I have always loved David Janssen in the shows he was in. Loved watching these two episodes of Richard Diamond 💎! Thank you for uploading these episodes!
David Janssen was the hardest working actors in Hollywood unlike today’s cartoon characters who only claim to be actors. He smoked four packs of cigarettes a day and was a heavy drinker which never affected his abilities as an actor. In 1977, he co- starred with Angie Dickinson in a movie entitled: “ A Sensitive, Passionate Man where he portrayed an alcoholic. In real life, David Janssen was a Sensitive Passionate Man gone too soon
This is one of my favorite shows and characters ever. The first thing I ever saw Janssen in was an episode of Route 66 called One Tiger to a Hill. He played a real prick in that episode and because of that it took a long time for me to watch the Fugitive. Once I did, I liked him a lot and then stumbled upon this series. I've seen every episode. Love it.
A heavy drinker and a four-pack-a-day smoker, Janssen died of a heart attack in the early morning of February 13, 1980, at his home in Malibu, California at the age of 48. At the time of his death, Janssen was filming the television movie Father Damien. Janssen was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. A non-denominational funeral was held at the Jewish chapel of the cemetery on February 17. Suzanne Pleshette delivered the eulogy at the request of Janssen's widow. Milton Berle, Johnny Carson, Tommy Gallagher[di, Richard Harris, Stan Herman, Rod Stewart and Gregory Peck were among Janssen's pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers included Jack Lemmon, George Peppard, James Stewart and Danny Thomas
...but, four days before he died, his close friend Michael Phelps said he told him he had just passed a full medical from the Studio as part of his insurance....very unexpected.
remember growing up as a kid, watching him in fugitive it was like you were running with him , always felt bad for him , couldn't trust anyone where ever HE WENT
It is remarkable that the melody we hear at 27:40 a few years later got used for The Saint. Which was a production from the United Kingdom (England) - unlike of course all these episodes of the Richard Diamond, of which separate versions were made for radio AND for television, all of which made in America. Not only were ALL the voices that partook in the radio version episodes fabulous, these also star a R.D. that plays the piano, sings, jokes around with the cops, his girl and anyone he meets, and speaks his mind freely at all times! I often feel the qualities of voice actors in the day were on a level we have seldom experienced (heard) since.
The radio series starred actor Dick Powell formerly a song and dance man in his early films. He was part of Four Star Playhouse and was married to June Allyson until his death
@@michaeldanello3966Dick Powell's Four Star Films produced this series. The great filmmaker Blake Edwards created Richard Diamond, Private Detective for both radio and television.
The problem is that this episode is actually "Another man's poison" (season 2, ep 14) and not "The purple penguin". The cast list on this page is for "The purple penguin" EDIT: I wrote this before I realised that there are in fact two episodes in this video: the first is "Another man's poison" and the second is "The purple penguin".
These were all great actors in this series! My family never had a tv in the house till I was 13 in 64. What my parents did have were 9 children ! 4 sons and 5 daughters! I never heard of this detective series till a few years ago in this new millennium! The “Fugitive was a new series, I remember David Jaanson in The new one called Harry O, and then he was A Treasury agent in the last one I remember. Very skilled actors In all these action series!
@@rogertemple7193 clever arent you, I meant .I cant watch them one after the other, {thats at the time I wrote that}, I can now ,I got too worked up before when watching.
At the time of the final show The Fugitive had the highest rating of any show in the history of television, around 70% of all the sets in the country. Since then Mash, Seinfeld and others have passed it
It's different from the radio show. The radio show had Dick Powell playing the part. When it became a TV show Powell didn't think he himself would do a good job on TV so he picked Janssen for the part. I also heard that David Janssen had a different last name, and Dick Powell convinced him to change it to Janssen as it was better sounding for a celebrity. I can't remember his original last name though.
@@erictalkington5674 : His birth name was Meyers. His mother remarried to a Janssen. David took his step father's last name and started in bit parts at the age of 13.
