The Man Behind the Badge
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The Man Behind the Badge is the title of a half-hour American television
police drama series which aired on the CBS from 1953-1955 starring and hosted by character actor
Charles Bickford
. Years later, Bickford appeared as one of the owners of Shiloh Ranch in the NBC
western
series, The Vrginian
.
In its first season, The Man Behind the Badge aired on Sundays at 9:30 p.m. EST opposite ABC
's Jukebox Jury
.
Recurring Roles and Notable Guest Stars:
Television in the United States
Television is one of the major mass media of the United States. Ninety-nine percent of American households have at least one television and the majority of households have more than one...
police drama series which aired on the CBS from 1953-1955 starring and hosted by character actor
Character actor
A character actor is one who predominantly plays unusual or eccentric characters. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a character actor as "an actor who specializes in character parts", defining character part in turn as "an acting role displaying pronounced or unusual characteristics or...
Charles Bickford
Charles Bickford
Charles Bickford was an American actor best known for his supporting roles. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for The Song of Bernadette , The Farmer's Daughter , and Johnny Belinda...
. Years later, Bickford appeared as one of the owners of Shiloh Ranch in the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
series, The Vrginian
The Virginian (TV series)
The Virginian is an American Western television series starring James Drury and Doug McClure, which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes. Filmed in color, The Virginian became television's first 90-minute western series...
.
In its first season, The Man Behind the Badge aired on Sundays at 9:30 p.m. EST opposite ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's Jukebox Jury
Jukebox Jury
Jukebox Jury was an hour-long television series hosted by disc jockey Peter Potter which aired in the 1953-54 season on the American Broadcasting Company. It was thereafter syndicated in 1959....
.
Synopsis
The series is based on real crime stories from around the world.Recurring Roles and Notable Guest Stars:
| Actor | Role | Appearances |
|---|---|---|
| Norman Rose Norman Rose Norman Rose was an actor, film narrator and radio announcer whose velvety baritone was often called "the Voice of God" by colleagues... |
Himself | 33 episodes |
| Paul Brinegar Paul Brinegar Paul Brinegar was an American character actor.Brinegar made over 100 appearances between 1946 and 1994, appearing in many western films, and played the barman in Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter in 1973... (years later on Rawhide Rawhide (TV series) Rawhide is an American Western series that aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959 to September 3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14, 1965 until January 4, 1966, with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes... ) |
Brant | 3 episodes |
| Sam Flint | Bank manager | 3 episodes |
| Lillian Powell | Mrs. Flint | 3 episodes |