"Starsky and Hutch" (1975) TV series 1975-1979

Creator:

William Blinn
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

10 September 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino with the help of police snitch called Huggy Bear.

Plot Keywords:

Ford Torino | Police | Fictional City | Black Cop | Detective

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

David Soul	...	Det. Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson / ... (82 episodes, 1975-1979)
Paul Michael Glaser	...	Det. Dave Starsky / ... (82 episodes, 1975-1979)
Bernie Hamilton	...	Capt. Harold Dobey (74 episodes, 1975-1979)
Antonio Fargas	...	Huggy Bear (69 episodes, 1975-1979)
Justin O'Neill	...	ILB Ranie Sobek (27 episodes, 1975-1978)

Series Directed by
George McCowan		(12 episodes, 1976-1977)
Bob Kelljan		(8 episodes, 1975-1978)
Don Weis		(7 episodes, 1975-1977)
Earl Bellamy		(7 episodes, 1976-1978)
Paul Michael Glaser		(5 episodes, 1977-1979)
Sutton Roley		(4 episodes, 1977-1978)
Fernando Lamas		(3 episodes, 1975-1976)
David Soul		(3 episodes, 1977-1979)
Rick Edelstein		(3 episodes, 1977-1978)
Georg Stanford Brown		(3 episodes, 1977)
Randal Kleiser		(2 episodes, 1975-1976)
William Crain		(2 episodes, 1975)
Michael Schultz		(2 episodes, 1975)
Jack Starrett		(2 episodes, 1975)
Ivan Nagy		(2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Charlie Picerni		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Reza Badiyi		(2 episodes, 1978)
Nicholas Sgarro		(2 episodes, 1978)

Series Writing credits
William Blinn		(89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Michael Fisher		(7 episodes, 1975-1976)
Fred Freiberger		(4 episodes, 1975-1978)
Edward J. Lakso		(4 episodes, 1975-1976)
Michael Mann		(3 episodes, 1975-1977)
Robert I. Holt		(3 episodes, 1975-1976)
Parke Perine		(3 episodes, 1975-1976)
Tim Maschler		(3 episodes, 1977-1978)
Robert Swanson		(3 episodes, 1978)
Mann Rubin		(2 episodes, 1975)
Robert Earll		(1 episode, 1977)
Robert Dellinger		(unknown episodes)
Jeff Kanter		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Leonard Goldberg	....	executive producer (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Aaron Spelling	....	executive producer (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Joseph T. Naar	....	producer (31 episodes, 1975-1979)
John R. Hansen	....	associate producer (21 episodes, 1975-1976)
Parke Perine	....	associate producer (15 episodes, 1975-1976)
Adrian Samish	....	supervising producer (9 episodes, 1975)
Michael Hiatt	....	associate producer (3 episodes, 1976-1979)
Shelley Hull	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1975)

Series Original Music by
Jack Elliott		(3 episodes, 1975-1976)
Allyn Ferguson		(3 episodes, 1975-1976)
Lalo Schifrin		(3 episodes, 1975)
J.J. Johnson		(2 episodes, 1975)
Murray MacLeod		(2 episodes, 1975)
James Prigmore		(2 episodes, 1975)
Tom Scott		(2 episodes, 1976)
J.A.C. Redford		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Travers Hill		(18 episodes, 1975-1976)
Eduardo Ricci		(unknown episodes)
Keith C. Smith		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
George W. Brooks		(9 episodes, 1975-1976)
Bob Moore		(8 episodes, 1975-1976)
Jules Nayfack		(6 episodes, 1975-1976)
Jodie Copelan		(3 episodes, 1975)
Jerry Dronsky		(3 episodes, 1976)
Fabien D. Tordjmann		(2 episodes, 1975)
Asa Boyd Clark		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Joel Thurm		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Steven P. Sardanis		(15 episodes, 1975-1976)
Archie J. Bacon		(3 episodes, 1975)
Paul Sylos		(3 episodes, 1976-1979)

Series Set Decoration by
Hal Overell		(9 episodes, 1975-1976)
Dave L. Love		(5 episodes, 1975-1976)
Bob Signorelli		(3 episodes, 1975)
Herman N. Schoenbrun		(2 episodes, 1975)

Series Costume Design by
Robert Harris Jr.		(1 episode, 1975)
Sylvia Liggett		(1 episode, 1975)
Jack Sandeen		(1 episode, 1975)
Dave Rawley		(1 episode, 1976)

