"Starsky and Hutch" (1975) TV series 1975-1979

Creator:

William Blinn
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

10 September 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino with the help of police snitch called Huggy Bear.

Plot Keywords:

Ford Torino | Police | Fictional City | Buddy Cop | Southern California

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

David Soul	...	Det. Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Paul Michael Glaser	...	Det. Dave Starsky (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Antonio Fargas	...	Huggy Bear (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Bernie Hamilton	...	Capt. Harold Dobey (88 episodes, 1975-1979)

Series Directed by
George McCowan		(12 episodes, 1976-1977)
Earl Bellamy		(9 episodes, 1976-1979)
Bob Kelljan		(8 episodes, 1975-1978)
Don Weis		(7 episodes, 1975-1977)
Paul Michael Glaser		(5 episodes, 1977-1979)
Sutton Roley		(5 episodes, 1977-1979)
Rick Edelstein		(5 episodes, 1977-1978)
Jack Starrett		(3 episodes, 1975-1977)
Fernando Lamas		(3 episodes, 1975-1976)
David Soul		(3 episodes, 1977-1979)
Georg Stanford Brown		(3 episodes, 1977)
Leo Penn		(3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Randal Kleiser		(2 episodes, 1975-1976)
William Crain		(2 episodes, 1975)
Michael Schultz		(2 episodes, 1975)
Ivan Nagy		(2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Charlie Picerni		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Reza Badiyi		(2 episodes, 1978)
Arthur Marks		(2 episodes, 1978)
Nicholas Sgarro		(2 episodes, 1978)

Series Writing credits
William Blinn		(89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Rick Edelstein		(9 episodes, 1977-1979)
Robert E. Swanson		(8 episodes, 1978-1979)
Ron Friedman		(7 episodes, 1976-1978)
Edward J. Lakso		(6 episodes, 1975-1977)
Michael Fisher		(6 episodes, 1975-1976)
Joe Reb Moffly		(5 episodes, 1977-1979)
Robert Dellinger		(5 episodes, 1978-1979)
Fred Freiberger		(4 episodes, 1975-1978)
Robert I. Holt		(4 episodes, 1975-1977)
Michael Mann		(4 episodes, 1975-1977)
Don Rene Patterson		(4 episodes, 1976-1978)
Parke Perine		(3 episodes, 1975-1977)
Robert Earll		(3 episodes, 1976-1978)
Steve Fisher		(3 episodes, 1976-1977)
Benjamin Masselink		(3 episodes, 1976-1977)
Tim Maschler		(3 episodes, 1977-1978)
Rick Kelbaugh		(3 episodes, 1978-1979)
David P. Harmon		(2 episodes, 1975-1977)
Jeff Kanter		(2 episodes, 1975-1977)
James Schmerer		(2 episodes, 1975-1977)
Amanda J. Green		(2 episodes, 1976-1979)
Anthony Yerkovich		(2 episodes, 1977-1978)
William Douglas Lansford		(2 episodes, 1977)
Steven Nalevansky		(2 episodes, 1979)

Series Produced by
Leonard Goldberg	....	executive producer (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Aaron Spelling	....	executive producer (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Michael Hiatt	....	associate producer (42 episodes, 1976-1979)
Joseph T. Naar	....	producer (34 episodes, 1975-1979)
John R. Hansen	....	associate producer (19 episodes, 1975-1976)
Parke Perine	....	associate producer (15 episodes, 1975-1976)
Adrian Samish	....	supervising producer (11 episodes, 1975)
Shelley Hull	....	associate producer (4 episodes, 1975)

Series Original Music by
Mark Snow		(11 episodes, 1977-1979)
Shorty Rogers		(9 episodes, 1976-1979)
Murray MacLeod		(6 episodes, 1975-1979)
Jack Elliott		(5 episodes, 1975-1978)
Allyn Ferguson		(5 episodes, 1975-1978)
James Prigmore		(5 episodes, 1975-1977)
Lalo Schifrin		(3 episodes, 1975)
Andrew Kulberg		(3 episodes, 1977-1979)
Alan Silvestri		(3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Mundell Lowe		(2 episodes, 1975-1978)
J.J. Johnson		(2 episodes, 1975)
Tom Scott		(2 episodes, 1976)
J.A.C. Redford		(1 episode, 1979)

