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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.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
The ManhuntersOctober 2, 1973—Someone attempts to take the life of writer Max Pomeroy, Tony Blake's friend. Upon investigation, Tony discovers an illegal gambling operati - S01E02
The Vanishing LadyOctober 9, 1973—Magician Tony Blake discovers that Julie Carter, the singer who opens his stage illusion show in Las Vegas, has been kidnapped. Against her - S01E03
Illusion in TerrorOctober 23, 1973—Tony's girlfriend is apparently run down in a parking garage, but nobody will give him a straight answer as to which hospital the body was t - S01E04
Lightning on A Dry DayOctober 30, 1973—When Tony makes his assistant vanish in a flash of fire during a charity performance at a mental hospital, one of the spectators (Star Wars' - S01E05
Ovation for MurderNovember 6, 1973—After rehearsing for a benefit performance at the Los Angeles County Fair, Tony Blake spots a man being pummeled by two assailants. After re - S01E06
Man on FireNovember 20, 1973—A woman who begins laughing hysterically when her boyfriend Paul proposes to her falls down a staircase after he shakes her. Matt Matthews, - S01E07
Lady in A TrapNovember 27, 1973—Magician Anthony Blake is at the library to borrow a copy of a book on magic when a priceless Machiavelli manuscript is stolen. The thieves - S01E08
The Man who Lost HimselfDecember 11, 1973—Magician Anthony Blake is setting up for a fund raising performance outside a church when a man, chased by two pursuers, stumbles onto the s - S01E09
Nightmare in SteelDecember 18, 1973—A band of modern-day pirates is seeking to hijack a tanker ship for its $4 million worth of fuel. They have coerced a merchant seaman to hel - S01E10
Shattered ImageJanuary 8, 1974—After a magic class Tony Blake teaches, A carnival performer comes up to tell Tony about a little girl in his care--she seems to be upset ab - S01E11
The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (1)January 14, 1974—Tony Blake has taken up residency at The Castle, an exclusive club for magicians, when his old girlfriend Janet Keegan comes to visit--not t - S01E12
The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (2)January 21, 1974—Tony Blake fails to rescue Janet from the jail in which the kidnappers are holding her. Soon he finds himself caught between the kidnappers - S01E13
The Illusion of the Stainless Steel LadyJanuary 28, 1974—Irene Denore, a famous film actress of the silent era, is being held hostage in her own home by her ruthless business manager, Brad Nicholso - S01E14
The Illusion of the Queen's GambitFebruary 4, 1974—Tony Blake is doing a benefit performance on a casino boat when a robbery takes place. As far as the police are concerned, the prime suspec - S01E15
The Illusion of Black GoldFebruary 11, 1974—Tony Blake stages a real life illusion--making it appear that a Alexander Polchek, a scientist from the Soviet Union, is killed so that he c - S01E16
The Illusion of the Lost DragonFebruary 18, 1974—Tony gets involved in a mystery of a stolen Chinese heirloom. A sculpture of a dragon is missing, and when Tony starts to get close to the c - S01E17
The Illusion of the Deadly ConglomerateFebruary 25, 1974—In this episode, Tony is contacted by an old Magician Friend who is down on his luck, living out of a shelter. Apparently he is concerned ab - S01E18
The Illusion of the Fatal ArrowMarch 4, 1974—Someone is going around killing people with, of all things, a bow & arrow. Stranger still, a psychic sees it all in her mind's eye...and ha - S01E19
The Illusion of the Lethal PlaythingsMarch 18, 1974—Tony finds out someone is trying to blackmail a friend, wealthy Jackson Wyndham, for $500,000. They have already broken into Wyndham's home, - S01E20
The Illusion of the Cat's EyeMarch 25, 1974—A statue of an Egyptian cat on display in a museum is this episode's main attraction. It is believed by the Egyptians that incarnated inside - S01E21
The Illusion of the Evil SpikesApril 15, 1974—Tony Blake is on the set of a movie watching his good magician friend perform the ""Spikes of Death"" escape when his friend is tragically k
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