Yes, I'd agree with that Ivan. I've been overdosing on Robert Urich TV movies recently and for me the most non-Urich Urich performances I've seen of late are in 'Killdozer' (1974) and 'The Defiant Ones' (1986). Killdozer is utterly preposterous and completely daft albeit with some fun music. I reall...

A CHiPs thread ... love it. Time to bring it back to life after 10 years of dormancy? Why not! Should I be embarrassed to admit I've watched pretty much all of these during lockdown? Probably. UK satellite TV channel 'Forces TV' has broadcast all of these again including the much maligned season 6. ...

The Rockford Files was repeated for years in the UK, and I'm pretty sure anyone British around my age who had a TV on the mid 80s will remember two things about this - the answering machine and the best TV theme ever* (* another debate). I watched the very first episode a little while back and apolo...

Great info there on the locations and thanks for sharing Pahonu. I love tracking down THEN/NOW locations but must confess I've not done much on US shows, only really UK ones. It's a shame the locations have become rundown. I thought it was great that they shot him (sorry for the spoiler :oops: for t...

If you're after Robert Urich playing Spenser in a non-Spenser role, this is the closest I've seen him. I'm just curious but was there something unique about the Spenser character or how Urich played him? It's my understanding that Urich typically just plays himself. Was this not the case with Spens...

Rather than drift off topic I posted in the Harry O thread in Other TV Shows. I enjoyed Moon of the Wolf - the last 15 minutes were great. I love this sort of 70s stuff. 'Fer De Lance/Death Dive' looks like it was made on the cheap. Only the lord himself knows why David Jannsen is in it - I'm sure t...

Holy thread resurrection - as I was writing about David Janssen elsewhere I thought this old thread needed an injection of contribution. 8) Harry O - what's nice about this series is it's not all action like so many LA shows of the period. Jannsen really acts it out and to be fair, they're all prett...

I watched the 1989 TV movie 'Night Walk' with Robert Urich and Lovely, sorry Lesley-Anne Down. If you're after Robert Urich playing Spenser in a non-Spenser role, this is the closest I've seen him. It's always so disappointing to see an actor in some lame two-bob TV movie just after their hit series...

I'm also a Jannsen fan. If you'd like to see those films you don't have, send me a PM. :wink: I'm also a fan of Harry O, I've been watching them again recently haven't not seen 'em since the 90s. I'm currently just into the 2nd season. I managed to source the R1 DVDs as it's not been released in Eur...

Great story LND, love it.

I'm a bit late to this thread but I'm a bit of a fan US made-for-tv movies. I'd say anything action/thriller related with either David Jannsen or Robert Urich in it is worth a punt. Whether they are 'obscure' though is debatable... Some of my Jannsen faves: Warning Shot (1966), The Longest Night (19...

I'd agree on the CGI, it's way too OTT. The worst was the Jack Lord effort, which was shockingly bad: http://www.abload.de/img/h9qmm.jpg I understand the dislike for these reboots but they are just evolved versions for a newer generation. I'm not promoting them by saying that, but they have to be tr...

Seagull and hair? Is that the hair he didn't use to have or the thing plonked on his bonce these days?



I can't watch a single thing with Seagull in it.

Apologies, this seems to have drifted off topic.

Apologies if this has been posted in the wrong place. I searched the forum for it but found no mention of this. I watched the whole of ' Most Wanted ' with Robert Stack recently. This is an excellent 70s US cop show that is criminally undermentioned in TV fan circles in my opinion, which is probably...

I've watched a few VEGA$ episodes but really struggled to get into it and soon turned off. Maybe I need to give it another try. Urich will forever be associated with Dan Tanna but for me he 200% nails it at Spenser. Killdozer is next up on the playlist, which looks like quality tripe of the highest ...