
Matt Houston (1982)
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Dennis Fimple as Bo
Episodes 24
Stop The Presses
other characters: Ron Randolph, Lelani, Camalani
A disreputable tabloid's publisher is nearly killed after telling his four worst enemies he plans to run a front-page story on them.
Read MoreDeadly Fashion
Houston's old flame (Cristina Ferrare), a model, hires him when she is accused of killing her employer, a famous fashion designer.
Read MoreKilling Isn't Everything
A pro quarterback (John Beck), Matt's college teammate, is blackmailed by a man who says he has proof the player killed his coach.
Read MoreWho Would Kill Ramona?
other characters: Todd Gallager, Rick
Matt enters the film world to investigate after a drink from a faded star's (Janet Leigh) glass instantly kills her new leading man.
Read MoreRecipe For Murder
other characters: Roger Marsden (murdered)
A restaurant critic's (James Coco) dinner is disrupted when a gelatin mold brought to his table contains his partner's severed head.
Read MoreShark Bait
other characters: Alice, Wyndell Murdock, Glenda Collins, Sam Gleason
Matt steps in when the mother of a Malibu lifeguard fears her daughter will be the next victim of a series of fatal shark attacks.
Read MoreThe Kidnapping
other characters: Tony
An old friend (Hugh O'Brian) calls in Matt when kidnappers snatch a seriously ill Arab prince during a jet flight to Los Angeles.
Read MoreJoey's Here
other characters: Riley (Security Guard), Ms. Stevenson (Secretary)
A robot designed by an electronics genius (David Cassidy) murders the brother (Troy Donahue) of it's creator.
Read MoreThe Good Doctor
other characters: Landlord
After a research scientist is murdered during a party at Matt's place, a mutual friend of the victim asks Matt to investigate.
Read MoreThe Rock and The Hard Place
An upcoming fight appears rigged when murder uncovers the champion's (Dorian Harewood) physical problems and his wife's alcoholism.
Read MoreThe Purrfect Crime
other characters: John
The four ex-wives of a wealthy cat-food manufacturer mauled to death by a pet tiger hire Matt to solve the crime so they can collect the money from the will.
Read MoreThe Yacht Club Murders
other characters: Dorian
After a reunion with a secret childhood love, she asks Matt for help, fearing someone may die at a yacht-club party.
Read MoreWhose Party Is It Anyway?
Fake telegrams summon five famous people to Matt's penthouse for a Sunday meeting with murder on the agenda.
Read MoreGet Houston
other characters: Cletus Simms
From his padded cell, an institutionalized madman (Chuck Connors) hires escaped convicts to kill Houston.
Read MoreThe Visitors
Matt must verify or disprove an alleged UFO encounter during which a scientist suffered a fatal heart attack.
Read MoreHere's Another Fine Mess
After costumed killers try to kill C.J. by forcing her off the road, she learns all her college sorority sisters are also in danger.
Read MoreThe Beverly Hills Social Club
other characters: Carter
A noted gossip columnist, Vonda Mirand, is murdered after threatening to expose the patrons of an exclusive bordello called the Afrodisia Fellowship.
Read MoreThe Showgirl Murders
other characters: Decoy #1 (woman), Doris (hotel photographer), Mattie (dancer)
When a nightclub-singer friend (Robert Goulet) believes he has killed during alcohol-induced blackouts, Matt works to clear him.
Read MoreFear For Tomorrow
other characters: Kitchen Worker (possibly Randy or Tyler)
A codebook and a cryptic message provide Matt his only clues to preventing the predicted deaths of thousands.
Read MoreA Deadly Parlay
After Matt is found leaning over the dead body of a jockey (Lynn-Holly Johnson), he is charged with murder.
Read MoreA Novel Way To Die
When a novelist (Terry Moore) at a mystery-writers' convention is murdered, Matt finds himself involved in a real murder mystery.
Read MoreThe Hunted
other characters: Senator Delaney, Sony
C.J. is held hostage by a famous criminal (Martin Landau) in order to free his terrorist son held by authorities on Matt's eyewitness testimony.
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