Marcus Welby, M.D.

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Created by David Victor

On ABC

1969–19767 seasons171 episodes60 min6.6 / 10

A gentle, long-running medical procedural centered on a compassionate family doctor solving cases with warmth and wisdom, built for reassurance and weekly resolution.

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.

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