"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 the primary character in each week's program. This series was shown by NBC from 1968 to 1971. One of the magazines that Barry's character published was called ""People"", several years before the actual ""People"" began publication. Shortly before the filming of ""The Name of the Game"" series began, Barry played the villain—a wealthy psychiatrist— in ""Prescription: Murder"", the two-hour pilot episode of the TV series ""Columbo."" In 1972, Barry starred in the ITV television series ""The Adventurer"", along with Barry Morse and Catherine Schell. He played Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means, who poses as a glamorous"
"The Adventurer (TV series) The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star. A Region 2 DVD release of the show, which features interviews with Morse, Damon and Schell, is available from Network DVD. Barry refused to be interviewed, and other cast members accused him of being ""short-tempered"" and ""egomaniacal"". Morse sums up the series in"
"played a millionaire homicide investigator who was chauffeured in his limousine as he solved crimes. This series was broadcast on ABC-TV from September 20, 1963, to May 5, 1965. For his performance in it, Barry won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1965. In 1965–66, the final season of the series, the title of the show changed to ""Amos Burke Secret Agent"". (In 1994 a revival of the ""Burke's Law"" series returned to television for two seasons on CBS – Barry again played in the title role, but this time as a widower working with his son Peter"
"the DVD extras: ""It wasn't the worst show ever made, but it certainly wasn't the best!"" The Adventurer (TV series) The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star. A Region 2 DVD release of the show, which features interviews with Morse, Damon and Schell, is available from Network DVD. Barry refused to be interviewed, and"
"detective series set in modern-day Los Angeles, as well as ""The Name of the Game"". The series consisted of three seasons and 107 episodes: Barry recreated the role of Bat Masterson in an episode of the television series ""Guns of Paradise"" (1990), alongside Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp. In """" (1991) Barry played Masterson, also with O'Brian as Earp, as well as Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick and Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie. TGG Direct released seasons the first and second seasons on DVD in Region 1 on January 29, 2013. The third and final season was released on November"
"Gene Barry Gene Barry (born Eugene Klass, June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films ""The Atomic City"" (1952) and ""The War of The Worlds"" (1953) and for his portrayal of the title characters in the TV series ""Bat Masterson"" and ""Burke's Law"", among many roles. Barry was born on June 14, 1919, in New York City, the son of Eva (née Conn) and Martin Klass; all of his grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. Barry grew up in Brooklyn and attended"
"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"
"released on 1 May 2008. In 1954 CBS paid Ian Fleming $1,000 ($ in dollars) to adapt his novel ""Casino Royale"" into a one-hour television adventure as part of its ""Climax!"" series. The episode aired live on 21 October 1954 and starred Barry Nelson as ""Card Sense"" James Bond and Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre. The novel was adapted for American audiences to show Bond as an American agent working for ""Combined Intelligence"", while the character Felix Leiter—American in the novel—became British onscreen and was renamed ""Clarence Leiter"". In 1973 a BBC documentary ""Omnibus: The British Hero"" featured Christopher Cazenove"
"episodes at 10.30pm on Mondays. The majority of ITV regions stayed with the edited run until its natural end in September. In 2000, the first series was ranked #46 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, in a list compiled by the British Film Institute. It is the only series of the show to make the list. The second series of 13 episodes in 1986 saw the boys reunited, initially to help Barry complete extensive building work on his new home in Wolverhampton. Dennis is working for a crooked businessman, Ally Fraser (played by Bill Paterson) after building up large"
