Highcliffe Manor is an American sitcom with a gothic fiction background focused on the events in a mansion with crazy scientists and strange figures. The series starred Shelley Fabares and aired on NBC from April 12 to May 3, 1979.
Summary
The plot concerned the goings on at Highcliffe Manor, a creepy old mansion on a desolate island in
New England. Helen Blacke, an attractive but flaky widow, is the owner of the mansion that was home to the Blacke Foundation, a scientific research institute with a houseful of sinister characters which included Frances, a mad scientist; Bram Shelley, a bionic man; Ian Glenville, a womanizing preacher; Cheng, a huge Korean assistant; Wendy Sparkles, a sexy secretary; Rebecca, a creepy housekeeper and evil doctors Lester and Sanchez. Each episode featured
voice-over narration by
Peter Lawford.
Cast
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Shelley Fabares as Helen Blacke (widow of the foundation's founder)
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Stephen McHattie as Reverend Ian Glenville
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Eugenie Ross-Leming as Dr. Frances Kisgadden
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Gerald Gordon as Dr. Felix Morger (former assistant to the late Berkeley Blacke)
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Audrey Landers as Wendy Sparkles (secretary to the late Mr. Blacke)
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Jenny O'Hara as Rebecca (the housekeeper)
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Chris Marlowe as Bram Shelley (the bionic man)
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David Byrd as Dr. Lester
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Luis Avalos as Dr. Sanchez
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Ernie Hudson as Smythe (valet to the late Mr. Blacke)
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Harold Sakata as Cheng
Episodes
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Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present. Eight Edition. New York: Ballantine, 2003.
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