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Bachelor Father is an American sitcom starring John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran, and Sammee Tong. The series first premiered on CBS in September 1957 before moving to NBC for the third season in 1959. The series' fifth and final season aired on ABC from 1961 to 1962. A total of 157 episodes were aired. The series was based on "A New Girl in His Life", which aired on General Electric Theater on May 26, 1957. Bachelor Father is the only primetime series ever to run in consecutive years on the three major televisions networks.
Episode 20 : Bentley the Hero
June. 07,1959
A girl who has her heart set on breaking into pictures decides that Bentley is just the man to help her. The girl begins by pretending to drown so that Bentley can save her.
Episode 19 : Bentley and the Beauty Contest
May. 24,1959
Bentley takes an avid interest in a beautiful Peruvian girl and helps her to win a talent contest. But he encounters unexpected complications in his campaign to woo her.
Episode 18 : Bentley the Organizer
May. 10,1959
Episode 17 : Bentley and the Motorcycle
April. 26,1959
Persistant Howard asks Bentley for permission to go steady with Kelly. Bentley refuses on the grounds that Kelly is too young to be held down to one person.
Episode 16 : Bentley, Man of Steel
April. 12,1959
Bentley succumbs to the charms of a lovely girl who operates a health club. He is so impressed that he starts exercising with barbells and eating health foods, hoping to capture the young lady's admiration.
Episode 15 : Bentley's Aunt Caroline
March. 29,1959
Concerned over Kelly's lack of discipline, Bentley decides she needs a woman's guidance. He sends for his Aunt Caroline, but her arrival only complicates Bentley's problem.
Episode 14 : Bentley the Proud Father
March. 15,1959
Bentley feels that Kelly should be more popular with the boys. He decides to change her personality and campaigns to have her named queen of the carnival.
Episode 13 : Bentley the Starmaker
March. 01,1959
Kelly's boyfriend, Howard is always hanging around and Bentley reasons that if Howard's singing career took up more of his time, Bentley would see less of him. So Bentley decides to give Howard's career a push.
Episode 12 : A Phone for Kelly
February. 15,1959
Bentley starchly refuses Kelly's plea for a second telephone in the house but Kelly is determined to make him change his mind.
Episode 11 : Bentley and the Kleptomaniac
February. 01,1959
Kelly wants to discourage Bentley from checking up on her every move, so she decides to give him something big to worry about. She pressures her boyfriend, Howard, into taking objects from the Gregg household, creating the impression that the young man is a kleptomaniac.
Episode 10 : Decisions, Decisions
January. 18,1959
When two boys ask Kelly to the prom, she can't decide which invitation to accept. She takes her problem to Bentley who quickly finds that she is the just the first of a chain of people who call upon him to make their decisions.
Episode 9 : Bentley's Economy Wave
January. 04,1959
Bentley decides to place the household on a stringent budget, but with very unhappy results.
Episode 8 : Bentley's Big Case
December. 21,1958
Bentley represents a wealthy client in a minor accident case and finds himself opposing Peter, who is acting as his own counsel.
Episode 7 : Kelly's Mad Crush
December. 07,1958
Kelly gets a crush on Ronnie Burns and talks of nothing else. Kelly's boy friend doesn't like this turn of events one bit and even considers Bentley, partly to blame.
Episode 6 : Bentley and the Wedding Bells
November. 23,1958
The wife of an important client decides that Bentley would be the ideal husband for her plain neice.
Episode 5 : Bentley and Peter's Teacher
November. 09,1958
Peter enrolls in high school in an attempt to improve his English. Bentley, who tries to help Peter, is impressed by the pretty teacher in charge of Peter's class.
Episode 4 : Bentley and the Teenage Siren
October. 26,1958
Kelly loses her self confidence when a teen-age siren at schol makes a vivid impression on the boys. Bentley tries to help Kelly feel that she's attractive too.
Episode 3 : Bentley Leads a Dog's Life
October. 12,1958
Bentley's plans for a weekend vacation run into an unexpected snag. He has made arrangements to place Kelly's dog, Jasper, in a kennel during their short holiday, but Jasper runs away.
Episode 2 : Parent's Night (a.k.a.) Cyrano De Bergerac
September. 28,1958
Kelly urges her Uncle Bentley to try out for the leading role in a forthcoming PTA play. Bentley allows himself to be persuaded but during the rehearsal he argues with the leading lady and walks out on the play.
Episode 1 : Bentley and the Finishing School
September. 14,1958
Bentley decides to send Kelly to a girls finishing school so that she will acquire some polish. But Kelly doesn't like the idea at all and enlists the aid of Peter in a plot to outwit her uncle.
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