If any television series past or present could be called a tribute to the Los Angeles Police Department, it would be Jack Webb’s Dragnet. Dragnet ran on television in the 1950s and then several years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Herb Ellis, an actor and director known for helping Jack Webb create the iconic TV series Dragnet, died Dec. 26 in San Gabriel, ...

The police “crime and punishment” TV show Dragnet aired in 1952 and ran for eight years on NBC. One actor who made a guest appearance was future Star Trek star Leonard Nimoy who found the show’s use ...

John Randolph 'Jack' Webb, also known by the pen name John Randolph, was an American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter, who is most famous for his role as Sergeant Joe Friday in ...

Herb Ellis, an actor and director known for helping Jack Webb create the iconic TV series Dragnet, died Dec. 26 in San Gabriel, Calif. He was 97. Born Herbert Siegel in Cleveland, Ohio on Jan. 7, 1921 ...

Herb Ellis, a veteran character actor who helped Jack Webb create the legendary cop show 'Dragnet,' has died. He was 97. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Herb Ellis, a veteran character actor who helped ...

Herb Ellis, who is known for helping Jack Webb create the iconic TV series Dragnet, died on Dec. 26 in San Gabriel, Calif. He was 97. Born Herbert Siegel in Cleveland, Ohio on Jan. 7, 1921, Ellis was ...