Series Cinematography by
Travers Hill		(29 episodes, 1975-1977)
Jimmy L. Albert		(14 episodes, 1978-1979)
Keith C. Smith		(10 episodes, 1977-1978)
Eduardo Ricci		(6 episodes, 1978)
Ted D. Landon		(2 episodes, 1977)

Series Film Editing by
George W. Brooks		(22 episodes, 1975-1979)
Robert Moore		(12 episodes, 1975-1977)
Asa Boyd Clark		(11 episodes, 1977-1979)
Jules Nayfack		(6 episodes, 1975-1976)
Howard Kunin		(6 episodes, 1978-1979)
Donald R. Rode		(4 episodes, 1976-1977)
Ray Daniels		(4 episodes, 1977-1978)
Jodie Copelan		(3 episodes, 1975)
Jerry Dronsky		(3 episodes, 1976)
Fabien D. Tordjmann		(2 episodes, 1975)
Allan Jacobs		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Casting by
Joel Thurm		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Paul Sylos		(32 episodes, 1976-1979)
James J. Agazzi		(20 episodes, 1978-1979)
Steven P. Sardanis		(15 episodes, 1975-1976)
Frank Swig		(11 episodes, 1977-1978)
Archie J. Bacon		(5 episodes, 1975)

Series Set Decoration by
Dave L. Love		(35 episodes, 1975-1979)
Hal Overell		(9 episodes, 1975-1976)
Don Greenwood Jr.		(6 episodes, 1979)
Bob Signorelli		(5 episodes, 1975)
Herman N. Schoenbrun		(2 episodes, 1975)
Jeff Haley		(2 episodes, 1977)

Series Costume Design by
Dave Rawley		(21 episodes, 1976-1979)
Judy Sabel		(9 episodes, 1978-1979)
Kathleen Gale		(9 episodes, 1978)

Series Makeup Department
Layne Britton	....	makeup artist (60 episodes, 1975-1979)
Gerry Leetch	....	hair stylist (28 episodes, 1975-1977)
Walter Schenk	....	makeup artist (20 episodes, 1978-1979)
Andrea Mizu	....	hair stylist (17 episodes, 1978-1979)
Jim Gillespie	....	key makeup artist (10 episodes, 1975-1976)
Ann Wadlington	....	hair stylist (4 episodes, 1977)
Michael Corsentino	....	hair stylist (3 episodes, 1978)
Naomi Cavin	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1975)
Carol Meikle	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Carol Pershing	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1978)
Josee Nachbaur	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1979)

Series Production Management
Norman Henry	....	executive production manager (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Dick Reilly	....	post-production supervisor (49 episodes, 1976-1979)
Al Kraus	....	supervising production manager (31 episodes, 1977-1979)
Wilbur D'Arcy	....	production manager (25 episodes, 1978-1979)
Dick Glassman	....	production manager (19 episodes, 1975-1976)
Russel Wiles	....	post-production supervisor (13 episodes, 1975-1976)
Robert M. Beche	....	production manager (11 episodes, 1976-1977)
G. Warren Smith	....	production manager (5 episodes, 1977-1978)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charlie Picerni	....	second unit director (61 episodes, 1976-1979)
John Morrison	....	assistant director (14 episodes, 1975-1977)
Lou Watt	....	assistant director / first assistant director (14 episodes, 1978-1979)
John D. Benson	....	assistant director (11 episodes, 1975-1976)
Walter Donahue	....	second assistant director (10 episodes, 1978-1979)
Kathy Slakey	....	second assistant director (10 episodes, 1978)
Skip Surguine	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 1978-1979)
Wilbur D'Arcy	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1976-1977)
Jack Oliver	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1977-1978)
Gene Law	....	assistant director / first assistant director (3 episodes, 1978)
John Ashley Hamilton	....	trainee director (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
Gary LaPoten	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Claudia Gilligan Ivanjack	....	paint gang boss / painter (81 episodes, 1975-1979)
Bob Henderson	....	property master (42 episodes, 1976-1979)
Gordon Kirschbaum	....	supervising construction coordinator / construction coordinator (32 episodes, 1975-1979)
Ernest Depew	....	construction coordinator (22 episodes, 1975-1977)
John Hollis	....	construction coordinator (20 episodes, 1978-1979)
Jerry McFarland	....	property master (19 episodes, 1975-1976)
Earl Capello	....	construction foreman / construction coordinator (11 episodes, 1977-1978)
Paul Sylos	....	supervising art director (10 episodes, 1977-1978)
Jesse Stone	....	construction coordinator (8 episodes, 1975)

