In 1959, Duggan was contracted to Warner Bros. where he was cast in ABC's Bourbon Street Beat, in which he portrayed Cal Calhoun, the head of a New Orleans detective agency. (When Bourbon Street Beat was canceled after a single season, the two other detectives in the series moved on to other Warner Bros. detective shows: Van Williams as Kenny Madison remained in the same time slot with the new series Surfside 6. Richard Long as Rex Randolph assumed ailing Roger Smith's position on the hit series 77 Sunset Strip.
In 1962, Duggan starred in the 26-week ABC situation comedy, Room for One More, with co-stars Peggy McCay, Ronnie Dapo, and Tim Rooney, a son of Mickey Rooney. The series is about a couple with two children who adopt two others.
During this time Duggan appeared in several Warner Bros. films such as The Chapman Report and Merrill's Marauders and the television pilot FBI Code 99. He also provide narration for several Warner Bros. film trailers.
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