Cannon (1971)
Cannon (1971)
Plot.
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones.
Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.
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Cast & Crew.

William Conrad
Frank Cannon

Edward Hume
Creator / Writer

Patrick Culliton
First Policeman

Adrian Samish
Producer

Harold Gast
Producer

John Carl Parker
Main Title Theme Composer

Quinn Martin
Executive Producer

Tom Pittman
Bailiff

Simon Scott
Ethan Kehoe

Arthur Adams
Officer Bill Murray

Hank Brandt
Charlie

Robert Webber
Barney Shaw

Jenny Sullivan
Sharon

Charles Dierkop
Keegan

Nick Nolte
Ron Johnson

Rutanya Alda
Mrs. Degnan

Bill Kenney
Art Direction

Sydney Z. Litwack
Art Direction

Jack Swain
Director of Photography

Willie Aames
Petey Macklin

George McCowan
Director

William Wiard
Director

Lawrence Dobkin
Director

Seymour Robbie
Director

Robert Douglas
Director

Leo Penn
Director

Richard Donner
Director

Allen Reisner
Director

Charles S. Dubin
Director

Jerry Jameson
Director

Paul Stanley
Director

Don Taylor
Director

Michael O'Herlihy
Director

Gene Nelson
Director

David Bailey
Bruce Conley

Herschel Daugherty
Director

Herbert Hirschman
Director

Marvin J. Chomsky
Director

John Badham
Director

Ford Rainey
Farmer

Lewis Allen
Director

Edward M. Abroms
Director

David Lowell Rich
Director

Don Medford
Director

Marc Daniels
Director

Corey Allen
Director

Sharon Acker
Glinda Donaldson

Harry Falk
Director

Leslie H. Martinson
Director

Philip Leacock
Director

Howard Kunin
Editor

Jerry Young
Editor

John Elizalde
Music

Duane Tatro
Music

Robert C. Dennis
Writer

Carey Wilber
Writer

Meyer Dolinsky
Writer

David Huddleston
Jimmy Winters

Robert Lewin
Writer

Paul Playdon
Writer

James D. Buchanan
Writer

Ronald Austin
Writer

George Bellak
Writer

Dean Stockwell
Tom Longman

David Moessinger
Writer

Norman Lessing
Writer

Douglas Day Stewart
Writer

Larry Forrester
Writer

Worley Thorne
Writer

Arthur Heinemann
Writer

Shelley Duvall
Liz Christie

Jack Turley
Writer

Robert Hamner
Writer

Norman Hudis
Writer

Bill S. Ballinger
Writer

Michael Gleason
Writer

Larry Brody
Writer

Ken Trevey
Writer

Karl Tunberg
Writer

Jimmy Sangster
Writer

Robert L. Collins
Writer

George Eckstein
Writer

Max Hodge
Writer

Robert Lenski
Writer

Curt Conway
Doctor

Patricia Smith
Gwen O'Connor

Jack Cassidy
Gen. James O'Hara

Vincent Van Patten
Shaun Donaldson

Joyce Van Patten
Kate Werner Macklin

Dick Peabody
Harm

Christopher Dark
Sgt. Jack Rissmiller

Brooke Bundy
Carol Loomis

Charles Cioffi
Marty

Stewart Moss
Don Woodward

Sam Edwards
Airport Manager

Don Gordon
Joe

Lucille Benson
Proprietress

Radames Pera
Charles Lassiter

Barnard Hughes
Jack Spicer

Joe Maross
Dave Steuben

Charles Bateman
Sheriff Lamar Hendricks

Joan Van Ark
Francine Dexter

Tim O'Connor
Edgar Lassiter

Martin E. Brooks
Lewis R. Enders

Judith McConnell
Donna Woodward

Mark Hamill
Farm Boy

Gregg Palmer
Gunther

Wayne Rogers
Steve

Tom Skerritt
Bud

Clu Gulager
B.J. Long

William Windom
Harry Kendrix

Jason Evers
Art Miller

