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Overview

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Creator:
Bruce Geller
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 full episode list
Release Date:
17 September 1966 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Failure impossible.
Plot:
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. full summary
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 10 wins & 25 nominations more
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User Comments:
The Benchmark for all other series more (41 total)

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 6 of 343)
Greg Morris ... Barney Collier (168 episodes, 1966-1973)

Peter Lupus ... Willy Armitage (158 episodes, 1966-1973)
Bob Johnson ... Voice on Tape (158 episodes, 1966-1973)
Peter Graves ... James Phelps (143 episodes, 1967-1973)
Barbara Bain ... Cinnamon Carter (77 episodes, 1966-1969)

Martin Landau ... Rollin Hand / ... (76 episodes, 1966-1969)
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Series Directed by
Reza Badiyi (17 episodes, 1969-1972)
Barry Crane (15 episodes, 1969-1973)
Paul Krasny (14 episodes, 1968-1973)
Lee H. Katzin (11 episodes, 1967-1968)
Leonard Horn (10 episodes, 1966-1971)
Leslie H. Martinson (9 episodes, 1971-1973)
Paul Stanley (7 episodes, 1967-1968)
John Llewellyn Moxey (7 episodes, 1969-1972)
Charles R. Rondeau (6 episodes, 1966-1971)
Alexander Singer (5 episodes, 1967-1969)
Sutton Roley (5 episodes, 1968-1972)
Murray Golden (5 episodes, 1969-1971)
Virgil W. Vogel (5 episodes, 1970-1973)
Lewis Allen (4 episodes, 1967-1973)
Gerald Mayer (4 episodes, 1969-1970)
Marvin J. Chomsky (4 episodes, 1970-1971)
Bernard L. Kowalski (3 episodes, 1966)
Richard Benedict (3 episodes, 1967-1969)
Alf Kjellin (3 episodes, 1967-1968)
Michael O'Herlihy (3 episodes, 1967-1968)
Stuart Hagmann (3 episodes, 1969)
Marc Daniels (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Robert Totten (2 episodes, 1968)
Terry Becker (2 episodes, 1970-1972)
 
Series Writing credits
Bruce Geller (168 episodes, 1966-1973)
Allan Balter (24 episodes, 1966-1968)
William Read Woodfield (24 episodes, 1966-1968)
Laurence Heath (23 episodes, 1966-1972)
Paul Playdon (14 episodes, 1968-1971)
Ken Pettus (10 episodes, 1969-1971)
Harold Livingston (9 episodes, 1970-1972)
Arthur Weiss (7 episodes, 1970-1972)
James L. Henderson (7 episodes, 1971-1972)
Samuel Roeca (6 episodes, 1971-1972)
Leigh Vance (5 episodes, 1969-1972)
Stephen Kandel (5 episodes, 1972-1973)
Ellis Marcus (4 episodes, 1966)
Edward J. Lakso (4 episodes, 1967-1973)
Jerrold L. Ludwig (4 episodes, 1968-1970)
Howard Berk (4 episodes, 1969-1972)
Ed Adamson (4 episodes, 1970-1972)
Norman Katkov (4 episodes, 1970-1972)
Howard Browne (4 episodes, 1971-1973)
Robert Lewin (3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Mann Rubin (3 episodes, 1967-1971)
Barney Slater (3 episodes, 1967-1968)
John D.F. Black (3 episodes, 1968-1971)
Ronald Austin (3 episodes, 1969-1972)
James D. Buchanan (3 episodes, 1969-1972)
Jackson Gillis (3 episodes, 1970-1972)
Richard M. Sakal (2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Lou Shaw (2 episodes, 1968-1973)
Sy Salkowitz (2 episodes, 1968)
Robert E. Thompson (2 episodes, 1968)
Judy Burns (2 episodes, 1969-1971)
Walter Brough (2 episodes, 1970-1972)
Henry Sharp (2 episodes, 1970-1971)

Series Produced by
Bruce Geller .... executive producer / producer (137 episodes, 1966-1973)
Barry Crane .... associate producer / producer (121 episodes, 1966-1972)
Joseph Gantman .... producer (52 episodes, 1966-1968)
Herbert F. Solow .... executive in charge of production (47 episodes, 1966-1968)
Bruce Lansbury .... producer (36 episodes, 1969-1972)
Stanley Kallis .... producer (32 episodes, 1968-1970)
John W. Rogers .... associate producer (25 episodes, 1967-1968)
Robert F. O'Neill .... associate producer (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Laurence Heath .... producer (10 episodes, 1970-1973)
Allan Balter .... producer (7 episodes, 1968)
William Read Woodfield .... producer (7 episodes, 1968)
Robert E. Thompson .... producer (2 episodes, 1968)
 
