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COLLECTION · Series · 1982

Matt Houston

Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.

Source: TMDB
* 6.3 (28)Drama
Creators
Lawrence Gordon
Studios
ABC
Runtime
60 min/ep
Release
26/09/1982
Score
6.3 / 10 (28)

Awards and nominations

  • Nominated at Emmy Award — Bob Bring (For episode "The Showgirl Murders")
  • Richard Christian Danus and Ken Trevey (For episode "Matt Houston") — Emmy Award
  • Bumper Robinson — Emmy Award
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
24 episodes · 1982
X-22 (1)
Episode 1. X-22 (1)
1982-09-26 · 60 min

Synopsis coming soon.

X-22 (2)
Episode 2. X-22 (2)
1982-09-26 · 60 min

Synopsis coming soon.

Stop The Presses
Episode 3. Stop The Presses
1982-10-03 · 60 min

other characters: Ron Randolph, Lelani, Camalani A disreputable tabloid's publisher is nearly killed after telling his four worst enemies he plans to run a front-page story on them.

Deadly Fashion
Episode 4. Deadly Fashion
1982-10-17 · 60 min

Houston's old flame (Cristina Ferrare), a model, hires him when she is accused of killing her employer, a famous fashion designer.

Killing Isn't Everything
Episode 5. Killing Isn't Everything
1982-10-24 · 60 min

A pro quarterback (John Beck), Matt's college teammate, is blackmailed by a man who says he has proof the player killed his coach.

Who Would Kill Ramona?
Episode 6. Who Would Kill Ramona?
1982-10-31 · 60 min

other characters: Todd Gallager, Rick Matt enters the film world to investigate after a drink from a faded star's (Janet Leigh) glass instantly kills her new leading man.

Recipe For Murder
Episode 7. Recipe For Murder
1982-11-07 · 60 min

other characters: Roger Marsden (murdered) A restaurant critic's (James Coco) dinner is disrupted when a gelatin mold brought to his table contains his partner's severed head.

Shark Bait
Episode 8. Shark Bait
1982-11-21 · 60 min

other characters: Alice, Wyndell Murdock, Glenda Collins, Sam Gleason Matt steps in when the mother of a Malibu lifeguard fears her daughter will be the next victim of a series of fatal shark attacks.

The Kidnapping
Episode 9. The Kidnapping
1982-11-28 · 60 min

other characters: Tony An old friend (Hugh O'Brian) calls in Matt when kidnappers snatch a seriously ill Arab prince during a jet flight to Los Angeles.

Joey's Here
Episode 10. Joey's Here
1982-12-05 · 60 min

other characters: Riley (Security Guard), Ms. Stevenson (Secretary) A robot designed by an electronics genius (David Cassidy) murders the brother (Troy Donahue) of it's creator.

The Good Doctor
Episode 11. The Good Doctor
1982-12-12 · 60 min

other characters: Landlord After a research scientist is murdered during a party at Matt's place, a mutual friend of the victim asks Matt to investigate.

The Rock and The Hard Place
Episode 12. The Rock and The Hard Place
1983-01-02 · 60 min

An upcoming fight appears rigged when murder uncovers the champion's (Dorian Harewood) physical problems and his wife's alcoholism.

The Purrfect Crime
Episode 13. The Purrfect Crime
1983-01-09 · 60 min

other characters: John The four ex-wives of a wealthy cat-food manufacturer mauled to death by a pet tiger hire Matt to solve the crime so they can collect the money from the will.

The Yacht Club Murders
Episode 14. The Yacht Club Murders
1983-01-16 · 60 min

other characters: Dorian After a reunion with a secret childhood love, she asks Matt for help, fearing someone may die at a yacht-club party.

Whose Party Is It Anyway?
Episode 15. Whose Party Is It Anyway?
1983-01-23 · 60 min

Fake telegrams summon five famous people to Matt's penthouse for a Sunday meeting with murder on the agenda.

Get Houston
Episode 16. Get Houston
1983-02-20 · 60 min

other characters: Cletus Simms From his padded cell, an institutionalized madman (Chuck Connors) hires escaped convicts to kill Houston.

