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Dragnet – later syndicated as Badge 714 [3] – is an American crime television series, based on the radio series of the same name, both created by their star, Jack Webb. The shows take their name from the police term dragnet , a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
Dragnet is an American media franchise created by actor and producer Jack Webb and owned by his company Mark VII Limited and Universal Pictures.It follows Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Joe Friday and his partners as they conduct by-the-book police work and solve crimes in Los Angeles.
The series pilot premiered on NBC on December 14, 1951. A total of 276 episodes aired between December 14, 1951, and August 23, 1959. [1] Dragnet was on both radio and television from December 1951 through February 1957. [2] When the first Dragnet movie came out in September 1954, it was available on radio, TV and in the theatres for a while.
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William Barton Yarborough (October 2, 1900 – December 19, 1951) was an American actor who worked extensively in radio drama, primarily on the NBC Radio Network.He is famous for his roles in the Carlton E. Morse productions I Love a Mystery, in which he played Doc Long, and One Man's Family, spending 19 years portraying Clifford Barbour.
Joe Friday is a fictional character created and portrayed by Jack Webb as the lead for his series Dragnet.Friday is a detective in the Los Angeles Police Department. [1] The character first appeared on June 3, 1949, in the premiere of the NBC radio drama that launched the series.
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Mark VII Limited (formerly Mark VII Productions, pronounced "Mark 7") was the production company of actor and filmmaker Jack Webb, and was active from 1951 until his death in 1982. Many of its series were produced in association with Universal Television ; most of them were originally broadcast on the NBC television network in the United States.