You couldn't get away from Quinn Martin productions on television during 1970's. Between made for TV movies and dramas his work was everywhere!
Tonight's Episode: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Murder
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 6, 2022 3:45 AM |
“The Fugitive” & “Twelve O’clock High” were the best.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 6, 2022 5:54 AM |
THE INVADERS, A Quinn Martin Production. Considered one of the best sci-fi programs ever aired. Still holds up today.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 6, 2022 6:58 AM |
Quinn Martin was married to Madelyn Pugh, television writer for "I Love Lucy."
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 6, 2022 7:12 AM |
I always though it was Quinn/Martin, two different people. This guy did everything on tv in the 60s and 70s.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 6, 2022 9:51 AM |
Too bad there isn't an OTA Quinn Martin channel. Most of those TV movies listed on IMDB sound awesome.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 6, 2022 10:58 AM |
Going down that IMDb list of QM productions cannot believe how many 1970's crime dramas that guy did, and who starred in them.
Dan August - Burt Reynolds.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 6, 2022 10:54 PM |
We called it Queer Martini.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 6, 2022 10:57 PM |
Bert D'Angelo/Superstar starting a young Paul Sorvino.
And so it goes...
Mind you it does seem many of these series weren't that good, barely lasting more than one season. Poor Burt Reynolds obviously wasn't a strong enough actor to keep that series going more than one season.
Agree with poster above, someone ought to start or look into a QM channel. Maybe MeTv or one of the OTA channels do a week or month of his work.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 6, 2022 11:00 PM |
Check out this episode of Barnaby Jones (Trap Play) with a young Nick Nolte and Marc Singer who play football players. Worth watching alone to see both actors in those 1970's gym shorts ......
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 6, 2022 11:07 PM |
QM also produced the "Queen-Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert" which was a benefit to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 6, 2022 11:12 PM |
I'd never actually seen a photo of him before. This was him:
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 6, 2022 11:19 PM |
Offsite Link
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 7, 2022 12:19 AM |
The guy who did the voiceover for eg, The Fugitive…A Quinn Martin Production…starring David Jansson and…another person…Tonight’s episode… No Where to Turn” was it the same guy for all the QM shows?
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 7, 2022 2:44 AM |
William Conrad (Frank Cannon of "Cannon" television show), did voice over for "The Fugitive"
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 7, 2022 3:10 AM |
Also starring LEE MERIWETHER!
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 7, 2022 4:50 AM |
I know it's being hinted at in this thread, but the flagship QM production is the Streets of San Francisco. It was filmed on location, and it's fun to see how the city looked in the 70s.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 8, 2022 12:02 AM |
Watching "The Invaders" other night and it seems as if William Conrad was narrator voice for that show as well. It certainly sounds like him, but didn't look it up....
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | January 10, 2022 2:09 AM |
When I think of a Quinn Martin production , I always think of The F.B.I., with Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 10, 2022 2:18 AM |
William Conrad also starred in the Quinn Martin production called Cannon. It lasted 122 episodes and made Conrad a star. He continued to do voiceover during his career.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | January 10, 2022 2:27 AM |
William Conrad also starred in "Jake and the Fatman" in the 1980s and hosted the CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade for several years.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | January 10, 2022 3:01 AM |
r21/SueEllen OMG!, thank you! I watched in the 70's when it was first run while growing up in SF and in the burbs. In that episode, I think the residential neighborhood might be Daly City (on a rare sunny day), maybe Stonestown. And Petrini's Markets! Blast from the past. They're gone. I think that one was on Masonic Ave. Could spend weeks binge watching to see the locations. Best thing about the '89 quake was the demise of the Embarcadero freeway and the birth of a new neighborhood. My Mom's best friend's sister was a local actress who played many different bit parts in Streets. Sometimes she was the frumpy, nosy neighbor who witnessed something, or the concerned nurse, or the housewife with a cocktail who couldn't remember where her husband was that night and had just the one or two lines. So cheesy. Quinn Martin Productions always featured the "Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Family of Fine automobiles". My mom used to navigate up and down the hills of San Francisco in a gargantuan Ford LTD wagon packed with loud kids, deaf grandparents, the dog, groceries, dry cleaning... Thanks for your post.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | January 10, 2022 3:23 AM |
Jake and the Fatman! That's a new one on me!
Must say though Frank Cannon never was shy about acknowledging his obese status. People referred to Frank Cannon as "that fat man" or "fat walrus", but he in turn often joked about his weight.
Frank Cannon also was a gourmet cook and wine aficionado.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | January 10, 2022 3:26 AM |
This looks interesting, may have to give "Jake and the Fatman" a few watches... If for nothing else to gaze at Joe Penny
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | January 10, 2022 3:28 AM |