continued to make lighthearted wisecracks as they stepped over bodies in dark alleys and were rendered unconscious by unknown assailants dispensing blows to the head almost every week ... The feminine half of the twosome was at least equal to the husband in solving cases that often baffled law-enforcement officers with years of training and practice—except in reading clues. No explanation was given, of course, as to why a couple of misfits could be so successful in their preoccupation while the professionals thrashed about ineffectually." Television In 1946, producer-director Fred Coe brought the Owen Davis play to television (on New York City's WNBT) with John McQuade and Maxine Stewart in the leads and Don Haggerty, Joan Marlowe and Millard Mitchell repeating their Broadway roles. Joseph Allen and Mary Lou Taylor played Mr. and Mrs. North from July 1949 in NBC Presents ( 1 Season of 21 Episodes). Barbara Britton and Richard Denning starred in the TV adaptation, produced by John W. Loveton, seen on CBS from 1952 to 1953 and on NBC in 1954, sponsored by Revlon cosmetics and Congoleum-Nairn, Inc. Francis De Sales starred in 25 episodes as police Lieutenant Bill Weigand, only his second screen role. Guest stars included Raymond Burr, Hans Conried, Mara Corday, Lawrence Dobkin, I. Stanford Jolley, Carolyn Jones, Katy Jurado, Jimmy Lydon, Dayton Lummis, Julia Meade, William Schallert, and Gloria Talbott. In his early days at WPTZ TV in Philadelphia, Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams occasionally spoofed the show in sketches titled Mr. & Mrs. South on Kovacs's' morning comedy show Three To Get Ready. Episodes References External links Mr. and Mrs. North by Owen Davis: "Character List" Internet Archive: Mr. and Mrs. North episodes 1942 radio programme debuts 1946 American television series debuts 1954 radio programme endings 1940s American radio programs 1950s American radio programs 1952 American television series debuts 1954 American television series endings American detective television series American radio dramas Black-and-white American television shows Book series introduced in 1940 CBS original programming CBS Radio programs Detective radio shows Detective television series Edgar Award-winning works North North North, Mr. and Mrs. North, Pam North North Literary duos North North NBC original programming NBC radio programs North Radio duos Radio programmes based on novels Television duos