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Dragnet (1967 TV Series) Season 4
This is a list of episodes from the fourth and final season of the 1967 '' Dragnet'' series. The season was directed by 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 .... Broadcast history The season originally aired Thursday at 9:30–10:00 p.m. (EST). DVD release The DVD was released by Shout! Factory. Episodes {{Dragnet Dragnet (1967 series) (season 4) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragnet (series)
''Dragnet'' is an American media franchise created by actor and producer Jack Webb and owned by his company Mark VII Limited and Universal Pictures. It follows Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Joe Friday and his partners as they conduct by-the-book police work and solve crimes in Los Angeles. Originating as a radio drama on NBC in 1949, ''Dragnet'' has been adapted into several successful television shows and films, though the franchise's popularity has reduced since Webb's death in 1982. Its name is derived from the police term " dragnet", a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. ''Dragnet'' is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural crime drama in American media history. Webb's aims in ''Dragnet'' were for unpretentious acting and a realistic depiction of policing. The series portrayed police work as dangerous and heroic, and helped shape public perception of law enforcement in the 20th century, improving the p ... [...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] |
Stephen Downing (producer)
Stephen Downing (born October 28, 1938) is an American screenwriter, producer, activist, and investigative journalist who began his screenwriting career in the 1960s while still working as a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer. Most of Downing's pre-1980 writing and producing credits appeared under pseudonyms to escape notice of the LAPD. Downing is active in the movement to end the international war on drugs and the militarization of police in America. In 2011, Downing became a board member of Law Enforcement Action Partnership, formerly known as Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), after years representing the group as a speaker. He left the board in 2019, but is still an advisory board member who gives speeches and writes op-ed pieces on behalf of the group. He also volunteers his time as an investigative journalist, with a focus on police corruption and reform, for a local print newspaper in Long Beach, California. As a television producer and screenwriter he i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Delevanti
Harry Cyril Delevanti (23 February 1887 – 13 December 1975) was an English character actor with a long career in American films. He was sometimes credited as Syril Delevanti. Early years Delevanti was born in London to Anglo-Italian music professor Edward Prospero Richard Delevanti and his wife Mary Elizabeth (née Rowbotham). Career Delevanti had a career as an actor on the English stage and, after his emigration to the United States in 1921, performed on the American stage throughout the 1920s. His first film appearance was in '' Devotion'' (1931). In 1938 he appeared in '' Red Barry'' for director Ford Beebe, who would later marry Delevanti's daughter, Kitty. From the 1940s, he appeared in many small roles, frequently uncredited, in such films as '' Phantom of the Opera'' (1943), '' Confidential Agent'' (1945), ''Deception'' (1946), ''Monsieur Verdoux'' (1947), '' Forever Amber'' (1947), '' David and Bathsheba'' (1951), ''Limelight'' (1952), '' Les Girls'' (1957), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Prelutsky
Burton Prelutsky (January 5, 1940 – December 17, 2021) was an American screenwriter, newspaper columnist, and author. Early life and career A graduate of Los Angeles Fairfax High School, Prelutsky was the film critic for the UCLA ''Daily Bruin'' and then a film critic for ''Los Angeles Magazine'' from 1961 to 1971, writing acerbic reviews that gained him a reputation as "the fastest barb in the west." He also wrote a weekly column for the ''Los Angeles Times' ''magazine'', '' ''West.'' In the late 1960s he wrote several episodes of the '' Dragnet'' television series. He wrote eight episodes of the ''M*A*S*H'' television series during seasons four, five, and six, including " The Novocaine Mutiny", "The General's Practitioner", "The Grim Reaper", and "Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?" In 2000 Prelutsky was one of the earliest plaintiffs to sign on to a class action lawsuit brought against television talent agencies, networks and production studios accused of discrimination agains ... [...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 |
Luana Patten
Luana Patten (July 6, 1938 – May 1, 1996) was an American actress who appeared in films produced by Walt Disney Pictures, such as ''Song of the South'' (1946), ''Fun and Fancy Free'' (1947), and ''Melody Time'' (1948). Later in life, she played roles in television. Early years Patten attended Burbank High School and Hollywood Professional School. Career At the age of 3, she was a model and later was hired by Walt Disney. Patten made her first film appearance in the 1946 musical ''Song of the South'' with Bobby Driscoll. They also appeared together in ''Song of the Souths sister film '' So Dear to My Heart''. In 1947, she appeared again with Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, and Mortimer Snerd during the live action scenes in ''Fun and Fancy Free''. She appeared with Bobby Driscoll in the ''Pecos Bill'' segment of Disney's ''Melody Time''. When she grew up, she played Jody Weaver in '' Joe Dakota'' and Priscilla Lapham in Disney's 1957 '' Johnny Tremain''. In 1958, Patten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Webber
Peggy Webber (born September 15, 1925) is an American actress and writer who has worked in film, stage, television, and radio. Early years The daughter of a wildcat oil driller, Webber was born in Laredo, Texas. Before she was 3 years old, she was entertaining audiences at intermission times in theaters. In 1942, she graduated from Tucson High School, where she was active in dramatics. Film Webber's screen debut came in the 1946 film '' Her Adventurous Night''. In 1948, she played Lady Macduff in Orson Welles' adaptation of ''Macbeth''. Her other notable roles include Mrs. Alice Rice in the 1952 film '' Submarine Command'' and Miss Dennerly in '' The Wrong Man'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Radio Webber debuted on radio at age 12 on WOAI (AM) in San Antonio, Texas.DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 278. Her vocal talents for radio were highlighted in ''Time' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Ellis (actor)
Herbert Ellis (born Herbert Siegel; January 17, 1921 – December 26, 2018) was an American character actor and writer. He was best known for his collaborations with Jack Webb, and he frequently portrayed law enforcement officers in film and television.Beck, Ken (March 16, 2003). Sgt. Friday had six sidekicks in 'Dragnet' web. ''The Tennessean'' Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ellis began his career in Hollywood in the late 1940s. Ellis and Webb together devised the name and concept for '' Dragnet'' after collaborating on an unsuccessful project titled ''Joe Friday, Room Five''.Buntin, John (2009). ''L.A. noir: the struggle for the soul of America's most seductive city.'' Random House, Inc., He played Officer Frank Smith in eight episodes of the original ''Dragnet'' series. He played Frank La Valle in 23 episodes of '' The D.A.'s Man'', and he played Beat bistro owner, painter and sculptor Wilbur in five episodes of ''Peter Gunn''. Ellis and Webb later worked together on '' Dragnet 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
