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Dragnet (1967 TV Series)
''Dragnet'' is an American crime drama television series starring Jack Webb and Harry Morgan which ran for four seasons, from January 12, 1967, to April 16, 1970. To differentiate it from the earlier 1950s ''Dragnet (1951 TV series), Dragnet'' television series, the year in which each season ended was made part of the on-screen title—the series started as ''Dragnet 1967'' and ended as ''Dragnet 1970''. The entire series aired Thursdays at 9:30–10:00 pm (EST) and was directed by Jack Webb. All four seasons of this series have been released on DVD; Season 1 ("Dragnet 1967") by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, and seasons 2 ("1968"), 3 ("1969") and 4 ("1970") by Shout! Factory. This was the second television series in a Dragnet (franchise), ''Dragnet'' media franchise encompassing film, television, books and comics. It has the distinction of being one of the first examples of a discontinued American TV series being revived years later with some original cast members. Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Webb
John Randolph Webb (April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982) was an American actor, television producer, Television director, director, and screenwriter, most famous for his role as Joe Friday in the Dragnet (franchise), ''Dragnet'' franchise, which he created. He was also the founder of his own production company, Mark VII Limited. Webb started his career in the 1940s as a radio personality, starring in several Radio program, radio shows and Radio drama, dramas—including ''Dragnet'', which he created in 1949—before entering television in the 1950s, creating the television adaptation of ''Dragnet'' for NBC as well as other series. Throughout the 1960s, Webb worked in both acting and television production, creating ''Adam-12'' in 1968, and in 1970, Webb retired from acting to focus on producing, creating ''Emergency!'' in 1972. Webb continued to make television series, and although many of them were less successful and short-lived, he wished to rekindle his prior successes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Stewart (actor)
Donald Bruce Stewart (November 14, 1935January 9, 2006) was an American actor best known for his long-running role as attorney Mike Bauer on ''Guiding Light''. Stewart appeared on ''Guiding Light'' from 1968 to 1984, with a brief return appearance in 1997. Early life Although born in New York, New York, Stewart spent his youth in Norfolk, Nebraska. He served six years as a pilot in the United States Air Force for which he was highly decorated. He later served in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Naval Reserve. Acting career Stewart studied opera in New York City and landed a job as an understudy to Robert Goulet in the Broadway production of ''Camelot''. After landing the role of Mike Bauer on ''Guiding Light'', Stewart continued to perform in musical theater and nightclubs, including the 1964 production of ''Babes in the Wood''. Prior to ''Guiding Light'', he appeared on numerous episodes of the 1960s television series '' Dragnet''. After leaving ''Guiding Light'', Stewart relo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McEachin
James McEachin (May 20, 1930 – January 11, 2025) was an American actor, author and veteran of the Korean War. He appeared in various films and television shows. Early life and military career James McEachin was born in Rennert, North Carolina on May 20, 1930. McEachin served in the United States Army before, and then during, the Korean War. Serving in King Company, 9th Infantry Regiment (United States), 2nd Infantry Division, he was wounded (nearly fatally) in an ambush and nearly left for dead. McEachin was one of only two soldiers to survive the ambush. Civilian career Following his military career, McEachin dabbled in civil service, first as a fireman and then a policeman in Hackensack, New Jersey, before he moved to California and became a record producer. Known as Jimmy Mack in the industry, he worked with young artists such as Otis Redding and went on to produce The Furys. He began his acting career shortly after, and was signed by Universal as a contract actor in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Dubbins
