"Ironside" (1967) TV series 1967-1975

Creator:

Collier Young
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

14 September 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

The chief of detectives!

Plot:

Wheelchair-bound detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Policewoman | Wheelchair | Van | San Francisco California

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

Raymond Burr	...	Robert T. Ironside / ... (194 episodes, 1967-1975)
Don Galloway	...	Det. Sgt. Ed Brown / ... (194 episodes, 1967-1975)
Don Mitchell	...	Mark Sanger / ... (194 episodes, 1967-1975)
Barbara Anderson	...	Officer Eve Whitfield / ... (105 episodes, 1967-1971)
Elizabeth Baur	...	Fran Belding / ... (89 episodes, 1971-1975)

Series Directed by
Don Weis		(58 episodes, 1967-1975)
Don McDougall		(14 episodes, 1968-1975)
Russ Mayberry		(11 episodes, 1972-1974)
Charles S. Dubin		(9 episodes, 1967-1974)
Anton Leader		(8 episodes, 1967-1969)
Abner Biberman		(8 episodes, 1968-1970)
John Florea		(7 episodes, 1969-1971)
Barry Shear		(6 episodes, 1968-1974)
Richard Benedict		(4 episodes, 1969-1970)
Daniel Haller		(4 episodes, 1972-1974)
David Friedkin		(4 episodes, 1973-1974)
James Sheldon		(3 episodes, 1967-1968)
Leonard Horn		(3 episodes, 1968-1972)
Richard A. Colla		(3 episodes, 1968)
James Neilson		(3 episodes, 1970-1971)
Leslie H. Martinson		(3 episodes, 1971)
Jeffrey Hayden		(3 episodes, 1972-1975)
Jerry Jameson		(3 episodes, 1973-1975)
Alvin Ganzer		(3 episodes, 1973-1974)
Ralph Senensky		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Jeannot Szwarc		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Allen Reisner		(2 episodes, 1969)
Daniel Petrie		(2 episodes, 1970-1972)
Corey Allen		(2 episodes, 1970-1971)
David Lowell Rich		(2 episodes, 1970)
Alf Kjellin		(2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Arnold Laven		(2 episodes, 1972-1974)
Raymond Burr		(2 episodes, 1972)
Christian I. Nyby II		(2 episodes, 1972)
Boris Sagal		(2 episodes, 1974)

Series Writing credits
Collier Young		(194 episodes, 1967-1975)
Sy Salkowitz		(32 episodes, 1967-1973)
Donn Mullally		(8 episodes, 1967-1971)
James Doherty		(8 episodes, 1973-1975)
William D. Gordon		(8 episodes, 1973-1975)
Irv Pearlberg		(6 episodes, 1969-1974)
Don Mankiewicz		(5 episodes, 1967-1968)
Robert Earll		(5 episodes, 1968-1971)
William Douglas Lansford		(5 episodes, 1969-1973)
Frank Telford		(5 episodes, 1969-1972)
Francine Carroll		(5 episodes, 1970-1974)
Michael Butler		(5 episodes, 1972-1974)
Christopher Trumbo		(5 episodes, 1972-1974)
Arthur Weingarten		(4 episodes, 1967-1970)
Richard H. Landau		(4 episodes, 1968-1973)
Norman Katkov		(4 episodes, 1968-1970)
Max Hodge		(4 episodes, 1971)
True Boardman		(3 episodes, 1967-1974)
Norman Jolley		(3 episodes, 1968-1974)
Bill S. Ballinger		(3 episodes, 1968-1972)
Robert Pirosh		(3 episodes, 1968-1971)
Sandy Stern		(3 episodes, 1970)
David P. Harmon		(3 episodes, 1972-1974)
Robert Van Scoyk		(2 episodes, 1967-1972)
Jeannot Szwarc		(2 episodes, 1967-1969)
Don Brinkley		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Stephen Kandel		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Stephen Lord		(2 episodes, 1968-1972)
John McGreevey		(2 episodes, 1968-1971)
Brad Radnitz		(2 episodes, 1968-1970)
Carey Wilber		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Brett Halliday		(2 episodes, 1968)
Robert Hamner		(2 episodes, 1969-1974)
Richard Shapiro		(2 episodes, 1969-1971)
Irve Tunick		(2 episodes, 1969)
Frank Chase		(2 episodes, 1970-1973)
Stephen J. Cannell		(2 episodes, 1970-1971)
Mark Rodgers		(2 episodes, 1970-1971)
Edward DeBlasio		(2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Michael Fisher		(2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Adrian Spies		(2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Robert I. Holt		(2 episodes, 1974)
Anthony Lawrence		(2 episodes, 1974)
Jimmy Sangster		(2 episodes, 1974)
Steven Bochco		(unknown episodes)
Lou Morheim		(unknown episodes)
Dirk Wayne Summers		(unknown episodes)
Phyllis White		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Cy Chermak	....	executive producer / producer (145 episodes, 1967-1974)
Jeannot Szwarc	....	associate producer / producer (53 episodes, 1967-1969)
Douglas Benton	....	producer (37 episodes, 1968-1972)
Albert Aley	....	producer (32 episodes, 1969-1975)
Frank Price	....	executive producer (27 episodes, 1967-1968)
Jay Benson	....	associate producer / assistant producer / ... (23 episodes, 1970-1974)
Joel Rogosin	....	executive producer / producer (22 episodes, 1969-1975)
Winston Miller	....	producer (22 episodes, 1969-1972)
Paul Mason	....	producer (14 episodes, 1968-1969)
Norman Jolley	....	producer (11 episodes, 1973-1975)
James Duff McAdams	....	producer (7 episodes, 1967-1968)
Lou Morheim	....	producer (7 episodes, 1972-1974)
Collier Young	....	executive producer (5 episodes, 1967-1968)
John Choy	....	producer (5 episodes, 1973-1974)
David J. O'Connell	....	producer (2 episodes, 1967)

