"The Untouchables" (1959) TV series 1959-1963

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

15 October 1959 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

Plot Keywords:

Organized Crime | Mafia | Federal Agent | Cult Favorite | Cult TV

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Robert Stack	...	Eliot Ness (118 episodes, 1959-1963)
Walter Winchell	...	Narrator (118 episodes, 1959-1963)
Nicholas Georgiade	...	Agent Enrico Rossi / ... (105 episodes, 1959-1963)
Paul Picerni	...	Agent Lee Hobson / ... (83 episodes, 1960-1963)
Abel Fernandez	...	Agent William Youngfellow / ... (77 episodes, 1959-1963)
Steve London	...	Agent Jack Rossman / ... (65 episodes, 1959-1963)

Series Directed by
Walter Grauman		(21 episodes, 1959-1963)
Stuart Rosenberg		(16 episodes, 1960-1962)
Paul Wendkos		(12 episodes, 1961-1963)
John Peyser		(10 episodes, 1959-1961)
Robert Butler		(7 episodes, 1962-1963)
Bernard L. Kowalski		(7 episodes, 1962)
Howard W. Koch		(4 episodes, 1960)
Tay Garnett		(3 episodes, 1959-1960)
Roger Kay		(3 episodes, 1959-1960)
Don Medford		(3 episodes, 1961)
Ida Lupino		(3 episodes, 1962-1963)
Alex March		(3 episodes, 1962-1963)
Vincent McEveety		(3 episodes, 1962-1963)
Allen Reisner		(3 episodes, 1963)
Joe Parker		(2 episodes, 1959)
Robert Gist		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Abner Biberman		(2 episodes, 1962)
Paul Stanley		(2 episodes, 1962)
Leonard Horn		(2 episodes, 1963)

Series Writing credits
Oscar Fraley		(97 episodes, 1959-1963)
Eliot Ness		(96 episodes, 1959-1963)
Harry Kronman		(17 episodes, 1960-1963)
John Mantley		(12 episodes, 1960-1963)
George Eckstein		(9 episodes, 1961-1963)
Leonard Kantor		(8 episodes, 1959-1962)
David Zelag Goodman		(8 episodes, 1960-1963)
Joseph Petracca		(7 episodes, 1959-1961)
Harry Essex		(6 episodes, 1959-1961)
Robert C. Dennis		(6 episodes, 1959-1960)
William Spier		(4 episodes, 1960-1961)
Harold Gast		(4 episodes, 1962-1963)
Herman Groves		(4 episodes, 1962-1963)
Jerome Ross		(3 episodes, 1959-1960)
Charles O'Neal		(3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Sy Salkowitz		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
John D.F. Black		(3 episodes, 1962-1963)
David Karp		(2 episodes, 1959)
Ben Maddow		(2 episodes, 1960)
Robert Libott		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Gilbert Ralston		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Carey Wilber		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Tony Barrett		(2 episodes, 1963)

Series Produced by
Lloyd Richards	....	associate producer / producer (50 episodes, 1960-1963)
Alan A. Armer	....	executive producer / producer (37 episodes, 1960-1963)
Jerry Thorpe	....	executive producer (32 episodes, 1960-1961)
Quinn Martin	....	executive producer (28 episodes, 1959-1960)
Vincent McEveety	....	associate producer / producer (26 episodes, 1961-1962)
Josef Shaftel	....	producer (25 episodes, 1959-1961)
Norman Retchin	....	producer (24 episodes, 1959-1960)
Del Reisman	....	associate producer / producer (20 episodes, 1961-1963)
Alvin Cooperman	....	producer (10 episodes, 1962-1963)
Charles Russell	....	producer (7 episodes, 1959-1960)
Leonard Freeman	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 1962-1963)
Sidney Marshall	....	producer (4 episodes, 1959-1960)
Walter Grauman	....	producer (3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Desi Arnaz	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Stuart Rosenberg	....	producer (3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Paul Harrison	....	producer (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Herman Hoffman	....	producer (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Bert Granet	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Nelson Riddle		(3 episodes, 1960)
Pete Rugolo		(2 episodes, 1962)
Jack Cookerly		(unknown episodes)
William Loose		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Charles Straumer		(98 episodes, 1959-1963)
Glen MacWilliams		(6 episodes, 1962-1963)
Robert B. Hauser		(4 episodes, 1960)

Series Film Editing by
Ben Ray		(34 episodes, 1959-1963)
Robert L. Swanson		(23 episodes, 1959-1962)
Robert Watts		(13 episodes, 1961-1963)
Elmo Veron		(10 episodes, 1960-1961)
William B. Murphy		(8 episodes, 1960-1961)
George Jay Nicholson		(4 episodes, 1959-1960)
Axel Hubert Sr.		(4 episodes, 1962-1963)
John M. Foley		(3 episodes, 1959-1961)

Series Casting by
James Lister		(54 episodes, 1960-1963)
Lynn Stalmaster		(54 episodes, 1960-1963)
Kerwin Coughlin		(13 episodes, 1959-1960)

Series Art Direction by
Rolland M. Brooks		(75 episodes, 1959-1963)
Ralph Berger		(47 episodes, 1959-1961)
Howard Hollander		(46 episodes, 1961-1963)
Frank T. Smith		(33 episodes, 1959-1961)
William Glasgow		(9 episodes, 1961)
James Hulsey		(2 episodes, 1962)

Series Set Decoration by
Sandy Grace		(60 episodes, 1959-1961)
Harry Gordon		(42 episodes, 1961-1963)