Series Sound Department
Blake Wilcox	....	sound engineer (36 episodes, 1977-1979)
Glenn E. Anderson	....	sound engineer (22 episodes, 1975-1976)
Stan Gordon	....	sound engineer / sound mixer (4 episodes, 1975-1976)
Armond Ghzanian	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Greg P. Russell	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Dutch Van Derbyl	....	special effects (89 episodes, 1975-1979)

Series Stunts
Charlie Picerni	....	stunt coordinator / stunt double: Paul Michael Glaser / ... (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Matthew Norris	....	stunt double: Mark Davis (33 episodes, 1977-1979)
Darlene Tompkins	....	stunt double: Justine O'Neil (19 episodes, 1975-1978)
Gary Epper	....	stunt double: David Soul / stunt driver: David Soul (14 episodes, 1975-1977)
Denny Arnold	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
May Boss	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Eldon Burke	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
David S. Cass Sr.	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Ted Grossman	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Chuck Hicks	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bob Minor	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Frank Orsatti	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steve Vandeman	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Scott Hamilton	....	still photographer (81 episodes, 1975-1979)
J.B. Richner	....	lighting technician (20 episodes, 1978-1979)
Rolf Mendez	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Joel Thurm	....	casting supervisor (32 episodes, 1976-1979)
Susan Newell	....	casting supervisor (11 episodes, 1975-1976)
Linda Otto	....	casting supervisor (6 episodes, 1975)
Stephen Kolzak	....	casting supervisor (6 episodes, 1979)
Boland Wilson	....	casting supervisor (3 episodes, 1977)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dave Rawley	....	costumes / wardrobe (39 episodes, 1975-1979)
Melissa Franz	....	costumes (8 episodes, 1977-1978)
Janet Strong	....	costumes (6 episodes, 1976-1977)
Judy Sabel	....	costumes / wardrobe (4 episodes, 1977-1979)
Lynette Bernay	....	costumes (2 episodes, 1976)

Series Editorial Department
Arnold Baker	....	assistant post-production supervisor (54 episodes, 1977-1979)
Virgil E. Hammond III	....	post-production (8 episodes, 1977)

Series Music Department
Rocky Moriana	....	music supervisor (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Steve Livingston	....	music editor / composer: additional music (77 episodes, 1975-1979)
Tom Scott	....	composer: theme music (60 episodes, 1976-1979)
Lalo Schifrin	....	composer: theme music (22 episodes, 1975-1976)
Mark Snow	....	composer: theme music (6 episodes, 1977-1979)

Series Transportation Department
Stanley Storc	....	driver (23 episodes, 1975-1976)
Linda Cipperley	....	transportation (23 episodes, 1977)
Steve Bonner	....	picture car mechanic (15 episodes, 1975)
Chris Haynes	....	driver / production driver (12 episodes, 1975-1976)
Frank Khoury	....	transportation captain (4 episodes, 1975)