Series Original Music by
Oliver Nelson		(60 episodes, 1967-1974)
Marty Paich		(36 episodes, 1972-1974)
Quincy Jones		(12 episodes, 1967-1968)
Benny Carter		(3 episodes, 1967-1970)
Billy Goldenberg		(3 episodes, 1968-1971)
Robert Prince		(3 episodes, 1974)
Elliot Kaplan		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)

Series Cinematography by
Bud Thackery		(147 episodes, 1968-1975)
Lionel Lindon		(13 episodes, 1967-1968)
William Margulies		(6 episodes, 1967-1969)
Ray Flin		(3 episodes, 1967-1968)
Benjamin H. Kline		(2 episodes, 1967)

Series Film Editing by
Edward W. Williams		(61 episodes, 1967-1974)
John Elias		(19 episodes, 1970-1974)
Douglas Stewart		(11 episodes, 1967-1973)
Tony Martinelli		(8 episodes, 1968-1971)
Edward Haire		(7 episodes, 1967-1968)
Richard M. Sprague		(6 episodes, 1967-1973)
Howard Epstein		(6 episodes, 1969-1975)
Richard Bracken		(5 episodes, 1968-1973)
Larry Lester		(5 episodes, 1969-1970)
Buddy Small		(4 episodes, 1968-1974)
Edward M. Abroms		(4 episodes, 1968-1969)
Robert L. Kimble		(3 episodes, 1969-1973)
Ronald LaVine		(3 episodes, 1969-1970)
Howard Terrill		(3 episodes, 1971-1974)
Robert F. Shugrue		(3 episodes, 1971-1972)
Arnold Baker		(3 episodes, 1974)
Jean Jacques Berthelot		(2 episodes, 1968-1971)
Albert J.J. Zúñiga		(2 episodes, 1970)

Series Art Direction by
Lloyd S. Papez		(150 episodes, 1967-1975)
Howard E. Johnson		(5 episodes, 1967)
William D. DeCinces		(2 episodes, 1968)

Series Set Decoration by
John McCarthy Jr.		(76 episodes, 1967-1970)
Joseph Reith		(65 episodes, 1967-1970)
James M. Walters Sr.		(31 episodes, 1971-1973)
Joseph J. Stone		(31 episodes, 1973-1975)
Mickey S. Michaels		(11 episodes, 1970)
Bert F. Allen		(3 episodes, 1972-1973)

