"Webb's ""Dragnet"". (Boyett can also be seen uncredited as a Baliff in the 1954 movie version.) Boyett stayed with the series for its entire 1968–1975 run. Boyett also co-starred with Broderick Crawford in 64 episodes of ""Highway Patrol"" as either Officer Johnson or Sergeant Williams. He also made eight guest appearances on CBS's ""Perry Mason"" throughout the series' nine-year run, mostly in law-enforcement roles. In 1962, he played slain police officer Otto Norden in ""The Case of the Hateful Hero"". The defendant was his rookie partner James Anderson played by Richard Davalos, cousin of series regular Lt. Anderson played by"
"Amazon.com. On April 2, 2013, TGG Direct released seasons 2, 3, and 4 on DVD. Most episodes are also available, for free, via YouTube. Highway Patrol (U.S. TV series) Highway Patrol is a 156-episode action crime drama series produced for syndication from 1955 to 1959. ""Highway Patrol"" stars Broderick Crawford as Dan Mathews, the gruff and dedicated head of a police force in an unidentified Western state. A signature shot of the series is fedora-wearing Mathews barking rapid-fire dialogue into a radio microphone as he leans against the door of his black and white patrol car. Mathews growls ""21-50 to"
"series during his career and remained an especially durable presence in television. Crawford is mentioned in the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit in the scene where a patrol officer angrily confronts Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) and his damaged vehicle. When Justice starts to introduce himself, the trooper interrupts him and barks, ""I don't care if your name is Broderick Crawford!"" His last role was as a film producer who is murdered in a 1982 episode of the ""Simon and Simon"" television series. The actor who played the part of the suspected murderer was Stuart Whitman, who had"
"Burke's Law (1963 TV series) Burke's Law is an American detective series that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1966. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his 1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II. The original series was converted from a detective show to a spy drama, Amos Burke Secret Agent, in its third and final season. The series was revived in 1994–95 on CBS with Barry again playing Burke having returned to detective work. The show shares stylistic similarities with Barry's previous series,"
"as Nick Frazee, a bank robber who kills a deputy sheriff before making his getaway, in the episode ""Hold Up"" of the syndicated crime drama, ""Sheriff of Cochise"". Sheriff Frank Morgan (John Bromfield), based in Cochise County in Arizona, establishes roadblocks in pursuit of Frazee and two of his men, but the fleeing bandits take an isolated road into the mountains. In 1958, Anthony George played an escaped mental patient in an episode of ""Highway Patrol"", a police drama starring Broderick Crawford. (The first name of George's acting credits is sometimes Anthony, sometimes Tony.) In January 1959, George played a"
"Bradford in the episode, ""Blood in the Dust"", on CBS's ""Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre"". In the story line, Bradford will not back down when a gunman orders him to leave town. His wife Lucy (Claudette Colbert), is particularly distressed because Jim has not shot a weapon since he was in the American Civil War. In 1958-1959, he starred as Bart McClelland, the fictitious supervisor of construction of the Union Pacific Railroad in the syndicated half-hour Western series ""Union Pacific,"" based loosely on a film of the same name. In 1960, Morrow played Tob, the older brother of Boaz in"
"the title was again ""Burke's Law"". In the 1994 version, Burke was back at work as a police detective, though now as a deputy chief instead of a captain, and was assisted by his son, Peter (Peter Barton). The revival was produced by Aaron Spelling's production company, Spelling Productions. Burke's Law (1963 TV series) Burke's Law is an American detective series that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1966. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his 1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II. The"
"television detectives of the time, essentially Bret Maverick as a modern detective. Rockford had served time in California's San Quentin Prison in the 1960s due to a wrongful conviction. After five years, he was pardoned. His infrequent jobs as a private investigator barely allow him to maintain his dilapidated mobile home (which doubles as his office) in a parking lot on a Malibu, California beach. In early episodes of the first season, Rockford's trailer is located in a parking lot alongside the highway at 2354 Beach Boulevard (Pacific Coast Highway), Malibu and near the ocean; for the rest of the"
"Car 54, Where Are You? Car 54, Where Are You?, an American sitcom that ran on NBC from 1961 to 1963, is the story of two New York City police officers based in the fictional 53rd precinct in The Bronx. Car 54 was their patrol car. The series was filmed in black-and-white and had a rotating group of directors, including Al De Caprio, Stanley Prager and series creator Nat Hiken - who helmed several episodes. Filming was on location, and at Biograph Studios in the Bronx. The series follows the adventures of New York City Police Department officers Gunther Toody"
