About Vega$
- Released on September 20, 1978
Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas.
The show stars Robert Urich as private detective Dan Tanna, who drove around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.
Main Cast of Vega$
Robert Urich plays Dan Tanna (69 episodes)
Bart Braverman plays Bobby 'Binzer' Borso (68 episodes)
Phyllis Davis plays Beatrice Travis (68 episodes)
Greg Morris plays Lt. David Nelson (68 episodes)
Secondary Cast of Vega$
Naomi Stevens plays Sgt. Bella Archer (23 episodes)
Tony Curtis plays Roth (23 episodes)
Cameron Mitchell
Natalie Schafer
Lorne Greene
Austin Willis
Lynne Marta
Louis Jourdan
John Rubinstein
Dennis Cole
Michael Cole
Troy Donahue
Richard Basehart
Molly Picon
Jonathan Harris
Rosemary Forsyth
Strother Martin
Michael Callan
Charles Dierkop
Lelia Goldoni
Ronee Blakley
Mamie Van Doren
Pamela Hensley
Michael Conrad
Erin Gray
Julie Harris
Keye Luke
Michael D. Roberts
Vivian Blaine
John Randolph
Kenneth Tobey
Henry Darrow
Lola Falana
Jill Whelan
Tony Russel
Christopher Stone
Pamela Franklin
Eric Braeden plays Arthur Rollins (1 episode)
Edd Byrnes
Bruce Glover
Robert Tessier
Toni Tennille
Peter Haskell
Byron Morrow
Pete Schrum
Pat Cooper
Hermione Baddeley
Noah Beery Jr.
Gene Evans
Broderick Crawford
Pamela Susan Shoop plays Maryann Silverton (2 episodes)
Barbara McNair
Michael Swan
Woodrow Parfrey
Manu Tupou
Richard Bakalyan
John Karlen
William Lucking
Abbe Lane
Allan Miller
David Healy
Debra Feuer
L.Q. Jones
Stepfanie Kramer
Jacqueline Scott
Morey Amsterdam
George Jessel
Robert Mandan
Dolly Read
Cesar Romero
Doc Severinsen
Rick Lenz
Christopher George
Peter Lind Hayes
Jill Haworth plays Lily Baker (1 episode)
Neile Adams
Dehl Berti
R. G. Armstrong
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Michael Ansara
Sherry Jackson
Walter Brooke
Paul Mantee
Eric Server
Marta DuBois
Michael V. Gazzo
Cliff Emmich
Roy Jenson plays First Assistant (1 episode)
Bert Freed
Heather Menzies
Mary Louise Weller
Royce D. Applegate
Clive Revill
Rodney Allen Rippy
Pernell Roberts
Eleanor Parker
Stephen Shortridge
Paul Picerni
Don Stroud
Cesare Danova
Patrick Macnee
James MacArthur
Peggy Cass
Joe E. Tata
Cassie Yates
Denny Miller
Ned Glass
Jeannie Wilson
Vic Tayback
Anne Francis
Dorothy Malone
Nehemiah Persoff
Randolph Powell
Raymond St. Jacques
Inga Swenson
Harvey Lembeck
Dawn Wells
Clifton Davis
Simon Oakland
Jill St. John
Don Gordon
Ken Curtis
William Smith
Louise Sorel
Cliff Osmond
Stephen Elliott
Jason Wingreen
Dick Butkus
Dean Martin plays Dean Martin (1 episode)
Terri Nunn
Linda Thompson
Stephen Brooks
Paul Burke
Shelley Winters
Barry Sullivan
Tommy Farrell plays Harmon Cox (1 episode)
Tige Andrews
Daryl Dragon
Peter Mark Richman
Bubba Smith
Victor Buono
Melinda O. Fee
Edie Adams
Morgan Woodward
