Run for Your Life (TV series)
- Run for Your Life (TV series)
infobox television
show_name = Run for Your Life
caption = "Run for Your Life" intro screenshot
rating =
format = Drama
runtime = 60 minutes
(per episode)
director = John Rich
Michael Ritchie
Leslie H. Martinson
Stuart Rosenberg
Ben Gazzara
producer = Jo Swerling, Jr.
Robert Hamner
Roy Huggins
creator = Roy Huggins
starring = Ben Gazzara
country = flagcountry|United States
network = NBC
first_aired = September 13, 1965
last_aired = March 27, 1968
num_episodes = 85
list_episodes =
imdb_id = 0058844
tv_com_id = 5935
"Run for Your Life" is a television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to 1968. The series was created by Roy Huggins, who had previously explored the "man on the move" concept with "The Fugitive".
ynopsis
Gazzara plays lawyer Paul Bryan. When his doctor tells him he will die in a year or two, he decides to do all the things he had never had time for. Much like "Route 66", each episode features the main character on the move, encountering new people in new situations.
Notable guest stars
Several guest stars had recurring roles on the series, including Fernando Lamas as professional gigolo Ramon da Vega, Jeremy Slate as race car driver Pete Gaffney, Ina Balin as Lisa Sorrow, Martin Milner as Mike Greene, and Stephen McNally as Mike Allen. Other notable guest stars include [cite web |url=http://www.edrobertson.com/run_for_your_life.htm |title=Television Chronicles: "Run for Your Life"|accessdate=2007-12-28 |author= Robertson, Ed |date=1998-02] :
*Jack Albertson
*Tige Andrews
*Eve Arden
*Edward Asner
*Ernest Borgnine
*Rossano Brazzi
*Joseph Campanella
*Macdonald Carey
*Dabney Coleman
*Kim Darby
*Ossie Davis
*Bobby Darin
*Bruce Dern
*Michael Dunn
*Anthony Eisley
*Bert Freed
*Peter Graves
*Harry Guardino
*Pat Harrington, Jr.
*Arthur Hill
*Diana Hyland
*Jack Kelly
*Carol Lawrence
*Peter Lawford
*Cloris Leachman
*Robert Loggia
*Carol Lynley
*Jocelyn Lane
*Kent McCord
*Roddy McDowall
*Gavin McLeod
*Sal Mineo
*Mary Ann Mobley
*Rita Moreno
*Edward Mulhare
*Leslie Nielsen
*Sheree North
*Jack Palance
*Brock Peters
*Suzanne Pleshette
*Don Rickles
*Sugar Ray Robinson
*Katharine Ross
*Gena Rowlands
*Janice Rule
*Telly Savalas
*Jacqueline Scott
*Henry Silva
*Louise Sorel
*Susan Strasberg
*Barry Sullivan
*Mel Tormé
*Lesley Ann Warren
*William Windom
References
External links
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* [http://www.tv.com/run-for-your-life/show/5935/summary.html "Run for Your Life" at TV.com]
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