"Mannix" (1967) TV series 1967-1975

Creators:

Richard Levinson
William Link
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

16 September 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

One of the most violent detective series in TV history, "Mannix" tells the weekly adventures of private eye Joe Mannix...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | One Word Title | Violence | Private Detective | Based On Novel

Awards:

Won 4 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 26 nominations

Cast

Mike Connors	...	Joe Mannix (194 episodes, 1967-1975)
Gail Fisher	...	Peggy Fair (96 episodes, 1968-1975)
Ward Wood	...	Lt. Art Malcolm / ... (68 episodes, 1968-1975)

Series Directed by
Paul Krasny		(24 episodes, 1969-1974)
Sutton Roley		(16 episodes, 1968-1974)
Gerald Mayer		(13 episodes, 1967-1972)
John Llewellyn Moxey		(10 episodes, 1968-1974)
Harry Harvey Jr.		(9 episodes, 1968-1974)
Leslie H. Martinson		(8 episodes, 1969-1974)
Arnold Laven		(8 episodes, 1972-1973)
Leonard Horn		(7 episodes, 1967-1972)
Reza Badiyi		(7 episodes, 1970-1972)
Don McDougall		(7 episodes, 1972-1974)
Barry Crane		(6 episodes, 1968-1971)
Murray Golden		(5 episodes, 1967-1971)
John Meredyth Lucas		(5 episodes, 1967-1968)
Stuart Hagmann		(4 episodes, 1968-1969)
Michael O'Herlihy		(3 episodes, 1968-1973)
Allen Reisner		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)
Nicholas Webster		(3 episodes, 1970-1971)
Seymour Robbie		(3 episodes, 1970)
Alf Kjellin		(3 episodes, 1972-1973)
Corey Allen		(2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Harvey Hart		(2 episodes, 1970)
Jeffrey Hayden		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Bill Bixby		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Richard Levinson		(194 episodes, 1967-1975)
William Link		(194 episodes, 1967-1975)
Chester Krumholz		(11 episodes, 1967-1973)
Stephen Kandel		(11 episodes, 1968-1973)
John Meredyth Lucas		(10 episodes, 1967-1973)
Donn Mullally		(10 episodes, 1969-1974)
Daniel B. Ullman		(8 episodes, 1969-1974)
Ben Roberts		(8 episodes, 1970-1975)
Robert W. Lenski		(8 episodes, 1970-1973)
Shimon Wincelberg		(7 episodes, 1969-1975)
Ed Adamson		(7 episodes, 1969-1972)
Harold Medford		(7 episodes, 1970-1974)
Arthur Weiss		(5 episodes, 1968-1974)
Blake Ritchie		(5 episodes, 1969-1973)
Barry Oringer		(4 episodes, 1967-1969)
Warren Duff		(4 episodes, 1968-1972)
Edward J. Lakso		(4 episodes, 1969-1972)
Cliff Gould		(4 episodes, 1969-1971)
Frank Telford		(4 episodes, 1970-1974)
Ed Waters		(4 episodes, 1970-1974)
Robert Pirosh		(4 episodes, 1970-1973)
Ivan Goff		(4 episodes, 1973-1974)
Bruce Geller		(3 episodes, 1967-1973)
Howard Dimsdale		(3 episodes, 1967-1969)
Dorothy Herald		(3 episodes, 1968)
Lionel E. Siegel		(3 episodes, 1969-1970)
Mann Rubin		(3 episodes, 1971-1973)
Karl Tunberg		(3 episodes, 1971-1973)
Leigh Vance		(3 episodes, 1972)
Howard Browne		(2 episodes, 1967-1973)
Lee Loeb		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
William H. Wright		(2 episodes, 1969-1973)
Barry Trivers		(2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Oliver Crawford		(2 episodes, 1970-1972)
Alfred Brenner		(2 episodes, 1970)
Don Brinkley		(2 episodes, 1970)
Martin Roth		(2 episodes, 1971-1974)
David P. Harmon		(2 episodes, 1972-1974)
Richard L. Breen Jr.		(2 episodes, 1973)
James T. Surtees		(2 episodes, 1973)
Bernard C. Schoenfeld		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Victor Canning		(2 episodes, 1975)
Alfred Hayes		(2 episodes, 1975)

