The Swiss Family Robinson (1975 TV series)

infobox Television
show_name = The Swiss Family Robinson
format = action / adventure
runtime = 60 minutes
producer = Irwin Allen
starring = Martin Milner
country = USA
network = American Broadcasting Company
first_aired = September 14, 1975
last_aired = March 28, 1976
num_episodes = 20
tv_com_id = 21927

"The Swiss Family Robinson" was a television series produced in the United States that aired during the 1975-76 season. The 2-hour pilot for the series debuted on April 15, 1975. Based upon the novel "The Swiss Family Robinson", the pilot and 20 subsequent episodes of the series were produced by Irwin Allen, who had earlier produced a futuristic adaptation of the same novel called "Lost in Space".

The series director was Leslie H. Martinson and second unit director was Stan Jolley. Story editing was by William Welch, cinematography was by Fred Jackman Jr., and original music was by Richard LaSalle.

The series starred Martin Milner (formerly of "Route 66 (TV series)" and "Adam-12") as Karl Robinson, the survivor of a shipwreck who found himself, his wife, and two sons stranded on a volcanic island. In one of her first acting performances, Helen Hunt co-starred as a young girl who was stranded on the island from the same shipwreck and taken in by the Robinson family. Befriending the Robinsons was Jeremiah Worth (played by Cameron Mitchell (actor)), a sailor who had survived on the island alone for 7 years following an earlier shipwreck.

Cast

* Martin Milner as Karl Robinson
* Pat Delaney as Lotte Robinson
* Willie Aames as Fred Robinson
* Eric Olson as Ernie Robinson
* Helen Hunt as Helga Wagner
* Cameron Mitchell as Jeremiah Worth

External links

* [http://www.iann.net/swissfamily/ Irwin Allen News Network] (The Irwin Allen News Network's Swiss Family Robinson page)
* [http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/swissfamily.php Television Obscurities "Irwin Allen's Swiss Family Robinson" Website]
* [http://fansites.hollywood.com/~martin_milner Martin Milner Fansite @ Hollywood.com] Includes a page on the Swiss Family Robinson series----