Surfside 6

Surfside 6
Created byWilliam T. Orr and Hugh Benson
StarringTroy Donohue
Van Williams
Lee Patterson
Diane McBain
Margarita Sierra
Theme music composerJerry Livingston and Mack David
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes74 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerWilliam T. Orr
ProducersJerry Davis
Charles Hoffman
Ed Jurist
Joel Rogosin
Tom McKnight
Mack David
Gordon Bau (make-up)
Production locationCalifornia
Running time60 minutes
Production companyWarner Bros. Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseOctober 6, 1960 (1960-10-06) –
June 25, 1962 (1962-06-25)
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Surfside 6 is an ABC television series that aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centers on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat, and features Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II, Van Williams as Kenny Madison (a character recycled from Bourbon Street Beat), and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-stars as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht is berthed next to their houseboat. Spanish actress Margarita Sierra also plays a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who works at the Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6.

Surfside 6 was, in fact, a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleau in 1964's Goldfinger.