The Fugitive is an American crime drama television series created by Roy Huggins and produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television . It aired on ABC from September 17, 1963, to August 29, 1967. David Janssen starred as Dr. Richard Kimble, a physician who is wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder, and unjustly sentenced to death. While Dr. Kimble is en route to death row, the train derails over a track defect, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man" (played by Bill Raisch ). At the same time, Richard Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard ( Barry Morse ).
124-484: David Janssen (born David Harold Meyer ; March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive (1963–1967). Janssen also had the title roles in three other series: Richard Diamond, Private Detective ; O'Hara, U.S. Treasury ; and Harry O . In 1996, TV Guide ranked him number 36 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. David Janssen
248-463: A damsel in distress or possibly a child in danger; he then chooses to put his anonymity at risk by aiding this deserving person. Another frequent plot device is for someone to discover Richard Kimble's true identity and use it to manipulate him, under the threat of turning him in to the police. Dr. Richard Kimble is smart and resourceful, and is usually able to perform well at any job he takes. (This sometimes leads to suspicion, as his educated demeanor
372-502: A 1960 American World War II biopic starring Jeffrey Hunter as a Hispanic boy who fought in the Battle of Saipan and who was raised by Japanese-American foster parents; John Wayne 's Vietnam war film The Green Berets ; opposite Gregory Peck , in the space story Marooned , in which Janssen played an astronaut sent to rescue three stranded men in space; and The Shoes of the Fisherman , as
496-471: A Drama Series (1964, 1966, 1967). Dr. Richard Kimble is pursued by the relentless Stafford police detective Lt. Philip Gerard (Barry Morse), a formidably intelligent family man and dedicated public servant. Gerard directly appears in 37 episodes and also in the main title sequences of all 120 episodes; Barry Morse is also listed in the closing credits of almost all episodes, even those in which he does not appear. Barry Morse portrayed Gerard as
620-454: A Japanese leprologist, came to Honolulu and treated Damien. He believed that leprosy was caused by a diminution of the blood. His treatment consisted of nourishing foods, moderate exercise, frequent friction to the benumbed parts, special ointments, and medical baths. The treatments relieved some of the symptoms and they were very popular with the Hawaiian patients as a result. Damien had faith in
744-514: A bit deranged in his obsession. That version also listed William Conrad as the narrator in the end credits. When the series was first issued on DVD beginning in 2007, current rights holder CBS could not use all music that had been used in the original broadcasts on the DVD releases due to rights issues with the Capitol and CBS stock music libraries, so new original scores (which had never previously been done to
868-640: A child. He attended Fairfax High School , where he excelled on the basketball court, setting a school scoring record that lasted over 20 years. His first film part was at the age of thirteen, and by the age of twenty-five, he had appeared in twenty films and served two years as an enlisted man in the United States Army . During his Army days, Janssen became a friend of fellow enlistees Martin Milner and Clint Eastwood while posted at Fort Ord , California. Janssen starred in four television series of his own: At
992-548: A corrupt bail bondsman, who plans to blackmail the person who supplied the bail money. The bondsman is killed by Johnson after revealing that the money came from someone in Kimble's hometown of Stafford, Indiana. With Jean's help, Kimble tries to head back home, but Gerard arrests him. The lieutenant does not express any triumph or satisfaction in making the arrest. "I'm sorry," Gerard tells him. "You just ran out of time." Kimble informs Gerard that he found something that might lead him to
1116-512: A doctor in the Korean War. Richard Kimble's family makes scattered appearances throughout the series, most notably his sister, Donna ( Jacqueline Scott ) and her husband, Leonard Taft (played by James Sikking , Lin McCarthy and James Anderson in different episodes; Richard Anderson played Leonard Taft in the classic two-part final episode, "The Judgment"). Richard Kimble's family first appears in
1240-406: A hospital and orders her to call the police, though Kimble risked arrest to save her life. Like Kimble, he uses a variety of aliases and holds down various jobs while on the run. In the episode "A Clean And Quiet Town", he is credited as Steve Cramer and works as a mob-employed numbers runner. In the episode "The Ivy Maze", he poses as a college janitor and groundskeeper named Carl Stoker. He goes by
1364-406: A killer." To this, Gerard sharply replies, "The jury said that." Gerard's doubts are augmented after Kimble rescues Gerard in episodes such as "Never Wave Goodbye," "Corner of Hell", "Stroke of Genius", "Ill Wind" and "The Evil Men Do". "The Evil Men Do", in particular, played on the respect that develops between the two men when Gerard is pursued by former Mob hitman Arthur Brame ( James Daly ), who