Joseph Campanella
John Larch
Richard Lynch
Wayne Newton plays Justin Marsh (2 episodes)
Frank Marth
James Luisi
Tim Donnelly
Sid Caesar
Gene Dynarski
Slim Pickens
James Darren
Anthony James
Moses Gunn
Jack Kruschen
Philip Abbott
Joan Van Ark
John Fiedler
Anne Jeffreys
Sarah Cunningham
Belinda Balaski
Scatman Crothers
John Quade
John Colicos
Susan Kiger
Rod Loomis
Michael Minor
Sybil Danning
Beah Richards
Dian Parkinson
Joe Penny
Nicholas Georgiade
Karrie Emerson
Michael Constantine
David Sheiner
Michael Cavanaugh
Robert Reed
Branscombe Richmond
Alex Henteloff
Tim O'Connor
Dane Clark
Don Porter
Ross Martin
Bobby Van
Whitman Mayo
Shelley Berman
Peter Breck
Lynda Day George
John Vernon
Squire Fridell
John Tuell
Gregory Walcott
Rhonda Bates
Alan Oppenheimer
Marlyn Mason
Eduard Franz
Pat Hingle plays Caleb Tucker (1 episode)
Barbi Benton
Lisa Hartman
Jason Evers
Dick Sargent
Gary Lockwood
Crofton Hardester
Cindy Morgan
Spencer Milligan
Vernee Watson-Johnson
Bruce Kirby
Barbara Parkins
Randolph Mantooth
David Wallace
Skip Homeier
Don Galloway
Lauren Tewes
Henry Jones
Peter Brown
Eugene Roche
Gary Dubin
Curt Lowens
Cindy Eilbacher
Mike Minor
Noah Keen
Victor Campos
Cynthia Harrison plays Elaine (1 episode)
Gary Crosby
Carol Eve Rossen
Harry Guardino
Don Diamond
Andrew Duggan
Johnny Seven
John Carradine
Red Buttons
Jimmy Mataya
Eve Arden
Mary Ann Mobley
Lloyd Bochner
Michelle Phillips
Shelley Fabares
Bill Dana
Marvin Brody
Don DeFore
Ed Nelson
Milton Selzer
Pamelyn Ferdin
Quinn O'Hara plays Lilly Parker (1 episode)
Cathy Worthington plays Cathy (1 episode)
Cristina Ferrare
Jerry Ayres plays Phil Reese / Alex (2 episodes)
Jeffrey Druce plays Benny Trudo / Clerk (2 episodes)
Sondra West
Dick Ziker plays Chaney (2 episodes)
James McKenna plays Frank (1 episode) , Bellhop (1 episode)
Susan Howard plays Laurie Turner (1 episode)
Crew of Vega$
Directing
Writing
Production
Costume & Make-Up
Sound
Editing
- Naomi Stevens
- Tony Curtis
- Cameron Mitchell
- Natalie Schafer
- Lorne Greene
- Austin Willis
- Lynne Marta
- Louis Jourdan
- John Rubinstein
- Dennis Cole
- John Marley
- Michael Cole
- David Huddleston
- Troy Donahue
- Richard Basehart
- Molly Picon
- Jonathan Harris
- Rosemary Forsyth
- Strother Martin
- Kim Basinger
- Michael Callan
- Charles Dierkop
- Lelia Goldoni
- Ronee Blakley
- Mamie Van Doren
- Pamela Hensley
- Michael Conrad
- Erin Gray
- Julie Harris
- Keye Luke
- Michael D. Roberts
- Vivian Blaine
- Leslie Nielsen
- John Randolph
- Kenneth Tobey
- Henry Darrow
- Lola Falana
- Jill Whelan
- Garry Marshall
- Tony Russel
- Christopher Stone
- Pamela Franklin
- Eric Braeden
- Edd Byrnes
- Gary Collins
- Bruce Glover
- Robert Tessier
- Toni Tennille
- Peter Haskell
- Byron Morrow
- Pete Schrum
- Pat Cooper
- Hermione Baddeley
- Noah Beery Jr.
