Blondie (comic strip) was adapted into a long-running series of 28 low-budget theatrical B-features, produced by Columbia Pictures. Beginning with "Blondie" in 1938, the series lasted 12 years, through "Beware of Blondie" (1950). The two major roles were Penny Singleton as Blondie and Arthur Lake (whose first starring role was another comic strip character, Harold Teen) as Dagwood. Faithfulness to the comic strip was a major concern of the creators of the series. Little touches were added that were iconic to the strip, like the appearance of Dagwood's famous sandwiches—and the running gag of Dagwood colliding with the mailman amid a flurry of
Will Hutchins Dagwood Bumstead in a CBS television version of the comic strip "Blondie". He travelled to South Africa to appear in "Shangani Patrol" (1970) playing Frederick Russell Burnham. Back in the US, Hutchins guest starred on "Love, American Style", "Emergency!", "Chase", "Movin' On", "The Streets of San Francisco", and "The Quest". He was in "The Horror at 37,000 Feet" (1973), "Slumber Party '57" (1976), and "The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington" (1977). He also began appearing in circuses. Hutchins had roles in "Roar" (1981), "Gunfighter" (1999) and "The Romantics" (2010). Hutchins was married to Chris Burnett, sister of Carol Burnett, with