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Untouchables, The The series centered on a greatly embellished version of the real life Eliot Ness, played by Robert Stack, and his incorruptible treasury agents whom Chicago newspapers had dubbed "The Untouchables." Their battles against organized crime served as the source material for the television series. While the fictional Ness and his Untouchables were somewhat lifeless characters, the back-stories and motivations established for the series' criminals were incredibly well-defined. Airing on ABC from 1959-63, the series was panned for what critics at the time deemed "excessive and senseless violence." But it was enormously popular with audiences and made names for producer Quinn Martin and actor Robert Stack. www.museum.tv /archives/etv/U/htmlU/untouchables/untouchables.htm   (555 words)

The Untouchables CBS bid for the series, but ABC won the rights and 'The Untouchables' weekly series debuted in the fall of 1959. The Untouchables was considered one of the most violent television shows of its time. The Untouchables starred Robert Stack ('Unsolved Mysteries') as real-life Chicago gang-buster and prohibition agent Eliot Ness circa 1930. www.tvparty.com /untouch.html   (624 words)

Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse When The Untouchables became a regular series on ABC in 1959, it was the subject of great controversy because of its violence and allegedly negative stereotypes of Italian-Americans. However, among the episodes in its brief run were two productions that, in effect, served as pilots for The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables, two of the most memorable (and most widely syndicated in reruns) television shows of the 1960s. The legacy of the series lies in its launching of The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables, and its continuation of The Lucy-Desi Hour, which still appears regularly in syndicated reruns. www.museum.tv /archives/etv/W/htmlW/westinghouse/westinghouse.htm   (459 words)

The Untouchables TV Show - The Untouchables Television Show - TV.com The series ran from 1959-63 on ABC and sparked great controversy in its day both for its violent content and its... Classic crime drama series about an elite group of law enforcement officers headed by the incorruptible Eliot Ness and their battles against organized crime and gang lords such as Al Capone, Frank "the Enforcer" Nitti, Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik, Joe "the Teacher" Kulak and others. Eliot Ness and his men notice that the top bosses are leaving Chicago: Frank Nitti has gone to Atlantic City; Bugs Moran and Lou Diamond have left, too. www.tv.com /untouchables/show/674/summary.html   (380 words)

James Gregory -- actor who co-starred in 'Barney Miller' Gregory landed his long-running "Barney Miller" role because of his work as real-life detective Barney Ruditsky in the 1959-62 television series "The Lawless Years." A precursor to "The Untouchables," that series depicted Ruditsky's dealings with New York gangsters in the decades of the 1920s and 1930s, with the actual Ruditsky as technical adviser. Gregory, in the heyday of the "Barney Miller" series in 1979, shrugged off any suggestion that he specialized in portraying law enforcement and military officers, saying: "Most every actor has played a lot of policemen. James Gregory, the solid character actor known for tough-guy cop roles including Inspector Frank Luger, Hal Linden's superior on television's "Barney Miller," has died. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/19/BA54159.DTL   (380 words)

obits.com, The Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Lucille Ball Desilu produced a number of other series which became considered classics, including "The Untouchables" (1959-63). Ball and Desi Arnaz formed Desilu Productions just as CBS approached her about turning the popular radio series into a television show. By now a fiery red head with a spirit to match, Lucille Ball negotiated a deal rare in the early television business and unheard of for a female star: her conditions were that her real-life husband, Desi Arnaz would play her television husband, and that Desilu Productions would have creative control of the program. obits.com /balllucille.html   (1132 words)

MTV.com - Movies - Dane Clark On TV, Clark starred as news correspondent Dan Miller on the weekly adventure series Wire Service (1956), and played hotel owner Slate Shannon on the 1959 TV version of the old Bogart-Bacall radio series Bold Venture. He also co-starred as Lt. Tragg on the ill-advised New Perry Mason (1973), and made innumerable guest appearances on such series as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, The Untouchables and Ellery Queen (1975 version). His film appearances were fewer and farther between in the 1950s, as he sought out more rewarding roles on television and the Broadway stage. www.mtv.com /movies/person/11868/bio.jhtml   (328 words)

Al Capone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Capone and his era were highlighted in the 1959 television film The Untouchables and its feature film and television series remakes which has created the popular myth of the personal war between the crime lord and Eliot Ness. He has been portrayed in film by Nicholas Kokenes, Wallace Beery, Paul Muni, Barry Sullivan, Rod Steiger, Neville Brand, Jason Robards, Ben Gazzara and Robert De Niro. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al_Capone   (1661 words)

Detective Programs Especially in its music, Peter Gunn was a more compelling program than Richard Diamond, though its plots were reductive and often as violent as those of The Untouchables (1959-64, ABC), notorious even in its own day for its surfeit of murder. Similar audio-visual effects are intermittently present in two notable series created by Blake Edwards, Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957-60, CBS, NBC) and Peter Gunn (1958-61, NBC, ABC), both of which center on wise-acre heroes whose sexual bravado is more important to their appeal than their brains or their marksmanship. Janssen's creative ensemble included Howard Rodman, creator of the show and writer of the two pilot films that led to the series, producer-director Jerry Thorpe, directors Paul Wendkos, Richard Lang, Jerry London; and writers Michael Sloan, Robert C. Dennis, Stephen Kandel, and Robert Dozier. www.museum.tv /archives/etv/D/htmlD/detectivepro/detectivepro.htm   (2930 words)

The Return of Eliot Ness "The Return of Eliot Ness" is a follow-up to the popular 1959-1963 television series "The Untouchables." Eliot Ness decides to come out of retirement after the murder of Marty Labine, an ex-cop wrongly accused of mob ties. Ness joins up with Labine's son, and together the two descend into the dangerous criminal underworld to capture the killer. www.rottentomatoes.com /m/return_of_eliot_ness/about.php   (260 words)

NewStandard: 11/21/98 His famous voice and staccato delivery was so closely associated with the radio age that he was hired to provide the narration for the 1959 TV series "The Untouchables," starring Robert Stack as Eliot Ness. Like Winchell's broadcasts, the film moves rapidly from the 1920s to the late 1960s, from the time that Winchell ruled the fabled Stork nightclub like a king to the television era that made him a has-been. Perhaps Walter Winchell's life story is simply too big for one picture. www.s-t.com /daily/11-98/11-21-98/b04ae081.htm   (907 words)

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