Young Doctor Malone

[Paul Raven]

I think just about every major soap,save GL and EON aired in Australia at one point in the 60's,70's and into the 80's.

At one point the line-up on the 9 network went for many years in the 70's went AW 11.00 -12.00, Days 1.30 - 2.30. Y& R 2.30 - 3.00,GH 3.00 -3.30 and SFT 3.30 - 4.00

Wouldn't it be great if some of those tapes were unearthed?

Edited February 1, 2015 by Paul Raven

[DRW50]

September 1961 TV Radio Mirror

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[Paul Raven]

October 2 1962

Jill is concerned about her recently crippled husband Larry's first day on his new job; Larry, unbeknownst to Jill, never got the job and tries to deceive Jill by using his gambling winnings as income; and Jill must console her mother who has just lost her baby

[Paul Raven]

FTR Joyce Van Patten played Clara Kershaw at some stage,meaning both she and brother Dick appeared on YDM.

[danfling]

And, both original stars of the ABC prime time show Eight Is Enough (Dick Van Patten and Diana Hyland) both appeared on Young Doctor Malone and were re-united on Eight Is Enough. That show, as many produced by Lorimer, was produced by many former soap opera executives who hired much of the soap opera talent which had immigrated west.

[danfling]

I wonder if Carol Irwin worked on any other soap operas?

[SoapDope]

Diana Hyland looked rough in that cast photo. Dick Van Patten before the bad comb over.

[dc11786]

Carol Irwin died while the show was still on the air. Initially, Doris Quinlan acted as an interim producer before permanently replacing Irwin. If Irwin did work on other soaps, it would have had to be prior to Doctor Malone.

[danfling]

Yes, the picture of Dianna Hyland above is terrible! I wonder if her character was bad.

She played ministers' wives both in the movie A Man Called Peter and on the primetime serial Peyton Place.

[danfling]

Actor Dick van Patten, who played Larry Renfrew on Young Doctor Malone in 1961 and 1962 has passed away. I hope to post an obituary later.

[slick jones]

We Love Soaps has reported that John P. Connell, the Young Doctor Malone of the tv series has passed at 91.

http://www.welovesoaps.net/2015/09/john-p-connell-dead-at-91.html#more

I know that he played Lt. Dan Riley on DS, A Ranger on Captain Video and his Video Rangers.  Does anyone know his roles on EON, LOL, and SS?

[danfling]

Slick, I read that he wrote The Secret Storm.

[Paul Raven]

John Connell and William Prince

[Paul Raven]

Diana Hyland joined as Gig Houseman on Thurs March 2 1961.

Gig was described as a 'pretty, wealthy divorcee who becomes a patient of Dr David Malone, a young bachelor'

Hyland was 25 at that time.

[Paul Raven]

Variety reported in May 59 that with NBC possibly cancelling YDM and/or From These Roots P&G might move either of them over to CBS into the 2.00 timeslot following ATWT. Imagine things would have been very different for those shows in that timeslot.