Richard Diamond, Private Detective
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective | |
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David Janssen as Richard Diamond (1959)
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| Also known as | 'Call Mr. D' |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Written by | Blake Edwards |
| Directed by |
Thomas Carr Don McDougall Tom Gries et al |
| Starring |
David Janssen Regis Toomey Barbara Bain Russ Conway |
| Composer(s) |
Frank DeVol (season one & two) Pete Rugolo (season three) Richard Shores (season four) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 77 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Mark Sandrich Jr. David Heilweil Vincent M. Fennelly Richard Carr |
| Location(s) |
New York City Los Angeles |
| Cinematography | George E. Diskant |
| Editor(s) | Arthur Hilton Chandler House et al |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 24-25 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | Four Star Television |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CBS Television (1957-1959) NBC (1959-1960) |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Mono RCA Sound System |
| Original release | July 1, 1957 – September 6, 1960 |
Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama, created by Blake Edwards, which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960. Shortly before his death in 2004, actor/comedian Alan King wrote a pair of short stories about the character set in 1948. They were published posthumously in 2016.
Dick Powell starred in the Richard Diamond, Private Detective radio series as a light-hearted detective who often ended the episodes singing to his girlfriend, Helen Asher (Virginia Gregg). Other regular cast members included Rick's friend and former partner on the police force, Lt. Walter Levinson, played variously by Ed Begley, Arthur Q. Bryan, Ted DeCorsia and Alan Reed, and Wilms Herbert as Walt's bumbling sergeant, Otis. (Herbert also "doubled" on the show as Helen's butler Francis.) It began airing on NBC Radio on April 24, 1949, picked up Rexall as a sponsor on April 5, 1950, and continued until December 6, 1950. Many of the shows were either written or directed by Edwards. Its theme, "Leave It to Love", was whistled by Powell at the beginning of each episode.
With Camel cigarettes as a sponsor, it moved to ABC from January 5, 1951, to June 29, 1951, with Rexall returning for a run from October 5, 1951, until June 27, 1952.
Substituting for Amos 'n' Andy, it aired Sunday evenings on CBS from May 31, 1953 until September 20, 1953.
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