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#17329046856571488-466: A leper with the lepers to gain all to Jesus Christ ." During this time, Father Damien cared for the lepers and established leaders within the community to improve the state of living. Father Damien aided the colony by teaching, painting houses, organizing farms, and organizing the construction of chapels, roads, hospitals, and churches. He also dressed residents, dug graves, built coffins, ate food by hand with lepers, shared pipes with them, and lived with
1612-573: A life as a fugitive and having numerous aliases, as well as helping people around him. The character of Lt. Gerard, who hounds Kimble throughout the series, is also loosely inspired by a character from the same novel, a relentless police inspector named Javert , who is obsessed with capturing the fugitive. Other shows, such as Route 66 , had employed the same anthology -like premise of wanderers finding adventure in each new place to which they came. The Fugitive , however, answered two questions that had bedeviled many similar series – first, why
1736-431: A lot of things these past four years ... starting with a prisoner the state told me to guard." Over time, Gerard also appeared to have gained some doubts as to Kimble's guilt. In one episode, when a female witness remarks that Kimble killed his wife, Gerard simply replies, "The law says he did," but with a tone of doubt audible in his voice. In the episode "Nemesis", the local sheriff ( John Doucette ) states, "You said he's
1860-422: A man duty-bound to capture Kimble. Guilt or innocence was of no consequence to Gerard, whose own beliefs have been stated as follows: I enforce the law. The law pronounced him guilty; I enforce the law. ... Whether the law was right or wrong is not my concern. Let others debate and conclude; I obey ... and when I begin to question, doubt—I can't permit it. Others found him guilty; others were about to execute him. I
1984-410: A man who escapes from prison after being wrongly convicted of killing his wife. Goodis' litigation over the issue continued for some time after his 1967 death. The plot device of a fugitive living on the run from the authorities was loosely inspired by Victor Hugo 's 1862 novel Les Misérables . The Richard Kimble character was inspired by the novel's protagonist, Jean Valjean , an ex-convict living
2108-439: A man with only one arm, who was fleeing from the vicinity of the Kimble house. Richard then found that Helen had been killed, but no one had seen or heard Richard go out for his drive, or seen him while he was out, and no evidence showed that the "one-armed man" whom Richard Kimble saw ever existed. At his trial, Richard Kimble was unjustly convicted of Helen's murder and sentenced to death (method of execution not specified). After
2232-522: A phone call from someone who claimed that he knew who really killed Helen Kimble, and arranged a meeting that night at an abandoned stable. Donna and Leonard dismiss the call as a prank, but Chandler keeps the meeting, arming himself. Johnson overpowers Chandler and then blackmails him for $ 50,000. Later, after learning from Donna about the phone call, Kimble and Gerard go to the stable, but find only an unspent cartridge dropped from Chandler's gun. Meanwhile, Jean surprises Kimble, Donna, and Len by arriving at
2356-460: A pint of blood; this particular receipt shows that his blood type is B negative, and that he claims his age as 47. (Raisch himself was 60 years of age when this episode was filmed.) The other identities used by the One-armed Man are not revealed in the episode, although as Barbara flips through a wallet full of identifications, she notes that he is "a man of many identities, not one of them
2480-405: A priest. During his religious studies, Damien prayed daily before a picture of St. Francis Xavier , patron of missionaries, to be sent on a mission. Three years later when his brother Father Pamphile (Auguste) could not travel to Hawaiʻi as a missionary because of illness, Damien was allowed to take his place. On 19 March 1864, Damien arrived at Honolulu Harbor on Oʻahu . He was ordained into
2604-470: A secret bank account Helen kept for emergencies. He signs the account over to Ed, saving him financially, but his safety is compromised when Edith learns that Terry believes in his innocence (as does Ed, to a lesser extent) and is in love with Richard Kimble, and Edith threatens to report him to the police. Richard Kimble gently but firmly lets Terry down with a few well-chosen words that put an end to years of misguided thinking on Terry's part, and he soon leaves
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#17329046856572728-420: A shoplifting expedition, you go always to Cartier's , and never to Woolworth's !" "The One-armed Man" ( Bill Raisch ) is a shadowy figure, seen by Richard Kimble as he was fleeing the Kimble house after the murder of Helen. The series revealed little about the man's personal life and never explained how or when he lost his right arm. In the 29th episode of the first season ("Storm Center"), Helen Kimble
2852-456: A stillborn birth of a son, and surgery to save her life had also rendered her infertile. The couple was devastated, but Helen refused to consider adopting children as Richard wanted. On the night of Helen's murder, the Kimbles had been heard, earlier the same day, arguing heatedly over this topic by their neighbors. Richard later went out for a drive to cool off; as he was driving home, he nearly hit
