# The Tycoon (TV series)

The Tycoon is a 32-episode American sitcom television series broadcast by ABC. It starred Walter Brennan as the fictitious businessman Walter Andrews, similar to his birth name of Walter Andrew Brennan.

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | "Horatio Alger Again" | Unknown | Unknown | September 15, 1964 (1964-09-15) |
| Walter sets up a challenge to prove his success is not a fluke by moving to another town, starting a new business and becoming rich again. |||||
| 2 | "Shotgun Meyer" | Unknown | Unknown | September 22, 1964 (1964-09-22) |
| Walter has his eyes on a nice piece of property that would be used as a new industrial site. The problem is the owner, a grape grower, doesn't want to sell. |||||
| 3 | "Walter Gets Fired" | Unknown | Unknown | September 29, 1964 (1964-09-29) |
| Walter finds himself on both sides of the bargaining table in a management-union affair. |||||
| 4 | "The Great Race" | Unknown | Unknown | October 6, 1964 (1964-10-06) |
| Walter and his best friend are old rivals, and since each believes that their classic car is best, the two decide to race them. |||||
| 5 | "The Patient" | Unknown | Unknown | October 13, 1964 (1964-10-13) |
| Walter, trying to bypass hospital rules when he goes in for a checkup, is outsmarted. |||||
| 6 | "Top Ten" | Unknown | Unknown | October 20, 1964 (1964-10-20) |
| Walter and Pat go to Midwest Tech to recruit a student from the top 10—and come back with number 11. |||||
| 7 | "Inside Job" | Unknown | Unknown | October 27, 1964 (1964-10-27) |
| Walter does a quick shift when an electric eye invented by Pat adversely affects old friends. |||||
| 8 | "Mr. Fix-It" | Unknown | Unknown | November 10, 1964 (1964-11-10) |
| Walter is told he can't work in the company machine shop, but he still manages to indulge his love for tinkering. |||||
| 9 | "East Meets West" | Unknown | Unknown | November 17, 1964 (1964-11-17) |
| It's a Mexican standoff when Walter and Wilson pit their talents against a Japanese manufacturer. |||||
| 10 | "Boy Genius" | Unknown | Unknown | November 24, 1964 (1964-11-24) |
| Investigating a customer complaint, Walter finds it comes from a young man with a very high IQ. |||||
| 11 | "Toys in the Pentagon" | Unknown | Unknown | December 1, 1964 (1964-12-01) |
| A new toy rocket launcher interests the U.S. Navy for important reasons. |||||
| 12 | "Talent Scout" | Unknown | Unknown | December 8, 1964 (1964-12-08) |
| Walter sees an opportunity for an old friend to make a show business comeback. Andy Clyde, who played George McMichael on The Real McCoys, is cast in this episode as Skippy Draper. |||||
| 13 | "Harvey Brinkerhoff, Who Needs You" | Unknown | Unknown | December 15, 1964 (1964-12-15) |
| Walter gives a job to the son of an old friend and finds that it was a big mistake. |||||
| 14 | "Baby Tycoon" | Unknown | Unknown | December 22, 1964 (1964-12-22) |
| Walter finds himself in the middle of a proxy fight—with 3,000 valuable shares controlled by his infant grandson. |||||
| 15 | "No Place Like Home" | Unknown | Unknown | December 29, 1964 (1964-12-29) |
| Walter is talked into a vacation and finds himself working harder than ever. |||||
| 16 | "The Honorable Dr. Adams" | Unknown | Unknown | January 5, 1965 (1965-01-05) |
| Walter's associates arrange for him to get an honorary college degree—at first against his wishes. |||||
| 17 | "Thunder Bowl" | Unknown | Unknown | January 12, 1965 (1965-01-12) |
| Walter and Wilson try to outsmart each other with the company's bowling championship at stake. |||||
| 18 | "Muscles Don't Retire" | Unknown | Unknown | January 19, 1965 (1965-01-19) |
| Walter investigates a senior citizen community and makes some startling discoveries. |||||
| 19 | "Romance, Incorporated" | Unknown | Unknown | January 26, 1965 (1965-01-26) |
| Walter stages a whirlwind campaign to sweep a widow off her feet. |||||
| 20 | "South of the Border" | Unknown | Unknown | February 2, 1965 (1965-02-02) |
| Walter and Pat visit Latin America and learn some interesting facts about retirement. |||||
| 21 | "Tom's Trouble in Transistorland" | Unknown | Unknown | February 9, 1965 (1965-02-09) |
| Walter enlists her granddaughter's husband in a Thunder Corp. experiment. |||||
| 22 | "Pat's Retirement" | Unknown | Unknown | February 16, 1965 (1965-02-16) |
| Walter teaches Pat a less in the disadvantages of idleness. |||||
| 23 | "A Dog's Life" | Unknown | Unknown | February 23, 1965 (1965-02-23) |
| Walter asks Thunder engineers to design a walking harness for a dog. |||||
| 24 | "Johnny on the Spot" | Unknown | Unknown | March 2, 1965 (1965-03-02) |
| Walter and Pat are inadvertently involved with a robbery during a routine demonstration of a new television camera. |||||
| 25 | "Cloak and Dagger" | Unknown | Unknown | March 9, 1965 (1965-03-09) |
| Walter and his staff find themselves in trouble when they discover somebody in the company is giving away top secret company plans. |||||
| 26 | "Walter on a Pedestal" | Unknown | Unknown | March 16, 1965 (1965-03-16) |
| The town asks permission to erect a statue of Walter Andrews—and then Walter finds out why. |||||
| 27 | "Dangster Andrews" | Unknown | Unknown | March 23, 1965 (1965-03-23) |
| Walter becomes involved in the affairs of a drag racer, and when he's obliged to drive a racer, sets a new world record. |||||
| 28 | "It's All Relative" | Unknown | Unknown | March 30, 1965 (1965-03-30) |
| A nest of nepotism is uncovered when Walter gets his granddaughter a job with Thunder Corp. |||||
| 29 | "Kitchen Caper" | Unknown | Unknown | April 6, 1965 (1965-04-06) |
| Walter has to decide which of his associates gets a new free kitchen—with each one's wife interested in the prize. |||||
| 30 | "Mr. Wilson in Retirement Land" | Unknown | Unknown | April 13, 1965 (1965-04-13) |
| Walter reassigns a job from Wilson to younger engineers. |||||
| 31 | "A Slight Case of Merger" | Unknown | Unknown | April 20, 1965 (1965-04-20) |
| Walter saves his housekeeper as well as his company from some bad deals. |||||
| 32 | "Honest Man" | Unknown | Unknown | April 27, 1965 (1965-04-27) |
| A pang of conscience sends Walter in search of a man he fears he wronged 50 years ago. |||||