Robert Conrad

Robert Conrad

Born: March 1, 1935
Died: February 8, 2020
in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Robert Conrad (born Conrad Robert Norton Falk; March 1, 1935 - February 8, 2020) was an American film and television actor, singer, and stuntman.

Conrad is most remembered for his role in the 1965–69 television series The Wild Wild West, playing Secret Service agent James T. West. He portrayed World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep (later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron). In addition to acting, he was a singer, and recorded several pop/rock songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s as Bob Conrad.

Conrad hosted a weekly two-hour national radio show (The PM Show with Robert Conrad) on CRN Digital Talk Radio during his latter years, beginning in 2008.

Movies for Robert Conrad...

Dead Above Ground
Title: Dead Above Ground
Character: Reed Wilson
Released: September 10, 2002
Type: Movie
Jeff Lucas is already an outcast, but when he makes a horror film instead of a documentary for his class project, the ridicule his classmates inflict upon him soon turns to outright abuse.
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Title: Just Shoot Me!
Released: March 4, 1997
Type: TV
Just Shoot Me! is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from March 4, 1997, to August 16, 2003, with 148 episodes produced. The show was created by Steven Levitan, the show's executive producer.
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Jingle All the Way
Title: Jingle All the Way
Character: Officer Hummell
Released: November 21, 1996
Type: Movie
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.
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Title: Nash Bridges
Character: Cal trans guy
Released: March 29, 1996
Type: TV
Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite Special Investigations Unit. He tackles crime using his keen sense of humor and charm. Joe Dominguez comes out of retirement to become Bridges' wisecracking yet more rule-abiding partner.
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Title: High Sierra Search and Rescue
Released: June 11, 1995
Type: TV
High Sierra Search and Rescue is a short-lived American television series that aired on NBC in 1995.
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Search and Rescue
Title: Search and Rescue
Character: Tooter
Released: March 27, 1994
Type: Movie
They may seem like an ordinary group of people from the small town of Bear Valley, but after they risk their lives to perform heroic rescues in the rugged Sierra Mountains, it is obvious that these courageous people make up a very special team.
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Samurai Cowboy
Title: Samurai Cowboy
Character: Gabe McBride
Released: February 1, 1994
Type: Movie
When his best friend dies of an heart attack due to permanent stress at work, the Japanese businessman Yutaka Soto quits and fulfills himself a dream: he buys a ranch in Montana to live on. However the ranch turns out to be due for demolition and the welcome by the people is less than friendly: Hotel owner Cord Wingate wanted the ranch himself and now sabotages Yutaka. Only veterinarian Jessy and an old Cowboy help him. -- Tom Zoerner
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Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent
Title: Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent
Character: Stackhouse
Released: January 14, 1994
Type: Movie
Two fathers from very different backgrounds reunite after 8 years to pursue the escaped drug dealer responsible for the deaths of their son and daughter.
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Sworn to Vengeance
Title: Sworn to Vengeance
Character: Sergeant Stewart
Released: March 22, 1993
Type: Movie
3 kids have been brutally murdered. Sergeant Stewart gets the job investigating this macabre case. He is very determined to solve the case and he even listens to a woman that had a vision about the murders.
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Mario and the Mob
Title: Mario and the Mob
Released: May 16, 1992
Type: Movie
Mario Dante (Robert Conrad) is a crime boss in the mafia, He inherits a mob of his own, when his nephews and niece have to come and live with him. Along with Alice (Ann Jillian) his girlfriend, they stumble through mishaps and learn to love each other.
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Anything to Survive
Title: Anything to Survive
Character: Eddie Barton
Released: February 5, 1990
Type: Movie
A father and his children are caught by a storm whilst sailing in Alaska. When they get shipwrecked, things go from bad to worse.
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Title: Jesse Hawkes
Released: April 22, 1989
Type: TV
Jesse Hawkes is an American action television series that aired from April 22 until May 27, 1989. The series is a spin-off of High Mountain Rangers.
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Glory Days
Title: Glory Days
Released: December 11, 1988
Type: Movie
A married middle age man with two children who are in college, who also didn't finish college decides to go and enroll at his kids' college. He also decides to try out for football, and makes the team. He becomes a phenom. But all of this causes friction between him and his son, and also trouble between him and his wife, who wants him to quit the team. But he chooses to stay with it.
