Starring Michael Dudikoff (the "American Ninja" series), Allison Hossack, and James Tolkan (the "Back to the Future trilogy"), "Cobra" was created by television producer Stephen J. Cannell, along with Steven Long Mitchell and Craig W. Van Sickle (both of whom later went on to create/executive produce "The Pretender" for NBC), and was filmed on location in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin were the show's supervising producers and went on to executive produce "" and "Martial Law", among other series. Matt Dearborn, an executive consultant on "Cobra", produced several Disney Channel sitcoms, including "Even Stevens".