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Matlock
S1.E11
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The Professor

  • Episode aired Dec 2, 1986
  • TV-PG
  • 48m
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Don Porter in Matlock (1986)
CrimeDramaMystery

Ben's law professor Erskine Tate is arrested for vehicular homicide of postal worker Jim Donaldson but has no recollection of it. Ben suspects Tate's assistant Jim Billings and students Eric... Read allBen's law professor Erskine Tate is arrested for vehicular homicide of postal worker Jim Donaldson but has no recollection of it. Ben suspects Tate's assistant Jim Billings and students Eric Lane and Wesley Wallace, then tries to prove it.Ben's law professor Erskine Tate is arrested for vehicular homicide of postal worker Jim Donaldson but has no recollection of it. Ben suspects Tate's assistant Jim Billings and students Eric Lane and Wesley Wallace, then tries to prove it.

  • Director
    • Bill Duke
  • Writers
    • Dean Hargrove
    • Donald Ross
  • Stars
    • Andy Griffith
    • Linda Purl
    • Kene Holiday
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    7.4/10
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    • Director
      • Bill Duke
    • Writers
      • Dean Hargrove
      • Donald Ross
    • Stars
      • Andy Griffith
      • Linda Purl
      • Kene Holiday
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    Andy Griffith
    Andy Griffith
    • Ben Matlock
    Linda Purl
    Linda Purl
    • Charlene Matlock
    Kene Holiday
    Kene Holiday
    • Tyler Hudson
    • (as Kene Holliday)
    Don Porter
    Don Porter
    • Prof. Erskine Tate
    Daniel Davis
    Daniel Davis
    • James Billings
    James McEachin
    James McEachin
    • Police Lt. Frank Daniels
    Christopher McDonald
    Christopher McDonald
    • Eric Lane
    Michael Durrell
    Michael Durrell
    • D.A. Lloyd Burgess
    Nicholas Cascone
    • Wesley Wallace
    Henry G. Sanders
    Henry G. Sanders
    • Willie Gaines
    Richard Newton
    • Judge Richard Cooksey
    Harry Woolf
    Harry Woolf
    • Security Officer Farrow
    Jesse Jacobs
    • Jury Foreperson
    Leah Kates
    • Ms. Ricci
    Larry Turk
    • Security Guard
    Frank Kahlil Wheaton
    Frank Kahlil Wheaton
    • Bailiff
    • (as Kahlil Wheaton)
    Robert Alderette
    • Juror
    • (uncredited)
    Elizabeth Burnette
    • Courtroom Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Bill Duke
    • Writers
      • Dean Hargrove
      • Donald Ross
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    • Trivia
      In real life the man who played Matlock's former law school professor Don Porter was only 14 years older than Andy Griffith.
    • Goofs
      Just before the witness makes his identification in the line-up, we see the men through the window, and Professor Tate is the fourth from the right. However, a few seconds later the witness identifies Professor Tate and says he's the "second from the right", which he now is.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Matlock: The Vendetta (1989)

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    • Release date
      • December 2, 1986 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • InterMedia Entertainment Company
      • Strathmore Productions
      • Viacom Productions
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    • Runtime
      48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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