Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 

The submarine Seaview is commissioned to investigate the mysteries of the seas. Usually it finds more problems than answers...

Creator:

Irwin Allen

Stars:

Richard Basehart, David Hedison, Robert Dowdell

Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 9 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Richard Basehart	...	Adm. Harriman Nelson / ... 110 episodes, 1964-1968
David Hedison	...	Capt. Lee B. Crane / ... 110 episodes, 1964-1968
Robert Dowdell	...	Chip Morton / ... 109 episodes, 1964-1968
Del Monroe	...	Kowalski / ... 98 episodes, 1964-1968
Terry Becker	...	Chief Francis Ethelbert Sharkey / ... 71 episodes, 1965-1968
Paul Trinka	...	Patterson / ... 58 episodes, 1964-1968
Arch Whiting	...	Sparks 41 episodes, 1964-1968
Richard Bull	...	Doctor / ... 27 episodes, 1964-1968
Henry Kulky	...	Chief Curley Jones / ... 22 episodes, 1964-1965
Allan Hunt	...	Riley / ... 17 episodes, 1965-1966
Patrick Culliton	...	Crewman / ... 12 episodes, 1964-1968
Derrik Lewis	...	Lieutenant O'Brien / ... 8 episodes, 1964-1965
Paul Carr	...	Clark / ... 7 episodes, 1964-1967
Mark Slade	...	Malone / ... 5 episodes, 1964
Wayne Heffley	...	Seaview Doctor 4 episodes, 1965-1966
Jerry Catron	...	Buccaneer / ... 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Skip Homeier	...	Dr. Jenkins / ... 3 episodes, 1965-1968
Warren Stevens	...	Commander Van Wyck / ... 3 episodes, 1965-1967
Alfred Ryder	...	Krueger / ... 3 episodes, 1966-1967
Henry Jones	...	Mr. Pem / ... 3 episodes, 1966-1968
Jan Merlin	...	Henderson / ... 3 episodes, 1964-1967
Michael Pate	...	Colonel / ... 3 episodes, 1964-1968
Malachi Throne	...	Blackbeard the Pirate / ... 3 episodes, 1964-1967
Robert Doyle	...	Blake / ... 3 episodes, 1964-1965
Susan Flannery	...	Katie / ... 3 episodes, 1964-1965
James Frawley	...	Manolo / ... 3 episodes, 1964-1966
Werner Klemperer	...	Brainwasher / ... 3 episodes, 1964-1965
Joe E. Tata	...	Corpsman / ... 3 episodes, 1964-1967
Lloyd Bochner	...	Gen. Hobson / ... 2 episodes, 1964-1965
John Van Dreelen	...	Admiral the Baron Gustave Von Neuberg / ... 2 episodes, 1965-1967
Peter Mark Richman	...	Gantt / ... 2 episodes, 1966-1968
Michael Ansara	...	Capt. Tomas Ruiz / ... 2 episodes, 1964-1966
David Sheiner	...	Chandler / ... 2 episodes, 1965-1966
Barry Atwater	...	Logan / ... 2 episodes, 1965-1968
Kevin Hagen	...	Holden / ... 2 episodes, 1966-1968
Victor Lundin	...	Alien / ... 2 episodes, 1966-1968
Bert Freed	...	Dr. Ullman / ... 2 episodes, 1965
Vitina Marcus	...	Lani / ... 2 episodes, 1964-1966
Ford Rainey	...	President Henry Talbot McNeal 2 episodes, 1964-1965
Harry Davis	...	Konstantin / ... 2 episodes, 1965-1966
Gene Dynarski	...	Centaur I / ... 2 episodes, 1965-1967
Robert Cornthwaite	...	Gen. Reed Michaels / ... 2 episodes, 1964-1965
Bruce Mars	...	Bosun's Mate / ... 2 episodes, 1966-1968
Lew Gallo	...	Kruger / ... 2 episodes, 1966
John Zaremba	...	Admiral Johnson / ... 2 episodes, 1964-1965
Françoise Ruggieri	...	Brenda / ... 2 episodes, 1965
Booth Colman	...	Chairman 2 episodes, 1964
Robert Lipton	...	Helmsman / ... 2 episodes, 1965
Frank Babich	...	Corpsman / ... 2 episodes, 1968
Robert Carson	...	Jurgenson / ... 2 episodes, 1964-1967
Brendan Dillon	...	Captain Jacob Wren / ... 2 episodes, 1964-1967
Paul Comi	...	Hawkins / ... 2 episodes, 1964-1966
George Keymas	...	Igor / ... 2 episodes, 1965-1966
Jock Gaynor	...	Dr. Randolph Mason / ... 2 episodes, 1967
James Doohan	...	Lawrence Tobin 2 episodes, 1964
Roy Jenson	...	Crewman / ... 2 episodes, 1966-1967
Frank Graham	...	Danny / ... 2 episodes, 1964-1965
William Hudson	...	Capt. John Phillips / ... 2 episodes, 1964-1965
