Surfside 6 is an ABC television series that aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centers on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat, and features Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II, Van Williams as Kenny Madison, and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-stars as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht is berthed next to their houseboat. Spanish actress Margarita Sierra also plays a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who works at the Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6.
Surfside 6
Cha Cha (Margarita Sierra) and Sandy (Troy Donahue) work on a dance routine.
Surfside 6 cast: Margarita Sierra, Troy Donohue, Lee Patterson, Diane McBain, and Van Williams
Diane McBain in the series
Troy Donahue was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Johnny Hunter in the film A Summer Place. He was a popular sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s.
Donahue in Hawaiian Eye, 1959
Donahue with showgirl Margarita Sierra in the ABC/Warner Bros. television series Surfside 6 (1961)
Donahue and Sierra on the set of Surfside 6.