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- The Littlest Hobo is a Canadian television series based upon a 1958 American film of the same name directed by Charles R. Rondeau. The series first aired from 1963 to 1965 in syndication, and was revived for a popular second run on CTV, spanning six seasons, from October 11, 1979 to March 7, 1985. It starred an ownerless intelligent German Shepherd dog, the titular Hobo, who befriends and helps humans (portrayed by well-known Canadian and Hollywood actors in celebrity guest appearances). (en)
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- Allan Eastman (en)
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- Richard Gilbert (en)
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- Stan Olsen (en)
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- List of The Littlest Hobo episodes#Season 1 (en)
- List of The Littlest Hobo episodes#Season 2 (en)
- List of The Littlest Hobo episodes#Season 3 (en)
- List of The Littlest Hobo episodes#Season 4 (en)
- List of The Littlest Hobo episodes#Season 5 (en)
- List of The Littlest Hobo episodes#Season 6 (en)
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- Hobo befriends a down and out ex-vaudevillian who has been shoplifting with every intent to pay it back when she becomes a star again.
Guest star: Rosemary Radcliffe (en)
- Hobo helps a young boy prove to his mother that you don't have to play a rough sport like hockey to have courage.
Guest star: Mark Polley (en)
- Hobo and Dan Mooney , the janitor of a children's hospital, manage to help an emotionally withdrawn boy. (en)
- A struggling artist considers an illegal sale to clear Mafia debts.
Guest star: Sheldon Leonard (en)
- Hobo encourages a paraplegic boy to enter a Frisbee-throwing contest to the dismay of the youth's overly-protective widowed father, who hates dogs because his driving at excessive speed and swerving to avoid a stray dog led to the car crash which killed his wife and left his son paralyzed. When Hobo saves the boy's life, the father finally sees the light. This episode also featured a young Mike Myers as the paralyzed boy's friend, Tommy.
Guest star: Clarence Williams III (en)
- Hobo mans a disco control panel and helps the victim of an underworld frame-up.
Guest star: Saul Rubinek (en)
- Hobo helps rescue a Prima Ballerina who wants to defect from her Iron Curtain captors.
Guest star: Paul Burke (en)
- Harry , a night watchman at an electronics firm, and his German shepherd Sarge are framed for the theft of top-secret equipment. (en)
- With the help of his new friend, fellow gentleman of the road Ben Smith , Hobo saves two draft horses destined for the fertilizer plant. The horses themselves prove to the local town that they are still useful when, where a tractor fails, they are instrumental in the rescue of a school bus full of children which is stranded in the middle of a fast-flowing river. (en)
- Following on from the previous episode, Hobo continues his travels with Willy and Kate. But when the authorities recapture Kate, Willy tries to rescue her with unexpected results. (en)
- Hobo helps Tom Malone , an innocent man wrongfully accused of murder, escape the clutches of a sheriff and his bloodhounds. (en)
- Hobo helps rescue two kidnapped victims and in the process recovers a million dollars' worth of stolen furs.
Guest star: Abe Vigoda (en)
- When Hobo witnesses a hit-and-run accident, the marshals evidence against the driver and forces a confession.
Guest star: Vic Morrow (en)
- Hobo arrives in a small country town hit by a forest fire, where he helps rescue animals from the blaze and befriends forest ranger Ray Caldwell . The local storekeeper, much to Ray's disgust, has started selling animal traps and poison to ward off the now homeless animals coming near the town. When a child eats poisoned meat left outside the store, and a thunderstorm prevents Ray from bringing the local doctor in by plane, Hobo is parachuted into the town with the antidote needed to save the child's life. (en)
- Because of their parents' objections, a young couple's marriage plans appear doomed, until Hobo comes to the rescue.
Guest star: Leslie Nielsen (en)
- Hobo befriends a three-year-old girl who goes missing in a sparsely-populated area. Hobo later uses his friendship with trucker Sam to return the girl to her overjoyed parents.
Guest star: Lynda Day George (en)
- Hobo travels with Willy , a tramp, and Kate, a runaway little girl, who are hitchhiking across the country to California, where they plan to open up an orange juice stand. (en)
- An ex-convict is framed for drug smuggling and with help from Ryan McCallum Hobo is able to clear the ex-convicts name but all the drugs go missing.
Guest star: Michael Cole (en)
- Hobo manages to unearth vital evidence to prove Tom Malone's innocence. (en)
- A magician is accused of making an heirloom disappear.
Guest star: Patrick Macnee (en)
- Hobo rescues a politician's son from kidnappers.
Guest stars: John David Carson, John Carradine (en)
- Hobo protects an elderly prospector from greedy land-grabbers.
Guest star: Leon Ames (en)
- Hobo helps an ex-convict pursue an honest life style.
Guest star: Alan McRae (en)
- When a distraught East European woman named Ines, who is in Canada illegally, abandons her baby daughter Maria on the steps of a church, Hobo appoints himself guardian of the child – eventually managing to reunite mother and child.
Guest star: Nehemiah Persoff (en)
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- Escape (en)
- Smoke (en)
- Double Trouble (en)
- Guardian Angel (en)
- Heritage (en)
- Second Chance (en)
- Little Girl Lost (en)
- Snapshot (en)
- Silent Witness (en)
- The Pied Piper (en)
- The Defector (en)
- Stand In (en)
- Give My Regards to Broadway (en)
- Target for Terror (en)
- The Last Job (en)
- Big Al and Sam Strawberry (en)
- Boy on Wheels (en)
- Diamonds Are a Dog's Best Friend (en)
- Manhunt: Part 1 (en)
- Manhunt: Part 2 (en)
- Million Dollar Fur Heist (en)
- Romiet And Julio (en)
- The Further Adventures of Willie and Kate (en)
- Willie and Kate (en)
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- William Keys (en)
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- Norman Lessing (en)
- Barbara Holleran (en)
- Dorrell McGowan & Stuart McGowan (en)
- Gordon Ruttan (en)
- John C.W. Saxon (en)
- Marvin Wald & Jack Jacobs (en)
- Roy Freeman (en)
- William J. Keenan (en)
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- The Littlest Hobo is a Canadian television series based upon a 1958 American film of the same name directed by Charles R. Rondeau. The series first aired from 1963 to 1965 in syndication, and was revived for a popular second run on CTV, spanning six seasons, from October 11, 1979 to March 7, 1985. It starred an ownerless intelligent German Shepherd dog, the titular Hobo, who befriends and helps humans (portrayed by well-known Canadian and Hollywood actors in celebrity guest appearances). (en)
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- List of The Littlest Hobo episodes (en)
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