Doctor in the House

The film helped make Dirk Bogarde one of the biggest British stars of the 1950s, and lead to a number of sequels. Other well known British actors featured, including Kenneth More, Donald Sinden and Donald Houston. James Robertson Justice also appeared as the irascible chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt, a role he would repeat in many of the sequels.

Sequels

The other films in the series were:

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• Doctor at Sea (1955)
• Doctor at Large (1957)
• Doctor in Love (1960) with Michael Craig and Leslie Phillips instead of Bogarde
• Doctor in Distress (1963)
• Doctor in Clover (1966) with Phillips
• Doctor in Trouble (1970) with Phillips

A successful television series from London Weekend Television also followed: Doctor in the House from 1969-70, followed in succession by Doctor at Large, Doctor in Charge, Doctor at Sea (set on board a ship), Doctor on the Go, Doctor Down Under (set in Australia), and Doctor at the Top. Confusingly, these shows were all syndicated in the United States under the title Doctor in the House and episodes from all of the series were often shown out of sequence.

Related Topics:
Television series - London Weekend Television - Doctor in the House - Australia - Syndicated - United States

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