"The Fugitive" (1963) TV series 1963-1967

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Creator:

Roy Huggins
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

17 September 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer.

Plot Keywords:

Escape | Fugitive | Chase | Falsely Convicted | Obsession

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

David Janssen	...	Dr. Richard Kimble / ... (120 episodes, 1963-1967)
William Conrad	...	Narrator (120 episodes, 1963-1967)
Barry Morse	...	Lt. Philip Gerard (117 episodes, 1963-1967)

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Series Directed by
Jerry Hopper		(14 episodes, 1963-1966)
Walter Grauman		(11 episodes, 1963-1965)
Alexander Singer		(9 episodes, 1965-1966)
James Sheldon		(7 episodes, 1963-1967)
William A. Graham		(7 episodes, 1963-1965)
Robert Butler		(6 episodes, 1964-1966)
Don Medford		(6 episodes, 1965-1967)
Gerald Mayer		(5 episodes, 1966-1967)
Abner Biberman		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ralph Senensky		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
John Meredyth Lucas		(4 episodes, 1967)
Ida Lupino		(3 episodes, 1963-1964)
James Goldstone		(3 episodes, 1964)
Leonard Horn		(3 episodes, 1966)
Christian Nyby		(2 episodes, 1963-1966)
Andrew McCullough		(2 episodes, 1963)
Joseph Sargent		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Jesse Hibbs		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Richard Donner		(2 episodes, 1966)
Gerd Oswald		(2 episodes, 1966)
Lewis Allen		(2 episodes, 1967)
Claudio Guzmán		(1 episode, 1963)
Vincent McEveety		(1 episode, 1963)
Robert Ellis Miller		(1 episode, 1963)
Laslo Benedek		(1 episode, 1964)
John Erman		(1 episode, 1964)
Sydney Pollack		(1 episode, 1964)
William D. Gordon		(1 episode, 1965)
Sutton Roley		(1 episode, 1965)
Robert Gist		(1 episode, 1966)
William Hale		(1 episode, 1966)
Alex March		(1 episode, 1966)
James Neilson		(1 episode, 1966)
Joseph Pevney		(1 episode, 1966)
Mark Rydell		(1 episode, 1966)
Jud Taylor		(1 episode, 1966)
Richard Benedict		(1 episode, 1967)
Murray Golden		(1 episode, 1967)

Series Writing credits
Roy Huggins		(120 episodes, 1963-1967)
Harry Kronman		(11 episodes, 1963-1967)
George Eckstein		(10 episodes, 1963-1967)
Daniel B. Ullman		(9 episodes, 1964-1966)
Philip Saltzman		(6 episodes, 1964-1967)
William D. Gordon		(5 episodes, 1963-1965)
Jack Turley		(5 episodes, 1965-1967)
Don Brinkley		(5 episodes, 1965-1966)
Barry Oringer		(5 episodes, 1966-1967)
John Kneubuhl		(5 episodes, 1966)
Arthur Weiss		(4 episodes, 1963-1965)
Stanford Whitmore		(4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Sheldon Stark		(4 episodes, 1964)
Jeri Emmett		(4 episodes, 1966-1967)
Oliver Crawford		(3 episodes, 1963-1967)
Stuart Jerome		(3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Al C. Ward		(3 episodes, 1964-1966)
Lee Loeb		(3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Sam Ross		(3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Robert C. Dennis		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Peter Germano		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Hank Searls		(2 episodes, 1963)
Larry Cohen		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Richard Levinson		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
William Link		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Leonard Kantor		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Norman Lessing		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Anthony Wilson		(2 episodes, 1965)
E. Arthur Kean		(2 episodes, 1966)
Michael Zagor		(2 episodes, 1967)
Alan A. Armer		(unknown episodes)
James Griffith		(unknown episodes)
William Kantor		(unknown episodes)
William Morwood		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Quinn Martin	....	executive producer (120 episodes, 1963-1967)
Alan A. Armer	....	producer (90 episodes, 1963-1966)
Wilton Schiller	....	producer (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
George Eckstein	....	co-producer / associate producer (22 episodes, 1965-1967)
Arthur Weiss	....	associate producer (17 episodes, 1963-1964)
William D. Gordon	....	associate producer (9 episodes, 1964-1965)
John Meredyth Lucas	....	co-producer (9 episodes, 1966)

