Hunter is a police drama television series starring Fred Dryer as "Sgt. Rick Hunter" and Stepfanie Kramer as "Sgt. Dee Dee McCall", which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season (1990) to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. The seventh season saw Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective (badge# 89 in the early seasons, badge# 378 in later seasons) with the Los Angeles Police Department. The "Pilot" TV movie premiered on September 18, 1984, with the regular series starting 10 days later. The show ended on April 26, 1991, after seven seasons. There are a total of 153 episodes, spanning seven years (1984–1991) of the show's run.
Created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell, the show in its early episodes played as television's answer to Dirty Harry. Actor Dryer bears a striking resemblance to Dirty Harry actor Clint Eastwood, with his tall thin frame, chiselled facial structure and even a similar receding hairstyle. [citation needed] Even after the show's violence was toned down during the second season in hopes of boosting ratings, Hunter and McCall still managed to resolve many cases by shooting the perpetrators dead.
The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.
The supporting cast of the series changed over the course of the series, occasionally within the same season.
| Episode | Actor | Character | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Pilot" | Brian Dennehy | Dr. Bolin | Police psychiatrist / serial killer |
| Michael Cavanaugh (actor) | Capt. Lester D. Cain | Homicide Captain (Pilot only) | |
| "Hard Contract" | David Ackroyd | Gus Trancus | McCall's former partner turned hitman |
| "The Hot Grounder" | Sam J. Jones | Lance Lane | Tennis player |
| William Windom | Commissioner Larry Crenshaw | Police Commissioner | |
| "A Long Way from L.A." | Paul Eiding | Wally Wallerstean | Transport criminal |
| Bo Svenson | Jake Cutter | - - | |
| "Legacy" | Tony Longo | Dave Newton | - |
| Al Ruscio | Carmine Santorro | - | |
| Mary-Margaret Humes | Sandy Newton | - | |
| "Flight on a Dead Pigeon" | Gary Cervantes | - | - |
| "Pen Pals" | Jack O'Halloran | Hammer | Inmate |
| Tracey Walter | Archie | Inmate | |
| "Dead or Alive" | Wings Hauser | Jimmy Jo Walker | Bounty Hunter |
| "High Bleacher Man" | Richard Romanus | Nathan 'Nate' Demarest | Mob boss |
| Alan Autry | Archie | Inmate | |
| "The Shooter" | Beau Billingslea | - | Motorcycle cop |
| Marc Alaimo | Doug Kirkwood | - | |
| "The Garbage Man" | Ed O'Neill | Dan Colson | Parole officer |
| Frances McDormand | Nina Sloan | Policewoman | |
| Christopher McDonald | Sonny Dupree | Parolee | |
| Nicholas Worth | Ramos | Parolee | |
| "The Avenging Angel" | Robert Pastorelli | Willie Wakefield | - |
| "The Snow Queen, Pt. 1" | Dennis Farina | Vic Terranova | Club owner/ drug dealer |
| Dennis Franz | Sgt. Jackie Molinas | Corrupt New York police sergeant | |
| "The Snow Queen, Pt. 2" | Dennis Farina | Vic Terranova | Club owner/ drug dealer |
| Dennis Franz | Sgt. Jackie Molinas | Corrupt New York police sergeant | |
| "The Beach Boy" | Steven Williams | Parker LeMay | - |
