Markham (TV series)

American television drama series

Markham

Milland as Markham.

Genre| Crime drama
Starring| Ray Milland
Theme music composer| Stanley Wilson
Composers| Juan Esquivel (as: ESQUIVEL)
John Williams ("Woman of Arles")
Nathan Scott ("The Seamark")
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 2
No. of episodes| 60
Production
Producers| Warren Duff
Joseph Sistrom
Running time| 30 minutes
Production companies| Markham Production Company
Revue Studios
Original release
Network| CBS
Release| May 2, 1959 (1959-05-02) –
September 15, 1960 (1960-09-15)

Markham is an American crime drama series starring Ray Milland, which aired on CBS from May 2, 1959 until September 15, 1960 during the 1958-1959 and 1959-1960 seasons following Gunsmoke on Saturday nights (later appearing on Thursday nights at 9:30 P.M. Eastern, after January 1960), under the sponsorship of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. At the beginning of the second season, Liggett & Myers became an alternate sponsor, succeeded by Renault when the series moved to Thursdays.

## Plot

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Milland played private investigator and attorney Roy Markham (previously introduced in a June 1958 Suspicion episode, "Eye For An Eye"). In that Markham had been a successful lawyer, he had the leisure to take detective cases based on his own interest. His fees could vary from the very considerable for his wealthier and corporate clients, to nothing for those who desperately needed his services but had few financial means. Markham's cases could take him almost anywhere in the world, although he was based in New York City.

In the early episodes of this program, Markham had an assistant, John Riggs (Simon Scott), but the Riggs character was written out after only a few programs had aired, leaving Markham to solve crimes solo.

## Guest stars

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Dayton Lummis appeared as Howard Fulton in the 1959 episode titled "The Father". Elen Willard made her acting debut as Deidre Waugh in the 1960 segment "The Bad Spell". Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., played Chief Gomez in the 1959 episode "The Bay of the Dead". Carole Mathews appeared as Jan Van Pelt in another 1959 episode, "The Glass Diamond".

## Episodes

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### Season 1 (1959)

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No.
overall  | No. in
season  | Title  | Directed by  | Written by  | Original air date

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1| 1| "A Princely Sum"| Richard Bartlett| Story by : Joel Murcott
Teleplay by : Robert C. Dennis| May 2, 1959 (1959-05-02)
2| 2| "Woman of Arles"| Gerd Oswald| Jo Swerling| May 9, 1959 (1959-05-09)
3| 3| "Paris Encounter"| Bretaigne Windust| Story by : Oscar Millard
Teleplay by : Robert C. Dennis| May 16, 1959 (1959-05-16)
4| 4| "The Marble Face"| Bretaigne Windust| Story by : Charles Beaumont & Richard Matheson
Teleplay by : John Kneubuhl| May 23, 1959 (1959-05-23)
5| 5| "The Human Factor"| Don Weis| Charles Larson| May 30, 1959 (1959-05-30)
6| 6| "The Seamark"| Robert Florey| Stirling Silliphant| June 6, 1959 (1959-06-06)
7| 7| "Three Steps to Murder"| Robert Florey| Stirling Silliphant| June 13, 1959 (1959-06-13)
8| 8| "The Glass Diamond"| Herschel Daugherty| Story by : Kathleen Hite
Teleplay by : John Kneubuhl & Jean Holloway| June 20, 1959 (1959-06-20)
9| 9| "Vendetta in Venice"| Robert Florey| Jonathan Latimer| June 27, 1959 (1959-06-27)
10| 10| "The Last Bullet"| Robert B. Sinclair| Story by : Robert C. Dennis
Teleplay by : Robert C. Dennis & David P. Harmon| July 4, 1959 (1959-07-04)
11| 11| "Forty-Two on a Rope"| Douglas Heyes| Douglas Heyes| July 11, 1959 (1959-07-11)
12| 12| "The Duelists"| Don Medford| Stirling Silliphant| July 18, 1959 (1959-07-18)
13| 13| "The Counterfeit Stamp"| Bretaigne Windust| Story by : Judy & George W. George
Teleplay by : David Evans and Judy & George W. George| July 25, 1959 (1959-07-25)
14| 14| "We Are All Suspect"| Bretaigne Windust| Story by : Ed Lacy
Teleplay by : Stanford Whitmore & Robert C. Dennis| August 1, 1959 (1959-08-01)
15| 15| "The Bay of the Dead"| Bretaigne Windust| Story by : Alvin Pevehouse
Teleplay by : Herschel Berard| August 8, 1959 (1959-08-08)
16| 16| "The Other Side of the Wall"| Unknown| Unknown| August 15, 1959 (1959-08-15)
17| 17| "Deadline Date"| Richard Bartlett| Norman Jolley| August 22, 1959 (1959-08-22)
18| 18| "Girl on the Rocks"| Frank Arrigo| Richard Morgan| August 29, 1959 (1959-08-29)

