"The Dick Tracy Show" (1961) TV series

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

David Detiege

Writer:

Chester Gould (comic strip)

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Animation | Crime | Adventure | Comedy

Plot:

Cartoon series produced by UPA, in which Dick Tracy (voiced by the distinguished film and stage actor...

Plot Keywords:

Crime Solving | Police | Mumbling | Mumbler | Police Headquarters

Cast

Everett Sloane	...	Dick Tracy (76 episodes, 1961)
Jerry Hausner	...	Hemlock Holmes / ... (64 episodes, 1961)
Benny Rubin	...	Joe Jitsu / ... (38 episodes, 1961)

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Series Directed by
Clyde Geronimi		(17 episodes, 1961)
Steve Clark		(16 episodes, 1961)
John Walker		(16 episodes, 1961)
Grant Simmons		(12 episodes, 1961)
Brad Case		(11 episodes, 1961)
Ray Patterson		(10 episodes, 1961)
Paul Fennell		(9 episodes, 1961)
Jerry Hathcock		(7 episodes, 1961)
David Detiege		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Al Bertino		(20 episodes, 1961)
Homer Brightman		(20 episodes, 1961)
Dick Kinney		(20 episodes, 1961)
Bob Ogle		(20 episodes, 1961)
David Detiege		(11 episodes, 1961)
George Atkins		(7 episodes, 1961)
Ralph Wright		(6 episodes, 1961)
Dick Shaw		(5 episodes, 1961)
Kin Platt		(4 episodes, 1961)
Ed Nofziger		(3 episodes, 1961)
Chester Gould		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Peter DeMet	....	executive producer (98 episodes, 1961)
Glan Heisch	....	producer (98 episodes, 1961)
Henry G. Saperstein	....	executive producer (98 episodes, 1961)

Series Original Music by
Carl Brandt		(98 episodes, 1961)
George Steiner		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Lew Keller		(11 episodes, 1961)
Bill Perez		(9 episodes, 1961)
Marty Murphy		(8 episodes, 1961)

Series Art Direction by
Victor Haboush		(98 episodes, 1961)

Series Production Management
Earl Jonas	....	production manager (98 episodes, 1961)

Series Animation Department
Barbara Begg	....	color stylist (98 episodes, 1961)
Gene Hazelton	....	layout artist (62 episodes, 1961)
Anthony Rizzo	....	background artist (62 episodes, 1961)
Irven Spence	....	animator (62 episodes, 1961)
Izzy Ellis	....	animator (11 episodes, 1961)
Jerry Hathcock	....	animator (11 episodes, 1961)
Bob McIntosh	....	background artist (11 episodes, 1961)
Dick Ung	....	layout artist (11 episodes, 1961)
Frank Armitage	....	background artist (9 episodes, 1961)
Chic Otterstrom	....	animator (9 episodes, 1961)
Jack Ozark	....	animator (9 episodes, 1961)
Sam Weiss	....	layout artist (9 episodes, 1961)
Jack Heiter	....	background artist (8 episodes, 1961)
Bob Maxfield	....	animator (8 episodes, 1961)
Don Sheppard	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1961)
Bob Singer	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1961)
Hank Smith	....	animator (8 episodes, 1961)
Ed Solomon	....	animator (8 episodes, 1961)
Gloria Wood	....	background artist (8 episodes, 1961)
Xenia	....	animator (8 episodes, 1961)

Series Editorial Department
Ted Baker	....	supervising editor (98 episodes, 1961)

Series Other crew
Jerry Hausner	....	dialogue director (98 episodes, 1961)
Abe Levitow	....	supervising director (98 episodes, 1961)

Production Companies

• United Productions of America (UPA)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

United Productions of America (UPA)

Trivia:

Hemlock Holmes gets his hat blown off in every episode he appears in.

Movie Connections:

Featured in TV's Illest Minority Moments Presented by Ego Trip (2004) (TV)

Calling Dick Tracy....

This goes way back; I watched this in the very early 60's. It was quite faithful to the strip, as I remember. The episodes started out the same: Tracy calling one of his cops [Hemlock Holmes, more often than not] on his TV wristwatch. The episode would revolve around the not-too competent Hemlock and the Keystone Kops trying to get the bad guys, which they would invariably do. I still remember the final shot of the show, the timpani pounding out the theme, and a high overhead shot of a busy city intersection, looking at all the ant-like cars letting a police car go by...then continuing on their way as it passed.

What made this show interesting were the voices. Everett Sloane [Citizen Kane] was Tracy...but it also had such greats as Mel Blanc and Paul Frees, Jerry Housner [I Love Lucy] and Benny Rubin [Citizen Kane]...

I don't recall this show being shown since the mid-sixties. I hope they bring it back.