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Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.
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Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.
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Episode 1
Matt's uncle (Buddy Ebsen), an ex-spy, helps Matt prove he is a victim of mind control and establish his innocence of murder.
Directed by James L. Conway, Cliff BoleGuest stars Michael Gregory, Russ McCubbin, George Cheung, Bumper Robinson, Royce D. Applegate, Rudy Ramos, Ancel Cook, George Wyner
Episode 2
other characters: Judge C. Sylos, Billy, Farris (possibly Coroner's Assistant), Dr. M. Granger (murdered) When Hoyt's young daughter is kidnapped and held prisoner by a child molester (James Olson), Matt risks everything -- even his own life.
Directed by Don ChaffeyGuest stars Paul Petersen, James Olson, Bumper Robinson, Judyann Elder, Herb Edelman, John Brandon, Amy O'Neill
Episode 3
other characters: Guard Matt believes C.J.'s new love (Simon MacCorkindale), a rising TV newsman, is involved in a kidnapping captured on film.
Directed by Don ChaffeyWritten by Ann Lewis HamiltonGuest stars Guy Doleman, Simon MacCorkindale, Louise Sorel, Michael Cavanaugh
Episode 4
Matt must free a girl from a religious commune run by an evangelist who plans to take her inheritance of $3 million, and then kill her.
Directed by Kim MannersWritten by Skip WebsterGuest stars Byron Morrow, Larry Anderson, Richard Lynch, David Wallace, Rebecca Balding, Kim Sudol
Episode 5
other characters: Mike, Deputy Marsh C.J. gets amnesia after an auto accident, and finds herself in jail with inmates working for a prostitution ring.
Directed by Cliff BoleGuest stars Jamie Rose, Ramon Bieri, Julie Carmen, Buck Young, R.G. Armstrong, Brett Halsey
Episode 6
Matt, Roy and ""Too Mean"" team up with an arrogant mercenary (Max Baer Jr.) to find Matt's cousin, who he thought died as a POW in Cambodia.
Directed by James L. ConwayWritten by Scott ShepherdGuest stars Max Baer Jr., Soon-Tek Oh, Robert Loggia, James Hampton
Episode 7
Andy (Max Baer Jr.) appears to have betrayed Matt and the rest to the Cambodian warlord holding Matt's cousin captive.
Directed by James L. ConwayWritten by Scott ShepherdGuest stars Max Baer Jr., Soon-Tek Oh, Robert Loggia, Cliff Osmond, James Hampton
Episode 8
other characters: Kirby Andrews (Chauffeur), Monica, Beverly Roberts Matt can't accept the perfect alibi of his chief suspect (James Read) in the deaths of two models, until he learns a family secret.
Directed by Cliff BoleWritten by James L. ConwayGuest stars Russ McCubbin, Richard Bakalyan, Dona Speir, Vera Miles, James Read, Jennifer Montana, Judy Strangis
Episode 9
other characters: Mickey (the chimp) An international assassin (Judson Scott) hired to kill a Middle Eastern leader, ignores his orders and seeks revenge on Matt instead.
Directed by Michael VejarGuest stars Branscombe Richmond, Judson Scott, Paul Kent
Episode 10
Matt's old high-school classmate (Jenny Sherman) involves him in a plot concerning an ex-Army officer and smuggled Vietnamese gems.
Directed by Don ChaffeyWritten by Stephen LordGuest stars Paul Eiding, Catherine Ferrar, Scott Marlowe, Denny Miller, James Shigeta
Episode 11
Matt must convince Hoyt a sporting-goods tycoon (Stuart Whitman) hunted two athletes like game animals.
Written by Scott ShepherdGuest stars Katherine Cannon, George Wyner, David Sheiner, Gary Hudson, Stuart Whitman
Episode 12
After an actress (Kay Lenz) is certain she saw her baby son, kidnapped a year earlier, with another woman in a park, she asks Matt for help.
Directed by Cliff BoleGuest stars Kay Lenz, Burr DeBenning, Robert Reed, Mark W. Travis, Carmen Zapata, Gloria Charles
Episode 13
Matt is convinced that the man who kidnapped and tormented a little boy is the same man that kidnapped and tormented him when he was a boy.
Directed by Kim MannersGuest stars Paul Petersen, John McCook, David Koch, John P. Ryan, Chad Allen, Rex Ryon
Episode 14
Matt rushes to find the girlfriend of his distraught cousin who threatens to leap from a rooftop.
Directed by Peter CraneGuest stars Joe E. Tata, Norman Alden, Lauren Chase, Lisa Frantz
Episode 15
C.J., Roy and Matt investigate an embezzlement scheme in a once-bustling oil town.
Directed by Kim MannersWritten by Richard FisherGuest stars Daryl Anderson, Maia Brewton, John Crawford, Scatman Crothers, William Cort, Joan Sweeny
Episode 16
Matt investigates the murders of his college roommate's fiancée and another imminent bride.
Guest stars Robert F. Lyons, Kathryn Witt, Robert Clarke, Harry Waters, Jr., Lurene Tuttle, Paul Picerni, John Lansing
Episode 17
Matt receives unexpected help in a murder/extortion case from a fellow detective, the sister of one of the victims.
Directed by Cliff BoleGuest stars Deborah Adair, Richard Herd, Geoffrey Scott
Episode 18
A frightened stewardess (Shari Belafonte-Harper) comes to Matt after her friend (Ellen Bry) photographs a secret-society execution.
Guest stars Shari Belafonte, Robert Fuller, Ellen Bry, Richard Anderson, John Anderson, Christopher Kriesa
Episode 19
other characters: Ed Thompson, The Chief To flush the killer after his old CIA squad that call themselves ""The Five Fingers"", Roy pretends an attempt to kill him was successful.
Directed by Charlie PicerniWritten by Scott ShepherdGuest stars Jack Gwillim, Jack Kruschen, Cliff Osmond, Andrew Duggan, John Davis Chandler, Celeste Holm
Episode 20
Matt falls for an heiress (Kerrie Keane) whose brother intends to use the family fortune to support Irish terrorists.
Directed by Michael VejarGuest stars Michael Alldredge, Kerrie Keane, Taryn Power, Ivor Barry, Gavan O'Herlihy
Episode 21
Matt, Uncle Roy and C.J. join Hoyt's stakeout of a big drug payoff and wind up in the crossfire of a plot by the buyer to double-cross the seller.
Directed by William CrainWritten by Robert EarllGuest stars Belinda Balaski, Maidie Norman, James Luisi, Frank Bonner, Richard Devon, Phillip Pine
Episode 22
Matt's love, Elizabeth (Kerrie Keane), returns, while a murderer (Chuck McCann) uses Matt to publicize his deeds.
Directed by James L. ConwayGuest stars Shari Shattuck, Kerrie Keane, Robert Clarke, Chuck McCann
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