Series Original Music by
Lalo Schifrin (17 episodes, 1966-1973)
Richard Markowitz (9 episodes, 1969-1970)
Robert Drasnin (8 episodes, 1967-1971)
Jerry Fielding (7 episodes, 1967-1969)
Gerald Fried (6 episodes, 1966-1969)
Walter Scharf (5 episodes, 1966-1967)
Richard Hazard (3 episodes, 1969-1972)
Benny Golson (3 episodes, 1970-1971)
Robert Prince (2 episodes, 1970-1971)
 
Series Cinematography by
Keith C. Smith (46 episodes, 1968-1970)
Ronald W. Browne (45 episodes, 1970-1973)
Michel Hugo (23 episodes, 1967-1968)
Gert Andersen (18 episodes, 1966-1969)
Charles Straumer (7 episodes, 1966)
Gerald Perry Finnerman (3 episodes, 1967)
Andrew J. McIntyre (3 episodes, 1968)
Fred J. Koenekamp (2 episodes, 1968)
 
Series Film Editing by
David Wages (28 episodes, 1967-1971)
John Loeffler (28 episodes, 1968-1973)
Jerry Taylor (15 episodes, 1969-1973)
Robert Watts (14 episodes, 1966-1968)
Robert L. Swanson (14 episodes, 1967-1971)
Paul Krasny (11 episodes, 1966-1967)
William Cairncross (8 episodes, 1968-1970)
Arthur Hilton (6 episodes, 1969-1970)
Larry Strong (6 episodes, 1971-1973)
Stanley Rabjohn (5 episodes, 1966-1967)
Neil MacDonald (4 episodes, 1967)
John A. Fegan Jr. (4 episodes, 1969-1970)
Jodie Copelan (4 episodes, 1969)
Michael Pozen (2 episodes, 1966)
 
Series Casting by
Joseph D'Agosta (77 episodes, 1966-1969)
Jim Merrick (47 episodes, 1969-1971)
William J. Kenney (15 episodes, 1968-1969)
Betty Martin (11 episodes, 1971-1972)
 
Series Art Direction by
Gibson Holley (70 episodes, 1969-1973)
Bill Ross (50 episodes, 1967-1969)
Jan Van Tamelen (25 episodes, 1966-1967)
Rolland M. Brooks (21 episodes, 1966-1967)
 
Series Set Decoration by
Lucien Hafley (142 episodes, 1966-1973)
 
Series Makeup Department
Adele Taylor .... hairstylist / hair stylist (139 episodes, 1966-1973)
Robert Dawn .... makeup artist (112 episodes, 1967-1973)
Daniel C. Striepeke .... makeup artist (28 episodes, 1966-1967)
 
Series Production Management
Douglas S. Cramer .... executive vice president in charge of production (74 episodes, 1968-1971)
William Cairncross .... in charge of post-production / post-production supervisor (52 episodes, 1969-1972)
Paul Krasny .... in charge of post-production (51 episodes, 1968-1970)
Bill Heath .... post-production executive (28 episodes, 1966-1967)
John A. Fegan Jr. .... post-production supervisor (28 episodes, 1970-1972)
William Eatherly .... production supervisor (27 episodes, 1966-1967)
Bill Derwin .... production manager (26 episodes, 1969-1970)
Edward Haldeman .... production manager (25 episodes, 1968-1969)
Gordon A. Webb .... production manager (23 episodes, 1970-1971)
Robert L. Swanson .... post-production supervisor (9 episodes, 1969)
Michael P. Schoenbrun .... production manager (9 episodes, 1971-1972)
Donald R. Rode .... post-production supervisor (3 episodes, 1972)

Jack Sonntag .... production supervisor (unknown episodes)
 