"John Crawford (actor) John Crawford (born Cleve Allen Richardson; September 13, 1920 – September 21, 2010) was an American actor. He appeared in a 1961 episode of ""The Twilight Zone"", called ""A Hundred Yards Over the Rim"", and in several ""Gunsmoke"" episodes. He had a key role in the 1975 film ""Night Moves"", a crime thriller starring Gene Hackman, and played the mayor of San Francisco in 1976's ""The Enforcer"", the third Dirty Harry film featuring Clint Eastwood. Crawford was born in Colfax, Washington. In films from the 1940s, Crawford appeared in bit parts for many years before playing leads"
"in several films in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s and early 1960s. When he returned to the US, he played supporting roles in several films but was more prolific on TV in character roles, in scores of series such as ""State Trooper"" (in the episode ""The Last Stage Robbery""), ""Gunsmoke"", ""The Twilight Zone"", ""Combat!"", ""The Fugitive"", ""Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"", ""Wheels"", ""The Dukes of Hazzard"", ""The Incredible Hulk"", ""The Time Tunnel"", ""Lost in Space"", ""Star Trek"", """", ""Hogan's Heroes"", ""The Rockford Files"" and most notably as Sheriff Ep Bridges on CBS' ""The Waltons"". Crawford co-wrote"
"and Ted Hamilton. Unlike ""Homicide"", which concentrated on murder plots, ""Division 4"" was set in a suburban Melbourne police station, and covered a broad range of police work, as well as occasionally featuring more lighthearted episodes. It too became an enduring popular success and earned Kennedy two Logie Awards. Crawford's next venture was a rural police series ""Matlock Police"" (1971), which was sold to the Network Ten; this too became a popular success; it starred veteran Australian actor Michael Pate, who had spent many years in Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s, and featured Paul Cronin, who was later given"
"2008 in such video games as """", ""The Longest Journey"", ""Grand Theft Auto IV"" and """". Ron Foster passed away on February 26, 2015 in Placerville, California. He was 85. Ron Foster (actor) Ronald R. Foster (February 19, 1930 – February 26, 2015) was an American actor. His early work included twenty-four appearances from 1957 to 1959, mostly in the role of Officer Garvey in the Broderick Crawford syndicated television series ""Highway Patrol"". Foster also made five appearances between 1959 and 1960 on CBS's short-lived adventure series ""Men into Space"" in the role of Lieutenant Neil Templeton. He appeared three"
"Home"" (1964); ""Up from the Beach"" (1965); ""Kid Rodelo"" (1966); ""The Oscar"" (1966); ""The Texican"" (1966) with Audie Murphy; ""The Vulture"" (1967); ""Red Tomahawk"" (1967). After 1970, Crawford again returned to television. From 1970–71, he played the role of Dr. Peter Goldstone in ""The Interns"". In 1977, he starred as J. Edgar Hoover in the TV movie ""The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover"". He would eventually make a series of guest appearances on several TV programs, while starring in several made-for-TV movies. Spoofing his most famous TV role, he wore the trademark fedora and black suit when he made"
"City"", aired for five seasons from 1958 to 1963. The episodes, which followed two fictional New York City detectives, were shot on location throughout New York City, something that was rarely done for television in the 1960s, and its stark urban realism sometimes approached that of cinéma vérité. ""Route 66"" which began in 1960 on CBS, followed two men in a Chevrolet Corvette along the historic Route 66. Each week, until the series ended in 1964, they encountered a different town and a different story. It was also shot on location on Route 66 in about 25 states. A romance"
"the western film ""Black Patch"", playing his former and future love interest. On January 31, 1959, Brewster played a similar role to that of Samantha Crawford in ABC's ""Maverick"", as Lisa Caldwell in the episode ""Runaway Train"" of NBC's ""Cimarron City"" western television series; re-teaming with George Montgomery, as Mayor Matt Rockford, he falls in love with Lisa while they are traveling on a train carrying a group of prisoners. A man from Lisa's past, played by Lyle Talbot, is also aboard and complicates Rockford's pursuit of Lisa. It is revealed that Lisa is a professional gambler from St. Louis,"
"local stations. In an interview with Kliph Nesteroff, assistant director Arthur Marks stated the filmed episodes were shot at the same time and on the same sets as ""Treasury Men in Action"". The series is based on real crime stories from around the world. Recurring Roles and Notable Guest Stars: The Man Behind the Badge The Man Behind the Badge is the title of a half-hour American television police drama series which aired on the CBS network from 1953–54, originally hosted by Norman Rose. In its second syndicated season, the host became character actor Charles Bickford. Years later, Bickford appeared"
"21 Beacon Street 21 Beacon Street is an American detective television series that originally aired on NBC from July 2 to September 10, 1959. Produced by Filmways, the first television series by the company, the summer replacement series consisted of 11 black-and-white 30-minute episodes starring Dennis Morgan as private investigator Dennis Chase. Other cast members included Joanna Barnes as Lola, his aide; Brian Kelly as Brian, a law school graduate; and James Maloney as Jim, a scientific and dialect specialist. The title was the Boston address of Chase, who would pass each case to the police after solving the crime."
