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{{Infobox television
  |  show_name = Marcus Welby, M.D.
  |  image = [[Image:Marcus Welby Intro Screen.jpg|270px]]
  |  caption = ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'' title card
  |  format = Medical Drama
  |  runtime = 60 minutes
  |  creator = David Victor
  |  starring = [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]]<br>[[James Brolin]]<br>[[Elena Verdugo]]
  |  country = {{USA}}
  |  network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
  |  first_aired = September 23, 1969
  |  last_aired = July 29, 1976
  |  num_seasons = 8
  |  num_episodes = 169
  |  imdb_id = 0063927
  | tv_com_id = 80
|}}

'''''Marcus Welby, M.D.''''' is a popular [[medical drama]] that aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from September 23, 1969 to July 29, 1976. It starred [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]] (of ''[[Father Knows Best]]'' fame) as the title character, a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner, and was produced by David Victor and [[David J. O'Connell]]. The pilot aired as an ''[[ABC Movie of the Week]]'' on March 26, 1969.

==Synopsis==
As with most medical dramas of the day, the mainplots often concerned a professional conflict was between well-meaning physicians.  Here, Dr. Welby's unorthodox way of treating patients was opposed to thpitted against the more strait-laced methods of Dr. Steven Kiley ([[James Brolin]]). The catch with this particular program was that the roles were reversed in that Dr. Kiley was much younger than Dr. Welby. In the similar series ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'', it is the older doctor who is more orthodox and the younger who is radical.⏎
The opening credits of "Welby" for each episode reminded viewers of the generation gap between the two doctors, Welby driving his long sedan and Kiley riding a motorcycle.

The doctors worked alongside each other in their private practice in [[Southern California]], regularly working in conjunction with the nearby Lang Memorial Hospital.   At the office, their loyal secretary-nurse and friend was Consuelo Lopez ([[Elena Verdugo]]). Other characters that appeared throughout the years included Dr. Welby's frequent girlfriend Myra Sherwood ([[Anne Baxter]]), his daughter Sandy and her son (first [[Christine Bellwood]], then [[Anne Schedeen]]; and, Gavin Brendan), and Kathleen Faverty ([[Sharon Gless]]), another secretary. Dr. Kiley met and married public relations director Janet Blake ([[Pamela Hensley]]) in 1975, at the beginning of the s(contracted; show full)[[Category:Drama television series]]
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