60 minSeason 7 • Episode 23
LatestMarcus 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.
Acting
Robert Young's impossibly warm bedside manner defined the role.
Writing
Groundbreaking episodes tackled then-taboo medical issues.
Creator
David Victor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This show single-handedly created the 'TV doctor' phenomenon and influenced decades of medical dramas from St. Elsewhere to Grey's Anatomy.
Robert Young was 62 when cast; ABC initially rejected him as 'too old' for a leading man. The pilot's success proved them hilariously wrong.
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