"Mannix" (1967) TV series 1967-1975

Creators:

Richard Levinson
William Link
(more)

Seasons:

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

Release Date:

16 September 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Mannix worked originally for Wickersham at Intertect and then struck out on his own, assisted by Peggy Fair (whose cop-husband had been killed) and police department contact Tobias.

Plot Keywords:

Detective | 1970s | One Word Title | 1960s | Private Detective

Awards:

Won 4 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 30 nominations

Cast

Mike Connors	...	Joe Mannix (194 episodes, 1967-1975)
Gail Fisher	...	Peggy Fair (141 episodes, 1968-1975)
Ward Wood	...	Lt. Art Malcolm / ... (68 episodes, 1968-1975)

Series Directed by
Paul Krasny		(26 episodes, 1969-1974)
Sutton Roley		(16 episodes, 1968-1974)
Gerald Mayer		(13 episodes, 1967-1972)
Harry Harvey Jr.		(11 episodes, 1968-1974)
John Llewellyn Moxey		(10 episodes, 1968-1974)
Arnold Laven		(10 episodes, 1972-1974)
Leslie H. Martinson		(9 episodes, 1969-1974)
Don McDougall		(9 episodes, 1972-1974)
Reza Badiyi		(8 episodes, 1970-1975)
Leonard Horn		(7 episodes, 1967-1972)
Michael O'Herlihy		(7 episodes, 1968-1975)
Barry Crane		(6 episodes, 1968-1971)
Murray Golden		(5 episodes, 1967-1971)
John Meredyth Lucas		(5 episodes, 1967-1968)
Stuart Hagmann		(4 episodes, 1968-1969)
Alf Kjellin		(4 episodes, 1972-1974)
Allen Reisner		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)
Nicholas Webster		(3 episodes, 1970-1971)
Seymour Robbie		(3 episodes, 1970)
Bill Bixby		(3 episodes, 1975)
Corey Allen		(2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Harvey Hart		(2 episodes, 1970)
Jeffrey Hayden		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)

Series Writing credits
Bruce Geller		(194 episodes, 1967-1975)
Richard Levinson		(194 episodes, 1967-1975)
William Link		(194 episodes, 1967-1975)
Ben Roberts		(12 episodes, 1969-1975)
John Meredyth Lucas		(11 episodes, 1967-1974)
Chester Krumholz		(11 episodes, 1967-1973)
Stephen Kandel		(11 episodes, 1968-1973)
Donn Mullally		(10 episodes, 1969-1974)
Daniel B. Ullman		(8 episodes, 1969-1974)
Robert W. Lenski		(8 episodes, 1970-1973)
Ed Adamson		(7 episodes, 1969-1972)
Harold Medford		(7 episodes, 1970-1974)
Shimon Wincelberg		(6 episodes, 1969-1975)
Arthur Weiss		(5 episodes, 1968-1974)
Edward J. Lakso		(5 episodes, 1969-1974)
Frank Telford		(5 episodes, 1970-1975)
Robert Pirosh		(5 episodes, 1970-1974)
Barry Oringer		(4 episodes, 1967-1969)
Warren Duff		(4 episodes, 1968-1972)
Albert Beich		(4 episodes, 1969-1975)
Cliff Gould		(4 episodes, 1969-1971)
Ed Waters		(4 episodes, 1970-1974)
Karl Tunberg		(4 episodes, 1971-1975)
Dorothy Herald		(3 episodes, 1968)
Lionel E. Siegel		(3 episodes, 1969-1970)
Mann Rubin		(3 episodes, 1971-1973)
Alfred Hayes		(3 episodes, 1972-1975)
David P. Harmon		(3 episodes, 1972-1974)
Leigh Vance		(3 episodes, 1972)
Howard Browne		(2 episodes, 1967-1973)
Howard Dimsdale		(2 episodes, 1967-1969)
Lee Loeb		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
William H. Wright		(2 episodes, 1969-1973)
Barry Trivers		(2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Oliver Crawford		(2 episodes, 1970-1972)
Alfred Brenner		(2 episodes, 1970)
Don Brinkley		(2 episodes, 1970)
Merwin Gerard		(2 episodes, 1971-1974)
Martin Roth		(2 episodes, 1971-1974)
Ivan Goff		(2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Richard L. Breen Jr.		(2 episodes, 1973)
James T. Surtees		(2 episodes, 1973)
Bernard C. Schoenfeld		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Harold Livingston		(2 episodes, 1974)
Victor Canning		(2 episodes, 1975)

