"Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (1983) TV series 1983-1987

Creators:

Brad Buckner
Eugenie Ross-Leming
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

3 October 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

One everyday housewife who put some spies in her life!

Plot:

The adventures of a housewife and a spy whom she fell in with.

Plot Keywords:

Housewife | Spy | Washington D.C. | Mother | Orchestral Music Score

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Kate Jackson	...	Mrs. Amanda King (89 episodes, 1983-1987)
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Lee Stetson (89 episodes, 1983-1987)
Beverly Garland	...	Dorothy 'Dotty' West (89 episodes, 1983-1987)
Mel Stewart	...	Billy Melrose (89 episodes, 1983-1987)
Martha Smith	...	Francine Desmond / ... (89 episodes, 1983-1987)
Greg Morton	...	Jamie King (32 episodes, 1983-1984)
Paul Stout	...	Philip King (32 episodes, 1983-1984)

Series Directed by
Harvey S. Laidman		(10 episodes, 1985-1987)
Burt Brinckerhoff		(8 episodes, 1985-1987)
Winrich Kolbe		(6 episodes, 1983-1985)
William Wiard		(6 episodes, 1984)
James Frawley		(5 episodes, 1983-1985)
Sidney Hayers		(5 episodes, 1986-1987)
Sigmund Neufeld Jr.		(4 episodes, 1984-1987)
Cliff Bole		(4 episodes, 1984-1986)
Rod Holcomb		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Oz Scott		(3 episodes, 1984-1987)
Christian I. Nyby II		(3 episodes, 1984)
James Fargo		(3 episodes, 1985-1986)
Bob Sweeney		(3 episodes, 1985)
Nicholas Sgarro		(2 episodes, 1983-1984)
John Patterson		(2 episodes, 1984-1985)
Dennis C. Duckwall		(2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Kate Jackson		(2 episodes, 1986)

Series Writing credits
Brad Buckner		(88 episodes, 1983-1987)
Eugenie Ross-Leming		(88 episodes, 1983-1987)
Rudolph Borchert		(7 episodes, 1984-1985)
Steve Hattman		(7 episodes, 1984-1985)
David G.B. Brown		(7 episodes, 1985-1987)
Lee Maddux		(7 episodes, 1985-1987)
Bill Froehlich		(6 episodes, 1984-1985)
Mark Lisson		(6 episodes, 1984-1985)
George Geiger		(6 episodes, 1985-1987)
Rob Gilmer		(6 episodes, 1985-1987)
Lynne Kelsey		(6 episodes, 1986-1987)
Robert Bielak		(5 episodes, 1984-1986)
Juanita Bartlett		(5 episodes, 1984-1985)
Tom Chehak		(5 episodes, 1986-1987)
Peter Lefcourt		(4 episodes, 1983-1984)
Whitney Wherrett Roberson		(4 episodes, 1985-1987)
Tom Sawyer		(2 episodes, 1983)
Marshall Goldberg		(2 episodes, 1984)
Joan Brooker		(2 episodes, 1985-1986)
Nancy Eddo		(2 episodes, 1985-1986)

Series Produced by
Dennis C. Duckwall	....	associate producer / co-producer / ... (61 episodes, 1984-1987)
George Geiger	....	executive producer (36 episodes, 1985-1987)
Rob Gilmer	....	supervising producer / co-executive producer (31 episodes, 1985-1987)
Michael S. McLean	....	supervising producer (30 episodes, 1983-1985)
Tom Chehak	....	producer (28 episodes, 1986-1987)
Juanita Bartlett	....	executive producer (26 episodes, 1984-1985)
Paul Waigner	....	producer (24 episodes, 1984-1986)
Sascha Schneider	....	producer (23 episodes, 1983-1987)
Bill Froehlich	....	producer (19 episodes, 1984-1985)
Steve Hattman	....	producer (19 episodes, 1984-1985)
Mark Lisson	....	producer (19 episodes, 1984-1985)
Michael J. Maschio	....	producer (18 episodes, 1984-1985)
Kurt P. Galvao	....	associate producer (16 episodes, 1986-1987)
Brad Buckner	....	executive producer (11 episodes, 1983-1984)
Eugenie Ross-Leming	....	executive producer (11 episodes, 1983-1984)
Christopher Nelson	....	producer / associate producer (10 episodes, 1983-1984)
Peter Lefcourt	....	producer (7 episodes, 1983-1984)
Peter Rosten	....	associate producer (6 episodes, 1983-1986)
Cliff Gould	....	producer (4 episodes, 1984)
Wayne Wahrman	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1986)
Kate Jackson	....	co-producer (unknown episodes)
Ronald G. Smith	....	co-producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Arthur B. Rubinstein		(50 episodes, 1983-1987)
Mark Hoder		(20 episodes, 1983-1987)

