Ben Casey

Ben Casey
Vince Edwards as Ben Casey and guest star Kathleen Nolan, 1964.
Created by	James Moser
Starring	Vince Edwards Sam Jaffe
Theme music composer	David Raksin
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	153
Production
Running time	45–48 minutes
Production company	Bing Crosby Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	October 2, 1961 (1961-10-02) – March 21, 1966 (1966-03-21)

Ben Casey is an American medical drama television series. It ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The series starred Vince Edwards and Sam Jaffe.

Ben Casey is a young, intense but idealistic surgeon at County General Hospital. His mentor is Doctor David Zorba, At the beginning of the 1965 season, Jaffe left the show and Franchot Tone replaced him as new Chief of Surgery, Doctor Daniel Niles Freeland. The show began running multi-episode stories and Casey developed a romantic relationship with a patient who had just emerged from a coma after thirteen years.

In 1988, the television movie, The Return of Ben Casey, with Vince Edwards in his role as Casey, aired in television syndication. The pilot was not picked up by the major networks to bring the series back.

Other websites

• Ben Casey on IMDb
• Ben Casey at TV.com
• I Love Comix Archive: Ben Casey Archived 2011-11-26 at the Wayback Machine