2976-522: A television journalist in Rome reporting on the election of a new Pope ( Anthony Quinn ). He also played pilot Harry Walker in the 1973 action movie Birds of Prey . He starred as a Los Angeles police detective trying to clear himself in the killing of an apparently innocent doctor in the 1967 film Warning Shot , which was shot during a break in the spring and summer of 1966 between the third and fourth seasons of The Fugitive. Janssen played an alcoholic in
3100-402: A train) was summarized in the opening title sequence of the pilot episode as follows: Name: Richard Kimble. Profession: Doctor of Medicine. Destination: Death Row, state prison. Richard Kimble has been tried and convicted for the murder of his wife. But laws are made by men, carried out by men, and men are imperfect. Richard Kimble is innocent. Proved guilty, what Richard Kimble could not prove
3224-781: Is a centre for "peace for families and individuals affected by bereavement, stress, violence, and other difficulties with particular attention to Northern Ireland ". Saint Damien Advocates is a religious freedom organization that says it wants to carry on Father Damien's work with orphans and others. Schools which are named after him include Damien High School in Southern California , Saint Damien Elementary School in Calgary, Canada , and Damien Memorial School in Hawaii. St. Damien of Molokaʻi Catholic Church in Edmond, Oklahoma , dedicated in 2010,
3348-464: Is a partial list: Other notable guest star appearances: The series was conceived by Roy Huggins and produced by Quinn Martin. Though Huggins disclaimed the similarities, the show was based in part on the case of Sam Sheppard , as well as other influences including Les Misérables . Although convicted and imprisoned, Sheppard claimed that his wife Marilyn had been murdered by a "bushy-haired man". Sheppard's brothers hired F. Lee Bailey to appeal
3472-452: Is also heard at the beginning and end of each episode, though he was never credited, while a different voice announces the title of the episode and the names of the episode's guest stars in the opening teaser. That announcer (an uncredited Dick Wesson ) also says, "The Fugitive" aloud at the end of the closing credits leading into studio sponsorships of the series ("'The Fugitive' has been brought to you by ..."). The Untouchables , which
3596-591: Is believed to have been the first Roman Catholic church in the continental United States to be named for Saint Damien after his canonization. A Traditional Latin Mass church, it is operated by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) and was authorized in 2010 by Eusebius J. Beltran , Archbishop of Oklahoma City. Pontiac, Michigan (in the Catholic archdiocese of Detroit) has a St. Damien parish. Marianne of Molokaʻi
3720-567: Is considered the spiritual patron for leprosy and outcasts. Father Damien Day, 15 April, the day of his death, is also a minor statewide holiday in Hawaii. Father Damien is the patron saint of the Diocese of Honolulu and of Hawaii . Father Damien was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on 11 October 2009. Libert H. Boeynaems , writing in the Catholic Encyclopedia , calls him "the Apostle of
3844-457: Is exonerated in court, Lt. Philip Gerard meets Richard Kimble outside the courthouse; he silently smiles and offers his hand. After hesitating for a moment, Richard Kimble firmly shakes the lieutenant's hand. Parallels can be seen between Gerard's pursuit of Kimble and the pursuit of Jean Valjean by Inspector Javert in Les Misérables , though Javert never lets go of his obsession to follow
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3968-706: Is guilty, and his father openly admits that he could be wrong, though it does not change his duty. This almost inhuman dedication to his duty strains his relationship with his wife Marie ( Barbara Rush ) almost to the breaking point, and causes her to leave him in season three's two-part episode "Landscape with Running Figures"; her actually coming into contact with Richard Kimble (unknowingly at first) causes an emotional collapse when she realizes who he is, with her screaming at Kimble, "It began with you—it'll END with you!" Gerard clearly does indeed love his wife when he finally chooses to go and find her over chasing Kimble. (Gerard admits to Marie, however, that he will go again when
4092-412: Is often very much at odds with the menial nature of the jobs he is forced to take.) He also displays considerable prowess in hand-to-hand combat . In the episode "Nemesis", he distracts, then knocks out, a forest ranger (played by Kurt Russell 's father Bing ), then quickly unloads the man's rifle to ensure he cannot shoot him if pursued. In the sixth episode, Richard Kimble revealed that he had served as
4216-572: Is rescued from a runaway horse by Kimble; Kimble rescues Gerard from Brame. When Kimble escapes from Gerard, the lieutenant, instead of pursuing Kimble, goes after and kills Brame. In the epilogue, Gerard explains to Brame's widow Sharon ( Elizabeth Allen ) that he wanted to go after both men, but that Arthur was a career killer and far more dangerous, while Kimble "has done the one murder he'd probably ever do." Gerard comes close to acknowledging Kimble's innocence when he concludes, "Until I find him, and I will, he's no real menace to anyone but himself." In
