TV series
Combat!
Overview
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.
Details
- First air date
- 1962-10-02
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 5 seasons
- Episodes
- 152 episodes
- Genres
- War & Politics, Drama
- Network
- ABC
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Rick Jason as Lieutenant Gil Hanley
- Vic Morrow as Sergeant Chip Saunders
- Jack Hogan as William G. Kirby
- Pierre Jalbert as Paul "Caje" Lemay
- Conlan Carter as Doc
- Dick Peabody as Little John
- Tom Lowell as Billy Nelson
- Steven Rogers as Doc Walton
- Shecky Greene as Braddock
- Horst Ebersberg as Sentry
- Arnold Merritt as Pvt. Jerome Crown
- Norbert Meisel as German Compound Guard - Night
Creators and crew
- Bernard McEveety - Director
- Sutton Roley - Director
- Georg Fenady - Director
- Robert Altman - Director
- Vic Morrow - Director
- Ted Post - Director
Seasons
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