Ben Casey

Gritty realistic hospital drama featuring manly Dr. Casey against the medical establishment, at first, under the watchful eye of Dr. Zorba, and later under the thumb of Chief of Surgery Dr. Freeland.

Genre: Drama

Cast:Vince Edwards , Sam Jaffe , Harry Landers , Jeanne Bates , Bettye Ackerman , Nick Dennis , Franchot Tone , Don Spruance , John Zaremba , Ruth Foster , Linda Lawson , Gregory Morton , Jim McMullan , Mary Gregory , Alice Rodriguez , Leo Penn , Virginia Gregg , Ned Glass

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ To the Pure

Sun, Oct 1, 1961

Chief Resident Ben Casey, M.D. is introduced as a brilliant but headstrong neurosurgeon at County General Hospital. When a young boy is admitted with a serious illness, Dr. Casey recommends a series of operations that could cure him. When the senior doctors at the hospital refuse to let him operate, he ignores them and goes directly to the boys mother, who authorizes the surgery. After the first surgery is a success, the administration agrees to let him continue the surgeries but an accidental exposure to the rabies virus threatens not only his career, but his life.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ But Linda Only Smiled

Sun, Oct 8, 1961

A woman prevents Dr. Casey from treating her daughter's medical condition because of her religious beliefs.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Insolent Heart

Sun, Oct 15, 1961

Though a young woman's life cannot be saved, there is a chance that the life of a severely challenged old colleague,Dr Waldman, can be prolonged somewhat through experimental surgery.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ I Remember a Lemon Tree

Sun, Oct 22, 1961

A skilled young neurosurgeon hides that he has a fatal illness and that he is using morphine to cope, behaves rudely to colleagues. and asks his pregnant wife for a divorce.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ An Expensive Glass of Water

Sun, Oct 29, 1961

A ruthless tycoon, used to throwing his weight around in the boardroom, tries to do the same in the hospital, when told by Zorba to check in for possible neurosurgery.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The Sound of Laughter

Sun, Nov 5, 1961

A middling night club comic struggles to get back on his feet and regain his ability to laugh at life, when his brain operation results in some loss of motor control.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ A Few Brief Lines for Dave

Sun, Nov 12, 1961

Casey gives a doctor returning from private practice to his old comfort zone as a resident a hard time.In a parallel story a patient that doctor tries to help is a female hypochondriac falling back as well on the hospital as a crutch.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Pavane for a Gentle Lady

Sun, Nov 19, 1961

Dr. Casey is trying to ease the pain of an older patient by convincing her to undergo a dangerous operation, while simultaneously holding off on operating on a child while other pediatricians pressure him to make a decision.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ My Good Friend Krikor

Sun, Nov 26, 1961

Nick convinces Casey to visit a psych ward patient whose family wants to put him away.Is that patient's erratic behavior possibly caused by a growth that neurosurgery can try to remove?

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ The Sweet Kiss of Madness

Sun, Dec 3, 1961

Dr. Reynolds learns that a young patient received his injuries from his own father, but withholds the information from Dr. Casey.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness

Sun, Dec 10, 1961

Casey tells off a lackluster new intern and convinces a sad young epileptic that being abandoned by her spouse, losing her baby, and being kept out of sight by stuffy parents is not the end of things.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Dark Night for Billy Harris

Sun, Dec 17, 1961

Billy Harris is shot three times while holding up a liquor store. He and the cop who shot him tell Dr. Casey two different versions of the shooting.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ And If I Die

Sun, Dec 31, 1961

A 38 year old woman is pregnant, and she's having fainting spells. The doctors determine she has a brain tumor that must be operated on immediately, but the risk to her or the baby is great.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ A Memory of Candy Stripes

Sun, Jan 7, 1962

Casey puts a new patient, an alcoholic former doctor, to work doing blood tests while a volunteer candy striper learns not to become too attached to another patient.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Imagine a Long Bright Corridor

Sun, Jan 14, 1962

Ben Casey is the doctor in charge for a night in the Main Admitting Room; among others, he examines a withdrawn girl, a stabbing victim, and a juvenile delinquent.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ A Story to Be Softly Told

Sun, Jan 21, 1962

Gerry and Lee Bramson's marriage is shaky, partly because their son is mentally handicapped.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ The Big Trouble with Charlie

Sun, Jan 28, 1962

Dr. Casey suspects that a fellow resident on his service, Dr. Charlie Kozelka, performed an illegal abortion.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Give My Hands an Epitaph

Sun, Feb 4, 1962

Casey's predecessor, former chief resident Dr. Philip Walton has developed a new method of doing a craniectomy in children. However, when Casey learns that Walton has Parkinson's Disease, he tries to prevent him from operating on a child.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Victory Wears a Cruel Smile

Sun, Feb 11, 1962

When a novice needs hospital care after seeing double, Casey uncovers malpractice by her assigned doctor and risks going to court on a slander charge for exposing the quack.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase

Sun, Feb 18, 1962

An Austrian émigré doctor with 3 decades of experience bristles with resentment that he is required to do a long US hospital retraining residency and only gradually opens up to relearning from Casey and others.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Behold a Pale Horse

Sun, Feb 25, 1962

A pushy businessman injures himself trying to prevent his daughter's marriage.What is her harmful secret that he has hidden for 14 years and kept her in the dark about?

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses

Sun, Mar 4, 1962

A decorated veteran hiding his identity puts off having a 13th surgery for his back due to superstition. A Navajo boy making hospital deliveries who he bonds with is similarly afraid of the number 4.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ To a Grand and Natural Finale

Sun, Mar 11, 1962

A high strung little girl recuperating near a depressed elderly man is tempted to help him kill himself. An injured black boxer avoids care and surgery as it may end his rising career.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ Monument to an Aged Hunter

Sun, Mar 18, 1962

A famed aged hunter and a youth of no fame have fatal infections resisting antibiotics.A new supply of an experimental drug is enough for only one of them.Who should Casey, Zorba, and the hunter's regular doctor choose to get treatment?

