About Dragnet
- Released on December 16, 1951
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
Main Cast of Dragnet
Jack Webb plays Sgt. Joe Friday (276 episodes)
Ben Alexander plays Officer Frank Smith (276 episodes)
George Fenneman plays Announcer (276 episodes)
Secondary Cast of Dragnet
Mort Marshall
Joey Forman
Florence Marly
Pierre Watkin
Jeanette Nolan
Barbara Nichols
Lee Marvin
William Hudson
Tol Avery
Kent McCord
John Qualen
Bobby Driscoll
Ellen Corby
Pamela Duncan
Dal McKennon
Gil Stratton
Dayton Lummis
Peter Leeds
George Wallace
Mae Clarke
Barbara Whiting
Fess Parker
Walter Reed
Harlan Warde
Michael Ansara
Corey Allen
Arlene Harris
Paul Burke
Don Barry
Junius Matthews
William Tracy
Tom Greenway
John Beradino
Elsie Baker
Paul Frees
Stafford Repp
Mary Jane Croft
William Benedict
Taylor Holmes
Jesslyn Fax
Howard Culver
Bobby Jordan
Dick Whittinghill
James Bridges
Joe Conley
Yvette Vickers
Ralph Manza
Dennis Moore
Olive Carey
Kenneth Tobey
Gene Reynolds
John Alvin
George Sawaya
Allene Roberts
Frances Bavier
Dorothy Adams
Jeanne Baird
Bill Williams
Raymond Greenleaf
Elisabeth Fraser
Beverly Washburn plays Ruthie Snyder (1 episode)
Art Gilmore
Malcolm Atterbury
Amzie Strickland
Sally Corner
Ruta Lee
Karen Steele
John A. Alonzo
Helen Walker
John Stephenson
Paul Brinegar
Dick Ryan
Jonathan Haze
Cliff Arquette
Will Wright
Joel Fluellen
Fay Spain
Peter Brocco
Mary Beth Hughes
Dawn Richard
Greta Thyssen
Steve Wayne
Hans Conried
Morey Amsterdam
Kathryn Minner
Joe Quinn
Bill Edwards
Len Lesser
James Douglas
Earle Hodgins
Smith Cho
George Barrows
Ferris Taylor
Dorothy Arnold
John Pinette
Mark Scott
Joyce Jameson
William Henry
Alvy Moore
Ken Christy
Philip Ahn
Coleman Francis
Joby Baker
Booth Colman
Paul Maxwell
Jack Lambert
Buddy Lester
Phil Arnold
Jim Hayward
Sidney Clute
Kathryn McGuire
Chris Drake
Paul Mantee
Quintin Sondergaard
Milburn Stone
John Larch
Bobby Troup
Harry Bartell plays Frank Salazar (12 episodes)
Olan Soule
John Mitchum
Russ Conway
Raymond Burr
Michael Burns
Richard Garrick
Paul Picerni
Claude Akins
Howard McNear
Willis Bouchey plays Harold Everson Sr. (1 episode) , (2 episodes)
Ben Wright
Lee Roberts
Vic Perrin
John Zaremba
Paul Richards
George Chandler
Virginia Gregg plays Viola Palmer (1 episode) , Millie (voice) (uncredited) (7 episodes)
Lorna Thayer
Mary Shipp
Tiny Brauer
Dee Pollock
Frank Sully
Sam Edwards
Shirley Mitchell
Syd Saylor
Eddie Firestone
Tim Donnelly
Helen Kleeb
Dorothy Abbott
Irene Tedrow
James Griffith
Robert Clarke
James Anderson
Barbara Woodell
Lenore Kingston
Douglas Kennedy
Bill Idelson
Peggy Maley
Dennis Cross
Kim Charney
Don Devlin
Ken Terrell
Barbara Bestar
Lee Meriwether
John Pickard
Herb Vigran plays Pete Eigen (1 episode) , Sam Phillips (1 episode) , Jocko Harris (1 episode) , (7 episodes)
Gene Roth
Maidie Norman
Judd Holdren
Ben Welden
Frank Fenton
Kort Falkenberg
Jimmy Weldon
Jess Kirkpatrick
Robert Brubaker
Preston Hanson
Ralph Votrian
Virginia Carroll
Kevin Hagen
William Fawcett
Richard Benedict
John Nolan
Sid Melton
Stuart Wade
John T. Kelley
Donald Foster
Kathleen Freeman
Strother Martin
Parley Baer
Eve Brent
Eugene Iglesias
Martin Milner
Don C. Harvey
Gilman Rankin
Joseph Mell
Aaron Spelling
Celia Lovsky
Marjie Millar
Dick Miller
Lucien Littlefield
Myrna Dell
Tom Brown
Bob Wehling
Joe Turkel
Benny Rubin
Carolyn Jones
Merry Anders
Jack Kruschen
Todd Karns
Tyler McVey
Burt Mustin
Virginia Christine
Robin Raymond
Joan Bradshaw
Howard Wendell
Harper Goff
Tommy Farrell
Vici Raaf
Joe Cranston
Don Gibson
Jack Dimond plays (as Jack Diamond) (1 episode)
Jeanne Dante
David Holt
Sue George plays Mona Fenton (3 episodes)
William Boyett plays Stanley Bushing (as Bill Boyett) (1 episode) , Larry Thompson (as Bill Boyett) (1 episode) , (5 episodes)
Peggy King
Lyn Thomas
Frances Rafferty
Natalie Masters plays Peggy Herman (1 episode) , Doris Lanpher (1 episode) , Jean Dunbar (1 episode) , (1 episode) , Katy Stokes (1 episode) , Edith Barson (2 episodes)
James Dobson
Joey Ray
Art Balinger plays Capt. Glavas (2 episodes)
