"Emergency!" (1972)TV series 1972-1979

Creator:

Jack Webb
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Seasons:

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

Release Date:

22 January 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Adventure | Action

Plot:

The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Dept. Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.

Plot Keywords:

Rescue Team | Doctor | Firefighting | Paramedic | Medical

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

Kevin Tighe	...	Firefighter / ... (133 episodes, 1972-1979)
Randolph Mantooth	...	Firefighter / ... (133 episodes, 1972-1979)
Tim Donnelly	...	Firefighter Chester 'Chet' Kelly / ... (125 episodes, 1972-1978)
Marco López	...	Marco Lopez / ... (124 episodes, 1972-1978)
Mike Stoker	...	Engineer Mike Stoker / ... (124 episodes, 1972-1978)
Michael Norell	...	Captain Hank Stanley (108 episodes, 1972-1978)
Harold 'Hal' Frizzell	...	Ambulance Attendant / ... (64 episodes, 1972-1978)

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Series Directed by
Georg Fenady		(33 episodes, 1972-1979)
Christian I. Nyby II		(31 episodes, 1972-1979)
Dennis Donnelly		(18 episodes, 1972-1977)
Christian Nyby		(7 episodes, 1972-1973)
Joseph Pevney		(7 episodes, 1974-1976)
Lawrence Dobkin		(6 episodes, 1972)
Jack Webb		(4 episodes, 1972-1976)
Kevin Tighe		(4 episodes, 1974-1976)
Alan Crosland		(3 episodes, 1973)
Sam Freedle		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Herschel Daugherty		(2 episodes, 1972)
Joel Oliansky		(2 episodes, 1973-1975)
Richard C. Bennett		(2 episodes, 1974-1976)
Don Richardson		(2 episodes, 1974)
Wesley J. McAfee		(2 episodes, 1975)
Cliff Bole		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Randolph Mantooth		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)
James W. Gavin		(1 episode, 1974)
Richard Newton		(1 episode, 1974)
Robert A. Cinader		(1 episode, 1978)
Alan Crosland Jr.		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Preston Wood		(25 episodes, 1972-1978)
John Groves		(15 episodes, 1973-1977)
Michael Donovan		(13 episodes, 1972-1979)
Robert A. Cinader		(9 episodes, 1972-1979)
Robert Hamilton		(7 episodes, 1974-1978)
Daryl Henry		(6 episodes, 1972-1973)
Hannah Louise Shearer		(6 episodes, 1976-1979)
Kenneth Dorward		(4 episodes, 1972-1973)
Michael Norell		(4 episodes, 1974-1977)
Edwin Self		(4 episodes, 1975-1978)
Christian I. Nyby II		(4 episodes, 1976-1978)
Harold Jack Bloom		(3 episodes, 1972-1976)
Jim Page		(3 episodes, 1972-1973)
Dee Murphey		(2 episodes, 1973-1977)
Robert Hamner		(2 episodes, 1973-1975)
Arnold Somkin		(2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Brian Taggert		(2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Arthur Weiss		(2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Bob Bralver		(2 episodes, 1974-1977)
Charlene Bralver		(2 episodes, 1974-1977)
Roland Wolpert		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Rick Mittleman		(2 episodes, 1974)
Claire Whitaker		(2 episodes, 1975)
James G. Richardson		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Edward Robak		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Bruce Shelly		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Mort Thaw		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Timothy Burns		(2 episodes, 1976)
Dick Morgan		(1 episode, 1972)
Herbert Purdom		(1 episode, 1972)
Carroll Christensen		(1 episode, 1973)
Charlene Sukins		(1 episode, 1973)
Eric Brown		(1 episode, 1974)
Eric Kaldor		(1 episode, 1974)
Dennis Landa		(1 episode, 1974)
Buddy Akinson		(1 episode, 1975)
Jim Carlson		(1 episode, 1975)
Dick Conway		(1 episode, 1975)
Bruce Johnson		(1 episode, 1975)
Keith Walker		(1 episode, 1975)
Susan J. Alenick		(1 episode, 1976)
Tom Egan		(1 episode, 1976)
Mark Massari		(1 episode, 1976)
Kevin Tighe		(1 episode, 1977)
Buddy Atkinson		(unknown episodes)
Dirk Wayne Summers		(unknown episodes)
Jack Webb		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Edwin Self	....	producer (67 episodes, 1973-1976)
Robert A. Cinader	....	executive producer / producer (66 episodes, 1972-1979)
William Stark	....	associate producer (35 episodes, 1972-1973)
Hannah Louise Shearer	....	associate producer / executive producer (32 episodes, 1976-1979)
Gino Grimaldi	....	associate producer (24 episodes, 1973-1977)
Jack Webb	....	executive producer (12 episodes, 1972)
Albert J.J. Zúñiga	....	associate producer (8 episodes, 1977-1979)
Carol Vitale	....	executive producer (1 episode, 1978-1979)