Series Cinematography by
Edward R. Brown		(41 episodes, 1984-1986)
Richard L. Rawlings		(19 episodes, 1986-1987)
Eddie Rio Rotunno		(8 episodes, 1983-1987)
Michael W. Watkins		(4 episodes, 1983)
Michael D. Margulies		(2 episodes, 1983)

Series Film Editing by
Erwin Dumbrille		(28 episodes, 1983-1987)
Dennis Orcutt		(17 episodes, 1984-1987)
George J. Kramer		(10 episodes, 1985-1987)
Ronald LaVine		(6 episodes, 1983-1987)
Bill Brame		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Donald L. Slemp		(2 episodes, 1984-1985)
Ron Spang		(2 episodes, 1984)

Series Casting by
Eileen Mack Knight		(18 episodes, 1983-1987)
Jean Sarah Frost		(18 episodes, 1986-1987)
Dianne Young		(16 episodes, 1984-1985)
Kathleen Letterie		(16 episodes, 1985-1986)

Series Art Direction by
Patricia Van Ryker		(31 episodes, 1985-1987)
Robert J. Bacon		(18 episodes, 1984-1985)
Frederick P. Hope		(10 episodes, 1983-1984)
John V. Cartwright		(8 episodes, 1983-1987)

Series Set Decoration by
Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer		(20 episodes, 1983-1986)
Robert Checchi		(16 episodes, 1986-1987)
Deborah Siegel		(9 episodes, 1985-1986)
Jerry Adams		(8 episodes, 1983-1987)
W. Joe Kroesser		(7 episodes, 1984-1985)
Jorg Neumann		(3 episodes, 1984)
Leigh Malone		(2 episodes, 1984)
Leonard A. Mazzola		(2 episodes, 1985)
Martin Price		(2 episodes, 1986)

Series Makeup Department
Fred C. Blau Jr.	....	makeup artist: Ms. Jackson / makeup artist (72 episodes, 1983-1987)
Susan Germaine	....	hair stylist: Ms. Jackson / hair stylist (37 episodes, 1983-1987)
Timothy A. Miguel	....	makeup artist / hair stylist (28 episodes, 1985-1987)
Chris McBee	....	hair stylist (27 episodes, 1985-1987)
Faith Vecchio	....	hair stylist: Ms. Jackson (13 episodes, 1984-1985)
Cheri Ruff	....	hair stylist: Ms. Jackson (10 episodes, 1986-1987)
Barbara Lorenz	....	hair stylist (7 episodes, 1983-1987)
Edwin Butterworth	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1986)

