"Surfside 6" (1960) TV series 1960-1962

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

3 October 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Ken, Dave and Sandy are three hip private detectives living on and working out of a houseboat in Miami...

Plot Keywords:

Miami Florida | Detective | Remake | Number In Title

Cast

Troy Donahue	...	Sandy Winfield II / ... (73 episodes, 1960-1962)
Van Williams	...	Ken Madison (72 episodes, 1960-1962)
Lee Patterson	...	Dave Thorne (34 episodes, 1960-1962)

Series Directed by
Charles R. Rondeau		(12 episodes, 1960-1962)
Robert Douglas		(7 episodes, 1960-1962)
Irving J. Moore		(6 episodes, 1960-1961)
George Waggner		(5 episodes, 1960-1962)
Paul Landres		(4 episodes, 1962)
Frank Baur		(3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Sidney Salkow		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Michael O'Herlihy		(3 episodes, 1961)
Jeffrey Hayden		(3 episodes, 1962)
William J. Hole Jr.		(2 episodes, 1960)
Allen Baron		(2 episodes, 1961)
Leslie Goodwins		(2 episodes, 1961)
Richard Benedict		(2 episodes, 1962)
Robert Sparr		(2 episodes, 1962)

Series Writing credits
Herman Groves		(6 episodes, 1961-1962)
Gloria Elmore		(5 episodes, 1961-1962)
Lee Loeb		(4 episodes, 1960-1962)
Sonya Roberts		(4 episodes, 1960-1962)
Anne Howard Bailey		(4 episodes, 1960-1961)
Richard De Roy		(4 episodes, 1960-1961)
Erna Lazarus		(4 episodes, 1961-1962)
Montgomery Pittman		(3 episodes, 1960-1961)
William Bruckner		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
John O'Dea		(3 episodes, 1962)
Dean Riesner		(2 episodes, 1960-1962)
William Koenig		(2 episodes, 1960-1961)
William L. Stuart		(2 episodes, 1960)
John D.F. Black		(2 episodes, 1961-1962)
Whitman Chambers		(2 episodes, 1961-1962)
Philip Saltzman		(2 episodes, 1961)
Joan Scott		(2 episodes, 1961)
Leo Solomon		(2 episodes, 1961)
Leonard Brown		(2 episodes, 1962)
Jack Jacobs		(2 episodes, 1962)
Ed Waters		(2 episodes, 1962)

Series Produced by
William T. Orr	....	executive producer (74 episodes, 1960-1962)
Jerry Davis	....	producer (5 episodes, 1960-1961)
Howie Horwitz	....	supervising producer (5 episodes, 1961)
Charles Hoffman	....	producer (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Joel Rogosin	....	producer (2 episodes, 1961)

Series Cinematography by
Ralph Woolsey		(3 episodes, 1961)
Robert Tobey		(2 episodes, 1961)

Series Film Editing by
David Wages		(2 episodes, 1960-1961)

Series Art Direction by
Howard Campbell		(8 episodes, 1960-1961)

Series Set Decoration by
Hoyle Barrett		(4 episodes, 1961)
William L. Kuehl		(2 episodes, 1960-1961)

Series Makeup Department
Gordon Bau	....	makeup supervisor (74 episodes, 1960-1962)
Jean Burt Reilly	....	supervising hair stylist (74 episodes, 1960-1962)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sam Schneider	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Fred Scheld	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1961)

Series Art Department
Roy Moore	....	props (1 episode, 1960)

Series Sound Department
Samuel F. Goode	....	sound (2 episodes, 1961)
Ross Owen	....	sound (2 episodes, 1961)

Series Editorial Department
James Moore	....	supervising film editor (1 episode, 1960)

Series Music Department
Mack David	....	composer: theme music (74 episodes, 1960-1962)
Jerry Livingston	....	composer: theme music (74 episodes, 1960-1962)
Paul Sawtell	....	music supervisor (5 episodes, 1960-1961)
Bert Shefter	....	music supervisor (5 episodes, 1960-1961)
Robert Phillips	....	music editor (3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Joe Inge	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1961)
Erma E. Levin	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1961)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1960) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (2001) (USA) (TV) (re-syndication)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

60 min (74 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Filming Locations:

Stage 20, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Atop the Fourth Wall: NBComics #1 (#4.34)" (2011)

Surfside 6 trivia

This was a great series and I remember watching it as a teenager, along with the other detective series. According to the book Ultimate Sacrifice, by Lamar Waldron and Thom Hartmann, which details documents from many sources about the Kennedy Assination. This book asserts that the Mafia killed Kennedy and that there was a secret plot by the Kennedy's to eliminate Castro and put in place a government friendly to the US and this is why the government help cover up the assassination. They also report that the late Bobby Kennedy and Mafia Johnny Rosselli, reportedly meet on the houseboat that was the setting for this series in 1962. The houseboat would later become infamous as the place where Gianni Versce's murderer, Andrew Cunanan was captured.