The Visitors
Episode 17. The Visitors
1983-02-27 · 60 min

Matt must verify or disprove an alleged UFO encounter during which a scientist suffered a fatal heart attack.

Here's Another Fine Mess
Episode 18. Here's Another Fine Mess
1983-03-06 · 60 min

After costumed killers try to kill C.J. by forcing her off the road, she learns all her college sorority sisters are also in danger.

The Beverly Hills Social Club
Episode 19. The Beverly Hills Social Club
1983-03-13 · 60 min

other characters: Carter A noted gossip columnist, Vonda Mirand, is murdered after threatening to expose the patrons of an exclusive bordello called the Afrodisia Fellowship.

The Showgirl Murders
Episode 20. The Showgirl Murders
1983-03-20 · 60 min

other characters: Decoy #1 (woman), Doris (hotel photographer), Mattie (dancer) When a nightclub-singer friend (Robert Goulet) believes he has killed during alcohol-induced blackouts, Matt works to clear him.

Fear For Tomorrow
Episode 21. Fear For Tomorrow
1983-04-03 · 60 min

other characters: Kitchen Worker (possibly Randy or Tyler) A codebook and a cryptic message provide Matt his only clues to preventing the predicted deaths of thousands.

A Deadly Parlay
Episode 22. A Deadly Parlay
1983-04-10 · 60 min

After Matt is found leaning over the dead body of a jockey (Lynn-Holly Johnson), he is charged with murder.

A Novel Way To Die
Episode 23. A Novel Way To Die
1983-04-17 · 60 min

When a novelist (Terry Moore) at a mystery-writers' convention is murdered, Matt finds himself involved in a real murder mystery.

The Hunted
Episode 24. The Hunted
1983-04-24 · 60 min

other characters: Senator Delaney, Sony C.J. is held hostage by a famous criminal (Martin Landau) in order to free his terrorist son held by authorities on Matt's eyewitness testimony.

Season 2
Season 2
23 episodes · 1983
Heritage (1)
Episode 1. Heritage (1)
1983-09-09 · 60 min

other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.

Heritage (2)
Episode 2. Heritage (2)
1983-09-09 · 60 min

other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.

The Woman in White
Episode 3. The Woman in White
1983-09-16 · 60 min

other characters: Jenson, Flo Nightingale, Mo Jo (pimp), Tyrone Hadley (murdered) C.J. convinces Matt to help clear a former police officer imprisoned for a murder he claims he did not commit.

Love You To Death
Episode 4. Love You To Death
1983-09-23 · 60 min

other characters: Doctor, Dr. Austin, Heidi (waitress) After Matt's one-night affair with an obsessed woman, she ransacks his home and murders.

The Centerfold Murders
Episode 5. The Centerfold Murders
1983-09-30 · 60 min

other characters: Henry Omant Matt searches for a killer who has already slain three of twelve top centerfold models.

Needle In A Haystack
Episode 6. Needle In A Haystack
1983-10-07 · 60 min

other characters: ""Crazy"" Willie Conklin A mother begs Matt to find her diabetic son, deported to Mexico because he witnessed a dirty I.N.S. agent rape a woman.

Marilyn
Episode 7. Marilyn
1983-10-21 · 60 min

other characters: Luther, Pasquel Martinez, Patrick (Marilyn's Son) After one of Matt's employees is chased and shot by mobsters, his dying words to Matt is to protect a girl called Marilyn.

The Ghost of Carter Gault
Episode 8. The Ghost of Carter Gault
1983-10-28 · 60 min

other characters: Lori An ex-newsman investigating a crooked union leader calls Matt for help just before becoming the victim of a bomb planted in his car.

China Doll
Episode 9. China Doll
1983-11-04 · 60 min

While investigating the murder of C.J.'s college roommate, Matt discovers she might have been involved with Chinese drug smugglers.

Butterfly
Episode 10. Butterfly
1983-11-18 · 60 min

A teenage prostitute dies when she tries to stop a child prostitution ring from snaring her younger sister.