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Police Story: Gladiator School
Title: Police Story: Gladiator School
Character: Officer Charles 'Chick' Stacy
Released: November 5, 1988
Type: Movie
Robert Conrad is Officer Stacy, an LAPD cop with an attitude. After busting a prostitute, she files a complaint against him. A week later he shoots her in an apparent frame-up job. Officer Stacy is prosecuted, found guilty of murder and sent to 'Gladiator School' (prison)! His partner (played by Benjamin Bratt) believes Stacy is innocent even though no evidence can be produced to say otherwise. Also working for Stacy's release are two internal investigation agents (one of them played by Ed O'Neill). Can these fellow officers get Stacy out of prison before the inmates teach him a deadly lesson?
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Title: High Mountain Rangers
Released: January 2, 1988
Type: TV
High Mountain Rangers was a weekly television series about a group of highly trained wilderness search and rescue/law enforcement officers in Tahoe, Nevada. It starred Robert Conrad as Jesse Hawkes and also starred his two sons, Christian Conrad and Shane Conrad. Robert's daughter Joan was the executive producer. Only 12 episodes were broadcast, from January 2, 1988 until April 9, 1988 on CBS, before the low-rated show was cancelled. Although the series lasted just one season, it had a spin-off titled Jesse Hawkes. That show was canceled after only six episodes.
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Title: J.J. Starbuck
Released: September 26, 1987
Type: TV
J.J. Starbuck is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from September 1987 to June 1988. The series follows cornpone-spouting Jerome Jeremiah "J.J." Starbuck, a billionaire Texan who wears ten-gallon hats, cowboy boots and fancy western shirts. He drives a flashy limousine with steer horns on the hood and a horn that plays "The Eyes of Texas," and spouts a steady stream of folksy homilies.
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High Mountain Rangers
Title: High Mountain Rangers
Character: Jesse Hawkes
Released: April 19, 1987
Type: Movie
Action adventure set in the High Sierra country involving an intrepid ranger who has come out of retirement and, with the special squad he has created, leads the search for a vicious escaped convict who had returned to the mountains. This TV-movie pilot aired nearly a year before the short-lived subsequent series began.
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One Police Plaza
Title: One Police Plaza
Character: Lt. Daniel B. Malone
Released: November 29, 1986
Type: Movie
A veteran New York City Police Lieutenant's investigation of a woman's murder uncovers corruption in high places.
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WrestleMania II
Title: WrestleMania II
Character: Self
Released: April 7, 1986
Type: Movie
Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper in a Boxing match Battle Royal featuring superstars and athletes from the WWF and NFL Hulk Hogan (c) vs. King Kong Bundy in a Steel Cage match for the WWF Championship
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Charley Hannah
Title: Charley Hannah
Character: Capt. Charley Hannah
Released: April 5, 1986
Type: Movie
A Fort Lauderdale, Florida Police Captain (Robert Conrad) accidentally kills a youth when he is pursuing some cop killers. The investigation into the murders and into a cocaine connection then hinges on the Captain's capabilities to get the slain teen's homeless buddy (Robert's son Shane Conrad) to trust him and provide information. Robert's son, Christian Conrad also co-stars as another police officer.
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Assassin
Title: Assassin
Character: Henry Stanton
Released: March 19, 1986
Type: Movie
A retired agent from an Intelligence Agency is contacted by the Agency in order to stop an ultra-secret robot who is killing some government officials. That will be not an easy task, because the robot looks human and it was specifically built to be an efficient killer, not to mention that it is almost invulnerable.
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The Fifth Missile
Title: The Fifth Missile
Character: Cmdr. Mark Van Meer
Released: February 23, 1986
Type: Movie
The crew of a Polaris submarine, on a training mission simulating an attack on Russia, is stricken by toxic poisoning. One of the poison's effects is to make its victims hallucinate, and the sub's captain imagines that he has been given an order to actually attack Russia. He prepares to do exactly that.
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Moving Violations
Title: Moving Violations
Character: Chief Rowe (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1985
Type: Movie
A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean.