25Season 1

S1.E25 ∙ All the Clocks Are Ticking

Sun, Mar 25, 1962

While his friend Dr Hoffman is sidelined with strange symptoms, Casey deals with an injured middle aged ex-heiress with delusions of grandeur, who refuses to face the facts of a biopsy.

26Season 1

S1.E26 ∙ Among Others, a Girl Named Abilene

Sun, Apr 1, 1962

Dr. Casey spends a Saturday on Outside Medical Relief while the Neurosurgical staff, thinking Casey needs money, take up a collection for him.

27Season 1

S1.E27 ∙ A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes

Sun, Apr 15, 1962

Aiko Tanaka suffers from a ruptured spinal disk and blindness caused by a school fire. She insists that Casey perform brain surgery to restore her sight, but he refuses, convinced that her blindness is psychological.

28Season 1

S1.E28 ∙ And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears

Sun, Apr 22, 1962

Nurse Anna Olsen and patient Eve Porter deal with menopause.

29Season 1

S1.E29 ∙ Preferably, the Less-Used Arm

Sun, Apr 29, 1962

Man with head wound is put in neurosurgery ward. An intern notices he has smallpox. The ward is put in quarantine. Authorities race to vaccinate anyone who came in contact.

30Season 1

S1.E30 ∙ An Uncommonly Innocent Killing

Sun, May 6, 1962

Gene Bilstrom is a leading business man of the community but a series of incidents causes his family concern. Bilstrom is admitted to the hospital for a complete mental evaluation but there is a fear of the stigma involved.

31Season 1

S1.E31 ∙ So Oft It Chances in Particular Men

Sun, May 20, 1962

Brilliant chemist John Wickware is seemingly catatonic since his wife spent the night at a friend's house. The wife's parents want John committed . Casey thinks there is an organic cause.

32Season 1

S1.E32 ∙ When You See an Evil Man

Sun, May 27, 1962

Casey's patient and acquaintance Alma Gardner confesses to police that she killed her husband, former staff neurologist Dr. Paul Gardner, and then attempted suicide by shooting herself in the head.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Mrs McBroom and the Cloud Watcher

Sun, Sep 30, 1962

A hysterectomy patient bonds with an orphaned girl who needs brain surgery and overcomes the fear of getting close after having lost two children of her own.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ The Night That Nothing Happened

Sun, Oct 7, 1962

While Dr. Casey is in charge for a night in the Main Admitting Room, there is a city-wide blackout that affects the treatment of several patients, including a woman about to give birth.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption

Sun, Oct 14, 1962

World wanderer Charles Dirkson comes back with a brain tumor and reunites with his three estranged daughters.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Legacy from a Stranger

Sun, Oct 21, 1962

Casey's ward includes convicted criminal Ollie Burdick, in the final stages of a terminal illness, and Illyana Trivas, a young woman whose blindness has resulted in own life being over. Burdick agrees to will his corneas to Illyana so that she might want to live again; however, they each accuse Ben of playing God.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Go Not Gently Into the Night

Sun, Oct 28, 1962

Parents refuse an operation on their son if the tumor is malignant.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road

Sun, Nov 4, 1962

Dying priest and rabbi help an ill race car driver make a decision about a life-changing operation.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Of All Save Pain Bereft

Sun, Nov 11, 1962

Connie Dawson's wedding anniversary takes a strange turn when her husband Joe gives her a bracelet engraved with the name of another woman. Joe, having been amnesiac for eight years, seeks help from Dr. Rossi in restoring his memory and reconciling his past, which includes another wife.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ And Even Death Shall Die

Sun, Nov 18, 1962

David Duncan, a young archaeology student with a bright future, is stricken with illness just as he prepares to wed. He refuses to contemplate life ahead without reassurance that he can be cured. Ben is faced with the unenviable dilemma of delivering a terminal diagnosis to him.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ The Firemen Who Raised Rabbits

Sun, Nov 25, 1962

Calvin Ross, a man with the intellect of a child, is a beloved mascot for his local firehouse. After being injured and hospitalized, the fireman decide to remove him from the hospital in an effort to prevent his sister from having him institutionalized. Ben looks the other way but finds himself professionally censured for aiding in Ross's "abduction."

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season

Sun, Dec 2, 1962

During the hectic holiday season, Ben hires elderly Mrs. Plumduff, a nurse with an excellent reputation. Her eccentricities, including serving homemade plum pudding to the patients, soon begin to compromise established hospital routines. However, the situation becomes even more untenable when Mrs. Plumduff decides to isolate an injured young motorcyclist and a salty bronco rider.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ I Hear America Singing

Sun, Dec 9, 1962

Traveling salesman O.B. Dodson inadvertently hits Rose Hill, a local vagrant, with his car. Ben attempts to prevent Dodson from taking advantage of Rose when he arrives at the hospital with the intention of cajoling her into absolving him of any legal responsibility for the accident. The situation becomes more complicated when romantic feelings develop.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Pack Up All My Care and Woe

Sun, Dec 16, 1962

Criminal attorney Bradley Hunt represents Lester Partridge, a prisoner convicted thirty years ago for murder. When a tumor is discovered in Partridge's brain, Hunt compels Ben to testify that an operation could possibly alter his client's personality and consequently provide a good argument for parole.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Saturday, Surgery, and Stanley Schultz

Sun, Dec 30, 1962

Stanley Schultz, an aging vaudevillian, believes his old routines will rally patients. He commandeers Ben's ward to use as his theater of good cheer, but his good intentions become harsh disappointments when his act fails to elicit the response he wanted.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ I'll Be All Right in the Morning