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael P. Schoenbrun .... assistant director (24 episodes, 1969-1971)
Victor Vallejo .... assistant director (22 episodes, 1967-1969)
John W. Rogers .... assistant director (11 episodes, 1966-1967)
Harry Hogan III .... assistant director (10 episodes, 1970-1971)
Gordon A. Webb .... assistant director (9 episodes, 1969-1970)
Ted Butcher .... assistant director (8 episodes, 1968-1969)
Ric Rondell .... assistant director (7 episodes, 1967)
Jerome M. Siegel .... assistant director (6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Al Kraus .... assistant director (5 episodes, 1968-1969)
Gene De Ruelle .... assistant director (5 episodes, 1969-1970)
Wilbur Mosier .... assistant director (4 episodes, 1966)
Bill Derwin .... assistant director (4 episodes, 1971-1972)
Dale Coleman .... assistant director (3 episodes, 1967)
David Hawks .... assistant director (3 episodes, 1967)
Jim Myers .... assistant director (2 episodes, 1969)
Bob White .... assistant director (2 episodes, 1971-1972)

Ray Taylor Jr. .... assistant director (unknown episodes, 1971-1972)
Max Stein .... assistant director (unknown episodes, 1972-1973)
 
Series Art Department
Arthur Wasson .... supervising property master / property master (83 episodes, 1966-1972)
William M. Bates .... property master (22 episodes, 1967-1969)
Robert O. Richards .... property master / supervising property master (19 episodes, 1969-1971)
Art Lipschultz .... property master (7 episodes, 1970-1971)
 
Series Sound Department
Dominick Gaffey .... production mixer (118 episodes, 1967-1973)
Joseph G. Sorokin .... supervising sound editor / sound editor (63 episodes, 1966-1969)
Gordon L. Day .... re-recording mixer (59 episodes, 1968-1971)
Michael Colgan .... sound editor (29 episodes, 1969-1970)
Joel Moss .... re-recording mixer (27 episodes, 1970-1972)
Tommy Thompson .... sound engineer (25 episodes, 1966-1967)
Elden Ruberg .... re-recording mixer (19 episodes, 1967-1968)
Frank R. White .... sound editor (14 episodes, 1970-1971)
John Post .... sound editor (11 episodes, 1966-1967)
William Andrews .... sound effects editor (10 episodes, 1971-1972)
Doug Grindstaff .... supervising sound editor (6 episodes, 1969)
Marvin Walowitz .... sound editor (4 episodes, 1967)
Jay M. Harding .... re-recording mixer (3 episodes, 1972)
Carl Daniels .... sound engineer (2 episodes, 1967)
 
Series Special Effects by
John Burke .... special effects (139 episodes, 1966-1972)
 
Series Stunts
Dick Dial .... stunt double: Peter Graves / stunt double: Fritz Weaver (89 episodes, 1966-1970)
Charlie Picerni .... stunts (4 episodes, 1969-1970)
Lee Duncan .... stunt double: Greg Morris / stunt double: Greg Morris (4 episodes, 1969)
Bruce Paul Barbour .... stunt double / stunt performer / ... (3 episodes, 1970-1972)
George P. Wilbur .... stunt double: Peter Graves (2 episodes, 1969-1971)
Bennie E. Dobbins .... stunt double: H.M. Wynant (2 episodes, 1969)
Tony Brubaker .... stunt double: Greg Morris / stunt double: Rafer Johnson (2 episodes, 1971)

Lee Faulkner .... utility stunts (unknown episodes)
Wayne McLaren .... stunts (unknown episodes)
Charles Wilcox .... stunts (unknown episodes)
 
Series Camera and Electrical Department
Earl C. Williman .... lamp operator (28 episodes, 1966-1967)
Ross Cannon .... key grip (26 episodes, 1966-1967)
Bobby Jones .... gaffer (9 episodes, 1967)
Joseph Edesa .... gaffer (5 episodes, 1966)
Joe Wharton .... gaffer (3 episodes, 1966-1967)
George H. Merhoff .... gaffer (3 episodes, 1967)
 
Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Forrest T. Butler .... supervising costumer / costume supervisor: men / ... (100 episodes, 1966-1970)
Sabine Manela .... costume supervisor: women / costumer: women / ... (75 episodes, 1966-1969)
Dodie Shepard .... costume supervisor: women (57 episodes, 1969-1972)
Andrea E. Weaver .... set costumer: women (49 episodes, 1969-1971)
Michael Tierney .... supervising costumer / costume supervisor (35 episodes, 1970-1972)
Bob Spencer .... costume supervisor (3 episodes, 1966)
Grace Kuhn .... costumer: women (3 episodes, 1967)
 