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Two Fathers' Justice
Title: Two Fathers' Justice
Character: Bill Stackhouse
Released: February 11, 1985
Type: Movie
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Hard Knox
Title: Hard Knox
Character: Col. Joe Knox
Released: August 4, 1984
Type: Movie
A retired fighter pilot becomes the head of his alma matter military high school for two weeks with hilarious consequences. He shapes up the school and raises morale so that they are able to win the "brass-axe" competition versus another local military academy.
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Confessions of a Married Man
Title: Confessions of a Married Man
Character: Walter Price
Released: January 31, 1983
Type: Movie
A middle-aged man suffering from boredom selfishly walks out on his wife and family in search of excitement and adventure. Before he snaps out of his male-menopause moment, he has a brief affair with a much-younger woman named Jennifer.
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Wrong Is Right
Title: Wrong Is Right
Character: General Wombat
Released: April 16, 1982
Type: Movie
Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift, funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Sean Connery stars as TV Newsman Patrick Hale on an international chase to track two suitcase sized nuclear weapons and to uncover the twisting maze of apparent involvement of US Government agencies.
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Title: The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
Released: January 30, 1982
Type: TV
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Will: G. Gordon Liddy
Title: Will: G. Gordon Liddy
Character: George Gordon Battle Liddy (G. Gordon Liddy)
Released: January 10, 1982
Type: Movie
Based on the autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy who spent 54 months in prison following the Watergate scandal.
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Coach of the Year
Title: Coach of the Year
Character: Jim Brandon
Released: December 20, 1980
Type: Movie
An ex-football star, paralyzed from the waist down during Vietnam, accepts the challenge of coaching football in a juvenile reform school.
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More Wild Wild West
Title: More Wild Wild West
Character: Jim West
Released: October 7, 1980
Type: Movie
Robert Conrad and Ross Martin reprise their roles as Secret Service agents of the 1890s.
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Title: A Man Called Sloane
Released: September 22, 1979
Type: TV
A Man Called Sloane is an American secret agent adventure television series that aired on NBC during the 1979-1980 television season. It was a Woodruff Production in association with QM Productions, and became the final series produced by Quinn Martin's company to debut. The series starred Robert Conrad as Thomas R. Sloane III, a freelance spy who takes on occasional assignments for UNIT, a secret American intelligence operation run by "The Director," played by Dan O'Herlihy. The secret entrance to UNIT headquarters was through a toy store. KARTEL was the evil secret organization that was UNIT's nemesis. Aiding Sloane's missions was Torque, his deadly right-hand man played by Ji-Tu Cumbuka. Torque had a mechanical hand with interchangeable parts that often helped during their assignments. The pair were also assisted by "Effie", a computer voiced by Michele Carey. A Man Called Sloane was an amalgam of elements from numerous spy series of the previous 15 years, including The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mission: Impossible, and Conrad's own The Wild Wild West. One of the more expensive series produced during the season, it failed to gain an audience and was cancelled after 12 episodes were broadcast.
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Title: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Character: Frank Scapa
Released: September 5, 1979
Type: Movie
Six buddies spend the summer together at a Malibu beach house after each has separated from his wife at about the same time.
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The Lady in Red
Title: The Lady in Red
Character: John Dillinger
Released: July 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A farm girl's life turns upside down after being in the wrong place at the wrong time. She moves to Chicago and becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of prostitution and crime.
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The Wild Wild West Revisited
Title: The Wild Wild West Revisited
Character: James T. West
Released: May 9, 1979
Type: Movie
The intrepid team of Old West government intelligence agents are brought out of retirement after 10 years to hunt down a cunning new adversary, the son of their former archenemy, who is suspected of cloning imposters to be substituted for the crowned heads of Europe and perhaps even the President of the United States.
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Title: The Duke
Released: April 5, 1979
Type: TV
The Duke is an American mini series that aired shown on NBC from April 5 to May 18, 1979.
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World of the Unknown
Title: World of the Unknown
Character: Himself
Released: October 19, 1978
Type: Movie
Robert Conrad hosts this exploration of strange phenomena including possession and extraterrestrial contact.
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Title: Centennial
Character: Pasquinel
Released: October 1, 1978
Type: TV
The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women inhabiting it. Spanning two centuries from the settling of the area in the 1700s, to the late 1970s.
