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Spenser: For Hire

Cast & Crew

William Robert Yates
executive producer / supervising producer / senior supervising producer
62 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Stephen Hattman
supervising producer / executive producer
35 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: John Wilder
executive producer
22 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Juanita Bartlett
executive producer
22 Episodes, 1986 - 1987

Cast & Crew

Directed By

Written By

Robert B. Parker
characters / teleplay / novel "Promised Land"
65 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: John Wilder
developed for television by / developer / writer / written for television by
65 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Daniel Freudenberger
writer
6 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Robert Hamilton
writer / written by
6 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Bruce Murkoff
writer / teleplay / written by
4 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Stephen Hattman

4 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: William Robert Yates
writer
4 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Alex Gansa
written by
4 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Howard Gordon
written by
4 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Lee Goldberg
writer
3 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Norma Safford Vela
writer / teleplay
3 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Robert Malcolm Young
teleplay
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: David Abramowitz
story / writer
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Robert Bielak
writer
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: David Carren
story by / written by
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Michael Petryni
writer
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Tom Chehak
writer
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Nelson Costello
writer
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: William Rabkin
writer
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Joan H. Parker
story
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1987: Richard Collins
writer
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Janet Kapsin
teleplay
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Bob Shayne
story / teleplay
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Jerry Ziegman
writer
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Juanita Bartlett
teleplay
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: Gerry Day
writer
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: Robert McKee
writer
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: Joe Smoke
story
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: Shel Willens
writer
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: Rudolph Borchert
story
1 Episode, 1987 - 1987: Walter Brough
writer
1 Episode, 1987 - 1987: Cynthia Darnell
writer
1 Episode, 1987 - 1987: Ronald D. Brown
written by
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Jerome Coopersmith
writer
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Jonathan Day
writer
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Michael Fisher
writer
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Peter Jones
writer
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Don Nardo
writer
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: John Jay Osborn Jr.
writer
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Andrew Sipes
writer
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Robert B. Veduccio
writer
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988

Cast

Robert Urich
Spenser
65 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Avery Brooks
Hawk
65 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Ron McLarty
Sgt. Frank Belson
65 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Richard Jaeckel
Lt. Martin Quirk
47 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Barbara Stock
Susan Silverman
43 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Carolyn McCormick
A.D.A. Rita Fiore / A.D.A. Rita Fiori
22 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: William H. Macy
Efrem Connors / District Attorney
3 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: David O'Brien
Tom Flaherty
3 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Tom Urich
Judge / Neil Oliver / Thomas Madden
3 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Charles Kimbrough
Louis Groton / Roger Thornwood
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Sal Viscuso
Sammy Backlin
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Barbara Garrick
Cathy Lowington / Valentine
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Gerry Bamman
Laurence Denning / William Reed
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Paul Sparer
Ernest Galway / Walter Billingham
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1986: John Seitz
Capt. Warren Sears / Duke Fallon
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Ron Frazier
Banker / George Huntley
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Neill Barry
Jimmy Broz / Tony Calone
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Hansford Rowe
Prof. Peters / Renhill
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Earl Hindman
Max Ordella / Sgt. Clayton
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Jimmie Ray Weeks
Billy Joe Hamilton / Partland
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Timothy Carhart
Georgie Harley / Jim Gullen
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Robert Swan
Mike Kaminski / Virgil Crebbs
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Stephen Keep Mills
Ted Watson / Tom Shanley
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Dick Latessa
Camaris / George Kendrick
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Raymond Serra
Joe Broz
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Kent Broadhurst
Brian Melchior / Michael Brimson
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Mary-Joan Negro
Etta Kaminski / Maggie Petrie
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Leon Russom
Brad Stiles / Michael Graves
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1986: David Leary
Jackie Coyle / Willard Prince
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Will Lyman
Capt. Ben Morrison / Lt. Grant
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Chuck Connors
King Powers
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1985: Stephen Joyce
Ed Faraday / Michael Kelly
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1986: Shirley Knight
Katie Quirk
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Margaret Whitton
Ellen Calone / Janet Cole
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: George Loros
Jake Williams / Jimmy Culver
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Leonard Jackson
Jock / Larry
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Jamey Sheridan
Nick Cavanaugh / Todd Wallace
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1987: Rocco Sisto
Eddie Duffy / Sonny Stroud
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Kate Burton
Randy Lofficier
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Andrew Davis
Sal / Sonny Lucovick
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Patricia Elliott
Edie James / Vera Canning
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Roger Serbagi
Dunleavy / Nick Isamov
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Michael Currie
Fire Captain / Sheriff Bayer
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: James Eckhouse
Lt. Cmdr. Carl Westmore / Robert Jordan
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Bernie McInerney
Sam Findley
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: John Bell
Max Winsome / Tim Sullivan
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: James A. Baffico
Murray Peltzer / Nash Bodine
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: David M. Berti

