The Fugitive (TV series) The Fugitive (TV series) The Fugitive is an American drama series created by Roy Huggins. It was produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television. It aired on ABC from September 1963 to August 1967. David Janssen starred as Dr. Richard Kimble, a physician who is wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder and sentenced to receive the death penalty. En route to death row, Dr. Richard Kimble's train derails over a switch, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man" (played by Bill Raisch). At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded
The Untouchables (1959 TV series) and "Most Wanted", "The Hat Squad", and the 1993 "The Untouchables" syndicated TV series. It also inspired the big-budget motion pictures "Al Capone" starring Rod Steiger, "The Untouchables" (with Kevin Costner), "Gangster Squad", "Mulholland Falls", and others. "The Untouchables" is one of two series from 1959, the other being "The Detectives", together credited with the concept of depicting a "group" of crime fighters. Previously, most TV crime dramas had followed one of two formats: either a duo composed of a stalwart police officer or detective and his trusty sidekick/partner ("Dragnet", "The Lineup"), or a lone-wolf private eye or police detective