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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:09:27 PM EDT
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The answer is always Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, Period
Also OP should have distinguished if the detective is police or private. 
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:18:19 PM EDT
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Cannon. William Conrad was quite the actor. Yea! I loved when he gave the bad guys a Karate chop to the top of the shoulder and they would go down 
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:22:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryPerfection. I still think columbo but I'd we are talking classic British randle and hopkirk and danger man |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:23:51 PM EDT
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Columbo Oh yeah... 
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:24:28 PM EDT
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Cannon. William Conrad was quite the actor. THIS. |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:24:30 PM EDT
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Sgt Joe Friday FTW. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts. Sgt Joe Friday FTW. This! |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:28:51 PM EDT
[#7]
Ironside has to be in with a shout too.
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:30:18 PM EDT
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I consider him New School.
Reference Selleck's "Lance" character on Rockford. He was supposed to be a new age private eye. Magnum was a natural outgrowth of that character. Magnum is my favorite TV detective and character of all time. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Thomas Magnum. I consider him New School.
Reference Selleck's "Lance" character on Rockford. He was supposed to be a new age private eye. Magnum was a natural outgrowth of that character. Magnum is my favorite TV detective and character of all time. This... |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:32:24 PM EDT
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Remember Bruce Wilis and Cybill Sheperd in Moonlighting..?
How bout Bruce Lee and James Franciscus in Longstreet..? |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:36:33 PM EDT
[#10]
McCloud.....:There ya go Chief"....
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:37:32 PM EDT
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James Scott Rockford
5th Regimental Combat Team/Korea Graduate of San Quentin Pardon from the Governor. Credit Risk Motor sports aficionado. Friend to all, including a few special ladies 
Private Investigator Thank you for your service
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:38:32 PM EDT
[#12]
Rockford and Nichols
Both played by James Garner |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:42:49 PM EDT
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Lately I've on a Columbo kick, can't get enough. Just one more thing...  I watch Columbo pretty much whenever I know it's on. My dad used to really like it, so I watch it partly for the nostalgia and the memories, but I also watch because its just a good show. I used to like Mannix, Cannon, Rockford files, Streets of San Francisco, Hawaii 5-0, and some of the others as well - but none as much as Columbo. |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:44:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:47:27 PM EDT
[#15]
The FBI with Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was pretty good too.
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:47:30 PM EDT
[#16]
Joe Friday is my hero, he sounded like he smoked 5 packs a day and he was a boss
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:50:55 PM EDT
[#17]
Inspector Morse.
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:51:13 PM EDT
[#18]
Arguably The Best Detective on TV was Leslie Nielson in Police Squad,,!
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:52:51 PM EDT
[#19]
Joe Friday.
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:54:28 PM EDT
[#20]
NYPD Detective Andy Sipowicz.
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:02:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI hated NYPD Blue. I think that was one of the first shows they had the cameras bouncing and jittering all over the damn place. Absolutely drove me crazy, made the show unwatchable for me.. |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:04:14 PM EDT
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Elliot Ness
The Untouchables Robert Stack on TV Or Belker if it has to be a detective |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:04:45 PM EDT
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I hated NYPD Blue. I think that was one of the first shows they had the cameras bouncing and jittering all over the damn place. Absolutely drove me crazy, made the show unwatchable for me.. Quote HistoryQuoted:
I hated NYPD Blue. I think that was one of the first shows they had the cameras bouncing and jittering all over the damn place. Absolutely drove me crazy, made the show unwatchable for me.. Plus all the whispery talking...is that where it all started? |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:09:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The correct answer is Rick Hunter. https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.M054316e23e0a05b99c24a434535489aaH0&pid=15.1 My wife would probably agree. Here is a pic of her car.  [url=https://flic.kr/p/KQnb11] |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:17:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:19:31 PM EDT
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Lt. Frank Ballinger, 'M-Squad' https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Lee_Marvin_1959.JPG  https://youtu.be/PAhXez5Ib2k
Best theme was Henry Mancini's Peter Gunn https://youtu.be/nz3WMFEC9Gs
Man, those were some rocking themes back in the day!!! If we're gonna talk private dicks, how about Richard Diamond and the gorgeous gams of one Mary Tyler Moore???
