''Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law'' is an American
legal drama
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, jointly created by David Victor and former law professor Jerry McNeely, that starred
Arthur Hill. The series was broadcast on
ABC from
1971 to
1974; Victor and McNeely produced it under the "Groverton Productions" banner through
Universal Television
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, then an MCA company. A two-hour
pilot
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movie, titled "A Pattern of Morality," had aired as a 1971 ''
ABC Movie of the Week
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'' entry prior to the beginning of the series run.
Synopsis
Hill starred as Owen Marshall, a former prosecutor turned compassionate defense attorney, who defended various clients in
Santa Barbara, California
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, with the help of his young assistants. During the series run, several actors appeared as Marshall's assistants, including
Reni Santoni
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,
David Soul
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, and
Lee Majors
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.
''Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law'' had two crossovers with ''
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,'' another series in whose creation and production David Victor was directly involved. In the first, "Men Who Care," Welby (
Robert Young) persuades Marshall to defend a man who is accused of killing his daughter's boyfriend, the daughter being one of Welby's patients. In the second, "I've Promised You a Father," Marshall defends Welby's colleague Dr. Steven Kiley (
James Brolin) in a paternity suit filed by a young nurse, who claims that Kiley is the father of her child.
Cast
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Arthur Hill as Owen Marshall
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David Soul
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as Ted Warrick
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Reni Santoni
Reni may refer to:
Places
* Reni, Alwar, Alwar district, Rajasthan, India
* Reni, Chamoli (also ''Raini''), Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, devastated by the 2021 Uttarakhand flood
* Reni, Churu, Churu district, Rajasthan, India
* Reni, U ...
as Danny Paterno
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Lee Majors
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as Jess Brandon
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Joan Darling
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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 many well-known guest stars, including:
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Christine Belford
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John Davidson
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John Denver
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Farrah Fawcett
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Paul Fix
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Arthur Franz
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Mark Hamill
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Pat Harrington Jr.
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Sam Jaffe
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Kathleen Lloyd
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Donald Mantooth
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Randolph Mantooth
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Darren McGavin
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Vic Morrow
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Ricky Nelson
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Gerald S. O'Loughlin
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Dennis Patrick
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Episodes
References
External links
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* {{epguides, id=OwenMarshall
1971 American television series debuts
1974 American television series endings
ABC Movie of the Week
American Broadcasting Company original programming
1970s American drama television series
1970s American legal television series
English-language television shows
Television series by Universal Television
Television shows set in Santa Barbara, California