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Amos Burke
Burke's Law is a detective series which ran on ABC from 1963 to 1966. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire Los Angeles Chief of Detectives, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce. In the last season of the original, 1965–1966, the series was re-titled Amos Burke, Secret Agent, and only 17 episodes were broadcast instead of the 32 of the first two seasons. In this last season Burke went to work for a secret government agency, but still drove around in his Rolls, which had been discreetly bulletproofed by the agency. The supporting cast of the earlier seasons was dropped. In the original series, other characters were Detective Tim Tilson (Gary Conway), Detective Les Hart (Regis Toomey), and Sergeant Ames (Eileen O'Neill). In several episodes Anne Francis appeared as female detective Honey West, which led to a short-lived spin-off series.
The show was very similar to Barry's previous show, Bat Masterson, in which he had played the debonair dandy Bat Masterson. During the opening credits, as the title flashed onscreen, a woman's voice was heard seductively pronouncing the words "Burke's Law".
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Peter and Amos Burke
The part of Amos Burke had originally been played by Dick Powell on an episode of Dick Powell Theatre in 1961. The television series Burke's Law was produced by Powell's company, Four Star Television. A revival of the show ran on CBS from 1994 to 1995. In the second incarnation, Burke was assisted by his son, Peter (Peter Barton). The revival, even more than the original program, was widely regarded as being largely camp. The nostalgic revival featured guest appearances by many of Barry's peers from the 1960s Spy-fi genre, including Patrick Macnee (The Avengers), Peter Lupus () and Anne Francis reprising Honey West (albeit renamed "Honey Best").
Burke's Law on DVD
Burke's Law Season 1 (Series 1) is currently available on DVD from DELTA MUSIC PLC in the UK. Further seasons are expected to be released in the near future. Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. Detective fiction is the most popular form of both mystery fiction and hardboiled crime fiction.
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Gene Barry
Barry as Bat Masterson; photo: Howard Frank Archives
Born June 14, 1919
New York City, New York
Gene Barry (born June 14, 1919) is an American actor.
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Barry as Bat Masterson; photo: Howard Frank Archives
Born June 14, 1919
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Gene Barry (born June 14, 1919) is an American actor.
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millionaire is an individual who resides in a household whose net worth or wealth exceeds one million units of any currency. It can also be a person who owns 1 million units of currency in one bank account or savings account.
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Gary Conway (born February 4, 1936) is an American actor. He was born Gareth Monello Carmody in Boston, Massachusetts.
His most prominent credits include a co-starring role with Gene Barry in the detective series Burke's Law from 1963-1965.
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His most prominent credits include a co-starring role with Gene Barry in the detective series Burke's Law from 1963-1965.
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John Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898 - October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey and attended Peabody High School.
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Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey and attended Peabody High School.
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Anne Francis (born September 16 1930, in Ossining, New York) is an American actress, famous for her role in the science fiction film classic Forbidden Planet (1956) and as private detective Honey West in the television series Honey West (1965-1966).
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Honey West is a fictional character created by Gloria and Forest Fickling under the pseudonym "G.G. Fickling" and appearing in numerous mystery novels by the duo.
The character is notable as being one of the first female private detectives in popular fiction.
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The character is notable as being one of the first female private detectives in popular fiction.
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Honey West was a television series produced by the ABC network for 30 episodes during the 1965-1966 television season.
The series starred Anne Francis as female private detective Honey West, who had been created by Gloria and Forest Fickling under the pseudonym "G.G.
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The series starred Anne Francis as female private detective Honey West, who had been created by Gloria and Forest Fickling under the pseudonym "G.G.
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Bat Masterson was a Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black and white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961.
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Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson in 1879
Born: November 27, 1853 []
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Bat Masterson in 1879
Born: November 27, 1853 []
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Died: October 25, 1921
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Dick Powell
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Birth name Richard Ewing Powell
Born November 14 1904
Mountain View, Arkansas, U.S.
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Birth name Richard Ewing Powell
Born November 14 1904
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Four Star Television, also called Four Star Films, Four Star Productions, and Four Star International, was an American television production company which operated from 1952 to 1989.
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Peter Barton
Born July 19 1956
Valley Stream, New York
Peter Thomas Barton (born July 19, 1956) is an American actor.
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Born July 19 1956
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Peter Thomas Barton (born July 19, 1956) is an American actor.
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Camp is an aesthetic in which something has appeal because of its bad taste or ironic value.
A part of the anti-academic defense of popular culture in the 1960s, camp came to popularity in the 1980s with the widespread adoption of Postmodern views on art and culture.
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A part of the anti-academic defense of popular culture in the 1960s, camp came to popularity in the 1980s with the widespread adoption of Postmodern views on art and culture.
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Nostalgia describes a longing for the past, often in idealized form. Nostalgia may or may not also be known as homesickness.
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Spy-fi is a genre of spy fiction that includes elements of science fiction. It often showcases wild plots for world domination, gadgets and fast vehicles. Spy-fi does not present espionage as it is practiced in reality.
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Patrick Macnee
Birth name Daniel Patrick Macnee
Born January 06 1922
London, England
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Birth name Daniel Patrick Macnee
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The Avengers was a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in 1960s Britain. The programmes were made by TV company Associated British Corporation, and created by its Head of Drama Sydney Newman.
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Peter Lupus
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Born May 17 1932
Indianapolis, Indiana
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