1. OPERATION: BIG STORE

(9/17/71)

O’Hara sets a trap to nab a crime boss on charges of income-tax evasion.

Director: Gerald Mayer
Writers: Gilbert A. Ralston, Robert I. Holt

Guest cast:

Eric Braeden

Angel Tompkins

William Campbell (Arnie Christenson)

George Takei (Joe Lew)

Paul Condylis (Phil Monroe)

Felton Perry (Billy Trent)

Stanley Adams (Ell Brown)

Edward Faulkner (Ike Carter)

Dal Jenkins (Paul Kress)

Del Monroe (Al Peters)

2. OPERATION: BANDERA

(9/24/71)

O’Hara goes on the trail of a gun-smuggling operation.

Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: William P. McGivern

Guest cast:

Lawrence Dobkin

Richard Anderson

Ross Hagen

Pilar Seurat (Juanita Rivera)

Miguel Landa (Miguel Devoe)

John Dennis (Karl Morley)

Richard Angarola (Louis Vegas)

Donald Barry (Harry)

Tol Avery (J.D. Morgan)

Raymond Mayo (Neely)

Billy Halop (Bart)

Albert Popwell (Hughes)

3. OPERATION: STOLEN BONDS

(10/1/71)

O’Hara investigates a major crime ring involved in counterfeiting and theft of U.S. Savings Bonds.

Director: Sam C. Freedle
Writer: Fletcher Beaumont

Guest cast:

Karen Machon (Louise Hall)

Tony Young (Johnny Winters)

Berkeley Harris (Tod Cramer)

Dorothy Green (Jacqueline Wells)

Alan Baxter (Walter Mason)

Clark Howat (Doug Miller)

4. OPERATION: BRIBERY

(10/8/71)

O’Hara gets involved with two small-time crooks who have plans to strike it rich by blackmailing both a shady businessman and a federal agent and who try to set up O’Hara to make their plan work.

Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Robert I. Holt

Guest cast:

Frank Gorshin (Little Willie)

Victor Buono

John Randolph (Thomas J. Gault)

Patti Heider (Amy Wells)

Russell Johnson (Agent Oliver Wells)

Leonid Kinskey (the mortician)

Robert Patten (Inspector Tim Smith)

Paul Picerni (Inspector Ed Miller)

Marc Hannibal (Inspector Joe Barner)

William Stevens (Supervisor McGill)

Erin Moran (uncredited)

NOTES: Guest Picerni would later play series regular Agent William Clark

5. OPERATION: TIME-FUSE

(10/15/71)  #33810

O’Hara races against time to find a bomb set to go off at any moment.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: William P. McGivern

Guest cast:

James Wainwright

Sian Barbara Allen

Warner Anderson

Kevin Coughlin (Jackson Croft)

Vince Howard (Ed Monroe)

Kenneth Washington (Marv Dixon)

Paul Peterson (Fred Cope)

Sam Edwards (Oscar Sims)

Virginia Gregg (Mrs. Adams)

6. OPERATION: OFFSET

(10/22/71)

O’Hara takes on an aging burlesque queen who now runs a major counterfeiting operation.

Director: Richard Moder
Writers: Hank Searls, Richard Carlson

Guest cast:

Marilyn Maxwell (Paradise Ryan)

Alex Dreier (Hippo LaMere)

Bruce Bennett (S.A.C. Myers)

Richard Jaeckel (Barth)

Buck Young (S.A. Wiley)

Ian Abercrombie

John Harmon (Symon Foss)

7. OPERATION: HEROIN

(10/29/71)
aka “Operation: Hot Shot”

O’Hara goes undercover as a carnival worker while trailing a shipment of heroin through Mexico.

Director: James Neilson
Writer: David Vowell

Guest cast:

Jack Carter

Sallie Shockley

Nico Minardos

Rodolfo Acosta (Caesar Dominguez)

Val de Vargas (Enrique Chavez)

Robert Mandan (Thomas Jorgens)

Ed Deemer (the inspector)

R.L. Armstrong (the talker)

8. OPERATION: SPREAD

(11/5/71)

O’Hara goes after “organized” gamblers when the wife of a professional sports bettor tips him that her husband may be a tax evader linked with organized crime.

Director: Alan Crosland
Writer: Richard Carlson

Guest cast:

Robert Colbert (Alan Bryce)

David Brian

Peter Brown (S.A. Bart Herron)

Larry Pennell (S.A. Peter Wade)

Jo Anne Meredith (Janet Bryce)

Harry Lewis (Jack)

Ella Edwards (Mary Smith)

Morgan Jones (S.A. Harold Jones)

Whit Bissell (the magistrate)

Kenneth Tobey (Col. Phillips)

John Sebastian (the squirt man)

Mel Scott (S.A. Marty Donaldson)

Judd Pratt (the forman)

NOTES: the gossip magazines reported that Janssen dated guest Jo Anne Meredith after filming this episode.

