Who played the part of Dr Richard Kimble in the TV series The Fugitive?
"I'm a Lonesome Fugitive I'm a Lonesome Fugitive is the third studio album by Merle Haggard and The Strangers released on Capitol Records in 1967. The song ""I'm a Lonesome Fugitive"" brought Haggard country stardom. Although it sounds autobiographical (Haggard had done time at San Quentin), David Cantwell states in his book ""The Running Kind"" that it was actually written by Liz Anderson and her husband Casey while driving cross country and was inspired by the popular television show ""The Fugitive"" starring David Jansen and Richard Kimble. Haggard felt a connection to the song immediately and when it was released"
"David Janssen David Janssen (born David Harold Meyer, March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Richard Kimble in the television series ""The Fugitive"" (1963–1967). Janssen also had the title roles in three other series: ""Richard Diamond, Private Detective""; ""Harry O""; and ""O'Hara, U.S. Treasury"". In 1996 ""TV Guide"" ranked him number 36 on its ""50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time"" list. Janssen was born in 1931 in Naponee, a village in Franklin County in southern Nebraska, to Harold Edward Meyer, a banker (May"
"The Fugitive (TV series) The Fugitive is an American drama series created by Roy Huggins. It was produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television. It aired on ABC from September 1963 to August 1967. David Janssen starred as Dr. Richard Kimble, a physician who is wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder and sentenced to receive the death penalty. En route to death row, Dr. Richard Kimble's train derails over a switch, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a ""one-armed man"" (played by Bill Raisch). At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded"
"Milton Berle, Johnny Carson, Tommy Gallagher, Richard Harris, Stan Herman, Rod Stewart and Gregory Peck were among Janssen's pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers included Jack Lemmon, George Peppard, James Stewart and Danny Thomas. For his contribution to the television industry, David Janssen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located on the 7700 block of Hollywood Boulevard. David Janssen David Janssen (born David Harold Meyer, March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Richard Kimble in the television series ""The Fugitive"" (1963–1967). Janssen also had"
"The Fugitive (1993 film) The Fugitive is a 1993 American crime thriller film based on the 1960s television series of the same name created by Roy Huggins. It was directed by Andrew Davis and stars Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. After being wrongfully convicted for the murder of his wife and unjustly sentenced to death, Dr. Richard Kimble (Ford) escapes from custody (after a bus-train wreck) and sets out to prove his innocence, while being pursued by a team of U.S. Marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard (Jones). ""The Fugitive"" premiered in the United States on August 6, 1993,"
"The Fugitive (2000 TV series) The Fugitive is an American drama series created by Roy Huggins and is a remake of the 1960s TV series of the same name, starring Tim Daly as Kimble, Mykelti Williamson as Gerard, and Stephen Lang as the one-armed man. It aired on CBS from October 6, 2000 to May 25, 2001. Dr. Richard Kimble (Tim Daly) was wrongly convicted for the murder of his wife. He escapes from custody and changes his identity and toils at many jobs to search for a one-armed man (Stephen Lang) he saw leave the scene of the crime."
"J. D. Cannon John Donovan Cannon (April 24, 1922 – May 20, 2005) was an American actor. An alumnus of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, he is best known for his co-starring role of Chief of Detectives Peter B. Clifford in the NBC television series, ""McCloud"" with Dennis Weaver from 1970 until 1977, and also for his part as the witness Lloyd Chandler who was able to clear Dr. Richard Kimble (David Janssen) in ""The Judgment"", the series finale of ABC's ""The Fugitive"". Cannon served in the United States Army during World War II. Cannon"
"media again as he focused on his career as an acting teacher. He died of lung cancer in 1984 in Santa Monica, California, at age 79. Bill Raisch Carl William Raisch (April 5, 1905 – July 31, 1984), was an American dancer and actor, known as the One-Armed Man pursued by Richard Kimble (David Janssen) on the 1963–1967 TV series ""The Fugitive"". Bill Raisch was from North Bergen, New Jersey. A dancer who worked for Ziegfeld Follies in the 1930s, he lost his right arm while serving in World War II. He played bit parts in several movies including a"
"station. MeTV airs ""The Fugitive"" on Sunday nights at 1 am CT (2018) A feature film of the same name, based on the series, was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 6, 1993, starring Harrison Ford as Kimble, Tommy Lee Jones as Gerard (now named 'Samuel' instead of 'Philip'), and Andreas Katsulas as the one-armed man (now called Fredrick Sykes instead of Fred Johnson). The movie's success came as Hollywood was embarking on a trend of remaking old television series into features. In the film, Kimble is portrayed as a prominent Chicago vascular surgeon instead of a small town"
