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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Red Nightmare, originally titled “Freedom and You,” Webb focused on Communist encroachment. It’s a Cold War parallel to today’s ...

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 ...

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, ...

Tony Fantozzi somehow brought Jack Webb into my life. He assuredly didn't need my guidance. As one of TV's first hyphenates with his own iconic production company, Mark VII, he created a lot of the ...

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 ...

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 ...