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

Harold Gast
Producer

Adrian Samish
Producer

John Carl Parker
Main Title Theme Composer

Tom Pittman
Bailiff

Quinn Martin
Executive Producer

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

Sydney Z. Litwack
Art Direction

Bill Kenney
Art Direction

Willie Aames
Petey Macklin

Jack Swain
Director of Photography

George McCowan
Director

William Wiard
Director

Lawrence Dobkin
Director

Seymour Robbie
Director

Allen Reisner
Director

Richard Donner
Director

Leo Penn
Director

Robert Douglas
Director

Jerry Jameson
Director

Charles S. Dubin
Director

Paul Stanley
Director

Michael O'Herlihy
Director

Gene Nelson
Director

David Bailey
Bruce Conley

Don Taylor
Director

Herbert Hirschman
Director

Corey Allen
Director

Leslie H. Martinson
Director

Don Medford
Director

Ford Rainey
Farmer

Marvin J. Chomsky
Director

Harry Falk
Director

David Lowell Rich
Director

Marc Daniels
Director

John Badham
Director

Edward M. Abroms
Director

Sharon Acker
Glinda Donaldson

Herschel Daugherty
Director

Philip Leacock
Director

Lewis Allen
Director

Howard Kunin
Editor

Jerry Young
Editor

John Elizalde
Music

Duane Tatro
Music

Robert C. Dennis
Writer

Carey Wilber
Writer

David Huddleston
Jimmy Winters

Meyer Dolinsky
Writer

Paul Playdon
Writer

Robert Lewin
Writer

George Bellak
Writer

David Moessinger
Writer

Dean Stockwell
Tom Longman

Ronald Austin
Writer

James D. Buchanan
Writer

Douglas Day Stewart
Writer

Larry Forrester
Writer

Worley Thorne
Writer

Norman Lessing
Writer

Shelley Duvall
Liz Christie

Jack Turley
Writer

Arthur Heinemann
Writer

Robert Hamner
Writer

Max Hodge
Writer

Jimmy Sangster
Writer

George Eckstein
Writer

Larry Brody
Writer

Michael Gleason
Writer

Robert L. Collins
Writer

Ken Trevey
Writer

Karl Tunberg
Writer

Robert Lenski
Writer

Bill S. Ballinger
Writer

Norman Hudis
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
Weller Dane / Erich Strasser / Joe Gilbert