Sun, Jan 6, 1963

Casey's colleague Dr. Keith Bernard suffers from severe balance issues that affect his ability to work. Although Ben recommends surgery, Bernard refuses, opting instead for physical therapy from polio victim Laura Saunders, another doctor who has developed romantic feelings for her patient.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ A Cardinal Act of Mercy: Part 1

Sun, Jan 13, 1963

A successful but arrogant lawyer, one of the few women to make it to the very top in a male profession, enters the hospital, and it turns out that she's hiding an addiction to heroin.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ A Cardinal Act of Mercy: Part 2

Sun, Jan 20, 1963

Having discovered Faith Parsons's excuse of a back injury to feed her addiction to morphine, Zorba demands that Casey make changes in her treatment. Faith then cleverly exploits the attention of a young hospital visitor to help her procure the drug she craves.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Use Neon for My Epitaph

Sun, Jan 27, 1963

During the filming of a major motion picture, leading actor Miles Houghton is rushed to County General with a medical emergency. Casey must break the news that further work will quite literally kill Houghton. He must retire, despite the fact that the film's producer stands to lose millions of dollars if his star quits.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ He Thought He Saw an Albatross

Sun, Feb 3, 1963

Following the loss of her newborn baby, Jane Demarest begins to lose touch with reality. Although Casey recommends surgical intervention, psychiatrist Walter Kulik professes confidence in his ability to cure her through therapy. His dogged determination ultimately begins to affect his own psychological health.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ A Short Biographical Sketch of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D.

Sun, Feb 10, 1963

James Peabody, an eager beaver young physician, bites off far more than he can chew.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ A Hundred More Pipers

Sun, Feb 17, 1963

Dr. Alvin Mackenzie, a brilliant but cold surgeon, is consumed with pathological hatred for his ex-wife Anna. When he is faced with the prospect of performing the surgery that will save her life, Mackenzie's bitterness intensifies, prompting Casey to intervene.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Suffer the Little Children

Sun, Feb 24, 1963

Casey and a hospital radiologist are at loggerheads over the death of a thirteen month old child. He suspects the infant's death and serious injuries to the child's sister were not an accident, and sets out to prove their parents, John and Helen Randall, are the perpetrators.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Rigadoon for Three Pianos

Sun, Mar 3, 1963

Greta Bauer wants to marry fiancé Kevin Blake; however, her mother opposes the marriage and insists that Greta concentrate on a career as a concert pianist.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ The White Ones Are Dolphins

Sun, Mar 10, 1963

City Councilman York receives treatment from Casey at County General, while outside the hospital, a group of protesters create a disturbance. Student nurse Michael Ann Bowersox is embarrassed to discover that her eccentric father is among the protesters targeting York.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud

Sun, Mar 17, 1963

Professional quarterback Terry Dunne (Neville Brand) is hospitalized with an unknown, but debilitating, illness. When he is diagnosed with a serious, but perhaps operable, brain tumor, Dunne decides that his team's life insurance policy makes him more valuable dead than alive (but unable to participate in sports). Can Dr. Casey convince this talented, well-educated, and intelligent man that he is worth more than money AND that life after football may be more rewarding to his family than a financially secure, but fatherless home?

25Season 2

S2.E25 ∙ For I Will Plait thy Hair with Gold

Sun, Mar 24, 1963

Two patients face brain surgery with completely different outlooks. Disfigured Bartholomew looks forward to perhaps a better future. Beautiful Julie facing potential blindness and lengthy recovery, is unsure of fiance Carter.

26Season 2

S2.E26 ∙ Father Was an Intern

Sun, Mar 31, 1963

A middle-aged man's decision to give up everything to become a doctor has some major implications for and effects on his family.

27Season 2

S2.E27 ∙ Rage Against the Dying Light

Sun, Apr 14, 1963

Two cases of paralysis confront Ben Casey. First, he clashes with Dr. Charles Freel, another young neurosurgeon, over the treatment of a stricken laborer. He also tackles the case of Burton Strang, a celebrated architect whose illness interferes with his ultimate quest to build a cathedral.

28Season 2

S2.E28 ∙ La Vie, La Vie Interieure

Sun, Apr 21, 1963

Casey diagnoses temperamental French chanteuse Madeline Marossi with a brain lesion. Although her condition proves to be terminal, the headstrong singer insists upon carrying out her commitment to perform at an upcoming concert for servicemen.

29Season 2

S2.E29 ∙ My Enemy Is a Bright Green Sparrow

Sun, Apr 28, 1963

Casey's patient Robert Anderson responds to surgical treatment with only partial success, and he disagrees with psychiatrist Dr. Laura Chappelle, who theorizes Anderson's problem is rooted in a repressed incident experienced during the war. As Dr. Chappelle decides to use truth serum to uncover unpleasant memories, she must face her own.

30Season 2

S2.E30 ∙ Lullaby for Billy Dignan

Sun, May 5, 1963

James and Martha Dignan's infant foster son Billy must undergo surgery. Although the procedure will save the child's life, the costly post-operative care is likely to completely exhaust the family's finances. Casey is caught in the middle when one parent consents, and the other insists upon returning Billy to the adoption agency.

