Classic TV Shows - Bachelor Father, John Forsythe

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Bachelor Father

11/15/1957 - 11/25/1962
CBS, NBC, ABC
30 Minutes
Black and White

John Forsythe

Bachelor Father Cast

John Forsythe as Bentley Gregg
Noreen Corcoran as Kelly Gregg
Sammee Tong as Peter Tong

Victor Sen Yung as Cousin Charlie Fong (1957-62)
Jimmy Boyd as Howard Meechim (1958-1961)
Bernadette Withers as Ginger Farrell/Loomis/Mitchell
Alice Backus as Vickie (1957-1958)
Jeanne Balas as Suzanne Collins (1961)
Whit Bissell as Bert Loomis (1959-61)
Aron Kincaid as Warren Dawson (1962)
Sue Ane Langdon as Kitty Marsh (1959-1961)
Sally Mansfield as Connie (1961-1962)
Shirley Mitchell as Kitty Deveraux (1958-1959)
Del Moore as Cal Mitchell (1960-1962)
Evelyn Scott as Adelaide Mitchell (1960-1962)
Joan Vohs as Elaine Meechim (1959)

Trivia
Jimmie Boyd recorded the 1952 Christmas standard "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus."

Ginger (Bernadette Withers) as Kelly's friend, changed parents and last names 3 times during the run of the show.

Bachelor Father Theme

"Bachelor Father" by Johnny Williams

External Links
TV Guide's Bachelor Father Page, with TV Listings, Photos, Videos, Exclusive News and More.

Bachelor Father Tidbits

Successful unmarried Beverly Hills attorney Bentley Gregg (John Forsythe) is living the bachelor high life. Then he becomes the guardian of 13 year old Kelly (Noreen Corcoran) when her parents are killed in an auto accident.

The whole household is turned upside down by the addtion of an exurberant teen. This often exasperates the seemingly unflappable butler, Peter Tong (Sammee Tong).

While Gregg had an active social life with the ladies, this never slowed Kelly down in trying to find him a wife.

Passings

Sammee Tong comitted suicide in 1964, Victor Sen Yung died in 1980 of accidental asphyxiation, and Whit Bissell in 1996 of Parkinson's disease.

John Forsythe

Bachelor Father Trivia

Jasper was the dog's name

They lived at 1163 Rexford Drive in Beverly Hills.

His office was Room 106 in the Crescent Building on Crescent Drive in LA.

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