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Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
Marshall (Arthur Hill) with clients. From left: Michael Witney, Sharon Gless, John Davidson, Louise Sorel, 1972.Format Legal drama Created by Jerry McNeely
David VictorStarring Arthur Hill
Reni Santoni
David Soul
Lee Majors
Joan Darling
Christine MatchettTheme music composer Elmer Bernstein Country of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons 3 No. of episodes 69 Production Camera setup Single-camera Running time 45–48 minutes Production company(s) Universal TV Distributor Studios USA Television Broadcast Original channel ABC Audio format Monaural Original run September 16, 1971 – August 24, 1974Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law is an American legal drama, jointly created by David Victor and former law professor Jerry McNeely, that starred actor Arthur Hill. The series was broadcast on ABC from 1971 to 1974. A two-hour pilot movie had aired as a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week entry prior to the series run.
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Synopsis
Hill starred as Owen Marshall, a compassionate defense attorney who defended various clients in Santa Barbara, California with the help of his young assistants. During the series run, several actors played the role of Marshall's assistants, including Reni Santoni, David Soul (later of Starsky and Hutch) and Lee Majors, formerly of The Big Valley and The Men From Shiloh. Majors co-starred in the series concurrently with his appearances in early episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man.
Hill made three crossover appearances as Marshall on the series Marcus Welby, M.D., which Victor had also created.
Cast
- Arthur Hill as Owen Marshall
- David Soul as Ted Warrick
- Reni Santoni as Danny Paterno
- Lee Majors as Jess Brandon
- Joan Darling as Frieda Krause
- Christine Matchett as Melissa Marshall
Guest stars
The series marked one of director Steven Spielberg's earliest television directing stints and boasted several guest stars including:
- John Travolta
- Rory Calhoun
- Richard Eastham
- Farrah Fawcett
- Sharon Gless
- Pat Harrington, Jr.
- Mark Hamill
- Darby Hinton
- Scott Marlowe
- Tim Matheson
- Ricky Nelson
- Donna Mills
- Edward Platt
- Dick Sargent
- Susan Strasberg
- Joan Tompkins (three times)
- Dana Wynter
External links
Categories:- 1971 television series debuts
- 1974 television series endings
- 1970s American television series
- ABC Movie of the Week
- American Broadcasting Company network shows
- American drama television series
- English-language television series
- Legal television series
- Television series by NBC Universal Television
- Television shows set in California
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