Pretty cool that Blake Edwards Created the Diamond Character. Four Star Productions always produces the best stuff, has the best writers and Actors. This was a great Cast. Claude Atkins saves Janssen's life who doesn't even thank him? And Regis Toomey once again plays a Detective.
Claud Atkins was just about my favorite “bad” man. I once saw him in a movie 🍿 where he played a “good” man and I never quite could believe him in that role. I kept watching for him to betray himself as the villain. 😅😅😅😅😲😲😲😲😲
it's hard to compete with the awesome powers of your mind ! ;-) If you read a book first, it will likely "ruin" the movie...if you see the movie first...it will likely "infect" the book... if you like radio and like information, "radiolab" (available here on youtube) does a rather brilliant job of painting the canvas of your mind with their truth based stories!
Soundtrack extremely muffled, unfortunately. You can make out the dialogue but just barely. But these are cool episodes. I had no idea David Janssen did much TV prior to "The Fugitive."
Their were rumours that Clarke Gable was David Janssens father ....... They do seem to have similar characteristics Both died of heart attacks quite young.
I am very glad I discovered these shows, but I wonder how a bar not in Antarctica or at the North Pole gets the name Purple Penguin ? Now I know why a bar in Casablanca is named Purple Parrot.
Why don't people check the back seat of the car before getting in? Especially if they leave the windows down. Why don't they check the apartment before entering? They might sense or even smell an intruder. But then I am a policeman's daughter and very suspicious. Also the era when the show was made was a touch more innocent. If that is Claude Akens, he sure is a smooth bad guy.
Because it seems to me🤔the majority of people don't sem to think that way or make those type of judgements. Only the minority. No, that is not actor Claude Akins.🙂
@@theallisonhayeschannel3610 I WAS writing a bit "tongue in cheek"! But now that I don"t live in dangerous cities anymore I am calming down a bit! Thanks for posting🙂
What happened to those cool intros that used to be part of the series?Okay.....I see these are the syndicated ones that changed the intros.I love the original one,but I not complaining!
@@Boogaboioringale NOT Phyllis Coates who played Lois #1. Sounds like, yeah. Don’t know her name but she did those serial cliffhangers shown in movie theaters before the main event.
Bodegabreath 558 : The 1st Lois Lane on tv was Noel Neille in the Superman tv series with Kirk Alyn as Superman. She was the 2nd Lois in The Adventures of Superman tv series.
@@BoogaboioringaleAlyn & Neill we’re in the Superman movie serial series. Coates was the first Lois on the tv series Adventures of Superman & Neill took over in the second season.
@@markgarin6355: Another Man's Poison. There are conflicting numbering system but I have it as the episode that aired 17 April 1958, Season 2, Episode 24 -- exactly one week before The Purple Penguin episode. Hope this helps
I saw 👀 where Dick Powell also played Richard Diamond 💍 Private Detective. Sorry Dick, you can’t hold a candle to David Jansson in the good 😊 looks 👀department. 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️😅😅😅😅
Woman at the door states that she is Mrs. Hasting's SISTER. Diamond says that " I happened to be with your brother the night that he was killed ". Mr. Hastings would not have been her BROTHER,..yet her ' brother-in-law '. Once inside the apartment, while conversing with the Mrs. Hastings sister, he then correctly refers to Mr. Hastings as the young woman's brother-in- law.
This is a good show, but bears little resemblance to the radio original. The humor is absent, the fun girlfriend, the songs. They kept the name, and have it to a generic PI.
i have never understood why these private investigators didn't arm themselves with a Government 1911 as their standard armament, rather than that decidedly lesser snub-nosed Police Special .38 calibre.... The gangsters/torpedoes were ALWAYS battle equipped for gunplay than they....
Ah yes. The 1950's, when all women thought they were Cleopatra, and all they had to do was sashay around in a sexy dress and a mink stole to get what they wanted. Worked, too.
