Medic
Highlights the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors and surgeons headed by Dr. Konrad Styner. One of the first medical shows on TV that paid strict attention to detail, and heralded at the time for its sometimes unflinching look at the operations and medical procedures performed by doctors.
Medic was an American medical drama that aired on NBC beginning in 1954. Medic was television’s first doctor drama to focus attention on medical procedures.
Created by its principal writer James E. Moser, Medic tried to create realism (City Hospital and The Doctor had not) which would typify medical shows from then on. Moser had previously written for the radio shows Dragnet and Dr. Kildare.
Medic episodes were introduced and narrated by Richard Boone, playing Dr. Konrad Styner who sometimes also appeared in the stories. Fifty-nine segments aired from September 1954 to November 1956.
Guest stars
Claude Akins
Charles Bronson
Cindy Carol
Lee J. Cobb
Richard Crenna
Bobby Driscoll
Jean Engstrom (3 episodes – all in 1955)
Beverly Garland
Dennis Hopper (his acting debut)
Lee Marvin
Vera Miles
Ainslie Pryor (2 episodes – both in 1956)
Denver Pyle
Dick Sargent
Robert F. Simon
Robert Vaughn
Michael Winkelman
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