"novel and the successful movie of the same name starring Lana Turner. It was the first American television series to feature a frank discussion of sexuality in dramatic storylines. It was also the first primetime series to adopt the more serialized character-driven approach to storytelling more often seen on daytime soap operas as opposed to the typical primetime series of the era which had a more episodic plot-driven nature. ""The Fugitive"" was the first to introduce the concept of story arc and character arc, in spite of the show's episodic nature, with David Janssen playing Dr. Richard Kimble, a man"
"memorable film role was in a famous fight scene with Kirk Douglas in ""Lonely are the Brave"" (1962). Raisch's best remembered role, however, was in the 1963–1967 TV series ""The Fugitive"", in which he played ""The One-Armed Man"" (who frequently went by the alias Fred Johnson) who was the real killer of the wife of Dr. Richard Kimble, played by David Janssen. Raisch worked for many years as an acting teacher, and also had a long professional relationship with Burt Lancaster, working as Lancaster's stand-in in several movies. After ""The Fugitive"" ended, Raisch was scarcely seen on TV or the"
"with actor Leslie Nielsen portraying the lead character. In Other Languages Malayalam movie named ""Nirnayam"" was produced following same storyline which was directed by Santosh Sivan A short-lived TV series remake (CBS, October 6, 2000 – May 25, 2001) of the same name also aired, starring Tim Daly as Kimble, Mykelti Williamson as Gerard, and Stephen Lang as the one-armed man. It was filmed in various places, including Seattle, Washington. CBS cancelled the series after one season, leaving a cliffhanger unresolved. The Fugitive (TV series) The Fugitive is an American drama series created by Roy Huggins. It was produced by"
"Bill Raisch Carl William Raisch (April 5, 1905 – July 31, 1984), was an American dancer and actor, known as the One-Armed Man pursued by Richard Kimble (David Janssen) on the 1963–1967 TV series ""The Fugitive"". Bill Raisch was from North Bergen, New Jersey. A dancer who worked for Ziegfeld Follies in the 1930s, he lost his right arm while serving in World War II. He played bit parts in several movies including a 1953 appearance in the ending of The War Of The Worlds where he is in a crowd scene after the first martian machine crashes. His first"
"Daniel Roebuck Daniel Randall James Roebuck (born March 4, 1963) is an American character actor of television, film, and theatre. His best known roles include Deputy Marshal Robert Biggs in ""The Fugitive"" and its spinoff film ""U.S. Marshals"", Jay Leno in ""The Late Shift"", and Dr. Leslie Arzt in ""Lost"", as well as numerous Rob Zombie and Don Coscarelli films. Roebuck was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1963, and graduated from Bethlehem Catholic High School in Bethlehem in 1981. He appeared in his first film role in 1985, the lead in ""Cavegirl"". From 1992 to 1995, he played Andy Griffith's"
"that Fred Johnson is his real name. While the character's real name is never definitively established, a case could be made that it is ""Gus Evans""; as revealed in ""The Judgment"", that was the name that he used ""before"" killing Helen Kimble, when he would presumably have had no need to adopt an alias. Bill Raisch played a bitter war veteran who starts a bar fight with Kirk Douglas' John W. Burns in the 1962 film ""Lonely are the Brave."" The role was a natural lead-in to his part in ""The Fugitive."" Dr. Richard Kimble's murdered wife Helen (née Waverly)"
"to seek out the real suspect behind the crime. A short-lived TV series remake (CBS, October 6, 2000 – May 25, 2001) of the same name also aired, starring Tim Daly as Kimble, Mykelti Williamson as Gerard, and Stephen Lang as the one-armed man. It was filmed in various places, including Seattle, Washington. CBS canceled the series after one season, leaving a cliffhanger unresolved. Jeanne Kalogridis wrote a mass-market paperback novelization of the film. She worked from the original screenplay, which characterizes a doctor unjustly accused of a crime, while being pursued relentlessly by federal authorities. The Fugitive (1993 film)"
"Barry Morse Herbert Morse (10 June 1918 – 2 February 2008), known professionally as Barry Morse, was an English-Canadian actor of stage, screen and radio best known for his roles in the ABC television series ""The Fugitive"" and the British sci-fi drama """". His performing career spanned seven decades and he had thousands of roles to his credit, including work for the BBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Born to a Cockney family, Morse was a 15-year-old school dropout and errand boy when he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He performed the role of the"
"two episodes of the new series, and seven of the old series. CBS cancelled the series after one season, leaving a cliffhanger unresolved. The show was the first lead-in to """" on Friday nights, which became a hit when it debuted the same year. Reruns of the series have previously aired on ""HDNet"" and AOL's streaming service, ""In2TV"". The Fugitive (2000 TV series) The Fugitive is an American drama series created by Roy Huggins and is a remake of the 1960s TV series of the same name, starring Tim Daly as Kimble, Mykelti Williamson as Gerard, and Stephen Lang as"
"unconscious. Kimble surrenders to Gerard, who escorts him out of the hotel. Nichols and Sykes are arrested. Kimble is exonerated and driven from the crime scene by Gerard. Harrison Ford was not originally cast for the role of Dr. Kimble. Instead, a number of actors were auditioned for the part, including Alec Baldwin, Nick Nolte, Kevin Costner, and Michael Douglas. Nolte in particular felt he was too old for the role despite only being a year older than Ford. Although the role of Gerard went to Tommy Lee Jones, Gene Hackman and Jon Voight were both considered for the role."
