Series Description

The Ellery Queen TV show was a 60 minute crime drama series on NBC about a mystery writer who helped his father who was a detective with the New York Police Department, to solve murders. This was not the typical police action series. Ellery Queen used his brains rather than brawn to solve the crimes. One unique aspect of the show was that immediately before Jim Hutton (Ellery Queen) revealed the identity of the murderer, he would face the camera and ask the audience if they had figured out who had commited the crime.

Ellery Queen Cast

Jim Hutton .... Ellery Queen
David Wayne .... Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese .... Sergeant Velie
Ken Swofford .... Frank Flannigan
John Hillerman .... Simon Brimmer

Ellery Queen Trivia

Thirty-six years before the Ellery Queen TV show went on the air, there was an Adventures of Ellery Queen Radio Show that lasted for eight seasons!

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Pilot Episode

Too Many Suspects (3/23/1975)

Ellery Queen - The First And Only Season

1. Auld Lang Syne (9/11/1975)
2. The Lover's Leap (9/18/1975)
3. The Chinese Dog (9/25/1975)
4. The Comic Book Crusader (10/2/1975)
5. The 12th Floor Express (10/9/1975)
6. Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance (10/16/1975)
7. Colonel Niven's Memoirs (10/23/1975)
8. The Mad Tea Party (10/30/1975)
9. Veronica's Veils (11/13/1975)
10. The Pharaoh's Curse (12/11/1975)
11. The Blunt Instrument (12/18/1975)
12. The Black Falcon (1/4/1976)
13. The Sunday Punch (1/11/1976)
14. The Eccentric Engineer (1/18/1976)
15. The Wary Witness (1/26/1976)
16. The Judas Tree (2/1/1976)
17. The Sinister Scenario (2/8/1976)
18. The Two-Faced Woman (2/29/1976)
19. The Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley (3/7/1976)
20. Caesar's Last Sleep (3/14/1976)
21. The Hard-Hearted Huckster (3/21/1976)
22. The Disappearing Dagger (4/4/1976)