"Who played the title role in the 1970s TV series ""McCloud"", about a cowboy policeman working in New York?"
McCloud (TV series) McCloud (TV series) McCloud is an American television police drama that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1977. The series starred Dennis Weaver, and for six of its seven years on the air it aired as part of the "NBC Mystery Movie" rotating wheel series that was produced for the network by Universal Television. The show was centered on Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico, who was on loan to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a special investigator. The first choice for the role of McCloud was Fess Parker,
McCloud (TV series) to reprise her role as McCloud's love interest, Chris Coughlin. The most enduring theme of the show was the conflict between the good-natured, clear-eyed buoyancy of McCloud and the metropolitan cynicism of the residents of New York City, including his fellow officers. McCloud's attire, typically consisting of a sheepskin coat or Western jacket, bolo tie and cowboy hat, allowed for implied comic relief in many encounters with New Yorkers. That New Yorkers might mistake him for a "rube" because of his appearance occasionally worked to his advantage. He would often allay suspicion of his motives by insisting he was in