The Double Life of Henry Phyfe: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Henry Phyfe is an accountant who happens to be a dead ringer for master spy U-31 in the Counterintelligence Service, and, as a patriotic American, Henry is asked to impersonate U-31 and carry out delicate missions Thursday after Thursday. Henry's chief tormentor is Fred Clark, the tall, bald, snapping turtle, who plays Gerald B. Hannahan, deputy region chief of the CIS. Each episode Hannahan puts the arm on Phyfe to go out and do his duty for the government, Valley Forge and the New York Mets.

Series details

• Title: The Double Life of Henry Phyfe
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1966-01-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 1966-05-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 58668
• IMDb ID: tt59980
• TVDB ID: 71871

Cast and credited roles

• Red Buttons — Henry Wadsworth Phyfe
• Parley Baer — Mr. Hamble
• Fred Clark — Gerald B. Hannahan
• Zeme North — Judy Kimball
• Marge Redmond — Mrs. Florence Kimball

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1966-01-13; final listed air date 1966-05-05.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Double Life of Henry Phyfe 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.