31Season 2

S2.E31 ∙ Hang No Hats on Dreams

Sun, May 12, 1963

Dr. Malcolm Flanders declines Casey's prescription of neurological surgery to treat his spinal tumor. Meanwhile, Flanders' daughter Gloria rekindles a former romance with Dr. Hoffman, but their relationship is endangered by Dr. Flanders's domination of his daughter.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ For This Relief, Much Thanks

Sun, Sep 8, 1963

Following a fall at his father's restaurant, clarinetist Jason Landros, dressed in a Nazi uniform, is admitted to Neurosurgery.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Justice to a Microbe

Tue, Sep 17, 1963

After a worker is admitted to the hospital with a radioactive substance lodged in his spine, County General finds itself in a state of emergency with all employees on alert. Meanwhile, Casey must deal with Mike Rosario, a fellow doctor with a big desire for adulation.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ With the Rich and Mighty, Always a Little Patience

Tue, Sep 24, 1963

Ben Casey's new patient is the wealthy Penelope Shattuck who is used to getting what she wants. And she has decided what she wants is marriage to the handsome doctor. Casey has other ideas.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Allie

Tue, Oct 1, 1963

During a league game, baseball player Allie Burns is injured while stealing home. Faced with the loss of an eye, Allie must learn to navigate a new world, a journey impeded by ophthalmologist Felix Martin, himself embittered by racial inequalities.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ If There Were Dreams to Sell

Tue, Oct 8, 1963

Young Collie Smith lives in a world dreams. When she loses her beloved grandfather, she looks to Casey as a father figure. Her mother Jean, cynical and impoverished after a lifetime of failed dreams, fears Casey will only hurt her child with more false hopes.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ The Echo of a Silent Cheer: Part 1

Tue, Oct 15, 1963

Casey recommends surgery for young athlete Larry Masterson, but clashes with his father David, who feels an operation is not necessary. When David steadfastly refuses to give medical consent for surgery, Casey seeks assistance from Masterson's estranged wife Carol.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ The Echo of a Silent Cheer: Part 2

Tue, Oct 22, 1963

Athletic Larry Masterson becomes paralyzed following emergency surgery performed by Ben Casey. After Larry's father David files a lawsuit for unauthorized surgery, the hospital board forces Casey to resign from County General. He takes the witness stand at that ensuing trial in an effort to save his reputation and career.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Little Drops of Water, Little Grains of Sand

Tue, Oct 29, 1963

Dr. Casey misdiagnoses Frank Alusik's lead poisoning, contracted at his job, as a brain tumor. This prompts Mr. Kranz, the attorney for the employer's insurance company, to make Frank an offer he considers: $15,000 plus the cost of an operation to determine if Frank has a brain tumor. However, the operation could kill Frank in the absence of a tumor. Meanwhile, Mr. Lindsey, Frank's attorney, urges Frank to sue his employer for $100,000.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Light Up the Dark Corners

Tue, Nov 5, 1963

A bar room brawl sends salty Irish sea captain Mark Cassidy to County General for treatment. There, he falls for Kathleen Dooley, a spirited nurse and equally strong personality. However, their burgeoning romance becomes threatened by Casey, who discovers that Cassidy's condition is more serious than expected.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Tue, Nov 12, 1963

After being sedated prior to surgery, patient Henry Davis confesses to Dr. Maggie Graham that he recently beat up two women, one of whom died.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Fire in a Sacred Fruit Tree

Tue, Nov 19, 1963

Casey's colleague Dr. Richard Connell is in love with beautiful Yugoslavian refugee Anna Rucheck. When tests reveal that Anna is pregnant, but bearing the child could prove fatal, Dr. Connell wants the hospital to consider aborting the fetus to save Anna's life.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Dispel the Black Cyclone That Shakes the Throne

Tue, Nov 26, 1963

Rose Genet, an aging grand dame of opera, suffers from partial blindness. With all of her hopes and dreams quickly evaporating, she considers undergoing a dangerous surgical procedure in a last ditch effort to save her vision, much to the worry of her devoted secretary Polly.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ My Love, My Love

Tue, Dec 3, 1963

Hospital pathologist Joe Garry wages a battle against his own illness, multiple sclerosis. His inattention to his wife begins to take its toll on their marriage, which is further threatened when Garry begins to develop feelings for June, another MS patient on the ward at County General.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ From Too Much Love of Living

Tue, Dec 10, 1963

Married woman Eileen Pryor is brought into County General following a suicide attempt, which she survives. Henry, Eileen's physician husband, appears annoyed rather than compassionate or concerned regarding his wife's predicament. His feelings stem from a suspicion that his wife has committed adultery.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ It Is Getting Dark... And We Are Lost

Tue, Dec 17, 1963

A young girl, critically injured in an accident, is brought into County General. Her presence baffles Casey as she will not identify herself, tells lies, and quotes proverbs in Latin and German. Casey attempts to the solve mystery of his unusual patient.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ The Last Splintered Spoke of the Old Burlesque Wheel

Tue, Dec 24, 1963

Casey successfully operates on nightclub stripper Dede Blake. However, he finds he must also help Dede recover her self-respect, which has been lost through a past alliance with the intimidating Jonas King, a self-styled fire-and-brimstone evangelist.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ The Light That Loses, the Night That Wins

Tue, Dec 31, 1963

Dr. Ernest Farrow, a once brilliant neurosurgeon, is sent to County General for a refresher course. Learning that Farrow is paralyzed by self-doubt and recurring nightmares from the death of a patient, Casey attempts to assuage his colleague's fears and coax him back into the operating room.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ I'll Get on My Ice Floe and Wave Goodbye

Tue, Jan 7, 1964

An elderly man, hospitalized following a stroke, withholds personal information from the staff of County General, for fear he will become an inconvenience and burden to his family. He decides to leave the hospital in order to secretly attend the debut of his granddaughter in a dance recital.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ The Only Place Where They Know My Name

Tue, Jan 14, 1964

Casey's latest case involves one of contemporary medical ethics. Clarence Simmons, his patient, is an impoverished homeless man who wants to offer his own eye for a fee, in order to help in the research of prominent zoologist Dr. Roger O'Hara.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ There Was Once a Man in the Land of Uz