"Ken Swofford Kenneth Charles Swofford (July 25, 1933 – November 1, 2018) was an American film and television actor often cast as a villain or a policeman. Between 1962 and 1995, Swofford's film credits included ""Thelma & Louise"", ""Skyjacked"", ""Black Roses"" and ""The Andromeda Strain"", while his TV career during the same period was prolific. He appeared on such television series as ""Fame"", ""Switch"", ""The Oregon Trail"", ""Rich Man, Poor Man Book II"", ""Murder, She Wrote"", and as a cast member of the mystery series ""Ellery Queen"". Born to Howard and Goldie Swofford on July 25, 1933, Ken Swofford graduated"
"Klondike (TV series) Klondike is a 17-episode half-hour American Western/Northern television series starring Ralph Taeger and James Coburn that aired on NBC. The series premiered on October 10, 1960, and ran until February 13, 1961, facing stiff competition from ""The Danny Thomas Show"" on CBS and the second half of the first-season detective series ""Surfside 6"" starring Troy Donahue on ABC. ""Klondike"" followed Dale Robertson's ""Tales of Wells Fargo"" on the NBC schedule. ""Klondike"" was set during the early days of the Klondike Gold Rush 1897 in the town of Skagway in the Alaskan Klondike region with, in addition to"
"Brenner (TV series) Brenner was an American crime drama of the 1950s and 1960s. The series was filmed in New York City focusing on Lieutenant Roy Brenner, a 20-year veteran of the Internal Affairs Department of the NYPD, and his son Ernie, a rookie detective, who travel around the city solving various crimes. The series starred Edward Binns and James Broderick as Lt. Roy Brenner and Det. Ernie Brenner, respectively. ""Brenner"", a perennial summer replacement series, aired new episodes on CBS from June 6, 1959–September 19, 1959 and again from May 17–July 19, 1964. Reruns plus two previously unaired episodes"
"Encouraged by the success of ""Homicide"" (which continued in production until 1975) Crawfords' next drama project was the ambitious espionage drama ""Hunter"" (1967), which was purchased by the Nine Network. It starred Tony Ward and also made a star out of the actor who played its villain, Gerard Kennedy. After ""Hunter"" ended in 1969, a new police drama, ""Division 4"" (1969) was conceived as a vehicle for Kennedy's talents and he would become a dual Gold Logie winner, the series also screened on the Nine Network; the other stars included former game show host and newsreader Chuck Faulkner, Terry Donovan,"
"large, sliding-glass door which opens to a small patio with a sweeping vista that overlooks the harbor and distant peaks. Evans' regular drive was a white Series 1 Sunbeam Alpine. ""Hong Kong"" was loosely based on the film ""Soldier of Fortune"", which had Michael Rennie in a police inspector role similar to Lloyd Bochner's. Kruschen appeared in the film as well, in a role different from the one he played in the series. The series premiered on Wednesday, September 28, 1960, and ceased new episodes on March 29, 1961; repeats continued until September 27. ""Hong Kong"" ran opposite NBC’s ""Wagon"
"Down Three Dark Streets Down Three Dark Streets is a 1954 crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Broderick Crawford and Ruth Roman. The screenplay was written by Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon, based on their novel ""Case File FBI"". FBI agent John Ripley investigates the three cases his murdered partner Zack Stewart was working on, thinking there could be a connection. One involves wanted fugitive Joe Walpo, who has killed a gas-station attendant. Another concerns a department store fashion buyer, Kate Martell, who is being extorted by a man threatening to kill her daughter. Ripley and his new"
"Swofford died on November 1, 2018. His death was announced by his grandson Brandon on Twitter. Ken Swofford Kenneth Charles Swofford (July 25, 1933 – November 1, 2018) was an American film and television actor often cast as a villain or a policeman. Between 1962 and 1995, Swofford's film credits included ""Thelma & Louise"", ""Skyjacked"", ""Black Roses"" and ""The Andromeda Strain"", while his TV career during the same period was prolific. He appeared on such television series as ""Fame"", ""Switch"", ""The Oregon Trail"", ""Rich Man, Poor Man Book II"", ""Murder, She Wrote"", and as a cast member of the mystery"
"were seen during the summer of 1961, an additional summer of reruns in 1962 and a final set of new and repeat broadcasts from July 26–September 13, 1964. The show was centered around the careers of the Brenners, Roy and his son Ernie. Roy (Edward Binns) is a street hardened lieutenant of the Internal Affairs Department of the NYPD. He has been a part of the NYPD for twenty years. His son Ernie (James Broderick) is an idealistic rookie detective also working for the NYPD. Together, the two face, fight and solve crime, as well as face police corruption and"
"The Bold Ones: The Protectors The Bold Ones: The Protectors (also known as The Protectors, Deadlock or The Law Enforcers) is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970; it lasted for seven episodes (including one pilot movie). ""The Protectors"" was part of ""The Bold Ones"", a rotating series of dramas that also included """" (with E.G. Marshall), """" (with Burl Ives) and """" (with Hal Holbrook). This was the shortest of the four series. The series stars Leslie Nielsen as Deputy Chief Sam Danforth, the deputy chief of police in a volatile California city."