The Crying Clown
Episode 11. The Crying Clown
1983-11-25 · 60 min

Matt must find one of a dead forger's original paintings, which is attracting an undue amount of interest from art dealers.

The Outsider
Episode 12. The Outsider
1983-12-02 · 60 min

other characters: Charles (Chauffer) Skeptical Matt becomes the target of a self-proclaimed psychic (Robert Walker) working with a kidnapping ring.

Target: Miss World
Episode 13. Target: Miss World
1983-12-23 · 60 min

An international assassin (Judson Scott) kills a Navajo girl in order to use her apartment to have a clear shot at a victim.

The Monster
Episode 14. The Monster
1984-01-06 · 60 min

Attorney F. Lee Bailey decides to defend a man who has confessed to killing four teen-agers, then leaves C.J. to handle the details.

Waltz of Death
Episode 15. Waltz of Death
1984-01-13 · 60 min

other characters: Marla Pierce A concert pianist (George Chakiris) is pursued by a former detective who he believes strangled 18 blond girls.

Houston Is Dead
Episode 16. Houston Is Dead
1984-01-20 · 60 min

After Matt learns the heads of a convalescent hospital murdered a nurse, he is shot.

Criss-Cross
Episode 17. Criss-Cross
1984-01-27 · 60 min

other characters: Arnie (boy) Returning from Hawaii, retiree Novelli is charged with robbing a police vault of $2 million in cocaine.

The Bikini Murders
Episode 18. The Bikini Murders
1984-02-03 · 60 min

other characters: John Davis, Paula Channing (or Jenning), Carol A psychiatrist's secretary discovers her boss' blackmail, then dies while leaving a message on Matt's answering machine.

Death Match
Episode 19. Death Match
1984-02-24 · 60 min

A man who murdered eight women, including Matt's fiancée, sends a clipping of his latest victim to Houston.

Blood Ties
Episode 20. Blood Ties
1984-03-02 · 60 min

A psychotic hospital orderly (Lou Ferrigno) who killed five men decides to make Matt's ailing father his next victim.

The Secret Admirer
Episode 21. The Secret Admirer
1984-03-09 · 60 min

other characters: Bella Ellis When C.J. rejects a disturbed admirer's (Marjoe Gortner) advances, he kills her boyfriend and tries to murder her. NOTE: The registration for Matt's helicopter is N58407 (different than the N10902 shown in…

Cash and Carry
Episode 22. Cash and Carry
1984-03-23 · 60 min

A petty thief (Stuart Pankin) asks Matt's help to return $3 million he unwittingly stole from the mob.

On The Run (1)
Episode 23. On The Run (1)
1984-03-30 · 60 min

other characters: Veronica Sims (murdered) Matt awakens in his penthouse after a month-long absence, remembering nothing and finding himself accused of murder.

Season 3
Season 3
22 episodes · 1984
Wanted Man (2)
Episode 1. Wanted Man (2)
1984-09-21 · 60 min

Matt's uncle (Buddy Ebsen), an ex-spy, helps Matt prove he is a victim of mind control and establish his innocence of murder.

Vanished
Episode 2. Vanished
1984-09-28 · 60 min

other characters: Judge C. Sylos, Billy, Farris (possibly Coroner's Assistant), Dr. M. Granger (murdered) When Hoyt's young daughter is kidnapped and held prisoner by a child molester (James Olson), Matt risks everything -- even his own…

Eyewitness
Episode 3. Eyewitness
1984-10-12 · 60 min

other characters: Guard Matt believes C.J.'s new love (Simon MacCorkindale), a rising TV newsman, is involved in a kidnapping captured on film.

Apostle of Death
Episode 4. Apostle of Death
1984-10-19 · 60 min

Matt must free a girl from a religious commune run by an evangelist who plans to take her inheritance of $3 million, and then kill her.

Caged
Episode 5. Caged
1984-10-26 · 60 min

other characters: Mike, Deputy Marsh C.J. gets amnesia after an auto accident, and finds herself in jail with inmates working for a prostitution ring.