Series Original Music by
Pete Rugolo		(57 episodes, 1963-1967)
Dominic Frontiere		(3 episodes, 1967)
Bernhard Kaun		(unknown episodes)
Franz Waxman		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Meredith M. Nicholson		(67 episodes, 1964-1966)
Robert Hoffman		(24 episodes, 1966-1967)
Fred Mandl		(8 episodes, 1963-1964)
George J. Folsey		(unknown episodes)
Carl E. Guthrie		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Walter Hannemann		(14 episodes, 1963-1967)
Robert L. Swanson		(10 episodes, 1964-1966)
Marston Fay		(8 episodes, 1963-1966)
Jerry Young		(8 episodes, 1963-1964)
James Ballas		(8 episodes, 1966-1967)
Richard Cahoon		(4 episodes, 1966-1967)
Jodie Copelan		(4 episodes, 1967)
John Post		(2 episodes, 1964)

Series Casting by
Meryl O'Loughlin		(28 episodes, 1965-1967)
Kerwin Coughlin		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Claudio Guzmán		(1 episode, 1963)

Series Art Direction by
Serge Krizman		(21 episodes, 1963-1965)
James Dowell Vance		(15 episodes, 1965-1967)
James Hulsey		(10 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Set Decoration by
Sandy Grace		(49 episodes, 1963-1967)

Series Costume Design by
Edward McDermott		(unknown episodes)
Bob Wolfe		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Jack Wilson	....	makeup artist (35 episodes, 1964-1967)
Lynn Burke	....	hair stylist / hairdresser (25 episodes, 1963-1966)
Carol Meikle	....	hair stylist (21 episodes, 1966-1967)
Walter Schenk	....	makeup artist (13 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jean Austin	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1967)
Lavaughn Speer	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Fred Ahern	....	production manager (51 episodes, 1963-1967)
John Elizalde	....	post-production supervisor (35 episodes, 1963-1967)
Arthur Fellows	....	in charge of production (23 episodes, 1966-1967)
Adrian Samish	....	in charge of production (23 episodes, 1966-1967)
Bud Brill	....	unit production manager (13 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Rubin	....	second assistant director (24 episodes, 1966-1967)
Lou Place	....	assistant director (13 episodes, 1966-1967)
Read Killgore	....	second assistant director / assistant director (11 episodes, 1963-1964)
Phil Cook	....	assistant director (11 episodes, 1966-1967)
Lloyd Allen	....	assistant director (10 episodes, 1963-1965)
Jack Barry	....	second assistant director (8 episodes, 1964-1965)
William Shanks	....	second assistant director / assistant director (6 episodes, 1963-1964)
Paul Wurtzel	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1963-1964)
Wesley J. McAfee	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Russ Haverick	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
James E. Newcom	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
David Salven	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Don Smith	....	property master / property manager (25 episodes, 1963-1967)
Irving W. Sindler	....	property master / property manager (21 episodes, 1963-1967)

Series Sound Department
John K. Kean	....	production sound mixer / production mixer / ... (48 episodes, 1963-1967)
Chuck Overhulser	....	sound editor (45 episodes, 1963-1967)
Clem Portman	....	sound re-recordist / sound re-recording mixer (24 episodes, 1963-1966)
Eddie Campbell	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Chuck Perry	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Thol Simonson	....	special effects (23 episodes, 1966-1967)
Howard A. Anderson	....	special photographic effects (19 episodes, 1963-1967)