Series Produced by
Ben Roberts	....	executive producer / producer (192 episodes, 1967-1975)
Ivan Goff	....	executive producer / producer (156 episodes, 1967-1975)
Bruce Geller	....	executive producer / producer (42 episodes, 1967-1975)
Barry Crane	....	associate producer (39 episodes, 1967-1971)
Wilton Schiller	....	producer (23 episodes, 1967-1968)
Herbert F. Solow	....	executive in charge of production (19 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Original Music by
Richard Hazard		(15 episodes, 1967-1972)
Richard Markowitz		(7 episodes, 1968-1972)
Jerry Fielding		(6 episodes, 1967-1970)
Lalo Schifrin		(5 episodes, 1967-1972)
Robert Drasnin		(4 episodes, 1968-1971)
George Duning		(3 episodes, 1967-1971)
Jeff Alexander		(3 episodes, 1967-1969)
Fred Steiner		(3 episodes, 1969-1971)
Jacques Urbont		(2 episodes, 1967)
George Romanis		(2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Duane Tatro		(2 episodes, 1971-1972)

Series Cinematography by
Gert Andersen		(31 episodes, 1967-1975)
Gene Polito		(7 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Film Editing by
Paul Krasny		(3 episodes, 1967)
Neil MacDonald		(3 episodes, 1968-1971)
John Loeffler		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Bruce Schoengarth		(2 episodes, 1968)
Robert L. Swanson		(2 episodes, 1970-1975)
Richard E. Rabjohn		(unknown episodes)
Robert Watts		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Joseph D'Agosta		(19 episodes, 1967-1968)
Ramsay King		(2 episodes, 1970-1971)

Series Art Direction by
Jan Van Tamelen		(38 episodes, 1967-1975)

Series Set Decoration by
John Burton		(7 episodes, 1967-1968)
Fred Price		(3 episodes, 1969-1971)

Series Makeup Department
Christine George	....	hair stylist / hairstylist (15 episodes, 1967-1975)
Jack Obringer	....	makeup artist (14 episodes, 1967-1975)

Series Production Management
Douglas S. Cramer	....	executive vice president in charge of production (11 episodes, 1968-1969)
Bill Derwin	....	production manager (10 episodes, 1968-1969)
Paul Krasny	....	in charge of post-production / executive in charge of post-production (3 episodes, 1968-1969)
William Cairncross	....	executive in charge of post-production (2 episodes, 1970-1971)
John A. Fegan Jr.	....	post-production supervisor (2 episodes, 1971-1975)
Michael P. Schoenbrun	....	production manager (2 episodes, 1971-1975)
Jack Sonntag	....	production supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rowe Wallerstein	....	assistant director (8 episodes, 1967-1971)
Ric Rondell	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1967-1968)
John M. Poer	....	first assistant director / second assistant director (unknown episodes, 1974)
Barry Stern	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Arthur Wasson	....	supervising property master / property master (9 episodes, 1967-1970)
Robert M. Anderson	....	property master (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Tommy Thompson	....	production mixer / production sound mixer / ... (10 episodes, 1967-1969)
Joseph G. Sorokin	....	supervising sound editor (9 episodes, 1967-1968)
Elden Ruberg	....	re-recording mixer / sound re-recording mixer (5 episodes, 1967-1968)
Gordon L. Day	....	re-recording mixer (5 episodes, 1968-1969)
Don Rush	....	production sound mixer (2 episodes, 1970-1975)
Jim Bullock	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
John Burke	....	special effects (3 episodes, 1968-1970)

