Medic Breath of Life (Season 1, Episode 15)
TV Episode | Drama

Medic

Breath of Life (Season 1, Episode 15)

TV Episode | Drama

Obsessively self-reliant Dr. Robert Parker faces an uncertain future and an extended period of reliance on an iron lung (and on other people) after he contracts a case of polio.

Director

Ted Post

Writers

John Meredyth Lucas (teleplay) | James E. Moser (creator) | Art Napoleon (teleplay) | Jo Napoleon (teleplay)

Producer

Frank La Tourette

Composer

Victor Young

Cinematographer

Lester Shorr

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 24, 1955

Release date

Jan 24, 1955 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win & 12 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
10 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Boone Dr. Konrad Styner Dr. Konrad Styner See fewer	Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)
Warren Stevens Dr. Robert Alan Parker Dr. Robert Alan Parker See fewer	Forbidden Planet (1956)
Jean Willes Catherine Parker Catherine Parker See fewer	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Danny Dayton Dr. Lusk (as Dan Dayton) Dr. Lusk (as Dan Dayton) See fewer	Guys and Dolls (1955)
Simon Scott Dr. Qualen Dr. Qualen See fewer	Cold Turkey (1971)
Jean Engstrom Blakeney Blakeney See fewer	Voodoo Island (1957)
Roy Glenn Wright Wright See fewer	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Richard Nelson Cliffton Cliffton See fewer	Waterfront (1954)
Jack Gardner Attendant Attendant See fewer	The Secret Code (1942)
Ruth Ackley Self - Registered Nurse (as Ruth Ackley R.N.) Self - Registered Nurse (as Ruth Ackley R.N.) See fewer	Medic (1954)