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Ben Casey

1961–1966·Ended·5 Seasons·153 Episodes·47 min·ABC (US)·Monday · 22:00

Studio: Bing Crosby Productions

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Overview

Ben Casey was a gritty realistic hospital drama, that was not afraid to touch on controversial subjects at the time. Vince Edwards starred in the title role as Dr. Ben Casey, a neurosurgeon at the fictional County General Hospital.

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Cast

Vince Edwards

Sam Jaffe

Franchot Tone

Daniel Freeland

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Keywords

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Seasons

Season 132 episodes

1961

But Linda Only Smiled

The Insolent Heart

I Remember a Lemon Tree

An Expensive Glass of Water

The Sound of Laughter

A Few Brief Lines for Dave

Pavane for a Gentle Lady

My Good Friend Krikor

The Sweet Kiss of Madness

A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness

A Dark Night for Billy Harris

A Memory of Candy Stripes

Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor

A Story to Be Softly Told

The Big Trouble with Charlie

Give My Hands an Epitaph

Victory Wears a Cruel Smile

Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase

Behold a Pale Horse

For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses

To a Grand and Natural Finale

Monument to an Aged Hunter

All the Clocks are Ticking

Among Others a Girl Named Abilene

A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes

And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears

Preferably, the Less-Used Arm

An Uncommonly Innocent Killing

So Oft It Chances in Particular Men

When You See an Evil Man

Season 231 episodes

1962

Mrs. McBroom and the Cloud Watcher

The Night That Nothing Happened

In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption

Legacy from a Stranger

Go Not Gently into the Night

Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road

Of All Save Pain Bereft

And Even Death Shall Die

The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits

Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season

I Hear America Singing

Pack Up All My Cares and Woes

Saturday, Surgery and Stanley Shultz

I'll Be Alright in the Morning

A Cardinal Act of Mercy (1)

A Cardinal Act of Mercy (2)

Use Neon for My Epitaph

He Thought He Saw an Albatross

A Short Biographical Sketch of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D.

A Hundred More Pipers

Suffer the Little Children

Rigadoon for Three Pianos

The White Ones Are Dolphins

Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud?

For I Will Plait Thy Hair with Gold

Father Was an Intern

Rage Against the Dying Light

La Vie, La Vie IntÃ©rieure

My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow

Lullaby for Billy Dignan

Hang No Hats on Dreams

Season 333 episodes

1963

For This Relief, Much Thanks

Justice to a Microbe

With the Rich and Mighty, Always a Little Patience

If There Were Dreams to Sell

The Echo of a Silent Cheer (1)

The Echo of a Silent Cheer (2)

Little Drops of Water, Little Grains of Sand

Light Up the Dark Corners

Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Fire in a Sacred Fruit Tree

Dispel the Black Cyclone That Shakes the Throne

My Love, My Love

From Too Much Love of Living

It Is Getting Dark... and We Are Lost

The Last Splintered Spoke on the Old Burlesque Wheel

The Light that Loses, the Night that Wins

I'll Get on My Ice Floe and Wave Goodbye

The Only Place Where They Know My Name

There Was Once a Man in the Land of Uz

One Nation Indivisible

Goodbye to Blue Elephants and Such

The Bark of a Three-Headed Hound

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

A Falcon's Eye, a Lion's Heart, and a Girl's Hand

The Lonely Ones

Keep Out of Reach of Adults

Dress My Doll Pretty

Onions and Mustard Seed Will Make Her Weep

Make Me the First American

Heap Logs and Let the Blaze Laugh Out

For a Just Man Falleth Seven Times

Evidence of Things Not Seen

Season 431 episodes

1964

August is the Month Before Christmas

A Bird in the Solitude Singing

But Who Shall Beat the Drums?

Autumn Without Red Leaves

You Fish or You Cut Bait

For Jimmy, the Best of Everything

Woods Full of Question Marks

A Thousand Words are Mute

Money, a Horse, and a Knowledge of Latin

A Disease of the Heart Called Love

Kill the Dream, but Spare the Dreamer

Courage at 3 A.M.

This Wild, Wild, Wild Waltzing World

A Boy is Standing Outside the Door

Where Does the Boomerang Go?

Every Other Minute, It's the End of the World

A Rambling Discourse on Egyptian Water Clocks

When I am Grown to Man's Estate

A Man, a Maid, and a Marionette

A Dipperful of Water from a Poisoned Well

A Little Fun to Match the Sorrow

Minus That Rusty Old Hacksaw

Eulogy in Four Flats

Three Li'l Lambs

A Slave is On the Throne

Journeys End in Lovers Meeting

The Day They Stole County General

Did Your Mother Come From Ireland, Ben Casey?

From Sutter's Crick...and Beyond Farewell

A Horse Named Stravinsky

Season 526 episodes

1965

O the Big Wheel Turns by Faith

A Nightingale Named Nathan

Run For Your Lives, Dr. Galanos Practices Here

Because of the Needle, the Haystack was Lost

What to Her is Plato?

Francini? Who is Francini?

Then I, and You, and All of Us Fall Down

No More, Cried the Roosterâ€”There Will Be Truth

The Importance of Being 65937

When Givers Prove Unkind

The Man from Quasilia

Why Did the Day Go Backwards?

If You Really Want to Know What Goes On In a Hospital...

If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a Loser

In Case of Emergency, Cry Havoc

Meantime, We Shall Express our Darker Purpose

For San Diego, You Need a Different Bus

Smile, Baby, Smile, It's Only Twenty Dols of Pain

Fun and Games and Other Tragic Things

Weave Nets To Catch The Wind

Lullaby for a Wind-Up Toy

Where Did All the Roses Go?

Twenty-Six Ways to Spell Heartbreak, A, B, C, D ...

Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes, Here Comes The Cold Wind Of Truth

Then, Suddenly, Panic

Added: 5/19/2026Updated: 6/4/2026