Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama, created by Blake Edwards (Peter Gunn, The Pink Panther). Richard Diamond is an Ex-New York City policeman who quit the force to become a private detective. A suave private eye who, at first, walks the mean streets of New York, Richard Diamond (David Jannsen) later packs up and moves to Los Angeles. Solving a myriad of cases from, kidnapping to murder in his convertible with a car phone. While his mysterious, sexy, receptionist Sam (first by Mary Tyler Moore then by Roxane Brooks), whose face we never see, minds the office. This half hour action/crime drama originally ran on CBS from 1957-1959 and NBC for its fourth season in 1959-1960. The show was also broadcast under the title of, "Call Mr. D." during its rerun syndication.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 70454
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired July 1, 1957
  • Recent September 13, 1960
  • Network CBS
  • Average Runtime 25 minutes
  • Genres Action Adventure Crime Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 0
Season 1 July 1957 September 1957 12
Season 2 January 1958 June 1958 21
Season 3 February 1959 June 1959 18
Season 4 October 1959 September 1960 26
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 77
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 77
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Thomas Carr 16 05/31/1959 - 09/13/1960
Don McDougall 12 06/14/1959 - 08/23/1960
Tom Gries 6 07/08/1957 - 07/05/1960
Mark Sandrich Jr. 6 08/19/1957 - 06/21/1959
Richard Whorf 6 03/06/1958 - 03/22/1959
Leigh Jason 4 01/02/1958 - 02/06/1958
John Rich 3 02/27/1958 - 04/24/1958
Alvin Ganzer 3 02/15/1959 - 04/12/1959
Oscar Rudolph 3 07/29/1957 - 08/12/1957
John Peyser 3 02/22/1959 - 04/19/1959
Roy Del Ruth 2 07/01/1957 - 09/23/1957
Stuart Rosenberg 2 03/29/1959 - 05/10/1959
Ted Post 2 05/01/1958 - 05/08/1958
Hollingsworth Morse 2 03/27/1958 - 04/10/1958
Bernard L. Kowalski 2 08/26/1957 - 09/09/1957
Joe Biroc 2 03/15/1959 - 03/22/1959
Lamont Johnson 1 05/03/1959
Andrew McCullough 1 03/08/1959
James Sheldon 1 02/20/1958
Arthur Hilton 1 08/09/1960
R.G. Springsteen 1 05/24/1959
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Ed Adamson 12 05/31/1959 - 09/06/1960
John Robinson 9 10/05/1959 - 09/13/1960
David T. Chantler 8 07/29/1957 - 05/10/1959
Ellis Kadison 6 08/05/1957 - 05/01/1958
Donn Mullally 6 04/17/1958 - 04/19/1959
Richard Carr 5 07/01/1957 - 02/15/1959
Sidney Michaels 4 03/06/1958 - 06/12/1958
Don Brinkley 3 12/28/1959 - 08/02/1960
Gene Levitt 3 08/26/1957 - 05/03/1959
Albert Ruben 2 03/08/1959 - 03/29/1959
Lee Erwin 2 03/01/1959 - 04/19/1959
Philip MacDonald 2 07/22/1957 - 08/19/1957
Edmund Morris 2 07/15/1957 - 01/23/1958
Ellis Marcus 2 07/08/1957 - 02/20/1958
Richard Levinson 1 01/18/1960
Daniel B. Ullman 1 04/05/1959
John Tomerlin 1 08/30/1960
Russ Leadabrand 1 02/06/1958
George Worthing Yates 1 09/16/1957
Robert Blees 1 03/22/1959
Jack Kelsey 1 03/08/1959
William Link 1 01/18/1960
Herbert Abbott Spiro 1 08/16/1960
Philip Saltzman 1 04/24/1958
Barry Trivers 1 03/29/1959
Elliot West 1 05/24/1959
P.K. Palmer 1 04/12/1959
Charles Beaumont 1 08/30/1960
Gene Lesser 1 03/13/1958
Peter Barry 1 03/15/1959
Fred Freiberger 1 08/09/1960
Ed Waters 1 02/06/1958
William L. Stuart 1 05/08/1958

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