US TV Crime & Mystery '50s and '60s Quiz

Answer: Peter Gunn

Craig Stevens starred as the sophisticated and well groomed Peter Gunn. The music was composed by Henri Mancini. The music became known as the "Peter Gunn Theme". Over the years the music has been used by jazz, rock and blues recording artists.

Answer: The Untouchables (1959-63)

Robert Stack starred as Eliot Ness in the TV series. In the movie of the same name in 1987 it starred Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness and Sean Connery received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in his role of Jim Malone, an Irish American police officer.

"The Saint" (original series from the UK but also shown on NBC in the 1960s) was made into a movie in 1997, "The Fugitive" became a movie in 1993 and "Mission: Impossible" became a movie in 1996.

Answer: Clarence Williams III

All of the above appeared in the 123 episodes. Cole played the role of Pete Cochran, Peggy Lipton played Julie Barnes and Tige Andrews was Capt. Adam Greer.

Answer: Hawaiian Eye (1959-63)

Connie Stevens was at one time married to Eddie Fisher. She also appeared on many TV episodes of "77 Sunset Strip" and "Maverick". She co-starred with Robert Conrad in" Hawaiian Eye".

Answer: Tennis

Kelly Robinson (Robert Culp) was an international tennis player and Alexander Scott (Bill Cosby) was his trainer. Kelly played as an excellent amateur tennis player predominately with the rich and famous in return for food and accommodation. Not only did they chase villains, spies and criminals but they also came across some very beautiful women.

Answer: New York

In the 1958-59 series James Franciscus played the lead role of Detective Jim Halloran and from 1960 to 1963 Paul Burke played Detective Adam Flint. The opening theme was "Somewhere in the Night" by Billy May.

Answer: Glenn Corbett

Glen Corbett played Lincoln Case and appeared in many TV series including "Dallas" and "Star Trek". He also played opposite John Wayne in "Chisum" and "Big Jake". The actual U.S. Route 66 is also known as "Mother Road", "Will Rogers Highway" and "The Main Street of America".

Billy Gray played Bud Anderson in "Father Knows Best".

Answer: Lt. Philip Gerard

During the series, Lt. Philip Gerard's son (Philip Junior) was played by a very young Kurt Russell. Lt. Manny Quinlan was a character in David Janssen's series called "Harry O" (1974-76). Lt. Columbo was played by Peter Falk.
William Conrad, best known for his role as Frank Cannon in the series "Cannon", was the narrator of 119/120 episodes of "The Fugitive". Tommy Lee Jones' name in the movie was Lt. Samuel Gerard.

Answer: Lt. Arthur Tragg

Raymond Burr (1917-1993) played Perry Mason and was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. William Hopper (1915-1970) played the role of Paul Drake, a private detective, who was born in New York, USA. Barbara Hale (1922) played Della Street, a legal secretary, was born in DeKalb, Illinois.

Ray Collins (1889-1965) played Lt. Arthur Tragg and was born in Sacramento, California. Burr, Hale and Hopper appeared in all 271 episodes of the series.

Answer: Greg Morris (Barney Collier)

Collier was the electronics expert, Armitage was the strong arm of the group, Phelps was a US Government covert operative and Johnson played the role of the "voice on the tape", but his name was unknown in the series.

Morris was in 171 episodes, Lupus in 159, Johnson in 158 and Graves in 143. Peter Graves is the younger brother of James Arness (who played Matt Dillion).