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4/10 TV Country of origin United States First episode date 15 September 1972 Number of episodes 48 | 7.9/10 IMDb Genre Sitcom Original language(s) English Final episode date 29 March 1974 Number of seasons 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Also known as ''The Little People (1st season) Starring Brian KeithShelley FabaresMoe KealeVictoria YoungRoger Bowen Cast Similar Blansky's Beauties, Me and the Chimp, The Westerner, Family Affair, Hey - Landlord | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Brian Keith Show (originally titled The Little People) is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 1972 to March 1974. The series stars Brian Keith and Shelley Fabares.
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Keith plays Dr. Sean Jamison, a pediatrician running a free clinic for children in Hawaii. Shelley Fabares stars as his daughter who also works as pediatrician alongside her father. The first-season supporting cast included Stephen Hague as Alfred Landis and Sean Tyler Hall as Stewart, two neighborhood youngsters. Keith's wife Victoria Young played Nurse Puni. Michael Gray appeared the first season as Ronnie Collins, a student doctor, and Moe Keale played Officer O'Shaughnessy. Keith drove a tiny 1970 Citroën Méhari jeep as his main automobile.
In the fall of 1973, with the renaming of the series to The Brian Keith Show, Gray, Hague, and Hall left the cast. Nancy Kulp and Roger Bowen joined the series in the roles of wealthy landlady, Mrs. Millard Gruber, and the allergist, Dr. Spencer Chaffee.
Guest stars included Edward Binns, Victor Buono, Christopher Connelly, Jackie Coogan, Jack Elam, Nina Foch, Dawn Lyn, Pat Morita, Douglas Mossman, Merlin Olsen (as himself), Dick Van Patten, Reta Shaw (as Miss Gormley), Ronnie Schell, Robert Sterling, Dub Taylor, David Wayne (as Uncle Timothy Jamison), and Chris Hanks (as the kid bouncing an airless ball).