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City Detective

City Detective is a half-hour syndicated crime drama starring Rod Cameron as Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City police lieutenant.[1]

City Detective

Robert S. Finkel
Leslie H. Martinson
Robert G. Walker

Rod Cameron

United States

2

64

30 minutes

Revue Studios

Syndication

September 1953 (1953-09) –
May 10, 1955 (1955-05-10)

The show's title was a bit of a misnomer, as Grant fought crime "from Mexico to the Mojave Desert to New York City".[2]


Herschel Daugherty directed the series, and Lawrence Kimble wrote for it.[1] Blake Edwards was a writer and an associate producer.[3]


Sixty-five episodes were produced from 1953 to 1955.[2] Revue Productions rented space from Republic Studios for filming the series.[4]

guest-starred as Massey in the 1955 episode "Baby in the Basket".

Mike Connors

appeared as Sam in the 1955 episode "Trouble in Toyland".

Chuck Connors

appeared as Hilton in "Christmas Pardon" on January 1, 1953.

Walter Coy

appeared as Tony in the 1955 episode "Hearts and Flowers".

Fess Parker

appeared twice on City Detective, as Benjamin in "An Old Man's Gold" Kelley and in "Crazy Like a Fox".

DeForest Kelley

appeared twice in the episodes "A Girl's Best Friend" and "On the Record".

Carolyn Jones

appeared twice in episodes "Drop Coin Here" (1954), and "Police, Watch My House" (1955).

Tom Greenway

was cast as Sheila, with Pierre Watkin as Davis, in "The Hypnotic Wife"

Vivi Janiss

as Johnny in "The Rebel" (1953)

Kim Spalding

"Man Down, Woman Screaming" featured , Jack Kelly, Lee Van Cleef, and Frank Ferguson.

Beverly Garland

"The Lady in the Beautiful Frame" ( and John Doucette)

Olan Soule

"Too Many Grooms" ( as Hardy)

Claude Akins

"The Horn That Blew Too Long" ( as Clemson)

Russ Conway

"Why Should the Beautiful Die?" ()

Russell Johnson

"The Glass Thumb" (Barbara Billingsley, Frank Ferguson, and )

Douglas Fowley

"Cargo of the Midnight" ()

Peter Whitney

"The Lion Behind You" ()

Anthony Caruso

"On the Record" ()

Carolyn Jones

"Hearts and Flowers" ()

Eve Miller

"The Blonde Orchid" (Hugh Beaumont as Philip Merriam and Douglas Fowley as Detective Wes Harris)

"Private Mouthpiece" ( Richard Eyer as Wester)

child actor

"The Perfect Disguise" ()

Angie Dickinson

"Goodbye Old Paint" ( and Vera Miles)

Robert Bray

"Come Back, Little Witness" ()

Whit Bissell

"Found in a Pawnshop" ()

J. Pat O'Malley

"The Beautiful Miss X" (), the series finale

Lynn Bari

at IMDb

City Detective