"Ben Barry Ben Barry (born February 9, 1983) is a Canadian entrepreneur, author, and women's health advocate. He is the founder and CEO of the Ben Barry Agency, a modelling agency and consultancy known for its use of diverse models, and the author of the Canadian bestseller ""Fashioning Reality: A New Generation of Entrepreneurship"". His television profiles include The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, MTV, and CBC among others. Barry has been featured in The Boston Globe, The Guardian, The Times of India, ""The Globe and Mail"", and the Financial Times. Michaëlle Jean, the Governor-General of Canada, has described his work"
"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"
"90. He was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. His marker bears the epitaph, ""A Class Act"". His wife, Betty, died in 2003, after 58 years of marriage. Gene Barry Gene Barry (born Eugene Klass, June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films ""The Atomic City"" (1952) and ""The War of The Worlds"" (1953) and for his portrayal of the title characters in the TV series ""Bat Masterson"" and ""Burke's Law"", among many roles. Barry was born"
"""Emergency!"", and in his final role as Jack Brice in the 1978 episode ""High Rollers"" of ""Flying High"" on CBS. In 1963, Barry was cast as Harry in the episode ""Has Anyone Seen Eddie?"" of ABC's ""Going My Way"", with Gene Kelly, an adaptation of the 1944 film of the same name. Barry also worked as an club entertainer and comedian in Las Vegas. He started at the Hacienda Resort, and worked as the opening act for famous performers such as Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and many more. He appeared with Wayne Newton at the height of Newton's popularity for"
"of ""one of twenty-five leaders of tomorrow"". Ben Barry Ben Barry (born February 9, 1983) is a Canadian entrepreneur, author, and women's health advocate. He is the founder and CEO of the Ben Barry Agency, a modelling agency and consultancy known for its use of diverse models, and the author of the Canadian bestseller ""Fashioning Reality: A New Generation of Entrepreneurship"". His television profiles include The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, MTV, and CBC among others. Barry has been featured in The Boston Globe, The Guardian, The Times of India, ""The Globe and Mail"", and the Financial Times. Michaëlle Jean, the"
"in the BBC TV adaptation of 'The £1,000,000 Bank Note' and played the starring role. Damon also played magician Harry Houdini in a lavishly staged London musical, ""Man of Magic"". In the 1970s, he was cast alongside Gene Barry and Catherine Schell on the series ""The Adventurer"", appearing briefly in two episodes. Damon has since spoken candidly about the fact that Barry did not want him in the series because of his height. At over six feet, he towered over the relatively short Barry. After acting roles in several other British television series, including ""The New Avengers"" and children's favourite"
"the series as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson. Next to join the series was Northern Irish actor Jamie Dornan as serial killer Paul Spector. Archie Panjabi, Emmett Scanlan and Karen Hassan were next to be cast, with Panjabi playing Reed Smith, Scanlan playing DC Glen Martin and Hassan playing Annie Brawley. It was later announced that Niamh McGrady, Bronagh Waugh, John Lynch, and Séainín Brennan had joined the series. In 2014, it was announced that Colin Morgan and Bronagh Taggart had joined the cast in starring roles as Tom Anderson and Gail McNally, respectively. Jonjo O'Neill later joined the main cast,"
"he became the first actor to receive $1 million to star in a television series, the short-lived ""Eischeid"" (known as ""Chief Of Detectives"" in the UK). He was ""The Whammer,"" a baseball player modeled after Babe Ruth, in the 1984 baseball drama ""The Natural"" that starred Robert Redford. In a scene, the Whammer takes three swings at pitches from the young Roy Hobbs to try to impress a mysterious woman they have met on a train. In 1985, he portrayed the corrupt Chief Jerry Karlin in ""Fletch"". In the UK, he played CIA agent Darius Jedburgh in the BBC Television"
"Barry (TV series) Barry is an American dark comedy television series created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader that premiered on March 25, 2018, on HBO. It stars Hader as the eponymous lead character, a Midwestern hitman who travels to Los Angeles to kill someone and then finds himself joining the local arts scene. On April 12, 2018, it was reported that HBO had renewed the series for a second season. The series has been met with a positive critical response, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Hader and Outstanding Supporting Actor in"
