Automan The Great Pretender (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 49 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Automan

The Great Pretender (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 49 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

To get a criminal, Automan assumes the guise of Mr. Otto a mobster who sets out to take over his business by getting all of his associates to defect to him.

Director

Kim Manners

Writers

Glen A. Larson (created by) | Sam Egan (written by)

Producers

Donald Kushner | Peter Locke

Composer

Stu Phillips

Cinematographer

Frank Thackery

Editor

Harvey Stambler (as Harvey E. Stambler)

Casting Directors

Rachelle Farberman | Sally Powers

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Updated Dec 29, 1983

Release date

Dec 29, 1983 (United States)

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Desi Arnaz Jr. Walter Nebicher Walter Nebicher See fewer	House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Chuck Wagner Automan Automan See fewer	American Playhouse (1980)
Heather McNair Roxanne Caldwell Roxanne Caldwell See fewer	Chaplin (1992)
Gerald S. O'Loughlin Capt. E. G. Boyd Capt. E. G. Boyd See fewer	The Rookies (1972)
Robert Lansing Lt. Jack Curtis Lt. Jack Curtis See fewer	4D Man (1959)
Cursor Self Self See fewer	Automan (1983)
Clu Gulager Rudolph Brock Rudolph Brock See fewer	The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Michael Callan Kevin Mayhew Kevin Mayhew See fewer	Cat Ballou (1965)
Andrea Howard Lauren Robinson Lauren Robinson See fewer	The Nude Bomb (1980)
Ed Griffith Seymour Laird Seymour Laird See fewer	Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
James Andronica Parsons Parsons See fewer	Mirage (1995)
Cliff Emmich Zack Zack See fewer	Halloween II (1981)
Paul Lambert Frank Robinson Frank Robinson See fewer	Planet of the Apes (1968)
Fil Formicola Solt Solt See fewer	Splash (1983)
Todd Martin Gritch Gritch See fewer	Crack in the World (1965)
William Long Jr. Russo Russo See fewer	The King of the Kickboxers (1990)
Ken Sansom The Minister The Minister See fewer	The Long Goodbye (1973)
K.C. Winkler The Blonde The Blonde See fewer	Armed and Dangerous (1986)
Marc Vahanian Carty Carty See fewer	The Amityville Horror (1979)
Richard Derr Robinson Robinson See fewer	When Worlds Collide (1951)
Barry Berman Tate Tate See fewer	Benny & Joon (1993)
Talbot Perry Simons Taxi Driver (as Talbot Simons) Taxi Driver (as Talbot Simons) See fewer	Still the Drums (2009)
Rick Jason Nelson Trotter (uncredited) Nelson Trotter (uncredited) See fewer	Combat! (1962)
Michael Pataki Pool Player (uncredited) Pool Player (uncredited) See fewer	Rocky IV (1985)