"Charlie's Angels" (1976) TV series 1976-1981

Creators:

Ivan Goff
Ben Roberts
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

22 September 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

The adventures of three sexy female private eyes.

Plot Keywords:

Speaker Phone | 1970s | 1980s | Female Protagonist | Hidden Character

Awards:

Nominated for 7 Golden Globes. Another 5 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Jaclyn Smith	...	Kelly Garrett / ... (110 episodes, 1976-1981)
David Doyle	...	John Bosley (110 episodes, 1976-1981)
John Forsythe	...	Charles Townsend (109 episodes, 1976-1981)
Cheryl Ladd	...	Kris Munroe / ... (87 episodes, 1977-1981)
Kate Jackson	...	Sabrina Duncan (69 episodes, 1976-1979)

Series Directed by
Dennis Donnelly		(13 episodes, 1977-1981)
Allen Baron		(12 episodes, 1976-1980)
Don Chaffey		(10 episodes, 1978-1981)
George McCowan		(9 episodes, 1976-1980)
Georg Stanford Brown		(8 episodes, 1977-1979)
Kim Manners		(8 episodes, 1979-1981)
Cliff Bole		(6 episodes, 1977-1980)
Bob Kelljan		(5 episodes, 1977-1979)
Paul Stanley		(5 episodes, 1977-1979)
Ronald Austin		(4 episodes, 1977-1979)
George W. Brooks		(3 episodes, 1976-1977)
Richard Lang		(3 episodes, 1976)
Lawrence Doheny		(3 episodes, 1977-1978)
Richard Benedict		(2 episodes, 1976)
Phil Bondelli		(2 episodes, 1976)
Leon Carrere		(2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Curtis Harrington		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Lawrence Dobkin		(2 episodes, 1979)

Series Writing credits
Ivan Goff		(110 episodes, 1976-1981)
Ben Roberts		(110 episodes, 1976-1981)
Edward J. Lakso		(38 episodes, 1976-1981)
B.W. Sandefur		(8 episodes, 1979-1981)
Lee Sheldon		(7 episodes, 1977-1980)
Laurie Lakso		(6 episodes, 1977-1979)
John D.F. Black		(5 episodes, 1977)
Ronald Austin		(4 episodes, 1977-1978)
James D. Buchanan		(4 episodes, 1977-1978)
Robert George		(4 episodes, 1980-1981)
Rick Husky		(3 episodes, 1976)
William Froug		(3 episodes, 1977-1980)
Brian McKay		(3 episodes, 1977-1978)
Richard Carr		(3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Katharyn Powers		(3 episodes, 1979-1980)
Robert C. Dennis		(2 episodes, 1976-1978)
Les Carter		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Jack V. Fogarty		(2 episodes, 1976)
Robert Janes		(2 episodes, 1977-1980)
Jock MacKelvie		(2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Skip Webster		(2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Bob Mitchell		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Esther Mitchell		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Ray Brenner		(2 episodes, 1978)
Michael Michaelian		(2 episodes, 1979)

Series Produced by
Leonard Goldberg	....	executive producer / producer (110 episodes, 1976-1981)
Aaron Spelling	....	executive producer / producer (110 episodes, 1976-1981)
Shelley Hull	....	associate producer (79 episodes, 1976-1981)
Elaine Rich	....	assistant producer / producer / ... (54 episodes, 1977-1981)
Edward J. Lakso	....	producer (34 episodes, 1977-1981)
Robert Janes	....	producer (13 episodes, 1979-1981)
Ronald Austin	....	producer (7 episodes, 1977-1979)
James D. Buchanan	....	producer (7 episodes, 1977-1979)
Rick Husky	....	producer (6 episodes, 1976)
Barney Rosenzweig	....	producer (5 episodes, 1976-1977)
David Levinson	....	producer (3 episodes, 1976)

Series Original Music by
Jack Elliott		(110 episodes, 1976-1981)
Allyn Ferguson		(110 episodes, 1976-1981)

