"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,"
"the list of suspects. Burke then was driven to the crime scene in his Rolls-Royce by his loyal chauffeur, Henry. In the original series, Burke was assisted by Detective Tim Tilson (Gary Conway), Detective Sergeant Les Hart (Regis Toomey), and chauffeur Henry (Leon Lontoc). Two recurring characters were coroner George McLeod (Michael Fox) and desk sergeant Gloria Ames (Eileen O'Neill). Tilson was a go-getting young man whose skill at finding clues and trace references did not result in his solving the murders, being always outflanked by Burke's cool intuition, while Hart was a no-nonsense, seen-it-all veteran, perhaps a nod to"
"detective. Johnny informs Ross that the authorities know Miles' location and that he and the rest of the gang will soon be apprehended. Ross returns to his life as an ordinary beat constable. In 1960, following the success of ""Four Feather Falls"", Gerry Anderson approached Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy, co-founders of film production company Anglo-Amalgamated, for work after Granada Television rejected his proposal for a new Supermarionation TV series that would eventually become ""Supercar"". Anglo-Amalgamated, which had helped to commission ""Four Feather Falls"" after responding positively to its first episode, produced mainly low-budget B movies with short running times"
"Charles Barlow and Detective Inspector John Watt (played by Stratford Johns and Frank Windsor respectively) from the police series ""Z-Cars"", which had just finished its original run in December 1965 (no new episodes were produced in 1966 but it was revived in a different format the following year). Joining them in the early series was Robert Keegan as Blackitt, the police station sergeant from ""Z-Cars"", now retired and acting as a freelance helper. The series introduced characters like Sgt Harry Hawkins (Norman Bowler) who would become very popular and well known. Shorter-lived regular characters in the series early years included"
"the fact that Peter Falk saved my ass. I love show business, and I love Peter Falk."" Although Falk appeared in numerous other television roles in the 1960s and 1970s, he is best known as the star of the TV series ""Columbo"", ""everyone's favorite rumpled television detective"". His character was a shabby and ostensibly absent-minded police detective lieutenant driving a Peugeot 403, who had first appeared in the 1968 film ""Prescription: Murder"". Rather than a whodunit, the show typically revealed the murderer from the beginning, then showed how the Los Angeles police detective Columbo went about solving the crime. Falk"
"Television. As in the later series, the episode features several well-known TV and movie stars in cameo appearances as suspects – one of whom is the murderer (in the original Dick Powell episode Ronald Reagan played one of the suspects). Leon Lontoc was the only cast member of the episode to reprise his role in the later series. In the final season of the original series (1965–1966), the show was given a complete overhaul and retitled ""Amos Burke Secret Agent"". Burke went to work for a secret government agency, but still drove around in his Rolls, which had been discreetly"
"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"
"in private Carter calls him ""Jack"". This is all in accordance with widespread police convention. Regan is driven around in a Ford Consul Granada MK1 GT, which was one of the most recognisable sights on television during the 1970s, and still had cult status some 35 years later. Although he is seen driving various cars himself in the series, he always has a driver—usually Bill (an uncredited role played by Tony Allen)—when using the Consul Granada (and the similar Ford Granada models used in later stories), which served as a Squad car: when the Squad travelled they always went ""mob"
"he guest-starred in ""The Lone Ranger"" in nine episodes, ""Tales of Wells Fargo"" in seven episodes, and ""The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"" in three episodes. Bob Woodward (actor) Bob Woodward (March 5, 1909 – February 7, 1972) was an American actor of film and television. Born in Oklahoma, Woodward co-starred in the western ""California Mail"" (1936), ""Pioneer Justice"" (1947), ""Range Renegades"" (1948), and ""Junction City"" (1952). Woodward played the role of the stagecoach driver in the two television series, ""The Gene Autry Show"" in 43 episodes (1950–55) and ""Buffalo Bill, Jr."" in 20 episodes (1955-1956). He was cast"
