Benson
The President's Double
Season 1, Episode 3 · Aired 1979-09-27
Synopsis
When a visiting African president is incapacitated, Benson steps into the role and is targeted by assassins.
In the series
This episode is part of Benson (1979–1986) on ABC.
Soap's butler takes the statehouse — deadpan competence vs. political chaos.
Key cast
- Robert Guillaume as Benson DuBois
- James Noble as Governor Eugene Gatling
- Inga Swenson as Gretchen Kraus
- Missy Gold as Katie Gatling
- René Auberjonois as Clayton Endicott III