James Gammon
Lt. Keely

Bartlett Robinson
Hayden

Ed Lauter
Deputy

Whit Bissell
Billingsley

Leslie Nielsen
Erich Strasser / Joe Gilbert / Weller Dane

James McCallion
Melvin Blake

Carlos Romero
Moreno

Rosemary Murphy

Ray Danton

Russell Johnson

Charles Drake

Tab Hunter

Ned Glass

Emilio Delgado

William Sylvester

Arlene Golonka

Stanley Clements

Dana Wynter

Arthur O'Connell

Paul Carr

Nicholas Worth

Curt Lowens

Don Chastain

Diana Muldaur

Lois Nettleton

Bradford Dillman

Richard Eastham

Jack Ging

John McMartin

Alex Gerry

Alfred Ryder

Dennis Patrick

Lawrence Montaigne

Mark Miller

George DiCenzo

Keenan Wynn

Priscilla Pointer

John Davis Chandler

Susan Oliver

Frank De Kova

Beverly Garland

Booth Colman

Joe De Santis

Andrew Prine

Milton Frome

Jason Wingreen

Robert Hays

Paul Petersen

Billy Green Bush

Leonard Stone

Malachi Throne

Ahna Capri

Meg Wyllie

Claudia Jennings

Linda Marsh

Eldon Quick

Leslie Charleson

Charles Aidman

Ron Harper

Ross Elliott

Larry Linville

Elaine Giftos

James A. Watson, Jr

Pat Morita

Olan Soule

Robert Goulet

Jon Cedar

Pamela Payton-Wright

Kathleen Miller

Roy Scheider

Charles Durning

Roger E. Mosley

John S. Ragin

David Dukes

Doris Singleton

Allyn Ann McLerie

Elaine Devry

Jeanne Cooper

Peggy McCay

Buck Young

Conrad Janis

Reed Diamond

Russ Conway

Perry King

Scott Marlowe

Karl Swenson

Gloria LeRoy

Alf Kjellin
Director

Carl Betz

Lloyd Gough

Jack Carter

Roger Aaron Brown

Beverlee McKinsey

Gene Dynarski

Mary Frann

Jeff Donnell

Joseph Mell

Lane Bradford

Robert Pine

Christopher Connelly

Herb Edelman

Gary Lockwood

L.Q. Jones

Cathy Lee Crosby

Warren Stevens

Peter Haskell

Michael Strong

Martine Bartlett

Paul Stewart

Charles Cyphers

Scott Hylands

Lenore Kasdorf

Barbara Stuart

Phyllis Thaxter

Belinda Montgomery

Gary Clarke

Estelle Winwood

Harry Townes

Dack Rambo

Don Stroud

Richard Derr

Michael Pataki

John Orchard

Susan French

Lynnette Mettey

Jay Silverheels

David Janssen

Dennis Dugan

Gordon Pinsent

Ellen Weston

Regis Cordic

Denny Miller

Theodore Bikel

Diana Hyland

Dina Merrill

David Ankrum

Amanda McBroom

Diana Douglas

Cesare Danova

Ralph Bellamy

Robert Foxworth

Nancy Kovack

Julius Harris

Neva Patterson

Victor Campos

Hunter von Leer

Dean Harens

Sandy Kenyon

Royal Dano

Michael Tolan

James Oliver

Quinn K. Redeker

Larry Blyden

Paul Michael Glaser

Anne Randall

Grace Lee Whitney

William Smithers

Keith Charles

Don Diamond

Abe Vigoda

James Gregory

Frank Bonner

Ta-Tanisha

Paul Lichtman

Harrison Page

James Sutorius

Richard X. Slattery

Randolph Powell

Benny Goldberg

Mike Farrell

Steve Pendleton

George Maharis

Burke Byrnes

John Vernon

Keith Andes

David Birney

Madlyn Rhue

Lloyd Bochner

Priscilla Morrill

Bill Quinn

James Sloyan

Whitney Blake

Rose Hobart

Leif Erickson

Thaao Penghlis

Donna Mills

Steve Forrest

Royce D. Applegate

Tony Mordente

Phillip Pine

Charles Macaulay

Cathleen Cordell

Micky Dolenz

Dabney Coleman

Signe Hasso

Antoinette Bower