"Whitmore. The Chevy Mystery Show The Chevy Mystery Show, aka Sunday Mystery Hour, is an American television anthology series featuring a different mystery each week. It was produced by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and Dinah Shore's production company {Sewanee}, and aired on NBC in 1960 as a summer replacement for ""The Dinah Shore Chevy Show"" with Walter Slezak as host. It was re-run the following summer (sustained by various ""participating"" advertisers) in 1961, with Vincent Price as host. There were a total of 18 episodes. Featured actors included Robert Culp, Dane Clark, Agnes Moorehead, Richard Carlson, Janet Blair, and"
"by Det. Sgt. Russell (Johnny Briggs) and Det. Sgt. Perryman (Michael McStay), and finally by Det. Sgt. Gregg (Sean Caffrey). Still largely studio-based, the series now included more pre-recorded film segments. The series was cancelled in 1965 but there were so many protests from the public and the police that it started again for another two years. 236 episodes were made in total. Detective Sergeant Harry Baxter was there from episode one until episode 141. Midway through the series he was transferred to E Division's Q Car Squad and promoted from Sergeant to Inspector, a rank he retained when he"
"""Animal House"", and the Inspector Gadget films. It has also appeared in the television series ""Pushing Daisies"", in the opening sequence of the television series ""Entourage"", and as the vehicle of choice for Michael Chiklis's character Vincent Savino in the series ""Vegas"". In the CBS television situation comedy ""Green Acres"" (1965–1971), in which the cars were furnished by Ford, lead character Oliver Wendell Douglas (Eddie Albert) is shown driving a 1965 Continental convertible and then in later episodes owns a 1967 model. ""Perry Mason"" also drove a fourth generation Continental convertible in many episodes; here too the cars were furnished"
"replaced upon his death in 1960 by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by Scott Miller and Robert Fuller.' The series was inspired by the 1950 film ""Wagon Master"" directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and also Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic ""The Big Trail"" (1930) starring John Wayne and also featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance, playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon"
"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"
"Wayne Rogers, John Rubinstein, Roy Scheider, Tom Skerritt, Peter Strauss, Vic Tayback, Malachi Throne, Ronne Troup, Joan Van Ark, Vincent Van Patten, John Vernon, Jessica Walter, Jess Walton, Cindy Williams, William Windom, Dana Wynter, and Anthony Zerbe. In an era before cell phone use, Cannon was using a ""mobile phone"" in his car, which was very rare at the time. (TV detectives Richard Diamond and Peter Gunn each had one in the late 1950s as did ""Mannix"" and ""Burke's Law"" in the 1960s.) Cannon would begin by asking the mobile operator to dial a call for him. Phones of this"
"to an Italian-American housewife and drove a burgundy 1962 Ford Thunderbird on a desolate street at night in his home city of Newton. He left behind a wife and no children. In 1966 Stephen Flemmi, acting as an informant told FBI agent H. Paul Rico that Rocco was robbing illegal card and dice games. There had been two dice games and three high-stakes card games that were held up by DiSiglio within three weeks. The most recent brazen robbery was on April 9, 1966 when five men burst in on a dice game that was happening at an address on"
"series introduces the character of Bill the driver (played by Tony Allen, who subsequently worked as wardrobe manager for many of John Thaw's later projects), and he remains a constant throughout the series, although he plays a peripheral, non-speaking role in most episodes. Detective Sergeant Tom Daniels (John Alkin) is the most prominent member of the supporting Squad. Other members include Sergeant Kent, Detective Constable Thorpe (Martin Read) and DS Matthews (John Flanagan) in the first series, DC Jerry Burtonshaw (Nick Brimble) (Series 1-2, 4) and DC Jellyneck (Series 4). Detective Chief Superintendent Maynon (Morris Perry) appears occasionally as a"
"The Chevy Mystery Show The Chevy Mystery Show, aka Sunday Mystery Hour, is an American television anthology series featuring a different mystery each week. It was produced by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and Dinah Shore's production company {Sewanee}, and aired on NBC in 1960 as a summer replacement for ""The Dinah Shore Chevy Show"" with Walter Slezak as host. It was re-run the following summer (sustained by various ""participating"" advertisers) in 1961, with Vincent Price as host. There were a total of 18 episodes. Featured actors included Robert Culp, Dane Clark, Agnes Moorehead, Richard Carlson, Janet Blair, and James"
