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Matt Houston(TV show/series, 1982-1985)

1h per episode | Genre: Drama

Scripted Reality in 3 seasons with 69 episodes

Matt HoustonRating: 3.1/5 (with 12 votes)
Matt Houston is an American crime drama television series starring Lee Horsley as the title character, a wealthy oilman who decides to hold a side job as a private investigator. Created by Lawrence Gordon and produced by Aaron Spelling, it originally aired on ABC for three seasons from 1982 to 1985. ()
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About Matt Houston

Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.

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Matt Houston Seasons and Episodes

09/21/1984Season 3 - 22 episodes
#1 | 09/21/1984Wanted Man (2)
Matt's uncle (Buddy Ebsen), an ex-spy, helps Matt prove he is a victim of mind control and establish his innocence of murder.
#2 | 09/28/1984Vanished
other characters: Judge C. Sylos, Billy, Farris (possibly Coroner's Assistant), Dr. M. Granger (murdered) When Hoyt's young daughter is kidnapped and held prisoner by a child molester (James Olson), Matt risks everything -- even his own life.
#3 | 10/12/1984Eyewitness
other characters: Guard Matt believes C.J.'s new love (Simon MacCorkindale), a rising TV newsman, is involved in a kidnapping captured on film.
#4 | 10/19/1984Apostle of Death
Matt must free a girl from a religious commune run by an evangelist who plans to take her inheritance of $3 million, and then kill her.
#5 | 10/26/1984Caged
other characters: Mike, Deputy Marsh C.J. gets amnesia after an auto accident, and finds herself in jail with inmates working for a prostitution ring.
#6 | 11/02/1984Return to Nam (1)
Matt, Roy and ""Too Mean"" team up with an arrogant mercenary (Max Baer Jr.) to find Matt's cousin, who he thought died as a POW in Cambodia.
#7 | 11/09/1984Escape from Nam (2)
Andy (Max Baer Jr.) appears to have betrayed Matt and the rest to the Cambodian warlord holding Matt's cousin captive.
#8 | 11/16/1984High Fashion Murders
other characters: Kirby Andrews (Chauffeur), Monica, Beverly Roberts Matt can't accept the perfect alibi of his chief suspect (James Read) in the deaths of two models, until he learns a family secret.
#9 | 11/23/1984Death Stalk
other characters: Mickey (the chimp) An international assassin (Judson Scott) hired to kill a Middle Eastern leader, ignores his orders and seeks revenge on Matt instead.
#10 | 11/30/1984Blood Money
Matt's old high-school classmate (Jenny Sherman) involves him in a plot concerning an ex-Army officer and smuggled Vietnamese gems.
#11 | 12/07/1984Deadly Games
Matt must convince Hoyt a sporting-goods tycoon (Stuart Whitman) hunted two athletes like game animals.
#12 | 12/21/1984Stolen
After an actress (Kay Lenz) is certain she saw her baby son, kidnapped a year earlier, with another woman in a park, she asks Matt for help.
#13 | 01/04/1985The Nightmare Man
Matt is convinced that the man who kidnapped and tormented a little boy is the same man that kidnapped and tormented him when he was a boy.
#14 | 01/11/1985Breakpoint
Matt rushes to find the girlfriend of his distraught cousin who threatens to leap from a rooftop.
#15 | 01/18/1985Death Trap
C.J., Roy and Matt investigate an embezzlement scheme in a once-bustling oil town.
#16 | 01/25/1985The Honeymoon Murders
Matt investigates the murders of his college roommate's fiancée and another imminent bride.
#17 | 02/01/1985Beach Club Murders
Matt receives unexpected help in a murder/extortion case from a fellow detective, the sister of one of the victims.
#18 | 02/08/1985New Orleans Nightmare
A frightened stewardess (Shari Belafonte-Harper) comes to Matt after her friend (Ellen Bry) photographs a secret-society execution.
#19 | 02/15/1985Company Secrets
other characters: Ed Thompson, The Chief To flush the killer after his old CIA squad that call themselves ""The Five Fingers"", Roy pretends an attempt to kill him was successful.
#20 | 02/22/1985Killing Time
Matt falls for an heiress (Kerrie Keane) whose brother intends to use the family fortune to support Irish terrorists.
#21 | 03/15/1985Death Watch
other characters: Neil's girlfriend Matt, Uncle Roy and C.J. join Hoyt's stakeout of a big drug payoff and wind up in the crossfire of a plot by the buyer to double-cross the seller.
#22 | 03/29/1985Final Vows
Matt's love, Elizabeth (Kerrie Keane), returns, while a murderer (Chuck McCann) uses Matt to publicize his deeds.
09/09/1983Season 2 - 23 episodes
09/26/1982Season 1 - 24 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Russian (RU)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/26/1982
Last episode released on: 03/29/1985

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