Tue, Jan 21, 1964

Casey discovers that Larry Walker, a man known for having religious visions, has brain blood clot. The physician is unsure where the operation will end the experiences which are lucrative to the Walker family.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ One Nation Indivisible

Tue, Jan 28, 1964

Dr. Casey directs a nationwide search for a rare blood type for a young girl who requires emergency surgery.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Goodbye to Blue Elephants and Such

Tue, Feb 4, 1964

Student nurse Kathy Evans becomes the victim of an assault in a park near County General. The police are stymied in their search for the perpetrator as the attack has left Kathy with amnesia, which she is secretly faking in order to conceal the details of the crime from her prominent fiance.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ The Bark of a Three-Headed Hound

Tue, Feb 11, 1964

Link Hansen and Art Stone share a room at County General, each awaiting serious and potentially fatal operations. Hansen, an arrogant intellectual harbors an internal hatred of Stone, a typical middle-class man. The two strike an unusual pact that the survivor will inherit the other's life insurance benefits, while Hansen has plans to scare Stone to death.

24Season 3

S3.E24 ∙ The Sound of One Hand Clapping

Tue, Feb 18, 1964

Casey treats Neil Herrick, a Korean War veteran with shrapnel lodged near a nerve in his leg. Although surgery is mandated, Herrick refuses the use on anesthesia based on his belief in Zen philosophy. Meanwhile, fellow patient Jonathan Taylor begins to idolize Herrick.

25Season 3

S3.E25 ∙ A Falcon's Eye, a Lion's Heart, a Girl's Hand

Tue, Feb 25, 1964

During a disaster situation, Casey enlists the services of surgeon Dr. M.V. Halloran. When it comes to light that he knew Halloran was operating under a revoked medical license, the hospital board decides to censure him, despite the fact that Halloran's skill saved three patients.

26Season 3

S3.E26 ∙ The Lonely Ones

Tue, Mar 3, 1964

Nursery school teacher Julie Carr is admitted to County General after being hit by a playground glider swing. Confined to the hospital, Julie's secret alcoholism suddenly comes to light, and Casey attempts to uncover the root of her drinking problem.

27Season 3

S3.E27 ∙ Keep Out of Reach of Adults

Tue, Mar 10, 1964

Casey faces a conundrum while treating Gwen Hamilton for a malignant tumor. He prescribes immediate surgery, while Gwen's husband Dr. Paul Hamilton convinces her that an operation isn't necessary. The problem: Hamilton owns an exclusive clinic based on homeopathic remedies and fears his wife's surgery will damage his business.

28Season 3

S3.E28 ∙ Dress My Doll Pretty

Tue, Mar 17, 1964

Ben Casey has an urgent case, a young teenager Elaine Miller, who needs several operations. The patient also comes with a hysterical mother Gloria who is causing problems at the hospital.

29Season 3

S3.E29 ∙ Onions and Mustard Seed Will Make Her Weep

Tue, Mar 24, 1964

After losing patient Glen Kietner due to inconclusive test results, Casey finds himself compelled to help his young widow Audrey. Unable to cope with the responsibilities of single parenthood, Audrey begins to rely more and more on Casey's kindness.

30Season 3

S3.E30 ∙ Make Me the First American

Tue, Mar 31, 1964

Native American John Whistler, an older man, is needing dangerous brain surgery. But before he agrees to the operation he wants to locate his estranged son Daniel.

31Season 3

S3.E31 ∙ Heap Logs and Let the Blaze Laugh Out

Tue, Apr 7, 1964

Caroline Bulllard, a dynamic businesswoman, fears her illness is terminal. She decides to liquidate the assets of her company to use as an endowment to County General's research department. The members of Bullard's firm then accuse Casey of malfeasance.

32Season 3

S3.E32 ∙ For a Just Man Falleth Seven Times

Tue, Apr 14, 1964

Thomas Hardin is a hard-driven businessman who has never had time to enjoy life. When he learns he has very little of it left, he Seeks comfort in a nearby tavern, he makes a last ditch effort at enjoying life and meets a woman not much older than his estranged daughter.

33Season 3

S3.E33 ∙ The Evidence of Things Not Seen

Tue, Apr 21, 1964

Catholic priest Father Francis Thompson learns he is dying. He enlists Casey's assistance in helping him to affect a reconciliation between another patient's ill-tempered father and her atheist husband, all before the birth of her first child.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ August Is the Month Before Christmas

Sun, Sep 13, 1964

This episode begins the five-part story of 28-year-old Jane Hancock, who at 13 was comatose for 15 years. Each of these five episodes also features a story that concludes at the end of the program. The first complete story concerns Roy Farr, a five-year-old patient of Casey's who has Gaucher's Disease.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ A Bird in the Solitude Singing

Sun, Sep 20, 1964

Gloria Fowler, injured in a car accident, awaits plastic surgery to correct a congenital facial disfiguration. She develops a close relationship with fellow patient Eddie Boyd, unaware that his prognosis is terminal. Meanwhile, the lines between a professional and personal relationship are blurred for Casey and his beautiful coma patient Jane Hancock.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ But Who Shall Beat the Drums?

