![]() ![]() Tim Donnelly qualifies both in terms of the Dragnet series itself (5 different roles), as well as the Dragnet/ Adam-12/ Emergency! shared universe (2 roles in Adam and his regular role as Firefighter Chet Kelly in Emergency!).He appears in the 1968 episodes "The Phony Police Racket" and "The Search" as an Officer Reed, but it's not certain if he's playing the Jim Reed or if the name of the character was just a coincidence.) At the time of Webb's death, he was preparing yet another revival of Dragnet, where McCord was to play his new partner, though it was never established whether the character's name would have been Jim Reed or a different name. One of his partners was an Officer Reed, according to the credits of the first of the two shows. (Oddly enough, he appeared in consecutive episodes in the 1968 season as different cops. Kent McCord appeared as a desk clerk (uncredited) in the made-for-TV movie, then as a couple different patrolmen in early episodes before appearing as Officer Reed here and in Adam-12.William Boyett played various detectives or uniformed officers in both the 50's and 60's series before landing the recurring role of Sgt.Peggy Webber, who many may remember from her appearances on the MST3K episodes "The Screaming Skull" and "The Space Children", was in eight episodes of the '60s revival, four episodes of the fifties show, and a couple of the radio shows, plus several episodes of Adam-12 and Emergency!.Virginia Gregg, probably the most recognizable actress, a fixture on the radio series and appearing at least 13 times on the TV series.Don Ross, who according to IMDB holds the record at 31 episodes.Many of these actors got their start working with Webb on the radio series, and continued working with him to the end of the '60s revival series. Jack Webb maintained a cadre of actors that he liked working with, and cast them often as he needed them, provided they were available. You Look Familiar: There were many of these, actually.Webb also wrote several episodes under the pseudonym of John Randolph (Webb's given name was John Randolph Webb). Directed by Cast Member: In possibly the über-example of this trope, Jack Webb directed every single episode of the radio series, the original TV series and the revival (as well as the 1954 movie).However, it had become so ingrained in popular culture by the time of the 1987 movie, Dan Aykroyd's Friday does regularly use the phrase. Beam Me Up, Scotty!: "Just the facts, ma'am." was never said by Jack Webb's Friday in the radio or TV show, instead originating in a radio parody by Stan Freberg.When Jack Webb passed away, he was given a police funeral with full honors and badge number 714 was permanently retired by the LAPD in his memory. In fact, Friday's badge wasn't a prop but a genuine badge issued by the LAPD and was ferried to and from the set by an on-duty police officer. Backed by the Pentagon: Jack Webb's various incarnations of the show were heavily supported by the real LAPD because of his attention to detail and for showing the department (no stranger to controversy) in a good light, with bad/corrupt cops always facing the consequences of their actions. ![]()
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