4340-465: The Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic Series in 1966. In 2002, it was ranked number 36 on TV Guide ' s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time . TV Guide named the one-armed man number five in their 2013 list of the 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time. The popularity of the series led to various adaptations, and the realization of a titular franchise . The series premise was set up in the opening narration, but
4464-504: The Hawaiian Islands by foreign traders, sailors and immigrants. Thousands of Hawaiians died of such diseases, to which they had not acquired immunity . It is believed that Chinese workers carried leprosy (later known as Hansen's disease) to the islands in the 1830s and 1840s. At that time, leprosy was thought to be highly contagious and was incurable. In 1865, out of fear of this contagious disease, Hawaiian King Kamehameha V and
4588-562: The Hawaiian Legislature passed the "Act to Prevent the Spread of Leprosy." This law quarantined the lepers of Hawaii, requiring the most serious cases to be moved to a settlement colony of Kalawao on the eastern end of the Kalaupapa peninsula on the island of Molokaʻi . Later the settlement of Kalaupapa was developed. Kalawao County , where the two villages are located, is separated from
4712-466: The Victor Hugo novel and studied the portrayal of Javert, to find ways to make the character more complex than the "conventional 'Hollywood dick ' " as whom Gerard had originally been conceived. "I've always thought that we in the arts ... are all 'shoplifters' " , Barry Morse said. "Everybody, from Shakespeare onwards and downwards ... But once you've acknowledged that ... when you set out on
4836-465: The vicar apostolic of the Honolulu diocese, believed that the lepers needed a Catholic priest to assist them, he realized that this assignment had high risk. He did not want to send any one person "in the name of obedience." After much prayer, four priests volunteered to go, among them Father Damien. The bishop planned for the volunteers to take turns in rotation assisting the inhabitants. On 10 May 1873,
4960-692: The 15th episode, "Home is the Hunted", wherein he returns to his hometown after reading in his hometown newspaper that his father, Dr. John Kimble ( Robert Keith ), is retiring. Also introduced is Richard Kimble's brother Ray ( Andrew Prine ). While Donna and John believed Richard Kimble's innocence, Ray was unconvinced and grew to resent Richard, as their association cost Ray his job and his fiancée; however, Ray becomes convinced of Richard's innocence during his stay. Also featuring are Leonard and Donna's sons, David ( Bill Mumy ) and Billy ( Clint Howard ); despite their appearance, though, only Billy ( Johnny Jensen ) appears in
5084-485: The 1977 TV movie A Sensitive, Passionate Man , which co-starred Angie Dickinson , and played an engineer who devises an unbeatable system for blackjack in the 1978 made-for-TV movie Nowhere to Run , co-starring Stefanie Powers and Linda Evans . Janssen's impressively husky voice was used to good effect as the narrator for the TV mini-series Centennial (1978–79); he also appeared in the final episode. And in 1979 he starred in
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5208-617: The Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus Fathers). Jozef was forced to quit school at age 13 to work on the family farm. His father sent him to a college at Braine-le-Comte to prepare for a commercial profession, but as a result of a mission given by the Redemptorists in 1858, Joseph decided to pursue a religious vocation. Jozef entered the novitiate of the Fathers of
5332-817: The East Coast of the United States, and cable to England, reaching London on 11 May. Following an outpouring of praise for his work, other voices began to be heard in Hawaiʻi. Representatives of the Congregational and Presbyterian churches in Hawaii criticized his approach. Reverend Charles McEwen Hyde , a Presbyterian minister in Honolulu, wrote to his fellow pastor Reverend H. B. Gage of San Francisco in August. Hyde referred to Father Damien as "a coarse, dirty man," who contracted leprosy due to "carelessness." Hyde said that Damien
5456-613: The Lepers." Damien De Veuster's feast day is 10 May. Father Damien was born Jozef ("Jef") De Veuster, the youngest of seven children and fourth son of the Flemish corn merchant Joannes Franciscus ("Frans") De Veuster and his wife Anne-Catherine ("Cato") Wouters in the village of Tremelo in Flemish Brabant in rural Belgium on 3 January 1840. His older sisters Eugénie and Pauline became nuns, and his older brother Auguste (Father Pamphile) joined
5580-488: The Los Angeles Police Department. Jean manages to reach Kimble just as the police start searching the area, and takes him to her apartment. Meanwhile, Gerard interrogates Johnson and begins thinking that Kimble may be telling the truth. After Kimble learns that Johnson has been arrested, he elects to turn himself in, hoping to confront Johnson. Before he can carry out his plan, Johnson is bailed out of jail by