"since Grade insisted on Americans, she would have chosen Robert Culp (star of the 1960s espionage series ""I Spy"") and Katharine Ross (co-star of 1960s blockbuster movies ""The Graduate"" and ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid""). Lee H. Katzin, a highly respected American television director with a speciality for pilot episodes, was selected to helm the opening segment and brought into the fold as a primary director for the remainder of the series. The show's vehicles, including the ""Eagle"" space shuttle and the , were represented with a mixture of full-sized props, photographic blow-ups, and detailed scale models. Dozens of"
"Argentinian and Australian production, the local Volkswagen assembler in New Zealand built 1,033 Peugeot 403s in just under four years, beginning in March 1960. On the American television show ""Columbo"", starring Peter Falk, the shambling hero, detective Lt. Columbo, drove a shabby-looking 403 cabriolet dating from 1959 or 1960. According to the 1991 episode ""Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star,"" the car's cabriolet roof had never been lowered during his years of ownership. However, in the 1973 episode ""The Most Dangerous Match"", Columbo can be seen driving the car with a lowered roof. Peugeot 403 The Peugeot 403"
"as Officer Bill Gannon. The story focuses on crime more typical of the 1960s than of the previous ""Dragnet"" era; the detectives are assigned to find a voyeuristic serial killer similar to Harvey Glatman (played by Vic Perrin, who appeared in the 1954 film as an assistant district attorney). Also appearing is Virginia Gregg, who had a role in the 1954 feature and was a frequent guest actor in the 1951-59 series and the 1967-70 episodes, and John Roseboro, a catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who dabbled in acting in the off season; Roseboro played a plainclothes detective who"
"The Investigators (U.S. TV series) The Investigators is an American adventure/drama television series that aired on CBS from October 5, to December 28, 1961. The series starred James Franciscus as insurance investigator Russ Andrews part of the firm of ""Investigators, Inc"". The program was the second of Franciscus's five attempts at series television. The series co-starred James Philbrook as Steve Banks, Alan Austin as Bill Davis, and Mary Murphy as Maggie Peters, the secretary who frequently helped the three investigators with their cases. ""The Investigators"" was based in New York City. The program was similar to ABC's successful detective series"
"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 headquarters"" and the invariable response is ""Headquarters by"" (as in, standing by). Ziv Television Programs was founded by Frederick Ziv in 1948. Ten years"
"by two homicide detectives, John Carroll and Jerry Burns, whose questioning centered on her relationship with Genovese. This was also the police's focus when they questioned the couple's neighbors. Initially, Zielonko was considered to be a suspect. On March 19, 1964, six days after the stabbing, Winston Moseley was arrested for suspected robbery in Ozone Park, Queens after a television set was discovered in the trunk of his car, a white Chevrolet Corvair. A detective recalled that a white car had been reported by some of the witnesses to Genovese’s murder and he informed Detectives Carroll and Sang. During questioning,"
"real tramp who climbed into his Rolls Royce when it was stopped at a traffic light. In 1963 and 1964 Haynes worked with Dermot Kelly who played another tramp (called ""Irish""), who was not very smart. Sometimes Patricia Hayes would join them as a woman tramp. A regular straight man was Nicholas Parsons. In early episodes, the shows were played out on a stage, and basic scenery and props were used where, for instance, the audience could see outside and inside a house, as there was no wall on their side. Later episodes had improved sets. The stars sometimes forgot"
"(badge #1432) (Joe E. Ross) and Francis Muldoon (badge #723) (Fred Gwynne), assigned to Patrol Car 54. Toody was short, stocky, nosy, and not very bright and lived with his loud, domineering wife, Lucille (Beatrice Pons). Muldoon was very tall, quiet, and more intelligent. A shy bachelor, he lived with his mother and two younger sisters and eschewed the notion of being married. Many of the scripts were written by Nat Hiken, who won an Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Emmy Award for his work on the series. Hiken had previously produced ""The Phil Silvers Show"", which featured Joe E."
