Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea

1 9 6 4 - 1 9 6 8 (USA)
110 x 60 minute episodes

The story of the submarine Seaweed . . er . . . Seaview and her crew. The adventures continued for four years, making it the longest-running science fiction show on network television (until recently).

The star of the show was the most powerful and advanced submarine on earth, a testimony to the genius of its creator, Harriman Nelson.

The Seaview took on a wide variety of secret missions, and consequently carried many passengers: spies, politicians, world leaders, military men, castaways, aliens and monsters, and especially mad scientists, the specialty of the house (sub).

The crew of the Seaview was top-notch: The brilliant Admiral Nelson, the ultimate scientist; the courageous, though terribly macho, Captain Crane, devoted to his ship; the steadfast first officer, Chip Morton (and could anyone but an American be called "Chip"?) ; the stalwart Chief Curley Jones, sadly lost after the first season but ably replaced by the inimitable Chief Sharkey . . .

The crewmen, Kowalski, Patterson, Riley, and the many less fortunate others who gave their lives for the ship. Again and again, they proved themselves capable of handling any situation with courage and ingenuity.

Voyage was probably the most serious of Irwin Allen's efforts, although it certainly had its comic moments. Its basic premise was based in reality, even if many of its missions were almost nonsensical , and the undersea worlds the Seaview explored are as magical today as they were in 1964.

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Admiral Harriman Nelson Richard Basehart Lt. Cmdr Chip Morton Robert Dowdell Captain Lee Crane David Hedison Chief Francis Sharkey Terry Becker Kowalski Del Monroe CPO Curly Jones Henry Kulky Patterson Paul Trinka Sonar Nigel Mckeand Sparks Arch Whiting The Doctor Richard Bull Riley Allen Hunt Clark Paul Carr