TV Detectives: Match Them To Their Names Quiz

Answer: Sam

Sam McCloud played by Dennis Weaver was a deputy town marshal from Taos in New Mexico. He arrived in New York escorting a prisoner from New Mexico. He was then assigned temporarily to the NYPD by the police commissioner. His boss was the ever uptight Chief Peter B. Clifford played by J. D. Cannon.

Actor Fess Parker was first choice to play Sam McCloud but he declined the offer. "McCloud" ran for 46 episodes (including the pilot) between 1970 and 1977. Dennis Weaver reprised the role in 1989 for the TV movie "The Return of Sam McCloud". Actress Diana Muldaur who first appeared in the 1970 pilot also reprised her recurring role as Chris Couglin.

Answer: Theo

Lt. Theofilides Kojak the lollipop sucking detective was played by Telly Savalas. The series was set in the New York City Police Department's Eleventh Precinct (the building shown in the series was actually the Ninth Precinct building).

His boss was Capt. Francis McNeil played by Dan Frazer and his underlings were Det. Robert Crocker played by Kevin Dobson and Det. Demosthenes Stavros played by George Savalas, Telly's real life brother.

"Kojak" ran for 118 episodes (including the 90 minute pilot) from 1973 to 1978. Telly Savalas reprised the role in 1985 for seven TV movies and was promoted first to Captain, then to Inspector. Actor Kevin Dobson who had played Det. Crocker in the original series also reprised his role but was now an assistant D. A.

Answer: Jim

James Scott Rockford a Californian private investigator was played by James Garner. His father Joseph "Rocky" Rockford was played by veteran actor Noah Beery Jr. Rockford's friendly face in the local police force was Sgt. Dennis Becker played by Joe Santos. Rockford's untrustworthy friend and con man Evelyn "Angel" Martin was played by Stuart Margolin. The series ran for 124 episodes (including the pilot) between 1974 and 1980.

Garner was advised to take a break from the series by his doctor after sustaining back and knee injuries on set through performing his own stunts. The last episode was shown on January 10 1980. Garner reprised the role for eight TV movies of "The Rockford Files" between 1994 to 1999. Unfortunately Noah Beery Jr. was too ill to reprise his role as Jim Rockford's dad. He died just after the first movie was aired and it was dedicated to his memory.

Answer: Tony

"Baretta" was the name of the TV series starring Robert Blake as Anthony Vincenzo Baretta. Although the series is supposed to be set in an east coast city it was clear in outdoor scene's that it was filmed in Los Angeles. Tony Baretta is a street-smart, unconventional undercover cop aided by ex-cop Billy Truman played by Tom Ewell and a Huggy Bear-type character Rooster, played by Michael D. Roberts.

Robert Blake was brought in to replace Tony Musante as Det. David Toma in "Toma" which ran for 23 episodes between 1973 and 1974. It was based on the real-life story and biography of Newark, New Jersey, Det. David Toma. Tony Musante did not want to do more than one season and rather than have Blake take his place as the same character, the show was reworked as "Baretta" with less violence and the stories had nothing to do with David Toma's life story.

The series ran for 82 episodes between 1975 and 1978.

Answer: Thomas

Tom Selleck played Thomas Magnum P. I. who lived on Oahu, Hawaii. Magnum lived in the guest House on an estate in Hawaii owned by author Robin Masters who we hear (Orson Wells provides the voice) but never see.

The estate is run by the testy, by the book, ex-British Army Sgt. Major, Jonathan Quayle Higgins III played by John Hillerman. Two other friends of Magnum are ex-marines Theodore "T.C." Calvin played by Roger E. Mosley and Orville Wilbur Richard "Rick" Wright played by Larry Manetti.

"Magnum P. I." ran for 162 episodes (which included the two part pilot "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii") between 1980 and 1988.

Answer: Frank

"Hill Street Blues" probably had the biggest cast of any cop show, with more than 20 main characters. Sometimes the show was more like a fly on the wall documentary. Capt. Frank Furillo was played by Daniel J. Travanti, who split his time between his job, public defender Joyce Davenport, played by Veronica Hamel and his ex-wife Fay Furillo played by Barbara Bosson.

Other characters in the show were Lt./Capt. Ray Calletano played by Rene Enriquez, Sgt. Phil Freemason Esterhaus played by Michael Conrad, Sgt./Lt. Henry Goldblume played by Joe Spano, Sgt./Lt. Howard Hunter played by James B. Sikking, Ofc./Sgt. Lucille Bates played by Betty Thomas, Ofc. Joe Coffey played by Ed Marinaro, Det. J. D. LaRue played by Kiel Martin, Det. Neal Washington played by Taurean Blacque, Det. Mick Belker played by Bruce Weitz, Ofc. Bobby Hill played by Michael Warren and Ofc. Andy Renko played by Charles Haid.

Answer: Lennie

Det. Lennie Briscoe was a cop in the original "Law & Order" series, he was played by Jerry Orbach. 37 years before playing Lennie Briscoe, Orbach made his debut on Broadway as an understudy in "The Threepenny Opera" in 1955. He eventually played the lead character of Mack The Knife.

Jerry Orbach was the third longest serving actor on "Law & Order" behind S. Epatha Merkerson who played Lt. Anita Van Buren and Sam Waterston who played A. D. A./D. A. Jack McCoy. During the run of "Law & Order" Det. Lennie Briscoe was paired with a number of partners such as Det. Mike Logan played by Chris Noth, Det. Rey Curtis played by Benjamin Bratt and Det. Ed Green played by Jesse L. Martin.

Answer: Andy

Dennis Franz played Det./Sgt. Andy Sypowicz in "NYPD Blue". He was a member of a squad working out of the 15th Precinct of the NYPD on the lower east side of Manhattan, New York.

"NYPD Blue" Starred David Caruso as Det./Sgt. John Kelly, Gordon Clapp as Det. Greg Medavoy, Nicholas Turturro as Off./Det./Sgt. James Martinez, Jimmy Smits as Det. Bobby Simone, Kim Delaney as Det. Dianne Russell, Rick Schroder as Det. Danny Sorenson and James McDaniel as their boss Lt./Capt. Arthur Fancy.

The show ran for 261 episodes between 1993 and 2005. Det./Sgt. Andy Sypowicz was the only character to appear in every episode.

Answer: Vic

Michael Chiklis starred as Det. Vic Mackey the leader of the LAPD anti-gang strike team in the cop show "The Shield". The show was loosely based on the LAPD Rampart division police scandal of the '90s. The show ran for 88 episodes between 2002 and 2008.

Other members of the strike team were Det. Terry Crowley played by Reed Diamond, Det. Ronnie Gardocki played by David Rees Snell, Det. Curtis Lemansky played by Kenneth Johnson and Det. Shane Vendrell played by Walton Goggins.

Other cast members include Glenn Close as Monica Rawling, CCH Pounder as Claudette Wyms and Benito Martinez as David Acevader.

Answer: Adrian

Adrian Monk is a former SFPD detective who suffers from OCD and other phobias. He was suspended from the department when his phobias got worse after the death of his wife Trudy. He is now a homicide consultant for the SFPD while undergoing treatment for his OCD and other phobias.

"Monk" ran for 124 episodes (which included the two-part pilot) between 2002 and 2009. How different would "Monk" have been if any of these actors considered for the part would have got it, Dave Foley, Alfred Molina, Michael Richards, John Ritter, Stanley Tucci and Henry Winkler.

Only two other characters were in every episode and they were Capt. Leland Stottlemeyer played by Ted Levine and Lt. Randall Disher played by Jason Gray-Stanford.