Harry O

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Television series
German title Harry O
Original title Harry O
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1974-1976
length 60 minutes
Episodes 44 in 2 seasons
genre Crime series
idea Howard Rodman
production Jerry Thorpe
music Billy Goldenberg
First broadcast September 12, 1974 (USA) on ABC
German-language
first broadcast		 March 30, 1978 on Bavarian TV
occupation

Harry O is an American crime series that was produced between 1974 and 1976 and broadcast on ABC .

action

Police officer Harry Orwell is shot while on duty in a robbery with a bullet penetrating his back. Since the bullet cannot be removed due to its proximity to the spine and leads to temporary paralysis , he resigns from the San Diego Police Department . As an early retirer , he lives in a beach house on Coronado Island, from where, with the support of the police in the person of Lt. Manuel Quinlan runs a private detective agency. After a few episodes, Orwell moves to Los Angeles , where, after Quinlan's death, he now lives with Lt. Trench and Sgt. Roberts work together. Orwell owns a boat in need of renovation and an Austin-Healey , but most of the time it is in Spencer Johnson's workshop, which is why Orwell uses public transport a lot. In Los Angeles he also meets his attractive neighbor, the stewardess Sue Ingram (in the second season: Ingham), and the would-be detective Lester Hodges.

background

The German first broadcast took place in 1978 on Bavarian television , other third programs followed; however, only 26 episodes were broadcast. It was not broadcast nationwide until 1990 by ProSieben , where 13 additional episodes were shown. Four episodes not previously shown were broadcast in 1994 as part of a repetition on Kabel Eins , and two more were broadcast by DF1 in 1997.

Guest roles included Martin Sheen , Roddy McDowall , Don Stroud , Louis Gossett junior , Larry Hagman and Kurt Russell as well as Stefanie Powers , Linda Evans , Cheryl Ladd , Margot Kidder , Jodie Foster and Anne Archer .

Awards

Emmy award
  • 1976: Emmy in the category Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series to Anthony Zerbe
Edgar Allan Poe Award

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