Captain Nice: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Captain Nice is an American comedy TV series that ran from 9 January 1967 to 28 August 1967 on NBC. Reruns aired on Ha! (Comedy Central) in 1991. Riding the tide of the camp superhero craze of the 1960s, the show's premise involved police chemist Carter Nash (William Daniels), a mild-mannered mama's boy who discovered a secret formula that, when taken, transformed him in an explosive burst of smoke into Captain Nice.

Captain Nice didn't behave much differently from Carter. In fact, the Captain ran around in a white, red, and blue pajama-like costume, complete with cape, lovingly sewn by his domineering mother who had basically bullied him into his crime-fighting career. He was christened Captain Nice on his first appearance by a bystander who noticed that his belt buckle was monogrammed "CN." On that occasion the explosiion that transformed him blew off most of his clothes, leaving him in long underwear and with the remnants of his shirt suggesting a cape.

His superpowers included superhuman strength, invulnerability and the ability to fly, but he was nervous about doing the latter as he was afraid of heights, and his natural clumsiness was increased exponentially whenever he drank his super serum. Carter had a would-be girlfriend in the police department, meter maid Sgt. Candy Kane, although he seemed mostly oblivious to her obvious attentions.

Series details

• Title: Captain Nice
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1967-01-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 1967-05-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10634
• IMDb ID: tt0061239
• TVDB ID: 73379

Cast and credited roles

• William Daniels — Carter Nash / Captain Nice
• Alice Ghostley — Mrs. Nash
• Ann Prentiss — Candy Kane
• Liam Dunn — Mayor Finney
• Bill Zuckert — Chief Segal

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1967-01-09; final listed air date 1967-05-01.

Source and licence

Adapted from Captain Nice on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.