Series Other crew
Doris DeHerdt	....	script supervisor (40 episodes, 1976-1979)
Rick Edelstein	....	story editor / story consultant (30 episodes, 1977-1979)
Michael Fisher	....	story editor (28 episodes, 1976-1978)
Amanda J. Green	....	assistant to producer / assistant to the producer (20 episodes, 1978-1979)
Winnie Rich	....	script supervisor (15 episodes, 1975-1976)
Robert Lewin	....	story editor (3 episodes, 1975)
Harry Harvey Jr.	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1975)
Sheila Lynch	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1978)

Production Companies

• Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1975-1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• AXN (2009-2010) (Hungary) (TV) (re-release) (on AXN Crime)
• Columbia Pictures Television
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004-2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 1 and 2)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 3)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Television
• Nelonen (2006) (Finland) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 4)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (complete first & second seasons)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (complete third season)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (complete fourth season)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)
• Veronica Omroep Organisatie (1976-19??) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• Ford Motor Company  automobiles furnished by
• Panavision  lenses and Panaflex® Camera by
• 20th Century Fox Studios  filming location

Also Known As:

Runtime:

60 min (88 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | UK:15 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

LBPD Headquarters - 400 W Broadway, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Trivia:

In the pilot Starsky uses a Baretta 9mm automatic pistol and Hutch a Smith & Wesson .38 Special revolver. In the regular series, Starsky has swapped to a Colt .45 and Hutch a Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver. Hutch's handgun is actually the same weapon used by David Soul's vigilante cop character in the Dirty Harry film Magnum Force (1973).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Frequently throughout the series, a criminal will be seen using a revolver with a silencer attached. A silencer is useless on a revolver (except for the Russian Nagant M1895) as the sound of the gunshot will escape through the cylinder gap, the space between the front of the cylinder and the muzzle.

Quotes:

[Starsky is driving a car with a bomb in the trunk]
Det. Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson:[yells] Get him the hell out o' here!
Det. Dave Starsky:[checks watch] Come on, for *once* be fast...!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "It Takes Two: Episode #2.6" (2007)

The best Starsky and Hutch was......

First I want to make clear that I have nothing against Stiller or Phillips but no way did they pull off Starsky and Hutch.Two of the sexiest men on t.v. in the 70's! Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul had a aura about them that no one has ever come close to. I loved the episodes where David Soul was allowed to sing. Melt your heart away!!! And Paul Michael Glaser was always there beside his friend and partner. A true friend indeed!! Yes, it was only a television show but that kind of connection is rare. The two men knew how to make the script work and put a bit of themselves in it. Some of what we watched every week was them not Starsky or Hutch but Paul and David. I was 10 when the show first aired but it was the only show my dad would allow me to break my bed time curfew and watch. When it went off the air I cried. I can remember every show like it was yesterday. Two of my favorite episodes were "Kill Starsky" where Starsky almost died. I cried so hard that my dad had to turn away from the program, Silly huh!! And the other was "Ice storm" where Hutch is juiced up because he would tell a drug lord where a girl was. I was so angry I am yelling at the screen. " You better watch out Starsky is gonna kick your butt if you hurt Hutch!!" My dad thought I was nuts!!!I used to have the biggest crush on David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser. I still find them very handsome. Now that the series is on DVD through Netflix and Blockbuster online, I have rented them 6 times and now my sons are fans. I miss the show tremendously. The cameo that Paul and David got in the 2004 film was an insult I thought, because it was those two men who paved the way for Stiller and Phillips to get their shot at it. I wish both David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser all the best because they earned it. Paul, I am deeply sorry for the loss of your wife and daughter and wish you all the best. They didn't die in vain! The work Elizabeth did for aids research is an awesome thing and she has saved many people because of it. I know March 25th was your birthday and I hope it was a happy and healthy one. God Bless You!!! David, I hope you are in good health and don't stop singing. I loved to listen to you sing on the show and hope you have gotten everything you wanted out of life. April Smith