Series Original Music by
Billy May		(111 episodes, 1972-1977)
Nelson Riddle		(15 episodes, 1972-1976)
Gerald Fried		(1 episode, 1978-1979)
Thomas Talbert		(1 episode, 1978-1979)
Peter Matz		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Bud Thackery		(51 episodes, 1972-1977)
Ric Waite		(21 episodes, 1974-1975)
William Brown		(20 episodes, 1973-1974)
William Margulies		(19 episodes, 1972-1973)
Gerald Perry Finnerman		(3 episodes, 1972)
Frank Thackery		(3 episodes, 1977-1978)
Jack A. Marta		(1 episode, 1972)

Series Film Editing by
Howard Terrill		(26 episodes, 1972-1974)
Warren Adams		(22 episodes, 1972-1974)
Bill Parker		(12 episodes, 1975-1977)
Howard Epstein		(11 episodes, 1972-1977)
Albert J.J. Zúñiga		(9 episodes, 1974-1977)
Sam Vitale		(5 episodes, 1972)
Frederic Knudtson		(4 episodes, 1973-1974)
Charles Montgomery		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
John Elias		(1 episode, 1976)
Robert L. Swanson		(1 episode, 1976)
Fred Baratta		(1 episode, 1978)
Richard Belding		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Joe Reich		(124 episodes, 1972-1977)
Phil Benjamin		(1 episode, 1978)

Series Art Direction by
George Renne		(70 episodes, 1972-1978)
John J. Lloyd		(11 episodes, 1972)
Mickey S. Michaels		(unknown episodes)
Joe D. Mitchell		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Mickey S. Michaels		(51 episodes, 1972-1974)
Richard Friedman		(22 episodes, 1974-1975)
Sharon Thomas		(3 episodes, 1976-1977)
Sam Gross		(1 episode, 1978)

Series Costume Design by
Laurann Cordero		(unknown episodes)
Larry Harmell		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Michael Germain	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
James M. Walters Jr.	....	unit manager / unit production manager / ... (64 episodes, 1972-1977)
Gene Law	....	unit production manager / production manager (9 episodes, 1976-1977)
Joseph E. Kenney	....	unit manager / unit production manager (5 episodes, 1972)
Daniel Franklin	....	unit production manager (unknown episodes)
Ray E. Taylor	....	production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack Doran	....	assistant director (20 episodes, 1972-1974)
Donald White	....	assistant director / first assistant director (19 episodes, 1972-1974)
Gene Law	....	assistant director (11 episodes, 1974-1977)
Daniel Franklin	....	assistant director (9 episodes, 1976-1977)
Phil Bowles	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1972-1975)
Georg Fenady	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1972)
Joseph E. Kenney	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1972-1976)
Dennis Donnelly	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1972)
David Dowell	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1974-1976)
Zane Radney	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1977)
Lou Watt	....	assistant director (1 episode, 1972)
Fred Gammon	....	assistant director (1 episode, 1977)
Burt Bluestein	....	first assistant director (1 episode, 1978-1979)
Armando M. Huerta	....	second assistant director (1 episode, 1978-1979)
George J. Light	....	first assistant director (1 episode, 1978-1979)
Robert Villar	....	second assistant director (1 episode, 1978)
Craig Huston	....	dga trainee (unknown episodes, 1973)
Lorin Bennett Salob	....	assistant director (unknown episodes, 1979)
Paul Donnelly	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Dick Erickson	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
James W. Gavin	....	second unit director (unknown episodes)
Kalai Strode	....	dga trainee (unknown episodes)
Jerram A. Swartz	....	trainee assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Bill Davis	....	technical supervisor (unknown episodes)
Sal Vecchio	....	property master (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Earl Crain Jr.	....	sound (66 episodes, 1972-1977)
Wes Wolfe	....	sound effects editor (4 episodes, 1976-1978)
Robert R. Bertrand	....	sound (1 episode, 1972)
Norman Webster	....	sound (1 episode, 1978)

