Gavilan (TV series)

Gavilan
Created by Tom Mankiewicz
Starring Robert Urich
Country of origin USA
Original language(s) English
Production
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) Mandy Films
Distributor MGM Television
Warner Bros. Television (current)
Release
Original network NBC

Gavilan is an American 1982 TV series directed by Corey Allen that aired on NBC.[1]

Plot

Robert Gavilan is a former CIA agent, who now works for the Oceanographic Institute headed by Marion Jaworski. Every now and then, someone from his past as a spy comes to him asking for his help, or on one of the jobs that he is on, somehow turns into trouble, or someone just needs his help as both as former spy or/and as an oceanographer. Milo Bentley is an old friend of his father's who stays in Robert's guest room and uses his history with his father to freeload and mooch off him.

Cast

Production

The show was made by Tom Mankiewicz and Leonard Goldberg, who had enjoyed success with Hart to Hart. Fernando Lamas was originally cast as the conman. The lead character was named after the boxer Kid Gavilan. NBC made an order for 13 episodes but the show was taken off the air after six.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 449. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
  2. ↑ Tom Mankiewicz, My Life as a Mankiewicz: An Insider's Journey Through Hollywood (with Robert Crane) University Press of Kentucky 2012 p 256-257

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