The Tony Randall Show (1976–1978)
CBS · Comedy, Family, Legal · 2 seasons · 30 min
Tony Randall plays a newly-elected Philadelphia municipal judge named Walter Franklin in The Tony Randall Show, which premiered in the Bicentennial Year of 1976.
The Tony Randall Show is a half-hour comedy series starring Emmy Award-winner Tony Randall as Judge Walter' Franklin, a contemporary courtroom judge in Philadelphia who has as many trials and vexations off the bench as on, it debuted Thursday, Sept. 30, 1976 on ABC-TV. A widower, Franklin lives with his two children, Roberta (Devon Scott), 18, and Oliver Wendell Franklin, 11, along with their housekeeper, Mrs. McClellan (Rachel Roberts). At the courthouse, -he is assisted by his court reporter and confidant, Jack Terwilliger (Barney Martin) and his sharp-tongued, sardonic, secretary, Miss Reubner (Allyn Ann McLerie).
Seasons
- Season 1 · 22 episodes · 1976
- Season 2 · 22 episodes · 1977
Cast
Tony Randall
Judge Walter Franklin
Barney Martin
Jack Terwillinger
Rachael Roberts
Mrs. Bonnie McClellan
Brad Savage
Oliver Wendell Franklin
Allyn Ann McLerie
Miss Janet Reubner
Zane Lasky
Mario Lanza
Devon Scott
Roberta "Bobby" Franklin #1 (season 1)
Penny Peyser
Roberta "Bobby" Franklin #2 (season 2)
Hans Conried
Wyatt Franklin (season 2)











