Jacques Aubuchon in the 1960's (5 of 5)
In 1966 Jacques Aubuchon guest-starred along with Julie Newmar in F Troop. Newmar played Aubuchon's long, lost daughter raised by Indians. Here is another example of the ending credits being mysteriously altered not in Aubuchon's favor. All the 5 principal starring cast was credited in the beginning of the show. The lesser characters were credited at the end, starting with Dobbs, then Crazy Cat and Duffy. The next card, the less memorable characters, Vanderbilt and Duddleson (I honestly don't remember this one) and Aubuchon's name tacked onto the end. Then came "and guest-starring Julie Newmar." Both should've been listed as guest-starring. I think the problem is-alphabetically his name comes first and Newmar's agent didn't like that, feeling she should come first. Afterall she starred as the robot Rhoda, in My Living Doll and now she's Catwoman, so they pulled a slick move to put Aubuchon's name before hers hidden at the tail end of the regulars. Aubuchon probably didn't care much, he was getting all the work he could handle. (He would've been good as a Batman villain too.) The most likely possibility was that somebody new to the show was doing the cards, had the list of names and wasn't familiar with Jacques Aubuchon, so figured he must be a cast member.
In 1966, Jacques Aubuchon was in his second episode of The Man From UNCLE. This one had some comedy elements, but once again, some out of the ordinary crediting. The Man From UNCLE credited the stars first, then, hmm, my bad I guess. I rewatched the beginning credits: "Starring Robert Vaughn", then "David McCallum" and "co-starring Leo G Carroll". The next card, "Danielle de Metz" (She appeared in one episode before this one as a different character). The fifth card: "special guest star Abbe Lane." She was more of a personality than an actress. She was a sex symbol, married to Xavier Cugat before Charo. She appeared on a lot of variety and talk shows. I think the two girls were billed in the beginning to keep the adolescent male viewers who were the targeted audience from switching channels. The ending credits were led by "'guest star Jacques Aubuchon", then "co-starring Pat Harrington". For a sense of how the program's credits usually went, I watched the next episode. Beginning credits after Mr. Carroll- "guest star Jack Palance", "special guest star Janet Leigh" (both big stars), "also starring Edwardo Ciannelli, Allen Jenkins, Jack LaRue as the Stiletto Brothers". Allen Jenkins was the only one known to me, so I guessed these guys were known from gangster movies, Jenkins for some comedy. And the next card was another big star from the past "special appearance Joan Blondell." One more card for a sexy young Italian actress, "and Letitia Roman" for the young male audience if Janet Leigh wasn't enough. So this was the formula for credits on the show, show the pretty girls in the beginning. If Aubuchon's episode was star-studded like this, I wouldn't have thought it so odd.
Jacques Aubuchon finished the year in The Green Hornet. Unlike Batman, The Green Hornet was played as a drama. Aubuchon was a fence for a large crime ring. He played this one straight.
In 1967, Aubuchon played one of 3 escaped convicts who Tarzan was forced to take along with himself, a caregiver and some orphans to travel 3 days to the village in the first of 2 episodes of Tarzan he was in. Each of the convicts learned something along the way.
He was on an episode of wartime action drama Garrison's Gorillas as a thief in 1967.
In November of 1967, he appeared in the Thanksgiving episode of Bewitched. He played a 17th century Settler and accused Darren of being a witch after Aunt Clara accidentally sent them back to that time.
in 1968, Jacques Aubuchon was in another episode of Tarzan, playing a river boat captain
In 1969 he appeared in an episode of Land of the Giants. He did most of his scenes alone, aside from the ones with giant-sized Chipper and the Inspector in the final scene.
And he played a lawyer in 1969s The Love God with Don Knotts. I don't think he had any scenes with Don Knotts.