I actually saw this show on AFRTS while stationed on Okinawa! |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:19:34 PM EDT
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Remember Bruce Wilis and Cybill Sheperd in Moonlighting..? How bout Bruce Lee and James Franciscus in Longstreet..? Died at age 57 in 1991. I doubt many on ARFCOM even remember him. Great actor though. |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:31:21 PM EDT
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Quote History |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:35:10 PM EDT
[#29]
Lt. Trench
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:37:54 PM EDT
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Died at age 57 in 1991. I doubt many on ARFCOM even remember him. Great actor though. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Remember Bruce Wilis and Cybill Sheperd in Moonlighting..? How bout Bruce Lee and James Franciscus in Longstreet..? Died at age 57 in 1991. I doubt many on ARFCOM even remember him. Great actor though. I remember that show and he starred in Beneath the Planet of the Apes. |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:38:24 PM EDT
[#31]
Angie Dickinson
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:41:45 PM EDT
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Jim Rockford this is the answer |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:44:27 PM EDT
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Harry O was a series cut short by the death of the main character - David Janssen. Actually, it was cut short because Fred Silverman dropped it to pick up Charlie's Angels. And Harry O's neighbor and sometime girlfriend was cast as one of the Angels. His neighbor and sometime girlfriend was Farrah Fawcett. |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:45:43 PM EDT
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I'm pre television with my pick of Phillips Marlow and Johnny Dollar.
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:46:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sgt Joe Friday FTW. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts. Sgt Joe Friday FTW. |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:49:45 PM EDT
[#36]
Frank Ballanger on M Squad
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:49:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/1/2016 9:54:59 PM EDT
[#38]
Sam Spade.
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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:08:56 PM EDT
[#39]
Joe Friday and Bill Gannon 60's
Rockford 70's Magnum P.I. 80's |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:13:49 PM EDT
[#40]
SGT JOE FRIDAY!!!
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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:19:17 PM EDT
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The most realistic police detective show in my opinion, as far as the calls they handled, was Barney Miller and the men of the 12pct. Having said that, even though they are campy now, shows like Dragnet and Adam-12 made me want to be a cop.
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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:20:42 PM EDT
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Quoted: Lately I've on a Columbo kick, can't get enough. Just one more thing...  |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:22:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat was a great show. Followed by Simon and Simon. |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:22:41 PM EDT
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SGT JOE FRIDAY!!! You just don't fuck around with Joe Friday. He will fuck your shit up. 
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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:24:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryIn second grade I actually recorded the theme of S&S on a tape recorder I loved the show so much. Honorable mention to the best new, old school detective. 
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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:29:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: SGT JOE FRIDAY!!! One of my favorites. Lee Marvin plays a great serial killer. Barney Phillips (Terrific character actor) is awesome as "Friday's" partner. |
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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:29:45 PM EDT
[#47]
Barnaby Jones
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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:30:37 PM EDT
[#48]
Rockford
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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:49:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:54:04 PM EDT
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Remember Bruce Wilis and Cybill Sheperd in Moonlighting..? How bout Bruce Lee and James Franciscus in Longstreet..? Longstreet was great, because he was blind the whole time.  Plus he fought those damn dirty apes.
But Mannix? Yeah, when I was a kid, I used Mannix up the neighborhood. Driving my Big Wheel beyond its limits and on the very edge of control, pulling my (cap) pistol at the drop of a hat, jumping over shit and running flat out in pursuit of "the bad guys", and getting chicks (kissing them on their cheeks, or occasionally on their lips). Yeah, Mannix. |
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