Cover Up (1984–1985)

Dani Reynolds is photographer. Her life changes after her husband dies. She learned that he was the mild mannered man he said he was but was in reality a government agent. When she found ... See full summary »

Creator:

Glen A. Larson

Stars:

Jennifer O'Neill, Richard Anderson, Mykelti Williamson

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Jennifer O'Neill	...	Danielle Reynolds (14 episodes, 1984-1985)
Richard Anderson	...	Henry Towler (13 episodes, 1984-1985)
Mykelti Williamson	...	Rick (11 episodes, 1984-1985)
Irena Ferris	...	Billie (9 episodes, 1984)
Dana Sparks	...	Ashley (9 episodes, 1984)
Ingrid Anderson	...	Gretchen (8 episodes, 1984)
Antony Hamilton	...	Jack Striker (7 episodes, 1984-1985)
Jon-Erik Hexum	...	Mac Harper (7 episodes, 1984)

Storyline

Dani Reynolds is photographer. Her life changes after her husband dies. She learned that he was the mild mannered man he said he was but was in reality a government agent. When she found out that he was murdered, she recruited a former Vietnam Vet Mac Harper to help her find her husbands killers. After doing that, Henry Towner, her husband's boss, offered her her husband's job. Basically, she would continue being a photographer and Mac was one of her models. And Henry would send them anywhere in the world where there are Americans in trouble or criminals that need to be apprehended or enemies of the U.S. that had to be stopped, and they acted pretty much on their own. When Jon-Erik Hexum who played Mac died, Jack Striker joined the show as an actual agent who joined Dani's team as the new model.

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Plot Keywords:

photographer | model | undercover agent | death of husband

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

Camuflaje

Filming Locations:

Stage 18, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Glen A. Larson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

On 12 October 1984, between scenes on the set of Cover Up, Jon-Erik Hexum jokingly placed a blank-loaded .44 Magnum prop gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The gun fired, and the wadding from the blank cartridge shattered his skull. Hexum was rushed to the hospital where he was declared brain-dead and on October 18 was taken off life support and his organs were harvested for transplant.

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Connections

Follows Cover Up: Pilot (1984)

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Soundtracks

"Holding Out for a Hero"
Performed by Elizabeth Daily
Written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford

User Reviews

We need a hero...

Almost twenty years ago there was a show that featured an American modelling agency doing a spot, hence involved Bonny Tyler singing the theme song - Holding out for a hero - however, the modelling agency was a front for a CIA organisation. It was called Cover-Up, a tremendously enjoyable CBS action escapade series about a couple of "striking adventurers" posing as a model plus a photographer on location of their assigned missions, and the "main hero" was Jon-Erik Hexum (character's name Mac Harper) who unfortunately died in 1984. The show nevertheless continued with somewhat different Anthony Hamilton taking his place, but lasted about a year. Regardless of its cancellation, Cover-Up was one of the greatest and most stylish espionage shows from the early 1980's, and surely knocked off similar tv projects.