Donald Gene Dubbins (June 28, 1928 – August 17, 1991) was an American film, stage and television actor. Life and career Dubbins was born in Brooklyn, New York. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Dubbins began his career in 1953, appearing in the television series ''The Doctor''. He also appeared in the film ''From Here to Eternity'', where he played the uncredited role of the bugler, Private Friday Clark. Perhaps his highest-profile roles came with the western ''Tribute to a Bad Man'' and the drama ''These Wilder Years'', both times playing alongside James Cagney. Other film credits include '' The D.I.'', ''From the Earth to the Moon'', '' The Illustrated Man'', '' Enchanted Island'', ''Death Wish II'', ''The Caine Mutiny''. Later in his career, Dubbins appeared in numerous TV programs including ''Gunsmoke''; ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents''; ''The Rifleman''; ''Bonanza''; '' Wanted: Dead or Alive''; '' The Millionaire''; '' Peyton Place''; ''Perry Mason''; ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Vincent
Virginia Vincent (May 3, 1918 – October 3, 2013) was an American film, television and theatre actress. She was known for playing the role of "Jennie Blake" in the 1958 film '' The Return of Dracula''. Vincent died in October 2013, at the age of 95 in United States. Partial filmography *'' California Passage'' (1950) - Mazie (uncredited) *'' The Company She Keeps'' (1951) - Annabelle Bird (uncredited) *''Taxi'' (1953) - Hortense (uncredited) *''The Helen Morgan Story'' (1957) - Sue *'' The Return of Dracula'' (1958) - Jennie Blake *'' The Black Orchid'' (1958) - Alma Gallo *''I Want to Live!'' (1958) - Peg *''Perry Mason'' (1958–1960) - 3 episodes, various characters *'' Never Steal Anything Small'' (1959) - Ginger *''The Real McCoys'' (1962) - Nancy Templeton *'' Love with the Proper Stranger'' (1963) - Anna *'' Navajo Run'' (1964) - Sarah Grog *'' Tony Rome'' (1967) - Sally Bullock *'' Dragnet'' (1967–1970) - 6 episodes, various characters *''Gunsmoke'' - "The Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Eisley
Anthony Eisley (January 19, 1925 – January 29, 2003) was an American actor best known as one of the detective leads, Tracy Steele, in the ABC/ Warner Brothers television series '' Hawaiian Eye''. Early in his career, he was credited as Fred EisleyFred Eisley, aka Anthony Eisley at IBDB and later was sometimes billed as Tony Eisley. Biography Born Frederick Glendinning Eisley in , , his father was a general sales manager for a large corporation. Following service in the |
Sidney Clute
Sidney Richard Clute (April 21, 1916 – October 2, 1985) was an American film and television actor. He was notable for playing Detective Paul La Guardia in 57 episodes of the American police procedural drama '' Cagney & Lacey'' (1982–85). He also played Detective Simms in 10 episodes of '' McCloud''. Clute guest-starred in numerous television programs including '' Hawaii Five-O'', ''Emergency!'', ''The Rockford Files'', '' Kolchak: The Night Stalker'', ''All in the Family'', ''Adam-12'' and ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. He also appeared in a few episodes of '' Lou Grant'', ''Wagon Train'', ''Hogan's Heroes'', ''My Three Sons'' and ''Cannon''. Clute died on October 2, 1985, of cancer at the St. George Hospital in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Patten (actor)
Robert Fitz Randolph Patten (October 11, 1925 – December 29, 2001) was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Lieutenant Jesse Bishop in the 1949 film ''Twelve O'Clock High''. Personal life and death Patten married Marjorie Lloyd Ross on March 3, 1956, in Las Vegas. In 1962 he was named in the divorce case of Glynis Johns. Divorce Court in London granted a divorce to Johns's husband as a result of her adultery with Patten. He died in December 2001 of cancer at his home in Malibu, California, at the age of 76. Partial filmography *'' Black Gold'' (1947) - Jockey (uncredited) *''The Street with No Name'' (1948) - Robert Danker (uncredited) *''Apartment for Peggy'' (1948) - Student (uncredited) *'' When My Baby Smiles at Me'' (1948) - Sailor (uncredited) *'' Mother Is a Freshman'' (1949) - Young Man (uncredited) *'' Mr. Belvedere Goes to College'' (1949) - Joe Fisher *''It Happens Every Spring'' (1949) - Cab Driver (uncredited) *''Sand'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Bartell