"he keeled over while shoveling snow. He was buried in Roosevelt Memorial Park in Pennsylvania. In 1963, ABC television began airing the television show ""The Fugitive"", the fictional story of Richard Kimble, a doctor wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife. In the plot, Kimble subsequently escapes and begins a long search for the ""one-armed man"", the person he believes to be the real killer. Goodis stated that ""The Fugitive"" was based on his novel ""Dark Passage"". In 1965, he sued United Artists-TV and ABC for $500,000, alleging copyright infringement. His cousin's law firm, Goodis, Greenfield, Narin and Mann, represented him,"
"Robert Picardo Robert Picardo (born October 27, 1953) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayals of Dr. Dick Richards on ABC's ""China Beach""; the Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH), also known as The Doctor, on """"; the Cowboy in ""Innerspace"", Coach Cutlip on ""The Wonder Years"" (where he received an Emmy nomination); Ben Wheeler in ""Wagons East""; and as Richard Woolsey in the ""Stargate"" television franchise. Picardo is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Planetary Society. Robert Picardo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Joe Picardo. Robert is of Italian heritage, with"
"Daly also became noted for voicing Clark Kent/Superman in """" during this time. In 1997, he and J. Todd Harris formed Daly-Harris Productions, through which he produced such movies as: ""Execution of Justice"" (1999) (TV), ""Urbania"" (2000) and ""Tick Tock"" (2000). In 1998, Daly appeared in several episodes of the Emmy award-winning, Tom Hanks-produced HBO mini-series ""From the Earth to the Moon"" playing astronaut Jim Lovell, whom Hanks himself had portrayed in the film ""Apollo 13"". During the 2000–2001 television season, Daly starred as Dr. Richard Kimble in a remake of the classic television series ""The Fugitive"". The series lasted"
"was Dr. Richard David Kimble (David Janssen), based in part on the story of Sam Sheppard. Though Dr. Richard Kimble was a respected pediatrician in the fictional small town of Stafford, Indiana, it was generally known that he and his wife Helen had been having arguments prior to her death. Helen's pregnancy had ended in a stillborn birth of a son, and surgery to save her life had also rendered her infertile. The couple was devastated, but Helen refused to consider adopting children as Richard wanted. On the night of Helen's murder, the Kimbles had been heard, earlier the same"
"Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 1965, and was nominated three times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Dr. Richard Kimble is pursued by the relentless Stafford police detective Lt. Philip Gerard (Morse), a formidably intelligent family man and dedicated public servant. Gerard directly appears in 37 episodes and also in the main title sequences of all 120 episodes; Barry Morse is also listed in the closing credits of every episode. Morse portrayed Gerard as a man duty-bound to capture Kimble. Guilt or innocence was of no consequence to Gerard,"
"season. He took over the role of mission commander of the Atlantis Expedition. Robert Picardo Robert Picardo (born October 27, 1953) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayals of Dr. Dick Richards on ABC's ""China Beach""; the Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH), also known as The Doctor, on """"; the Cowboy in ""Innerspace"", Coach Cutlip on ""The Wonder Years"" (where he received an Emmy nomination); Ben Wheeler in ""Wagons East""; and as Richard Woolsey in the ""Stargate"" television franchise. Picardo is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Planetary Society. Robert Picardo was born in"
"1993 movie ""The Fugitive"", Dr. Richard Kimble (played by Harrison Ford) is sent to the prison at Menard to await execution, but escapes following a bus-train collision en route. Menard Correctional Center Menard Correctional Center, known prior to 1970 as Southern Illinois Penitentiary, is an Illinois state prison located in the town of Chester in Randolph County, Illinois. It houses maximum-security and high medium-security adult males. The average daily population as of 2007 is 3,410. Menard Correctional Center opened in March 1878; it's the second oldest operating prison in Illinois, and, by a large margin, the state's largest prison. Menard"
