''Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law'' is an American

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, jointly created by David Victor and former speech professor Jerry McNeely, that starred Arthur Hill. The series was broadcast on ABC from

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to 1974; Victor and McNeely produced it under the "Groverton Productions" banner through

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, then an MCA company. A two-hour pilot movie, titled "A Pattern of Morality," had aired as a 1971 '' ABC Movie of the Week'' 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

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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, David Soul, and Lee Majors. ''Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law'' had two crossovers with '' Marcus Welby, M.D.,'' 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 (

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) in a paternity suit filed by a young nurse, who claims that Kiley is the father of her child.

Cast

* 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 many well-known guest stars, including: * Christine Belford * Lane Bradbury *

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Episodes

References

External links

* * {{epguides, id=OwenMarshall 1971 American television series debuts 1974 American television series endings ABC Movie of the Week 1970s American legal drama television series American English-language television shows Television series by Universal Television Television shows set in Santa Barbara, California American Broadcasting Company television dramas