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TV series · 1951

Dragnet

First aired 16 December 1951 Drama / Crime TMDB ↗

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

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Ben Alexander
as Frank Smith
40
Jack Webb
as Joe Friday
31
Everyone else (105) ↓
Richard Garrick
72
Paul E. Burns
70
Virginia Brissac
68
Martha Wentworth
as Hotel Manager
62
Martha Wentworth
62
Pierre Watkin
61
Frank Mills
as Manager (uncredited)
60
Frank Mills
as Derelict (uncredited)
60
Frank Mills
as Man in Photo Booth (uncredited)
60
Raymond Greenleaf
59
Earle Hodgins
58
Jesslyn Fax
58
Will Wright
57
William Fawcett
57
Celia Lovsky
54
Charles Seel
54
George Chandler
as Forrest Simple
53
Eddie Marr
51
Ben Welden
50
Harry Harvey
50
Kathryn McGuire
48
Howard McNear
46
Philip Ahn
46
Willis Bouchey
44
Willis Bouchey
as Harold Everson Sr.
44
Joel Fluellen
44
Helen Kleeb
44
Howard Wendell
43
Frank Sully
43
Olan Soule
42
Phil Arnold
42
Herb Vigran
41
Paul Bryar
41
Paul Bryar
as (uncredited)
41
Paul Bryar
as Raymond Shafer
41
Mae Clarke
41
Dan Riss
as Capt. R. A. Lohrman
41
Don C. Harvey
40
Don C. Harvey
as Capt. Donahoe
40
Art Gilmore
39
Harry Bartell
as Frank Salazar
38
Russ Conway
38
Russ Conway
as Mr. Harrison
38
John Larch
37
Parley Baer
37
Dorothy Neumann
37
Natalie Masters
as Edith Barson
36
Art Balinger
as Capt. Glavas
36
Bill Williams
36
Sam Edwards
36
Douglas Kennedy
36
Ben Wright
36
Tom Brown
36
Sam Gilman
36
Virginia Gregg
as (voice)
35
Robin Raymond
35
Vic Perrin
35
Walter Reed
35
Walter Reed
as Paul Barton
35
Walter Reed
as Rudolf Mason
35
Robert Bray
34
Harlan Warde
34
Stacy Harris
as William Tanner
33
Stacy Harris
as Frank Larson
33
Stacy Harris
as Benny Davis
33
Stafford Repp
33
Florence Marly
32
Coleman Francis
32
John Mitchum
32
Dal McKennon
32
Lorna Thayer
32
Paul Frees
31
Richard Benedict
31
Eddie Firestone
31
Robert Clarke
31
Todd Karns
30
Jack Kruschen
29
Michael Ansara
as Carl Chapman
29
Paul Picerni
29
Paul Picerni
as Rios
29
John Stephenson
28
Gene Reynolds
28
Bobby Jordan
28
Lee Marvin
as Henry Ross
27
Lee Marvin
as James Mitchell
27
Myrna Dell
27
Robert Patten
26
Dee Carroll
as Frieda Golightly
26
Paul Burke
25
Joyce Jameson
24
Joe Turkel
24
Yvette Vickers
23
Jonathan Haze
22
Joey Forman
22
Dick Miller
22
Paul Mantee
as Morris Copley
20
Martin Milner
19
Martin Milner
as Stephen Banner
19
Pamela Duncan
19
Paul Richards
17
Paul Richards
as George Gramberg
17
Lee Meriwether
16
Bobby Driscoll
14
Beverly Washburn
as Ruthie Snyder
8
John Pinette
Unknown
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