Police Surgeon 

The cases of rugged young Dr. Locke and his crusty mentor Dr. Sellers.

Creators:

Wilton Schiller, Chester Krumholz

Stars:

Sam Groom, Larry D. Mann, Len Birman

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Sam Groom	...	Dr. Simon Locke 95 episodes, 1971-1975
Larry D. Mann	...	Lt. Jack Gordon 53 episodes, 1972-1975

Storyline

Dr. Simon Locke was a handsome young physician who moved to the small town of Dixon Mills, Canada, where he set up practice with his curmudgeonly older mentor Dr. Andrew Sellers. Louise Wynn was their nurse, as they treated crime victims, abused children and a variety of diseases, some serious, others not so. In the second season, Dr. Locke left Dixon Mills, Dr. Sellers and Nurse Wynn behind for the big city, where he joined the police emergency unit and received a new boss in former Dixon Mills cop Dan Palmer. Palmer was later replaced by Lt. Gordon, as Locke investigated a number of crimes associated with the patients he was treating.

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Plot Keywords:

character name as series title | medical | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Jack Albertson was so disgusted at the cheap, slipshod way this show was produced that he actually pulled out of it halfway into its first season, after seeing a particularly bad set of rushes. Reminded that he still had a contract, he said, "After what I just saw up there, no jury in the world would convict me." He received his release shortly thereafter.

User Reviews

A cheap, by the numbers syndie, but watchable.

"Police Surgeon" was in fact the second and third seasons of a syndicated half hour TV series that began life as "Dr. Simon Locke" in its' first season. Sam Groom, a likable enough actor, played as Dr. Simon Locke, a young doctor who, in the "Police Surgeon" incarnation of the series, moves from the Dixon Mills small-town physician of the first season to a surgeon with the medical unit of a big-city police department (Toronto?) for the second and third seasons. Larry Mann was also featured during the last two seasons as Lieutenant Jack Gordon of the police department. As seemed to be the norm in all hospital/doctor series of the time, Dr. Locke seemed to spend more time playing detective each week than did Lt. Gordon who would seem to show up close to the end of each weekly episode to "wrap-up" the case and take the criminal (pursued and apprehended by Dr. Locke) to jail.

Both "Dr. Simon Locke" and "Police Surgeon" were cheap, by the numbers, first run syndication TV series that ran from 1971-1974 but were watchable none the less.

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 September 1971 (USA)

Also Known As:

Police Surgeon

Filming Locations:

Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

CTV Television Network, Dorian-Bentwood Productions, Four Star Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (78 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1