13 November 1962 • 30 min
A missionary's daughter falls in love with an amnesic, but her father questions the man's past. Jimmy: Carleton Carpenter. Liane: Anne Helm. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Snow: George Mitchell. Native: Lou English.