The Brothers Brannagan is an American crime drama

Police procedural

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 television series that aired in syndication from September 24, 1960, and July 15, 1961.

Synopsis

The Brothers Brannagan features fictitious detectives Mike and Bob Brannagan, portrayed, respectively, by Stephen Dunne and Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts (actor)

Mark Roberts was an American stage, film and television support actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1938 and 1994, according to the Internet Movie Database. Sometimes he was credited as Bob Scott, Robert E. Scott, or Robert Scott...

. The pair operated out of the Mountain Shadows Resort Inn in Phoenix

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, Arizona

Arizona

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. According to Alex McNeil's Total Television, the series was a low-budget offering.

Notable guest stars

Barney Phillips

Barney Phillips

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 appeared in seven episodes as police Lieutenant

Lieutenant

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 Avery. Paul Bryar guest starred three times as Lieutenant Ecklund, including the premiere episode, "Tune in for Murder", which also featured Vic Morrow

Vic Morrow

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 as the character "Locke". Marion Ross

Marion Ross

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 appeared in two episodes as Diane Warren. Joan Evans

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 guest starred in two episodes as Peggy Dodd.

Other guest stars included Richard Rust

Richard Rust

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 and Christopher Dark

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 in "An Hour to Kill", John Dehner

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 in "Three', Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell

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 in "Delayed Payment", Elinor Donahue (with Marion Ross) in "Duet", child actor

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 Bobby Driscoll

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 in "The Twisted Root", Sterling Holloway

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 and Steve Brodie

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 in "Love Me, Love My Dog", Jackie Coogan

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 in "The Damaged Dolls", Bing Russell

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 in "Tough Guy", child actor Flip Mark

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 in "A Friend to Man", Ruta Lee

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 in "Shot in the Dark", Paul Richards

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 in "Thunderbird", K.T. Stevens in "Wheel of Fortune", Ron Hagerthy

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 in "Advantage: Death", Don Haggerty

Don Haggerty

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 in "The Green Gamblers", Robert Harland

Robert Harland

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 and Gloria Talbott

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 in "Terror in the Afternoon", Anne Helm

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 in "Equinox", James Coburn

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 in "Death Is Not Deductible", Madge Blake

Madge Blake

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 in "A View of Murder", Burt Reynolds

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 in "Bordertown", Joanna Cook Moore

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 in "A Matter of a Million", Joan Tompkins

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 as Martha in "The Twisted Root", and Ford Rainey

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in "The Hunter and the Hunted", the series finale.