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December 16, 1951
Cast: Raymond Burr, Jack Kruschen, Sam Edwards, Stacy Harris, Herb Butterfield.
Friday and Romero deal with man threatening to blow up city hall if he doesn't get his demands.
Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917 -- September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor, primarily known for his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. His early acting career included roles on Broadway, radio, television and in film, usually as the villain. He won two Emmy Awards in 1959 and 1961 for the role of Perry Mason, which he played for nine seasons between 1957 and 1966. His second hit series, Ironside, earned him six Emmy nominations, and two Golden Globe nominations. He is also widely known for his role as Steve Martin in both Godzilla, King of the Monsters! and Godzilla 1985.
In addition to acting, Burr owned an orchid business and had begun to grow a vineyard. He was a collector of wines and art, and was very fond of cooking.
After his death from cancer in 1993, Burr's personal life came into question as details of his known biography appeared to be unverifiable.
In 1996, Raymond Burr was ranked #44 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.
Sam Edwards (May 26, 1915 - July 28, 2004) was an American actor. His most famous role on TV was as the banker in the TV series Little House on the Prairie.
During World War II, Sam was inducted into the Army and ended up serving as part of the morale-building entertainment corps, spending much of the time in the African, European and India/Burma theater, travelling for a time with Dwight D. Eisenhower and George S. Patton's regiments.
After the war, he kept very busy on a variety of radio programs, and landed a starring role opposite Janet Waldo in the long-running Meet Corliss Archer series. He also had recurring or cast member roles in radio on Father Knows Best, Fort Laramie, Gunsmoke, Dragnet, Suspense, Escape, This Is Your FBI, The Six Shooter, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, and Crime Classics.
From 1949 to 1981, Mr. Edwards made several film appearances, with significant roles in Twelve O'Clock High (1949), Operation Pacific (1951), Gangbusters (1954), and supporting roles in The Beatniks (1960) and Suppose They Gave A War and Nobody Came (1969). He was also seen in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), Hello, Dolly! (1969) and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981).
Sam also appeared on many television series starting in the mid 1950s. Most notable of these include many episodes of Dragnet and Gunsmoke throughout their long runs. He also appeared on over 60 different series, including The Burns and Allen Show, The Andy Griffith Show, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Mannix, Mission: Impossible, The Streets of San Francisco, Adam-12, The Red Skelton Variety Show, Happy Days, The Dukes of Hazzard, and even Days of our Lives.
Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg. April 10, 1915) is an American actor. Morgan is well-known for his roles as Colonel Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H (1975--1983), Pete Porter on both Pete and Gladys (1960--1962) and December Bride (1954--1959), Detective Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967--1970), and Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972--1974). He has appeared in more than 100 films.
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Dragnet: The Big Gap - Season 5, Episode 6 (1955)by nologorecords6,503 views
Oh My God! Don't trust him Friday! His real name is Thorwald, he's a costume jewelry salesman and he killed his wife!
DThinkinHumanBean 5 days ago
Ray-O-Vac batteries! Wooo Hooo!
panhead1219 3 weeks ago
Rest in Peace
951Alpha 3 months ago
"He Walked By Night" (1948) was released first, 'Big'. Jack Webb was impressed with the "stark realism" [and the "technical advisors"] of the film, he wanted to do a radio show along the same lines (police detectives meticulously track down their suspects, often leading to a "big shootout"), and- winding up his gig as ABC radio's "PAT NOVAK FOR HIRE"- convinced NBC to take "DRAGNET" as a summer series in June 1949.
fromthesidelines 3 months ago
@fromthesidelines Excellent footnotes as always.....Which came 1st? Dragnet radio show or the film "He walked by Night"? Did one inspire the other (Which came 1st the hen or the egg)? Watching that film (with Webb in a somewhat minor role) it is Dragnet . I came to this conclusion before knowing he was in the cast or seeing Webb in the film.
Bigstooler0 3 months ago
Adapted from a July 21, 1949 radio episode. This originally appeared as a "preview" on the short-lived "CHESTERFIELD SOUND-OFF TIME" (which was dropped by Liggett & Myers in favor of the TV edition of "DRAGNET" in January 1952). Barton Yarborough appeared only in the first two episodes before his death from a heart attack in December 1951; that's why Barney Phillips briefly replaced him as "Ed Jacobs"- on radio and TV- in early 1952.
fromthesidelines 3 months ago
Its too bad they couldn't have kept Burr on......Ed Jacobs & The Big September Man
Chronos127 4 months ago
Actually, this episode features Ben Romero, Joe Friday's original partner from the radio series, who was played by Barton Yarbourough. It was a surprise to see Raymond Burr as Thad Browne, the Deputy Chief of Detectives, especially since the spoof character in the MATHNET series was Thad Greene, who was portrayed by James Earl Jones in the one story in which he appears.
Glammazon 4 months ago
walter schuman was sued over the theme to dragnet by miklos rosza because irt sounded too much like the killers
spacepatrolman 5 months ago