Surfside 6 Houseboat
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Surfside 6 TV Show Intro
Surfside 6 was a television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison (a character recycled from Bourbon Street Beat); and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Spanish actress Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O’Brien, an entertainer who worked at the Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6.
Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964’s Goldfinger. (Details from wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfside_6)
Surf Side 6 Houseboat & Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach
Photo of a Yacht in front of the Fontainebleau Hotel taken by my grandparents in 1961. The Surf Side 6 Houseboat was about 200 feet to the right of the Yacht a few dock spaces up the waterway
Surf Side 6 Houseboat closeup
Surf Side 6 Houseboat Front
Dania, Florida Photo credit: State Archives of Florida. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/252863
Surf Side 6 houseboat restaurant docked behind the Key West Aquarium. Photo credit: State Archives of Florida https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/335751
According to this article, answers.com/Q/Where_is_the_surfside_6_houseboat the Surf Side 6 houseboat is now open as Palm Beach Willie’s at 638 Taylors Island Rd, Taylors Island, MD
I sent a email to the owner today on July 22, 2019 to verify if this is true and asked for photos and info. I will post an update if I received a response.
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