Dan August
| Dan August | |
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Reynolds as Dan August.
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| Starring |
Burt Reynolds Norman Fell Ned Romero Richard Anderson Ena Hartman |
| Opening theme | "Dan August Theme" by Dave Grusin |
| Composer(s) |
Dave Grusin (1.14) Dave Vincent (1.14, co-composer) Tom Scott |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Quinn Martin |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 45 mins. |
| Production company(s) | QM Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 23, 1970 – April 8, 1971 |
Dan August is a Quinn Martin crime drama series which aired on ABC from September 23, 1970 to April 8, 1971. Burt Reynolds played the title character. Reruns of the series aired in prime time on CBS from May to October 1973 and from April to June 1975.
Reynolds stars as police lieutenant Dan August who investigates homicide cases in his (fictional) hometown of Santa Luisa, California. (The town is supposedly based on Santa Barbara but was filmed in Oxnard in Ventura County.) Other cast members include Norman Fell as August's partner, Sergeant Charles Wilentz; Richard Anderson as Police Chief Untermeyer; Ned Romero as Sergeant Joe Rivera; and Ena Hartman as Katie Grant. Barney Martin and Meg Foster had recurring roles.
Guest-stars turned in many memorable performances on the series, including Diana Muldaur in the pilot episode "Murder by Proxy"; Martin Sheen in "Dead Witness to a Killing"; Dabney Coleman in "The King Is Dead"; Larry Hagman in "The Law"; John Ritter in "Quadrangle of Death"; and Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams, Mickey Rooney, and Gary Busey in "The Manufactured Man". Hungarian-born Ahna Capri played Linda Perry in "Death Chain" and "Prognosis: Homicide". Other guest actors to appear on the show include Michael Ontkean, Joan Hackett, Vera Miles, Annette O'Toole, Gary Collins, Ricardo Montalbán, Ford Rainey, Carolyn Jones, Fritz Weaver, John Marley, Janice Rule, Alexandra Hay, Norman Alden, Joan Van Ark, Bradford Dillman, Geraldine Brooks, Donna Mills, Victor French, Richard Basehart, Sherry Lansing, Monte Markham, Jan-Michael Vincent, Stephen Collins, Laurence Luckinbill, Lee Meriweather, Sal Mineo, Fernando Lamas, Ellen Corby, Susan Oliver, John Beck, Michael Pataki and Diana Hyland.
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