Return to Nam (1)
Episode 6. Return to Nam (1)
1984-11-02 · 60 min

Matt, Roy and ""Too Mean"" team up with an arrogant mercenary (Max Baer Jr.) to find Matt's cousin, who he thought died as a POW in Cambodia.

Escape from Nam (2)
Episode 7. Escape from Nam (2)
1984-11-09 · 60 min

Andy (Max Baer Jr.) appears to have betrayed Matt and the rest to the Cambodian warlord holding Matt's cousin captive.

High Fashion Murders
Episode 8. High Fashion Murders
1984-11-16 · 60 min

other characters: Kirby Andrews (Chauffeur), Monica, Beverly Roberts Matt can't accept the perfect alibi of his chief suspect (James Read) in the deaths of two models, until he learns a family secret.

Death Stalk
Episode 9. Death Stalk
1984-11-23 · 60 min

other characters: Mickey (the chimp) An international assassin (Judson Scott) hired to kill a Middle Eastern leader, ignores his orders and seeks revenge on Matt instead.

Blood Money
Episode 10. Blood Money
1984-11-30 · 60 min

Matt's old high-school classmate (Jenny Sherman) involves him in a plot concerning an ex-Army officer and smuggled Vietnamese gems.

Deadly Games
Episode 11. Deadly Games
1984-12-07 · 60 min

Matt must convince Hoyt a sporting-goods tycoon (Stuart Whitman) hunted two athletes like game animals.

Stolen
Episode 12. Stolen
1984-12-21 · 60 min

After an actress (Kay Lenz) is certain she saw her baby son, kidnapped a year earlier, with another woman in a park, she asks Matt for help.

The Nightmare Man
Episode 13. The Nightmare Man
1985-01-04 · 60 min

Matt is convinced that the man who kidnapped and tormented a little boy is the same man that kidnapped and tormented him when he was a boy.

Breakpoint
Episode 14. Breakpoint
1985-01-11 · 60 min

Matt rushes to find the girlfriend of his distraught cousin who threatens to leap from a rooftop.

Death Trap
Episode 15. Death Trap
1985-01-18 · 60 min

C.J., Roy and Matt investigate an embezzlement scheme in a once-bustling oil town.

The Honeymoon Murders
Episode 16. The Honeymoon Murders
1985-01-25 · 60 min

Matt investigates the murders of his college roommate's fiancée and another imminent bride.

Beach Club Murders
Episode 17. Beach Club Murders
1985-02-01 · 60 min

Matt receives unexpected help in a murder/extortion case from a fellow detective, the sister of one of the victims.

New Orleans Nightmare
Episode 18. New Orleans Nightmare
1985-02-08 · 60 min

A frightened stewardess (Shari Belafonte-Harper) comes to Matt after her friend (Ellen Bry) photographs a secret-society execution.

Company Secrets
Episode 19. Company Secrets
1985-02-15 · 60 min

other characters: Ed Thompson, The Chief To flush the killer after his old CIA squad that call themselves ""The Five Fingers"", Roy pretends an attempt to kill him was successful.

Killing Time
Episode 20. Killing Time
1985-02-22 · 60 min

Matt falls for an heiress (Kerrie Keane) whose brother intends to use the family fortune to support Irish terrorists.

Death Watch
Episode 21. Death Watch
1985-03-15 · 60 min

Matt, Uncle Roy and C.J. join Hoyt's stakeout of a big drug payoff and wind up in the crossfire of a plot by the buyer to double-cross the seller.

Final Vows
Episode 22. Final Vows
1985-03-29 · 60 min

Matt's love, Elizabeth (Kerrie Keane), returns, while a murderer (Chuck McCann) uses Matt to publicize his deeds.

Cast by season
Lee Horsley
Lee Horsley
Matt Houston
Pamela Hensley
Pamela Hensley
C.J. Parsons
John Aprea
John Aprea
Lt. Vince Novelli
Paul Brinegar
Paul Brinegar
Lamar Pettybone
Dennis Fimple
Dennis Fimple
Bo
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Penny Santon
Mama Rosa Novelli
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