Shannon (1961 TV series) explained

Genre:	Crime drama
Director:	Fred Jackman, Jr.
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	36
Camera:	Single-camera
Runtime:	22 - 24 minutes
Company:	Screen Gems Television
Channel:	Syndication

Shannon is an American crime drama series that aired in syndication from October 16, 1961 to June 12, 1962. The series stars George Nader as the title Joe Shannon, an insurance investigator for the Transport Bonding and Surety Company. Regis Toomey portrays Shannon's boss Bill Cochran.

Guest stars

• Chris Alcaide as Jack O'Hare in "Duke of the Valley"
• King Calder
• Francis De Sales as Ray Petri in "Cold Trail"
• Robert Duvall as Joey Nolan in "The Big Fish"
• Raymond Guth
• DeForest Kelley as Carlyle in "The Pickup"^[1]
• Ann McCrea as Phyllis Gray in "Never Help a Lady" (1962)
• Joseph Mell
• Lee Meriwether episode unknown
• Gilman Rankin

Production notes

Jerry Briskin produced the series for Screen Gems. Gene Roddenberry wrote two of the teleplays.^[2]

External links

• • Shannon 1961-62 at CVTA

Notes and References

1. Web site: Episode List of Shannon (1961). Internet Movie Database. March 15, 2009.
2. Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 747