The Islanders (TV series)

infobox television
show_name = The Islanders
format = Adventure
runtime = approx. 50 minutes
creator = Richard L. Bare
original packager = MGM Television
starring = William Reynolds
James Philbrook
Diane Brewster
country = USA
network = ABC
first_aired = October 2, 1960
last_aired = March 26, 1961
num_episodes = 24
imdb_id = 0053511
tv_com_id = 20033

"The Islanders", an adventure television series on ABC from 1960-1961, starred William Reynolds (born 1931), James Philbrook (ca. 1924-1982), and Diane Brewster (1931-1991).

At the beginning of the series, Sandy Wade (Reynolds) and Zack Malloy (Philbrook), co-owners of a Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft, start their one-plane airline in the Spice Islands of the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Throughout the series they experience a variety of adventures where seemingly harmless charter flights put them into danger. They are frequently aided in their endeavours by Wilhelmina ”Steamboat Willy” Vanderveer (Brewster) and Shipwreck Callighan (Roy Wright).

"The Islanders" aired at 9:30 Eastern time on Sunday evenings opposite "The Jack Benny Program" and "Candid Camera" on CBS and the second half of "The Dinah Shore Show and the last season of "The Loretta Young Show" on NBC.

After "The Islanders", Philbrook co-starred in the 1962-1963 season as a magazine publisher and the love interest of Loretta Young in her short-lived "The New Loretta Young Show", which aired Mondays on CBS. Reynolds went on to star in two other ABC series,"The Gallant Men", a World War II series, and "The FBI" with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Diane Brewster appeared in 1957-1958 in the first season of "Leave It to Beaver" as Miss Canfield, a role later taken by Sue Randall (1935-1984) as Miss Landers.