Sun, Sep 27, 1964

Paul Vrolic, a dedicated graduate student, experiences leg tremors but rejects the recommended surgery unless Casey first allows him to complete oral examinations for his Ph.D. Meanwhile, Jane Hancock's father Foster arrives with the intent of taking his daughter home.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Autumn Without Red Leaves

Sun, Oct 4, 1964

Artist Eric Morgan learns that he suffered a stroke that left him unable see the color red. Faced with the end of his career, Morgan agrees to undergo an experimental operation that could cure him, but has an equal chance of killing him.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ You Fish or You Cut Bait

Sun, Oct 11, 1964

A woman awakens from a fifteen-year coma as a beautiful 28-year-old, but still with the emotional and mental developmental level of a 13-year-old girl. Soon Ben finds himself attracted to her, and she to him.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ For Jimmy, the Best of Everything

Sun, Oct 18, 1964

A patient is brought in suffering from bubonic plague, and the hospital is put under quarantine. Caught in the middle of the crisis are ambitious doctor Jimmy Reynolds and his fiancee, nurse Anita Johnson, who may lose each other.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ A Woods Full of Question Marks

Sun, Oct 25, 1964

Dr. Casey cannot communicate with his patient, a deaf girl who does not know sign language or how to lip-read.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ A Thousand Words Are Mute

Sun, Nov 8, 1964

Young schoolteacher Janet West experiences a stroke that leaves her partially paralyzed and unable to speak. Casey encourages Janet (and her loved ones) to aid in her recovery by attempting to help herself as much as possible, despite the frustrations she faces with simple, everyday tasks.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Money, a Horse and a Knowledge of Latin

Sun, Nov 15, 1964

Dr. Arnold Swanson wrote the definitive textbook on Neurosurgery but now only writes novels. His patient Victor Lowell needs surgery, and Mrs. Lowell insists that Swanson perform it, although Swanson has not performed surgery in years. Elli Mastrangelo

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ A Disease of the Heart Called Love

Sun, Nov 22, 1964

Lydia Mitchum, a middle aged nurse at County General, becomes pregnant as the result of an affair with one of the resident doctors. When she develops life threatening toxemia, Lydia refuses Casey's recommendation that she undergo a medical abortion.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Kill the Dream, But Spare the Dreamer

Sun, Nov 29, 1964

While working temporary duty at a veteran's hospital, Casey discharges Appleton, a patient who appears to be malingering. The decision creates tension between Casey and hospital superintendent Dr. Green who appreciates the humor and positive morale Appleton brought to the ward.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Courage at 3:00 A.M.

Sun, Dec 6, 1964

A biochemist with cancer wants a pain-killing operation.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ This Wild, Wild, Wild Waltzing World

Sun, Dec 13, 1964

Casey's patients Molly Hill and John Hanavan form an unlikely love story. She's a young woman embittered by complications from polio. He's a war veteran hiding behind puppets. When they meet in the ward at County General, they find that their lonely lives are suddenly more bearable.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ A Boy Is Standing Outside the Door

Sun, Jan 3, 1965

Injured after falling from a tree, patient Paul Crain begs Dr. Casey to perform brain surgery to cure him of cerebral palsy.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ Where Does the Boomerang Go?

Sun, Jan 10, 1965

Australian veterinarian Dr. Geoffrey Collicott inspires his ward mates at County General. Although diagnosed himself with a terminal illness, his expertise could save the life of young Luke Creely, whose mysterious medical malady has Casey and his colleagues baffled.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Pas De Deux

Sun, Jan 17, 1965

While he is in San Francisco for a medical conference, Dr. Casey meets a touring Russian ballerina, and a mutual attraction develops.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Every Other Minute, It's the End of the World

Sun, Jan 24, 1965

Dr. Casey's patient, diabetic Trudi Mueller, is diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy. Casey has perfected surgery only on monkeys, and his colleagues Drs. Ted Hoffman and Maggie Graham urge him to perform the surgery on Trudi.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ A Rambling Discourse on Egyptian Water Clocks

Sun, Jan 31, 1965

James Tevlin, a philosophy scholar with a gift for gab, creates havoc on the ward and clashes with Casey when he begins to diagnose all of the other patients. Tevlin is often correct in his assertions; however, he fails to understand the problems in his own marriage.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ When I Am Grown to Man's Estate

Sun, Feb 7, 1965

A brilliant 12 year old boy becomes the victim of repeated grand mal seizures after being subjected to a high pitched sonic whine caused by microphone feedback in a theatre. Doctor Casey is assigned to his case to learn what is at the root of his illness, but soon discovers something far beyond that which he expected.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ A Man, a Maid, and a Marionette

Sun, Feb 21, 1965

Jerry Dawson is a young man who experiences frequent dizzy spells. His father feels he has become a hypochondriac as a result of an overprotective mother. Jerry's girlfriend Amy encourages him to free himself from his domineering parents, while Casey attempts to find a pathological reason for his symptoms.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ A Dipperful of Water from a Poisoned Well

Sun, Feb 28, 1965

Wesley Boone, a strapping dockworker and the sole breadwinner for his parents and brother, is admitted to County General suffering from muscular problems. The case becomes complicated for Casey when Boone's indomitable mother accuses her son of malingering in order to shirk family responsibilities.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ A Little Fun to Match the Sorrow

Sun, Mar 7, 1965

Dennis Green, a new resident at County General, constantly clowns around while on duty. Green is interested in neurosurgery, but his silly behavior quickly draws the ire of Casey, who isn't aware that the young man's humor is being used to deflect something more serious.

23Season 4

S4.E23 ∙ Minus That Rusty Old Hacksaw

Sun, Mar 14, 1965

Ted Hoffman's imperious new stepmother Victoria seems intent on running not only her husband's life, but Ted's as well. Victoria pushes him to give up medicine at County General for the influential country club set of private practice. Meanwhile, Ted is also concerned with patient Frank Peebles, an amputee who is regressing.

24Season 4

S4.E24 ∙ Eulogy in Four Flats

Sun, Mar 21, 1965

There's no rest for the weary when Casey spends his day off attending to Mr. Baker, a crusty old recluse who has the other occupants at his rooming house catering to his every need. Casey suspects Baker is faking his illness, but as he investigates more closely, he finds something else is amiss.

