The Magician
The Magician

The Magician

1973 1 Seasons 21 Episodes ⭐ 6.8 Drama Action & Adventure

The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. In the series pilot, the character was instead named Anthony Dorian. The name change was due to a conflict with the name of a real life stage magician.

The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. In the series pilot, the character was instead named Anthony Dorian. The name change was due to a conflict with the name of a real life stage magician.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Manhunters

Someone attempts to take the life of writer Max Pomeroy, Tony Blake's friend. Upon investigation, Tony discovers an ille

EP 2

The Vanishing Lady

Magician Tony Blake discovers that Julie Carter, the singer who opens his stage illusion show in Las Vegas, has been kid

EP 3

Illusion in Terror

Tony's girlfriend is apparently run down in a parking garage, but nobody will give him a straight answer as to which hos

EP 4

Lightning on A Dry Day

When Tony makes his assistant vanish in a flash of fire during a charity performance at a mental hospital, one of the sp

EP 5

Ovation for Murder

After rehearsing for a benefit performance at the Los Angeles County Fair, Tony Blake spots a man being pummeled by two

EP 6

Man on Fire

A woman who begins laughing hysterically when her boyfriend Paul proposes to her falls down a staircase after he shakes

EP 7

Lady in A Trap

Magician Anthony Blake is at the library to borrow a copy of a book on magic when a priceless Machiavelli manuscript is

EP 8

The Man who Lost Himself

Magician Anthony Blake is setting up for a fund raising performance outside a church when a man, chased by two pursuers,

EP 9

Nightmare in Steel

A band of modern-day pirates is seeking to hijack a tanker ship for its $4 million worth of fuel. They have coerced a me

EP 10

Shattered Image

After a magic class Tony Blake teaches, A carnival performer comes up to tell Tony about a little girl in his care--she

EP 11

The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (1)

Tony Blake has taken up residency at The Castle, an exclusive club for magicians, when his old girlfriend Janet Keegan c

EP 12

The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (2)

Tony Blake fails to rescue Janet from the jail in which the kidnappers are holding her. Soon he finds himself caught be

EP 13

The Illusion of the Stainless Steel Lady

Irene Denore, a famous film actress of the silent era, is being held hostage in her own home by her ruthless business ma

EP 14

The Illusion of the Queen's Gambit

Tony Blake is doing a benefit performance on a casino boat when a robbery takes place. As far as the police are concern

EP 15

The Illusion of Black Gold

Tony Blake stages a real life illusion--making it appear that a Alexander Polchek, a scientist from the Soviet Union, is

EP 16

The Illusion of the Lost Dragon

Tony gets involved in a mystery of a stolen Chinese heirloom. A sculpture of a dragon is missing, and when Tony starts t

EP 17

The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate

In this episode, Tony is contacted by an old Magician Friend who is down on his luck, living out of a shelter. Apparentl

EP 18

The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow

Someone is going around killing people with, of all things, a bow & arrow. Stranger still, a psychic sees it all in her

EP 19

The Illusion of the Lethal Playthings

Tony finds out someone is trying to blackmail a friend, wealthy Jackson Wyndham, for $500,000. They have already broken

EP 20

The Illusion of the Cat's Eye

A statue of an Egyptian cat on display in a museum is this episode's main attraction. It is believed by the Egyptians th

EP 21

The Illusion of the Evil Spikes

Tony Blake is on the set of a movie watching his good magician friend perform the ""Spikes of Death"" escape when his fr

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