Shannon (1961 TV series)
For the 1981 CBS crime drama starring Kevin Dobson, see Shannon (1981 TV series).
| Shannon | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Written by |
Todhunter Ballard Gene Roddenberry |
| Directed by | Fred Jackman, Jr. |
| Starring |
George Nader Regis Toomey Jan Arvan |
| Composer(s) |
Emil Cadkin Arthur Morton |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Jerry Briskin Robert Sparks |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Screen Gems Television |
| Distributor |
Columbia TriStar Domestic Television Sony Pictures Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Syndication |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | September 26, 1961 – June 12, 1962 |
Shannon is an American crime drama series that aired in syndication from September 1961 to June 1962. The series stars George Nader as the title character.
Synopsis
Nader stars as Joe Shannon, an insurance investigator for the Transport Bonding and Surety Company. Regis Toomey portrayed 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 (decades before cell phones) when car phones were rare. The car required a long whip antenna for the phone.
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 did some of the teleplay.[2]
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 the Internet Movie Database