9. OPERATION: DEADHEAD

(11/12/71)  #33819

O’Hara poses as an independent truck driver in an effort of track down stolen explosives.

Director: Paul Krasny
Writer: Jack Turley

Guest cast:

Victor French (Paris Kohler)

Douglas Fowley

Paul Carr (Howard Barkley)

Tom Geas

Paul Mantee (Frank Case)

James Daris (Vincent Perl)

Marion Ross (Sandy)

Rodolfo Hoyos (Chico Valdez)

Carmen Zapata (Maria Valdez)

Janaire (Laurie)

Don Ross (the patrolman)

NOTES: Guest Tom Geas owned a popular hamburger stand in North Hollywood, California in the 70's and 80's called "Bud's Red Hots" famous both its delicious burgers and his insulting nature .

10. OPERATION: HIJACK

(11/26/71)

O’Hara goes undercover as an air-cargo handler in an attempt to solve the mysterious thefts of valuable imported merchandise.

Director: Sam C. Freedle
Writer: Herman Groves

Guest cast:

Milton Selzer

Judy Pace

Joe E. Tata (Dick Miles)

Leo Gordon (Harry Wilson)

Richard Tate (Pete McAdams)

Alan Baxter (Paul Fedderson)

William Elliott (Les Williams)

Edward Faulkner (Sgt. Wall)

Robert Clarke (Eliot Wyndham)

Robert Palmer (Hodges)

Ed Peck

11. OPERATION: CRYSTAL SPRINGS

(12/3/71)

O’Hara probes for evidence of income-tax violations by leading citizens of a small town.

Director: Alan Crosland
Writer: Gilbert A. Ralston

Guest cast:

David Friedkin (Burton T. Craig)

Lorraine Gary (Mrs. Madrid)

Ron Foster (Al Ellis)

Donald Barry

George Ives (Clifford Spry)

James Westerfield (Deputy Sheriff Phillips)

Virginia Gregg (Elinor Hoxie)

Frank Ferguson (Fred Hoxie)

Russ Conway (Mr. Hansen)

Bing Russell (Bob Rasmussen)

12. OPERATION: PAYOFF

(12/10/71)

O’Hara baits a crime boss by convincing him he will accept a bribe.

Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: Herb Purdum

Guest cast:

Joanna Barnes (Hannah)

Harry Townes (E.J. Wallace)

Dennis Patrick

Mitchell Ryan

John Lupton (Edward Bell)

Claudio Martinez

William Stevens (Glen MacKey)

Alan Dexter (Richard S. King)

Francis DeSales (William Teal)

Marc Hannibal (Al Crisp)

Pepe Hern (Santiago Bustamente)

Robert Patten (Ed Miller)

Claudio Martinez (Elfrego)

13. OPERATION: MOONSHINE

(12/17/71)

O’Hara hunts for the source of a flow of lead-contaminated moonshine whiskey.

Director: Paul Landers
Writers: James Moser, Robert I. Holt

Guest cast:

Will Geer

Russell C. Wiggins

Jim B. Smith (Vin Hefferman)

Alan Hale

Paul Comi (Gus Petroni)

Judy Brown (Ruthie Ann Watkins)

Katie O’Pace (Martha Lizbeth Tidwell)

Dabbs Greer (Billy Jack)

Sherry Boucher (Ginnie Mae Watkins)

Ross Elliott (Dr. John Snyder)

Kay Stewart (Clara Hansen)

14. OPERATION: XW-1

(1/7/72)

O’Hara poses as an arms dealer to find the source of new machine guns turning up in the hands of the criminal element.

Director: Ron Winston
Writer: William P. McGiven

Note: The script for this show was called Operation: Gunsmith.

Guest cast:

Ed Nelson

Gary Crosby

Lindsay Wagner (Edie Lang)

Charles McGraw (Tom Kleyberg)

Carl Esmond (August Werner)

Jason Wingreen (Ed Michaels)

Ken Lynch (Col. Wescott)

Buddy Lester (Peter Fareson)

Sig Haig (Ward)

Jon Kowal (Dan Sykes)

15. OPERATION: LADY LUCK

(1/14/72)

A compulsive gambler turned bumbling crook jeopardizes O’Hara’s attempt to catch a ring of counterfeiters.

