"T.J. Hooker" (1982) TV series 1982-1986

Creator:

Rick Husky
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

13 March 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

The weekly adventures of tough-as-nails veteran police officer Sgt. T.J. Hooker, who rides the beat with his rookie partner Vince Romano.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Cult TV | Sergeant | Character Name In Title

Cast

William Shatner	...	Sgt. T.J. Hooker (90 episodes, 1982-1986)
Heather Locklear	...	Officer Stacy Sheridan (85 episodes, 1982-1986)
Adrian Zmed	...	Officer Vince Romano (72 episodes, 1982-1985)
James Darren	...	Officer Jim Corrigan / ... (66 episodes, 1982-1986)

Series Directed by
Cliff Bole		(17 episodes, 1982-1985)
Sigmund Neufeld Jr.		(11 episodes, 1983-1985)
William Shatner		(10 episodes, 1983-1986)
Don Chaffey		(6 episodes, 1982-1983)
Phil Bondelli		(4 episodes, 1982-1986)
Charlie Picerni		(4 episodes, 1982-1983)
Michael Preece		(3 episodes, 1982-1983)
Winrich Kolbe		(3 episodes, 1984-1985)
Reza Badiyi		(3 episodes, 1985-1986)
Chuck Bowman		(3 episodes, 1985-1986)
Michael Caffey		(3 episodes, 1985-1986)
Harry Falk		(2 episodes, 1982-1984)
Vincent McEveety		(2 episodes, 1984-1986)
Kenneth R. Koch		(2 episodes, 1984-1985)
Sidney Hayers		(2 episodes, 1984)
Bruce Seth Green		(2 episodes, 1985)

Series Writing credits
Rick Husky		(90 episodes, 1982-1986)
Stephen Downing		(9 episodes, 1982-1985)
Jack V. Fogarty		(8 episodes, 1982-1984)
Mark Rodgers		(7 episodes, 1982-1986)
Simon Muntner		(6 episodes, 1983-1984)
Judy Burns		(5 episodes, 1985)
Joe Viola		(4 episodes, 1982-1983)
Rick Kelbaugh		(4 episodes, 1983-1986)
Paul Savage		(3 episodes, 1982-1985)
Gerald Sanford		(3 episodes, 1982-1983)
Paul B. Margolis		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Dallas L. Barnes		(2 episodes, 1982)
JoAnne Barnes		(2 episodes, 1982)
Dick Nelson		(2 episodes, 1983-1985)
Chester Krumholz		(2 episodes, 1984-1985)
Ed Waters		(2 episodes, 1984)
Don Ingalls		(2 episodes, 1986)

Series Produced by
Leonard Goldberg	....	executive producer (91 episodes, 1982-1986)
Rick Husky	....	supervising producer (91 episodes, 1982-1986)
Aaron Spelling	....	executive producer (90 episodes, 1982-1986)
Kenneth R. Koch	....	associate producer / co-producer / ... (86 episodes, 1982-1986)
Jeffrey M. Hayes	....	producer (49 episodes, 1982-1984)
Ed Waters	....	co-producer (22 episodes, 1983-1984)
Debbie Supnik	....	network executive (18 episodes, 1985-1986)
James W. Hayes	....	associate producer (5 episodes, 1982)
Chuck Bowman	....	producer (5 episodes, 1984-1985)
Jack V. Fogarty	....	co-producer (4 episodes, 1983-1984)
Simon Muntner	....	co-producer (4 episodes, 1983-1984)
Mark Rodgers	....	producer (4 episodes, 1984-1985)
David M. Smith	....	associate producer (3 episodes, 1986)
John Moc Doody	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1984-1985)
Don Ingalls	....	producer (2 episodes, 1986)

Series Original Music by
John E. Davis		(35 episodes, 1982-1986)
Mark Snow		(5 episodes, 1982)
Frank Denson		(4 episodes, 1984)
Jeff Sturges		(2 episodes, 1986)

Series Cinematography by
Jack Swain		(26 episodes, 1983-1986)
Al Francis		(13 episodes, 1982-1983)
Emmett Bergholz		(4 episodes, 1982)
James M. Swain		(2 episodes, 1986)

Series Film Editing by
Stephen Michael		(18 episodes, 1982-1986)
David Blangsted		(9 episodes, 1982-1985)
Michael F. Anderson		(6 episodes, 1982-1983)
Marvin Adelson		(3 episodes, 1982)
Kenneth R. Koch		(3 episodes, 1982)
William B. Stich		(2 episodes, 1982)
Howard Terrill		(2 episodes, 1982)
Lloyd Nelson		(2 episodes, 1984)