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Confessions of the D.A. Man
Title: Confessions of the D.A. Man
Character: Paul Ryan
Released: January 20, 1978
Type: Movie
A dangerous campus radical may go free if the District Attorney's office can't locate any witnesses for the prosecution.
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Sudden Death
Title: Sudden Death
Character: Duke Smith
Released: May 1, 1977
Type: Movie
When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate. He refuses, but relents after Neilson too meets an explosive death. Deception, international intrigue and a ruthless "syndicate of businessmen" intent on raping a South Pacific Islands nation of its resources keep the pace fast.
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Title: Battle of the Network Stars
Released: November 13, 1976
Type: TV
Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS, and NBC would compete in various sporting events. A total of nineteen of these competitions were held, all of which were aired by ABC. In 2013, the show appeared in TV Guide's list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.
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The Flying Misfits
Title: The Flying Misfits
Character: Maj. Greg 'Pappy' Boyington
Released: September 21, 1976
Type: Movie
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron. The film also acted as the pilot for the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep. Former U.S. Marine pilot Greg "Pappy" Boyington is flying with the American Volunteer Group (the Flying Tigers) in China. After Pearl Harbor brings America into World War II, Greg leaves the AVG to rejoin the Marine Corps. He refuses to be relegated to a desk job and, against all military protocol, forms his own fighter squadron from a group of misfits and disciplinary cases.
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Title: Baa Baa Black Sheep
Character: Greg "Pappy" Boyington
Released: September 21, 1976
Type: TV
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.
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Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Title: Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Character: Sergeant Sam Marcum
Released: February 2, 1976
Type: Movie
In this made-for-TV disaster movie, the lives of a group of motorists are chronicled retrospectively after they're involved in a 39-car pile-up on California's Interstate 5 over 4th of July weekend.
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Title: Donny & Marie
Character: Self
Released: January 23, 1976
Type: TV
Donny & Marie is an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show stars brother and sister pop duo Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond. Donny had first become popular singing in a music group with his brothers, The Osmonds, and Marie was one of the youngest singers to reach #1 on the Billboard Country Music charts. The siblings were offered a weekly show by ABC-TV President Fred Silverman after he saw the duo co-host a week on The Mike Douglas Show which followed their series of popular remakes of oldies, such as "I'm Leaving It Up To You", "Morning Side Of The Mountain", "Deep Purple" and "Make The World Go Away". Donny and Marie were the youngest entertainers in TV history to host their own variety show. A year later, The Keane Brothers would break this record.
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Murph the Surf
Title: Murph the Surf
Character: Allan Kuhn
Released: June 11, 1975
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J.P. Morgan jewel collection from New York's American Museum of Natural History. Called the "Greatest Jewel Heist of the 20th Century," the robbers took 22 precious gems, including the Star of India, the 100.32-carat de Long Ruby and the 16.25-carat Eagle Diamond, stones so famous they would be impossible to sell.
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The Last Day
Title: The Last Day
Character: Bob Dalton
Released: February 15, 1975
Type: Movie
The Dalton gang is riding again, forcing a retired gunman to use his weapons once more.
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Title: Assignment: Vienna
Character: Jake Webster
Released: September 28, 1972
Type: TV
The story of Jake Webster, an American expatriate in Vienna who was the operator of Jake's Bar & Grill, an American-style establishment near the scenic heart of the city. In fact, the business was a cover for Jake's actual reason for being in Vienna. He was involved in tracking down various spies and international criminals at the behest of U.S. intelligence, which apparently held something against him which, if disclosed, would have resulted in his being deported from Austria and apparently then incarcerated in the United States. Jake's liaison with U.S. intelligence was a Major Caldwell.
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The Adventures of Nick Carter
Title: The Adventures of Nick Carter
Character: Nick Carter
Released: February 20, 1972
Type: Movie
Detective discovers that a colleague's death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy's wife.
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Five Desperate Women
Title: Five Desperate Women
Character: Michael Wylie
Released: September 28, 1971
Type: Movie
Five young women find themselves at the mercy of a mysterious killer while vacationing on an isolated island.
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Title: The D.A.
Character: Deputy D.A. Paul Ryan
Released: September 17, 1971
Type: TV
The D.A. is an American half-hour legal drama that aired on NBC as part of its lineup for the 1971-72 season. It ran from September 17, 1971 to January 7, 1972 and was packaged by Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited for Universal Television. This show is not to be confused with a show Webb produced in 1959 with a similar name, The D.A.'s Man, which starred John Compton in the lead role.
