"My Favourite Martian."
An incomplete list of one of the most popular American sitcoms during the 1960s.
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- CreatorJohn L. GreeneStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonAn exoanthropologist from the planet Mars, stranded on Earth, is rescued by Tim O'Hara, a newspaper reporter who introduces the Martian to his friends and the authorities as his uncle Martin.
- DirectorSheldon LeonardStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonReporter Tim O'Hara, while covering a flight of the Air Force X-15, finds a spaceship that contains a genuine martian. The martian is a professor who specializes in the planet Earth and now has to repair his spaceship before he can go home.
- DirectorSidney MillerStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyAnn MarshallThere is triple girl trouble in the O'Hara home. George, the dog Tim is looking after for Mr. Burns, wants Chloe, the dog next door. Tim tries to get George and Chloe together and falls for Chloe's owner, Marsha Carson. Angela is jealous.
- 1963–196630mTV-G7.1 (86)TV EpisodeDirectorSidney MillerStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonMartin has a cold. When he sneezes, he changes to being visible at bad times. Tim is assigned to review Trimbles Department Store's outer space exhibit, rife with stereotyped caricatures. As an advertiser, Trimble expects a glowing review.
- DirectorSidney MillerStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonTo get some rarefied air, Martin goes atop a water tower. Passersby and police think he's a jumper and he's sent to the psych ward of the hospital. Martin goes for a quick release by reading the doctor's mind to say what he wants to hear.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonMartin agrees to give Tim a power of mind reading in limited form; it will expire the next day at midnight. Tim uses it indulgently. He hopes it will aid in an interview with a politician. But he is surprised and thinks Martin tricked him.
- DirectorJames KomackStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyBernie KopellTim writes a news article about a woman who left thousands in her will to a cat. Martin is furious. The attorney threatens him to write on it no more but says she had a second will donating to a children's orphanage. Martin holds a séance.
- DirectorJames KomackStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonMars has deviated closer from its regular orbit temporarily and Martin can make it back. He has a 10 hour window. As he prepares to leave, he sprains his ankle which inhibits his antenna. But he escapes the hospital in time to try again.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonSomething is causing Martin's metabolism to go haywire. In succession, he loses control of his levitation finger, he magnetizes his clothing, he levitates, he becomes electrically charged, he shrinks and then he disappears. He finds out the cause is an increased activity of sunspots, and on Earth there is no way to control their effects on Martians. After five days, the sunspots are still occurring and Martin is still invisible. The authorities, based on a recent insurance policy Mrs. Brown sold Martin with Tim as beneficiary, suspect that Martin's "disappearance" is due to Tim killing him for the insurance money. Circumstantial evidence points in that direction. Martin can't let Tim go to jail for this, and Martin decides to tell the authorities the truth about his Martian identity. Just then, the sunspots cease and Martin reappears, just in time to save Tim and protect his own identity.
- 1963–196630mTV-G7.5 (52)TV EpisodeDirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyCecil KellawayThe museum's long-time curator is upset because the board is questioning the authenticity of his acquisition and has called in an independent expert, a man whose evaluation he once discredited. Martin can authenticate if he has access.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyRichard DeaconMartin wants to help Tim with household expenses and without a job decides to sell art he's currently painting to relieve boredom. He can mimic any famous artist. An art gallery owner notices Martin's work and wants to do a showing.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyHerbert RudleyA firm is launching a rocket to either Mars or Venus. The firm's president is indecisive but superstitious. Martin is resolute on getting him to choose Mars so he can be a stowaway. Martin takes on 2 things keeping him from choosing Mars.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyDon HaggertyTim discovers Martin's antennae can pick up police radio and hears about a robbery. He calls police for more information but they think he knows about it because he was involved and arrest him and Martin. Martin escapes and finds a shock.
- 1963–196630mTV-G7.3 (56)TV EpisodeDirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyCharles MaxwellAfter Martin makes Tim miss a deadline, he gets Tim an exclusive interview with Jakobar, the rogue leader of Kobima. Martin was friends with Jakobar's great-grandfather, a founder of Kobima. Jakobar seeks an oil deal but has trust issues.
- 1963–196630mTV-G7.2 (47)TV EpisodeDirectorOscar RudolphStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonMartin finds himself involved in a romantic love triangle.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyDennis RushTo fool a local kid, Martin fashions toy antenna for Tim to wear when his is stuck in the up position. The idea catches on and soon a local man is making toy antennas that all the kids want to wear and offers Martin payment for the rights.
- 1963–196630mTV-G7.4 (60)TV EpisodeDirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonMartin needs to fly his spaceship which is deteriorating due to inertia. Tim's fear is realized: Martin's flight is spotted as a UFO. Martin needs to take another flight but Mrs. Brown calls in UFO researchers who have a plutron detector.
- 1963–196630mTV-G7.2 (49)TV EpisodeDirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonThe Earthly environment causes a vitamin deficiency in Martin. He draws energy and vitamins from everything and everyone around him. The effect on people who look him in the eyes is they will fall asleep and objects he touches go haywire.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonMartin finds that he is prematurely aging due to the increased gravity on Earth compared to Mars. Thus he goes through some anti-gravity therapy, which in turn causes havoc for those around him.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyAlan Hale Jr.Martin has Tim use his connections for a tryout as astronaut for a rocket to Mars financed by a knockwurst tycoon. Martin's superior mental and physical performance wins him the job. Tim plans a delayed news story that Martin is a Martian.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyLennie WeinribA toothache of his "eye" tooth keeps him from seeing. Tim takes him to his dentist but Martin begs off as he has 52 teeth. Tim takes his place in the dental chair. The remedy causes Martin's eye teeth to go cross-eyed as does his vision.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonMartin is preparing a report which suggests Earth children be frozen their adults, sparing them the gloom of being unproductive. Challenged by Tim, Martin tests on Doris, a girl from an orphanage. They have fun until Doris sees the report.
- 1963–196630mTV-G7.4 (31)TV EpisodeDirectorByron PaulStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonMartin's finger is uncontrollable due to sun overexposure and causes flying objects in Mrs. Brown's apartment. She brings in a psychic phenomenon expert. A Martian sedative buys time but energy builds and could burst, causing catastrophe.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonMrs. Brown plays on a bad violin, causing Martin to become transparent. He knows he can't convince her to stop playing, so he breaks and fixes its fundamental structure. The violin maker, Mr. Almafi, thinks he has finally perfected it.
- 1963–196630mTV-G7.7 (38)TV EpisodeDirectorJames V. KernStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyMadge BlakeMartin misses his mother on Martian Mother's Day so he projects a 3D image of her. He then runs into Miss Cora, a spinster who is her doppelganger. Touched, he temporarily turns her worthless ring into a gem. She sells it to a jeweler.