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Harry O: Summary

Airs Next:ABC at Thursday 10:00 PM (60 min.)
Status:Ended
Premiered:March 11, 1973
Last Aired:April 29, 1976
Show Categories:Drama, Action/Adventure

A bullet lodged near his spine has forced former police officer Harry Orwell to seek new employment as a private detective to supplement his disability pension. As he is frequently in pain, it also limits his ability to engage in hand-to-hand combat with bad guys. And since his car is in the shop, waiting until he can afford a new transmission, he is also forced to pursue his investigations by bus or taxi, or even on foot. Thus Harry is unusual among private eyes in not engaging in fisticuffs or car chases.

Harry O is one of TV's more bohemian private eyes, a loner living in a beachfront cottage near San Diego, spending his time re-building a boat in his yard. Harry's sometime nemesis, sometime ally, is Lt. Manny Quinlan of the San Diego Police Department. When Manny is killed off in February 1975, Harry moves his base of operations to Santa Monica. There he inherits a new nemesis, Lt. Trench, plus occasional unsolicited help with his cases from amateur criminologists Lester Hodges and Dr. Fong.

He has an ex-wife but no steady relationships until the move to Santa Monica with episode 17, after which he has a fair number of gorgeous flight attendants as neighbors, including Farrah Fawcett and Loni Anderson. A bullet lodged near his spine has forced former police officer Harry Orwell to seek new employment as a private detective to supplement his disability pension. As he is frequently in pain, it also limits his ability to engage in hand-to-hand combat with bad guys. And since his car is in the shop, waiting until he can afford a new transmission, he is also forced to pursue his investigations...

Death Certificate

Aired: Thursday April 29, 1976

Defying mysterious threats, two women hire Harry to find proof of malpractice against the doctor they hold responsible for the death of an old man in their family.

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David JanssenHarry Orwell
Henry DarrowDet. Lt. Manuel "Manny" Quinlan [eps 3-15, 23]
Farrah FawcettSue Ingram [eps 21-42] (photos)
Anthony ZerbeLt. K.C. Trench [eps 17-46]
Paul TulleySgt. Don Roberts [eps 17-46]

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