Series Cinematography by
Richard M. Rawlings Jr.		(46 episodes, 1978-1981)
Richard L. Rawlings		(16 episodes, 1977-1979)
Dennis Dalzell		(8 episodes, 1976)
Donald H. Birnkrant		(6 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Film Editing by
Joseph Dervin		(24 episodes, 1977-1981)
Leonard Malek		(11 episodes, 1978-1980)
Jack Harnish		(7 episodes, 1976-1978)
Leon Carrere		(6 episodes, 1976-1977)
Jim Faris		(6 episodes, 1980)
Dick Wormell		(5 episodes, 1976-1977)
Stanley Frazen		(4 episodes, 1979-1980)
John F. Schreyer		(4 episodes, 1980-1981)
Arnold Baker		(4 episodes, 1981)
James Baiotto		(2 episodes, 1976)
John McSweeney Jr.		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Benjamin A. Weissman		(2 episodes, 1981)

Series Casting by
Cathy Henderson		(26 episodes, 1979-1981)
Melinda Gartzman		(23 episodes, 1977-1979)
Rachelle Farberman		(22 episodes, 1978-1979)
Robin Lippin		(14 episodes, 1980-1981)

Series Production Design by
Alfeo Bocchicchio		(2 episodes, 1979)
Paul Sylos		(2 episodes, 1979)

Series Art Direction by
Paul Sylos		(60 episodes, 1976-1981)
Alfeo Bocchicchio		(36 episodes, 1978-1980)
Lester Green		(16 episodes, 1976-1978)
Serge Krizman		(15 episodes, 1980-1981)
Tracy Bousman		(6 episodes, 1976)

Series Set Decoration by
Bob Signorelli		(31 episodes, 1976-1979)
Bonnie Dermer		(25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Joseph A. Armetta		(10 episodes, 1981)
Richard Wineholt		(5 episodes, 1980-1981)
Dave L. Love		(3 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Costume Design by
Nolan Miller		(41 episodes, 1976-1981)
Ray Phelps		(2 episodes, 1977)
Joanne Haas		(unknown episodes)
Eilish Zebrasky		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Mel Berns Jr.	....	makeup artist / makeup supervisor / ... (70 episodes, 1976-1981)
Norma Lee	....	hair stylist / hair stylist: Miss Ladd (57 episodes, 1977-1981)
Fred C. Blau Jr.	....	makeup artist / makeup artist: Miss Hack / ... (56 episodes, 1977-1981)
Emma M. diVittorio	....	hair stylist / hair stylist: Miss Smith (53 episodes, 1978-1981)
Dorothy D. Fox	....	hair stylist: Miss Hack / hair stylist / ... (40 episodes, 1979-1981)
Don L. Cash	....	makeup artist: Miss Ladd / makeup artist / ... (38 episodes, 1977-1980)
Mark Bussan	....	makeup artist (16 episodes, 1980-1981)
Les Berns	....	makeup artist (13 episodes, 1976-1977)
Naomi Cavin	....	hair stylist (13 episodes, 1976-1977)
Charlene Johnson	....	hair stylist (9 episodes, 1976-1977)
Dione Taylor	....	hair stylist (8 episodes, 1977-1978)
Gae Clark Butler	....	hair stylist (4 episodes, 1977)
Carol Mercatoris	....	hair stylist (4 episodes, 1978)
Hazel Catmull	....	hair stylist (3 episodes, 1979)
Gary Liddiard	....	makeup artist (3 episodes, 1981)
Joy Zapata	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1978)