25Season 4

S4.E25 ∙ Three Li'l Lambs

Sun, Mar 28, 1965

Casey is tasked with the supervision of three new interns at County General: arrogant Orin Reid, plodding Charlie Troy, and ambitious Gene Schaeffer. Tina, a pretty young nurse intent on making one of the doctors her husband, provides a further distraction.

26Season 4

S4.E26 ∙ A Slave Is on the Throne

Sun, Apr 11, 1965

Casey's colleague, surgeon Dr. Bill Justin, finds his work affected by several personal problems including his wealthy but inattentive wife Jeanne and his lover Felice. When Bill develops symptoms of a nervous disorder, Casey is on hand to help solve his problems.

27Season 4

S4.E27 ∙ Journeys End in Lovers Meeting

Sun, Apr 18, 1965

Casey's former college classmate Bill Jacoby cannot shake the idea that his wife's recurring headaches will eventually lead to her death. As Julie undergoes treatment, Casey attempts to assuage his friend's fears, but are those fears really unwarranted?

28Season 4

S4.E28 ∙ The Day They Stole County General

Sun, Apr 25, 1965

Medical supplies from County General Hospital mysteriously disappear.

29Season 4

S4.E29 ∙ Did Your Mother Come from Ireland, Ben Casey?

Sun, May 2, 1965

After undergoing surgery for appendicitis, Casey finds himself a ward patient at County General. His disparate roommates include the spirited, gabby Irishman Timothy MacMurrough and alcoholic Fred Delano, a former doctor who has hit rock bottom and given up.

30Season 4

S4.E30 ∙ From Sutter's Crick... And Beyond Farewell

Sun, May 9, 1965

The staff at County General are unable to reach Danny, an uncommunicative teenage boy who appears to be mute. When spiritualist Duncan Bradford receives treatment at the hospital for a head injury, he manages to communicate with the boy, and the two quickly form a strong bond. Unfortunately, Bradford is wanted by the local police for fraud.

31Season 4

S4.E31 ∙ A Horse Named Stravinsky

Sun, May 16, 1965

Danielle Taylor experiences a series of what appears to be frightening and debilitating seizures. Her husband, surgeon Joseph Taylor, offers a preliminary diagnosis of a slight glandular issue. Ben offers to help his colleague's wife, but diagnostic tests fail to present an organic cause for the problem. Ben wonders if Mrs. Taylor is concealing the true nature of her problem.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ War of Nerves

Sun, Sep 12, 1965

Casey hopes a surgical procedure can save a terminally ill doctor who has been stricken with a deadly illness while performing biological warfare research. Meanwhile, his mentor Dr. David Zorba has been replaced at County General by Dr. Daniel Freeland. Also new to the staff is young internist Dr. Terry McDaniel.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ O' the Big Wheel Turns by Faith, by Faith

Sun, Sep 19, 1965

Casey suspects his patient Janet Spaulding of malingering when she is convinced she has contracted polio. McDaniel and Sally experience problems in their personal relationship. Reporter Marian Root pursues a story of malpractice against Dr. Casey.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ A Nightingale Named Nathan

Sun, Sep 26, 1965

Jewish cantor Nathan Birnbaum has lost his voice as the result of a tumor that Casey finds operable. However, Birnbaum's combative nature and a disgruntled daughter complicate the situation. Meanwhile, Casey wants to perform an operation on young Bootsie Cabot, utilizing a new technique developed by Dr. McDaniel.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Run for Your Lives, Dr. Galanos Practices Here!

Sun, Oct 3, 1965

Dr. Galanos' father, a former Latin American revolutionary, creates chaos for his son and County General by establishing a command post in the hospital for the recruitment of new freedom fighters among the other patients. Meanwhile, the threat of an impending malpractice suit looms for Dr. Casey.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Because of the Needle, the Haystack Was Lost

Sun, Oct 10, 1965

The malpractice suit filed against Dr. Casey becomes a subject for review by County General's hospital board. Aged patient Edith Sommers chooses the option of suicide. Casey engages in a battle of general practice versus medical specialties with formidable practitioner Dr. Brandt.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ What to Her Is Plato?

Sun, Oct 17, 1965

Prickly social worker Laura Fremont receives an assignment to help patient Ruth Ann Carmody, a low-wage worker injured in a fall. Everyone is stymied by Ruth Ann's inability to comprehend and sign the various authorization forms needed for her care, unaware that she is concealing illiteracy. Meanwhile, Dr. McDaniels' troubled relationship with Sally is tested further.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Francini? Who Is Francini?

Sun, Oct 24, 1965

Dr. Freeland tasks Casey with uncovering the identity of a thief who is continually stealing from the hospital. Micahel Francini, a new orderly, is the chief suspect, who Casey thinks might be a modern-day Robin Hood to County General's impoverished clients. Dr. McDaniels and Sally reach a turning point in their relationship. Casey's cousin Jack is poised to create more problems for him.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Then I, and You, and All of Us Fell Down

Sun, Oct 31, 1965

David Langley, a celebrated physician recently returned from missionary work in remote Africa, falls victim to a mysterious illness, whose symptoms confound the doctors at County General. Meanwhile, social worker Laura Fremont sets her sights on Dr. Casey. Jack Casey, suffering from a gunshot wound, implores cousin Ben to secretly extract the bullet without notifying authorities.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ No More, Cried the Rooster - There Will Be Truth

Sun, Nov 7, 1965

Dr. Harvey Lee lives the life his family wants, though his own desires go far beyond medicine. When he is arrested during a riot at a coffee house, he fears he has brought shame to his family name. Despite his own legal problems with the malpractice suit, Casey vows to stand by one of his most dedicated interns.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ The Importance of Being 65937

Sun, Nov 14, 1965

County General patient George McFadden stubbornly refuses to answer any personal and factual questions. Unknown to anyone, he is a dedicated veteran police officer who fears his illness could force him into retiring from the force. McFadden will conceal anything that might identify him, even if it puts his life in jeopardy.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ When Givers Prove Unkind

Sun, Nov 21, 1965

Business tycoon Alan Bateman arranges a million dollar foundation for art and medicine, with his daughter Claudia and Dr. Casey to act as benefactors. As Casey tours art studios with Claudia, and she attends medical rounds at County General, Casey soon begins to suspect that Bateman has ulterior motives for the most unlikely arrangement.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ The Man from Quasilia

Sun, Nov 28, 1965

County General hosts foreign exchange intern Dr. Luis Campos. Although earnest in his desire to learn, Campos' level of education places him at a disadvantage, and his need for more time draws the ire of impatient teacher Dr. Casey. Meanwhile, hospital clerk Teresa Bedoya takes a keen interest in the handsome new student.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Why Did the Day Go Backwards?

