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Long before he was "humanized" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Love Boat, Gavin McLeod was cast as the villainous Hong Kong-based black marketeer Mr. Cleveland. Preparing to auction off a rare coin containing microfilmed military secrets to the highest bidder, Cleveland comes under the scrutiny of UNCLE agents Solo and Illya. This week's "innocent bystander," who helps the UNCLE men foil Cleveland, is feckless American tourist Bernie Oren; also in the cast are Karen Sharpe as Heavenly Cortelle and Richard Kiel (aka "Jaws" in the James Bond films of the 1970s) as Merry. First telecast March 15, 1965, "The Hong Kong Shilling Affair" was written by Alan Caillou.