Series Special Effects by
Don Hathaway	....	special effects (28 episodes, 1976-1978)
Greg C. Jensen	....	special effects (28 episodes, 1976-1978)
Frank L. Pope	....	special effects (28 episodes, 1976-1978)
Paul Hickerson	....	special effects (4 episodes, 1977-1978)

Series Stunts
Angelo De Meo	....	stunts (12 episodes, 1972-1978)
Scott Gourlay	....	stunts (3 episodes, 1972-1978)
Craig Chudy	....	stunts (3 episodes, 1973-1976)
George Sawaya	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1972-1973)
James W. Gavin	....	aerial stunts (2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Jesse Wayne	....	stunts (1 episode, 1974)
Bob Bralver	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Harold 'Hal' Frizzell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Rick Sawaya	....	stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Dick Warlock	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Reggie Newkirk	....	first assistant camera (1 episode, 1972)
Norman G. Langley	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Owen Marsh	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Bradley B. Six	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Frank Thackery	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robert Fuca	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Richard Belding	....	editorial supervisor (74 episodes, 1972-1975)

Series Music Department
Hal Mooney	....	music supervisor (73 episodes, 1972-1975)
Nelson Riddle	....	composer: title theme (56 episodes, 1972-1975)
Fred Prior	....	music editor (4 episodes, 1976-1977)
Gene L. Gillette	....	music editor (1 episode, 1978)
Robert Mayer	....	music editor (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Frank Khoury	....	driver (2 episodes, 1977-1978)

Series Other crew
Jim Page	....	technical consultant: Los Angeles County Fire Department (55 episodes, 1972-1974)
Dana Winseman	....	production assistant (48 episodes, 1974-1977)
Carol Vitale	....	production associate (40 episodes, 1972-1974)
M.E. Hoffman	....	research assistant (39 episodes, 1973-1975)
Bob McCullough	....	technical advisor (1 episode, 1976)
Bob Belliveau	....	technical advisor (1 episode, 1978)
J.B. Friend	....	technical advisor (unknown episodes)
James W. Gavin	....	aerial coordinator / helicopter pilot (unknown episodes)
Richard Houts	....	made in collaboration with (unknown episodes)
Mike Lewis	....	technical advisor (unknown episodes)
Cynnie Troup	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Emergency Productions
• Mark VII Ltd.
• Universal TV

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1972-1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• MCA/Universal Pictures
• Studios USA Television
• Universal Home Entertainment (2005-) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (season 4)

Other Companies

• Universal Title  titles

Also Known As:

Emergencia (USA: Spanish title)
Emergency One (USA) (syndication title)

Runtime:

60 min (124 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Emergency Productions

Trivia:

Engine 51 also appeared in a fire training film titled "Countdown to Disaster."

Goofs:

Continuity: There are a number of stock footage continuity errors. The major one is the differences in Squad 51, which was always a Dodge pickup, but several model years were used on the show. Most of the street scene footage that shows the Squad traveling was shot in Season 1, so an older model usually appears that doesn't always match the Squad that leaves the station or arrives at the scene. Another continuity issue is repetitive use of the same response footage episode to episode, so the same cars are always stopped at the same spot at a particular intersection.

Quotes:

Captain Stanley: Station 51, KMG365.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Adam-12: Lost and Found (#5.4)" (1972)

The"ER"of the 70's.

To this very day this was and still is my favorite T.V.show. I must have watched every episode a half dozen times. I first started watching this show when I was about five, must have been about 1973 or 74 when shows like ADOM-12 and all in the family were burning up prime time.

I can still recall every saturday night at 8:00 PM on channel 4 before we even had cable T.V. tuning in to station 51 with roy desoto and johnny gage along with chet kelly, marco lopez, mike stoker and capt. hank stanly. it was my ultimate escape from reality for being only knee-high to a grasshopper at that time I was probably the only kid in america who got more enjoyment in watching this show than watching monday night football.There seems to be three different stories in each episode that are running in a straight line, the victims, the firefighters and the staff of rampart general hospital all having to cope with measures that require immediate action leading us as the viewer never to a dull moment but always in a constant state of sitting out to climax.