The Blue Knight was a CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 Crime TV series, running in 1975 and 1976, starring George Kennedy

George Kennedy

George Harris Kennedy, Jr. is an American actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. He is perhaps most familiar as the convict Dragline in Cool Hand Luke , airline troubleshooter Joe Patroni in the Airport series of disaster movies from the 1970s and...

 as Officer Bumper Morgan. The show was a based on a novel by author Joseph Wambaugh

Joseph Wambaugh

Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. is a bestselling American writer known for his fictional and non-fictional accounts of police work in the United States...

 and produced by Lorimar Productions

Lorimar Productions

Lorimar, later known as Lorimar Television and Lorimar Distribution, was an American television production company that was later a subsidiary of Warner Bros., active from 1969 until 1993...

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Plot

Bumper Morgan is a veteran police officer in Los Angeles, who continues to patrol the streets in uniform. The series dealt with Morgan's daily dealings with dangerous criminals and drug dealers.

Many actors appeared as guests such as Robert Hays

Robert Hays

Robert Hays is an American actor and is arguably most well known for his role in the movie Airplane!-Life and career:...

, Harry Lauter

Harry Lauter

Herman Arthur "Harry" Lauter was an American character actor originally from White Plains, New York....

, Gerald McRaney

Gerald McRaney

Gerald Lee "Mac" McRaney is an American television and movie actor. McRaney is best known as one of the stars of the television shows Simon & Simon, Major Dad, and Promised Land. He was a series regular for the first season of Jericho.-Early life:McRaney was born in Collins, Mississippi, the son...

, Bruce Glover

Bruce Glover

Bruce Herbert Glover is an American character actor, perhaps best known for his portrayal of homosexual assassin Mr. Wint in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. He is also the father of actor Crispin Glover.-Life and career:...

, Robert Hoy

Robert Hoy

Robert Francis "Bobby" Hoy was an American actor, stuntman and director.-Life and career:Hoy was born and raised in New York. He joined the Marines and served in World War II....

, Lee Weaver

Lee Weaver

Lee Weaver is an African-American film and television actor.-Career:Weaver's first screen appearance was in 1955 and according to the Internet Movie Database, he has appeared in more than 120 film and television productions, including 45 single-episode appearances on various television...

. Afer a run of 24 episodes the series was cancelled by CBS.

Reference

• Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials: 1974-1984 Written by Vincent Terrace
• Television detective shows of the 1970s: credits, storylines, and episode guides for 109 series by David Martindale