"Eve Whitfield (Barbara Anderson). In addition there was delinquent-turned assistant Mark Sanger (Don Mitchell), who subsequently attends and graduates from law school (night classes were mentioned from early on), then married late in the run of the series. Commissioner Randall was played by Gene Lyons who died in 1974. After the program's fourth season, Anderson left for personal reasons and her character was then replaced by another young policewoman Fran Belding (Elizabeth Baur), who filled much the same role for four more years. The series enjoyed a seven and a half-season run on NBC, drawing respectable, if not always high,"
"a smile, demonstrating that Gower has earned his respect as a leader and that he no longer harbors any ill will about Gowers promotion. In the spring and summer of 1961, ABC broadcast a television series in the United States entitled ""The Asphalt Jungle"". Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television in a film noir style, it was a gritty, hard-boiled police drama starring Jack Warden, Arch Johnson, and William Smith (billed as ""Bill Smith"") as New York Police Department detectives specializing in investigating the activities of organized crime. Although inspired by the acclaimed 1950 film ""The Asphalt Jungle"", which in turn had"
"to be gay in order to live in an apartment with two single women. Mildly controversial at the time, the show quickly became a Top Ten hit in the ratings. The aforementioned ""Charlie's Angels"" was one of many crime shows to prosper during the 1970s. Another show, ""Police Woman"" starring Angie Dickinson, was the first show, ever to have a female lead in the title role, also became a sex symbol. Other successful TV crime dramas of the decade included ""The Streets of San Francisco"", ""Columbo"", ""Barnaby Jones"", ""The Rockford Files"", ""Starsky & Hutch"", ""Kojak"" and, above all, ""Hawaii Five-O"","
"an hour-long series, which premiered in 1960. The 1960 version featured Paul Burke as Detective Adam Flint, a sensitive and cerebral policeman in his early thirties. Horace McMahon returned as Lt. Parker as did Harry Bellaver as Sgt. Arcaro. Nancy Malone appeared regularly (for about half the newly produced episodes) as Adam Flint's aspiring actress girlfriend, Libby Kingston. The hour-long version of the show was broadcast by ABC in the 10:00 p.m. slot on Wednesday nights. For this iteration of the series, writer Silliphant was forced to reduce his involvement considerably, as he was simultaneously working as the main scriptwriter"
"twists on the genres of his shows, twists such as a crime-fighting underwater explorer (Lloyd Bridges as ""Sea Hunt's"" protagonist Mike Nelson) and ""Highway Patrol"", starred Broderick Crawford as Dan Mathews, maybe the first crime drama to show that large urban regions weren't the only places where criminals liked to roam. The company's closing logo, the name Ziv in large, Romanesque lettering, inside the frame of a television tube, was one of the most familiar sign-off logos of its time. Ziv's fortunes shifted almost overnight in the mid-1950s. In 1955, they were America's leading and largest independent producer, with a"
"N.Y.P.D. (TV series) N.Y.P.D. is the title of a half-hour American television crime drama of the 1960s set in the context of the New York City Police Department. The program appeared on the ABC network during the 1967-68 and 1968-69 television seasons. In both seasons, the program appeared in the evening, 9:30 p.m. time slot. During the second season, ""N.Y.P.D"" was joined by ""The Mod Squad"" and ""It Takes a Thief"" to form a 2½ hour block of crime dramas. The show centers on three New York police detectives, Lt. Mike Haines (Jack Warden), Detective Jeff Ward (Robert Hooks) and"