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Barney Collier, along with Willy Armitage, was one of only two IMF agents who were regulars on the team for the entire seven-season run of the original Mission: Impossible TV series. Like all of the regular IMF agents, he was not used in every mission, but he was the only character in the opening credits of every episode of the original series.
By contrast, Mission: Impossible was praised for the prominence of its music. The original version of Mission: Impossible held the record for having the most episodes (171) of any English-language espionage television series for over 35 years (about 10 more episodes than its nearest rival, the UK-produced The Avengers).
Mission: Impossible is an American multimedia franchise based on a fictional secret espionage agency known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). The 1966 TV series ran for seven seasons and was revived in 1988 for two seasons.
Lupus with Mission: Impossible cast in 1970. Lupus played Willy Armitage in the original Mission: Impossible television series in the 1960s. [3] Armitage was the Impossible Missions Force's muscle man, and featured in nearly all episodes of the series. The character of Willy Armitage was the strong, silent type, usually with very little dialogue.
After Mission: Impossible was cancelled, Morris appeared in several movies and made guest TV appearances, including The Six Million Dollar Man (Episode 1-05, "Little Orphan Airplane", 1974). Morris was then cast as Lieutenant David Nelson of the Las Vegas Metro Police in the ABC TV detective series Vega$ (1978–1981), co-starring Robert Urich ...
The 2015 film, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, uses a pastiche of this opening in homage to the pilot's tape scene, where the team leader enters an unusual shop (an oddities store in the pilot and a vintage record shop in the movie) and asks for an obscure record. It is also the only episode of the series written by creator Bruce Geller.
Find out where to stream all of Tom Cruise's 'Mission: Impossible' movies online before watching 'Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One'.
In an off-book mission, a mob boss who lost money and records as a result of the IMF operation of the sixth season episode "Casino" (S06/E21) holds Jim Phelps hostage for the purpose of using the team to steal a letter from a safe deposit box that can be used to convict him of murder.