Father Knows Best The Good Samaritan (Season 5, Episode 17)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Father Knows Best

The Good Samaritan (Season 5, Episode 17)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Bud has a school assignment to do a good deed for someone unknown. As he finds someone to help, he either gets rejected or his good deeds backfire on him. When one deed turns to disaster, his father finds a way to turn it around.

Director

Peter Tewksbury

Writers

Dorothy Cooper (written by) | Ed James (characters)

Producer

Eugene B. Rodney

Cinematographer

Frank G. Carson (as Kit Carson)

Editor

Robert B. Hoover

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 5, 1959

Release date

Jan 5, 1959 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 6 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 3 wins & 18 nominations

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Young Jim Anderson Jim Anderson See fewer	Crossfire (1947)
Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Margaret Anderson See fewer	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Elinor Donahue Betty Anderson Betty Anderson See fewer	Pretty Woman (1990)
Billy Gray Bud Anderson Bud Anderson See fewer	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Lauren Chapin Kathy Anderson Kathy Anderson See fewer	Father Knows Best (1954)
Paul Wallace Kippy Kippy See fewer	Gypsy (1962)
Forrest Taylor Painter (as Forrest Taylor Sr.) Painter (as Forrest Taylor Sr.) See fewer	Shadow of Chinatown (I) (1936)
John Harmon Mr. Brown Mr. Brown See fewer	Star Trek (1966)