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Overview

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Writer:
George McCowan (writer)
Contact:
View company contact information for Cannon on IMDbPro.
Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 full episode list
Release Date:
14 September 1971 (USA) more
Genre:
Plot:
The cases of a fat private detective. full summary
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
DVD Playhouse--June 2009
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User Comments:
Best TV detective series ever made. more (17 total)

Cast

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William Conrad ... Frank Cannon (120 episodes, 1971-1976)
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Series Directed by
George McCowan (23 episodes, 1971-1975)
William Wiard (18 episodes, 1973-1976)
Lawrence Dobkin (9 episodes, 1973-1976)
Seymour Robbie (6 episodes, 1971-1974)
Allen Reisner (5 episodes, 1971-1975)
Leo Penn (5 episodes, 1972-1975)
Richard Donner (4 episodes, 1971-1973)
Jerry Jameson (4 episodes, 1971-1973)
Robert Douglas (4 episodes, 1972-1973)
Charles S. Dubin (4 episodes, 1972-1973)
Michael Caffey (4 episodes, 1973-1976)
William Hale (3 episodes, 1971-1973)
Paul Stanley (3 episodes, 1975-1976)
Don Taylor (2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Michael O'Herlihy (2 episodes, 1972)
Gene Nelson (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Virgil W. Vogel (2 episodes, 1973)
Chris Robinson (2 episodes, 1975-1976)

E. Arthur Kean (unknown episodes)
Jimmy Sangster (unknown episodes)
 
Series Writing credits
Edward Hume (120 episodes, 1971-1976)
Stephen Kandel (10 episodes, 1972-1976)
Robert C. Dennis (6 episodes, 1971-1976)
Robert W. Lenski (6 episodes, 1972-1975)
Robert I. Holt (6 episodes, 1973-1976)
Carey Wilber (6 episodes, 1973-1976)
Meyer Dolinsky (5 episodes, 1972-1974)
Paul Playdon (4 episodes, 1971-1972)
Larry Alexander (4 episodes, 1974-1975)
Jack Turley (3 episodes, 1971-1975)
Ronald Austin (3 episodes, 1971-1972)
James D. Buchanan (3 episodes, 1971-1972)
David Moessinger (3 episodes, 1971)
Robert Lewin (3 episodes, 1972-1973)
George Bellak (3 episodes, 1972)
Robert Heverly (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
S.S. Schweitzer (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
E. Arthur Kean (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Ken Pettus (2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Ken Trevey (2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Karl Tunberg (2 episodes, 1972-1976)
Bill S. Ballinger (2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Arthur Heinemann (2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Douglas Day Stewart (2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Hal Sitowitz (2 episodes, 1972)
Worley Thorne (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Robert Blees (2 episodes, 1973)
Anthony Spinner (2 episodes, 1974-1976)
Robert Hamner (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Robert Sherman (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Margaret Armen (2 episodes, 1975)
Norman Lessing (2 episodes, 1975)
Larry Forrester (2 episodes, 1976)
Gene Thompson (2 episodes, 1976)

George McCowan (unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Quinn Martin .... executive producer (120 episodes, 1971-1976)
Adrian Samish .... supervising producer / producer (72 episodes, 1971-1974)
Anthony Spinner .... producer (48 episodes, 1974-1976)
Russell Stoneham .... supervising producer (48 episodes, 1974-1976)
Harold Gast .... producer (33 episodes, 1971-1973)
Leigh Vance .... associate producer / producer (26 episodes, 1974-1975)
Paul Playdon .... associate producer (24 episodes, 1971-1972)
Winston Miller .... producer (17 episodes, 1973-1974)
Alan A. Armer .... producer (14 episodes, 1971-1972)
Herman Miller .... producer (4 episodes, 1973)

Arthur Fellows .... supervising producer (unknown episodes)
 
Series Original Music by
John Carl Parker (7 episodes, 1971-1973)
Tom Scott (4 episodes, 1971-1974)
Robert Drasnin (4 episodes, 1973-1975)
Patrick Williams (3 episodes, 1971-1975)
Duane Tatro (3 episodes, 1973-1975)
Albert Harris (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
George Romanis (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
 
