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Shaft (TV Series)
''Shaft'' is a television series that aired along with '' Hawkins'' during 1973–74 television season on '' The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies''. Broadcast every third week, the series is a follow-up continuation of the three feature films that preceded its release. Starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft, it serves as the fourth installment overall in the ''Shaft'' franchise. Ed Barth costars as Al Rossi. Production Because it was to be aired on over-the-air television, CBS felt that the narrative of ''Shaft'' needed to be toned down as compared to the original three films. Now instead of opposing the police, Shaft worked with them, creating conflicts with '' Hawkins'' starring cinema legend James Stewart, another police series with a starkly different viewership. Contemporary analysts suggested that since ''Shaft'' and ''Hawkins'' appealed to vastly different audience bases, alternating them only served to confuse fans of both series, giving neither one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Fiction
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an criminal investigation, investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular, particularly in novels. Some of the most famous heroes of detective fiction include C. Auguste Dupin, Sherlock Holmes, Kogoro Akechi, Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. Juvenile stories featuring The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and The Boxcar Children have also remained in print for several decades. History Ancient Some scholars, such as R. H. Pfeiffer, have suggested that certain ancient and religious texts bear similarities to what would later be called detective fiction. In the Old Testament story of Susanna (Book of Daniel: 13), Susanna and the Elders (the Protestant Bible locates this story within the apocrypha), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast Television broadcaster, television and radio Radio network, network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. ABC is headquartered on Riverside Drive in Burbank, California, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Team Disney – Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network maintains secondary offices at 77 66th Street (Manhattan), West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, which houses its broadcast center and the headquarters of its news division, ABC News (United States), ABC News. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. The youngest of the "Big Three (American television), Big Three" American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Jagger
Dean Jagger (November 7, 1903 – February 5, 1991) was an American film, stage, and television actor who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Henry King's '' Twelve O'Clock High'' (1949). Early life Dean Jeffries Jagger (or Dean Ida Jagger) was born in Columbus Grove or Lima, Ohio. Growing up on a farm, he wanted to act, and practiced oratory on cows while working. He later won several oratory competitions. At age 14, he worked as an orderly at a sanatorium.Dean Jagger Got Start Denouncing 'Demon Rum' Hopper, Hedda. ''Los Angeles Times'', February 26, 1950: D1. He dropped out of school several times before finally attending Wabash College. While there he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and played football. He dropped out in his second year, realizing he was not suited to an academic life. At age 17, he taught all eight grades in a rural elementary school, before heading to Chicago. He studied at the Conservatory of Drama with Elia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Keen
Noah Keen (October 10, 1920 – March 24, 2019) was an American film and television actor. Early life Keen was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He fought in World War II as a bombardier in the Army Air Force. Career Keen made many guest appearances in television series such as ''The Twilight Zone'' in the episodes " The Arrival" and " The Trade-Ins". In 1962 he made two guest appearances on ''Perry Mason''; first as murder victim Harlow Phipps in "The Case of the Crippled Cougar", then as Dr. Stephen Grant in "The Case of the Lurid Letter". In 1962 Keen appeared as Samuel Cole on the TV western '' The Virginian'' in the episode titled "The Accomplice". Keen then made two appearances on ''The Big Valley'' in the 1965 episode "The Invaders" and again in 1968 in the episode titled "The Prize" as Jim Stanley. Other series on which he made guest appearances include '' The Eleventh Hour'', '' Judd for the Defense'', ''Bonanza'', '' Gidget'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''The Mod Squad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Campos
Rafael Campos (May 13, 1936 – July 9, 1985) was an American actor whose credits include ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955), '' Dino'' (1957), '' The Light in the Forest'' (1958), '' Slumber Party '57'' (1976), '' The Astro-Zombies'' (1968), McMillan and wife (1973), ''Centennial'' (1978) and ''V'' (1983)''.'' He was briefly married to blues singer and pianist Dinah Washington. Background Originally from the Dominican Republic, he moved to the United States in 1949."Cancer Claims Character Actor Rafael Campos" ''Los Angeles Times'', 11 July 1985 From 1961 to 1962, he was married to Dinah Washington, who was 12 years his senior. In 1961, '' Jet'' magazine published a photo with Was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaz Garas
Kaz Garas (born 4 March 1940) is a Lithuanian-American retired actor, best known for his starring role in the TV-series ''Strange Report'', and for his numerous portrayals of sheriffs in low-budget thriller (genre), thrillers. Early life Garas was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, but immigrated to the United States as a child in July 1949. He became a professional actor in the 1960s. Career Kaz Garas began his career with a few minor parts in TV series, but finally took off after co-starring as Hamlyn Gynt in the crime/mystery-series ''Strange Report'', acting alongside Anthony Quayle and Anneke Wills. After the series was cancelled in 1970, Garas played bit parts on other TV series and films such as ''Ben (1972 film), Ben'', ''Fast Gun'', ''Hart to Hart'', ''Wonder Woman (1974 film), Wonder Woman'', and ''Naked Vengeance''. He played a sheriff at least seven times, in films such as ''Dazzle'', ''Piranha (1995 film), Piranha'', ''Humanoids From the Deep'', and ''Final Mission (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Jaeckel
