Shannon (1961 TV series)
Shannon | |
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Genre | Crime drama |
Written by | Todhunter Ballard Gene Roddenberry |
Directed by | Fred Jackman, Jr. |
Starring | George Nader Regis Toomey |
Composers | Emil Cadkin Arthur Morton |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 36 |
Production | |
Producers | Jerry Briskin Robert Sparks |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 22–24 minutes |
Production company | Screen Gems Television |
Distributor | Screen Gems (1961-1962) Columbia TriStar Domestic Television Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Original network | Syndication |
Picture format | Black-and-white |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | October 16, 1961 June 12, 1962 | –
Shannon is an American crime drama series that aired in syndication from October 16, 1961 to June 12, 1962. The series stars George Nader as the title Joe Shannon, an insurance investigator for the Transport Bonding and Surety Company. Regis Toomey portrays Shannon's boss Bill Cochran. Shannon drove a modern 1961 Buick Special, equipped with cameras, a dictating machine, tape recorders, weapons, and notably, a mobile phone, when private car phones were rare.
Guest stars[]
- Chris Alcaide as Jack O'Hare in "Duke of the Valley"
- Francis De Sales as Ray Petri in "Cold Trail"
- Robert Duvall as Joey Nolan in "The Big Fish"
- DeForest Kelley as Carlyle in "The Pickup"[1]
- Ann McCrea as Phyllis Gray in "Never Help a Lady" (1962)
- Lee Meriwether episode unknown
Production notes[]
Jerry Briskin produced the series for Screen Gems. Gene Roddenberry wrote two of the teleplays.[2]
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References[]
- ^ "Episode List of Shannon (1961)". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
- ^ Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 747
External links[]
- Shannon at IMDb
- Shannon 1961-62 at CVTA
Categories:
- 1961 American television series debuts
- 1961 American television series endings
- 1960s American drama television series
- Black-and-white American television shows
- American crime drama television series
- English-language television shows
- First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
- Television series by Sony Pictures Television
- Television series by Screen Gems
- United States drama television series stubs