Mister Ed: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Architect Wilbur Post (Alan Young, The Time Machine) and his wife Carol (Connie Hines) move into a beautiful new home complete with a barn in the backyard. When Wilbur takes a look in his new barn, he finds that the former owner left his horse behind. This horse is no ordinary horse . . . he can talk, but only to Wilbur, which leads to all sorts of misadventures for Wilbur and his trouble-making sidekick Mister Ed.

Series details

• Title: Mister Ed
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1961-01-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1966-02-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 4.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 4133

Cast and credited roles

• Alan Young — Wilbur Post
• Connie Hines — Carol Post
• Allan Rocky Lane — Mister Ed
• Edna Skinner — Kay
• Larry Keating — Roger
• Florence MacMichael — Winnie
• Leon Ames — Gordon Kirkwood

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1961-01-05; final listed air date 1961-07-02.
• Season 2: premiered 1961-10-01; final listed air date 1962-04-29.
• Season 3: premiered 1962-09-27; final listed air date 1963-05-12.
• Season 4: premiered 1963-09-29; final listed air date 1964-05-17.
• Season 5: premiered 1964-10-04; final listed air date 1965-06-16.
• Season 6: premiered 1965-09-12; final listed air date 1966-02-06.

Source and licence

Adapted from Mister Ed 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.