Series Stunts
Charlie Picerni	....	stunt coordinator / stunt double: Mike Connors / ... (20 episodes, 1968-1974)
Dick Ziker	....	stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 1970-1975)
May Boss	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Carol Daniels	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Lee Faulkner	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Hal Needham	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
George Orrison	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bill M. Ryusaki	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Forrest T. Butler	....	supervising costumer / costume supervisor (8 episodes, 1967-1969)
Dodie Shepard	....	costume supervisor: women / costume supervisor / ... (7 episodes, 1967-1968)
Michael Tierney	....	supervising costumer / costumer (3 episodes, 1970-1975)

Series Editorial Department
Paul Krasny	....	supervising editor / in charge of post production / ... (22 episodes, 1967-1969)

Series Music Department
Lalo Schifrin	....	composer: theme music / composer: stock music / ... (40 episodes, 1967-1975)
Robert H. Raff	....	music editor (11 episodes, 1967-1975)
Richard Hazard	....	conductor (6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Jerry Fielding	....	conductor (4 episodes, 1967-1968)
Richard Markowitz	....	conductor (4 episodes, 1968-1969)
Jeff Alexander	....	conductor (2 episodes, 1967)
Kenyon Hopkins	....	music supervisor (2 episodes, 1970-1971)

Series Transportation Department
Ed Chamey	....	vehicles / vehicle coordinator (10 episodes, 1967-1970)
Chris Haynes	....	driver / production driver (4 episodes, 1973-1974)

Series Other crew
Bruce Geller	....	developer (40 episodes, 1967-1970)
Howard Dimsdale	....	script consultant (23 episodes, 1967-1968)
Philip D. Fehrle	....	assistant to executive producer / production coordinator (17 episodes, 1967-1969)
Harry Harvey Jr.	....	script supervisor (10 episodes, 1967-1975)
Douglas S. Cramer	....	executive vice president in charge of production (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Dale Tarter	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
George Barris	....	car customizer: Mannix Roadster (unknown episodes)
Jane Ficker	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Desilu Productions (1967-1968)
• Norway Corporation
• Paramount Television (1968-1975)

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1967-1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Television (1979) (worldwide) (TV)
• CBS Paramount Domestic Television (2006) (USA) (TV)
• CBS Paramount International Television (2004) (non-USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Botany 500  wardrobe
• Chevrolet Motor Company-GMC Division  automobile furnishing
• Chrysler Corporation  automobile furnishing

Runtime:

60 min (154 episodes) | USA:52 min (194 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Desilu Productions

Trivia:

During the 1972-73 season Mannix's car (a 1973 Plymouth Cuda convertible) were actually three 1971 models updated (by changing the grill/headlights, hood, and taillights panel) to look like a 1973 Cuda, as Plymouth no longer made the Cuda as a convertible, and driving a convertible had been a Mannix trademark since the show began.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Laserblast (#8.6)" (1996)

Good detective stories that are still enjoyable today

Very good writing and very good camera work, in both angles and continuity. This show is still viewable by today's standards. Some may appreciate how 'car phones' were the leading edge of technology in the late 1960s and early 1970s when not even fax machines existed. Others may reminisce on the occasional fad fashion statement even while the main characters wore what was considered conservative. Few can ignore how thoughtful the episodes were. Sometimes complex, the well scripted plots often kept the armchair detective puzzled until the very end. It is as though every single object, mannerism, and facial expression had a purpose towards telling the story.

Hard action, yes. Violent, maybe. Graphic blood and guts, no. Realistically, cars didn't flip over other cars and burst into flames at every car chase. Just like everyone experiences similar issues within each respective profession, some plots had similarities but they were so well thought out that they were very different in the end. Consequently, soft and caring moments were interspersed with happiness, sadness, and action. It was a fairly real show with few, if any, stupid scenes; a show where people didn't do superhuman stunts. It contains mystery and some suspense. The theme song is classic. It's a good series that can still be enjoyed today, on reruns, of course.