Series Produced by
Bruce Geller	....	executive producer / producer (194 episodes, 1967-1975)
Ben Roberts	....	producer (170 episodes, 1968-1975)
Ivan Goff	....	producer (169 episodes, 1968-1975)
Barry Crane	....	associate producer (45 episodes, 1967-1972)
Wilton Schiller	....	producer (23 episodes, 1967-1968)
Michael Jarvis	....	associate producer (4 episodes, 1974-1975)
Paul Krasny	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1974)

Series Original Music by
Richard Hazard		(16 episodes, 1967-1974)
Lalo Schifrin		(8 episodes, 1967-1975)
Richard Markowitz		(7 episodes, 1968-1972)
Jerry Fielding		(6 episodes, 1967-1970)
Robert Drasnin		(4 episodes, 1968-1971)
George Duning		(3 episodes, 1967-1971)
Jeff Alexander		(3 episodes, 1967-1969)
Fred Steiner		(3 episodes, 1969-1971)
Jacques Urbont		(2 episodes, 1967)
George Romanis		(2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Duane Tatro		(2 episodes, 1971-1972)

Series Cinematography by
Gert Andersen		(51 episodes, 1967-1975)
Gene Polito		(8 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Film Editing by
Neil MacDonald		(6 episodes, 1968-1973)
John Loeffler		(4 episodes, 1967-1972)
Paul Krasny		(3 episodes, 1967)
Bruce Schoengarth		(3 episodes, 1968)
Robert L. Swanson		(3 episodes, 1970-1975)
William Cairncross		(2 episodes, 1968)
Robert Watts		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Joseph D'Agosta		(20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Ramsay King		(10 episodes, 1970-1973)
Marsha Kleinman		(2 episodes, 1973-1975)

Series Art Direction by
Jan Van Tamelen		(50 episodes, 1967-1975)

Series Set Decoration by
Fred Price		(12 episodes, 1969-1973)
John Burton		(9 episodes, 1967-1968)
James Roach		(2 episodes, 1968)

Series Makeup Department
Christine George	....	hair stylist (28 episodes, 1967-1975)
Jack Obringer	....	makeup artist (27 episodes, 1967-1975)

Series Production Management
Herbert F. Solow	....	executive in charge of production (24 episodes, 1967-1968)
John A. Fegan Jr.	....	post-production supervisor (11 episodes, 1971-1975)
Michael P. Schoenbrun	....	production manager (11 episodes, 1971-1975)
Bill Derwin	....	production manager (10 episodes, 1968-1969)
William Cairncross	....	executive in charge of post-production / in charge of post-production (6 episodes, 1970-1972)
Paul Krasny	....	in charge of post-production / executive in charge of post-production (3 episodes, 1968-1969)
Ric Rondell	....	production manager (2 episodes, 1969)
Robert L. Swanson	....	post-production supervisor (2 episodes, 1969)
Jack Sonntag	....	production supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rowe Wallerstein	....	assistant director (17 episodes, 1967-1974)
Ted Butcher	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1971-1973)
Ric Rondell	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1967-1968)
John M. Poer	....	first assistant director / second assistant director (unknown episodes, 1974)
Barry Stern	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Arthur Wasson	....	supervising property master / property master (15 episodes, 1967-1973)
Donald B. Nunley	....	property master (2 episodes, 1968)

Series Sound Department
Tommy Thompson	....	production mixer / production sound mixer / ... (14 episodes, 1967-1969)
Joseph G. Sorokin	....	supervising sound editor (12 episodes, 1967-1968)
Don Rush	....	production mixer / production sound mixer (12 episodes, 1970-1975)
Gordon L. Day	....	re-recording mixer / sound re-recording mixer (8 episodes, 1968-1969)
Elden Ruberg	....	re-recording mixer / sound re-recording mixer (6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Edward L. Sandlin	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Jim Bullock	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
John Burke	....	special effects (11 episodes, 1968-1973)

Series Stunts
Charlie Picerni	....	stunt coordinator / stunt double: Mike Connors / ... (20 episodes, 1968-1974)
Dick Ziker	....	stunt coordinator (12 episodes, 1970-1975)
Jesse Wayne	....	stunt double / stunt double: Eddie Firestone (2 episodes, 1972-1973)
May Boss	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Carol Daniels	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Lee Faulkner	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Hal Needham	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
George Orrison	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bill M. Ryusaki	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Forrest T. Butler	....	supervising costumer / costume supervisor (12 episodes, 1967-1969)
Dodie Shepard	....	costume supervisor: women / costume supervisor / ... (10 episodes, 1967-1968)
Michael Tierney	....	costumer / supervising costumer (9 episodes, 1970-1975)
Agnes G. Henry	....	costume supervisor: women / costumer: women (3 episodes, 1971-1972)
Grace Harris	....	costume supervisor: women / costumer: women (2 episodes, 1969-1970)