"debut season, ""The Fugitive"" was 28th in the U.S. Nielsen ratings (with a 21.7 rating), and it jumped to 5th in the second season (27.9). It fell out of the top 30 during the last two seasons, but the series finale, in which Dr. Kimble's fate was shown, currently holds the third rank for the all-time highest U.S. television household share, at 72%. ""The Fugitive"" was nominated for five Emmy Awards and won the Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic Series in 1966. In 2002, it was ranked No. 36 on ""TV Guide""s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. ""TV Guide"""
"Diane Brewster Diane Brewster (March 11, 1931 – November 12, 1991) was an American television actress most noted for playing three distinctively different roles in television series of the 1950s and 1960s: confidence trickster Samantha Crawford in the western ""Maverick""; pretty young second-grade teacher Miss Canfield in ""Leave It to Beaver""; and doomed wife Helen Kimble in ""The Fugitive"". Brewster's father was R.R. Brewster, a trial lawyer in Missouri. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri, went to Shawnee Mission High School and studied liberal arts at the University of Kansas at Lawrence. Following her sophomore year at the university,"
"in the police. Casting a doctor as the protagonist also provided the series a wider ""range of entry"" into local stories, as Kimble's medical knowledge would allow him alone to recognize essential elements of the episode (e.g., subtle medical symptoms or an abused medicine), and the commonplace doctor's ethic (e.g., to provide aid in emergencies) would naturally lead him into dangerous situations. Pete Rugolo, who had worked on David Janssen's earlier series ""Richard Diamond, Private Detective,"" composed the original music for ""The Fugitive."" (Rugolo would later work with creator Roy Huggins on ""Run for Your Life"" and other projects.) Tracking"
"sixty years, actress Sydney Sturgess, battled the illness for fourteen years before her death in 1999. In later years he also became an advocate for senior citizens in his adopted homeland of Canada. Barry Morse died 2 February 2008 at University College London Hospital, aged 89, after a brief illness. Barry Morse Herbert Morse (10 June 1918 – 2 February 2008), known professionally as Barry Morse, was an English-Canadian actor of stage, screen and radio best known for his roles in the ABC television series ""The Fugitive"" and the British sci-fi drama """". His performing career spanned seven decades and"
"from heart failure in 1991, aged 60. Diane Brewster Diane Brewster (March 11, 1931 – November 12, 1991) was an American television actress most noted for playing three distinctively different roles in television series of the 1950s and 1960s: confidence trickster Samantha Crawford in the western ""Maverick""; pretty young second-grade teacher Miss Canfield in ""Leave It to Beaver""; and doomed wife Helen Kimble in ""The Fugitive"". Brewster's father was R.R. Brewster, a trial lawyer in Missouri. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri, went to Shawnee Mission High School and studied liberal arts at the University of Kansas at Lawrence."
"Maurice Tarplin Maurice Tarplin (April 1, 1911, Boston, Massachusetts - May 12, 1975) was a novelist and a radio actor best known as the narrator of ""The Mysterious Traveler"", employing a voice once described as ""eerily sardonic."" Tarplin was a familiar voice as Dr. Weird on ""The Strange Dr. Weird"" and Inspector Faraday on ""Boston Blackie"". He was heard on numerous other shows, including ""Valiant Lady"", ""The Shadow"", ""Theater Five"", ""The March of Time"" (as Winston Churchill), ""Gangbusters"" and various soap operas. He played Los Angeles District Attorney Richard Hanley on ""The Guiding Light"". On ""Myrt and Marge"" he played"
"Nick Reding (actor) Nicholas Mark Reding (born 31 August 1962 in Chiswick, London) is an English actor. During a career of more than two decades, he is probably best known for playing PC Pete Ramsey in ""The Bill"" and DI Michael Conner in the BBC crime thriller series ""Silent Witness"". His many TV and film appearances include ""The Monocled Mutineer"", ""Bodyguards"", ""Oscar"", ""Peak Practice"", ""Frank Stubbs Promotes"", ""Minder"", ""Tales from the Crypt"", ""Bugs"", ""Sword of Honour"", ""A Touch of Frost"", ""Paradise Postponed"", ""Murder in Mind"", ""Boon"", ""The Ruth Rendell Mysteries"", ""Captive"", ""Mister Johnson"", ""The House of Eliott"", ""Police 2020"", ""Sunburn"","