Seymour Cassel	...	Jensen 2 episodes, 1966-1968
Brent Davis	...	Crewman / ... 2 episodes, 1966-1967
Dawson Palmer	...	Monster / ... 2 episodes, 1966-1967
Ivan Triesault	...	Commander / ... 2 episodes, 1964-1966
Alfred Shelly	...	Chairman / ... 2 episodes, 1965-1966
Nick Adams	...	Jason 1 episode, 1964
Eddie Albert	...	Dr. Fred Wilson 1 episode, 1964
Mario Alcalde	...	Major Amadi 1 episode, 1964
Richard Carlson	...	Lars Mattson 1 episode, 1964
Rita Gam	...	Detta 1 episode, 1964
Hurd Hatfield	...	Leopold Zeraff 1 episode, 1964
Viveca Lindfors	...	Laura 1 episode, 1964
June Lockhart	...	Ellen Bryce 1 episode, 1964
Charles McGraw	...	Rear Adm. Tobin 1 episode, 1964
Carroll O'Connor	...	Old John 1 episode, 1964
David Opatoshu	...	Reisner 1 episode, 1964
Carl Reindel	...	Evans 1 episode, 1964
Everett Sloane	...	Gronski 1 episode, 1964
John Anderson	...	Dr. Janus 1 episode, 1965
Edward Asner	...	Brynov 1 episode, 1965
Ina Balin	...	Litchka 1 episode, 1965
Victor Buono	...	Tabor Ulrich 1 episode, 1965
J.D. Cannon	...	Falk 1 episode, 1965
Roger C. Carmel	...	Admiral Halder 1 episode, 1965
John Cassavetes	...	Everett Lang 1 episode, 1965
Renzo Cesana	...	Count Ferdie Staglione 1 episode, 1965
Michael Constantine	...	Dr. Brand 1 episode, 1965
Cyril Delevanti	...	Noah Grafton 1 episode, 1965
Robert Duvall	...	Zar 1 episode, 1965
Donald Harron	...	Corbett 1 episode, 1965
John McGiver	...	Alexander Corby 1 episode, 1965
Leslie Nielsen	...	Adams 1 episode, 1965
Phillip Pine	...	Ryan 1 episode, 1965
George Sanders	...	Fenton 1 episode, 1965
Gia Scala	...	Dr. Katya Markova 1 episode, 1965
Simon Scott	...	Reston 1 episode, 1965
Pilar Seurat	...	Moana 1 episode, 1965
Henry Silva	...	Gen. Tau 1 episode, 1965
Karen Steele	...	Cara 1 episode, 1965
Harold J. Stone	...	Admiral Jiggs Starke 1 episode, 1965
Torin Thatcher	...	MacDougall 1 episode, 1965
Charles Aidman	...	Dr. Hollis 1 episode, 1966
James Darren	...	Omir 1 episode, 1966
Paul Fix	...	Sam Burke 1 episode, 1966
Don Gordon	...	Stan Kowalski 1 episode, 1966
Arthur Hill	...	Lindsay 1 episode, 1966
Robert Loggia	...	Dr. Crandall Ames 1 episode, 1966
John Lupton	...	Dr. Bradley 1 episode, 1966
Hugh Marlowe	...	Bainbridge Wells 1 episode, 1966
Gary Merrill	...	Park 1 episode, 1966
Nehemiah Persoff	...	Dobbs 1 episode, 1966
Albert Salmi	...	Brent 1 episode, 1966
William Smithers	...	Ben Wilson / ... 1 episode, 1966
David J. Stewart	...	Weber 1 episode, 1966
Lyle Bettger	...	Dr. King 1 episode, 1967
John Crawford	...	Alpha 1 episode, 1967
Don Dubbins	...	C.P.O. Beach 1 episode, 1967
Michael Dunn	...	Clown 1 episode, 1967
Victor Jory	...	Dr. Turner 1 episode, 1967
Don Matheson	...	Proto 1 episode, 1967
Woodrow Parfrey	...	Leo Brock 1 episode, 1967
Vincent Price	...	Professor Multiple 1 episode, 1967
Arthur Space	...	Dr. Land 1 episode, 1967
Walter Burke	...	Leprechaun Mickey Moore O'Shaughnessy / ... 1 episode, 1968
Perry Lopez	...	Keeler 1 episode, 1968
Paul Mantee	...	Jim Bentley 1 episode, 1968
Lawrence Montaigne	...	Dr. Braddock 1 episode, 1968
Chris Robinson	...	Corpsman Mallory 1 episode, 1968
Anna-Lisa	...	Sigrid 1 episode, 1964
Edgar Bergen	...	Kenner 1 episode, 1964
Edward Binns	...	Walter Bryce 1 episode, 1964
Yvonne Craig	...	Carol 1 episode, 1964
Linda Cristal	...	Melina Gounaris 1 episode, 1964
Danielle De Metz	...	Anna Ravec 1 episode, 1964
John Hoyt	...	General Beeker 1 episode, 1964
Monique LeMaire	...	Luana 1 episode, 1964
John Milford	...	Wesley 1 episode, 1964
Alejandro Rey	...	Ricardo 1 episode, 1964
Eddie Ryder	...	Harker 1 episode, 1964
Milton Selzer	...	Dr. Melton 1 episode, 1964
Sara Shane	...	Countess 1 episode, 1964