"times and ""The Paul O'Grady Show"" four times. In February 2010, Barry finished a pilot for a new series on The Discovery Channel in the US. The show is called ""Deception with Keith Barry"" and the pilot aired in July 2010. The show was picked up for a season and premiered on 31 May 2011 with 4 one-hour shows, ""Black Ops"", ""Used Car Salesman"", ""Cops and Robbers"", and ""Daring and Dating"". The show premiered on 6 October 2011 in Taiwan, 1 November in Japan, 3 November on Quest in the UK, on 7 December in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong,"
"to fight crime: The Flash. Research scientist Dr. Tina McGee works at S.T.A.R. Labs and helps Barry fight crime while trying to understand how his powers are developing. As well as his superheroics, Barry tries to maintain a private life, and tries to keep his superhero identity from his colleagues, his boss Lt. Garfield, and his best friend, Julio Mendez. Other guest stars in minor roles include Jonathan Brandis as Terry Cohan, Bryan Cranston as Phillip Moses, Mark Dacascos as Osako, Robert O'Reilly as Victor Kelso, and Sven-Ole Thorsen as the android assassin Omega. Development for the series began in"
"Investigation Team. The Detectives (2015 TV series) The Detectives is a British television documentary series that first aired in 2015. The first series was broadcast on BBC Two as a three-part documentary series airing over three consecutive nights from 17 May 2015. The first series followed investigators at Greater Manchester Police's sex crimes unit, focusing on the investigation into historical sex crimes committed by disc jockey Ray Teret, and his subsequent trial and conviction for those offences. A second, four-part series, titled ""The Detectives: Murder on the Streets"" began airing on 20 September 2017, this time shadowing members of Greater"
"and Gene Barry in the lavish ""The Name of the Game"" (1968–1971). He played a former federal agent turned true-crime journalist, evoking memories of his role as Ness. Stack played a pilot in the TV movie ""Murder on Flight 502"" (1975) and was the lead in the series ""Most Wanted"" (1976), playing a tough, incorruptible police captain commanding an elite squad of special investigators, also evoking the Ness role. He later did a similar part in the series ""Strike Force"" (1981). He made a film in France, ""Second Wind"" (1978). Stack parodied his own persona in the comedy ""1941"" (1979)."
"""Dead Men Scare Me Stupid"" (2008) ""Earth vs Everybody"" (2009) ""The Last Detective Alive"" (2010) ""The Fifty Foot Detective"" (2011) ""The Million Dollar Policeman"" (2012) To help differentiate himself from the rest of the private detectives in Central City, Frank Burly decides he needs a gimmick to attract customers. He purchases a refurbished World War II jet pack that was part of a Nazi plot to conquer Heaven in the afterlife and outfits it with booster rockets that he bought from a women's fashion magazine. Calling himself ""The Flying Detective,"" he begins recklessly streaking across the skies of Central City"
"with a 31 date sold out tour in Jan/Feb 2013 and continued with a 12 night run at the Olympia in Dublin in July 2013. On 23 July, Keith took time out to give a talk at the Science Gallery in Dublin and demonstrated the techniques of cold reading and explained how ""psychics"" can convince so many people that they can read minds. Keith currently is on TV3 with his show ""Brain Hacker"". Between 2015 and 2016, Barry starred as the hypnotist on the ITV game show ""You're Back in the Room"" hosted by Phillip Schofield. He is also the"
"perform a wide range of other characters. The following is only a small selection of the television series in which Barry appeared: ""The Alcoa Hour,"" ""Playhouse 90,"" ""The Third Man,"" ""Yancy Derringer,"" ""Sugarfoot,"" ""Maverick,"" ""The Rifleman,"" ""The Millionaire,"" ""77 Sunset Strip,"" ""Rawhide,"" ""Gunsmoke,"" ""The Donna Reed Show,"" ""My Three Sons,"" ""Bachelor Father,"" ""Markham,"" ""Laramie,"" ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents,"" ""Going My Way,"" ""Thriller,"" ""Route 66,"" ""Perry Mason,"" ""The Twilight Zone,"" ""Harris Against the World,"" ""The Felony Squad,"" ""Judd for the Defense,"" ""CBS Playhouse,"" ""Ironside,"" ""The High Chaparral,"" and ""Mannix."" As Barry's career extended into the 1970s and beyond the 1990s, she continued"