2 Episodes, 1986 - 1986: Tom Brennan
Archie Greco / Capt. Kiparski
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Angela Logan
Hawk's Lady / Woman in Car
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Jay Blitzman
Arnold Becker
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Joe Torrenueva

2 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Kenneth Welsh
Lt. Nicholas Webster / Lt. Webster Bloom
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1987: Alice Haining
Kay Redfield / Linda Arpel
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: James Patrick Gillis
Marcus Carlisle / Mr. Camden
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: David Margulies
Karl Shore / Lou De Franco
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1987: Eddie Jones
J.D. Hayes / Michael O'Rourke
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Louis Zorich
Jack Delroy / Manuel Almeida
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Trey Wilson
Jack Weller / Terry Vogel
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Jack Gwaltney
Champ / Charlie Horn
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Jack Coulter
Arnie Wexler / Mitchell Casey
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: James Rebhorn
Father Hoyt / Paul Manning
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Marita Geraghty
Elizabeth Canning Anthony / Janet
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1987: Richard Backus
Alfred Devon Jr. / John Thomas
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1987: Michael Mantell
Tommy Gross / William Wright
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Stuart Burney
Bill Langford / Coach
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Sean Kemery
Young Spenser
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: David Patrick Kelly
Kevin Harley / Ned Lloyd
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1987: Kevin Fennessy
Postal Worker / Priest
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Barton Heyman
Don Clemens / Gen. Haller
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: John Bedford Lloyd
Keith Kincaid / Powers' Thug
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Samuel L. Jackson
Leroy Clancy / Ned
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Oliver Solomon
Officer Simms
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Daniel von Bargen
Al / Mr. Hurley
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Odis Spencer
2nd Fireman / Irate Man
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Brina
Hot Dog Vendor / Punk detainee
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: John Finn
Ken Green / Monroe
2 Episodes, 1987 - 1987: Geoffrey Lewis
Harry Patterson
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Donna Mitchell
Pamela Patterson
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Peter Michael Goetz
Peter Dorian
1 Episode, 1987 - 1987: Andrea Thompson
Martha Prince
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Philip Bosco
David McVane
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Cliff Gorman
Joey
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Boyd Gaines
Alfie Cates
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Victor Love
Darnell Lewis
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: John Shepard
Mickey
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Frederick Neumann
Arthur Reynold
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Pauline Flanagan
Mrs. Durrant
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988: Patricia Clarkson
Elizabeth Haller
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Richard Jenkins
Tex
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Jay O. Sanders
Father Crawford
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Paul Dooley
Bryce Taylor
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Lonette McKee
Hillary
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Deborah Rush
Angela
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Nancy Paul
Diane / Donna
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Noah Moazezi
Rick
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Mark Keyloun
Alex St. George
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Brad Dourif
Maxie Lyons
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: John Cullum
Anthony Bennett
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: Stephen McHattie
Corbett
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986