Adam Williams	...	Chief 1 episode, 1964
Whit Bissell	...	Connors 1 episode, 1965
Brooke Bundy	...	Gundi 1 episode, 1965
Curt Conway	...	Dr. Winslow 1 episode, 1965
Audrey Dalton	...	Lydia Parrish 1 episode, 1965
Joe De Santis	...	Miklos 1 episode, 1965
Arthur Franz	...	Archer 1 episode, 1965
Vincent Gardenia	...	Bellini 1 episode, 1965
Hedley Mattingly	...	Lester 1 episode, 1965
Harry Millard	...	The Man 1 episode, 1965
Liam Sullivan	...	Dr. Anthony Sterling 1 episode, 1965
George Takei	...	Cheng 1 episode, 1965
Regis Toomey	...	George Penfield 1 episode, 1965
John Dehner	...	Borgman 1 episode, 1966
Robert H. Harris	...	Carleton 1 episode, 1966
Marian McCargo	...	Karyl 1 episode, 1966
Gerald Mohr	...	Athos Vadim 1 episode, 1966
Arthur O'Connell	...	Paul 1 episode, 1966
Patrick Wayne	...	Fraser 1 episode, 1966
John Alderson	...	Round-Face 1 episode, 1964
Sheila Allen	...	Mrs. Melton 1 episode, 1964
Malcolm Atterbury	...	Commander Jamison 1 episode, 1964
Jill Ireland	...	Julie 1 episode, 1964
Theodore Marcuse	...	Dr. Gamma 1 episode, 1964
Les Tremayne	...	Denning 1 episode, 1964
Than Wyenn	...	Anton Koslow 1 episode, 1964
Barbara Bouchet	...	Tippy Penfield 1 episode, 1965
Ted de Corsia	...	Foreign General 1 episode, 1965
Émile Genest	...	French Captain 1 episode, 1965
Russell Horton	...	Fred 1 episode, 1965
Jay Lanin	...	Captain of Jefferson 1 episode, 1965
Delphi Lawrence	...	Julietta 1 episode, 1965
George Mitchell	...	Angus 1 episode, 1965
Alvy Moore	...	Hoff 1 episode, 1965
Zale Parry	...	Angela Madison 1 episode, 1965
Robert Sampson	...	Capt. Williams 1 episode, 1965
Teru Shimada	...	Nakamura 1 episode, 1965
Rudy Solari	...	Tomas 1 episode, 1965
Irene Tsu	...	Su Yin 1 episode, 1965
Frank Marth	...	McHenry 1 episode, 1966
Elizabeth Perry	...	Tracy 1 episode, 1966
Dusty Cadis	...	Rayburn 1 episode, 1968
Jacques Aubuchon	...	Abdul Azziz 1 episode, 1964
Edward Colmans	...	Fuentes 1 episode, 1964
Steven Geray	...	Oskar Dalgren 1 episode, 1964
Wright King	...	Dr. Baines 1 episode, 1964
Bob Payne	...	Murdock 1 episode, 1964
Michel Petit	...	Prince Ang 1 episode, 1964
Edward Platt	...	Morgan 1 episode, 1964
Al Ruscio	...	Dimitri Gounaris 1 episode, 1964
Lew Brown	...	Lt. Comdr. Jackson 1 episode, 1965
Alexander D'Arcy	...	Lago 1 episode, 1965
Charles Dierkop	...	Left-Handed Man 1 episode, 1965
Eric Feldary	...	Deiner 1 episode, 1965
Paul Genge	...	General Ashton 1 episode, 1965
Dale Ishimoto	...	Premier 1 episode, 1965
Herbert Lytton	...	First Admiral 1 episode, 1965
John McLiam	...	Andrews 1 episode, 1965
Robert F. Simon	...	President 1 episode, 1965
Tom Skerritt	...	Richardson 1 episode, 1965
Douglas Bank	...	Witt 1 episode, 1966
Barry Coe	...	Balter 1 episode, 1966
Allen Jaffe	...	Sebastian 1 episode, 1966
Diane Webber	...	Mermaid 1 episode, 1967
William Beckley	...	Major John Andre 1 episode, 1968
Jan Arvan	...	Georges 1 episode, 1964
Oscar Beregi Jr.	...	Colonel Lascoe 1 episode, 1964
Peter Brocco	...	Xanthos 1 episode, 1964
Walter Brooke	...	Dan Case 1 episode, 1964
Henry Darrow	...	Captain Serra 1 episode, 1964
Frank Ferguson	...	Air Force General 1 episode, 1964
David Lewis	...	Dr. Kranz 1 episode, 1964
George Lindsey	...	Collins 1 episode, 1964
Frank Richards	...	Hassler 1 episode, 1964
Joseph Ruskin	...	Inspector Falazir 1 episode, 1964
James Brolin	...	Spencer 1 episode, 1965
Harold Dyrenforth	...	Doctor 1 episode, 1965
Steve Harris	...	Fowler 1 episode, 1965
Nancy Hsueh	...	Tish Sweetly 1 episode, 1965
Judy Lang	...	Angie 1 episode, 1965
Dayton Lummis	...	Reinhardt 1 episode, 1965
Michael McDonald	...	Foster 1 episode, 1965
Walter Sande	...	Second Admiral 1 episode, 1965
