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Genre Sitcom Country of origin United States Final episode date 16 June 1955 Number of seasons 1 | 7/10 IMDb Composer(s) Elliot Daniel First episode date 18 September 1954 Network CBS Number of episodes 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by Louis Pelletier
William Spier Written by Bob Fisher
Alan Lipscott
Ellis Marcus
Louis Pelletier
William Spier
Harold Swanton Starring June Havoc
Mary Treen
Whitfield Connor Program creators William Spier, Louis Pelletier Cast June Havoc, Mary Treen, Sterling Holloway, Harold Peary, Lloyd Corrigan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Not to be confused with Free Willy (TV series)
Willy is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from September 1954 to June 1955. The series stars June Havoc and was produced by Desilu Productions.
Overview
June Havoc stars as Wilma "Willy" Dodger, a lawyer from rural New Hampshire who, because of the lack of clientele, relocates to New York City to represent a vaudeville troupe. Mary Treen and Whitfield Connor appeared in two episodes of Willy as Emily Dodger, Willy's sister, and Charlie Bush, Willy's boyfriend. Willy was produced by William Spier, Havoc's third and last husband.
In the premiere episode a young Aaron Spelling plays a dogcatcher as Willy defends the owner of a dog blamed for scaring a farmer's sheep. Character actor Charles Lane guest starred in the episode as Willy's boss.
Willy followed That's My Boy, another situation comedy on the CBS Saturday lineup. It aired opposite Your Hit Parade on NBC.