Herbert Ellis plays Officer Frank Smith (1 episode)
Harry Harvey
John Parrish
Hal Taggart
Tom McKee plays George Martin Crane (1 episode) , Thompson (1 episode) , (2 episodes)
Frank Mills plays Manager (uncredited) (1 episode)
Sarah Padden
Crew of Dragnet
- Mort Marshall
- Joey Forman
- Florence Marly
- Pierre Watkin
- Jeanette Nolan
- Barbara Nichols
- Lee Marvin
- William Hudson
- Tol Avery
- Kent McCord
- John Qualen
- Bobby Driscoll
- Ellen Corby
- Pamela Duncan
- Dal McKennon
- Gil Stratton
- Dayton Lummis
- Peter Leeds
- George Wallace
- Mae Clarke
- Barbara Whiting
- Fess Parker
- Walter Reed
- Harlan Warde
- Michael Ansara
- Corey Allen
- Arlene Harris
- Paul Burke
- Don Barry
- Junius Matthews
- William Tracy
- Tom Greenway
- John Beradino
- Elsie Baker
- Paul Frees
- Stafford Repp
- Mary Jane Croft
- William Benedict
- Taylor Holmes
- Jesslyn Fax
- Howard Culver
- Bobby Jordan
- Dick Whittinghill
- James Bridges
- Joe Conley
- Yvette Vickers
- Ralph Manza
- Dennis Moore
- Olive Carey
- Kenneth Tobey
- Gene Reynolds
- John Alvin
- George Sawaya
- Allene Roberts
- Frances Bavier
- Dorothy Adams
- Jeanne Baird
- Bill Williams
- Raymond Greenleaf
- Elisabeth Fraser
- Beverly Washburn
- Art Gilmore
- Dennis Weaver
- Malcolm Atterbury
- Amzie Strickland
- Sally Corner
- James Hong
- Ruta Lee
- Karen Steele
- John A. Alonzo
- Helen Walker
- John Stephenson
- Paul Brinegar
- Dick Ryan
- Jonathan Haze
- Cliff Arquette
- Will Wright
- Joel Fluellen
- Fay Spain
- Peter Brocco
- Mary Beth Hughes
- Dawn Richard
- Greta Thyssen
- Steve Wayne
- Hans Conried
- Morey Amsterdam
- Kathryn Minner
- Joe Quinn
- Bill Edwards
- Len Lesser
- James Douglas
- Earle Hodgins
- Smith Cho
- George Barrows
- Ferris Taylor
- Dorothy Arnold
- John Pinette
- Mark Scott
- Joyce Jameson
- William Henry
- Alvy Moore
- Ken Christy
- Philip Ahn
- Coleman Francis
- Joby Baker
- Booth Colman
- Paul Maxwell
- Jack Lambert
- Buddy Lester
- Phil Arnold
- Jim Hayward
- Lilyan Chauvin
- Sidney Clute
- Kathryn McGuire
- Chris Drake
- Paul Mantee
- Quintin Sondergaard
- Milburn Stone
- John Larch
- Bobby Troup
- Harry Bartell
- Olan Soule
- Robert Vaughn
- John Mitchum
- Russ Conway
- Raymond Burr
- Michael Burns
- Richard Garrick
- Paul Picerni
- Leonard Nimoy
- Claude Akins
- Howard McNear
- Willis Bouchey
- Ben Wright
- Lee Roberts
- Vic Perrin
- John Zaremba
- Paul Richards
- George Chandler
- Virginia Gregg
- Lorna Thayer
- Mary Shipp
- Tiny Brauer
- Dee Pollock
- Frank Sully
- Sam Edwards
- Shirley Mitchell
- Syd Saylor
- Eddie Firestone
- Tim Donnelly
- Helen Kleeb
- Dorothy Abbott
- Irene Tedrow
- James Griffith
- Robert Clarke
- James Anderson
- Barbara Woodell
- Lenore Kingston
- Henry Corden
- Douglas Kennedy
- Bill Idelson
- Peggy Maley
- Dennis Cross
- Kim Charney
- Don Devlin
- Ken Terrell
- Barbara Bestar
- Lee Meriwether
- John Pickard
- Herb Vigran
- Gene Roth
- Maidie Norman
- Judd Holdren
- Ben Welden
- Frank Fenton
- Kort Falkenberg
- Jimmy Weldon
- Jess Kirkpatrick
- Robert Brubaker
- Preston Hanson
- Ralph Votrian
- Virginia Carroll
- Kevin Hagen
- William Fawcett
- Richard Benedict
- John Nolan
- Sid Melton
- Stuart Wade
- John T. Kelley
- Donald Foster
- Kathleen Freeman
- Strother Martin
- Parley Baer
- Eve Brent
- Eugene Iglesias
- Martin Milner
- Don C. Harvey
- Gilman Rankin
- Joseph Mell
- Aaron Spelling
- Celia Lovsky
- Marjie Millar
- Dick Miller
- Lucien Littlefield
- Myrna Dell
- Tom Brown
- Bob Wehling
- Joe Turkel
- Benny Rubin
- Carolyn Jones
- Merry Anders
- Jack Kruschen
- Todd Karns
- Tyler McVey
- Burt Mustin
- Virginia Christine
- Robin Raymond
- Joan Bradshaw
- Howard Wendell
- Harper Goff
- Tommy Farrell
- Vici Raaf
- Joe Cranston
- Don Gibson
- Jack Dimond
- Jeanne Dante
- David Holt
- Sue George
- William Boyett
- Peggy King
- Lyn Thomas
- Frances Rafferty
- Natalie Masters
- James Dobson
- Joey Ray
- Art Balinger
- Herbert Ellis
- Harry Harvey
- John Parrish
- Hal Taggart
- Tom McKee
- Frank Mills
- Sarah Padden