Series Cinematography by
Jack Swain (118 episodes, 1971-1976)
 
Series Film Editing by
Marston Fay (30 episodes, 1973-1976)
Jerry Young (25 episodes, 1971-1974)
Harry Kaye (21 episodes, 1971-1973)
Ray Daniels (19 episodes, 1972-1973)
Howard Kunin (14 episodes, 1972-1976)
Kenneth R. Koch (7 episodes, 1975)
Jim Gross (3 episodes, 1975)

Saul Caplan (unknown episodes)
 
Series Casting by
Tom Palmer (unknown episodes)
 
Series Art Direction by
Bill Kenney (64 episodes, 1972-1975)
George B. Chan (24 episodes, 1971-1972)
Sydney Z. Litwack (24 episodes, 1975-1976)
William L. Campbell (4 episodes, 1973)
Joe Aubel (3 episodes, 1975)
 
Series Set Decoration by
Rick Gentz (39 episodes, 1973-1975)
Frank Lombardo (32 episodes, 1972-1973)
Carl Biddiscombe (24 episodes, 1971-1972)
Robert George Freer (24 episodes, 1975-1976)
 
Series Production Management
Howard P. Alston .... executive production manager / production manager / ... (119 episodes, 1971-1976)
Lou Place .... unit production manager (102 episodes, 1971-1976)
Fred Ahern .... production manager (96 episodes, 1972-1976)
Arthur Fellows .... executive in charge of production / in charge of production (95 episodes, 1971-1975)
Ken Wilhoit .... post-production supervisor (48 episodes, 1974-1976)
Kurt Neumann .... unit production manager / assistant production manager (13 episodes, 1971-1972)
 
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lloyd Allen .... assistant director (43 episodes, 1972-1976)
David Whorf .... assistant director (29 episodes, 1971-1975)
Ray DeCamp .... assistant director (17 episodes, 1973-1975)
Carl Barth .... second unit director (13 episodes, 1971-1972)
Don Torpin .... assistant director (12 episodes, 1975-1976)
Kurt Neumann .... assistant director (6 episodes, 1971-1972)
Lou Place .... assistant director (4 episodes, 1971-1972)
Walt Gilmore .... assistant director (3 episodes, 1974)
Steven Bernhardt .... assistant director (2 episodes, 1975)

John Slosser .... dga trainee (unknown episodes)
 
Series Stunts
Jesse Wayne .... stunt double: Marlyn Mason (1 episode, 1973)

Mickey Alzola .... stunts (unknown episodes)
May Boss .... stunts (unknown episodes)
Chuck Hicks .... stunts (unknown episodes)
Frank Orsatti .... stunts (unknown episodes)
Al Wyatt Sr. .... stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
 
Series Editorial Department
Richard K. Brockway .... editorial supervisor / executive editorial supervisor (47 episodes, 1972-1976)
 
Series Music Department
John Elizalde .... music supervisor (118 episodes, 1971-1976)
John Carl Parker .... composer: theme music (114 episodes, 1971-1976)
 
Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes .... production driver (1 episode, 1971)
 
Series Other crew
John Conwell .... assistant to executive producer (120 episodes, 1971-1976)
Stephen Kandel .... executive story consultant (41 episodes, 1974-1976)
Earl Booth .... executive story editor (24 episodes, 1972-1973)
Gene Thompson .... executive story supervisor (24 episodes, 1975-1976)
Leigh Vance .... executive story consultant (20 episodes, 1973-1974)
David Moessinger .... story consultant (12 episodes, 1971)
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min (120 episodes)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The license plate for Frank Cannon's "Cannonmobile" was "963-XUJ" more
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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Best TV detective series ever made., 16 December 1999
Author: dnwalker from United States

Unlike more recent detective series that are little more than an hour of car chases, graphic bomb scenes and other gratuitous violence, Cannon showed a detective carefully and cleverly going about the business of solving perplexing crimes. Moreover, unlike The Rockford Files and others which strain credibility by portraying a supposedly successful detective as always having trouble paying his bills, Cannon shows a very successful detective surrounded by the trappings of success such as a beautiful Mark IV and an expensive penthouse apartment. All in all a great series.

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