Harry Alfred Bartell (November 29, 1913 – February 26, 2004)Aaker, Everett (2006). ''Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . p. 34. was an American actor and announcer in radio programming, radio, television and film. With his rather youthful sounding voice, Bartell was one of the busiest West Coast character actors from the early 1940s until the end of network radio drama in the 1960s. Early years Bartell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1913. In 1942, he joined the staff of KWKW radio as an announcer. Radio Upon moving to California, Bartell became a favorite of producer/director Norman MacDonnell, performing frequently on ''Escape (radio program), Escape'' (notably as Ronald Dawson in ''The Second Class Passenger'', Peyton Farquar in Ambrose Bierce's ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'', and Alcine in "Operation Fleur De Lys"), and was a leading member of the ''Gunsmoke'' repertory company. Bartell was with the latter series from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Brubaker
Robert Brubaker (October 9, 1916 – April 15, 2010) was an American character actor best known for his roles in television and movie westerns, including ''Gunsmoke'' and '' 40 Guns to Apache Pass''. Early years Brubaker was born in Robinson, Illinois, on October 9, 1916, the son of George Brubaker. His interest in acting developed when he was a student at Robinson Township High School. He dropped out of Northwestern University after two years and went to New York. Military service During World War II, Brubaker was an aircraft commander in the U.S. Army Air Force. Later, he served during the Berlin Airlift and during the Korean War he was a part of the Strategic Air Command. Career Brubaker debuted as a professional actor in ''Oh Say Can You Sing, Dance or Act'' (1936), a production of the Federal Theatre Project. While he worked at radio station KMPC, Brubaker caught the attention of an executive of Paramount Pictures, and his film debut came in a bit part in ''Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent McCord
Kent Franklin McWhirter (born September 26, 1942), known by his stage name Kent McCord, is a retired American actor, best known for his roles as Officer Jim Reed on the television series ''Adam-12'', Captain "Boxey" Troy on ''Galactica 1980'', and IASA Colonel John Robert "Jack" Crichton / "Jack" the Ancient on ''Farscape''. Life and career McCord was born in Los Angeles, California to Bert and Laura McWhirter. First using his real name on television in 1962 in ''The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet'', he later adopted his stage name. He became a close friend of Rick Nelson and made 44 appearances on the program. He also landed small parts in five Elvis Presley films and (as Kent McWhirter) portrayed a motorcycle courier in ''McHale's Navy'' in the episode "Monkey Business 007". McCord also appeared in the first episode (September 14, 1967) of Raymond Burr's '' Ironside'' series, titled "Message from Beyond", as motorcycle cop Kellogg. In the first season of Jack Webb's '' Dragn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Nisbet
Stuart Nisbet (January 17, 1934 – June 23, 2016) was an American character actor and former President of the Nesbitt/Nisbet Society of North America. Early life Born in Los Angeles, California, Nisbet studied theater at Los Angeles City College and California State University, Los Angeles. Career Nisbet guest starred on such television shows as ''Mama's Family''; ''Murder, She Wrote''; ''L.A. Law''; ''Little House on the Prairie''; '' Quincy, M.E.'' (in 2 episodes); ''Three's Company''; ''McMillan & Wife''; ''Emergency!''; ''The Rockford Files''; '' Kolchak: The Night Stalker''; ''Happy Days''; ''Adam-12'' (in 2 episodes); ''Columbo'' (in 2 episodes); ''Cannon''; ''Mannix'' (in 5 episodes); ''Night Gallery''; ''Bonanza'' (in 9 episodes); '' Laredo'', '' McCloud''; ''The Partridge Family''; ''Love, American Style'' (in 2 episodes); '' The Name of the Game''; '' Dragnet'' (in 8 episodes); ''The Golden Girls''; ''Get Smart'' (in 3 episodes); '' Mayberry R.F.D.''; ''The Wild Wild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
