Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
220px Marshall (Arthur Hill) with clients. From left: Michael Witney, Sharon Gless, John Davidson, Louise Sorel, 1972.
Created by	Jerry McNeely David Victor
Starring	Arthur Hill Reni Santoni David Soul Lee Majors Joan Darling Christine Matchett
Theme music composer	Elmer Bernstein
Composer(s)	Lyn Murray
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	69 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Universal TV
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	ABC
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	September 16, 1971 (1971-09-16) – August 24, 1974 (1974-08-24)
External links
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Owen 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.

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 prior to his appearance in The Six Million Dollar Man.

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law had two crossovers with another David Victor series - Marcus Welby, M.D.. In "Men Who Care", Welby persuades Marshall to defend a man who's accused of killing his daughter's boyfriend, the daughter being one of Welby's patients. In "I've Promised You a Father", Marshall defends Welby's colleague Dr. Steve Kiley in a paternity suit filed by a young nurse, who claims that Kiley is the father of her child.

Cast

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The cast in 1973.

• 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:

• Christine Belford
• Rory Calhoun
• Patty Duke
• Richard Eastham
• Farrah Fawcett
• Sharon Gless
• Mark Hamill
• Pat Harrington, Jr.
• Darby Hinton
• Donald Mantooth
• Randolph Mantooth
• Scott Marlowe
• Tim Matheson
• Donna Mills
• Ricky Nelson
• Larry Pennell
• Edward Platt
• Dick Sargent
• Susan Strasberg
• Joan Tompkins (thricely)
• John Travolta
• Lindsay Wagner
• Dana Wynter

Episodes

Main article: List of Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law episodes

Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	TV film		September 12, 1971 (1971-09-12)
	1	23	September 16, 1971 (1971-09-16)	March 2, 1972 (1972-03-02)
	2	23	September 14, 1972 (1972-09-14)	March 14, 1973 (1973-03-14)
	3	23	September 12, 1973 (1973-09-12)	April 6, 1974 (1974-04-06)

External links

• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law at IMDb
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law at TV.com
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law at epguides.com