Series Makeup Department
Larry Germain	....	hair stylist (89 episodes, 1967-1971)
Bud Westmore	....	makeup artist (89 episodes, 1967-1971)

Series Production Management
Wilbur Mosier	....	unit manager (123 episodes, 1968-1975)
George Lollier	....	unit manager (23 episodes, 1967-1968)
Henry Kline	....	unit manager (7 episodes, 1967-1972)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christian I. Nyby II	....	assistant director (30 episodes, 1969-1972)
Gene Law	....	assistant director (26 episodes, 1969-1971)
Joe Boston	....	assistant director (22 episodes, 1967-1969)
Chuck Lowry	....	assistant director (16 episodes, 1973-1975)
James A. Westman	....	assistant director (13 episodes, 1971-1973)
Tom Blank	....	assistant director (12 episodes, 1973-1975)
James M. Walters Jr.	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1968)
Carl Beringer	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1967-1968)
Joseph C. Cavalier	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1967-1968)
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1967-1968)
Brad H. Aronson	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1973)
Frank Losee	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Jack Doran	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1967)
Lou Watt	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Frank H. Wilkinson	....	sound (94 episodes, 1969-1975)
David H. Moriarty	....	sound (28 episodes, 1967-1969)
Earl Crain Jr.	....	sound (23 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Visual Effects by
Albert Whitlock	....	special photographic effects (1 episode, 1972)

Series Stunts
Jesse Wayne	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1967-1969)
Bob Herron	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Kim Kahana	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Hubie Kerns	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Dean Smith	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Randall Robinson	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Grady Hunt	....	costumes / costume supervisor / ... (157 episodes, 1967-1975)

Series Editorial Department
Richard Belding	....	editorial supervision / editorial supervisor (164 episodes, 1967-1975)
Robert Brower	....	color coordinator (81 episodes, 1967-1971)
Joe Boston	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Quincy Jones	....	composer: theme music (187 episodes, 1967-1975)
Stanley Wilson	....	music supervisor / music supervision / ... (80 episodes, 1967-1970)
Hal Mooney	....	music supervision (44 episodes, 1972-1975)
Carol Parks	....	vocals (2 episodes, 1973)
Billy Goldenberg	....	musical cues (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Frank Khoury	....	driver (1 episode, 1968)
Chris Haynes	....	production driver (1 episode, 1969)

Series Other crew
Robert Benevides	....	production executive: Harbour Productions Unlimited (106 episodes, 1969-1975)
Albert Aley	....	story editor (68 episodes, 1968-1972)
Leonard H. White	....	production executive: Harbour Productions Unlimited (53 episodes, 1967-1969)
Norman Jolley	....	story editor (28 episodes, 1972-1974)

Production Companies

• Harbour Productions Limited
• Universal TV

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1967-1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (199?) (USA) (VHS)
• Shout! Factory (2007) (USA) (DVD) (first & second seasons)
• Studios USA Television

Other Companies

• Universal Title  titles and optical effects

Also Known As:

The Raymond Burr Show (USA) (syndication title)

Runtime:

60 min (199 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Harbour Productions Limited

Trivia:

Besides the injuries to his eyes, Raymond Burr suffered great physical stress from being in the wheelchair for extended periods of time.

Quotes:

Robert T. Ironside: I... LIKE... burned toast.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Eizeh Yofi Shel Tzarot! (1976)

Burr had another hit with this one !

I lived in San Francisco from 1964-1980 and had a great fondness for the city. Raymond Burr had an immediate hit with this show and I enjoyed it immensely. It was always interesting to see the shots of where Mark Sanger was driving and how they would cut to a studio set when they got out of the van. I always wondered how they made the old Hall of Justice look like it was still on Montgomery Street when it had been torn down by the start of the series.

Another enjoyment was the development of the characters, particularly Mark Sanger who went from an uneducated street punk to a cop and then an attorney over the years.

Barbara Anderson got an Emmy for her work on the series as I recall.

If you look at the guest star list, there are a lot of character actors on it who appeared in everything from the 50's to the 80's including Richar Anderson, Michael Conrad, and Jack Soo.

An exciting show and I find little on TV today which makes me want to watch it every week like I did with Ironside.

George Senda Martinez, Ca