5704-622: The November 1999 decision of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to include Blessed Damien in the national liturgical calendar with the rank of an optional memorial. Father Damien was canonized on 11 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI . His feast day is celebrated on 10 May. In Hawaii, it is celebrated on the day of his death, 15 April. Prior to his beatification, two miracles were attributed to Father Damien's posthumous intercession. On 13 June 1992, Pope John Paul II approved
5828-410: The One-armed Man as Fred Johnson in a few later episodes; in the series finale, Lloyd Chandler ( J. D. Cannon ) also refers to him as Johnson. However, when interrogated by Lt. Gerard in "The Judgment", the One-armed Man denies that Fred Johnson is his real name. While the character's real name is never definitively established, a case could be made that it is Gus Evans; as revealed in "The Judgment", that
5952-469: The Reverend H. B. Gage. Stevenson referred to his journal entries in his letter: ...I have set down these private passages, as you perceive, without correction; thanks to you, the public has them in their bluntness. They are almost a list of the man's faults, for it is rather these that I was seeking: with his virtues, with the heroic profile of his life, I and the world were already sufficiently acquainted. I
6076-535: The Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary at Louvain and took in religion the name of Damien, presumably after the first Saint Damien , a fourth-century physician and martyr. He was admitted to the religious profession on 7 October 1860. His superiors thought that he was not a good candidate for the priesthood because he lacked education. However, he was not considered unintelligent. Because he learned Latin well from his brother, his superiors decided to allow him to become
6200-533: The Taft home to re-unite with Kimble. Father Damien Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai SSCC or Saint Damien De Veuster ( Dutch : Pater Damiaan or Heilige Damiaan van Molokai ; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), born Jozef De Veuster , was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary , a missionary religious institute . He
6324-479: The Waverlys, after learning that her father Ed ( Lloyd Gough ) is facing bankruptcy over medical bills for his wife Edith ( Ruth White ), who has developed a heart condition by obsessively clinging to Helen's memory and listening to phonograph records she made before her death. Richard Kimble visits the family and stays with them, despite Edith's objections, and with help from Helen's sister Terry ( Louise Sorel ) locates
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#17329046856576448-760: The actual ceremony of beatification taking place in Rome and celebrations in Belgium and Hawaii. On 21 February 2009, the Holy See announced that Father Damien would be canonized. The ceremony of canonization took place in Rome on Sunday, 11 October 2009, in the presence of King Albert II of the Belgians and Queen Paola as well as the Belgian Prime Minister , Herman Van Rompuy , and several cabinet ministers,. In Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama affirmed his deep admiration for St. Damien, saying that he gave voice to
6572-454: The alias Fred Johnson, is arrested after tearing up a Los Angeles strip bar. When Kimble reads about it in a newspaper, he travels to Los Angeles. Gerard has already arrived in Los Angeles, though, and is working with the local police, convinced Kimble will come to the city. Gerard is spotted by Jean Carlisle ( Diane Baker ), an old friend of the Kimble family's, who is working as a typist with
6696-521: The brutish owner of a gas station who gives Kimble trouble and later tries to collect the reward money when he finds out who Kimble is; filling in for Gerard (this is the only two-parter in which Gerard does not appear) are Sandy Kenyon as a local sheriff and Ken Lynch as a local plainclothes police detective. "Landscape with Running Figures" has in both parts, in addition to Lt. Gerard and Mrs. Gerard, Herschel Bernardi and Jud Taylor as two local plainclothes police officers assisting Gerard in
6820-482: The cemetery of the deceased and he also comforted the dying at their bedsides. In December 1884, while he was preparing to bathe, Damien inadvertently put his foot into scalding water, causing his skin to blister. He felt nothing and realized that he had contracted leprosy after working in the colony for 11 years. This was a common way for people to discover that they had been infected with leprosy. Despite his illness, Damien worked even harder. In 1885, Masanao Goto ,
6944-407: The commonplace doctor's ethic (e.g., to provide aid in emergencies) would naturally lead him into dangerous situations. Pete Rugolo , who had worked on David Janssen's earlier series Richard Diamond, Private Detective , composed the original music for The Fugitive . (Rugolo later worked with creator Roy Huggins on Run for Your Life and other projects.) Tracking music was standard practice at
7068-405: The community to build houses, schools, roads, hospitals, and churches. He dressed residents' ulcers, built a reservoir, made coffins, dug graves, shared pipes, and ate poi with them, providing both medical and emotional support. After 11 years caring for the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of those in the leper colony , Father Damien contracted leprosy. He continued with his work despite