"The Cosby Mysteries The Cosby Mysteries is an American television mystery series that starred Bill Cosby. It is the first television series to star Cosby since ""The Cosby Show"" (which ended in the spring of 1992) and lasted one season (1994–1995). Actor/comedian Mos Def appeared in several episodes (credited as Dante Bezé). Cosby played Guy Hanks, a New York City Police Department criminalist who retired from the force after winning $44 million in the lottery. His peaceful retirement was frequently interrupted by his former colleagues, Detective Adam Sully (James Naughton) and Medical Examiner John Chapman (Robert Stanton), who ask him"
"The Detectives The Detectives is a British comedy television series, starring Jasper Carrott, Robert Powell, and George Sewell. It aired on BBC One from 1993 to 1997, and was a spoof of police dramas. It was written by Mike Whitehill and Steve Knight. ""The Detectives"" originated from a five-minute sketch that first appeared on Jasper Carrott's sketch/stand-up show ""Canned Carrott"". Because of its success, it was turned into a television series. There were a few differences from the sketch to the TV series, such as Dave Briggs being married in the sketch (to Brenda), yet both he and Louis are"
"ratings of over two million viewers, regularly appearing in the top-ten weekly shows for the channel. Upon the end of the series in 1999, BBC Two immediately began to screen repeats, and the series was also rescreened on ITV3 in 2006, and again on BBC Two from October 18, 2010. A rerun on digital channel True Entertainment began on October 10, 2014 with the pilot, with regular-series episodes following on weekdays from October 13. The premise of the series centres on a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) constable named Benton Fraser (Paul Gross) who travels to Chicago to solve the"
"Gourmet Detective Gourmet Detective is an American/Canadian mystery film series based on a book series of the same name from author Peter King that stars Dylan Neal as Henry Ross, a chef turned culinary sleuth and Brooke Burns as Detective Maggie Price. Set in San Francisco, it airs on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in the US. The series is filmed in Vancouver and British Columbia, with production based in Victoria, Vancouver Island. The first film in the series featured the English Inn in Esquimalt as a five-star restaurant. Scenes from the fourth film in the series, ""Eat, Drink And Be"
"they are, in turn, joined by a detective named Ryan McBride (Angie Harmon). Singer Lou Rawls, who starred in the first season, performed the series theme song, ""After the Sun Goes Down"", alongside David Hasselhoff. Rawls played the role of Lou Raymond, owner of the nightclub where the detective agency rented their office. Midway into the first season, the series added two new cast members: (Eddie Cibrian and Donna D'Errico). During the second season, facing slipping ratings which were never as good as the original series, the producers decided to switch to a science fiction format (inspired by the success"
"The Detectives (2015 TV series) The Detectives is a British television documentary series that first aired in 2015. The first series was broadcast on BBC Two as a three-part documentary series airing over three consecutive nights from 17 May 2015. The first series followed investigators at Greater Manchester Police's sex crimes unit, focusing on the investigation into historical sex crimes committed by disc jockey Ray Teret, and his subsequent trial and conviction for those offences. A second, four-part series, titled ""The Detectives: Murder on the Streets"" began airing on 20 September 2017, this time shadowing members of Greater Manchester's Murder"
"alongside the cast for the eighth series in 2017. He has played Barry in the Sky1 sitcom series ""Mount Pleasant"" since 2011. Ball has taken part in two episodes of BBC One's ""Pointless Celebrities"", the first in 2012 with Tommy Cannon. The second time, he appeared in the show was for a Children in Need special in November 2013 with Lee Mack. In 2013, Ball played the role of Duckers in the ITV sitcom pilot ""The Security Men"", starring alongside the likes of Brendan O'Carroll and Paddy McGuinness. The episode, written by Caroline Aherne and Jeff Pope, was later not"