"The Fugitive" - The TV Series and the Movie Quiz

Answer: David Janssen

David Janssen (1931-1980) also had title roles in the following TV series, "Harry O", "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" and "O'Hara, U.S. Treasury". He acted in many movies on the silver screen and a number of movies made for television.
Robert Stack played the role of Eliot Ness in "The Untouchables", Richard Chamberlain played Dr. Kildare in the TV series of the same name. Vince Edwards played Dr. Ben Casey in the TV series "Ben Casey".

Answer: Paediatrician

Dr. Richard Kimble was a respected paediatrician in the small fictional town of Stafford, Indiana. His profession in the movie (1993) was that of a vascular surgeon.

Answer: Diane Brewster

Diane Brewster (1931-1991) appeared in a number of TV series in the '50s and '60s including "Maverick", "Cheyenne" and "Leave it to Beaver". Sela Ward was Helen Kimble in the 1993 movie. Jacqueline Scott played Donna Taft (Richard Kimble's sister) in the TV series but only made occasional appearances. L. Scott Caldwell played US Deputy Marshall Erin Poole in the movie.

Answer: Lt. Philip Gerard

Barry Morse (1918-2008) was born in England but was known as an English-Canadian actor of stage and screen. During the series, Lt. Philip Gerard's son (Philip Junior) is played by a very young Kurt Russell. Tommy Lee Jones was Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the movie and for this role he won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
William Conrad, best known for his role as Frank Cannon in the series "Cannon", was the narrator of 119/120 episodes of "The Fugitive".

Answer: Frederick Sykes

Andreas Katsulas (1946-2006) was born in St. Louis, Missouri of Greek-American heritage. He played a number of minor roles in TV and movies from 1979-2003. Johnson, Evans and Cramer were some of the names used by Bill Raisch (1905-1984) who played the one-armed man in the TV series.

Answer: Dr. Charles Nichols

Jeroen Krabbe was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and is a Dutch actor and director and has appeared in many Dutch and international movies.
All the other three characters were in the 1993 movie, Kelly (Ron Dean), Biggs (Daniel Roebuck) and Newman (Tom Wood).

Answer: Devlin MacGregor

Provasic was the name of the new drug to be released that Dr. Nichols was promoting on behalf of Devlin MacGregor.

Answer: St. Patrick's Day Parade

During the St. Patrick's Day Parade we saw briefly, as participants in the parade, the Chicago Mayor, Richard M. Daley and the Illinois Attorney General, Roland Burris. The river was also dyed green for the parade.

Answer: The Judgment

"The Judgment" was the title of the last two episodes 119 and 120 in the 4th season 1966-67. "Fear in a Desert City" was the first episode in the 1st season 1963-64. "May God Have Mercy" was episode 55 in the 2nd season 1964-65 and "End of the Line" was episode 74 in the 3rd season 1965-66.

Answer: An abandoned amusement park

Dr. Kimble was drawn to the abandoned amusement park by his sisters neighbour, Stafford city planner, Lloyd Chandler who had witnessed the killing of Helen Kimble and tried to right his wrong by confronting the one-armed man. Upon returning to Stafford and being given 24 hours to prove his innocence Dr. Kimble and Lt. Gerard head to the amusement park.

After the fight Lt. Gerard apprehends Fred Johnson (one-armed man) as he was known then and Johnson confesses to the murder and Chandler becomes a witness to the crime.

After a court hearing Dr. Kimble walks out as a free man.