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unusual facts about police drama



David Cassidy: Man Under Cover

David Cassidy: Man Undercover was an American police drama starring David Cassidy, four years after his run starring in the The Partridge Family.

Evan 'Jonesy' Jones

Evan 'Jonesy' Jones is a fictional character from Blue Heelers, the Australian police drama television series which depicted the lives of police officers in a small town in Victoria.

Reid Smith

In 1973, Smith was cast in the supporting role of Officer Norm Hamilton in twenty episodes of Jack Webb’s NBC police drama, Chase, starring Mitchell Ryan in the title role of Captain Chase Reddick.

Themes from Mr. Lucky, the Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz

Themes from Mr. Lucky, the Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (also referred to as TV Action Jazz Volume 2) is the second album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe and his All Stars to feature interpretations of theme music from private eye, legal and police drama television programs recorded in 1960 for the RCA Camden label.

TV Action Jazz!

TV Action Jazz! is an album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe and his All Stars featuring their interpretations of theme music from private eye, legal and police drama television programs recorded in 1959 for the RCA Camden label.


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Abby Abadi

Arbaiyah Abdul Manan (born December 1, 1977) or better known as Abby Abadi is a Malaysian actress who stars on the popular police drama, Gerak Khas.

Cathy Cahlin Ryan

Cathy Cahlin Ryan is an American actress best known for playing the character of Corrine Mackey on the police drama The Shield.

Dan Frazer

Probably, best known for his role as Captain Frank McNeil, the former partner turned supervisor of Theo Kojak, Telly Savalas's character, in the 1970s TV police drama Kojak.

Dartford Crossing

It also appears in the opening credits of the police drama Thief Takers, and in a 2010 television advertisement for Kellogg's Crunchy Nut cereal.

Derek Newark

In the cinema Newark was particularly effective as Jessard, Sgt. Johnson's (Sean Connery) sidekick in the powerful police drama The Offence (Sidney Lumet 1972).

Ed McBain

NBC ran a police drama also called 87th Precinct during the 1961–62 season based on McBain's work.

Frank Holloway

Detective Senior Constable Frank Holloway (Francis James Holloway), born 25 June 1952, was a fictional character in the Australian police drama Water Rats who was portrayed by Colin Friels.

Giulia Michelini

She made her acting debut at the age of 17 in 2002 in the third season of the police drama series "Distretto di Polizia", which was televised by Mediaset's Canale 5.

Glen Michael

Michael also made an uncredited appearance as "Larry" in the police drama The Blue Lamp in 1950; he and his date witnessed the shooting of Jack Warner (Dixon of Dock Green) as they entered a cinema.

Harry South

He later branched out into session work, writing themes and incidental music for television and music libraries, including the theme tune for the 1970s ITV police drama, The Sweeney.

Ian Kelsey

On 9 December 2009 Kelsey appeared on magazine show This Morning, talking to presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby about his upcoming stint in long-running ITV1 police drama The Bill.

Ian Stenlake

Stenlake is perhaps best known for the role of Constable Oscar Stone which he played in the Australian police drama series Stingers from 1998 to 2002.

Isabella Ferrari

She is best known as the protagonist, Commissioner Giovanna Scalise in the police drama series Distretto di Polizia (Police District) and Distretto di Polizia 2 (Police District 2) which was televised on Mediaset's Canale 5 from 2000 to 2001.

Johnny Lockwood

Johnny Lockwood's daughter Joanna Lockwood née Walker, is an actor who appeared briefly in Number 96 in 1977 and followed this with a long-running role in police drama Cop Shop.

Jonesy

Evan 'Jonesy' Jones of Australian police drama series Blue Heelers

Kathy Jamieson

In her 2001/2002 role in BBC Police drama Merseybeat, she played “Dawn”, the wife of “Inspector Jim Oulton”, in turn played by her actual husband John McArdle.

Klea Scott

Scott made her network television debut on an episode of the CBS sitcom Cosby before accepting the regular role of Officer Nona Valentine on the CBS police drama Brooklyn South.

Love Won't Let Me Wait

Jazz vocalist Nancy Wilson performed a cover version of the song on a 1994 episode of the Fox police drama television series New York Undercover.

Mack Ray Edwards

In the final episode of television police drama The Shield which aired 25 November 2008, detective Dutch Wagenbach refers to Edwards while interrogating a teenager who he believes is a young serial killer, making the point that serial killers without a catchy nickname are easily forgotten by the general public.

Mal Young

He then moved on to become Head of Drama at the independent production company Pearson Television, where he oversaw work on ITV police drama The Bill and another soap opera, Channel 5's Family Affairs, which he created, and was Executive Producer on C5's legal drama series, the BAFTA nominated Wing And A Prayer.

Matilda Ziegler

Other television credits include Harbour Lights (1999), acting alongside Nick Berry, who also played her love interest, Simon Wicks, in EastEnders; Where the Heart Is (2000); Holby City (2003); Casualty; An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1998) and the ITV police drama, The Bill (2003), among others.

Michael Cassutt

From 1992 to 1993 Cassutt was producer and writer for the ABC police drama Sirens; he later wrote the two-part premier of the show's syndicated version with series creator Ann Lewis Hamilton.

Nicola Cowper

However, Cowper is possibly best known for playing D.S Helen Diamond in four series of the BBC's police drama, Dangerfield, between 1996 and 1999.

Oliver O'Dea

O'Dea subsequently starred in the 2004 film Asylum and had a guest role on American police drama NYPD Blue.

Peter Helm

That same year he was cast in the episode "Very Hard Sell" of the NBC police drama, 87th Precinct, in the role of Andy Cornell, son of a used car dealer (Tom Greenway), who is found dead.

Puffing Billy Railway

Solo One was a TV police drama series screened in 1976, filmed and set in Emerald, about a local (fictional) policeman dealing with crime in Emerald, however it was aimed at a younger audience than most Australian TV police dramas.

Richmond Power Station

Some scenes for Bangkok Hilton were shot there, some of which incongruously showed the Bryant and May Factory in the background, as were scenes for the police drama Phoenix.

Rodger Corser

From 2008-2010 Corser starred as Lawson Blake in the Australian police drama Rush, which follows the lives of members of the prestigious Tactical Response team (TR), which is based on the real life Victoria Police Critical Incident Response Team, a highly mobile unit that fills the operational gap between general duties police and the SWAT-like Special Operations Group.

Sarah Pinborough

In 2012, Pinborough wrote the second episode of the ninth series of the BBC TV police drama New Tricks.

The Taylan Brothers

They worked on other television projects such as Alacakaranlık, a police drama, and the comedy series Yabancı Damat (The Foreign Groom) filmed in Greece and Turkey.

Tommy Dysart

High-profile early roles included appearances in Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, Phoenix Five, and several roles in the Crawford Productions police drama series Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police.