> Herb Ellis, the actor who played Wilbur in PETER
GUNN,
> was also the first actor (at least on TV; there
were
> two others on radio) to play Joe Friday's
partner,
> Detective Frank Smith, on DRAGNET.
Did not know that. He was great as Wilbur. They had a great
cast--with regular appearances by Shelly Manne and Shorty
Rogers. It was a series with a real noir look, like Staccato,
shot almost entirely at night.
Jeff
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