Okay, let's recap... Rick Diamond says, "I just remembered I have to see a lady about a promissory note." So, he's going to revisit this woman, and say, "Hey, your sister was a crook and was just shot and killed. But I'm back so we can make out. Hey! You promised." Whatta guy! :-\
ANOTHER MAN'S POISON - Diamond is being sought by a hitman who is also pursuing an ex-con (Claude Akins) with a grudge against Diamond. THE PURPLE PENGUIN - An ex-con hires Diamond to protect his new nightclub.
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*Actor Claude Akins also guest-starred a few years later in at least one episode of "The Fugitive". He got around.*
I have always loved David Janssen in the shows he was in. Loved watching these two episodes of Richard Diamond 💎! Thank you for uploading these episodes!
I heartily concur !
The widow's sister is a real Looker ☺. Good episode and good series!
Phyllis Coates.
Right
Claude Atkins...love him in westerns! That voice and that smile
The black and white was perfect for the noir feeling this episode evokes.
Claude Akins, one of the great actors who loved playing heavies.
Appears in many old westerns.
Thank you, A.H.Channel, for the ad-free upload! Nice way to spend an evening. 😊
I always liked David Janssen in shows and this series is no exception. What a sad loss at such a young age Thank you for bringing this to UA-cam.
You're welcome!
Yeah! he was one of the best. But hey! thoses 40's 50's and 60's actors lived hard. A cloud of smoke and a heap of booze to wash it all down!
David Janssen was the hardest working actors in Hollywood unlike today’s cartoon characters who only claim to be actors. He smoked four packs of cigarettes a day and was a heavy drinker which never affected his abilities as an actor. In 1977, he co- starred with Angie Dickinson in a movie entitled: “ A Sensitive, Passionate Man where he portrayed an alcoholic. In real life, David Janssen was a Sensitive Passionate Man gone too soon
Wow how young Mr. Janssen is here. Goes to show nobody makes it overnight. Enjoyed😊
Love the sarcastic lines in these old shows :)
This guy plays it such a good character. Absolutely natural, totally honest, and without any stress.
This is one of my favorite shows and characters ever. The first thing I ever saw Janssen in was an episode of Route 66 called One Tiger to a Hill. He played a real prick in that episode and because of that it took a long time for me to watch the Fugitive. Once I did, I liked him a lot and then stumbled upon this series. I've seen every episode. Love it.
“Hell To Eternity “(1960) and “The Green Berets” (1968) were two good movies with an ensemble cast that Janssen was in.
@@DH-ve5bl Aye, thanks! I will look for them!
A heavy drinker and a four-pack-a-day smoker, Janssen died of a heart attack in the early morning of February 13, 1980, at his home in Malibu, California at the age of 48. At the time of his death, Janssen was filming the television movie Father Damien. Janssen was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. A non-denominational funeral was held at the Jewish chapel of the cemetery on February 17. Suzanne Pleshette delivered the eulogy at the request of Janssen's widow. Milton Berle, Johnny Carson, Tommy Gallagher[di, Richard Harris, Stan Herman, Rod Stewart and Gregory Peck were among Janssen's pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers included Jack Lemmon, George Peppard, James Stewart and Danny Thomas
...but, four days before he died, his close friend Michael Phelps said he told him he had just passed a full medical from the Studio as part of his insurance....very unexpected.
"Aren't you a news reporter."-😲🖥🌐..
Holy Mackerel. This guy was well connected and respected.
A very talented actor who worked hard & played hard. Left us much too soon. 😞
David was a natural actor. He played Richard Kimball and Rick Diamond, total opposites, with ease. A great loss at a young age. 🎥💞
Excellent thank you for posting this great series
Thank you for the videos and info provided in your comments.
I only remember DAVID JANSSEN from THE FUGITIVE SERIE.
Thank you.
remember growing up as a kid, watching him in fugitive it was like you were running with him , always felt bad for him , couldn't trust anyone where ever HE WENT
Great storys..i love it..
Claude Akins was a very good actor and he even starred in his own tv show
Akins was the star of the 1970’s TV show called “Movin’ On” with Frank Converse. They played truckers.
