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Circus Boy
Overview
Circus Boy is an American action/adventure/drama series that aired in prime time on NBC, and then on ABC, from 1956 to 1958. It was then rerun by NBC on Saturday mornings, from 1958 to 1960. The series currently airs Saturday mornings on Antenna TV.
Key Crew
Producer: Douglas Heyes
Top Cast
Micky Dolenz
Noah Beery Jr.
Robert Lowery
Billy Barty
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Leo Gordon
Seasons
Season 1 (1956)
No overview available.
36 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Meet Circus Boy
1956-09-23Episode 2: The Fabulous Colonel Jack
1956-09-30When disaster strikes the show, the circus people brand the yarn-spinning Colonel Jack a jinx. Big Tim reluctantly decides he must sell up, but Colonel Jack says he will get the money to save the circus. Can he do it, or is it just another tall story?
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: The Great Gambino
1956-10-07Episode 4: The Amazing Mr. Sinbad
1956-10-14The star attraction of the circus is horseback rider Ben Ali. But Ali is temperamental, and he threatens to quit if Corky stays with the circus.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: Corky And The Circus Doctor
1956-10-21Episode 6: Casey Rides Again
1956-11-04Episode 7: The Little Fugitive
1956-11-11Episode 8: The Proud Pagliacci
1956-11-18Episode 9: White Eagle
1956-11-25Corky intervenes when Chief Spotted Horse and his tribe are unjustly accused of horse stealing.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 10: The Little Gypsy
1956-12-02Episode 11: The Masked Marvel
1956-12-09The circus marksman, who always wears a mask, is drawn into a robbery plot by his outlaw brother. His circus friends Corky and Big Tim are horrified when they learn the circus was robbed by a masked man.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 12: The Good Samaritans
1956-12-23Episode 13: Daring Young Men
1956-12-30Episode 14: Farewell To The Circus
1957-01-06Episode 15: Elmer The Aeronaut
1957-01-13Episode 16: The Remarkable Ricardo
1957-01-20Ricardo, an escape artist, is suspected of being a thief. Corky follows the performer one night to see if the story is true.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 17: Big Top Angel
1957-01-27Episode 18: The Return Of Colonel Jack
1957-02-10Episode 19: The Knife Thrower
1957-02-17Episode 20: Joey's Wedding Day
1957-02-24Episode 21: Man From Cimarron
1957-03-03Episode 22: The Great Gambino's Son
1957-03-10Episode 23: Corky's Big Parade
1957-03-24Episode 24: The Lady And The Circus
1957-03-31Episode 25: Counterfeit Clown
1957-04-07Episode 26: The Pawnee Strip
1957-04-14Episode 27: The Cub Reporter
1957-04-21Episode 28: General Pete
1957-04-28Episode 29: The Tumbling Clown
1957-05-05Episode 30: Death Defying Dozetti
1957-05-12Episode 31: Colonel Jack's Brother
1957-05-19Episode 32: The Swamp Man
1957-05-26Episode 33: Hortense The Hippo
1957-06-02Episode 34: The Fortune Teller
1957-06-09Episode 35: The Gentle Giant
1957-06-16Episode 36: Little Vagabond
1957-06-23Season 2 (1957)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Elmer, Rainmaker
1957-09-19Episode 2: Royal Roustabout
1957-09-26Episode 3: Bimbo Jr.
1957-10-03Episode 4: Alex, The Great
1957-10-10Aerialist Alex Conrad felt partly responsible for the accidental deaths of the Flying Falcons, Corky's parents. Years later, Joey spots Alex in the audience and persuades him to rejoin the circus.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: Return Of Casey Perkins
1957-10-17The circus comes to the aid of old friend Casey Perkins, who is competing against another company to bring a railroad to a cattle town. Since the rival concern has collared all the available labor, the circus people agree to help lay the tracks.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: Major Buffington
1957-10-24Before they can be run out of town, con man Major Buffington and his partner Spike take refuge in a circus boxcar, only to discover they are sharing it with a tiger. They agree join the circus, plotting to steal the receipts.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: The Clemens Boys
1957-10-31After seeing the circus, Lem Clemens decides that this is the life for him; but he is pursued by his younger brother Jody.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 8: The Magic Lantern
1957-11-07When Big Tim gives Joey and Corky money to buy supplies in town, they use it as bail for their friend Elmer Purdy, considered a con man because he claims to have invented a machine that shows moving pictures.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 9: The Dancing Bear
1957-11-14Big Tim refuses to hire Karl Hofer and Mitzi, his dancing bear, because of a run-in years earlier.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 10: The Marvelous Manellis
1957-11-21Big Tim hires a new high wire act, The Marvelous Manellis. But their big debut is threatened when Corky is trapped in a forest fire with Marie Manelli.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 11: Uncle Cyrus
1957-11-28Roustabout Pete is aghast to learn that his Uncle Cyrus is about to visit him—because he has boasted to Cyrus that he owns the circus.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 12: The Judge's Boy
1957-12-05Judge Sheldon's son Carlton runs away to join the circus.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 13: The Return Of Buffalo Bill
1957-12-12Corky persuades tries to persuade Buffalo Bill Cody to come out of retirement to help the show, unaware that the famous man holds the circus responsible for the death of his son.
Runtime: 30 min
