Nero Wolfe (1981)/Might As Well Be Dead

Might As Well Be Dead
Season 1, Episode 5
Airdate	February 13, 1981
Teleplay by	Seeleg Lester
Based upon	the novel "Might as Well Be Dead" by Rex Stout
Directed by	George McCowan
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Nero Wolfe — Season One

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Might As Well Be Dead is the fifth episode of the first season of Nero Wolfe.

Starring: William Conrad (Nero Wolfe)

Also Starring: Lee Horsley (Archie Goodwin), George Voskovec (Fritz Brenner), Robert Coote (Theodore Horstmann), George Wyner (Saul Panzer) (credit only)

and Allan Miller (Inspector Cramer)

Guest Stars: Gail Youngs (Maggie Malloy), Bruce Gray (Patrick Degan), A.C. Weary (Peter Hays), Michael Currie (Albert Freyer), Lana Wood (Delia Brandt)

Special Guest Star: Stephen Elliott (Mr. Herold)

Co-Starring: James Gallery (Detective Sgt.), John de Lancie (Tom Irwin), Herb Braha (Johnny Keams), Karen Montgomery (Fanny Irwin)

Featuring: John Findlater (Jerry Nelson), Deborah Tranelli (Tina Nelson), Arthur Taxier (District Attorney), Ralph Manza (Charlie), William H. Knight (IRS Rep), Helen Noyes (Old Woman), Lawrence Benedict (Policeman), Floyd Foster, Jr. (Uniformed Policeman)

Plot Overview

A well-to-do man from Nebraska pays a visit to Wolfe asking for help in finding his estranged son, whom he believes is in New York City, in hopes of reconciling with him. Wolfe notices that the man's son resembles a man whose picture is on the paper, a man who is the defendant in a sensational murder case. Eventually, Wolfe becomes involved in helping to clear the young man of murder, a case that sees other people being killed, including a man Wolfe hired as a legman.