| Jere Burns | Greg Jones | Drug pusher | |
| Kerry Rossall | Eddie Marx | - | |
| Brett Baxter Clark | Wes Kapano | Hawaiian hitman | |
| "Guilty" | Ken Foree | Louis McMahon | Parolee |
| Willard E. Pugh | Eddie | Conman | |
| "The Last Kill" | Madison Mason | Kerry Le Masters / Tommy Largo | - |
| Steven Keats | Jimmy Tomasino | Mafioso | |
| "Fire Man" | William Russ | Jack Lachman | Vietnam vet |
| Belinda Balaski | Judy | Caretaker | |
| Robert Desiderio | Gene Byrd | Vietnam vet / Fireman | |
| Mark Schneider | Matt Gold | Reporter | |
| Vivian Bonnell | Witness | ||
| "Sniper" | James Cromwell | Seymour Robbins | IRS auditor |
| Jack Starrett | Dennis Balzer | ||
| Joe Dorsey | Sgt. Louis Whitlow | ||
| Sandy Martin | Iris Balzer | ||
| Episode | Actor | Character | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Case X" | Leo Rossi | Tony Cochran | - |
| Sam Anderson | Vinny Cochran | - | |
| James Whitmore, Jr. | Sgt. Bernie Terwilliger | Internal Affairs Sergeant | |
| "Night of the Dragons" | Clyde Kusatsu | Detective Lieutenant Raymond Lau | - |
| James Hong | Chang | - | |
| "The Biggest Man In Town" | Nana Visitor | Amy Laurton | - |
| Gregory Itzin | Charlie Latimer | - | |
| Don Stroud | Sheriff Johnson | - | |
| Stuart Whitman | Raymond Bellamy | - | |
| "Rich Girl" | Lois Hamilton | Ginger Flagg | - |
| K. Callan | Mrs. Jorgensen | - | |
| John Calvin | Bradley Woolsey | - | |
| Dorian Lopinto | Cynthia Flagg | - | |
| "Killer in the Halloween Mask" | Jesse Ventura | Jesse | - |
| James Whitmore, Jr. | Sgt. Bernie Terwilliger | Internal Affairs Sergeant | |
| Tim Russ | Sam | - | |
| Gary Graham | David Talon | - | |
| "Rape & Revenge, pt. 1" | Richard Yniguez | Raul Mariano | - |
| Mike Pniewski | Dr. Lantree | - | |
| Larry Hankin | Jimmy Cracklin | - | |
| Michael Ansara | General Mariano | - | |
| Danny Ponce | Ignacio | - | |
| Jack Starrett | Dennis Balzer | - | |
| "Rape & Revenge, pt. 2" | Richard Yniguez | Raul Mariano | - |
| Mike Pniewski | Dr. Lantree | - | |
| Larry Hankin | Jimmy Cracklin | - | |
| Michael Ansara | General Mariano | - | |
| Danny Ponce | Ignacio | - | |
| Jack Starrett | Dennis Balzer | - | |
| "Million Dollar Misunderstanding" | Robert Davi | Sonny Dunbar | - |
| Robert Englund | Vaughn | - | |
| James Whitmore, Jr. | Sgt. Bernie Terwilliger | Internal Affairs Sergeant | |
| Phil Rubenstein | Tito Constantine | - | |
| "The Big Fall" | Vic Polizos | Fabro | - |
| Mills Watson | Ray Longmire | - | |
| James Whitmore, Jr. | Sgt. Bernie Terwilliger | Internal Affairs Sergeant | |
| Jonathan Banks | Gary Krewson | - | |
| "Waiting for Mr. Wrong" | Fernando Allende | Carols Moreno | - |
| Michael Dorn | Highway Patrolman | - | |
| John Lansing | Jerry Borrell | - | |
| Ada Maris | Angie Chavina | - | |
| "Think Blue" | William Smith | Neville Sigerson | - |
| Alan Blumenfeld | Ziggie | Police Mechanic | |
| Ramon Bieri | Charlie Coster | - | |
| "Blow-Up" | Anthony James | Otto Minsky | - |
| Bradford English | Singer | Detective | |
| John Shearin | Lt. Ambrose Finn | Detective | |
| Kate Zentall | Tiffany Reed | Defense Attorney | |
| "War Zone" | Vernon Wells | Zajak | - |
| Billy Drago | Le Claire | - | |