George Tyne	...	Liscomb 1 episode, 1965
Howard Wendell	...	Dr. Andrew Benton 1 episode, 1965
Jason Wingreen	...	Mikhil 1 episode, 1965
Cec Linder	...	Van Druten 1 episode, 1966
John Newton	...	Commander Richard Lawrence 1 episode, 1966
Robert Swimmer	...	Pirate 1 episode, 1966
June Vincent	...	Ava 1 episode, 1966
Howard Culver	...	Reporter 1 episode, 1967
Jim Gosa	...	Centaur II 1 episode, 1967
Don Knight	...	Sven Larsen 1 episode, 1967
Jon Lormer	...	Dr. Pierre Blanchard 1 episode, 1967
Ralph Garrett	...	Somers 1 episode, 1968
John Banner	...	Russian Chairman 1 episode, 1964
Bobby Beakman	...	Jimmy Bryce 1 episode, 1964
William Boyett	...	Air Force Lt. 1 episode, 1964
Stan Jones	...	Dr. Anderson 1 episode, 1964
Nancy Kovack	...	Monique 1 episode, 1964
Peter Mamakos	...	Nicolas 1 episode, 1964
Ed Prentiss	...	Phillip James 1 episode, 1964
Richard Webb	...	Parker 1 episode, 1964
James Anderson	...	Wilson 1 episode, 1965
Joe Higgins	...	Magistrate 1 episode, 1965
Lloyd Kino	...	Policeman 1 episode, 1965
Richard Loo	...	Li Tung 1 episode, 1965
Nigel McKeand	...	Sonar 1 episode, 1965
Rachel Romen	...	Alicia 1 episode, 1965
Ben Wright	...	Brewster 1 episode, 1965
Francis X. Bushman	...	Old Man 1 episode, 1966
Larry D. Mann	...	Diver 1 episode, 1966
Dallas Mitchell	...	Sonar Man - Destroyer 1 episode, 1966
Bradd Arnold	...	Page 1 episode, 1967
Bill Baldwin	...	Bill - Aide 1 episode, 1967
Damian O'Flynn	...	Dr. Thompson 1 episode, 1967
Steve Ihnat	...	Pennell 1 episode, 1964
Berry Kroeger	...	Chairman 1 episode, 1964
Kenneth MacDonald	...	Surgeon 1 episode, 1964
Torben Meyer	...	Proprietor 1 episode, 1964
Robert Patten	...	Naval Doctor 1 episode, 1964
William Sargent	...	Anders 1 episode, 1964
John Gallaudet	...	Admiral Johnson 1 episode, 1965
Richard Gilden	...	Tal 1 episode, 1965
John Goddard	...	Tracy 1 episode, 1965
Ed McCready	...	Hill 1 episode, 1965
Tudor Owen	...	Crofter 1 episode, 1965
Michael Pataki	...	Officer 1 episode, 1965
Phil Posner	...	Stevens 1 episode, 1965
Freddie Roberto	...	Croupier 1 episode, 1965
Gus Trikonis	...	Sonar Man - Sub. 1 episode, 1966
Eric Matthews	...	Maj. Bob Wilson 1 episode, 1967
Janos Prohaska	...	Gorilla 1 episode, 1967
George Robotham	...	Frost Man #2 1 episode, 1968
Biff Elliot	...	Lineman 1 episode, 1964
Martin Kosleck	...	Director 1 episode, 1964
Douglas Lambert	...	Williams 1 episode, 1964
Greger Vigen	...	The Boy 1 episode, 1964
Michael Barrier	...	Cabrillo 1 episode, 1965
Walter Woolf King	...	Hansen 1 episode, 1965
Lee Millar	...	Soldier 1 episode, 1965
Bert Remsen	...	Senator Kimberly 1 episode, 1965
Margot Stevenson	...	Betty 1 episode, 1965
Kent Taylor	...	Johnson 1 episode, 1965
Harry Lauter	...	Cmdr. Finch 1 episode, 1966
Peter Adams	...	Johnson 1 episode, 1964
Erik Holland	...	Gartern 1 episode, 1964
Danica D'Hondt	...	Lola Hale 1 episode, 1965
Jon Kowal	...	Policeman 1 episode, 1965
George Zaima	...	Scientist 1 episode, 1965
Herb Voland	...	Carter 1 episode, 1966
Joseph Walsh	...	Atlas 1 episode, 1964
Frank Delfino	...	Boy - Midget 1 episode, 1965
Lee Kolima	...	Junk Captain 1 episode, 1965
Ed Connelly	...	Rourke 1 episode, 1966
Weaver Levy	...	Oriental Colonel 1 episode, 1964
George Young	...	Lang's Accomplice 1 episode, 1965
Armand Alzamora	...	Spanish Major 1 episode, 1964
Kort Falkenberg	...	The Father 1 episode, 1964
Gordon Gilbert	...	O'Brien 1 episode, 1964
Mike Kellin	...	Steban 1 episode, 1964
John Strong	...	Radioman Monroe 1 episode, 1967
Ron Stein	...	Crew Member / ... (uncredited) 37 episodes, 1964-1968
Philip Barry	...	Crew Member / ... (uncredited) 32 episodes, 1966-1968
Marco Lopez	...	Crewman / ... (uncredited) 23 episodes, 1966-1968

