What’s Your Favorite TV Series with actor Roy Thinnes? (1 Viewer)

[JohnHopper]

Among the television shows starring actor Roy Thinnes, find:

The Long, Hot Summer (1965-1966) as Ben Quick
The Invaders (1967-1968) as architect David Vincent
The Psychiatrist (1970-1971) as psychiatrist Dr. James Whitman

Which one you pick as your favorite one and why?

 

[JohnHopper]

Spielberg Completist: THE PSYCHIATRIST: Par for the Course/The Private World of Martin Dalton (1971)

 

[JohnHopper]

THE INVADERS 1967 ABC-TV PROMOS



1967 THE INVADERS TV SERIES ABC 2ND SEASON PROMO

 

[JohnHopper]

The Long Hot Summer - 'A Time for Living' - Teaser, Opening & First Scene

 

[Ethan Riley]

For me, it was Dark Shadows. He got to play two roles and did them well.

 

[stuartfanning]

The Long Hot Summer - 'A Time for Living' - Teaser, Opening & First Scene

https://www.youtube.com/user/stuartfanning/search?query=long+hot+summer

 

[Jeff Flugel]

The Invaders all the way for me. A show with a well-handled sci-fi angle will always win out for me over a standard drama, no matter how well done.

That said, I would welcome a release of The Long, Hot Summer and The Psychiatrist. I like
Thinnes' intensity as an actor, and wish he had had a bigger career. I especially wish The Norliss Tapes had spawned a series.

 

[sjbradford]

General Hospital

 

[Doug Wallen]

My fondness is for The Invaders. I did enjoy the few episodes of The Psychiatrist I remember seeing. I thought he did great work in the supporting role of Roger Collins on the remake of Dark Shadows. I was too young to have seen the other listed series.

 

[Purple Wig]

The Invaders all the way for me. A show with a well-handled sci-fi angle will always win out for me over a standard drama, no matter how well done.

That said, I would welcome a release of The Long, Hot Summer and The Psychiatrist. I like
Thinnes' intensity as an actor, and wish he had had a bigger career. I especially wish The Norliss Tapes had spawned a series.

I wish that the surviving greats were still being utilized. It would be amazing to see Thinnes as he is now in a current project involving a new character or a revisited/updated old one. Recent interviews show him to still be possessed of a certain intensity.

DIdn't Spielberg direct a Psychiatrist or 2? Surprised more of his TV work hasn't been released to DVD.

To answer the question, my favorite is the Invaders, followed by Norliss and his episode of the Fugitive, and the one episode of the Psychiatrist that I've seen.

 

[Harry-N]

Undoubtedly THE INVADERS, but I also have a fondness for his work in DARK SHADOWS' NBC incarnation.

 

[Neil Brock]

DIdn't Spielberg direct a Psychiatrist or 2? Surprised more of his TV work hasn't been released to DVD.

I believe that's due to his wishes and in the industry, his word is law.

 

[Neil Brock]

Spielberg Completist: THE PSYCHIATRIST: Par for the Course/The Private World of Martin Dalton (1971)

Paly Center? Too funny. Hard to take seriously the commentary of someone who can't pronounce the name of the place.

 

[borisfw]

The Invaders.

 

[AndyMcKinney]

I think NBC's Dark Shadows is the better show, but The Invaders is the better vehicle for Thinnes.