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Ensign O'Toole

6.5 / 10

1962

1 season

32 episodes

War & PoliticsComedy

Ensign O'Toole is a military comedy that aired on NBC from September 23, 1962, to May 5, 1963, with 31-year-old Dean Jones in the title role of a nonchalant United States Navy ensign during the early 1960s. Jones, born in 1931 in Alabama and a Navy veteran of the Korean War, played an officer aboard the fictional U.S. Navy destroyer USS Appleby, which roamed the Pacific Ocean.

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Cast

Dean Jones

Jack Mullaney

Harvey Lembeck

Jay C. Flippen

Jack Albertson

Robert Sorrells

Beau Bridges

Ken Berry

Gerald Trump

Eddie Peterson

Andrew Colmar

Les Brown Jr.

Seasons

Ep 1
1.Operation: Kowana
23-09-196230m
Ep 2
2.Operation: Model 'T'
30-09-196230m
Ep 3
3.Operation: Daddy
07-10-196230m
Ep 4
4.Operation: Benefit
14-10-196230m
Ep 5
5.Operation: Jinx
21-10-196230m
Ep 6
6.Operation: Holdout
28-10-196230m
Ep 7
7.Operation: Birthday
11-11-196230m
Ep 8
8.Operation: Dinner Party
11-11-196230m
Ep 9
9.Operation: Mess
18-11-196230m
Ep 10
10.Operation: Impersonation
25-11-196230m
Ep 11
11.Operation: Hypnosis
02-12-196230m
Ep 12
12.Operation: Potomac
09-12-196230m
Ep 13
13.Operation: Gaslight
16-12-196230m
Ep 14
14.Operation: Brooklyn
23-12-196230m
O'Toole must persuade a sailor to reenlist.
Ep 15
15.Operation: Swindle
30-12-196230m
Chef Nelson doesn't know that he is being conned by his wife to be.
Ep 16
16.Operation: Treasure
06-01-196330m
The crew find a message in a bottle which they believe to be a treasure map.
Ep 17
17.Operation: Intrigue
13-01-196330m
O' Toole has shore leave in Hong Kong.
Ep 18
18.Operation: Psychology
20-01-196330m
Lieutenant Commander Stoners brother in law, a professor of psychology, visits the ship.
Ep 19
19.Operation: Royalty
27-01-196330m
Ep 20
20.Operation: Whodunit
03-02-196330m
Ep 21
21.Operation: Casanova
10-02-196330m
Ep 22
22.Operation: Souvenir
17-02-196330m
A ban is placed on bringing souvenirs aboard so St. John has to hide a cannon he bought.
Ep 23
23.Operation: Arrivederci
05-03-196330m
O'Toole schemes to host an art exhibition on board for an artist that catches his eye in Rome.
Ep 24
24.Operation: Re-enlist
10-03-196330m
The Admiral orders Stoner to encourage the crew nearing the end of their tour's to re=enlist.
Ep 25
25.Operation: Boxer
17-03-196330m
Ep 26
26.Operation: Stowaway
24-03-196330m
A defector boards the ship while anchored close to the iron curtain.
Ep 27
27.Operation: Arctic
31-03-196330m
Ep 28
28.Operation: Physical
07-04-196330m
Stoner is concerned his age may affect his impending physical so the crew try to help.
Ep 29
29.Operation: Tubby
14-04-196330m
An overweight member of the crew is told to lose 30 pounds in 30 days or be discharged.
Ep 30
30.Operation: Sabotage
21-04-196330m
The crew must expose the man assigned as a saboteur during a training exercise.
Ep 31
31.Operation: Contest
28-04-196330m
The crew miss their liberty in Hollywood after being quarantined.
Ep 32
32.Operation: Geisha
05-05-196330m

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