The Hathaways
The Hathaways is really a 26-episode situation comedy which aired on ABC from October 6, 1961, to March 30, 1962, starring Peggy Cass and Jack Weston as suburban l a"parents" to a trio of acting chimpanzees. Weston portrays a realtor, Walter Hathaway. Cass is the wife Elinore, the"mommy" and booking representative to the Marquis Chimps, appointed Chocolate, Charlie, and Enoch. The chimps had appeared on CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show and did some advertisements.
Supporting roles were full of character actress Mary Grace Canfield as Mrs. Amanda Allison, a housekeeper. Barbara Perry as Elinore's friend and neighbor, Thelma Brockwood, and Harvey Lembeck as Jerry Roper, the theatrical agent of this chimps, Still another neighbor, Mrs. Harrison has been played by Belle Montrose, '' the mother of comedian Steve Allen.
The premiere episode is entitled"Love Thy Neighbor": the Brockwoods decide to buy your house next door even though reservations concerning the chimps being their neighbors too. Joe Flynn, guest-starred as Freddie Winkler from the third installment"Walter Takes somebody", which aired on October 20. Vaughn Taylor played with a veterinarian Dr. Dorsey in"Candy's Tonsils". Robert Q. Lewis depicted Barney Holt in"TV or Not TV" on. Different episodes were entitled"The Hathaways Sleep Outside","Grandma's Lamp","TV or Not TV","The Practical Joker","Help Wanted","The Shrewd Trader","A Man for Amanda", and the series finale,"Elinore's Best Friend".