Series Production Management
Ronald G. Smith	....	unit production manager / executive in charge of production (73 episodes, 1983-1987)
Wayne Wahrman	....	post-production supervisor (9 episodes, 1985-1986)
Donald Roberts	....	unit production manager (5 episodes, 1983)
Gerhard von Halem	....	unit production manager: Germany (3 episodes, 1984)
Bob Mendelsohn	....	unit production manager (2 episodes, 1983)
Edward Joseph	....	production manager: London unit (2 episodes, 1984)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kevin Corcoran	....	first assistant director / second assistant director (23 episodes, 1985-1987)
Steven Tramz	....	first assistant director (17 episodes, 1985-1987)
Ryan Gordon	....	second assistant director (16 episodes, 1986-1987)
Richard Butler	....	second unit director (14 episodes, 1983-1986)
Bruce Solow	....	second assistant director (14 episodes, 1984-1985)
Lewis Stout	....	second assistant director (11 episodes, 1983-1984)
Patrick A. Duffy	....	first assistant director (8 episodes, 1984-1985)
Robert J. Doherty	....	first assistant director (7 episodes, 1984-1985)
Stephen J. Fisher	....	first assistant director (6 episodes, 1983-1984)
Robin Holding	....	second assistant director (5 episodes, 1983-1987)
Ronald G. Smith	....	first assistant director (5 episodes, 1984)
Michael Smidt	....	second assistant director (5 episodes, 1986)
Stewart Lyons	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 1983-1984)
John Slosser	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 1985-1986)
Peter Carpenter	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 1984)
Bill Carroll	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 1984)
Donald Roberts	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1983-1987)
Michael Boyadjiew	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1984)
Victoria E. Rhodes	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1984)
Paul Tivers	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1984)
Craig Beaudine	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1985)
Dan Dugan	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1986)
W. Alexander Ellis	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1986)
Steve Stafford	....	second unit director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Gary Antista	....	property master (45 episodes, 1983-1987)
Beverly Hadley	....	property master (23 episodes, 1985-1987)
Lance Lombardo	....	lead man (22 episodes, 1983-1984)
Peter Leier	....	property master (3 episodes, 1984)
Jimmy Lodge	....	property master (2 episodes, 1984)
Ed Brown	....	lead man (unknown episodes)
Michael Diersing	....	construction coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Dennis C. Salcedo	....	boom operator (88 episodes, 1983-1987)
Don H. Matthews	....	production sound mixer (60 episodes, 1983-1987)
Al Kajita	....	sound editor (18 episodes, 1983-1987)
Sam Caylor	....	sound editor (11 episodes, 1983-1986)
Josef von Stroheim	....	sound editor (11 episodes, 1983-1986)
Allan R. Potter	....	sound editor (10 episodes, 1983-1986)
Don Crosby	....	sound editor (8 episodes, 1983-1985)
Corinne Sessarego	....	sound editor (6 episodes, 1985-1987)
Alex Bamattre	....	sound editor (4 episodes, 1986-1987)
Heiko Hinderks	....	production sound mixer (3 episodes, 1984)
Sid Lubow	....	sound editor (3 episodes, 1986-1987)
George Stephenson	....	production sound mixer (2 episodes, 1984)
Robert Heffernan	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1985-1986)

Series Special Effects by
Frank Toro	....	special effects (49 episodes, 1983-1987)
Eddie Surkin	....	special effects (10 episodes, 1983-1984)
Don Power	....	special effects (4 episodes, 1983-1987)
Bill Doane	....	special effects (4 episodes, 1983)
Harrie Wiessenhaan	....	special effects (3 episodes, 1984)

Series Stunts
Brian J. Williams	....	stunt double: Jordan Christopher / stunt performer / ... (13 episodes, 1983-1987)
Bob McGovern	....	stunt performer (4 episodes, 1984-1987)
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunt performer / stunt player (3 episodes, 1985-1987)
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (3 episodes, 1985-1987)
Larry Holt	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1983-1986)
David M. Graves	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1985)
Kenny Bates	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Richard E. Butler	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Roydon Clark	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Donna Garrett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bob Herron	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Whitey Hughes	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steve Kelso	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Lane Leavitt	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Tom Morga	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Michael M. Vendrell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Dick Warlock	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jesse Wayne	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
James Winburn	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Lowell Peterson	....	camera operator (12 episodes, 1985-1986)
Rick Fee	....	assistant camera (4 episodes, 1983)
Ryan Gordon	....	second assistant camera (4 episodes, 1987)
Bob Dawes	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1986)
Michael Douglas Middleton	....	still photographer: props (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Maude Spector	....	casting: Europe (5 episodes, 1984)
Ann Stanborough	....	casting assistant: Europe (5 episodes, 1984)
Risa Kes	....	casting assistant: Europe (3 episodes, 1984)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Andrea E. Weaver	....	costumer: women (36 episodes, 1983-1987)
Darryl Levine	....	costumer: men (30 episodes, 1985-1987)
Lola Bullion Chambers	....	set costumer (23 episodes, 1984-1985)
Cynthia Helene	....	costume provider: Ms. Jackson (20 episodes, 1983-1987)
James Lapidus	....	costumer: men (20 episodes, 1984-1985)
Molly Harris Campbell	....	costume designer: Ms. Jackson / costumer: women (19 episodes, 1985-1987)
Mari Grimaud	....	costumer: women (19 episodes, 1986-1987)
Richard Butz	....	costumer: men (11 episodes, 1983-1984)
Libby Charlton	....	costumer: women (11 episodes, 1985-1986)
Cliff Langer	....	costumer: men (6 episodes, 1983-1987)
Dawn J. Jackson	....	costume designer: Ms. Jackson / costumer: Ms. Jackson (5 episodes, 1987)
Emma Trenchard	....	costumer: Ms. Jackson (5 episodes, 1987)
Karl-Heinz Stempel	....	costumer: men (3 episodes, 1984)
Brian Cox	....	costumer: men (2 episodes, 1984)
Aida Swinson	....	costumer: women (2 episodes, 1984)

