Burke's Law, a Four Star-Barbety Production, depicted the crime-solving adventures of dashing, debonair swinger Amos Burke (Gene Barry), an L.A.P.D. homicide captain who just happened to also be a millionaire. Each week, Burke (a suave, and very eligible, womanizing bachelor) would be faced with a mysterious murder case involving an assortment of colorful suspects (each portrayed by a special guest star, often cast "against type" and getting a chance to ham shamelessly). Burke, upon receiving the inevitable call to the crime scene, usually gave a terse "When? Where? I'm on my way"; then, forsaking his mansion and "date du jour", he would be transported in style by Henry (Leon Lontoc), his Philippine chauffeur/valet/chef/butler. Burke was aided in his investigations by brash young Detective Tim Tilson (Gary Conway), who was usually trying to outshine his boss, and gruff veteran Detective Sergeant Les Hart (Regis Toomey), Burke's long-time friend, with an occasional assist from
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Season 1 | September 1963 | May 1964 | 32 |
Season 2 | September 1964 | May 1965 | 32 |
Season 3 - Amos Burke: Secret Agent | September 1965 | January 1966 | 17 |
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Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
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Tony Barrett | 15 | 11/08/1963 - 12/29/1965 | |
Paul Dubov | 14 | 01/10/1964 - 05/05/1965 | |
Gwen Bagni | 13 | 10/04/1963 - 05/05/1965 | |
Lewis Reed | 6 | 09/27/1963 - 04/07/1965 | |
Lorenzo Semple Jr. | 4 | 09/30/1964 - 03/17/1965 | |
Marc Brandel | 4 | 09/29/1965 - 01/12/1966 | |
Harlan Ellison | 4 | 10/25/1963 - 05/08/1964 | |
Richard Levinson | 3 | 10/14/1964 - 01/13/1965 | |
William Link | 3 | 10/14/1964 - 01/13/1965 | |
Edith Sommer | 3 | 11/01/1963 - 04/24/1964 | |
Leigh Chapman | 3 | 11/04/1964 - 02/03/1965 | |
Lawrence Gordon | 2 | 01/06/1965 - 04/28/1965 | |
Day Keene | 2 | 12/13/1963 - 03/20/1964 | |
John Meredyth Lucas | 2 | 10/11/1963 - 12/27/1963 | |
Jameson Brewer | 2 | 12/13/1963 - 03/20/1964 | |
David P. Harmon | 1 | 03/24/1965 | |
David Giler | 1 | 02/17/1965 | |
Samuel A. Peeples | 1 | 12/29/1965 | |
Stephen Kandel | 1 | 11/11/1964 | |
Bob O'Brien | 1 | 11/15/1963 | |
Jay Dratler | 1 | 02/14/1964 | |
Berne Giler | 1 | 02/17/1965 | |
Ward Hawkins | 1 | 12/15/1965 | |
Andrew McCullough | 1 | 01/20/1965 | |
Charles Hoffman | 1 | 02/24/1965 | |
Gilbert A. Ralston | 1 | 10/27/1965 | |
Stuart Jerome | 1 | 10/13/1965 | |
John Hawkins | 1 | 12/15/1965 | |
Warren Duff | 1 | 12/01/1965 | |
Palmer Thompson | 1 | 11/03/1965 | |
Robert Buckner | 1 | 09/15/1965 |
Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
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Don Weis | 13 | 09/27/1963 - 04/07/1965 | |
Don Taylor | 11 | 11/29/1963 - 09/22/1965 | |
Jerry Hopper | 11 | 09/30/1964 - 12/22/1965 | |
Albert Beich | 9 | 09/20/1963 - 12/08/1965 | |
Richard Kinon | 6 | 03/06/1964 - 04/21/1965 | |
William H. Wright | 5 | 09/20/1963 - 12/08/1965 | |
Murray Golden | 5 | 03/24/1965 - 01/12/1966 | |
Sam C. Freedle | 4 | 12/30/1964 - 03/17/1965 | |
Gene Nelson | 4 | 09/23/1964 - 11/11/1964 | |
Hy Averback | 4 | 09/20/1963 - 11/08/1963 | |
Lewis Allen | 3 | 01/31/1964 - 12/23/1964 | |
Virgil Vogel | 3 | 09/29/1965 - 12/29/1965 | |
James Goldstone | 2 | 10/20/1965 - 11/03/1965 | |
John Peyser | 2 | 10/27/1965 - 11/17/1965 | |
Stanley Z. Cherry | 2 | 11/15/1963 - 01/03/1964 | |
Jeffrey Hayden | 2 | 10/04/1963 - 01/24/1964 | |
Allen Reisner | 1 | 02/17/1965 | |
Charles Haas | 1 | 12/13/1963 | |
Marc Daniels | 1 | 03/20/1964 | |
Seymour Robbie | 1 | 12/01/1965 | |
David McDearmon | 1 | 12/27/1963 | |
Robert Ellis Miller | 1 | 01/10/1964 | |
Herman Hoffman | 1 | 12/20/1963 | |
Frederick De Cordova | 1 | 04/28/1965 | |
Byron Paul | 1 | 02/14/1964 | |
Paul Wendkos | 1 | 01/27/1965 | |
Lawrence Dobkin | 1 | 12/16/1964 | |
Ben Starr | 1 | 12/22/1965 | |
Walter Grauman | 1 | 12/06/1963 | |
Sidney Lanfield | 1 | 12/09/1964 |
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