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Title: Columbo
Character: Milo Janos
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
Title: The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
Character: Deputy D.A. Paul Ryan
Released: January 11, 1971
Type: Movie
D.A. Paul Ryan doesn't buy self-defense when a pharmacist fatally shoots an armed robber and brings the man up on manslaughter charges, for which he's convicted. However, when Ryan discovers the pharmacist's double life--he's been running a burglary ring out of the pharmacy, and the dead man may have been a member of said ring, he vacates the manslaughter conviction and sets out to nail him for murder instead.
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Weekend of Terror
Title: Weekend of Terror
Character: Eddie
Released: December 8, 1970
Type: Movie
Three nuns on a weekend trip are held hostage by escaped convicts.
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The D.A.: Murder One
Title: The D.A.: Murder One
Character: Paul Ryan
Released: December 8, 1969
Type: Movie
A Deputy District Attorney suspects that a nurse has been murdering her rich husbands and relatives by giving them unneeded insulin doses, but his superiors don't believe him.
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The Bandits
Title: The Bandits
Character: Chris Barrett
Released: December 7, 1967
Type: Movie
Three Americans get involved into the Mexican fight against the French Intervention.
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Ven a cantar conmigo
Title: Ven a cantar conmigo
Released: October 19, 1967
Type: Movie
Tween girl in an orphanage does little-ray-of-sunshine stuff all over the place and puts particular energy into creating a romance between her facility's twentyish nurse and some rando guy from USA that they see in the market.
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Title: Mannix
Released: September 16, 1967
Type: TV
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.
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Title: Mission: Impossible
Released: September 17, 1966
Type: TV
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
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Title: Mission: Impossible
Character: Bobby
Released: September 17, 1966
Type: TV
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
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Title: The Wild Wild West
Character: James T. West
Released: September 17, 1965
Type: TV
The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.
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Young Dillinger
Title: Young Dillinger
Character: 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
Released: April 28, 1965
Type: Movie
The 1930s outlaw teams up with Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and Homer Van Meter.
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The New Cinderella
Title: The New Cinderella
Character: Bob Conrad
Released: September 12, 1964
Type: Movie
Antonio, the famous dancer is preparing a big performance for the TV. But he is missing a good female dancer. One day he sees a girl dancing in the streets but when he is going to talk to her she runs away. She lost one of her shoes and this will be the only hint Antonio will have to find her. She is the new Cinderella.
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Palm Springs Weekend
Title: Palm Springs Weekend
Character: Eric Dean
Released: November 5, 1963
Type: Movie
Set in Palm Springs during a long, fun-filled weekend where several Los Angeles college students flock to spring break, centering on Jim who finds romance with Bunny, the daughter of Palm Springs harred, stressful police chief. Jim's bumbling roommate, Biff, tries to get Amanda, a tomboyish girl's attention with a so-called love gadget. Meanwhile, Gayle Lewis is a high school senior posing as a wealthy college girl who is pursued by Eric Dean, a wealthy and spoiled college prepie, while Gayle has eyes for a cowboy from Texas, named Stretch. Also Jim and Biff's basketball coach, Campbell, tries to romance Naomi, the owner of the motel where all of the gang is staying at, which is interfered by Naomi's young, trouble-making, brat son who's dubbed, Boom-Boom.
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Title: Kraft Suspense Theatre
Character: Gary Kemp
Released: October 10, 1963
Type: TV
Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks out of every four and was pre-empted for Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall specials once monthly. Como's production company, Roncom Films, also produced Kraft Suspense Theatre. Writer, editor, critic and radio playwright Anthony Boucher served as consultant on the series. Later syndicated under the title Crisis, it was one of the few suspense series telecast in color at the time. While most of NBC's shows were in color then, all-color network line-ups did not become the norm until the 1966-67 season.
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Title: Temple Houston
Character: Martin Purcell
Released: September 19, 1963
Type: TV
Temple Houston is a 1963–64 NBC television series which has been called "the first attempt . . . to produce an hour-long Western series with the main character being an attorney in the formal sense." It was the only show Jack Webb sold to a network during his ten months as the head of production at Warner Bros. Television. It was also the lone series in which actor Jeffrey Hunter played a regular part.
