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The Blue Knight is an American CBS crime TV series, running in 1975 and 1976, starring George Kennedy as Officer Bumper Morgan. The show was based on the novel by Joseph Wambaugh and produced by Lorimar Productions. It was also inspired by the 1973 TV film The Blue Knight, starring William Holden, which ran before the TV show premiered.
Original Release
05/09/1975 on CBS
US Release
05/09/1975
Cast
Name | Character |
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George Kennedy | Bumper Morgan |
Barbara Rhoades | Carrie |
Robert Hays | Officer Wells |
John Steadman | Wimpy |
Lee Weaver | Mose |
Gerald McRaney | Steinmetz |
Charles Siebert | Sgt. Cabe |
Harry Lauter | Watch Commander |
Phillip Simms | Phil |
Tom Happer | Officer Dexter |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Bull's Eye | Wednesday, 22 September 1976 |
2 | A Slight Case of Murder | Wednesday, 29 September 1976 |
3 | Upward Mobility | Wednesday, 13 October 1976 |
4 | The Rose and the Gun | Wednesday, 20 October 1976 |
5 | Everything in Life Is 3 to 1 Against | |
6 | A Matter of Justice | |
7 | The Great Wall of Chinatown | |
8 | Point of View | |
9 | Throwaway | |
10 | Death Echo | |
11 | The Man |
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Directors
Harvey S. Laidman, Paul Krasny, Don McDougall, Ralph Senensky, Harry Harris, Gordon Hessler, J. Lee Thompson, Richard Benedict, Charles S. Dubin, Robert Scheerer, Robert Butler, Daniel Haller
Writers
Joseph Wambaugh, Albert Ruben, E. Jack Neuman, Walter Dallenbach, Earl W. Wallace, Anthony Lawrence, Oliver Crawford, E. Arthur Kean, Robert C. Dennis, William W. Blanks, Irv Pearlberg, Peter Dixon, Gene Radano
Cast
Name | Character |
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George Kennedy | Bumper Morgan |
Barbara Rhoades | Carrie |
Robert Hays | Officer Wells |
John Steadman | Wimpy |
Lee Weaver | Mose |
Gerald McRaney | Steinmetz |
Charles Siebert | Sgt. Cabe |
Harry Lauter | Watch Commander |
Phillip Simms | Phil |
Tom Happer | Officer Dexter |
Rick Segall | Bobby |
Phillip Pine | Sgt. Newman |
John Steadman | Wimpey |
Richard Karron | Herman |
Art Hindle | Conrad |
Bruce Glover | Jay Stoll |
Joshua Bryant | Sgt. Rainey |
Jess Nadelman | Sgt. Whitfield |
Jack O'Leary | Fat Jack |
Angus Duncan | Sgt. Willoughby |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lee Rich | Executive Producer |
Philip Capice | Executive Producer |
Joel Rogosin | Producer |
Steve Heilpern | Producer |
Lynn Guthrie | Producer |
Robert Schlitt | Producer |
John Furia | Producer |
Editors
John McSweeney Jr., Richard M. Sprague, Howard Terrill, Bernard J. Small, Samuel E. Beetley