### Season 2 (1959–60)

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No.
overall  | No. in
season  | Title  | Directed by  | Written by  | Original air date

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19| 1| "Grave and Present Danger"| Unknown| Unknown| September 19, 1959 (1959-09-19)
20| 2| "Double Negative"| Unknown| Unknown| September 26, 1959 (1959-09-26)
21| 3| "The Nephews"| John Rich| Stirling Silliphant| October 3, 1959 (1959-10-03)
22| 4| "The Long Haul"| Unknown| Unknown| October 10, 1959 (1959-10-10)
23| 5| "Mutation"| Herschel Daugherty| Stirling Silliphant| October 17, 1959 (1959-10-17)
24| 6| "The Father"| Unknown| Unknown| October 31, 1959 (1959-10-31)
25| 7| "Incident in Bel Air"| Robert Florey| Oscar Millard| November 7, 1959 (1959-11-07)
26| 8| "Round Trip to Mozambique"| Robert Florey| Story by : Bob Williams
Teleplay by : Oscar Millard| November 14, 1959 (1959-11-14)
27| 9| "Strange Visitor"| Unknown| Unknown| November 21, 1959 (1959-11-21)
28| 10| "The Altar"| Herschel Daugherty| Stirling Silliphant| December 5, 1959 (1959-12-05)
29| 11| "No Flies on Friday"| Robert Ellis Miller| Story by : Kem Bennett
Teleplay by : Oscar Millard| December 19, 1959 (1959-12-19)
30| 12| "Candy Store Jungle"| Unknown| Unknown| January 9, 1960 (1960-01-09)
31| 13| "Sing a Song of Murder"| Unknown| Unknown| January 16, 1960 (1960-01-16)
32| 14| "The Ambitious Wife"| Unknown| Unknown| January 23, 1960 (1960-01-23)
33| 15| "Events Leading Up to the Crime"| Unknown| Unknown| January 28, 1960 (1960-01-28)
34| 16| "A Coffin for Cinderella"| Unknown| Unknown| February 4, 1960 (1960-02-04)
35| 17| "Deadly Promise"| Unknown| Unknown| February 11, 1960 (1960-02-11)
36| 18| "One for the Money"| Unknown| Unknown| February 25, 1960 (1960-02-25)
37| 19| "Image of Love"| Unknown| Unknown| March 3, 1960 (1960-03-03)
38| 20| "The Long Search"| Unknown| Unknown| March 10, 1960 (1960-03-10)
39| 21| "The Shape of Evil"| Unknown| Unknown| March 24, 1960 (1960-03-24)
40| 22| "The Phantom Archer"| Unknown| Unknown| March 31, 1960 (1960-03-31)
41| 23| "The Searing Flame"| Unknown| Unknown| April 7, 1960 (1960-04-07)
42| 24| "Fateful Reunion"| Unknown| Unknown| April 14, 1960 (1960-04-14)
43| 25| "The Last Oasis"| Unknown| Unknown| April 21, 1960 (1960-04-21)
44| 26| "The Anixous Angel"| Unknown| Unknown| April 28, 1960 (1960-04-28)
45| 27| "The Sitting Duck"| Unknown| Unknown| May 5, 1960 (1960-05-05)
46| 28| "The Snarled Web"| Unknown| Unknown| May 12, 1960 (1960-05-12)
47| 29| "Coercion"| Unknown| Unknown| May 26, 1960 (1960-05-26)
48| 30| "The Man from Salzburg"| Mitchell Leisen| Ronkel Adams| June 2, 1960 (1960-06-02)
49| 31| "The Silken Cord"| Unknown| Unknown| June 9, 1960 (1960-06-09)
50| 32| "Escorts a La Carte"| Mitchell Leisen| Donald S. Sanford| June 16, 1960 (1960-06-16)
51| 33| "The Crueliest Thief"| Unknown| Unknown| June 30, 1960 (1960-06-30)
52| 34| "13 Avenida Muerte"| Unknown| Unknown| July 7, 1960 (1960-07-07)
53| 35| "A Cry from the Penthouse"| Mitchell Leisen| Story by : Henry Slesar
Teleplay by : Stephen Burl| July 21, 1960 (1960-07-21)
54| 36| "The Young Conspirator"| Unknown| Unknown| August 4, 1960 (1960-08-04)
55| 37| "The Country Mouse"| Unknown| Unknown| August 11, 1960 (1960-08-11)
56| 38| "Crash in the Desert"| Unknown| Unknown| August 18, 1960 (1960-08-18)
57| 39| "Counterpoint"| Unknown| Unknown| August 25, 1960 (1960-08-25)
58| 40| "The Snowman"| Unknown| Unknown| September 1, 1960 (1960-09-01)
59| 41| "The Bad Spell"| Unknown| Unknown| September 8, 1960 (1960-09-08)
60| 42| "A Matter of Identity"| Unknown| Unknown| September 15, 1960 (1960-09-15)

## References

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* Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

## External links

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* Markham at IMDb

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