Series Production Management
Norman Henry	....	executive production manager (85 episodes, 1976-1981)
Dick Reilly	....	post-production supervisor / post production supervisor / ... (62 episodes, 1976-1981)
Al Kraus	....	supervising production manager / production manager (61 episodes, 1976-1981)
Kim Manners	....	production manager (38 episodes, 1978-1981)
Lynn M. Morgan	....	production manager (11 episodes, 1980-1981)
Barry Stern	....	production manager (10 episodes, 1976-1977)
Mel A. Bishop	....	production manager (10 episodes, 1977-1978)
Don Hall	....	post-production supervisor (10 episodes, 1981)
James A. Westman	....	production manager (4 episodes, 1980-1981)
William A. Calihan Jr.	....	production manager (3 episodes, 1976)
Bert Gold	....	production manager (1 episode, 1980)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jefferson Kibbee	....	second assistant director (23 episodes, 1979-1980)
Nathan Haggard	....	assistant director / first assistant director (17 episodes, 1977-1979)
Jack Breschard	....	second assistant director (15 episodes, 1980-1981)
Leslie Moulton	....	second assistant director (14 episodes, 1978-1980)
Lynn M. Morgan	....	assistant director / first assistant director: second unit (14 episodes, 1979-1980)
Robert Della Santina	....	assistant director / first assistant director (10 episodes, 1976-1981)
Lorin Bennett Salob	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1976-1977)
John Hockridge	....	assistant director / first assistant director (6 episodes, 1981)
Paula Marcus	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1979-1980)
Kim Manners	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1977-1978)
Robert Webb	....	assistant director / first assistant director (4 episodes, 1981)
Miles Tilton	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1978)
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	....	second unit director (3 episodes, 1979-1980)
Marty Gold	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1980)
Blair Gilbert	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1979)
Lou Watt	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Gordon Kirschbaum	....	construction manager / supervising construction coordinator / ... (74 episodes, 1976-1981)
Bob Henderson	....	property master / prop master (41 episodes, 1979-1981)
John Hollis	....	construction coordinator (39 episodes, 1979-1981)
Jerry McFarland	....	property master (17 episodes, 1976-1977)
Marco A. Campos	....	propmaker (16 episodes, 1980-1981)
Frank McCully	....	property master (13 episodes, 1977-1979)
Sam Capello	....	construction coordinator (7 episodes, 1977-1978)
Earl Capello	....	construction coordinator (2 episodes, 1978)
John Sutton	....	construction coordinator (2 episodes, 1980)

Series Sound Department
Tommy Thompson	....	sound mixer / sound engineer / ... (70 episodes, 1976-1981)
Bill Jackson	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1977)
Michael O'Corrigan	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1977)
Jerry Rosenthal	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Greg P. Russell	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)
William L. Stevenson	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Bill Ferrier	....	special effects (72 episodes, 1976-1981)

Series Visual Effects by
Neil Zachary	....	photographic strobe effects (1 episode, 1981)

Series Stunts
Julie Ann Johnson	....	stunts / stunt coordinator (107 episodes, 1976-1981)
Hilary Thompson	....	stunt double: Kate Jackson (65 episodes, 1976-1979)
Jean Coulter	....	stunt double: Farrah Fawcett (28 episodes, 1976-1980)
Jeannie Epper	....	stunt double: Tanya Roberts / stunt double: Kate Jackson (18 episodes, 1976-1981)
Dick Ziker	....	stunt coordinator (16 episodes, 1976-1978)
Gary Epper	....	stunt coordinator (16 episodes, 1980-1981)
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	....	stunt coordinator (11 episodes, 1978-1980)
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (10 episodes, 1976-1981)
Ron Stein	....	stunt coordinator (6 episodes, 1976)
Richard Epper	....	stunt performer (4 episodes, 1978-1981)
Craig R. Baxley	....	stunts (3 episodes, 1976-1977)
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunts (3 episodes, 1978)
Christin Gittings	....	underwater stunt double (2 episodes, 1979-1980)
May Boss	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Donna Garrett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Leslie Hoffman	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Daniel P. Murphy	....	stunt motorcycle preparation (unknown episodes)
Jimmy Nickerson	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Regina Parton	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Darlene Tompkins	....	stunt double: Cheryl Ladd (unknown episodes)
Greg Walker	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ernie Reed	....	camera operator: second camera (92 episodes, 1976-1980)
Michael J. Coo	....	dolly grip (29 episodes, 1980-1981)
Jack Gittings	....	underwater cinematographer / water camera operator (3 episodes, 1979-1980)
Allan Gornick Jr.	....	underwater cinematographer (2 episodes, 1979-1980)
Randall Robinson	....	first assistant camera (2 episodes, 1979)
Richard L. Carden	....	key grip (unknown episodes)
Howard Ford	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Paul Jacobsen	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Rolf Mendez	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Richard M. Rawlings Jr.	....	camera operator / first assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Jim Shelton	....	best boy grip (unknown episodes)
Patricia Van Over	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Susan Newell	....	casting supervisor (13 episodes, 1976-1977)
Melinda Gartzman	....	casting supervisor (7 episodes, 1977-1978)
Richard Kindelon	....	location casting (3 episodes, 1980-1981)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joe McCloskey	....	wardrobe: men / costumes (45 episodes, 1979-1981)
Charlotte Iwata	....	wardrobe: women (27 episodes, 1979-1980)
Ray Phelps	....	costumer / costumes (25 episodes, 1976-1978)
Carolina Ewart	....	costumer / costumes (15 episodes, 1977-1979)
Lily Yamada	....	wardrobe: women (14 episodes, 1980-1981)
Lee Peters	....	costumer (8 episodes, 1976-1977)
Eilish Zebrasky	....	costumes: women (6 episodes, 1979-1981)
Joanne Haas	....	costumer / costumes (4 episodes, 1976)
Orpha Barry	....	costumer (3 episodes, 1977)
Geraldine Hayward	....	costumer / costumes (3 episodes, 1977)
Ann Gray Lambert	....	costumer (2 episodes, 1976)