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Title: The Gallant Men
Released: October 5, 1962
Type: TV
The Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy in World War II.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Red Nightmare
Title: Red Nightmare
Character: Pete
Released: February 11, 1962
Type: Movie
A man takes his American freedoms for granted, until he wakes up one morning to find out that the United States Government has been replaced with a Communist system. The basis for this short film, narrated by Jack Webb, is the alleged Soviet re-creation of US communities for the purpose of training infiltrators, spies, and moles.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Title: Hawaiian Eye
Character: Tom Lopaka
Released: October 7, 1959
Type: TV
Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look into various matters. They're helped by their trusty right-hand man Kazuo Kim who runs a taxi company and is always eager to help them.
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Title: Lock-Up
Released: September 28, 1959
Type: TV
Lock-Up is an American legal drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and concluded in June 1961. The half-hour episodes had little time for character development or subplots and presented a compact story without embellishment.
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Title: The Man and the Challenge
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: TV
The Man and the Challenge is a 36-segment half-hour television adventure/science fiction series which ran new episodes on NBC from September 12, 1959, to June 11, 1960. It starred George Nader as Dr. Glenn Barton, a research scientist for the Institute of Human Factors, an agency that conducted experiments designed to measure human endurance for the United States government. The series was produced by Ivan Tors. Nader's costars included Jack Ging as Dan Wright, Michael Masters as Bill Locke, the Canadian-born Joyce Meadows as Lynn Allen, and Michael Keith as Matt Adams. The episodes focused on various individuals setting world records of strength, endurance, and mastery of various difficult skills. The program also featured appearances by Bethel Leslie as Eleanor Beck in "The Early Warning", Ted Knight, as Dr. Herter in the episode "Daredevils", and Raymond Bailey, in the role of Dr. Kramer on the series opener "The Sphere of No Return". Joining Knight in that segment was Paul Burke.
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Paratroop Command
Title: Paratroop Command
Character: Art (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Charlie becomes a paratrooper, but, while serving in North Africa, he mistakenly kills one of his fellow U.S. soldiers, who is masquerading as a Nazi in order to wipe out a nest of the enemy. Shunned by his fellow soldiers, including his childhood friend Ace, Charlie is forced to prove himself when it is left up to him to transport a generator across an open road in full view of Nazi attackers.
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Title: 77 Sunset Strip
Character: Tom Lopaka (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: TV
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
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Title: 77 Sunset Strip
Character: Tom Lopaka
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: TV
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
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Thundering Jets
Title: Thundering Jets
Character: Lt. Robert "Tiger" Kiley
Released: May 1, 1958
Type: Movie
An Air Force captain teaches pilots to fly jets but doesn't like it.
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Juvenile Jungle
Title: Juvenile Jungle
Character: Boy at beach
Released: April 24, 1958
Type: Movie
Planned kidnapping goes awry when gang leader falls for the victim.
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Title: Sea Hunt
Released: January 4, 1958
Type: TV
Sea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in syndication for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, with 155 episodes produced. It stars Lloyd Bridges as ex-Navy frogman Mike Nelson, and was produced by Ivan Tors.
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Title: Maverick
Released: September 22, 1957
Type: TV
Maverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins. The show ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and stars James Garner as Bret Maverick, an adroitly articulate cardsharp. Eight episodes into the first season, he was joined by Jack Kelly as his brother Bart, and from that point on, Garner and Kelly alternated leads from week to week, sometimes teaming up for the occasional two-brother episode. The Mavericks were poker players from Texas who traveled all over the American Old West and on Mississippi riverboats, constantly getting into and out of life-threatening trouble of one sort or another, usually involving money, women, or both. They would typically find themselves weighing a financial windfall against a moral dilemma. More often than not, their consciences trumped their wallets since both Mavericks were intensely ethical. When Garner left the series after the third season due to a legal dispute, Roger Moore was added to the cast as their cousin Beau Maverick. Robert Colbert appeared later in the fourth season as a third Maverick brother, Brent Maverick. No more than two of the series leads ever appeared together in the same episode, and usually only one.
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Title: Highway Patrol
Released: October 3, 1955
Type: TV
Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized.