Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Immortal' from 1970-1982:
- Christopher George as Ben Richards (1970-1971)
- Don Knight as Fletcher (1970-1971)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Immortal':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Robert Malcolm Young D: Don McDougall
With Carol Lynley (Sylvia Cartwright), Glenn Corbett (David Hiller), Sherry Jackson (Sherry Hiller), David Brian (Arthur Maitland), Paul Langton (Walter Hiller), Angela Greene (Mrs. Hiller), Bob Orrisson (Thug #1), Frank Orsatti (Thug #2), Bill Burton (Thug #3), Alan Oliney (Thug #4).
Series about the adventures of a man whose blood contains antibodies which make him immune to disease and old age. This condition makes him the target of those who would become immortal through his blood. In the first episode, his fiancee suddenly tells him she's going to marry another man becuase of his constant hounding by a ruthless billionaire.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Shimon Wincelberg D: Michael Caffey
With Ross Martin (Eddie Yeoman), Mitch Vogel (Jud Yeoman), Read Morgan (Tucker), William Wintersole (Manager), Elizabeth Harrower (Aunt Marge), Victoria Carroll (Waitress), Ed Begley Jr. (Attendant), Karl Lucas (Superintendent), Larry Black (Auctioneer), Don Knight (Fletcher).
Ben Richards hitches a ride with a man and his son. During their trip in a broken-down truck the man reveals to Ben that he expects the payment for his cargo -- highly explosive chemicals -- will make it possible for him to retain custody of his son.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Robert Hamner D: Leslie H. Martinson
With Jack Albertson (Dr. Walter Koster), Rosemary Forsyth (Anne Koster), David Brian (Arthur Maitland), Philip Bourneuf (Paul Hubner), Gene O'Donnell (Moderator), Alice Borden (Waitress), Walt Davis (Arnie), Treva Frazee (Mother), Don Knight (Fletcher).
Ben Richards hears a speech by a dedicated physician about the breakdown of human blood and offers himself as a guinea pig in the belief that his unusual blood will aid mankind.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Robert Duncan, Wanda Duncan, Dan Ullman D: Robert Douglas
With Filipe Turich (Rodriguez), Susan Howard (Annie Williams), Mario Alcalde (Ramos), Manuel Padilla (Luis), Armand Alzamora (Martinez), Michael Vandever (Jensen), Chuck Taylor (Smith).
Ben Richards, escaping from Maitland's men, joins a social worker trying to prevent an epidemic in a Mexican mining camp.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Jack Turley D: Nick Webster
With Vic Morrow (Sheriff Dan Wheeler), Collin Wilcox (Clarice Evans), Jerry Ayres (Charley), Byron Mabe (Deputy Collis), Tani Phelps (Martha), Jimmy Bracken (Donny Evans).
While hitchhiking, Ben Richards is picked up on a contrived violation by a labor gang working in a boys' park.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Shimon Wincelberg D: Don Weis
With Lynda Day George (Terry Kerwin), Lee Patterson (Duane Hollenbeck), Barry Cahill (Dr. Joe Lacey), Lori Busk (Bonita Kerwin), Karen Arthur (Betty), Hal Riddle (Morton), Dave Willock (Brockaw), Ford Lile (Deputy), Jim Wagerman (Attendant).
Fletcher has everything that is known about Ben Richards fed into a computer to anticipate his moves. When the machine pinpoints his location, Fletcher races to the spot.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Gene L. Coon, Stephen Kandel D: Leslie H. Martinson
With John Dehner (George Allison), Stephen Oliver (Nat King), Warner Anderson (Judge Atkins), Robbie Porter (Robert Allison), John Pickard (Katcher), Frederic Gavlin (Mort), Bill Burton (Ray), Dan Ullman (Stephen Kandel).
Ben befriends two young motorcycle jockeys who have been working with him on a potato farm, and is accused of murder when a man shoots a sheriff over a dispute concerning pay.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Stephen Kandel D: Robert Douglas
With Lee Meriwether (Sigrid Bergen), Nico Minardos (Simon Brenner), Karl Swenson (Dom DiLorenzo), Dom Tattoli (Casey), James O'Hara (Benson), Jayne Breckenridge (Girl), Joe Thomas (Man).
Richards is captured by a girl employed by a billionaire and held on a jungle estate.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Ken Trevey, Stephen Kandel D: Irving J. Moore
With Jacqueline Scott (Alpha Henderson), Michael Conrad (Monte Loomis), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Garland Colley), Art Lewis (Portland Bill), Paul Nickles (Peters), Don Haggerty (Danson).
Richards is wounded while escaping Fletcher in a Mexican border town and is transported illegally with braceros to work on a tomato ranch.
Season 1, episode 10
W: William Wood D: Allen Baron
With Joan Hotchkis (Helen Stoner), Henry Beckman (Dr. Kinneson), Byron Keith (Dave Holley), John Garwood (Tom McWade), Lal Baum (Frye), Lee Stanley (Deputy Barry), Kem Dibbs (Bryer).
Ben Richards is involved in an auto accident and mistaken for a dead police lieutenant when he's taken to a small town.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Ben Masselink, Stephen Kandel D: Don Weis
With Tisha Sterling (Julie/Nancy Dudley), Howard Duff (Arthur Cameron), Scott Brady (Frank Brady), Aron Kincaid (Pete Cameron), Don Diamond (Warren Harron), Ronnie Rondell (Ralph), Joe Hooker (Eddie).
Ben Richards seeks the answer to a town's secret when he goes in search of his brother. After receiving an unfriendly welcome, he befriends a girl who might help him and then is run out of town by a leading citizen.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Robert Specht D: Michael Caffey
With Richard Ward (Joe Carver), Harry Townes (Roy Adkins), Martine Bartlett (Mrs. Adkins), Marlene Clark (Carol Carver), Ted Knight (Dr. Arliss), Ford Rainey (Sheriff Billy), William Benedict (Player), John Gallaudet (Ralph), Patience Cleveland (Nurse).
Ben Richards returns to his home town seeking information about his missing brother and finds his foster father in trouble.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Ken Trevey D: Leslie H. Martinson
With Barry Sullivan (Jordan Braddock), Lynn Loring (Grace Lee Canby), Bruce Dern (Luther Seacombe), Robert Sampson (Check Hutchins), Peggy Rea (Mrs. Strom).
Ben Richards battles, then tries to help his old nemesis, who is seriously hurt while deep in the Everglades.
Season 1, episode 14
W: William Eastlake D: Michael Caffey
With Sal Mineo (Tsinnajinni), Paul Picerni (Klabo), Iron Eyes Cody (Djanni), Don 'Red' Barry (Reese), Fred Lerner (Delgado), Allan Gibbs (Espargo).
Ben Richards is injured in a dune buggy accident while fleeing from Fletcher, and Indians take him to their desert reservation.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Robert Duncan, Wanda Duncan, Stephen Kandel D: Charles R. Rondeau
With Marj Dusay (Allison Richards), Michael Strong (Jason Richards), James B. Sikking (Administrator), Michael Masters (Dalby), Tom Stewart (Assistant), Frank Orsatti (Heavy).
Ben Richards believes he has found his brother after a lengthy search. But Fletcher is also on hand to catch the two men together. (Last show of the series.)