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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
  |  creator = David Victor
  |  starring = [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]]<br>[[James Brolin]]
  |  theme_music_composer = [[Leonard Rosenman]]
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==Overview==
As with most medical dramas of the day, the plots often concerned a professional conflict between well-meaning physicians. Here, Dr. Welby's unorthodox way of treating patients was pitted 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. Welby had served in the US Navy as a doctor during the war, and was a widower. He owned a sail boat and enjoyed the ocean.

The doctors worked alongside each other in their private practice in [[Santa Monica, California]], regularly working in conjunction with the nearby Lang Memorial Hospital. (This was later revealed in exterior shots to be the real-life [[Saint John's Health Center|St. John's Hospital and Health Center]] in Santa Monica, California now renamed simply as [[Saint John's Health Center]].). At the office, their loyal secretary-nurse and friend, and Welby's hinted at secret lover 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 Phil (first [[Christine Belford]], then [[Anne Schedeen]], as Sandy and Gavin Brendan as Phil), 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 show's last season on the air.
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[[File:Robert young jane wyatt.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Young and Wyatt on ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'']]
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In the episode ''Designs'' which aired([[airdate]] on March 12, 1974.), Young was reunited with his ''[[Father Knows Best]]'' co-star, [[Jane Wyatt]]; she played a [[fashion designer]] whose marriage to an embittered paraplegic led her to fall in love with the gentle doctor while keeping her marriage a secret most of the episode.

==Medical features==
(contracted; show full)[[Category:American drama television series]]
[[Category:Best Drama Series Golden Globe winners]]
[[Category:English-language television programming]]
[[Category:American medical television series]]
[[Category:Nielsen ratings winners]]
[[Category:Television series by Universal Television]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Santa Monica, California]]
[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series winners]]