7192-438: The conviction. Bailey defended Sheppard and won an acquittal in the second trial. Coincidentally, the show's music supervisor, Ken Wilhoit, was married to Susan Hayes , who had had an intimate relationship with Sheppard prior to the murder and testified during the first trial in 1954. The show presents a popular plot device of an innocent man on the run from the police for a murder he did not commit, while simultaneously pursuing
7316-687: The conviction. That leads to the climactic scenes where the truth of Helen Kimble's murder emerges along with an eyewitness, family friend and war hero Lloyd Chandler, who was at the Kimble home and who witnessed Fred Johnson murder Helen Kimble on that fateful night, but was too paralyzed with fear to intervene. Ironically, as Kimble and Johnson fight atop a carnival ride, Gerard fatally shoots Johnson just before he can shoot Kimble. Gerard verbally acknowledges Richard Kimble's innocence, and then he firmly tells Lloyd Chandler, "You can keep that man (Kimble) alive -- but you won't, will you?" Gerard's comments lead Lloyd Chandler to agree to testify. After Richard Kimble
7440-505: The course of the series, Gerard's family becomes entangled in Gerard's obsession with finding Kimble. In "Nemesis," Kimble flees from Gerard and the police in the sheriff's car, where he finds a stowaway -- Gerard's young son Philip Jr. (played by 12-year-old Kurt Russell ). Though as concerned as any father should be, Gerard is confident that Kimble will not do his boy any real harm. After his experience with Kimble, Philip Jr., questions whether he
7564-492: The cure of a religious sister in France in 1895 as a miracle attributed to Venerable Damien's intercession . In that case, Sister Simplicia Hue began a novena to Father Damien as she lay dying of a lingering intestinal illness. It is stated that the pain and symptoms of the illness disappeared overnight. In the second case, Audrey Toguchi, a Hawaiian woman who suffered from a rare form of cancer, had remission after having prayed at
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#17329046856577688-473: The fateful night of Helen Kimble's death, and for the first time offers a glimpse of the "one-armed man". The show's lead, and the only character seen in all 120 episodes, was Dr. Richard David Kimble ( David Janssen ). Though Dr. Richard Kimble was a respected pediatrician in the fictional small town of Stafford, Indiana, he and his wife Helen Waverly Kimble were generally known to have been having arguments prior to her death. Helen's pregnancy had ended in
7812-597: The first volunteer, Father Damien, arrived at the isolated settlement at Kalaupapa, where there were then 600 lepers, and was presented by Bishop Louis Maigret. Damien worked with them to build a church and establish the Parish of Saint Philomena . In addition to serving as a priest, he dressed residents' ulcers, built a reservoir, built homes and furniture, made coffins, and dug graves. Six months after his arrival at Kalawao, he wrote to his brother, Pamphile, in Europe: "...I make myself
7936-448: The full details about the crime were not offered in the pilot episode; at the time of the pilot, Richard Kimble has been on the run for six months, having exhausted all of his appeals against his death sentence. While in transit, the train carrying Richard Kimble derails, and Richard Kimble becomes the titular "fugitive" attempting to clear his name. In the series' first season, the premise (heard over footage of Kimble handcuffed to Gerard on
8060-410: The grave of Father Damien on Molokaʻi. There was no medical explanation, as her prognosis was terminal. In 1997, Toguchi was diagnosed with liposarcoma , a cancer that arises in fat cells. She underwent surgery a year later and a tumor was removed, but the cancer metastasized to her lungs. Her physician, Dr. Walter Chang, told her, "Nobody has ever survived this cancer. It's going to take you." Toguchi
8184-507: The head of the Franciscan -run St Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse, New York . Conrardy took up Damien's pastoral duties. Cope organized a working hospital. Dutton attended to the construction and maintenance of the community's buildings. Sinnett nursed Damien during the last phases of his illness. With an arm in a sling, with a foot in bandages, and with his leg dragging, Damien knew that his death
8308-522: The honor of "Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Kalākaua ." When Crown Princess Lydia Liliʻuokalani visited the settlement to present the medal, she was reported as having been too distraught and heartbroken at the sight of the residents to read her speech. The princess shared her experience, acclaiming Damien's efforts. Consequently, Damien became internationally known in the United States and Europe. American Protestants raised large sums of money for
8432-425: The house where Damien was born and grew up. In 2017, the museum was completely renovated. With his canonization highlighting his ministry to persons with leprosy, Father Damien's work has been cited as an example of how society should minister to HIV/AIDS patients. On the occasion of Damien's canonization, President Barack Obama stated, "In our own time, as millions around the world suffer from disease, especially
