Highway Patrol (1955)
Highway Patrol (1955)
Plot.
Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized.
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Cast & Crew.

Broderick Crawford
Chief Dan Mathews / Chief Dan Mathews / Dan Matthews

Art Gilmore
Narrator

Frederick Ziv
Producer

Vance Skarstedt
Officer Larrabee

Ron Foster
Officer Garvey

Wayne Heffley
Officer Dennis

Frank Warren
Officer Simpson

Herbert L. Strock
Director

Lew Landers
Director

Paul Guilfoyle
Director

Lambert Hillyer
Director

Edward F. Mull
Assistant Director

Otto Lang
Director

Joe Franklin
Script Supervisor

Barry Sullivan
Director

Leslie Goodwins
Director

Harry Gerstad
Director

Gilbert Kay
Director

John Florea
Director

Felix E. Feist
Director

Walter Doniger
Director

William J. Hole Jr.
Director

David Lowell Rich
Director

Don Brinkley
Director / Screenplay

Sutton Roley
Director

George Blair
Director

William Conrad
Director

Bill Naylor
Sound Editor

Wallace Nogle
Sound Mixer

Jeanne Cooper
Louise Douglas

Terry Frost
Sgt. Morris

William Boyett
Officer Johnson / Officer 3833

Will J. White
Agent Ed Coleman

Rhodes Reason
Al Miller

Stuart Whitman
Bill Martin, skindiver

Dyan Cannon
Jean Deesing

Guy Williams
Officer Hansen / Jerry March

Diane Webber
Woman

Coulter Irwin
Steve Talbot

Kathy Marlowe
Audrey Talbot

Joe Brown
Mr. Hastings

Irene Anders
Gloria Miller

Peter Brocco
Arnold Blackwell

Julian Upton
Bellhop Frank

James Dobson
Bellhop William 'Red' Richardson

Nancy Howard
Angie, the patient

Buck Young
Gas Station Attendant

Don Kelly
Paul Lawson

Jason Johnson
Company Manager

Gayne Whitman
Dr. Kennedy

Guy Prescott
Man From Cafe

Brad Trumbull
Mickey Demarest

Michael Legend
Walt Hollis

Nancy Hadley
Rita Hollis

Joe Cranston
Ranger Ben Seward

Britt Lomond
Ptl. Melton, at headquarters

Jonathan Hole
Roger Taylor

Marie Stoddard
Ethel Corey

Gene Reynolds
Henry Corey

Marvin Press
Wilbur Morgan

Michael Garrett
Patrolman Mike Peterson

Robert Patten
Patrolman Mark Reynolds

Dennis Cross
Bill Reynolds

Rachel Ames
Mrs. Reynolds

Watson Downs
Dad Reynolds

Michael Mark
The Passing Motorist

Michael Shaan
A Highway Patrolman

Ford Stevens
Paxton, the leader

Peter Davis
Geller, the killer

Leo V. Matranga
Curtis, the eater

Charles Gray
Officer Edwards (#1430)

George Becwar
Miles Lauber, the big boss

Byron Keith
Highway Patrolman Bergen / Officer Dillon

Patty Ann Gerrity
Little Girl on Beach

Anthony Blankley
Little Boy on Beach

John Hart
Sergeant at Headquarters

Eleanore Tanin
Helen Tewell Barton

Troy Melton
Joe Barton

Margaret Irving
Irene Tewell, mother

Bobby Watson
Ted Tewell, father

Harry Hines
Mr. Dillon, witness

Jay Douglas
Officer Dorsey

Monty Ash
Police Lab Technician

Alan Aric
Jimmy Higgins

Guy Rennie
Charley Giddings

William Hunt
Leroy Edwards, alias Frank Russell

Glenn Dixon
Virgil

Paul Sorensen
Steve Naylor

Fritz Ford
Wilson, insurance investigator

Gary Roark
Carson

Kirk Alyn
Coordinating Officer at Headquarters

Eddie Gallagher
Officer Peterson

James Stone
Warren Siddons, motorist

Dan Starkey
Mr. Stedman

Charles H. Gray
A Highway Patrolman / Area 3 Officer

Harry Wilson
Extra at Cafe Counter / Customer in Restaurant

Emmaline Henry
Gloria Burgess

John Close
'Stash' Irwin

Shirley O'Hara
Miss Carter

Morgan Jones
The Highway Patrolman / Officer 3822 / Officer on Phone

Rayford Barnes
Seth Roberts

Paul Engle
Jimmy James, the boy

Lyn Guild
Cara Roberts

Charles Postal
Mr. Williams

Jacqueline Holt
Miss Grace

Jim Hyland
Simmons, the cousin

Jack Finch
Mr. McGurrin

Paul Richards
Jim

Helene Stanton
Marge

Tyler McVey
Red Lester

Roy Bourgeois
Copter Pilot Roy

Fran Bennett
Dolly Parker

Don C. Harvey
Sanders

Kay Faylen
Jenny

Everett Glass
Dr. Taylor

Francis McDonald
Charlie Barrett

Bert Holland
Ed

Forrest Taylor
Frank Wilkins

Paul Hahn
Wilkins' Son (photo only) (misspelled Pual Hahn)

Clark Howat
Officer Hank

John Compton
Nick West

Jack Edwards
Bernie Sills (Cafe Owner)

Paula Houston
Mrs. Sills (Cafe Owner's Wife)

Barbara Eden

Harry Strang

Gene Roth

Judy Lewis

Richard Benedict
Media.

Details.
Release DateOctober 3, 1955
StatusEnded
Seasons5
Episodes156
Running Time28m
Content RatingTV-G
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
police
militia
missing person
1950s
state highway patrol
chief of patrol
children in danger
highway patrolmen
police women
criminal investigation
Scripted
Wiki.
Highway Patrol is a 156-episode action crime drama series produced for syndication from 1955 to 1959. It was "one of the most popular syndicated series in television history", and it was the first American series broadcast in West Germany on that country's commercial TV channel.
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