• Air date: 15 Sep '65 28 episodes
      I Spy is an American television secret-agent adventure series. It ran for three seasons on NBC from 1965 to 1968 and teamed Robert Culp as international tennis player Kelly Robinson with Bill Cosby as his trainer, Alexander Scott. The characters' travels as ostensible "tennis bums", Robinson playing talented tennis as an amateur with the wealthy in return for food and lodging, and Scott tagging along, provided a cover story concealing their roles as top agents for the Pentagon. Their real work usually kept them busy chasing villains, spies, and beautiful women. The creative forces behind the show were writers David Friedkin and Morton Fine and cinematographer Fouad Said. Together they formed Three F Productions under the aegis of Desilu Studios where the show was produced. Fine and Friedkin were co-producers and head writers, and wrote the scripts for 16 episodes, one of which Friedkin directed. Friedkin also dabbled in acting and appeared in two episodes in the first season. Actor-producer...
  • List of Episodes (28)
    • 1. So Long, Patrick Henry

      15 Sep '65
      A defector in old Hong Kong claims the attention of Robinson & Scott.
    • 2. A Cup of Kindness

      22 Sep '65
      One of their own has joined the adverse party, so Scott & Robinson are sent to Hong Kong after him.
    • 3. Carry Me Back to Old Tsing-Tao

      29 Sep '65
      A businessman in Hong Kong owes the IRS; Robinson & Scott carry the loot.
    • 4. Chrysanthemum

      06 Oct '65
      A French spy hampers the search for missing files.
    • 5. Dragon's Teeth

      13 Oct '65
      A murder happens in front of them, and Robinson & Scott must investigate a mysterious organization.
    • 6. The Loser

      20 Oct '65
      A nightclub singer is a pawn between drug smugglers (who have kidnapped Scott) and the pair.
    • 7. Danny Was a Million Laughs

      27 Oct '65
      A bodyguard assignment for a very unpleasant sort of fellow.
    • 8. The Time of the Knife

      03 Nov '65
      An agent is killed, the microfilm is missing, his girlfriend is threatened.
    • 9. No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise

      10 Nov '65
      A prisoner exchange requires a search for a double agent.
    • 10. Tatia

      17 Nov '65
      Vietnam has not seen three agents assigned there, and Scott suspects Robinson's girlfriend.
    • 11. Weight of the World

      01 Dec '65
      A Tokyo seminar on obesity is threatened with a new form of Chinese plague.
    • 12. Three Hours on a Sunday Night

      08 Dec '65
      Missing microfilm must be paid for or Scott will be killed, but where to get the shekels?
    • 13. Tigers of Heaven

      15 Dec '65
      An anti-American group in Japan menaces the last of the aristocracy.
    • 14. Affair in T'Sien Cha

      29 Dec '65
      An American schoolteacher, an ancient walled city, a missing train and a valuable cargo lost in China.
    • 15. The Tiger

      05 Jan '66
      A definitive mission to Vietnam in order to rescue the daughter of a physician.
    • 16. The Barter

      12 Jan '66
      Russian defector for American girl: good business or not?
    • 17. Always Say Goodbye

      26 Jan '66
      A womanizing American hampers efforts to protect a Japanese economic conference from Communist sabotage.
    • 18. Court of the Lion

      02 Feb '66
      A Zulu (Oxon.) who trades diamonds for revenge, a gangster dominating a small village, and radioactive isotopes.
    • 19. Turkish Delight

      09 Feb '66
      Who is kidnapping the great agronomists in Mexico City?
    • 20. Bet Me a Dollar

      16 Feb '66
      They bet each other a dollar that one can evade the other for a week, but he's been contaminated with anthrax and must be found in 24 hours.
    • 21. Return to Glory

      23 Feb '66
      An exiled South American dictator has plans, or has he, really?
    • 22. The Conquest of Maude Murdock

      02 Mar '66
      A redoubtable Embassy figure in Mexico deals them a turn.
    • 23. A Day Called 4 Jaguar

      09 Mar '66
      Quetzalcoatl has appeared in the Mexican jungle, or is it an AWOL cosmonaut pursued by his old comrades?
    • 24. Crusade to Limbo

      23 Mar '66
      Infiltrate a revolutionary South American group, with Hollywood connections, that's the assignment.
    • 25. My Mother, the Spy

      30 Mar '66
      An agent abroad and pregnant with information must report to the boys back home after her affair with the adverse party.