Storyline

Voyage chronicled the adventures of the world's first privately owned nuclear submarine, the SSRN Seaview. Designed by Admiral Harriman Nelson, she was a tool of oceanographic research for the Nelson Institute of Marine Research. Though the show is known for its "monster" episodes, many plots were veiled commentaries of what was happening in the news. Such plotlines as nuclear doomsday, pollution of natural resources, foreign threat, and theft of American technology are all still relevant today.

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Plot Keywords:

1960s | psychotronic series | submarine | nuclear submarine | orchestral music score | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The series was satirized as "Voyage to See What's on the Bottom" by artist Mort Drucker and writer Dick DeBartolo in the March 1966 issue of MAD Magazine #101.

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Goofs

Strangers are routinely taken aboard the Seaview and are left free to roam around unescorted, despite the ship having nuclear weapons.

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Quotes

Captain Crane: A man learns a great deal sitting on top of an armed nuclear bomb for twenty-four hours.
Admiral Nelson: I can think of a number of important people in this world of ours who would profit enormously from the experience.

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Connections

Referenced in American Dreams: High Hopes (2003)

User Reviews

Great stuff

This was great stuff for the time. I remember that my family rarely missed this show! Richard Basehart as Adm. Harriman Nelson and David Hedison as Capt. Lee Crane were always searching for new undersea discoveries. These, of course, very often led to adventure and drama. We never knew when the Seaview was on her last voyage. There were often giant undersea monsters to deal with. And, of course, even though they haven't been spotted by man in all of written history, they were THE biggest danger of our time. They obviously had to be dealt with, now didn't they? By today's standards, the special effects were quite laughable but for their day, they did their job. I recall some of these shows even today, decades later.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Irwin Allen Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

52 min (110 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color Black and White (31 episodes)

Aspect Ratio:

4:3