Thank you Very Very much for the upload !
David Janssen was lovely.
He was no Rondo Hatton, but the late great Mr Janssen certainly had more than his fair share of charm & charisma !
It is remarkable that the melody we hear at 27:40 a few years later got used for The Saint. Which was a production from the United Kingdom (England) - unlike of course all these episodes of the Richard Diamond, of which separate versions were made for radio AND for television, all of which made in America. Not only were ALL the voices that partook in the radio version episodes fabulous, these also star a R.D. that plays the piano, sings, jokes around with the cops, his girl and anyone he meets, and speaks his mind freely at all times! I often feel the qualities of voice actors in the day were on a level we have seldom experienced (heard) since.
The radio series starred actor Dick Powell formerly a song and dance man in his early films. He was part of Four Star Playhouse and was married to June Allyson until his death
i used to listen to ", when radio was" on sunday nights, i loved richard diamond, your description was spot on, also loved " johnny dollar.
@@michaeldanello3966Dick Powell's Four Star Films produced this series. The great filmmaker Blake Edwards created Richard Diamond, Private Detective for both radio and television.
Thank you 🤗
David Janseen one of the great ones
@@billybest5497 i agree, in UK he was in a TV series man in a suitcase
Eddie was played by Stacy Harris. He was a good friend of Jack Webb and was in episodes of the '50s and '60s as well as the 1954 "Dragnet" movie.
I love your channel. Thanks for all the unique postings.
You are most welcome!
Isn't it amazing that the bad guy can keep his hat on during the entire fight!!
Claude Akins ~ love him.
Yes! Claude Akins was a fine actor. You can also see Claude Akins in an episode that I posted titled "Jericho" from the Zane Grey Theater tv series.
He was one of the greats
Who did Claude AKins pissoff to be excluded from the credits? His performance might be the best of the ensemble.
He's in the credits at the end of the first episode.
Nobody, he’s in the credits.
The problem is that this episode is actually "Another man's poison" (season 2, ep 14) and not "The purple penguin". The cast list on this page is for "The purple penguin"
EDIT: I wrote this before I realised that there are in fact two episodes in this video: the first is "Another man's poison" and the second is "The purple penguin".
Read the credit at the end. Claude is right there
These were all great actors in this series! My family never had a tv in the house till I was 13 in 64. What my parents did have were 9 children
! 4 sons and 5 daughters! I never heard of this detective series till a few years ago in this new millennium! The “Fugitive was a new series,
I remember David Jaanson in The new one called Harry O, and then he was A Treasury agent in the last one I remember. Very skilled actors
In all these action series!
I love how Claude Akins keeps his hat on in the fight scene😂
I noticed that too ! Must have been one tight fitting fedora !
I believe the femme fatale of the first episode was Phyllis Coates, the first Lois of the "Superman" series.
Yep.
The title of the first episode is "Another Man's Poison" and aired 4/17/58, the week before "The Purple Penguin" episode.
thank you, am dead chuffed to see these!
What the heck is " dead chuffed " ????
@@hermanator74301 LOL. At 80 yrs old, I will google it.
TWO episodes of the show. The second of which is "The Purple Penguin".
"Claude Akins is the guest performer in this episode."-🤔🖥☕🌐..
Regis Toomey working NYPD with Diamond.....5 years later in LA working for Amos Burke
You, sir, have a very keen eye.
Regis Toomey always made a great cop....he's the head investigator for the LA District Attorney in the 1946 noir classic "The Big Sleep"
I just finished watching "The Fugitive" 120 episodes today. Kind of sad. Had seen a few in the 60's never did see the ending ! Until today.
i can only watch the fugitive one episode at a time
@@dianahemmingsdh "well you sure can't watch them all at the same time
unless you have 120 tv sets."-😲🖥🌐..
@@rogertemple7193 clever arent you, I meant .I cant watch them one after the other, {thats at the time I wrote that}, I can now ,I got too worked up before when watching.
