The Magician(1973)
DramaAction & Adventure
First Air Date: 1973-10-02
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.8
Votes: 13
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 21
The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. In the series pilot, the character was instead named Anthony Dorian. The name change was due to a conflict with the name of a real life stage magician.
Keywords
magiccrime investigation
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 21E01
The Manhunters
Air Date: 1973-10-02
Someone attempts to take the life of writer Max Pomeroy, Tony Blake's friend. Upon investigation, Tony discovers an i...
E02
The Vanishing Lady
Air Date: 1973-10-09
Magician Tony Blake discovers that Julie Carter, the singer who opens his stage illusion show in Las Vegas, has been ...
E03
Illusion in Terror
Air Date: 1973-10-23
Tony's girlfriend is apparently run down in a parking garage, but nobody will give him a straight answer as to which ...
E04
Lightning on A Dry Day
Air Date: 1973-10-30
When Tony makes his assistant vanish in a flash of fire during a charity performance at a mental hospital, one of the...
E05
Ovation for Murder
Air Date: 1973-11-06
After rehearsing for a benefit performance at the Los Angeles County Fair, Tony Blake spots a man being pummeled by t...
E06
Man on Fire
Air Date: 1973-11-20
A woman who begins laughing hysterically when her boyfriend Paul proposes to her falls down a staircase after he shak...
E07
Lady in A Trap
Air Date: 1973-11-27
Magician Anthony Blake is at the library to borrow a copy of a book on magic when a priceless Machiavelli manuscript ...
E08
The Man who Lost Himself
Air Date: 1973-12-11
Magician Anthony Blake is setting up for a fund raising performance outside a church when a man, chased by two pursue...
E09
Nightmare in Steel
Air Date: 1973-12-18
A band of modern-day pirates is seeking to hijack a tanker ship for its $4 million worth of fuel. They have coerced a...
E10
Shattered Image
Air Date: 1974-01-08
After a magic class Tony Blake teaches, A carnival performer comes up to tell Tony about a little girl in his care--s...
E11
The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (1)
Air Date: 1974-01-14
Tony Blake has taken up residency at The Castle, an exclusive club for magicians, when his old girlfriend Janet Keega...
E12
The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (2)
Air Date: 1974-01-21
Tony Blake fails to rescue Janet from the jail in which the kidnappers are holding her. Soon he finds himself caught...
E13
The Illusion of the Stainless Steel Lady
Air Date: 1974-01-28
Irene Denore, a famous film actress of the silent era, is being held hostage in her own home by her ruthless business...
E14
The Illusion of the Queen's Gambit
Air Date: 1974-02-04
Tony Blake is doing a benefit performance on a casino boat when a robbery takes place. As far as the police are conc...
E15
The Illusion of Black Gold
Air Date: 1974-02-11
Tony Blake stages a real life illusion--making it appear that a Alexander Polchek, a scientist from the Soviet Union,...
E16
The Illusion of the Lost Dragon
Air Date: 1974-02-18
Tony gets involved in a mystery of a stolen Chinese heirloom. A sculpture of a dragon is missing, and when Tony start...
E17
The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate
Air Date: 1974-02-25
In this episode, Tony is contacted by an old Magician Friend who is down on his luck, living out of a shelter. Appare...
E18
The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow
Air Date: 1974-03-04
Someone is going around killing people with, of all things, a bow & arrow. Stranger still, a psychic sees it all in ...
E19
The Illusion of the Lethal Playthings
Air Date: 1974-03-18
Tony finds out someone is trying to blackmail a friend, wealthy Jackson Wyndham, for $500,000. They have already brok...
E20
The Illusion of the Cat's Eye
Air Date: 1974-03-25
A statue of an Egyptian cat on display in a museum is this episode's main attraction. It is believed by the Egyptians...
E21
The Illusion of the Evil Spikes
Air Date: 1974-04-15
Tony Blake is on the set of a movie watching his good magician friend perform the ""Spikes of Death"" escape when his...
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