If any television series past or present could be called a tribute to the Los Angeles Police Department, it would be Jack Webb’s Dragnet. Dragnet ran on television in the 1950s and then several years ...

Herb Ellis, an actor and director known for helping Jack Webb create the iconic TV series Dragnet, died Dec. 26 in San Gabriel, Calif. He was 97. Born Herbert Siegel in Cleveland, Ohio on Jan. 7, 1921 ...

Jack Webb spent years working in radio and television. In fact, he worked up until the moment he died in December 1982 and left a project unfinished. Even with a variety of works under his belt, Webb ...

ABC plans to use a trace of the familiar "dum-da-dum-dum" music when it airs its revival of "Dragnet" Sunday nights at 10, starting Feb. 2. That's good. Without that theme, "Dragnet" would not be ...

John Randolph 'Jack' Webb, also known by the pen name John Randolph, was an American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter, who is most famous for his role as Sergeant Joe Friday in ...

MeTV is quickly becoming the destination for classic TV lovers — adding “The Waltons,” “Adam-12” and the ’60s-era “Dragnet” to its already stacked-with-oldies lineup. That’s quite a bonanza for fans ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Herb Ellis, an actor and director known for helping Jack Webb create the iconic TV series Dragnet, died Dec. 26 in San Gabriel, ...

Herb Ellis, a veteran character actor who helped Jack Webb create the legendary cop show 'Dragnet,' has died. He was 97. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Herb Ellis, a veteran character actor who helped ...

Herb Ellis, who is known for helping Jack Webb create the iconic TV series Dragnet, died on Dec. 26 in San Gabriel, Calif. He was 97. Born Herbert Siegel in Cleveland, Ohio on Jan. 7, 1921, Ellis was ...