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- Frank Cannon lives in a penthouse on the Sunset Strip, where his passion is gourmet cuisine prepared by himself. In between meals he hires out as a private investigator to select clients in need.
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TV Show Trivia, Episode Lists, Descriptions, & Cast Photos! NOTE: Lists compiled by date 1st episode aired: Cannon Series Description The Cannon TV show was a 60 minute series on CBS about a really fat former Los Angeles police officer who had resigned from the LAPD to become a private detective. Despite his weight, he was fantastic at his job and, therefore, demanded high fees for his serivices. Frank Cannon himself was more than a bit too large to get involved in many fist fights but there were plenty of fights among other characters plus gun battles, car chases, and all the other action you'd expect to see on a series featuring a private investigator.
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Cannon Cast William Conrad. Frank Cannon Barry Sullivan. Calhoun Vera Miles. Diana Langston Lynda Day George. Christie Redfield J.D.Cannon. Lieutenant Kelly Redfield Keenan Wynn. Eddie Earl Holliman.
Deputy Sheriff Murray Hamilton. Virgil Holly John Fiedler. Jake Ross Hagen.
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Red Dunleavy Pamela Dunlap. Roberta Lawrence Pressman. Herb Mayer Cannon Trivia. Cannon couldn't have had a better time slot for its first season on the air! It was on immediately following the hit crime series, '!
Cannon was nominated for an Emmy in 1973 for 'Outstanding Drama Series'. It also got a Golden Globe nomination in 1974 for 'Best Drama TV Show'. ' won both of those awards. William Conrad was nominated for Golden Globes in both 1972 and 1973 for 'Best TV Actor'. Robert Young won in 1972 for ' and Peter Falk won in 1973 for '.
Conrad was also nominated for Emmys in 1973 and 1974. In 1973 Richard Thomas won for 'The Waltons' and in 1974 Telly Savalas won for '. Cannon needed a large vehicle to accomodate his large body so he drove a Lincoln Continental. William Conrad began his show business career in radio in the late 1930s. His deep baritone voice that was so valuable in radio would serve him well later as a prolific narrator of TV shows. When World War II struck, Conrad joined the Army Air Corps and served as a fighter pilot! He returned to radio when the war ended.
Conrad was definitely one of the kings of! When asked, Conrad once estimated that he had performed in more than 7,000 radio episodes on dozens of different shows!
The role he is best known for is that as 'Marshall Matt Dillon' on the '. Unfortunately, when the ' hit the airwaves in 1955, the producers felt that Conrad's weight would make it impossible for the viewers to accept him as the invincible Marshall Dillon so they offered the role to John Wayne! He didn't want it because he wanted to remain in the movies but he recommended a young, relatively unknown guy that he thought would be perfect. James Arness and the rest is TV history! In 1997, William Conrad was inducted into the 'Radio Hall of Fame'. Gunsmoke was one of the last radio shows to leave the air (in 1961) but Conrad had also been working his way into movie roles and TV guest-starring roles by then.
His wonderful voice was also beginning to get him some Narrator roles, the first well-known one being on the children's cartoon series, '. His narration credits are way too long to list here but the other best known series he narrated were ', 'Tales of the Unexpected', and '. In 1981, Conrad got another starring role on the 1981 version of the ' and in 1987 he landed the lead role on '.
Cannon was produced by 'Quinn Martin Productions'. They produced numerous shows in the 1960s and 70s including ', ', ', ', ', and '! Cannon was the first Quinn Martin series that did not air on ABC.
Cannon and Barnaby Jones would often 'crossover' by featuring each others regular Cast as guest-stars.
Contents. Series overview Cannon consists of a 2-hour, five seasons of episodes, and a 2-hour. Main article: No. In season Title Directed by Written by Original air date 1 1 'The Salinas Jackpot' Ken Trevey September 14, 1971 ( 1971-09-14) 2 2 'Death Chain' Paul Playdon & David Moessinger September 21, 1971 ( 1971-09-21) 3 3 'Call Unicorn' Allen Reisner Teleplay by: David Moessinger & Paul Playdon Story by: E. Arthur Kean September 28, 1971 ( 1971-09-28) 4 4 'Country Blues' Allen Reisner Ronald Austin & James D.
Buchanan October 5, 1971 ( 1971-10-05) 5 5 'Scream of Silence' Jerry Jameson Robert Collins October 12, 1971 ( 1971-10-12) 6 6 'Fool's Gold' Teleplay by: Story by: Bill Stratton October 19, 1971 ( 1971-10-19) 7 7 'Girl in the Electric Coffin' Jerry Jameson Robert Malcolm Young October 26, 1971 ( 1971-10-26) 8 8 'Dead Pigeon' Teleplay by: James D. Buchanan & Ronald Austin Story by: and James D. Buchanan & Ronald Austin November 9, 1971 ( 1971-11-09) 9 9 'A Lonely Place to Die' Jack Turley November 16, 1971 ( 1971-11-16) 10 10 'No Pockets in a Shroud' William Hale Ken Pettus November 23, 1971 ( 1971-11-23) 11 11 'Stone, Cold Dead' Paul Playdon & David Moessinger November 30, 1971 ( 1971-11-30) 12 12 'Death Is a Double-Cross' Teleplay by: Edward Hume and Based on the novel 'Every Bet's a Sure Thing' by: December 7, 1971 ( 1971-12-07) 13 13 'The Nowhere Man' George McCowan Michael Gleason December 14, 1971 ( 1971-12-14) 14 14 'Flight Plan' Richard Donner Robert C. Dennis December 28, 1971 ( 1971-12-28) 15 15 'Devil's Playground' Ken Trevey January 4, 1972 ( 1972-01-04) 16 16 'Treasure of San Ignacio' Allen Reisner Teleplay by: Paul Playdon and Story by: Bill S. Ballinger January 11, 1972 ( 1972-01-11) 17 17 'Blood on the Vine' George McCowan Teleplay by: Story by: Ken Pettus January 18, 1972 ( 1972-01-18) 18 18 'To Kill a Guinea Pig' Allen Reisner Hal Sitowitz February 1, 1972 ( 1972-02-01) 19 19 'The Island Caper' February 8, 1972 ( 1972-02-08) 20 20 'A Deadly Quiet Town' Seymour Robbie Robert W.
