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Joe Forrester (1975-76)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Cindy Rumbold
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JOE FORRESTER
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Columbia Pictures Television/ David Gerber Productions
for
NBC (Tuesdays 10:00 PM ET)
Executive Producers David Gerber & Stanley Kallis
Created by Joseph Wambaugh

US Police Series 1975-76 pilot + 22 episodes x 60 min

starring
Lloyd Bridges as Joe Forrester
Patricia Crowley as Georgia Cameron

Eddie Egan as Sgt. Bernie Vincent
Dawn Smith as Jolene Jackson
Taylor Lacher as Det. Will Carson

Premise:
Realistic depiction of police work in action as seen through the experiences of
Joe Forrester (Lloyd Bridges), a veteran cop who rejects a desk job to walk his old beat.

############### Joe Forrester ################
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[--] THE RETURN OF JOE FORRESTER aka 'Cop on the Beat' (90 min slot - TV movie)
Columbia Pictures Television/ David Gerber Productions
6-May-1975 NBC (first aired as an episode of  POLICE STORY)
Executive Producers David Gerber & Stanley Kallis  
Produced by Christopher Morgan  
Associate Producer Philip D. Fehrle
Written by Mark Rodgers  
Directed by Virgil W. Vogel  
Created by/ Production Consultant: Joseph Wambaugh
Developed by E. Jack Neuman
Executive Story Consultants: Liam O'Brien & Mark Rodgers
*
Starring:
Lloyd Bridges as Joe Forrester
Pat Crowley as Georgia Cameron
Eddie Egan as Sergeant Malone (Sgt. Bernie Vincent in series)
Dawn Smith as Jolene Jackson
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Guest Cast:
Dane Clark ............... Lieutenant Baker
Jim Backus ............... Jake Mandel
Dean Stockwell ........... Detective Callan
Della Reese .............. Claudine
Janis Paige .............. Irene
Edie Adams ............... Woman Manager
Don Stroud .............. Plums
Shelly Novack ............ Henderson
Rudy Solari .............. Valera
Charles Drake ............ Deputy Chief Berliner
Hari Rhodes
*
Tom Drake ............... The Golfer
Stanley Adams ........... Freddy
William 'Billy' Benedict .... Lennie
Gary Cashdollar .......... Swalley
Tommy Cook ............... Paramedic
Todd Martin .............. Sergeant Cooper
Joe Renteria ............. Garcia
Robert Raymond Sutton .... Spencer
Ray Young ................ Callister
Kent Lane ................ Wilson
Stan Duke ................ Davis
*
Lisa Farringer ........... Bosomy Redhead
Ted Gehring .............. Patrol Lieutenant
Robert Ginty ............. Burns
Lew Horn ................. Stan
Gordon Jump .............. Businessman
Karen Kallis ............. Teenager

Richard Peabody .......... Tall Dude
Barbara Peacock .......... Police Woman
Robert Phillips ......... Barber
Adina Ross ............... Blonde Masseuse
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Director of Photography Emmett Bergholz
Film Editor Arthur D. Hilton
Music by Richard Markowitz  
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Ross Bellah .... art director
Audrey A. Blasdel .... set decorator
Jay Daniel .... unit production manager
assistant director
Sandy Dvore .... graphic art
David Horowitz .... set decorator
Ben Lane .... make-up supervisor
Al Onorato .... casting
Robert Peterson .... art director
Renée Valente .... casting executive

############### Joe Forrester ################
############# season 1975-76 ###############
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NBC Tuesdays 10:00PM Eastern

1.01 [--] Joe Forrester: Stake Out (1975.09.09)
Madge Sinclair
Scoey Mitchlll
Ray Vitte
Geoffrey Deuel
Jim Backus
Arch Whiting
Paul Cavonis
Bill Henderson

1.02 [--] Joe Forrester: The Witness (1975.09.16)
Sheila Larken
John Karlen
Dewey Martin
Mark Jenkins
Nathan Jung
Michael Gregory

1.03 [--] Joe Forrester: Bus Station (1975.09.23)
James A. Watson, Jr.
Jack Ging
Maureen McCormick
Amanda McBroom
Claudio Martinez
Barbara Peacock
Ed Call
Tony Ballen

1.04 [--] Joe Forrester: Welcome to the Gardens (1975.09.30)
Richard Yniguez
Lazaro Perez
Hector Elias
Valentine Villareal
Jon Linton
Guillermo San Juan