| Gela Nash | Leanne | - | |
| Don Hood | Arthur Speigal | - | |
| "Burned" | Jane Russell | Ava Fontaine | - |
| Anthony Caruso | Nick Bartoni | - | |
| "Scrap Metal" | Frank Campanella | Vinnie Brokaw | - |
| Joseph Cortese | Marco Brokaw | - | |
| Kay Lenz | Alicia Fiori | - | |
| Ji-Tu Cumbuka | Homer | - | |
| "Fagin 1986" | Richard Coca | Umberto Sandoval | - |
| Gary Cervantes | - | - | |
| Jacob Vargas | Emilio Morales | - | |
| Trinidad Silva | Hector Rivas | - | |
| "62 Hours of Terror" | Persis Khambatta | Dhari Ziad | - |
| Thom Christopher | Hasseb Hamza | - | |
| "Death Machine" | John Matuszak | Lincoln | - |
| Karen Witter | Linda | - | |
| Frank Collison | Bosco | - | |
| "The Set Up" | Jack Colvin | Michael Varn | - |
| Robert O'Reilly | Willem Sunderson | - | |
| James Whitmore, Jr. | Sgt. Bernie Terwilliger | Internal Affairs Sergeant | |
| Conrad Dunn | Rocket | Informant | |
| "The Beautiful & the Dead, pt. 1" | Dan Lauria | Broder | - |
| Kabir Bedi | Leo Zukoff | - | |
| Kim Johnston Ulrich | Allison Kavaley | - | |
| Andrew Massett | Sgt. Jerry Billings | San Francisco Homicide Sergeant | |
| Marc McClure | Ralph Skinner | - | |
| "The Beautiful & the Dead, pt. 2" | Dan Lauria | Broder | - |
| Kabir Bedi | Leo Zukoff | - | |
| Kim Johnston Ulrich | Allison Kavaley | - | |
| Andrew Massett | Sgt. Jerry Billings | San Francisco Homicide Sergeant | |
| Marc McClure | Ralph Skinner | - | |
| "The Return of Typhoon Thompson" | Isaac Hayes | Jerome 'Typhoon' Thompson | - |
| Garrett Morris | Sporty James | - | |
| Sheryl Lee Ralph | Josie Clifford | - | |
| Miguel Fernandes | Eddie Zbinksi | - | |
| "Saturday Night Special " | Anne-Marie Johnson | Isabel Teret / Nella Watkins | - |
| Beah Richards | Pockets / Ella Mae Fuller | - |
| Episode | Actor | Character | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Overnight Sensation" | Sal Lopez | Tony Melendez | - |
| Michael Wren | Raul Marcado | - | |
| James Whitmore, Jr. | Sgt. Bernie Terwilliger | Internal Affairs Sergeant | |
| "Change Partners and Dance" | Tim Thomerson | Police Sergeant Harry Traynor | - |
| Robert Firth | Detective Riley Causland | - | |
| Norbert Weisser | Craig Borson | - | |
| "Crime of Passion" | Ray Wise | Alex Parker | - |
| Candy Clark | Jody Stone | - | |
| "The Castro Connection" | John Beck | Neil Jordan | - |
| Jack Bannon | Michael Stevens | - | |
| "High Noon in L.A." | George DelHoyo | Carlos Mariano | - |
| Ethan Phillips | Michael Stevens | - | |
| Zitto Kazann | Joey | - | |
| "From San Francisco with Love" | Laura Johnson | Det. Sgt. Valerie Foster | - |
| "True Confessions" | Lauren Tewes | Sheila Burke | - |
| "Love, Hate, and Sporty James" | Claudia Christian | Sheila Burke | - |
| Jack Bannon | Michael Stevens | - | |
| "The Contract" | Brent Spiner | Vaughn | - |
| Peter Haskell | Roger Hennessy | - | |
| Katherine Moffat | Laura Hennessy | - | |
| Katherine Cannon | Gail Morton | - | |
| "The Cradle Will Rock" | Chaka Khan | Miss Gina B | - |
| John Hancock | Sam Pruitt | - | |
| "Bad Company" | Dean Stockwell | Brother Harold Hobarts | - |
| Big John Studd | Randy | - | |
| Lar Park Lincoln | Angela Holly Hobarts | - | |