Series Stunts
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Dick Dial	....	stunt double: David Janssen (unknown episodes)
Bill Hickman	....	stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Carey Loftin	....	stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Troy Melton	....	stunt double: David Janssen (unknown episodes)
Fred Stromsoe	....	stunt double: David Janssen (unknown episodes)
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunt double: David Janssen (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Vaughn Ashen	....	chief electrician (39 episodes, 1964-1967)
Edward E. Nugent	....	second camera operator (23 episodes, 1966-1967)
Ray Rich	....	key grip (23 episodes, 1966-1967)
Joseph A. August Jr.	....	second camera operator / second camera / ... (21 episodes, 1963-1966)
James Potevin	....	chief electrician (8 episodes, 1963-1964)
Richard A. Kelley	....	first assistant camera / second camera operator (2 episodes, 1964)
Robert R. Farmer	....	chief electrician (unknown episodes)
Lester Miller	....	chief electrician (unknown episodes)
Roger C. Sherman	....	second camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Edward McDermott	....	costume supervisor (23 episodes, 1966-1967)
Elmer Ellsworth	....	costume supervisor (17 episodes, 1963-1966)
Bob Wolfe	....	costume supervisor (5 episodes, 1963)
George Herrington	....	costumer (unknown episodes)
Karlice Hinson	....	costumer (unknown episodes)
Stephen Lodge	....	costumer (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Carl Barth	....	editorial consultant / editorial coordinator (31 episodes, 1964-1967)
Tom Neff Jr.	....	assistant film editor / assistant editor (15 episodes, 1963-1967)
Harry Kaye	....	assistant film editor / assistant editor (9 episodes, 1964-1967)
John Post	....	assistant editor / assistant film editor (5 episodes, 1963-1964)
John Shouse	....	assistant film editor / assistant editor (5 episodes, 1963-1964)
Martin Fox	....	assistant film editor (4 episodes, 1966-1967)
Orven Schanzer	....	assistant film editor (3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Anthony Friedman	....	assistant film editor (3 episodes, 1966)
Ron Meredith	....	assistant film editor (unknown episodes)
Ken Rudolph	....	apprentice editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Ken Wilhoit	....	music supervisor (48 episodes, 1963-1967)
John Elizalde	....	music supervisor (unknown episodes)
Ted Roberts	....	music editor (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver / production driver (7 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Other crew
John Conwell	....	assistant to producer / assistant to executive producer (49 episodes, 1963-1967)
Arthur Fellows	....	assistant to executive producer (31 episodes, 1963-1966)
Kenneth Gilbert	....	script supervisor (27 episodes, 1965-1967)
Duane Toler	....	script supervisor (14 episodes, 1963-1964)
Bud Brill	....	location manager (14 episodes, 1965-1966)
Richard Chaffee	....	script supervisor (9 episodes, 1964-1965)
Frances McDowell	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Billy Vernon	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Quinn Martin Productions (QM)
• United Artists Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1963-1967) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Image Entertainment (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Republic Pictures Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Television (1999-) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• Paramount Home Entertainment Finland (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Worldvision Enterprises

Other Companies

• Block Drug Company  original sponsor
• Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company  original sponsor
• C.T.S. Studios  theme music and variations
• Clairol Inc.rporated  original sponsor
• Division Sperry Rand Corporation  original sponsor
• E.I. Dupont DeNemours and Company  original sponsor
• Ford Motor Company, Lincoln/Mercury Division  original sponsor
• London Philharmonic Orchestra  orchestra
• Max Factor and Company  original sponsor
• Menley and James Labs  original sponsor
• Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M)  original sponsor
• Mobil Oil Company  original sponsor
• Polaroid  original sponsor
• Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP)  original sponsor
• Remington Rand Electric Shaver and Portable Typewriter  original sponsor
• Samuel Goldwyn Studios  filmed at
• Standard Brands  original sponsor
• Ted Heath Orchestra  orchestra
• The Norwich Pharmacal Company  original sponsor

Runtime:

51 min (120 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (1963-1966) | Color (1966-1967)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-18 (2007) (DVD) (self applied)

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

Quinn Martin Productions (QM)

Trivia:

The show was so popular that a German magazine wanted to stage a contest in which David Janssen would be stalked by its readers through the streets of Berlin.

Quotes:

Narrator: Name: Richard Kimble. Profession: Doctor of Medicine. Destination: Death Row, State Prison. Richard Kimble has been tried and convicted for the murder of his wife. But laws are made by men, carried out by men. And men are imperfect. Richard Kimble is innocent...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Boy Meets World: The Fugitive (#1.17)" (1994)

The Fugitive

This is one of the greatest TV series of all time, why is it not available on DVD? and I'm not talking about bootleg VHS copies from Ebay for $300.00.

An outstanding classic television series that needs to be presented in it's entirety in a DVD set. The movie version was a bunch of bloated, Hollywood tripe all to typical of whats been put out today.

Painstaking effort has been made to present DVD material of such crap as Full House, Saved by the Bell, etc, etc. I'll bet we'll see Love Boat come out next. Why no Fugitive?

This is absolutely unacceptable.