Lenski February 15, 1972 ( 1972-02-15) 21 21 'A Flight of Hawks' Stephen Kandel February 22, 1972 ( 1972-02-22) 22 22 'The Torch' James D. Buchanan & Ronald Austin February 29, 1972 ( 1972-02-29) 23 23 'Cain's Mark' Don Taylor George Bellak March 7, 1972 ( 1972-03-07) 24 24 'Murder by Moonlight' Seymour Robbie March 14, 1972 ( 1972-03-14) Season 2: 1972–73. Main article: No. Main article: No. In season Title Directed by Written by Original air date 49/50 1/2 'He Who Digs a Grave' Teleplay by: Based on a novel by: David Delman September 12, 1973 ( 1973-09-12) 51 3 'Memo from a Dead Man' Richard Donner Robert C. Dennis September 19, 1973 ( 1973-09-19) 52 4 'Hounds of Hell' Jack Turley September 26, 1973 ( 1973-09-26) 53 5 'Target in the Mirror' October 3, 1973 ( 1973-10-03) 54 6 'Murder by Proxy' Robert W.
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Main article: No. In season Title Directed by Written by Original air date 74 1 'Kelly's Song' William Wiard S.S. Main article: No. In season Title Directed by Written by Original air date 98 1 'Nightmare' Robert Lenski September 10, 1975 ( 1975-09-10) 99 2 'The Deadly Conspiracy: Part 1' September 17, 1975 ( 1975-09-17) 100 3 'The Wrong Medicine' Paul Stanley September 24, 1975 ( 1975-09-24) 101 4 'The Iceman' William Wiard Larry Alexander October 1, 1975 ( 1975-10-01) 102 5 'The Victim' October 8, 1975 ( 1975-10-08) 103 6 'The Man Who Died Twice' William Wiard S.S. Schweitzer October 15, 1975 ( 1975-10-15) 104 7 'A Touch of Venom' Larry Alexander October 22, 1975 ( 1975-10-22) 105 8 'Man in the Middle' Allen Reisner October 29, 1975 ( 1975-10-29) 106 9 'Fall Guy' Lawrence Dobkin Howard Dimsdale November 5, 1975 ( 1975-11-05) 107 10 'The Melted Man' Norman Lessing November 12, 1975 ( 1975-11-12) 108 11 'The Wedding March' Leo Penn Brad Radnitz November 19, 1975 ( 1975-11-19) 109 12 'The Hero' William Wiard Irving Pearlberg November 26, 1975 ( 1975-11-26) 110 13 'To Still the Voice' Leo Penn Teleplay by: S.S. Schweitzer Story by: Robert Heverly and S.S.
Schweitzer December 3, 1975 ( 1975-12-03) 111/112 14/15 'The Star' William Wiard December 10, 1975 ( 1975-12-10) 113 16 'The Games Children Play' Margaret Armen Teleplay by: Albert Aley Story by: Jack Turley December 17, 1975 ( 1975-12-17) 114 17 'The Reformer' Lawrence Dobkin Larry Forrester January 7, 1976 ( 1976-01-07) 115 18 'The House of Cards' Kenneth Gilbert Robert I. Holt January 14, 1976 ( 1976-01-14) 116 19 'Revenge' Paul Stanley Gene Thompson January 21, 1976 ( 1976-01-21) 117 20 'Cry Wolf' Lawrence Dobkin Teleplay by: Stephen Kandel and Story by: Stephen Kandel January 28, 1976 ( 1976-01-28) 118 21 'The Quasar Kill' William Wiard Terence Tunberg & February 4, 1976 ( 1976-02-04) 119 22 'Snapshot' Michael Caffey Leonard Kantor February 11, 1976 ( 1976-02-11) 120 23 'Point After Death' Chris Robinson Teleplay by: Robert I.
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Holt and Story by: Robert I. Holt February 18, 1976 ( 1976-02-18) 121 24 'Bloodlines' David Whorf Teleplay by: Robert C. Dennis and Anthony Spinner & Gene Thompson Story by: Robert C. February 25, 1976 ( 1976-02-25) 122 25 'Madman' William Wiard Larry Forrester March 3, 1976 ( 1976-03-03) TV-movie Title Directed by Written by Original air date 'The Return of Frank Cannon' Corey Allen James David Buchanan & Ronald Austin November 1, 1980 ( 1980-11-01) Private detective Frank Cannon comes out of retirement to investigate the murder of an ex-girlfriend's husband.
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