- Gene Evans
- Werner Klemperer
- Tori Spelling
- Broderick Crawford
- Pamela Susan Shoop
- Barbara McNair
- Michael Swan
- Woodrow Parfrey
- Manu Tupou
- Richard Bakalyan
- John Karlen
- William Lucking
- Abbe Lane
- Allan Miller
- David Healy
- Debra Feuer
- L.Q. Jones
- Stepfanie Kramer
- Jacqueline Scott
- Morey Amsterdam
- George Jessel
- Antonio Fargas
- Robert Mandan
- Dolly Read
- Cesar Romero
- Doc Severinsen
- Rick Lenz
- Christopher George
- Peter Lind Hayes
- Jill Haworth
- Neile Adams
- Dehl Berti
- R. G. Armstrong
- Wilfrid Hyde-White
- Michael Ansara
- Melanie Griffith
- Sherry Jackson
- Tracey Walter
- Walter Brooke
- Paul Mantee
- Eric Server
- Marta DuBois
- Michael V. Gazzo
- Cliff Emmich
- Roy Jenson
- Bert Freed
- Heather Menzies
- Mary Louise Weller
- Royce D. Applegate
- Clive Revill
- Rodney Allen Rippy
- Pernell Roberts
- Eleanor Parker
- Stephen Shortridge
- Paul Picerni
- Don Stroud
- Cesare Danova
- Patrick Macnee
- James MacArthur
- Peggy Cass
- Joe E. Tata
- Cassie Yates
- Denny Miller
- Ned Glass
- Jeannie Wilson
- Vic Tayback
- Anne Francis
- Dorothy Malone
- Nehemiah Persoff
- Randolph Powell
- Raymond St. Jacques
- Inga Swenson
- Harvey Lembeck
- Dawn Wells
- George Takei
- Clifton Davis
- Simon Oakland
- Jill St. John
- Don Gordon
- Ken Curtis
- William Smith
- Adam West
- Louise Sorel
- Cliff Osmond
- Stephen Elliott
- Jason Wingreen
- Kim Cattrall
- Dick Butkus
- Dean Martin
- Terri Nunn
- Linda Thompson
- Stephen Brooks
- Paul Burke
- Shelley Winters
- Barry Sullivan
- Tommy Farrell
- Tige Andrews
- Daryl Dragon
- Peter Mark Richman
- Bubba Smith
- Victor Buono
- Melinda O. Fee
- Edie Adams
- Julie Adams
- Morgan Woodward
- Norman Alden
- Joseph Campanella
- John Larch
- Richard Lynch
- Wayne Newton
- Frank Marth
- James Luisi
- Abe Vigoda
- Tim Donnelly
- Alex Trebek
- Sid Caesar
- Gene Dynarski
- Slim Pickens
- James Darren
- Anthony James
- Moses Gunn
- Jack Kruschen
- Philip Abbott
- Joan Van Ark
- John Fiedler
- Anne Jeffreys
- Sarah Cunningham
- Belinda Balaski
- Scatman Crothers
- John Quade
- John Colicos
- Susan Kiger
- Rod Loomis
- Michael Minor
- Sybil Danning
- Beah Richards
- Dian Parkinson
- Ian Abercrombie
- Joe Penny
- Nicholas Georgiade
- Karrie Emerson
- Michael Constantine
- David Sheiner
- Michael Cavanaugh
- Robert Reed
- Branscombe Richmond
- Alex Henteloff
- Tim O'Connor
- Dane Clark
- Don Porter
- Ross Martin
- Bobby Van
- Whitman Mayo
- Shelley Berman
- Peter Breck
- Lynda Day George
- John Vernon
- Squire Fridell
- Kyle Richards
- John Tuell
- Gregory Walcott
- Rhonda Bates
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Marlyn Mason
- Eduard Franz
- Pat Hingle
- Barbi Benton
- Lisa Hartman
- Jason Evers
- Dick Sargent
- Gary Lockwood
- June Lockhart
- Crofton Hardester
- Cindy Morgan
- Spencer Milligan
- Vernee Watson-Johnson
- Bruce Kirby
- Barbara Parkins
- Vito Scotti
- Glenn R. Wilder
- Randolph Mantooth
- David Wallace
- Skip Homeier
- Don Galloway
- Lauren Tewes
- Henry Jones
- Peter Brown
- Eugene Roche
- Gary Dubin
- Curt Lowens
- Cindy Eilbacher
- Mike Minor
- Noah Keen
- Victor Campos
- Cynthia Harrison
- Gary Crosby
- Carol Eve Rossen
- Harry Guardino
- Don Diamond
- Phil Morris
- Andrew Duggan
- Robert Loggia
- Johnny Seven
- John Carradine
- Isabel Sanford
- Red Buttons
- Jimmy Mataya
- Eve Arden
- Mary Ann Mobley
- Lloyd Bochner
- Michelle Phillips
- Shelley Fabares
- Bill Dana
- Marvin Brody
- Don DeFore
- Ed Nelson
- Milton Selzer
- Pamelyn Ferdin
- Quinn O'Hara
- Cathy Worthington
- Cristina Ferrare
- Jerry Ayres
- Jeffrey Druce
- Sondra West
- Dick Ziker
- James McKenna
- Susan Howard