Series Editorial Department
Arnold Baker	....	assistant post-production supervisor (63 episodes, 1978-1981)
Virgil E. Hammond III	....	post-production (6 episodes, 1977)
Dick Reilly	....	post production supervisor / post-production supervisor (2 episodes, 1977)

Series Music Department
Rocky Moriana	....	music supervisor (110 episodes, 1976-1981)
Steve Livingston	....	music editor (103 episodes, 1976-1981)
Laurie Higgins Tobias	....	assistant music editor (46 episodes, 1978-1980)
Greg Patterson	....	assistant music editor (2 episodes, 1980)

Series Transportation Department
Stanley Storc	....	driver (33 episodes, 1977-1978)

Series Other crew
Doris Chisholm	....	script supervisor (26 episodes, 1977-1981)
Melody Greene	....	script supervisor (14 episodes, 1979-1980)
Helen Parker	....	script supervisor (13 episodes, 1976-1977)
Elaine Rich	....	assistant to producer / assistant to the producer / ... (12 episodes, 1977-1978)
Edward J. Lakso	....	story editor (10 episodes, 1976-1977)
Bret Garwood	....	executive coordinator (8 episodes, 1981)
Donna Kemp	....	script supervisor (6 episodes, 1978-1979)
Jack V. Fogarty	....	story editor (5 episodes, 1976)
Nancy Hansen	....	script supervisor (4 episodes, 1980-1981)
Larry Merritt	....	choreographer / choreographer: ice sequences (2 episodes, 1977)
Carline Davis-Dyer	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1978)
Tad Tadlock	....	choreographer (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
Kenneth S. Eiland	....	assistant choreographer / choreographer (2 episodes, 1981)
Nancy E. Barr	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes, 1979-1980)
Lynn A. Aber	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Robin Ruse-Rinehart	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
Gene Nelson	....	special thanks (1 episode, 1977)

Production Companies

• Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Distributors

• AXN (2009-2010) (Hungary) (TV) (re-release) (on AXN Crime)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1976-1981) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia Pictures Television
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003-2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 1 and 2)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Television
• Independent Television (ITV)
• Radio Télévision Luxembourgeoise (1979) (Luxembourg) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD) (complete first season)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (complete second season)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (complete third season)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (season 4)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)
• Story TV (2010) (Hungary) (TV) (re-release)
• Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS) (1977-19??) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• 20th Century Fox Studios  studio
• Ford Motor Company  automobiles furnished by
• Motion Picture Marine  yachts
• Organically Grown  fashion courtesy of
• Unique Movie Cars  picture cars

Also Known As:

Runtime:

45 min (106 episodes) | USA:60 min (116 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Canada:PG (DVD rating) | Germany:12 (DVD rating) | USA:Not Rated (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

189 N. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Trivia:

Kelly Garrett (Jaclyn Smith) was the only Angel to last the entire series.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Cinderella (1977)

Three Beautiful Detectives...What More Could A Man Want?

I loved Charlies Angels very much. Okay, I could ignore the cheezy plots because in front of me each week were three beautiful young ladies working as private detectives.

The original girls were Farrah Fawcett-Majors as Jill Monroe, Kate Jackson as Sabrina Duncan and Jaclyn Smith as Kelly Garrett. They were my favourite line up in the show. Their bosses were John Bosley (played by the late David Doyle) and the faceless Charlie Townsend (voiced by John Forsythe).

Each week the girls happened to go undercover on a case which required them to strip down in places such as health-spas and holiday camps. They used their seductive (and detective) skills to bring down the bad guys.

It was fun throughout even when the line-up changed and there were some really weird and surreal episodes at times. But who cares-when you've got three lovely women on the screen, great plots matter little.