The Islanders

The story

The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane Brewster.

At the beginning of the series, Sandy Wade and Zack Malloy, co-owners of a Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft, start their one-plane airline in the Moluccas or Spice Islands of the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Throughout the series they experience a variety of adventures where seemingly harmless charter flights put them into danger. They are frequently aided in their endeavours by the unusually-named Wilhelmina ”Steamboat Willy” Vanderveer and Shipwreck Callighan.

The Islanders, primarily sponsored by Liggett & Myers' Chesterfield cigarettes, aired at 9:30 Eastern time on Sunday evenings opposite The Jack Benny Program and Candid Camera on CBS and the second half of The Dinah Shore Show and the last season of The Loretta Young Show on NBC.

William Reynolds stated in an interview, "The series went from being sort of like a Terry and the Pirates or a Maverick type of concept to becoming just a bunch of people skulking around. It wasn't very good."

After The Islanders, Philbrook co-starred in the 1962-1963 season as a magazine publisher and the love interest of Loretta Young in her short-lived The New Loretta Young Show, which aired Mondays on CBS. Reynolds went on to star in two other ABC series,The Gallant Men, a World War II series, and The FBI with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr..

Cast

W William ReynoldsSandy Wade D Diane BrewsterWilhelmina 'Steamboat Willy' Vanderveer J James PhilbrookZack Malloy W Walter BurkeMesrob A Aki AleongDanny Koo · Shoul Lee G Gigi PerreauJulie Staunton H Henry CordenLasser J Jack Weston S Steven GerayMarek M Myron HealeyHightower N Norma CraneSarah G Glenda FarrellMrs. Dan King

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G George TakeiYung K Keenan WynnAgent Blake E Elisha Cook Jr.Tomas M Michael PateMoribus T Thomas GomezDarius S Sean McCloryQuinn G George MacreadyHarja L Luana AndersTrina J Jay Novello P Philip AhnGovernor Galli S Sebastian CabotEric Whitaker R Russell Collins H Howard St. JohnJohn Marston M Mario AlcaldeCaptain Kardashian R Robert EllensteinChia G Gena RowlandsPepper Mint B Bert RemsenNoel Parkinson G George DolenzCarl Baurel P Peter WhitneyCarruthers B Betty GardeMme. Arbedutian S Sam JaffePapa Mathews J John AbbottHarwood Gones T Thomas MitchellTom Todd P Peter FalkHooker T Teru ShimadaKam Chuh R Robin HughesColonel Arthur Munson A Anthony CarusoVelde P Paul LambertArtinas F Fay WrayMrs. Staunton S Suzanne PleshetteIris J J. Pat O'MalleyJames J. Lacey J James HongWu Pan F Frank De KovaCarlos Roca P Patrick WestwoodRama Singh T Terence de MarneyRooster N Noel DraytonDr. Witfield R Reggie NalderMr. Sudraka H Hans ConriedInspector Gardeva H Henry SilvaHelmuth Mansing C Christopher DarkDante D Darren McGavinPhil M Milton ParsonsWallaby Will E Eduardo CiannelliSebastian C Charles BronsonDutch Malkin M Martin LandauArnie B Benson FongO'Hara W Werner KlempererMichel Serati L Leonard StrongGeneral Kumari E E.G. MarshallCurt Cober H Henry DaniellJarden G Gloria TalbottMaria Mosner E Emile MeyerGard L Luther AdlerFrank Fellino J John BryantMaxwell G Gia ScalaRhea