Series Editorial Department
Paul Krasny	....	in charge of post production / supervising editor / ... (25 episodes, 1967-1970)
Michael Vejar	....	editorial coordinator (2 episodes, 1969)

Series Music Department
Lalo Schifrin	....	composer: theme music / composer: stock music / ... (59 episodes, 1967-1975)
Robert H. Raff	....	music editor (25 episodes, 1967-1975)
Kenyon Hopkins	....	music supervisor (10 episodes, 1970-1973)
Richard Hazard	....	conductor (6 episodes, 1967-1974)
Jerry Fielding	....	conductor (4 episodes, 1967-1968)
Richard Markowitz	....	conductor (4 episodes, 1968-1969)
Jeff Alexander	....	conductor (2 episodes, 1967)

Series Transportation Department
Ed Chamey	....	vehicles / vehicle coordinator (14 episodes, 1967-1970)
Chris Haynes	....	driver / production driver (4 episodes, 1973-1974)

Series Other crew
Douglas S. Cramer	....	executive vice president in charge of production (74 episodes, 1968-1971)
Harry Harvey Jr.	....	script supervisor (23 episodes, 1967-1975)
Howard Dimsdale	....	script consultant (23 episodes, 1967-1968)
Philip D. Fehrle	....	assistant to executive producer / production coordinator (19 episodes, 1967-1969)
Ivan Goff	....	executive story consultant (14 episodes, 1973-1975)
Ben Roberts	....	executive story consultant (14 episodes, 1973-1975)
Michael Jarvis	....	production coordinator / location manager (6 episodes, 1970-1973)
Dale Tarter	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 1969-1970)
George Barris	....	car customizer: Mannix Roadster (unknown episodes)
Jane Ficker	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Desilu Productions (1967-1968)
• Norway Corporation
• Paramount Television (1968-1975)

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1967-1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Television (1979) (worldwide) (TV)
• CBS Paramount Domestic Television (2006) (USA) (TV)
• CBS Paramount International Television (2004) (non-USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Botany 500  wardrobe
• Chevrolet Motor Company-GMC Division  automobile furnishing
• Chrysler Corporation  automobile furnishing

Also Known As:

Runtime:

60 min (154 episodes) | USA:52 min (194 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Desilu Productions

Trivia:

The role of Peggy Fair was intended for Nichelle Nichols but she was forced to withdraw due to her commitment to "Star Trek" (1966).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mitchell (#6.12)" (1993)

Connors' Finest Role, as Rugged P.I.

Despite over thirty films to his credit, Mike Connors will be best remembered for his television work. In 1959, he created a sensation as the undercover agent with the hidden gun behind his back, in "Tightrope", and in 1967, at 42, he introduced one of the most popular detectives in television history, "Mannix".

The initial concept of the series was intriguing; a high-tech investigative agency, Intertect, headed by Joseph Campanella, possessed all the tools to analyze and fight crime, except one; a P.I.'s instincts, that ability to play hunches and make correct decisions by 'gut feeling'. So they hired the best veteran private eye in the business, Joe Mannix, and utilized his services whenever the 'human touch' was required, while backing him with all their resources.

While the Intertect episodes were often imaginative, and Connors and Campanella had good chemistry, CBS quickly realized that the program's fans were watching because of the rugged Mannix, who, each week, despite being beaten, tortured, drugged or worse, managed to emerge victorious. So Campanella and Intertect were dropped by the second season, and Mannix returned to more traditional digs, accompanied by a new secretary, Peggy Fair (Gail Fisher), the widow of a cop. With aid from his 'buddies' on the Force (Robert Wood, Jack Ging, and "Brady Bunch" patriarch, Robert Reed), Joe Mannix would take on cases as simple as petty theft, to unsolved murders, while still taking more than his share of abuse each week.

With his chiseled features and thick jet-black hair, Mannix was a hero attractive enough to appeal to women, yet tough enough to keep men watching, as well. Fiercely loyal to his Greek heritage and many friends, a sucker for a 'hard luck' story, and with a well-stocked (and used) medicine cabinet, the series 'fit' like a pair of well-worn, comfortable shoes, and audiences quickly developed a viewing habit that would last seven more seasons, until 1975. The success of "Mannix" would open the door for a whole new generation of 'gumshoes' that followed, from "Cannon" and "Barnaby Jones", to "The Rockford Files" and "Magnum, P.I."

It is a heritage that Mike Connors can be proud of!