Richard Jaeckel (born R. Hanley Jaeckel; October 10, 1926 – June 14, 1997) was an American actor of film and television. Jaeckel became a well-known character actor in his career, which spanned six decades. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor with his role in the 1971 adaptation of Ken Kesey's '' Sometimes a Great Notion''. Early years Jaeckel was born October 10, 1926, in Long Beach, New York, the son of Richard Jaeckel and Millicent Hanley. His father was active in the family's fur business, and his mother was a stage actress. His birth name was R. Hanley Jaeckel, with only the initial rather than a first name. He attended The Harvey School and other private schools. The family lived in New York until 1934, when they moved to Los Angeles, where his father operated a branch of the family business. He graduated from Hollywood High School. Career A short, tough man, Jaeckel played a variety of characters during his 50 years in films and tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Culp
Robert Martin Culp (August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010) was an American actor and screenwriter widely known for his work in television. Culp earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on ''I Spy (1965 TV series), I Spy'' (1965–1968), the espionage television series in which he and co-star Bill Cosby played secret agents. Before this, he starred in the CBS/Four Star Television, Four Star Western (genre), Western series ''Trackdown (TV series), Trackdown'' as Texas Ranger Division, Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman in 71 episodes from 1957 to 1959. The 1980s brought him back to television as FBI Agent Bill Maxwell on ''The Greatest American Hero''. Later, he had a recurring role as Warren Whelan on ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', and was a voice actor for various computer games, including ''Half-Life 2''. Culp gave hundreds of performances in a career spanning more than 50 years. Early life and education Culp was born on August 16, 1930, in either Oakland, California, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaft's Big Score!
''Shaft's Big Score!'' is a 1972 American blaxploitation action-crime film starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft. It is the second entry in the ''Shaft'' film series, with both director Gordon Parks and screenwriter Ernest Tidyman reprising their roles from the first film. Moses Gunn and Drew Bundini Brown also return from the previous film, alongside new appearances from acting veterans Joseph Mascolo, Julius Harris and Joe Santos. Composer Isaac Hayes turned down an offer to score the film (though he did contribute the song "Type Thang"), so Parks, also a musician, composed and performed the score himself. The film was produced on a budget of $1,978,000, over three times that of its predecessor. It received mixed reviews, with critics praising the improved production values and direction, but criticizing it as lacking the charm and appeal of the original. It was followed by '' Shaft in Africa'' one year later. Plot Queens private detective Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Lieutenant
A police lieutenant is a police rank in some police departments, such as the French National Police, the Netherlands Royal Marechaussee, the Philippine National Police, the Police of Russia, the National Police of Ukraine, the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board, the Police of Armenia, the Militia of the Republic of Belarus, the Federal Police of Germany, the Vietnam People's Public Security, the Spain Civil Guard, the Royal Thai Police, the Buenos Aires Provincial Police, the Mossos d'Esquadra, the Sûreté du Québec, and various law enforcement agencies in the United States. By country France France uses the rank of ''lieutenant'' for management duties in both uniformed and plain-clothed policing. The rank comes senior to ''lieutenant intern'' and junior to ''capitaine''. This rank was previously known as ''inspecteur'' for plain-clothed officers, and ''officier de la paix'' for officers in uniform. Philippines In the Philippines, the rank of a police li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaft (film Series)
The ''Shaft'' franchise consists of five action-crime feature films and seven television films, centered on a family of African-American police detectives who all share the name John Shaft. The first three features may be described as blaxploitation films, the television film series is a mystery, and the fourth feature installment is a crime thriller. By contrast the fifth film installment, released to Netflix, is a satirical buddy-cop comedy. Film ''Shaft'' (1971) John Shaft is a classy and suave African-American detective. He successfully fights local crime, including the leader of the black crime mob named Bumpy, his gang, and black nationals. The conflicting characters have to put aside their differences when they must defeat the white mafia, who kidnapped Bumpy's daughter in attempts to blackmail him. ''Shaft's Big Score!'' (1972) When John Shaft finds out that a dead friend ran an illegal money laundering scheme out of the former's legitimate business and left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Police Department
The City of New York Police Department, also referred to as New York City Police Department (NYPD), is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City. Established on May 23, 1845, the NYPD is the largest, and one of the oldest, municipal police departments in the United States. The NYPD is headquartered at 1 Police Plaza, located on Park Row in Lower Manhattan near City Hall. The NYPD's regulations are compiled in title 38 of the '' New York City Rules''. Dedicated units of the NYPD include the Emergency Service Unit, K-9, harbor patrol, highway patrol, air support, bomb squad, counterterrorism, criminal intelligence, anti-organized crime, narcotics, mounted patrol, public transportation, and public housing units. The NYPD employs over 40,000 people, including more than 30,000 uniformed officers as of September 2023. According to the official CompStat database, the NYPD responded to nearly 500,000 reports of crime and made over 200,000 arrests during 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