8556-536: The house with Ed, who takes him to a remote bus stop where he can escape from the area. David Janssen's understated, compelling, sensitive portrayal skillfully captured the essence of Dr. Richard Kimble's plight. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 1965, and was nominated in 1966. He was nominated three times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in
8680-475: The independence of his people and the securing of aid for needy Indians. Gandhi was quoted in T.N. Jagadisan's 1965 publication Mahatma Gandhi Answers the Challenge of Leprosy : The political and journalistic world can boast of very few heroes who compare with Father Damien of Molokai. The Catholic Church, on the contrary, counts by the thousands those who, after the example of Fr. Damien, have devoted themselves to
8804-543: The infection but finally succumbed to the disease on 15 April 1889. Father Damien also had tuberculosis, which worsened his condition, but some believe the reason he volunteered in the first place was due to tuberculosis. Father Damien has been described as a " martyr of charity ". Damien De Veuster is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. In the Anglican Communion and other Christian denominations, Damien
8928-549: The lepers as equals. Father Damien also served as a priest during this time and spread the Catholic faith to the lepers; it is said that Father Damien told the lepers that despite what the outside world thought of them, they were always precious in the eyes of God. Some historians believed that Father Damien was a catalyst for a turning point for the community. Under his leadership, basic laws were enforced, shacks were upgraded and improved as painted houses, working farms were organized, and schools were established. At his request and of
9052-441: The lepers during their treatments, Damien completed several building projects and improved orphanages. Four volunteers arrived at Kalaupapa to help the ailing missionary: a Belgian priest, Louis Lambert Conrardy; a soldier, Joseph Dutton (an American Civil War veteran who left behind a marriage which had been broken by his alcoholism ); a male nurse from Chicago , James Sinnett; and Mother (now Saint) Marianne Cope , who had been
9176-437: The lepers, Father Damien remained on Molokaʻi. Many such accounts, however, overlook the roles of superintendents who were Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian. Pennie Moblo states that until the late 20th century, most historical reports of Damien's ministry revealed biases of Europeans and Americans, and nearly completely discounted the roles of the native residents on Molokaʻi. However, it could be asserted that Moblo does not account for
9300-419: The letter of the law, and hunts down his fugitive, even killing himself when he discovers that he cannot reconcile his tenets with the mercy Valjean shows him. Gerard, though, was portrayed externally as a man like Javert, but internally as more of a thinking man who could balance justice and duty. According to some of those who worked on the show, these parallels were not coincidental. Stanford Whitmore, who wrote
9424-410: The made-for-TV mini series S.O.S. Titanic as John Jacob Astor, playing opposite Beverly Ross as his wife, Madeleine. Though Janssen's scenes were cut from the final release, he also appeared as a journalist in the film Inchon , which he accepted to work with Laurence Olivier , who played General Douglas MacArthur . At the time of his death, Janssen had just begun filming a television movie playing
9548-414: The manhunt. The series finale, "The Judgment", has, in both parts, in addition to Gerard, Donna, Leonard, and the One-armed Man, also Diane Baker as a Kimble family friend from Stafford, Jean Carlisle, and she leaves arm-in-arm with Dr. Richard Kimble in the final scene of the series. Only the character of Dr. Richard Kimble is present onscreen in every episode; off-screen narrator William Conrad
9672-435: The minister's criticisms and he had it printed at his own expense. Stevenson's letter became the most famous account of Damien, featuring him in the role of a European who was aiding the native people. In his "6,000-word polemic," Stevenson praised Damien extensively, writing to Hyde: If that world at all remember you, on the day when Damien of Molokai shall be named a Saint, it will be in virtue of one work: your letter to
9796-437: The missionary's work. The Church of England sent food, medicine, clothing, and supplies to the settlement. It is believed that Damien never wore the royal medal, although it was placed by his side during his funeral. Father Damien worked in Hawaii for 16 years, providing comfort to the lepers of Kalaupapa. In addition to giving the people faith, he built homes for them and he treated them with his medical expertise. He prayed at
9920-493: The music supervisor to select as best suited for particular scenes. Also, an original " Dragnet "-type theme was used for Lt. Gerard. In the unreleased longer version of the show's pilot, a different (canned) music score was used in the opening and closing sequences. Also, several deleted scenes were shot, including one, with Lt. Gerard talking to Captain Carpenter, that was reshot. Quinn Martin felt it made Gerard out to be