1.05 [--] Joe Forrester: Weekend (Part 1/2) (1975.11.04)
1.06 [--] Joe Forrester: Weekend (Part 2/2) (1975.11.11)
James Louis Watkins
Jane Actman
James McMullan
Barbara Rhoades
Ed Hice
Gina Alvarado
Dick Butkus
David Toma
Stanley Clay
Marged Wakely
Thomas Evans

1.07 Powder Blue (1975.11.18)
(some sources have 21Oct75 - possibly postponed)
Marlyn Mason
Clifford David
Bruce Gordon
Ned Wilson
Marjorie Battles
Philip Allen

1.08 [--] Joe Forrester: Target-Mexican Syndicate (1975.11.25)
Rosemary Forsyth
Ray Danton
Lloyd Battista
Armand Alzamora
Erik Estrada
Milt Kogan
Victoria Carrole
Paul Michale
Art Aragon (recurring?)
Thomas Trujillo

1.09 [--] Joe Forrester: No Probable Cause (1975.12.02)
Richard Basehart
Paul Stevens
June Lockhart
Iggie Wolfington
Dick Durock
Scott Walker
Jason Wingreen
David Toma

1.10 The Best Laid Schemes (1975.12.09)
Kathleen Quinlan
Jeff Conaway
John Lisbon Wood
George Dzundza
Gary Brockette
Priscilla Pointer
Paul Mantee
Joe Turkel

1.11 [--] Joe Forrester: The End of Summer (1975.12.16)
Barry Brown
John David Carson
Ralph Wilcox
Edmund Gilbert
Ben Frank
Ben Frommer
Dale Tarter
Albert Hall

1.12 [--] Joe Forrester: Fashion Mart (1975.12.23)
Alex Nicol
Suzy Parker
Robert Geary
Richard Kelton
Brooke Mills
Vincent Baggetta
Veronica Hamel
James Ingersoll
Randy Powell

1.13 [--] Joe Forrester: Fire Power (1976.01.06)
James Naughton
Deidre Hall
Barra Grant
Claire Touchstone
Edward Winter
Stack Pierce
Rick Garcia

1.14 [--] Joe Forrester: An Act of Violence (1976.01.13)
Marlyn Mason
Kaz Garas
Renne Jarrett
Arthur Peterson
Joshua Shelley
Bryan O'Byrne
Peter Hobbs

1.15 [--] Joe Forrester: The Answer (1976.02.02)
Scott Hylands
Julie Bridges
Sal Mineo
Bernie Casey
Ted Gehring
Dave Turner
Sherry Danese (Mrs. Peter Falk)
Gus Corrado

1.16 [--] Joe Forrester: Squeeze Play (1976.02.09)
Alex Cord
Karen Machon
Kipp Whitman
Lee Delano
Paul Winchell
Al Ruscio
Edmund Gilbert
Art Aragon (recurring ?)

1.17 [--] Joe Forrester: A Game of Love (1976.02.16)
Joe Santos
Sondra Locke
Jack O'Leary
Victor Argo
Martin Garner
Jeff Druce
Roger Crey
George Sperdakos

1.18 [--] Joe Forrester: The Invaders (1976.02.23)
Bob Crane
Albert Paulsen
James Whitmore III
Kit McDonough
Jack Knight
Art Aragon (recuring?)
Barbara Rhoades
Eva Soreney
Ted Gehring

1.19 [--] Joe Forrester: Girl on a String (1976.03.01)
Joan Van Ark
Ned Romero
Janaire Skidmore
Michael Bell
Kiel Martin
John Milford
Kevin Hagen
Philip Pine
Jock Gaynor

1.20 [--] Joe Forrester: The Promised Land (1976.03.08)
Janet Margolin
John Lawlor
Peter DeAnda
Eddie Egan (recurring)

1.21 [--] Joe Forrester: Pressure Point (1976.03.22)
Richard Jaeckel
Andrew Parks
Don McGovern
Katherine Helmond
Richard Venture
Art Aragon (recurring)
Robert Sampson
Claire Brennen
H.P. Murphy

1.22 [--] Joe Forrester: The Boy Next Door (1976.05.03)
James Keach
Jonelle Allen
Chip Hayes
Kem Dibbs
Stephen Pearlman
Mike Warren (as Det. Marshall ?)(recurring)
Lynn Redding (as Sgt Storm ?)(recurring)

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