TV series
Dragnet
Overview
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Details
- First air date
- 1967-01-12
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 4 seasons
- Episodes
- 98 episodes
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Network
- NBC
- Production
- Universal Television, Dragnet Productions, Mark VII
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jack Webb as Joe Friday
- Harry Morgan as Gannon
- Marco López as Officer Sanchez
- Don Ross as Carl Freeman
- Art Balinger as Capt. Hugh Brown
- Alfred Shelly as Sgt. Al Vietti
- Virginia Gregg as Dead Drunk Wife (uncredited)
- John Stephenson as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Len Wayland as Captain Nelson
- Art Gilmore as Capt. Lambert
- Herb Vigran as Al Sousa
- Stacy Harris as Clifford Ray Owens alias Barney Regal
Creators and crew
- Jack Webb - Creator
- Jack Webb - Director
- Robert C. Dennis - Writer
- Michael Donovan - Writer
- Burt Prelutsky - Writer
- James Doherty - Writer
Seasons
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