Dr. Richard Kimble finally catches up to the one armed man with Inspector Garard as a witness to his confession.
At the time of the final show The Fugitive had the highest rating of any show in the history of television, around 70% of all the sets in the country. Since then Mash, Seinfeld and others have passed it
I keep waiting for him to sing at the end of the show. Surely this is a different Richard Diamond.
It's different from the radio show. The radio show had Dick Powell playing the part. When it became a TV show Powell didn't think he himself would do a good job on TV so he picked Janssen for the part. I also heard that David Janssen had a different last name, and Dick Powell convinced him to change it to Janssen as it was better sounding for a celebrity. I can't remember his original last name though.
@@erictalkington5674 : His birth name was Meyers. His mother remarried to a Janssen. David took his step father's last name and started in bit parts at the age of 13.
Pretty cool that Blake Edwards Created the Diamond Character.
Four Star Productions always produces the best stuff, has the best writers and Actors.
This was a great Cast. Claude Atkins saves Janssen's life who doesn't even thank him? And Regis Toomey once again plays a Detective.
Always check the back seat and floor of your car before you get in.
Claud Atkins was just about my favorite “bad” man. I once saw him in a movie 🍿 where he played a “good” man and I never quite could believe him in that role. I kept watching for him to betray himself as the villain. 😅😅😅😅😲😲😲😲😲
This episode has been mislabled. The correct name is "Another Man's Poison".
2nd episode is PURPLE PENQUIN. 1st is ANOTHER MAN'S POISON. Monica is played by Phyllis Coates, the first season Lois Lane on TV's SUPERMAN.
You're right! Well we have a little bit of both. An episode with actress Phyllis Coates, and an episode with actress Kasey Rogers.
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"And your point is what."-😲🖥🌐..
Actually, Noel Neille was the first Lois Lane in tv’s first Superman which featured Kirk Alan. But the point is well taken.
It's not at all like the Diamond I come to love, from the radio shows 😟😔
it's hard to compete with the awesome powers of your mind ! ;-)
If you read a book first, it will likely "ruin" the movie...if you see the movie first...it will likely "infect" the book... if you like radio and like information, "radiolab" (available here on youtube) does a rather brilliant job of painting the canvas of your mind with their truth based stories!
Mr janssen if live he be 87 or 88 rest in peace Mr muniz
Soundtrack extremely muffled, unfortunately. You can make out the dialogue but just barely. But these are cool episodes. I had no idea David Janssen did much TV prior to "The Fugitive."
Good episodes, but they didn't shiw Mary Tyler Moore's legs. She was his answering service, and was named Sam.
Excellent
Me gustaría películas en español gracias
Their were rumours that Clarke Gable was David Janssens father ....... They do seem to have similar characteristics
Both died of heart attacks quite young.
Blake Edwards, (known later for movies The Pink Panther, 10, etc) created this series. First it was on radio from 1949-1953.
David Janssen also played a bad guy Naked City I think
I am very glad I discovered these shows, but
I wonder how a bar not in Antarctica or at the North Pole gets the name Purple Penguin ? Now I know why a bar in Casablanca is named Purple Parrot.
Actually, the bar in "Casablanca" that was owned by Senor Ferrari (Sydney Greenstreet) was called the Blue Parrot.
10:57...ah Diamond, this isn't gonna end well for you hero. Rest easy pal.
Dick Powell is a GOD!
David Janssen Detective is suddenly slow & awkward here.
He was armed but doesn't pursue the killer even a very short distance. 🤔 01:27
Why don't people check the back seat of the car before getting in? Especially if they leave the windows down. Why don't they check the apartment before entering? They might sense or even smell an intruder. But then I am a policeman's daughter and very suspicious. Also the era when the show was made was a touch more innocent. If that is Claude Akens, he sure is a smooth bad guy.
Because it seems to me🤔the majority of people don't sem to think that way or make those type of judgements. Only the minority. No, that is not actor Claude Akins.🙂
@@theallisonhayeschannel3610 I WAS writing a bit "tongue in cheek"! But now that I don"t live in dangerous cities anymore I am calming down a bit! Thanks for posting🙂
Way to go rick, go cash it in.