Produced By

Michael J. Maschio
producer / supervising producer: Boston
36 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Mark Horowitz
associate producer / co-producer
35 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Dick Gallegly
producer: Boston / producer
22 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: John Elizalde
associate producer
21 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Robert Hamilton
producer: Los Angeles
21 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Michael Fisher
supervising producer
16 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Cleve Landsberg
producer: Boston
12 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Walter Brough
co-producer
11 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Gary Griffin
associate producer
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985

Music

Steve Dorff

59 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Larry W. Herbstritt

59 Episodes, 1985 - 1988

Cinematography

Peter Salim

36 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Ronald M. Lautore

21 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Jacques R. Marquette

1 Episode, 1985 - 1985

Sound

Franklin Jones Jr.
re-recording mixer
43 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Clark King
sound mixer
42 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Randy Nite
dialogue editor / sound editor
34 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Keith A. Wester
sound mixer
16 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Gene Eliot
sound editor
11 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Larry Kaufman
sound editor
11 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Walter Newman
sound editor
9 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Sid Lubow
sound editor
6 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Vincent Connelly
sound editor
3 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Stu Bernstein
sound editor
3 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Ron Tinsley
sound editor
3 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Don Crosby
sound editor
3 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Michael John Bateman
sound editor
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Corinne Sessarego
sound editor
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: Tim Shoemaker
sound editor
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: Art Ottinger
sound editor
1 Episode, 1987 - 1987: Gregg Barbanell
foley artist
Episodes, null - null: Richard Kite
boom operator
Episodes, null - null: Ed Fassl
sound editor
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985

Editing

Dick Wormell

16 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Mark S. Westmore

15 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: William P. Magee

8 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Diane Adler

7 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Clay Bartels

6 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Janet Weinberg

4 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Gary Griffin

2 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Richard Bracken

1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: Barbara Palmer Dixon

1 Episode, 1987 - 1987

Casting Director

Donna Isaacson

57 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: John S. Lyons

57 Episodes, 1985 - 1988

Production Design

Tracy Bousman

15 Episodes, 1987 - 1988

Art Direction

George B. Chan

21 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Tracy Bousman

21 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Frederick P. Hope

1 Episode, 1985 - 1985

Set Design

Richard D. Kent

16 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Bryan Thetford

16 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Tom Bugenhagen

14 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: John Told

9 Episodes, 1986 - 1986: Joanne MacDougall

4 Episodes, 1987 - 1987

Costumes

Ernest Misko

36 Episodes, 1986 - 1988

Makeup

Barbara Maggi
makeup artist
53 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Mona Orr
hair stylist
41 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Verne Caruso
hair stylist
16 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Robert Philippe
makeup artist
4 Episodes, 1985 - 1985: Enrico A. Cortese
makeup artist
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Jose A. Figueroa
hair stylist
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Michael Gemelli
makeup artist
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985

Special Effects

Kam Cooney
special effects coordinator
15 Episodes, 1987 - 1988

Assistant Director

Mark Lyon
first assistant director / second assistant director
33 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Timothy J. Lonsdale
second assistant director
21 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: David Whorf
first assistant director
17 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Bob Jeffords
first assistant director
14 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Cathy A. Roszell
second assistant director
11 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Jay Tobias
second assistant director
9 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Mitchell Bock
second assistant director
8 Episodes, 1986 - 1986: Stephen Lofaro
second assistant director / first assistant director
7 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Conrad E. Palmisano
second unit director
7 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Steven Tramz
first assistant director
6 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Alice Blanchard
second assistant director
5 Episodes, 1986 - 1986: Anthony Brand
first assistant director
4 Episodes, 1986 - 1986: Peter L. Bergquist
first assistant director
4 Episodes, 1987 - 1987: Nelson Cabrera
assistant director
3 Episodes, 1985 - 1985: Michael Ingber
second second assistant director
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Joel Segal
second assistant director
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: John Wilder
second unit director
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: David S. Cass Sr.
second unit director
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: William Cosentino
first assistant director / second assistant director
Episodes, null - null

Production Management

Bob Jeffords
unit production manager
32 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Dick Gallegly
unit production manager
14 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Cleve Landsberg
unit production manager
12 Episodes, 1986 - 1987

