Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law

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)

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

The cast in 1973.

Guest stars

The series marked one of director Steven Spielberg's earliest television directing stints and boasted several guest stars including:


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)

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