TV series
S.W.A.T.
Overview
S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California city. A spin-off of The Rookies, the series aired on ABC from February 1975 to April 1976. Like The Rookies, S.W.A.T. was produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg.
Details
- First air date
- 1975-02-24
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 37 episodes
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Network
- ABC
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Steve Forrest as Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson
- Robert Urich as Officer Jim Street
- Rod Perry as Sgt. David "Deacon" Kay
- Mark Shera as Officer Dominic Luca
- James Coleman as Officer T.J. McCabe
- Christopher George
- John Lupton
- Morgan Jones
- Rose Marie
- Murray Matheson
- Richard O'Brien as Chief Roman
- Linda Marsh
Creators and crew
- Lee Stanley - Creator
- Robert Hamner - Creator
- Aaron Spelling - Executive Producer
- Leonard Goldberg - Producer
- George McCowan - Director
- Harry Falk - Director
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