Sun, Dec 5, 1965

Casey treats Delia Holiday, a woman who has been left uncommunicative after a near fatal beating. Following an impassioned altercation which results in Dr. Casey's dismissal from County General, Dr. Taylor suffers a severe stroke. Casey is tasked with performing emergency surgery to save Dr. Taylor's life.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ You Wanna Know What Really Goes on in a Hospital?

Sun, Dec 19, 1965

Alan Ames, a crusading reporter, enters County General under the pretext of undergoing tests. However, he actually plans to gain access to information for an expose he is writing. The situation is complicated by Ames' jealousy of Dr. Casey, who was once romantically involved with Ames' wife Barbara.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a Loser

Sun, Dec 26, 1965

Greg Carter, admitted for observation at County General, appears to be under the influence of an unknown drug and refuses to cooperate with the staff by divulging his identity. Meanwhile, Carter's father-in-law has sworn out an arrest warrant for him, as he suspects spousal abuse against his injured daughter.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ In Case of Emergency, Cry Havoc

Sun, Jan 2, 1966

Casey's patient William Benbrook has slipped into a coma. After reading about a miracle drug she thinks can help, his wife Leona insists it be administered, despite Casey's desperate attempts to convince her that surgery is her husband's best option.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ Meantime, We Shall Express Our Darker Purpose

Sun, Jan 9, 1966

Drunken driver Mr. Kendrick accidentally strikes a juvenile delinquent with his car and flees the scene. He later confesses the crime to County General's chaplain Father Ingram and implores him to convince Casey to operate. Casey, unaware of the circumstances surrounding the request, accuses Ingram of interfering in medical procedures.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ For San Diego, You Need a Different Bus

Sun, Jan 16, 1966

Boxer Jack West, hospitalized at County General, seemingly demonstrates an ability to will himself into unconsciousness. After he goes into shock and must be resuscitated by heart massage, Casey theorizes his condition is the result of intra-cranial pressure, resulting from years of violent blows to the head.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ Smile, Baby, Smile, It's Only Twenty Dols of Pain

Sun, Jan 23, 1966

Beautiful Eva Robinson's face belies her suffering from intense facial neuralgia. She has become addicted to narcotics to dull the excruciating pain she experiences daily. Casey offers her hope in the form of surgery, though it could disfigure her in the process.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ Fun and Games and Other Tragic Things

Sun, Jan 30, 1966

When patient Paula Jordan declines hospitalization for tests to diagnose her illness, Casey charms her into going out on a series of dates with her. His intent: carefully observe her physical response to specific situations in order to develop a better understanding of her pathology. Unfortunately, Paula begins to believe the handsome young doctor is seriously falling in love with her.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ Weave Nets to Catch the Wind

Sun, Feb 6, 1966

Nurse Wills' longstanding friendship with Anna Medalle is tested when she disagrees with Anna's decision to pressure her son Andy into following in his late father's footsteps by joining the Air Force. Andy has secretly confided in Nurse Wills his own dreams of studying to become an archaeologist.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ Lullaby for a Wind-Up Toy

Sun, Feb 13, 1966

Agent Fred Blaney's unwed daughter Janice is severely injured in a car accident. In order to save the life of Janice and her unborn child, Casey must perform surgery. Meanwhile, Blaney alarms his daughter by threatening to publicly reveal that her baby was fathered by his client, popular singer Artie Rhodes.

23Season 5

S5.E23 ∙ Where Did All the Roses Go?

Sun, Feb 20, 1966

Owen and Oren Carter are twin brothers who share everything. After Oren receives a head injury in a traffic accident, Owen begins to experience sympathetic pains in the form of violent headaches. Casey decides to wait for Oren's surgery, but Nurse Vivian Bennett, believing otherwise, takes advantage of a personal relationship to override Casey's decision.

24Season 5

S5.E24 ∙ Twenty Six Ways to Spell Heartbreak: A, B, C, D...

Sun, Feb 27, 1966

The plight of brain-damaged children is explored as eight year old Floyd Allen attacks his teacher and is admitted to County General for observation. With a history of violent and unmanageable behavior, Dr. Casey seeks both medical and psychiatric solutions to the boy's problem.

25Season 5

S5.E25 ∙ Pull the Wool Over Your Eyes, Here Comes the Cold Wind of Truth

Sun, Mar 13, 1966

Self diagnosing patients test Dr. Casey. A librarian suffering from severe headaches and conversations with her dead father attempts to convince Casey that her illness is psychosis. Meanwhile, a concert pianist feels that the pain in his hands results from a physical cause rather than a psychological one.

26Season 5

S5.E26 ∙ Then, Suddenly, Panic

Sun, Mar 20, 1966

Casey's final patients share similar brain illnesses but are completely opposite in every other way. Sophisticated jet-setter Patricia Mason develops signs of brain damage after Casey saves her life, while earthy nightclub entertainer Charlie Boyd is possibly suffering from a brain tumor.