Surfside 6
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Surfside 6 is an ABC television series that aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centers on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat, and features Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II, Van Williams as Kenny Madison (a character recycled from Bourbon Street Beat), and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-stars as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht is berthed next to their houseboat. Spanish actress Margarita Sierra also plays a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who works at the Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6.
Surfside 6 | |
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Created by | William T. Orr and Hugh Benson |
Starring | Troy Donohue Van Williams Lee Patterson Diane McBain Margarita Sierra |
Theme music composer | Jerry Livingston and Mack David |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 74 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | William T. Orr |
Producers | Jerry Davis Charles Hoffman Ed Jurist Joel Rogosin Tom McKnight Mack David Gordon Bau (make-up) |
Production location | California |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Warner Bros. Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | October 6, 1960 (1960-10-06) ā June 25, 1962 (1962-06-25) |
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Surfside 6 was, in fact, a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleau in 1964's Goldfinger.