Dobie Gillis

See also: Gillis

Dobie Gillis ( The Many Coil Dobie Gillis off) is a American Televised series in 147 25 minutes episodes, created by max Shulman and diffused October 8th 1959 with the September 21st 1963 on the network CBS. In France, the series was diffused starting from the October 21st 1961 on the first chain of ORTF.

Synopsis

This series puts in scene the disappointments in love with the young student dreamer, Dobie Gillis, and of his/her friend beatnik, Maynard G. Krebs.

Distribution

Dwayne Hickman : Dobie Gillis
Bob Denver: Maynard G. Krebs
Frank Faylen: Herbert T. Gillis
Florida Friebus: Winifred “Winnie” Gillis
Sheila James Kuehl: Zelda Gilroy
William Schallert: Leander Pomfritt
Tuesday Weld : Thalia Menninger (1959-1960)
Warren Beatty: Milton Armitage (1959-1960)
Tommy Farrel: Rif Ryan (1959-1960)
Yvonne Files: Melissa Frome (1959-1960)
Darryl Hickman: Davey Gillis (1959-1960)
Michael J. Pollard: Jerome Krebs
Steve Franken: Chatsworth Osborne Junior (1960-1963)
Robert Paget: Max Perkins

Telefilms

1977 : Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis? (new in France)
1988: Bring Me the Head off Dobie Gillis (new in France)

Comments

Dobie Gillis was the first televised series centered on the life and the problems of young adults.

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