James McCallion
Melvin Blake

Carlos Romero
Moreno

Jean Hale

Geoffrey Horne

Austin Willis

Gary Clarke

Belinda Montgomery

Phyllis Thaxter

Barbara Stuart

Dick Van Patten

Geraldine Brooks

Burton Gilliam

Dina Merrill

Gene Andrusco

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

Robert Pine

Christopher Connelly

Herb Edelman

Gary Lockwood

L.Q. Jones

Harvey Jason

Charles Cyphers

Scott Hylands

Eric Server

Lenore Kasdorf

R.G. Armstrong

Joe De Santis

George Gaynes

Andrew Prine

Catherine Burns

Richard Dysart

Milton Frome

Jason Wingreen

Robert Hays

Paul Petersen

Billy Green Bush

Leonard Stone

Jacqueline Scott

Charles Aidman

Ron Harper

Ross Elliott

Larry Linville

Elaine Giftos

Rosanna DeSoto

Eileen Ryan

John Calvin

Morgan Woodward

Richard Kiley

Ernie Anderson

Larry Wilcox

Deirdre Lenihan

Sheree North

Vera Miles

Mark Roberts

Marj Dusay

Richard Anderson

Sondra Locke

Noble Willingham

Joe Warfield

Maidie Norman

Lawrence Montaigne

Mark Miller

George DiCenzo

Keenan Wynn

Priscilla Pointer

John Davis Chandler

Susan Oliver

Frank De Kova

Beverly Garland

Beverlee McKinsey

Roger Aaron Brown

Scott Marlowe

Karl Swenson

Gloria LeRoy

Alf Kjellin
Director

Carl Betz

Chris Robinson
Director

Mitchell Ryan

Micky Dolenz

Dabney Coleman

Signe Hasso

Antoinette Bower

Paul Mantee

Priscilla Barnes

James Oliver

Glenn R. Wilder

James B. Sikking

Gene Dynarski

Cathy Lee Crosby

Edward Binns

Geoffrey Lewis

Frank Aletter

Pepe Serna

Paul Comi

Carmen Argenziano

Joel Fabiani

Owen Bush

Peter Strauss

Richard Carlson

Warren Stevens

Peter Haskell

Anthony Zerbe

Richard Hatch

Oscar Beregi Jr.

Collin Wilcox Paxton

Max Gail

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

Jay Silverheels

David Janssen

Dennis Dugan

Burr DeBenning

Gordon Pinsent

Ellen Weston

Regis Cordic

Denny Miller

Kevin McCarthy

Barbara Babcock

Dawn Lyn

Dick Crockett

Thom Christopher

Art Hindle

William Prince

Joseph Mell

Lane Bradford

James A. Watson, Jr

Pat Morita

Jack Thibeau

Robert Drivas

Hayden Rorke

Ed Nelson

Peter Brandon

David Man

Joaquín Martínez

Alex Henteloff

Olan Soule

Robert Goulet

Jon Cedar

Pamela Payton-Wright

Kathleen Miller

Ta-Tanisha

Paul Lichtman

Harrison Page

James Sutorius

Edward Faulkner

Denver Pyle

Lee Delano

Anthony Eisley

Pamela Bellwood

Julie Cobb

Kay Lenz

Kristoffer Tabori

Robert Walker Jr.

Roberto Contreras

Murray MacLeod

James Olson

Marianne McAndrew

Pamela Franklin

Clete Roberts

Byron Morrow

Judson Pratt

Ivor Francis

James Gregory

Frank Bonner

Kathleen Freeman

Henry Beckman

Milton Selzer

Paul Koslo

Michael Bell

Robert Sorrells

Norman Fell

Robert Karnes

Oliver Clark

Edward Mulhare

Charlotte Stewart

Frank Ferguson

Robert Quarry

Tom Drake

Leif Garrett

Robert Gentry

Keith Charles

Burke Byrnes

William Smithers

Grace Lee Whitney

Anne Randall

Paul Michael Glaser

Larry Blyden

Quinn K. Redeker

Keith Andes

John Vernon

Bert Freed

Carl Franklin

Norman Alden

Murray Hamilton

Robert Webber

Richard X. Slattery

Randolph Powell

Benny Goldberg

Mike Farrell

Carl Weathers

Ronne Troup

Pat Renella

Richard Narita

Paul Vaughn

Terry Lumley

John Fiedler

Jared Martin

Stuart Margolin

David Sheiner

Reta Shaw

Cathleen Cordell

Charles Macaulay

Phillip Pine

Tony Mordente

Royce D. Applegate

Steve Forrest

Steve Pendleton

Donna Mills

Thaao Penghlis

James Hong

Virgil Frye

Naomi Stevens

Robert Random

Percy Rodriguez

Adam Williams

Michael Masters

Daniel J. Travanti

Peter Mark Richman

Kevin Dunn

Garry Walberg

Dane Clark

Carol Eve Rossen

Hal Baylor

John Rubinstein

Florida Friebus

Ian Abercrombie

Charles Drake

Tab Hunter

Ned Glass

Anne Lockhart

Emilio Delgado

Ralph Meeker

William Sylvester

Arlene Golonka

Stanley Clements

Dana Wynter

Edward James Olmos

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

David Soul

Marcia Mae Jones

Richard Bakalyan

Stefanie Powers

Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Keene Curtis

Eric Christmas

Cameron Mitchell

Don Dubbins

Thalmus Rasulala

Paul Brinegar

Anne Francis

Barbara Rush

Katherine Cannon

Paula Kelly

John Lupton

Ed Gilbert

Richard Jaeckel

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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