1973 Bill Bixby is The Magician S01E06 Man on Fire

The Magician TV Series 1973–1974 Bill Bixby in The Magician (1973)
The cases of a stage magician/escape artist who moonlights as an amateur crimefighter. Creator: Bruce Lansbury; Stars: Bill Bixby, Julian Christopher, Keene Curtis
S1.E6 Man on Fire Episode aired Nov 20, 1973
Brad David in The Magician (1973)
While arguing with her boyfriend, a woman falls down stairs and dies. The man is coerced into stuffing her body in a trunk and tossing it in a lake. Tony Blake gets involved when bad guys come after his new magic student, the man's son.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writers: Bruce Lansbury, Samuel Roeca, James L. Henderson
Stars: Bill Bixby, Keene Curtis, Julian Christopher