On TV who played the detective Frank Cannon?
Cannon (TV series) Cannon (TV series) Cannon is an American detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from 1971 to 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. "Cannon" is the first Quinn Martin series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, "The Return of Frank Cannon", was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 122 episodes plus the series two-hour pilot and the television film, "The Return of Frank Cannon". The plots in the episodes revolved around Cannon solving a crime. Cannon's clients in
Cannon (TV series) skit, Hill played several staple characters of the genre: Frank Cannon, Robert Ironside, Theo Kojak, Sam McCloud (ironically, all bar the latter were airing on BBC1 at the time rather than on Hill's home of ITV) and, although he was not a part of the genre, Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Cast member Jenny Lee-Wright played the role of Pepper Anderson. The comedian Franklyn Ajaye does a routine where he mentions that it takes Frank Cannon so long to get out of his car 2-3 times a show that there is hardly time for anything else. In "Mystery Science