Series Makeup Department
Layne Britton	....	makeup artist (20 episodes, 1975-1979)
Gerry Leetch	....	hair stylist (18 episodes, 1975-1976)
Jim Gillespie	....	key makeup artist (11 episodes, 1975-1976)
Andrea Mizu	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Norman Henry	....	executive production manager (21 episodes, 1975-1979)
Dick Glassman	....	production manager (17 episodes, 1975-1976)
Russel Wiles	....	post-production supervisor (11 episodes, 1975-1976)
Dick Reilly	....	post-production supervisor (10 episodes, 1976-1979)
Robert M. Beche	....	production manager (2 episodes, 1976)
G. Warren Smith	....	production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charlie Picerni	....	second unit director (64 episodes, 1976-1979)
John D. Benson	....	assistant director (10 episodes, 1975-1976)
John Morrison	....	assistant director (9 episodes, 1975-1976)
Gene Law	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 1978)
John Ashley Hamilton	....	trainee director (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
Wilbur D'Arcy	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Gary LaPoten	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Carl Olsen	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Kathy Slakey	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Lou Watt	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Claudia Gilligan Ivanjack	....	paint gang boss / painter (86 episodes, 1975-1979)
Jerry McFarland	....	property master (17 episodes, 1975-1976)
Ernest Depew	....	construction coordinator (13 episodes, 1975-1976)
Jesse Stone	....	construction coordinator (6 episodes, 1975)
Bob Henderson	....	property master (3 episodes, 1976-1979)
Gordon Kirschbaum	....	construction coordinator / supervising construction coordinator (2 episodes, 1975-1979)

Series Sound Department
Glenn E. Anderson	....	sound engineer (16 episodes, 1975-1976)
Stan Gordon	....	sound engineer / sound mixer (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
Glen Anderson	....	sound engineer (2 episodes, 1975)
Armond Ghzanian	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Greg P. Russell	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Dutch Van Derbyl	....	special effects (21 episodes, 1975-1979)

Series Stunts
Charlie Picerni	....	stunt coordinator / stunt double: Paul Michael Glaser / ... (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Matthew Norris	....	stunt double: Mark Davis (33 episodes, 1977-1979)
Darlene Tompkins	....	stunt double: Justine O'Neil (19 episodes, 1975-1978)
Denny Arnold	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
May Boss	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Eldon Burke	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
David S. Cass Sr.	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gary Epper	....	stunt double: David Soul / stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Ted Grossman	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Chuck Hicks	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bob Minor	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Frank Orsatti	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steve Vandeman	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Scott Hamilton	....	still photographer (86 episodes, 1975-1979)
J.B. Richner	....	lighting technician (21 episodes, 1978-1979)
Rolf Mendez	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Susan Newell	....	casting supervisor (11 episodes, 1975-1976)
Linda Otto	....	casting supervisor (4 episodes, 1975)
Joel Thurm	....	casting supervisor (2 episodes, 1976)
Stephen Kolzak	....	casting supervisor (2 episodes, 1979)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dave Rawley	....	costumes (19 episodes, 1975-1979)

Series Editorial Department
Arnold Baker	....	assistant post-production supervisor (55 episodes, 1977-1979)
Virgil E. Hammond III	....	post-production (8 episodes, 1977)

Series Music Department
Rocky Moriana	....	music supervisor (19 episodes, 1975-1979)
Lalo Schifrin	....	composer: theme music (17 episodes, 1975-1976)
Tom Scott	....	composer: theme music (1 episode, 1976-1979)
Mark Snow	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes, 1978-1979)

Series Transportation Department
Linda Cipperley	....	transportation (23 episodes, 1977)
Chris Haynes	....	driver / production driver (12 episodes, 1975-1976)

Series Other crew
Winnie Rich	....	script supervisor (14 episodes, 1975-1976)
Michael Fisher	....	story editor (10 episodes, 1976)
Doris DeHerdt	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1976-1979)
Robert Lewin	....	story editor (2 episodes, 1975)

Production Companies

• Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1975-1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia Pictures Television
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004-2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 1 and 2)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 3)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Television
• Nelonen (2006) (Finland) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 4)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)
• Veronica Omroep Organisatie (1976-19??) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• Ford Motor Company  automobiles furnished by
• Panavision  lenses and Panaflex® Camera by
• 20th Century Fox Studios  filming location

Also Known As:

Starsky & Hutch (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

60 min (88 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | UK:15 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

1027 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Trivia:

Producer Aaron Spelling wrote that he and the other producers liked to refer to this as TV's first heterosexual love affair.

Goofs:

Continuity: In The pilot episode, both Starsky and Hutch jump/fall into a swimming pool. A close-up of Starsky in the water shows him in his blue shirt without his sweater, and his gun in his right hand. But the next cut to him shows him standing up out of the water with his sweater back on, and his gun in his left hand.

Quotes:

[Starsky is driving a car with a bomb in the trunk]
Det. Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson: [yells] Get him the hell out o' here!
Det. Dave Starsky: [checks watch] Come on, for *once* be fast...!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Notorious (2009)

Best TV show EVER!

I am 14 years old and Starsky and Hutch is my favourite show ever! It is simply FANTASTIC! I love it. Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul have amazing chemistry and are superb actors. The friendship between Starsky and Hutch is wonderful as well and makes the show much more enjoyable to watch.I don't think there has ever been a show before or since which shows such a special and unique friendship- it is what separates it from other cop shows-Starsky and Hutch is NOT about the car,or the guns etc...in the end, it is all about the friendship.

Wonderful other characters- Huggy Bear, Dobey etc make it even better and pull the show together. Other older shows have got old fashioned or the acting is poor, but Starsky and Hutch is, I would say, a million times better than TV shows on telly now. I am hoping that they do the re-union with Paul and David- and so are hundreds and hundreds of other fans! Starsky and Hutch rule forever!