Director: Sam C. Freedle
Writer: Bill Rega

Guest cast:

Ricardo Montalban (Rick Morris)

Lyle Bettger

Francine York

Allen Ludden

Betty White

Colby Chester (Burt Hale)

H.M. Wynant (Arnie Press)

Don Haggerty (Zig Helfer)

Henry Brandon (Ham Jason)

Lyle Talbot (Art Prescott)

Barney Phillips (Al Reid)

Del Monroe (the mechanic)

Marjorie Bennett (Agnes Howiett)

16. OPERATION: DEATHWATCH

(1/21/72)

O’Hara launches an investigation to find a smuggler suspected of committing three brutal murders.

Director: James Neilson
Writers: Jackson Gillis, Robert I. Holt

Guest cast:

Larry Linville (Det. Ed Pierce)

Michael Larrain

Charles Robinson

Leslie Charleson (Helga Kuyper)

Felton Perry (Don Eberly)

Ben Wright (Uncle Hans)

Karl Swenson (Otto Schurman)

Fred Holliday (Stan Carver)

Jack Collins (John Benson)

17. OPERATION: WHITE FIRE

(1/28/72)

When O’Hara accompanies a diamond broker to Africa to investigate a diamond-smuggling plot, he begins to suspect the broker is setting him up.

Director: Alan Crosland
Writer: David H. Vowell

Guest cast:

Joseph Wiseman (Armand Pringle)

Robert DoQui (Paul Stoddard)

Hari Rhodes

John Abbott (Stephen Ravazian)

Linda Marsh (Rebecca Kent)

Jay Robinson (George Cadlin)

Joe E. Tata (Ted Wilson)

Jess Barker (Harold Stoneman)

Nate Esformes (Schiller)

Morris Erby (desk clerk)

Urrea C. Jones (young man)

18. OPERATION: DORIAS

(2/4/72)

O’Hara attempts to build an income-tax evasion case against a racketeer specializing in art swindles.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Richard Carlson

Note: The script for this show was called Operation: Latisse.

Guest cast:

Jessica Tandy

Hans Conried (Count Anton Jay)

Donnelly Rhodes (Johnny Guizet)

Patty McCormack (Gilda Julian)

Maurice Marsac (Papa Guizet)

Martin Kosleck (Dr. Klaus Vogel)

Michael Fox (Dr. Julian)

Doris Dowling (Judge Leslie Dugan)

William Bramley (Grover Potter)

Hedley Mattingly (Val Valentine)

19. OPERATION: RAKE-OFF

(2/11/72)

O’Hara investigates the suspected bribery of an IRS agent.

Director: Sam C. Freedle
Writer: James Doherty

Guest cast:

Godfrey Cambridge

Brock Peters

Nancy Wilson

Edward Andrews

Alan Dexter (Richard S. King)

Barbara Rhoades (Tina Grace)

Yvonne Craig (Inez Malcolm)

James Lydon (Lee Foster)

Richard Roat (Stanley Turner)

Jean Norman (Eleanor)

Tony Monaco (Inspector Tom Cheney)

20. OPERATION: MR. FELIX

(2/18/72)

O’Hara must track down a counterfeiter engraver and printer before vengeful mobsters do.

Director: Alan Crosland
Writer: Tony Patino

Guest cast:

Dana Wynter (Mrs. Merrill)

Carlos Romero (Peter Wade)

Warren Stevens

Norman Lloyd

John Day

Craig Curtis

Sarah Kennedy (Miss Moscrip)

Clark Howat (Dan "Rusty" Gates)

21. OPERATION: GOOD CITIZEN

(3/3/72)

When an alcoholic wife wants to turn in her husband, who runs a town infiltrated with gangsters, her unpredictable behavior endangers O’Hara’s life.

Director: Richard Moder
Writer: Dick Morgan

Guest cast:

Martha Hyer (Laura Albin)

John Larch (Mike Albin)

Scott Walker (Vic Dondine)

Larry Pennell (Charles Donaldson)

Ahna Capri (Jean Houser)

Robert Mandan (George Landy)

Sid McCoy

Douglas Kennedy

22. OPERATION: SMOKE SCREEN

(3/10/72)

O’Hara hires on in a casino as a card dealer to gather evidence of income-tax evasion against the club’s owner.

Director: James Neilson
Writer: Dan Ullman

Guest cast:

Jack Ging

Leslie Parrish

Don Stroud

Norman Fell (Leo Walsh)

Carl Ballantine (Doc Ellery)

Len Wayland (Walter Land)

Marion Brash (Rose Walsh)

Bill Williams (Willoughby)

William Bryant (John Cossett)

Dee Dee Elsinger (Melissa Walsh)