The Invaders his goal of 'convincing disbelieving authorities' at least, and the Invaders' plans temporarily thwarted, leaving the door open for any possible later sequel or spinoff series. The series was produced by Quinn Martin, who was looking for a show to replace the immensely popular "The Fugitive", which was ending its run in 1967. Larry Cohen, the series' creator, had conceived two earlier series with similarities to "The Invaders." Chuck Connors starred in "Branded" (1965) as a soldier court-martialed for cowardice, who traveled the West searching for witnesses and proof that he had acted valiantly, and "Coronet Blue" (1967) about Michael
The Untouchables (1959 TV series) in future TV series produced by Martin. The most prominent Untouchables were portrayed by: Other Untouchables members who were prominent at first, but didn't last past the pilot or the first season, were portrayed by : In addition to the Untouchables themselves, there were several recurring allies in more than one episode: The show also had several recurrent gangsters, many of them loosely based on real life gangsters of the time period: Finally, heard in every episode, but never shown onscreen: Paul Picerni and Nicholas Georgiade were cast as gangsters in Capone and Nitti's mob in the 1959 pilot before