The Hathaways

The Hathaways
From left, Charlie, Enoch, Peggy Cass as Elinore Hathaway, and Candy, 1962
Starring	Peggy Cass Jack Weston Mary Grace Canfield Harvey Lembeck Barbara Perry
Theme music composer	Herbert W. Spencer
Composer(s)	Herbert W. Spencer
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Robert Sparks
Producer(s)	Ezra Stone
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Screen Gems, in association with Gloucester Productions, Inc.
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	Black-and-white
Original release	October 6, 1961 – March 30, 1962

The Hathaways is a 26-episode situation comedy, which aired on ABC from October 6, 1961, to March 30, 1962, starring Peggy Cass and Jack Weston as suburban Los Angeles "parents" to a trio of performing chimpanzees. Weston portrayed Walter Hathaway, a flabby real estate agent. Cass is his zany bride Elinore, "mother" and booking agent to the Marquis Chimps, named Candy, Charlie, and Enoch. The chimps had earlier appeared on CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show, a Jack Benny special in 1959 and several commercials in 1960.

Supporting roles were filled by character actress Mary Grace Canfield as Mrs. Amanda Allison, a housekeeper; Barbara Perry as Elinore's friend and neighbor, Thelma Brockwood, and Harvey Lembeck as Jerry Roper, the theatrical agent of the chimps, Another neighbor, Mrs. Harrison was played by Belle Montrose, the mother of comedian Steve Allen.

The premiere episode is entitled "Love Thy Neighbor": the Brockwoods decide to purchase the house next door despite reservations about the chimps being their neighbors too. Joe Flynn, guest-starred as Freddie Winkler in the third episode "Walter Takes a Partner", which aired on October 20. Vaughn Taylor played a veterinarian Dr. Dorsey in "Candy's Tonsils" (November 10). Robert Q. Lewis portrayed Barney Holt in "TV or Not TV" on (November 24). Other episodes were entitled "The Hathaways Sleep Out", "Grandma's Lamp", "TV or Not TV", "The Practical Joker", "Help Wanted", "The Shrewd Trader", "A Man for Amanda", and the series finale, "Elinore's Best Friend".