| "Down and Under" | Anthony LaPaglia | Woodward | - |
| Marina Sirtis | Kate Scanlon | - | |
| "Straight to the Heart" | Robert Miano | Karl | - |
| Lydia Cornell | Nicki Rains/Rena Farrell | - | |
| "Requiem for Sergeant McCall" | Bruce Davison | Deputy Chief Wyler | - |
| "Double Exposure" | George Clooney | Matthew Winfield | - |
| "The Girl Next Door" | Stanley Kamel | Brad Wilkes, FBI | - |
| Robert Firth | Detective Riley Causland | - | |
| "Any Second Now" | Theresa Saldana | Jennifer Hartman | - |
| "A Child Is Born" | Leif Garrett | Todd Logan | - |
| "Crossfire" | Richard Cox | Carl Remick | - |
| Larenz Tate | Sporty's Nephew | - | |
| Jack Bannon | Michael Stevens | - | |
| "Hot Pursuit: Part 1" | Ji-Tu Cumbuka | Homer | - |
| Gela Nash | Vicki | - | |
| "Hot Pursuit: Part 2" | Ji-Tu Cumbuka | Homer | - |
| Gela Nash | Vicki | - | |
| "Shades" | Shelley Taylor Morgan | Sgt. Katherine 'Kitty' O'Hearn | - |
| Michael Gregory | Al | - | |
| Jared Martin | Special Agent Ringerman | - |
| Episode | Actor | Character | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Not Just Another John Doe" | Stanley Kamel | Brad Wilkes, FBI | - |
| "Playing God" | Castulo Guerra | Luis Guerrero | - |
| Jackie Gonneau | Waitress | - | |
| "The Jade Woman" | Dirk Blocker | Randall Fane | - |
| Brent Jennings | Curtis | - | |
| Clare Torao (credited as Clare Nono) | Rose Shan | - | |
| "Flashpoint" | Beau Billingslea | Officer Bolin | - |
| Gregory Sierra | Councilman Elandro | - | |
| Arthur Rosenberg | Commander Lester D. Cain | - | |
| "Night on Bald Mountain" | Frank Ashmore | Carl Brand | - |
| Tricia O'Neil | Sylvia Brand | - | |
| "City of Passion, pt. 1" | Erik Estrada | Sgt. Bradley 'Brad' Navarro | - |
| Shelley Taylor Morgan | Sgt. Katherine 'Kitty' O'Hearn | ||
| Arthur Rosenberg | Commander Lester D. Cain | - | |
| Robert Reed | Judge Warren Unger | - | |
| Carel Struycken | Occult Store Owner | - | |
| "City of Passion, pt. 2" | Erik Estrada | Sgt. Bradley 'Brad' Navarro | - |
| Shelley Taylor Morgan | Sgt. Katherine 'Kitty' O'Hearn | ||
| Arthur Rosenberg | Commander Lester D. Cain | - | |
| Robert Reed | Judge Warren Unger | - | |
| "City of Passion, pt. 3" | Erik Estrada | Sgt. Bradley 'Brad' Navarro | - |
| Shelley Taylor Morgan | Sgt. Katherine 'Kitty' O'Hearn | ||
| Arthur Rosenberg | Commander Lester D. Cain | - | |
| Robert Reed | Judge Warren Unger | - | |
| "Hot Prowl" | Cindy Morgan | Carol Benson | - |
| Alex Rocco | Floyd Benson | - | |
| Brett Baxter Clark | Jeffrey Bliss | - | |
| "Allegra" | Tony Jay | Father Michaels | - |
| "Renegade" | Brion James | Lt. Jeff Wadsworth | - |
| "The Black Dahlia" | Ian Abercrombie | George | Butler for the Latimers |
| Billie Bird | Marie Watson | - | |
| "Naked Justice, Pt. 1" | Nestor Serrano | Jessie Cruz | - |
| Stanley Kamel | Brad Wilkes, FBI | - | |
| Episode | Actor | Character | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| "City Under Siege, pt. 1" | James Sikking | Jack Small | - |
| "City Under Siege, pt. 2" | James Sikking | Jack Small | - |
| "City Under Siege, pt. 3" | James Sikking | Jack Small | - |
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