The Greatest American Hero
1981 · TV Series · TV-14 · 60 min · ★ 7.2
The chronicles of teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.
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Details
- Years
- 1981
- Release date
- 1981-03-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (112 votes)
Themes
- alien encounter
Cast & crew
William Katt
as Ralph Hinkley
Robert Culp
as Bill Maxwell
Connie Sellecca
as Pam Davidson
Faye Grant
as Rhonda Blake
Michael Paré
as Tony Villicana
Jesse D. Goins
as Cyler Johnson
- DC
Don Cervantes
as Paco Rodriguez
Mel Stewart
June Lockhart
Tony Burton
Directed by Robert Culp, Chuck Bowman, Ivan Dixon +8 more
Episodes3 seasons · 45 episodes
Season 19 episodes
- S1E1The Greatest American Hero120mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S1E2The Hit Car60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S1E3Here's Looking at You Kid60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S1E4Saturday on Sunset Boulevard60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S1E5Reseda Rose60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S1E6My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S1E7Fire Man60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S1E8The Best Desk Scenario60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S1E9Episode 9
Season 222 episodes
- S2E1The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E2Operation Spoilsport60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E3Don't Mess Around with Jim60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E4Hog Wild60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E5Classical Gas60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E6The Beast in the Black60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E7The Lost Diablo60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E8Plague60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E9A Train of Thought60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E10Now You See It...60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E11The Handpainted Thai60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E12Just Another Three Ring Circus60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E13The Shock Will Kill You60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E14A Chicken in Every Plot60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E15The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E16It's All Downhill from Here60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E17Dreams60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E18There's Just No Accounting...60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E19The Good Samaritan60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E20Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E21Who's Woo in America60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S2E22Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
Season 314 episodes
- S3E1Divorce Venusian Style60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S3E2The Price is Right60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S3E3This is the One the Suit Was Meant For60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S3E4The Resurrection of Carlini60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S3E5The Newlywed Game60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S3E6Heaven is in Your Genes60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S3E7Live at Eleven60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S3E8Space Ranger60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S3E9Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S3E10Wizards And Warlocks60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S3E11It's Only Rock and Roll60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S3E12Desperado60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S3E13Vanity, Says the Preacher60mAmazon Prime VideoTubiPeacock
- S3E14Episode 14