I'm Dickens... He's Fenster: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

I'm Dickens--He's Fenster is a Sitcom that aired a total of 32 Black and White episodes. It was a slapstick comedy with Harry Dickens (John Astin) and Arch Fenster (Marty Ingels), two carpenters / construction workers who are constantly getting into dangerous situations on and off the job. Their boss, Mr. Bannister (Frank De Vol), is always on their case. Fenster is also well known for his little black book full of woman's phone numbers. Dickens is the henpecked married man, while Fenster is the worldly-wise bachelor. Harry Dickens wants to lead a more exciting life - which means spending more time with Arch - but his beautiful wife Kate (Emmaline Henry ) won't permit it.

Series details

• Title: I'm Dickens... He's Fenster
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1962-09-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 1963-05-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6271
• TVDB ID: 77564

Cast and credited roles

• John Astin — Harry Dickens
• Emmaline Henry — Kate Dickens
• Marty Ingels — Arch Fenster
• Henry Beckman — Bob Mulligan
• David Ketchum — Mel Warshaw
• Frank DeVol — Myron Bannister
• Noam Pitlik — Bentley

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1962-09-28; final listed air date 1963-05-10.

Source and licence

Adapted from I'm Dickens... He's Fenster 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.