Series Editorial Department
Erwin Dumbrille	....	supervising editor (6 episodes, 1986)

Series Music Department
Arthur B. Rubinstein	....	composer: theme music (88 episodes, 1983-1987)
Abby Treloggen	....	music editor (71 episodes, 1983-1987)
Bruce Babcock	....	composer: additional music (3 episodes, 1987)

Series Transportation Department
Mitch Friedman	....	driver (1 episode)
Randy Luna	....	driver (1 episode)

Series Other crew
Lee Maddux	....	story editor / executive story consultant / ... (31 episodes, 1985-1987)
David Brown	....	story editor / executive script consultant / ... (30 episodes, 1985-1987)
Robert Bielak	....	story editor (27 episodes, 1984-1985)
Lynne Kelsey	....	story editor / executive story editor (21 episodes, 1986-1987)
Joel Steiger	....	executive story consultant / executive script consultant (7 episodes, 1983-1987)
Marshall Goldberg	....	story editor (6 episodes, 1984)
Timothy Burns	....	story editor (5 episodes, 1984)
Pamela Chais	....	executive script consultant (5 episodes, 1984)
Patricia Green	....	executive story consultant (4 episodes, 1983-1984)
Mary McFadden	....	evening wear provider: Ms. Jackson (3 episodes, 1984-1985)
Rudolph Borchert	....	executive story consultant (3 episodes, 1984)

Production Companies

• Shoot the Moon Enterprises
• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1983-1987) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Warner Home Video (2010-) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Procter & Gamble  sponsoring (Coast deodorant soap, Crest toothpaste)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

60 min (88 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Shoot the Moon Enterprises

Trivia:

Sam Melville played Kate Jackson's ex-husband in the series. Years before, in "The Rookies" (1972) the two had played a married couple.

Quotes:

Lee:I'm going to take a look at his apartment.
Amanda:Ok.
Lee:You grab a cab. Get on back to the Agency. You take my computer key card and start tracking down who owns this building. Leases, parent companies...
Amanda:You know this is what always happens. I always have to go back to the agency.
Lee:We have to divide the workload Amanda.
Amanda:I agree with you let's divide the workload. You follow the paper trail and I'll follow Zorbel.
Lee:Do you think you can break into Zorbel's place?
Amanda:No.
Lee:Well?
Amanda:Call me a cab.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Chuck: Chuck Versus the Zoom (#5.1)" (2011)

Not Charlie's Angel Anymore!

I remember watching this show on CBS Monday nights before Kate and Allie and Newhart. I thought the show was great with Charlie's Angel, Kate Jackson, playing single mother, Amanda King, in the Washington D.C. area. Somehow, she manages to mingle with Bruce Boxleitner's character. He plays a Washington spy/agent for the FBI or was it CIA. I don't remember. I remember Beverly Garland playing Amanda's mom on the series. I thought this series had humor, great acting, and intelligence. The Scarecrow and Mrs. King should be out on DVD eventually. I think Kate proved that she was no more Charlie's Angel and this series displayed her acting abilities as well. I miss shows like this and it was set somewhere other than Los Angeles or New York. Maybe they never actually filmed in D.C. except for the regular shots, this show was always entertaining to watch for family hour.