Lucas Tanner (1974)
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Cast & Crew.
David Hartman
Lucas Tanner
Robbie Rist
Glendon / Glendon Farrell
Trish Soodik
Cindy Damon / Cindy
Rosemary Murphy
Margaret Blumenthal
Jerry McNeely
Writer
Alan Abelew
Jaytee / Jaytee Drumm
Kimberly Beck
Terry Klitsner
John Randolph
John Hamilton
Eddie Quillan
Mr. Krebs
Walter Doniger
Director
Leo Penn
Director
Allen Baron
Director
Robert Scheerer
Director
Gordon Hessler
Director
Norman Hudis
Writer
Mark Hamill
Craig Stanton
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This TV Show Is About.
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Lucas Tanner is an American drama series that aired on NBC during the 1974–75 season. The title character, played by David Hartman, was a former baseball player and sportswriter who becomes an English teacher at the fictional Harry S Truman Memorial High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. He changed professions following the death of his wife and child. Episodes often deal with the resistance of traditional teachers to Tanner's unorthodox teaching style.
Regular co-stars included Rosemary Murphy, Kimberly Beck, and ten-year-old Robbie Rist. Unusually, the show was actually filmed in Webster Groves, rather than on a Hollywood backlot. That gave it a somewhat unusual "look" for a prime-time TV series.
A 90-minute pilot film of the series aired on NBC the week of May 4, 1974; the pilot also starred Kathleen Quinlan and Joe Garagiola.This series was Hartman's last work as an actor. In November 1975, he began as co-host of ABC's Good Morning America. To date, he has not returned to acting.