Series Costume Design by
Frank Delmar		(10 episodes, 1959-1962)

Series Makeup Department
Kiva Hoffman	....	makeup artist / make-up (102 episodes, 1959-1963)
Irene Beshon	....	hair stylist (50 episodes, 1959-1961)
Anna Malin	....	hair stylist (8 episodes, 1961-1962)
Jane Chabra	....	hair stylist (7 episodes, 1962-1963)
Jean Udko	....	hair stylist (5 episodes, 1961-1962)
Beth Langston	....	hair stylist (3 episodes, 1961-1962)
David Newell	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1959-1962)
Merle Reeves	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1961-1963)
Lorraine Roberson	....	hair stylist / makeup artist (2 episodes, 1962)

Series Production Management
Marvin Stuart	....	production manager (72 episodes, 1960-1963)
Argyle Nelson	....	production supervisor (60 episodes, 1959-1961)
Jerry Thorpe	....	executive in charge of production (44 episodes, 1961-1963)
James Paisley	....	production supervisor (41 episodes, 1961-1963)
Lloyd Richards	....	production manager (28 episodes, 1959-1960)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sergei Petschnikoff	....	assistant director (39 episodes, 1959-1961)
Vincent McEveety	....	assistant director (28 episodes, 1959-1961)
Ted Schilz	....	assistant director (20 episodes, 1961-1963)
Bud Grace	....	assistant director (19 episodes, 1960-1963)
Russ Haverick	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1960-1963)
Marvin Stuart	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1960)
Lou Watt	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Alan Levine	....	property master (42 episodes, 1959-1963)
Irving A. Feinberg	....	property master (29 episodes, 1959-1961)
Kenneth L. Westcott	....	property master (14 episodes, 1961-1962)
Don Smith	....	property master (7 episodes, 1959-1963)
Charles West	....	property master (3 episodes, 1959-1960)
Al Joyce	....	property master (2 episodes, 1959)

Series Sound Department
Joseph G. Sorokin	....	sound editor / supervising sound editor (68 episodes, 1959-1963)
T.T. Triplett	....	sound engineer (47 episodes, 1959-1961)
S.G. Haughton	....	sound engineer (40 episodes, 1961-1963)
Cam McCulloch	....	sound engineer (29 episodes, 1959-1962)
Ross Taylor	....	sound editor (24 episodes, 1961-1963)
Josef von Stroheim	....	sound editor / supervising sound editor (16 episodes, 1959-1960)
Wayne Fury	....	sound editor (7 episodes, 1961)
Karl Zint	....	sound engineer (6 episodes, 1959)
John Post	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1961)

Series Special Effects by
A.D. Flowers	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
A. Paul Pollard	....	special effects (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (52 episodes, 1961-1963)
Carol Daniels	....	stunt double: Barbara Luna (2 episodes, 1959-1962)

Series Casting Department
Kerwin Coughlin	....	casting (28 episodes, 1959-1960)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Frank Delmar	....	costumer / wardrobe / ... (102 episodes, 1959-1963)
Byron Munson	....	costumer (2 episodes, 1960)

Series Editorial Department
Bill Heath	....	editorial supervisor / supervising editor (100 episodes, 1959-1963)

Series Music Department
Nelson Riddle	....	composer: theme music / composer: themes (118 episodes, 1959-1963)
Robert H. Raff	....	music supervisor / music editor (72 episodes, 1960-1963)
Ted Roberts	....	music supervisor (28 episodes, 1959-1960)
Wilbur Hatch	....	music supervisor (16 episodes, 1960-1963)
Julian Davidson	....	music coordinator (12 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Other crew
Harry Fried	....	story editor (60 episodes, 1959-1961)
Kellam de Forest	....	researcher (42 episodes, 1961-1963)
Arthur Fellows	....	assistant to executive producer (27 episodes, 1959-1960)
Del Reisman	....	story editor (21 episodes, 1961-1962)

Production Companies

• Desilu Productions
• Langford Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1959-1963) (USA) (TV)
• CBS Paramount Domestic Television (2006) (USA) (TV)
• CBS Paramount International Television (2004) (Non-USA) (TV)
• Desilu Studios
• Paramount Pictures
• Super! Drama TV (2006) (Japan) (TV)

Other Companies

• Glen Glenn Sound  sound (as Glen Glenn Sound Co.)
• Howard Anderson Company, The  photographic effects (as Howard Anderson Co.)
• Stalmaster-Lister Co.  casting

Runtime:

60 min (118 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Desilu Productions

Trivia:

The only actors to reprise their roles as members of The Untouchables from the series pilot, the Desilu Playhouse movie "The Scarface Mob" are: Robert Stack as Eliot Ness and 'Abel Fernández' as William Youngfellow. All of the other team members were recast for the series.

Quotes:

Police Officer: There is nothing in that area... except an old abandoned warehouse.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "On the Waterfront: (#2.8)" (1989)

love it!!!!!!!!1

i became aware of the untouchables in the mid-late 1970's. when it was on, i stopped everything to watch it sometimes twice a day. didn't matter that i saw each episode a million times! the stories, the acting, the theme song was the best there is. Robert stack,Paul Picerni, Bruce Gordon, Neville Brand and especially Nick Georgiade (who is my very most favorite) all did great jobs. the show still holds up today. in fact, its better than most of whats on today! it would be great if a channel would pick it up and we could watch it again. just knowing these untouchable websites exist makes me feel really warm and good. thanks for being here for us. I've been trying to locate nick georgiade to write a fan/thank-you letter but have been unsuccessful. well, i can look at him here. i miss this show.