Series Casting by
Simon Ayer		(44 episodes, 1982-1984)
Susan Shaw		(6 episodes, 1984-1985)
Bob Edmiston		(4 episodes, 1982)
Ramsay King		(3 episodes, 1986)

Series Art Direction by
Ross Bellah		(45 episodes, 1982-1986)
Robert Purcell		(34 episodes, 1982-1986)
David Marshall		(6 episodes, 1984-1986)
Archie J. Bacon		(3 episodes, 1983)
Joseph M. Altadonna		(2 episodes, 1985-1986)

Series Set Decoration by
Audrey A. Blasdel		(45 episodes, 1982-1986)
David Horowitz		(35 episodes, 1982-1984)
Ted Lake		(10 episodes, 1984-1986)

Series Costume Design by
Grady Hunt		(45 episodes, 1982-1986)

Series Makeup Department
Leo Lotito Jr.	....	makeup supervisor (45 episodes, 1982-1986)
James Lee McCoy	....	makeup artist (45 episodes, 1982-1986)
Carol A. O'Connell	....	hair stylist (41 episodes, 1982-1986)
Dione Taylor	....	hair stylist (4 episodes, 1982)

Series Production Management
Larry Y. Albucher	....	unit production manager (39 episodes, 1982-1985)
R. Anthony Brown	....	unit production manager (3 episodes, 1986)
Bill Lukather	....	unit production manager (2 episodes, 1984)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ken Stringer	....	second assistant director (32 episodes, 1982-1983)
John Hockridge	....	first assistant director (12 episodes, 1982-1983)
Harry Hogan III	....	first assistant director (11 episodes, 1982-1983)
Nick Smirnoff	....	first assistant director (6 episodes, 1982-1984)
Marty Eli Schwartz	....	second assistant director (5 episodes, 1983-1984)
Kurt Baker	....	first assistant director (5 episodes, 1984-1986)
Douglas Dean III	....	second assistant director (4 episodes, 1984-1985)
Les Landau	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 1984-1985)
James Griffin	....	second assistant director / second second assistant director (4 episodes, 1985-1986)
Joseph J. Kontra	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 1986)
Ric Rondell	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1983)

Series Art Department
Hank Stonecipher	....	supervising construction coordinator (43 episodes, 1982-1986)
Irving Goldfarb	....	property master (28 episodes, 1982-1986)
Michael Dunn	....	property master (6 episodes, 1983)
Daniel R. Bentley	....	property master (5 episodes, 1984-1985)
David Kirk	....	construction coordinator (4 episodes, 1984-1985)
Jerry Moss	....	property master (3 episodes, 1982)
Jerry Josephson	....	property master (3 episodes, 1983)

Series Sound Department
Charlie King	....	sound mixer (13 episodes, 1982-1983)
Martin Raymond Bolger	....	sound mixer (9 episodes, 1983)
Don Rush	....	sound mixer (5 episodes, 1984)
George Ronconi	....	sound mixer (4 episodes, 1982)
Vince Garcia	....	sound mixer (4 episodes, 1983)
Richard Wagner	....	sound mixer (3 episodes, 1983)
John 'Pee Wee' Carter	....	sound mixer (3 episodes, 1985)
Michael Hilkene	....	sound editor (3 episodes, 1986)
Frank Meadow	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 1986)
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist (unknown episodes)
John S. Coffey	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Arnold Finkelstein	....	assistant sound editor (unknown episodes)
Dennis C. Salcedo	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Robert Peterson	....	special effects (45 episodes, 1982-1986)

