Source: Good News Network
55 years ago today, The Fugitive first aired on ABC. The American drama series starred David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble, a physician who is wrongfully convicted of his wife’s murder and sentenced to receive the death penalty. Nominated for five Emmy Awards, it won for Outstanding Dramatic Series in 1966, before ending the following year.
Produced by Quinn Martin, it appeared on the 2002 TV Guide list of The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. CHECK OUT the who’s who of actors that made guest appearances throughout the 120 episodes and WATCH the last 5 mins of the series… (1963)Typically, The Fugitive was able to attract two or more guest stars per episode, legends from stage and screen, and often they would play different characters in multiple episodes. They included: Robert Duvall, Mickey Rooney, Dabney Coleman, Ed Asner, William Shatner, Telly Savalas, Ed Begley, Jack Klugman, Leslie Nielsen, Kurt Russell, Charles Bronson, Ossie Davis, Angie Dickinson, Diane Ladd, Hope Lange, Carol Lawrence, Carroll O’Connor, Vin Scully, Brenda Vaccaro, and Tuesday Weld.
It was not until episode 14, that viewers were offered the full details of Richard Kimble’s plight. A series of flashbacks revealed the fateful night of Helen Kimble’s death, and a glimpse of the “One-Armed Man” that Kimble saw running from the vicinity of his home that evening. Janssen’s understated performance earned him three Emmy nominations for best actor in a TV drama.
More Good News on this date:
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- The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, was unveiled by NASA–with the cast…
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