"The Lineup (TV series) The Lineup is an American police drama which aired on CBS radio from 1950 to 1953 and on CBS television from 1954 to 1960. Syndicated reruns of the series were broadcast under the title San Francisco Beat. The radio version depicted the investigations of Lieutenant Ben Guthrie (played by Bill Johnstone, one of several actors to play The Shadow on radio) and Sergeant Matt Greb (played by Wally Maher until his death on December 27, 1951), later replaced by Sergeant Pete Carger (played by Jack Moyles), detectives in the police force of an unnamed ""great American"
"actress Ann Blyth, was given a 1940 Buick Special convertible as a gift. The movie ""Small Town Conspiracy"" features a 1939 Buick Special 8 that the main character of the film John Haleran (Zen Gesner) drives as his official police car. The car remained the property of director Ralph Clemente and was untouched for many years until sold to Florida restorer and car collector Axel Caravias. Halfway into the 1949 model year, the Specials received all-new bodywork, the first fully postwar design for the series. New was also the 40D-series, a better equipped version called the Special DeLuxe. The engine"
"detective. Bergerac's relationships with women were a frequent theme – often as a subplot to the main crime investigation. Bergerac's girlfriends included Francine Leland (Cécile Paoli) (who had been the fiancée of a dead colleague), Marianne Bellshade (Celia Imrie), Susan Young (Louise Jameson) and Danielle Aubry (Thérèse Liotard). He had several encounters with ex-wife Deborah (Deborah Grant) who had custody of their daughter Kim (Lindsay Heath). Bergerac regularly drove a burgundy 1947 Triumph Roadster (a forerunner of the Triumph's TR series of sports cars). Two different vehicles were used throughout the series. The original was notoriously unreliable and would not"
"Jon Locke Jon Locke (October 10, 1927 – October 19, 2013) was an American actor, who often specialized in television and film westerns. His television credits included westerns, including ""Bonanza"", ""Gunsmoke"", and ""The Virginian"", as well as non-western series such as ""The Bionic Woman"",""The Dukes of Hazzard"", ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"", and ""Perry Mason"". Locke had recurring roles as Officer Garvey on the 1950s crime drama series, ""Highway Patrol"", and as a Sleestak leader in the NBC television series, ""Land of the Lost"", during the 1970s. In a 1976 episode (""Abominable Snowman"") of ""Land of the Lost"" he played"
"(played by actor Richard Kilbride), then ""Cactus Pete"" from 1967 to 1969 (played by Terrance Currier), and ""Sgt. Billy"" (played by actor Bill O'Brien). Rex Trailer's fame, good name, and crowd-pleasing talents made him a dependable draw at his many personal appearances in the area. He was also able to team with a local travel agency in chaperoning children on an annual series of large-scale school-vacation trips to California tourist attractions. Trailer was recognized as a strong advocate for children with disabilities. In 1961, Trailer (and Gold Rush) led an actual wagon train across the state of Massachusetts ending at"
"The F.B.I. (TV series) The F.B.I. is an American television series broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters usually drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa and American Tobacco Company were also sponsors during the first season. Produced by Quinn Martin and based in part on concepts from the 1959 Warner Bros. theatrical film ""The FBI Story"", the series was based on actual F.B.I. cases, with fictitious main characters carrying the stories. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. played Inspector Lewis Erskine, a widower whose wife had been killed in an ambush"
"Ward Bond Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and the NBC television series ""Wagon Train"" from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Bert, the cop, in Frank Capra's ""It's a Wonderful Life"" (1946) and Captain Clayton in John Ford's ""The Searchers"" (1956). Bond was born in Benkelman in Dundy County, Nebraska. Benkelman is a small town located in the southwestern corner of the state near the Kansas and Colorado state lines. The Bond family, John W., Mabel L., and sister Bernice,"