The Blue Knight,
created by Albert
Ruben and E. Jack Neuman,
based on the novel by Joseph
Wambaugh,
was released in the United States on December 17, 1975, and ran for
two seasons until October 20, 1976.
The pilot episode was
shown on May 9, 1975.
Theme music by
Henry Mancini.
Partial cast:
George Kennedy, John
Steadman, Barbara Rhoades, Lee Weaver, Lucy Saroyan, Robert Hays, Phillip Pine,
Al Hansen, Jess Nadelman, Don Maxwell, Bruce Glover, Gerald McRaney, Tom Bower,
Anthony Geary, James A. Watson Jr., Jason Bernard, Ben Frank, Kelly Thordsen, Marc
Alaimo, Hoke Howell, Don Hanmer, Byron Mabe, Phillip Simms, Jonathan Goldsmith,
Jan Peters, Harry Lauter, Ross Elliott, Alex Rocco, Vic Tayback, Joanna Moore, Mitchell
Ryan, John Ireland, Verna Bloom, Steve Sandor, Suzanne Charny, Carmen Zapata, Jacqueline
Scott, T.J. Castronovo, Mel Novak, Juno Dawson, Christina Hart, Claire Brennen,
Edward James Olmos, Judson Pratt, Lewis Charles, Claudia Bryar, Thomas Carter, Joseph
Wambaugh, Kitty Carl, Paul Fierro, Peter Brandon, Booth Colman, Roy West, Lisa
Moore, Dorothy Dells, William C. Coleman, Hilary Beane, Sharon Compton, Lieux
Dressler, Jason Sommers, Curtis Henderson, Dorothy Meyer, Rita Gomez, Brooks Almy,
Michael O'Keefe, Aneta Corsaut, Anjanette Comer, Judith McConnell, Janet
MacLachlan, Charles Aidman, Davis Roberts, Kathryn Reynolds, Michael Swan, Helen
Craig, Lucy Marlow, Jeff Goldblum, Sherry Jackson, P. J. Soles, Katherine
Helmond, Gary Lockwood, Joanne Linville, Elisha Cook Jr., Jim Davis, James
Whitmore Jr., Salome Jens, Norman Fell, Guy Stockwell, John Quade, John Lone, Woodrow
Parfrey, Hampton Fancher, Jillian Kesner, Kathleen Hughes, Rudy Ramos.