One hundred years ago on Sunday, 22 May, a certain Irwin Martin Cohn was born in New York City. We all know him as powerhouse television producer Quinn Martin, who produced The FBI. Mr. Martin began his show business career as a scriptwriter in the early 1950s, and in the sound department. He started work…
More anniversaries …
J. Edgar Hoover Today, 2 May, marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of J. Edgar Hoover, at age 77. For better or worse, he was the one who created the modern bureau, and brought it to international prominence as a law enforcement agency. Born on 1 January 1895 in Washington, DC, he lived his…
On this night in 1966 …
Monday night on 28 March 1966. ABC was trying to recompose itself after a disastrous fall season in 1965 with what it called The Second Season. Leading the slate of new shows was a superhero show, Batman, which had debuted two months earlier. Other new shows were introduced at that time as well, including one…
Philip Abbott: An appreciation!
He, too, appeared in all 241 episodes! Had Philip Abbott lived, he would have turned 98 on Sunday, 20 March. The OTHER regular actor besides Efrem Zimbalist Jr. who appeared in all 241 episodes seems to get a little overlooked. But his background shows that he did fine work indeed. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska as…
Happy 90th, William Reynolds!!!
Leading man from 1967 to 1973, he was in all nine seasons William Reynolds, who played Special Agent Tom Colby from 1967 to 1973, and was in all nine seasons of the series, has a special birthday today. Born 9 December 1931 in Los Angeles, he turns 90, and is the last male lead actor…
Remembering Efrem …
Also, we have over 1000 likes on Facebook! Today marks the 103rd anniversary of the birth of Efrem Zimbalist Jr., the lead actor on The FBI for all of its nine seasons. It’s hard to believe how the time has passed by, but it has. And it’s also amazing that it was only seven years…
This week in 1966
We ran across this on Facebook today. This ad ran in TV Guide’s southern Texas editions, and has a fictitious quote from Inspector Lewis Erskine concerning The Tammy Grimes Show. It surprises us if J. Edgar Hoover didn’t raise a flap about this. The Tammy Grimes Show was pulled after four episodes because it was…
Comparison video, 1965 and 2019
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood (2019) is a movie we all enjoy. One special feature is that the lead character, Rick Dalton (played by Leonard DiCaprio) has had hard times by the time 1969 arrives, and has to do a guest spot on … you guessed it, The FBI. The new footage is woven…
Fifty-five years ago today …
Remembering the season debuts on the series The second season of The FBI debuted on 18 September 1966. This marked the first time that Marvin Miller would provide opening and closing narration on the series. The episode itself, “The Price of Death,” was a very strong start to the season. It would also be the…
RIP Peter Mark Richman (1927-2021)
We don’t often post about guest stars, since there were SO MANY of them on the series. But we have to share the news that frequent guest star Peter Mark Richman died on 14 January 2021 at age 93. We had the chance to meet this multi-talented performer at a Twilight Zone convention in New…