TV series
Whirlybirds is a syndicated American drama/adventure television series, which aired for 111 episodes — broadcast from February 4, 1957, through January 18, 1960. It was produced by Desilu Studios . The show centered around Chuck Martin (Kenneth Tobey) and Pete (P.T.) Moore (Craig Hill), owners of 'Whirlybirds, Inc', who flew their helicopter (N975B) between Longwood Field and anywhere where they could be of help to someone in trouble.
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Whirlybirds is a syndicated American drama/adventure television series, which aired for 111 episodes — broadcast from February 4, 1957, through January 18, 1960. It was produced by Desilu Studios . The show centered around Chuck Martin (Kenneth Tobey) and Pete (P.T.) Moore (Craig Hill), owners of 'Whirlybirds, Inc', who flew their helicopter (N975B) between Longwood Field and anywhere where they could be of help to someone in trouble.
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Episode 1
Chuck and P.T. had known Mrs. Dudley for years. They obliged when she asked for a lift up to her summer home, only to discover that the bank where Mrs. Dudley worked had been robbed the night before.
Directed by Robert Altman
Episode 2
New and old methods of handling juvenile offenders come into violent conflict as Chuck and P.T. become involved in a police department’s attempt to modernize.
Directed by Robert Altman
Episode 3
Chuck and P.T. get a strange request from a little girl to fly her to the North Pole to get a “new daddy” for Christmas.
Directed by Robert Altman
Episode 4
Forester to Mexico. But when they arrive at the Forester residence, everyone denies having made the call.
Directed by Robert Altman
Episode 5
Chuck and P.T. get mixed up with a gang of safecrackers who wear women's clothes to escape. They hire our boy's to transport them to a fishing cabin.
Directed by Robert Altman
Episode 6
Chuck is captured by a nest of spies while tracking down a stolen Air Force experimental jet.
Directed by Robert Altman
Episode 7
A dead police lieutenant's brother hires the Whirlybirds to help him flush from hiding a mobster Who killed his brother.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 8
Dr. Clark Evans secludes himself at a mountain retreat when one of his patients dies in surgery. He doesn't believe a message that his daughter is afflicted with the same disease his patient had.
Guest stars Angela Greene
Episode 9
Dr. Clark Evans secludes himself at a mountain retreat when one of his patients dies in surgery. He doesn't believe a message that his daughter is afflicted with the same disease his patient had.
Directed by Robert Altman
Episode 10
A boy's tendency to tell lies about famous people leads to him to an encounter with some small-time hoods. He is cured of his habit after an adventure with Chuck and P.T.
Directed by Robert AltmanWritten by Jerry Adelman
Episode 11
A circus high-wire comedian comes out of retirement and faces a dramatic challenge to his shaky nerves.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 12
A wedding anniversary celebration backfires when the husband is arrested and taken to jail. Possible Synopsis: The Whirlybirds are hired to fly a couple to their wedding anniversary vacation spot. They discover some uninvited guests in the persons of the police.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 13
A strange old man confesses to every major crime in town, including a murder and a politically minded mayor orders him jailed, for his own safekeeping. Chuck and P.T. have their hands full when lynch mobs start to gather.
Directed by Robert Altman
Episode 14
A young woman who believes her husband to have died in Korea plans to remarry. Shortly thereafter she receives a demand for money for late husband. The husband "returns from the grave" to plague his wife, who enlists the aid of the Whirlybirds.
Directed by Robert Altman
Episode 15
A man who bears an uncanny resemblance to a condemned criminal hires Chuck and P.T. for a helicopter trip.
Directed by Robert Altman
Episode 16
A disillusioned minister regains his religious faith when a helicopter helps perform a "miracle".
Directed by Robert AltmanGuest stars Mimi Gibson, Gail Kobe, Frank Maxwell, Kathryn Reed Altman, Harry Townes
Episode 17
The Whirlybirds run into a first-class mystery when all of a young lady’s clues on a scavenger hunt prove to be deadly booby traps.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 18
A father commits a hit-and-run crime and persuades his son to take the blame to save his reputation as a prominent citizen.
Guest stars Charles Lane
Episode 19
An escaped convict detours long enough to force his seriously ill wife to leave the hospital and flee with him.
Directed by Robert Altman
Episode 20
While in the air, Chuck and P.T. see a woman being strangled near an isolated farm house but on landing are unable to find the killer.
Directed by Robert Altman
Episode 21
An overdue plane sets the Whirlybirds off on a desert search. A murderer tries to make his crime look like an accident but he forgets one small item.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 22
A glib-tongued deacon hires the Whirlybirds to transport him to a preaching engagement in a nearby city. When some toughs threaten the deacon at the airport, Chuck and P.T. begin to doubt his integrity.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 23
A publicity stunt that suddenly is for real lands a young movie actress in a jam. Chuck and P.T. are hired to fly her to a secret rendezvous to meet her fiancé.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 24
A police lieutenant hires the Whirlybirds to help him explore the past of a young girl who has committed suicide.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 25
Young Davey Richards mistakes a lethal poison for soda pop. The police can’t locate the only man who knows the exact nature of the poison.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 27
Chuck and P.T. fly a newspaper reporter to an isolated hard-labor camp and end up being wanted by the police.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 28
Chuck and P.T. refuse to give information to a tough-looking man named Grimes about the whereabouts of Sydney Evans, one of their customers. Grimes, later that night breaks into the Whirlybirds' files.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 29
The father of a condemned boy vows to kill the governor. He hires the Whirlybirds to take him to a fair where he can get some aerial photos of the governor making a speech.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 30
A British-born rancher predicts his death to the Whirlybirds and asks them to spread his ashes over a beautiful site in the country after his death.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 31
A jazzman who has been chauffered to a nightclub date by Whirlybirds is found murdered- Chuck and P.T. turn in the logical suspect.
Guest stars Shecky Greene
Episode 32
A waitress serves a man who looks exactly like her boy friend, a bank robber on the lam. She plots to turn him over to the police.
Where to watch WhirlybirdsEpisode 33
An escaped convict has vowed to kill the four people who sent him up, including Chuck and P.T.
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Kenneth TobeyChuck Martin
Sandra SpenceJanet Culver
Craig HillP.T. Moore
Nancy HaleHelen Carter
Lawrence DobkinWill Carter
Shecky Greene
Charles Lane
Paul BrinegarJoe Slade
CBSUnited States
Desilu ProductionsUnited States