Series Editorial Department
Larry L. Mills .... editorial coordinator (30 episodes, 1970-1972)
Michael Vejar .... editorial coordinator (26 episodes, 1969-1970)
Paul Krasny .... supervising film editor (22 episodes, 1967-1968)
Jerry Taylor .... editorial coordinator (20 episodes, 1968-1969)
Fred Stafford .... editorial coordinator (3 episodes, 1972)
 
Series Music Department
Lalo Schifrin .... composer: theme music / composer: stock music (156 episodes, 1966-1973)
Dan Carlin Sr. .... music editor (114 episodes, 1967-1972)
Wilbur Hatch .... music consultant / music supervisor (28 episodes, 1966-1967)
Kenyon Hopkins .... music supervisor (27 episodes, 1970-1972)
Ted Whitfield .... music editor (16 episodes, 1966-1967)
Jerry MacDonald .... music editor (11 episodes, 1967)
Leith Stevens .... music supervisor (3 episodes, 1970)
 
Series Transportation Department
Ed Chamey .... vehicle coordinator / vehicles (76 episodes, 1968-1972)
Chris Haynes .... driver (2 episodes, 1969)
 
Series Other crew
Alan Greedy .... script supervisor (101 episodes, 1966-1970)
Philip D. Fehrle .... production assistant / assistant to executive producer / ... (78 episodes, 1966-1969)
Dale Tarter .... production coordinator / assistant to producer (51 episodes, 1969-1972)
Laurence Heath .... story consultant / script consultant (40 episodes, 1970-1972)
Allan Balter .... script consultant / story consultant (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
William Read Woodfield .... script consultant / story consultant (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Paul Playdon .... script consultant (29 episodes, 1968-1970)
Barbara Atkinson .... script supervisor (25 episodes, 1970-1972)
Michael Jarvis .... production coordinator (24 episodes, 1970-1971)
Alan Godfrey .... production coordinator (20 episodes, 1968-1969)
Robert E. Thompson .... script consultant (11 episodes, 1968-1969)
Stephen Kandel .... story editor (5 episodes, 1972)
Micheal Pociecha .... animal supervisor (3 episodes, 1970)
H. Bud Otto .... script supervisor (2 episodes, 1970)
 
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Additional Details

Runtime:
50 min (168 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | UK:PG | UK:U (some episodes) | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:Atp
Filming Locations:
Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA more
Company:
Desilu Productions more

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Trivia:
The main reason for Briggs, and later Phelps, looking through the photos to select the various members of the team for each mission was that many of the early episodes would feature guest stars as members of the team. However, once it became apparent that the same members were chosen every time, the practice was eventually abandoned. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Multiple episodes set in European countries have Barney working on electrical wiring to achieve the team's aim, yet the switchgear, outlets, and other equipment depicted is North American. more
Quotes:
Cinnamon Carter: You get all the fun.
Rollin Hand: On the contrary. I only get to make up. You get to remove all my make-up, in front of three men who'll kill you if they see what you're doing.
Cinnamon Carter: They'll kill us both.
Rollin Hand: So they would.
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Referenced in The Bench: Life Before 'Seinfeld' (2004) (V) more

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18 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
The Benchmark for all other series, 10 November 2001
Author: Jean from Lawrenceville, GA

M:I is probably my favorite tv show; at least the only one I will consistantly watch reruns of. I never play the Hill versus Graves game as each actor brought unique characteristics to the show. The same with Martin Landau as Rollin Hand and Leonard Nimoy as Paris. I will say that though Linda Day George and Lesley Anne Warren are good actresses, they never measured up to Barbara Bain for talent and sheer class. I think my favorite episodes are "A Cube of Sugar", "The Seal" (with the cat as an integral part of the plan, "The Heir Apparent" and "The Mind of Stefan Miklos". It's very hard to pick favorites though, because each episode has its' own quirks and charms.

What made M:I stand out is that it depended not on gimmicks and special effects but on the talent and believability of the actors. The props and makeup were also believable. I think that's why the movies don't measure up to the original series. Add in the ridiculous plot line that Jim Phelps could ever be the bad guy and they've completely lost it. The second movie would have been alright if it hadn't been a Mission: Impossible knock-off. The writers and producers forgot that there was an M:I team, not a single player.

All in all, Mission: Impossible set the standard for all other series of this sort, and few have come close to the bar, and none have surpassed it.

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