Paul Mantee

Priscilla Barnes

Alan Mandell

Mary Jackson

Kim Hunter

Ron Rifkin

Marlyn Mason

Kevin McCarthy

Barbara Babcock

Burr DeBenning

Lance Kerwin

Gene Andrusco

Glenn R. Wilder

James B. Sikking

Edward Binns

Carmen Argenziano

Dabbs Greer

George Sawaya

John Milford

Hari Rhodes

John Larch

Anthony Zerbe

Richard Hatch

Oscar Beregi Jr.

Collin Wilcox Paxton

Max Gail

Chris Robinson
Director

Elizabeth Allen

Harvey Jason

Jacqueline Scott

Anne Lockhart

Ralph Meeker

Edward James Olmos

David Lewis

Ian Abercrombie

Irene Tsu

Judson Pratt

Eric Server

Geraldine Brooks

Dick Van Patten

Austin Willis

Geoffrey Horne

Jean Hale

Jack O'Halloran

James Keach

William Daniels

Burton Gilliam

Noble Willingham

Joe Warfield

George Gaynes

Catherine Burns

Richard Dysart

Fritz Weaver

Barney Phillips

Martin Sheen

John Pickard

Hal Baylor

Carol Eve Rossen

Dane Clark

Garry Walberg

Kevin Dunn

Peter Mark Richman

Daniel J. Travanti

Michael Masters

Adam Williams

Percy Rodriguez

Robert Random

Naomi Stevens

William Jordan

Luke Askew

Harry Lauter

James Luisi

Gary Merrill

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Ruth Roman

Lynn Carlin

Jack Riley

Robert Gentry

Leif Garrett

Tom Drake

Robert Quarry

Frank Ferguson

Charlotte Stewart

Edward Mulhare

Oliver Clark

Robert Loggia

Murray MacLeod

Roberto Contreras

Robert Walker Jr.

Kristoffer Tabori

Kay Lenz

Julie Cobb

Pamela Bellwood

Anthony Eisley

Lee Delano

Denver Pyle

Edward Faulkner

Harold Gould

Geoffrey Scott

John Zaremba

Nora Marlowe

Val Avery

Morgan Farley

Julie Gregg

Cameron Mitchell

Eric Christmas

Keene Curtis

Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Stefanie Powers

Richard Bakalyan

Marcia Mae Jones

Julie Adams

Joan Fontaine

James Olson

Marianne McAndrew

Kathleen Freeman

Don Dubbins

Thalmus Rasulala

Henry Beckman

Milton Selzer

Paul Koslo

Paul Brinegar

Robert Karnes

Norman Fell

Robert Sorrells

Michael Bell

Mark Gordon
Marty Wycowsky

Sheila Larken
Jennifer Shaw

Sue England
Nurse

Sally Marr
Woman at Rental Car Reception / Secretary

Jennifer Bishop
Andrea Wayne

Peggy Doyle
Grace Olsen

Jerry Ayres
Brig / Deputy

Buddy Ebsen
Barnaby Jones

Helen Boll
Waitress

John Perak
Howdy Briscoe

Lee de Broux
Gus Lindeman

Richard Roat
Jim Rothberg

Mary Gregory
Lady Cashier

George Clifton
Teller
Media.



Details.
Release DateSeptember 14, 1971
StatusEnded
Seasons5
Episodes123
Running Time1h
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
ex-cop
private investigator
los angeles
Scripted
aggressive
antagonistic
defiant
Wiki.
Cannon is an American detective television series produced by Quinn Martin that aired from 1971 to 1976 on CBS. William Conrad played the title character, private detective Frank Cannon. The series was the first Quinn Martin production to run on a network other than ABC.
In total, there were 122 episodes, plus the series' two-hour pilot and a "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon (1980).
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