Lax From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 2290 posts, RR: 3 Posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 2142 times:
Gee .... There's so many in the annals of the dreaded TV Private Eye/Detective, it might be hard to decide!
Should you go with .... Kojak .... or possibly Baretta ..... maybe good ol' Barnaby Jones.
Then there's always .......
>> Banacek
>> Richard Diamond
>> Toma (anybody remember this guy? )
>> Cannon
>> Jim Rockford
>> McCloud
>> Magnum, P.I.
>> Friday & Gannon (Of Dragnet)
>> Barney Miller
>> Columbo
>> Steve McGarrett (Hawaii Five-O)
>> Ironside
>> Mannix
>> Police Woman (Angie)
>> Dan August
>> MacMillan and Wife
>> Tenafly
>> Hec Ramsey
Unbelievable how many of these there were (mainly in the 1970's, when just about everything was a crime show)!!
Got any more?? Post 'em...
My 2 favorites are: Jim Rockford (The Rockford Files) and Kojak (the lollipop-sucking, ultra-cool, billiard-ball-imitating New York detective played by Telly Savalas .......
Then there's always these hard-as-nails beauties!! ........
FlagshipAZ From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3419 posts, RR: 15 Reply 1, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2099 times:
Here's a few more for the list...
Quincy, M.I.
Longstreet
Cool Million
Mrs. Columbo
Vegas (Dan Tanna)
Streets of San Francisco
Regards.
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." --Ben Franklin
Ihadapheo From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 6026 posts, RR: 59 Reply 3, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2086 times:
Lax, Banacek LOL wow now that's a name from the past (Thomas Banacek that is)
Air dates
Pilot 1972
1. 0- 1 20 Mar 72 Banacek (120 min)
1st Season 1972
2. 1- 1 13 Sep 72 Let's Hear it For a Living Legend
3. 1- 2 27 Sep 72 Project Phoenix
4. 1- 3 11 Oct 72 No Sign of the Cross
5. 1- 4 1 Nov 72 A Million the Hard Way
6. 1- 5 15 Nov 72 To Steal a King
7. 1- 6 10 Jan 73 Ten Thousand Dollars a Page
8. 1- 7 24 Jan 73 The Greatest Collection of Them All
9. 1- 8 7 Feb 73 The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack
2nd Season 1973
10. 2- 1 3 Oct 73 No Stone Unturned
11. 2- 2 7 Nov 73 If Max is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is?
12. 2- 3 21 Nov 73 The Three Million Dollar Piracy
13. 2- 4 15 Jan 74 The Vanishing Chalice
14. 2- 5 22 Jan 74 Horse of a Slightly Different Color
15. 2- 6 12 Feb 74 Rocket to Oblivion
16. 2- 7 19 Feb 74 Fly Me- If You Can Find Me
17. 2- 8 12 Mar 74 Now You See Me, Now You Don't
Pray hard but pray with care For the tears that you are crying now Are just your answered prayers
Lortab 7.5mg From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 805 posts, RR: 13 Reply 4, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2083 times:
Jetguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2071 times:
Sorry guys, but you're ALL wrong. Without a doubt the best TV detective of all time was Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Neilsen) of Police Squad. His Emmy worthy role was later revisited in the Oscar worthy "Naked Gun" movie and sequels.
EIPremier From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1533 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2062 times:
Inspector Morse gets my vote too.
If that car of his is coming for sale anytime soon, let me know...
Otherwise, my favorites are Columbo, Magnum, Jim Rockford, and whatever character Jack Lord played on Hawaii 5-0.
GDB From United Kingdom, joined May 2001, 12701 posts, RR: 80 Reply 9, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 2065 times:
I could never watch Inspector Morse, because the actor who played him, John Thaw, was in the 1970's series 'The Sweeney'.
The title is the nickname for the London Metropolitan Police's anti-robbery squad.
You won't have seen it in the US, it was far too violent and coarse for Network TV.
Thaw played Jack Reagan, a divorced, hard-drinking, womanising-with only moderate success, determined detective.
In this period, there had been some corruption scandals with the police, and this was never far away from the storylines.
Reagan, and the other main character, Carter, did not always solve the case, and often success was mixed in with the effects of crime.
But there was humour too, and today 'The Sweeney' remains a cult classic in the UK, dated, but that's it's charm.
But it's still gritty stuff, even by today's standards.
Trickijedi From United States of America, joined May 2001, 3266 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 2050 times:
No one beats Inspector Gadget!
Its better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than be in the air wishing you were on the ground. Fly safe!
Lubcha132 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 2776 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 2049 times:
L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29349 posts, RR: 62 Reply 17, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 2016 times:
Since by including Thomas Magnum we are counting Private Investigators, Has everybody forgot Simon and Simon?
OBAMA-WORST PRESIDENT EVER....Even SKOORB would be better.
KHI747 From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 1609 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2002 times:
Starship From South Africa, joined Nov 1999, 1098 posts, RR: 16 Reply 19, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1994 times:
I too enjoyed the Rockford Files - really great series at the time
Anybody remember "Petrocelli" from the mid seventies starring Barry Newman
Wouldn't rate it the best by a long shot, but it was quite watchable.
Then there was Cagney and Lacey starring Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly. This was an excellent show, although more police orientated and I hardly ever missed an episode.
As for the best, I think my vote goes to Columbo
His trade mark raincoat, the cigar and oh my God - that ancient grey smoking 1959 Peugeot 403 convertible that he drove - how could one ever forget him!
OzarkD9S From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 4680 posts, RR: 24 Reply 21, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 1987 times:
Lax From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 2290 posts, RR: 3 Reply 22, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 1986 times:
How about these guys..........
And their ever-so-famous sidekick........
Who do you suppose owns the Starsky-mobile now? ...........
Flyguy1 From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 1691 posts, RR: 4 Reply 23, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1981 times:
Silverfox From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 1058 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1978 times:
Without a doubt
The first and best
Sherlock Holmes... as played by Jeremy Brett. (Granada TV UK) stories told true to the book and all characters thoughtfully cast
25 Lax: Here ya go, Silverfox....... Stuff on J. Brett. I was surprised to learn from my web searches that Mr. Brett had passed away! (In 1995.) Had not known
26 Miguel: The gratest of them all: Columbo - Peter Falk Miguel
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