Series Stunts
R.A. Rondell	....	stunt coordinator (44 episodes, 1982-1986)
Jim J. Poslof	....	stunts (13 episodes, 1983-1985)
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (9 episodes, 1983-1985)
Gary Hymes	....	stunt coordinator (7 episodes, 1984-1985)
Monty Jordan	....	assistant stunt coordinator / stunt driver / ... (4 episodes, 1982-1986)
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunts (4 episodes, 1983-1985)
Gene Hartline	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1982-1985)
Bobby Sargent	....	stunts / stunts: high fall (2 episodes, 1982-1983)
Ed McDermott II	....	precision driver (2 episodes, 1984-1986)
Randy Peters	....	stunt driver (2 episodes, 1985-1986)
Tom Elliott	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bob Herron	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Michael M. Vendrell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Greg Walker	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Jim McConocha	....	electrician (58 episodes, 1982-1984)
James M. Swain	....	camera operator (16 episodes, 1983-1985)
Frank Swain	....	gaffer / chief lighting technician (15 episodes, 1983-1986)
Barry Wexler	....	key grip (15 episodes, 1983-1986)
Ron Francis	....	camera operator (13 episodes, 1982-1983)
Bud Howell	....	key grip (13 episodes, 1982-1983)
Jim Lott	....	gaffer (13 episodes, 1982-1983)
Robert J. Banks	....	gaffer (13 episodes, 1983)
Jim Hoover	....	camera operator (9 episodes, 1983)
Robert Moore	....	key grip (9 episodes, 1983)
Howard Block	....	camera operator (4 episodes, 1982)
Julius Metoyer	....	gaffer (4 episodes, 1982)
Bob West	....	key grip (4 episodes, 1982)
Kenneth Adams	....	key grip (4 episodes, 1983)
Charles Mills	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 1986)
Rick Fee	....	assistant camera (2 episodes, 1984)
William E. Hines	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Michael Douglas Middleton	....	still photographer: props (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Meryl O'Loughlin	....	casting supervisor / casting executive (71 episodes, 1982-1985)
Tim Flack	....	executive in charge of casting (3 episodes, 1986)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kathy Monderine	....	wardrobe supervisor / costume supervisor / ... (32 episodes, 1982-1984)
Bruce R. Hogard	....	costume supervisor: men (6 episodes, 1984-1985)
Mary Rose	....	costume supervisor: women (6 episodes, 1984-1985)
Andy Hylton	....	wardrobe: men / costume supervisor: men (5 episodes, 1982)
Joseph Markham	....	costume supervisor: men (3 episodes, 1986)
Carrie Salazar-Cato	....	costume supervisor: women (3 episodes, 1986)

Series Music Department
Mark Snow	....	composer: theme music (90 episodes, 1982-1986)
Gene Feldman	....	music editor (29 episodes, 1982-1983)
Jay Friedman	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1982)
Jay Kleinberg	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1982)

Series Transportation Department
David Turner	....	transportation coordinator / transportation captain (18 episodes, 1982-1983)
Tim Hill	....	transportation coordinator (16 episodes, 1983-1986)
Gina August	....	driver (5 episodes, 1982)
Don Arnold	....	transportation captain / transportation coordinator (4 episodes, 1982)
Chris Haynes	....	driver (2 episodes, 1983)
William 'Scott' Pierson	....	transportation coordinator (2 episodes, 1985)
Randy Peters	....	transportation captain (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Philip Weyland	....	dialogue coach / stand-in (41 episodes, 1982-1986)
Dell Ross	....	script supervisor (38 episodes, 1982-1985)
Bill Millar	....	main title design / title designer / ... (29 episodes, 1982-1984)
Stephen Downing	....	executive story consultant (22 episodes, 1982-1983)
Simon Muntner	....	creative consultant (22 episodes, 1982-1983)
Jack V. Fogarty	....	executive story editor (16 episodes, 1983)
Joe Viola	....	story editor (13 episodes, 1982-1983)
Louis Farah	....	set paramedic (12 episodes, 1984-1985)
Alan Kerstein	....	technical advisor (11 episodes, 1982-1985)
Bob Troutt	....	technical advisor (9 episodes, 1982-1985)
Dick Clark	....	technical advisor (8 episodes, 1982-1984)
Jerry Wolf	....	technical advisor (7 episodes, 1982-1983)
Rick Kelbaugh	....	executive story editor (5 episodes, 1984-1985)
Robert Bielak	....	story editor (3 episodes, 1984)
Ernestine Freedman	....	assistant: Rick Husky (3 episodes, 1984)
Dick Nelson	....	executive story editor (3 episodes, 1984)
Stan Berkowitz	....	story editor (3 episodes, 1986)
Eric Klosterman	....	location manager (3 episodes, 1986)
Bruce Reisman	....	story editor (3 episodes, 1986)
Louis H. Goldstein	....	location manager (2 episodes, 1985)
Nancy Greene	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1986)
Robert Sherman	....	executive story consultant (2 episodes, 1986)
Art Scholl	....	pilot (unknown episodes, 1982)
Carla Princi	....	unit publicist (unknown episodes)
Rich Sephton	....	car builder (unknown episodes)
Barry Wexler	....	crab dolly operator (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Television
• Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1982-1985)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1985-1987)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

60 min (89 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

Trivia:

Hooker's full legal name was Thomas Jefferson Hooker.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Launching devices used to flip the cars over during the show's famous car chases are always visible when the car turns over.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "NCIS: Los Angeles: Tin Soldiers (#2.15)" (2011)

The TV equivalent of Dirty Harry

T.J. Hooker reminds me of Dirty Harry in some respects. Like DH, Hooker is tough, especially on the bad guys. He's a no-nonsense cop, but at least he still has some sense of humor.

This is one of the most underrated cop shows. It may not be the best police drama ever made, but it has its moments. Plus, it's good to see William Shatner having success outside Star Trek. And this series shows that he could (and still can) do exactly that.