Scripted series · ABC
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Richard Basehart
Adm. Harriman Nelson
110 eps
David Hedison
Captain Crane
110 eps
Terry Becker
Chief Sharkey
110 eps
Richard Bull
Doctor
110 eps
Del Monroe
Kowalski
111 eps
Robert Dowdell
Chip Morton
111 eps
Paul Trinka
Patterson
113 eps
Marco López
Crewman (uncredited)
55 eps
Linda Cristal
1 eps
Nick Adams
1 eps
Charles McGraw
1 eps
Leslie Nielsen
1 eps
Victor Buono
Tabor Ulrich
1 eps
John Cassavetes
1 eps
Yvonne Craig
1 eps
Adam Williams
Chief
1 eps
Al Ruscio
1 eps
Les Tremayne
1 eps
Danica D'Hondt
Lola Hale
1 eps
Diane Webber
Mermaid
1 eps
Douglas Bank
Witt
1 eps
Judy Lang
Angie
1 eps
Barbara Bouchet
Tippy Penfield
1 eps
Regis Toomey
George Penfield
1 eps
Cyril Delevanti
Noah Grafton
1 eps
Charles Dierkop
Left-Handed Man
1 eps
Michael Barrier
Cabrillo
1 eps
Ted de Corsia
Foreign General
1 eps
Herbert Lytton
First Admiral
1 eps
Brooke Bundy
Gundi
1 eps
Michael Ansara
Capt. Tomas Ruiz
2 eps
Nicholas Colasanto
Reporter (uncredited)
1 eps
Lloyd Bochner
Martin Davis
1 eps
Edgar Bergen
Kenner
1 eps
Walter Brooke
Dan Case
1 eps
Arch Whiting
Sparks (uncredited)
7 eps
Eric Feldary
Deiner
1 eps
Dayton Lummis
Reinhardt
1 eps
Roger C. Carmel
Admiral Halder
1 eps
John Gallaudet
Admiral Johnson
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea reads strongest on Character Depth, Spectacle and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Join the crew of the Seaview aboard their super high-tech submarine, where no mission is too dangerous and no threat is too deadly, be it enemy agents, mad scientists, deadly sea creatures, or impending nuclear disaster.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Irwin Allen
Showrunner
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Hendrik Vollaerts
Writer
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Robert Hamner
Writer
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John McGreevey
Writer
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Alan Caillou
Writer
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William Welch
Writer
Charles Bennett
Writer
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Shimon Wincelberg
Writer
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Allan Balter
Writer
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Oliver Crawford
Writer
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Berne Giler
Writer
Harlan Ellison
Writer
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Don Brinkley
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Hendrik VollaertsWriter
- Robert HamnerWriter
- John McGreeveyWriter
- Irwin AllenWriter
- Alan CaillouWriter
- William WelchWriter
Direction
- Sutton RoleyDirector
- Harry HarrisDirector
- James GoldstoneDirector
- Jerry HopperDirector
- Leonard HornDirector
- Gerd OswaldDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Amazon VideoBuy
- Fandango At HomeBuy
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