What happened to those cool intros that used to be part of the series?Okay.....I see these are the syndicated ones that changed the intros.I love the original one,but I not complaining!
The cool intros didn't come in until the last two seasons.
Ok
"Well then why does it sound
like you are COMPLAINING."-😲🖥🌐..
@@rogertemple7193 you’re right, I am complaining.I tried to play it safe to avoid people like you, but I’m not complaining!
Monica looking nice as usual. I knew that was the original Lois Lane soon as I saw her.
Wrong. Not even close.
Bodegabreath 558 : please elaborate.
@@Boogaboioringale
NOT Phyllis Coates who played Lois #1. Sounds like, yeah. Don’t know her name but she did those serial cliffhangers shown in movie theaters before the main event.
Bodegabreath 558 : The 1st Lois Lane on tv was Noel Neille in the Superman tv series with Kirk Alyn as Superman. She was the 2nd Lois in The Adventures of Superman tv series.
@@BoogaboioringaleAlyn & Neill we’re in the Superman movie serial series. Coates was the first Lois on the tv series Adventures of Superman & Neill took over in the second season.
Hello
not the greatest video quality but a good show thanks
Okay second half seemed to be the penguin thing, what was the first?
There were two different shows tacked together -- no relation of the plots or cast
@@michaeldanello3966 kinda figured that, was wondering if anyone knew what the other was titled.
@@markgarin6355: Another Man's Poison. There are conflicting numbering system but I have it as the episode that aired 17 April 1958, Season 2, Episode 24 -- exactly one week before The Purple Penguin episode.
Hope this helps
@@michaeldanello3966 cool, thanks.
I saw 👀 where Dick Powell also played Richard Diamond 💍 Private Detective. Sorry Dick, you can’t hold a candle to David Jansson in the good 😊 looks 👀department. 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️😅😅😅😅
Very cary grantish
ViOLENCE and Sexual Seduction, Lies & Deceit are the theme of this CHEAP play
regis toomey fr burkes law,
I like the radio show better
And the radio episodes would end with a song by Dick Powell !
Woman at the door states that she is Mrs. Hasting's SISTER. Diamond says that " I happened to be with your brother the night that he was killed ". Mr. Hastings would not have been her BROTHER,..yet her ' brother-in-law '. Once inside the apartment, while conversing with the Mrs. Hastings sister, he then correctly refers to Mr. Hastings as the young woman's brother-in- law.
👍
This is a good show, but bears little resemblance to the radio original. The humor is absent, the fun girlfriend, the songs. They kept the name, and have it to a generic PI.
i have never understood why these private investigators didn't arm themselves with a Government 1911 as their standard armament, rather than that decidedly lesser snub-nosed Police Special .38 calibre.... The gangsters/torpedoes were ALWAYS battle equipped for gunplay than they....
Another show where known actors look like college kids :)
Ah yes. The 1950's, when all women thought they were Cleopatra, and all they had to do was sashay around in a sexy dress and a mink stole to get what they wanted. Worked, too.
They made this Diamond character unrealistically trusting and gullible.
The main negative of so many of these old tv shows is that the music is awful and unlistenable.
really ?
I respectfully disagree. To each his own, I guess.
Okay, let's recap...
Rick Diamond says, "I just remembered I have to see a lady about a promissory note." So, he's going to revisit this woman, and say, "Hey, your sister was a crook and was just shot and killed. But I'm back so we can make out. Hey! You promised." Whatta guy! :-\
Mac's sipping is disgusting . . .
It was a 1arm. Man. 5hat. Shot him
" 5hat " ????
Screwy disjointed script ! 😞
ANOTHER MAN'S POISON - Diamond is being sought by a hitman who is also pursuing an ex-con (Claude Akins) with a grudge against Diamond.
THE PURPLE PENGUIN - An ex-con hires Diamond to protect his new nightclub.