Art Department

Bobbie Frankel
scenic artist
22 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Bill Dietz
property master
20 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: David Coleman
property master
19 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Beverly Hadley
property master
16 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Sam Loreno Sr.
property master
11 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Mike Schenk
property master
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985

Stunts

Michael Runyard
stunt coordinator
36 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Bruce Paul Barbour
stunt coordinator
9 Episodes, 1986 - 1986: Conrad E. Palmisano
stunt coordinator
7 Episodes, 1985 - 1985: Peter Bucossi
stunts
4 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Mick O'Rourke
stunts
4 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Pat Romano
stunts
2 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Rick Shaw
stunts
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: Shelley Cook
stunt performer
Episodes, null - null: Jeffrey Lee Gibson
stunts
Episodes, null - null: Lori Seaman
stunts
Episodes, null - null: Rick Seaman
stunts
Episodes, null - null: Paul E. Short
stunts
Episodes, null - null: Harry Wowchuk
stunts
Episodes, null - null: Gene Hartline
stunts
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Roy Jenson
stunt performer
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Shawn O'Neil
stunt performer
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Ted White
stunt performer
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Charlie Picerni
stunts
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: Gene Harrison
stunt performer
1 Episode, 1987 - 1987: Tom Sarmento
stunts
1 Episode, 1987 - 1987: John Vincent Mason
stunt driver
1 Episode, 1988 - 1988

Editorial

William B. Stich
sequence editor
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Bill Zabala
sequence editor
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Linda Renaud
assistant editor
Episodes, null - null

Other

Michael Dukakis
the producers wish to acknowledge the cooperation and support of
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985

Music Department

Jay Alfred Smith
music editor
26 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Jeff Harris
music editor
25 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Donald Harris
music editor
3 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: John Caper Jr.
music editor
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Mark Southern
music editor
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985

Casting Department

Phyllis Huffman
casting: Los Angeles
42 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Herb Mandell
casting: Boston
42 Episodes, 1985 - 1987: Ann Baker
casting: Boston
16 Episodes, 1987 - 1988: Carol Larkin
extras casting
3 Episodes, 1987 - 1987: Donna Isaacson
casting: New York
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Julie Alter
casting assistant
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985

Costume Department

Lisa M. Lewis
costumer: women
65 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Kathleen Gore-Misko
supervising costumer / costumer
64 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Ernest Misko
costume supervisor / costumer
28 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Louise Clark
costumer: women
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Ken Harvey
costumer: men
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985

Camera Department

Dan Reilly
key grip
65 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Casey Jones
dolly grip
22 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Ronald Vidor
camera operator / steadicam operator
3 Episodes, 1986 - 1986: James Callanan
grip
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Boyd Estus
second unit photography
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Gábor Kövér
first assistant camera: "b" camera
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986: Barbara Hanania
assistant camera
Episodes, null - null: Larry Orlick
assistant camera
Episodes, null - null: Douglas Pellegrino
assistant camera
Episodes, null - null: Peter Salim
camera operator
Episodes, null - null: Craig DiBona
camera operator
Episodes, null - null: Scott Rathner
additional first assistant camera
Episodes, null - null: William M. Weberg
grip
Episodes, null - null

Location Management

Alexandra Decker
location manager
58 Episodes, 1985 - 1988: Don Shelley
location auditor
29 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Michael Williams
location manager
Episodes, null - null

Script Department

Lynne Twentyman
script supervisor
22 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Robert Bielak
executive script consultant
20 Episodes, 1986 - 1987: Cheri Herbert
script supervisor
17 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Joanne Small
script supervisor
12 Episodes, 1985 - 1986: Renee Bodner
script supervisor
3 Episodes, 1986 - 1986: Sidney Gecker
script supervisor
2 Episodes, 1986 - 1988: Rosemarie Clemente-Johnstone
script supervisor
1 Episode, 1985 - 1985: Giboney Whyte
script supervisor
1 Episode, 1986 - 1986

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