10044-406: The name Fred Johnson in several episodes; first in the season-two episode "Escape into Black", where he works as a dishwasher using this name. In the season-three episode "Wife Killer", reporter Barbara Webb ( Janice Rule ) discovers that the One-armed Man carries a wide range of identifications using various names. As Fred Johnson, he has a membership in an athletic club, and a receipt for the sale of
10168-545: The next time comes: "He's stuck in my throat and I can't swallow him.") When Gerard finally captures Kimble in part one of "The Judgment", he does not gloat over the arrest, reflecting his respect for his adversary and possibly his recollections of Kimble's past attempts to save him and help others while on the run. "I'm sorry," he says. "You just ran out of time." His decision to give Kimble 24 hours to clear himself in part two of "The Judgment" also reflects that respect and his increasing doubts of Kimble's guilt regardless of
10292-421: The one-armed man. ("Still the same fairy tale", he sneers.) He also tells Kimble, "The truth is, you're still guilty before the law." Contributing to Gerard's obsession with re-capturing Kimble is the personal responsibility he feels for Kimble's escape, which happened while he was in Gerard's custody. As he remarks to an LA police captain in "The Judgment, Part 1", the show's penultimate episode, "I've lost
10416-555: The opening credits beginning with season two, and in a photograph in the episode "The Breaking of the Habit". He is seen infrequently in the first three seasons, and has almost no actual dialogue until season four, when his character begins to take a more prominent part in the plotline. The One-armed Man is aware that Kimble is after him, and frequently tips off the police as to Kimble's whereabouts, most notably in "Nobody Loses All The Time", when he telephones his girlfriend ( Barbara Baxley ) at
10540-595: The pandemic of HIV/AIDS, we should draw on the example of Father Damien’s resolve in answering the urgent call to heal and care for the sick." Several clinics and centers nationwide catering to HIV/AIDS patients bear his name. There is a chapel named for him and dedicated to people with HIV/AIDS, in St. Thomas the Apostle Hollywood , an Episcopal parish. The Damien The Leper Society is among charities named after him that work to treat and control leprosy. Damien House, Ireland,
10664-598: The part of Father Damien , the priest who dedicated himself to the leper colony on the island of Molokai , Hawaii. The part was eventually reassigned to actor Ken Howard of the CBS series The White Shadow . Janssen was married twice. His first marriage was to model and interior decorator Ellie Graham, whom he married in Las Vegas on August 25, 1958. They divorced in 1968. In 1975, he married actress and model Dani Crayne Greco. They remained married until Janssen's death. Janssen
10788-434: The pilot episode "Fear in a Desert City", says that he deliberately gave Kimble's nemesis a similar-sounding name to see if anyone would recognize the similarity between "Gerard" and "Javert". One who recognized the similarity was Barry Morse; he pointed out the connection to Quinn Martin , who admitted that The Fugitive was a "sort of modern rendition of the outline of Les Misérables ." Barry Morse accordingly went back to
10912-813: The priesthood on 21 May 1864, at what is now the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace . In 1865, Damien was assigned to the Catholic Mission in North Kohala on the island of Hawaiʻi . While he was serving in several parishes on Oʻahu, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was struggling with a labor shortage and a public health crisis. Many of the Native Hawaiian parishioners had high mortality rates due to infectious diseases such as leprosy (from which he later died), smallpox , cholera , influenza, syphilis, and whooping cough , brought to
11036-412: The protagonist never settled down anywhere, and second, why the protagonist tried to solve these problems himself instead of calling in the police. Casting a doctor as the protagonist also provided the series a wider "range of entry" into local stories, as Kimble's medical knowledge would allow him alone to recognize essential elements of the episode (e.g., subtle medical symptoms or an abused medicine), and
11160-607: The real killer. It had its antecedents in the Alfred Hitchcock movies The 39 Steps , Saboteur , and North by Northwest . The theme of a doctor in hiding for committing a major crime had also been depicted by James Stewart as the mysterious Buttons the Clown, who never removed his makeup, in The Greatest Show on Earth . Writer David Goodis claimed that the series was inspired by his 1946 novel Dark Passage , about
11284-719: The request of King Leopold III of Belgium and the Belgian government , Damien's body was returned to his native land in Belgium. It was transported aboard the Belgian ship Mercator . Damien was buried in Leuven, the historic university city which is close to the village where he was born. After Damien's beatification in June 1995, the remains of his right hand were returned to Hawaii and re-interred in his original grave on Molokaʻi. Father Damien had become internationally known before his death, because he
11408-462: The rest of Molokaʻi by a steep mountain ridge. From 1866 through 1969, about 8,000 Hawaiians were sent to the Kalaupapa peninsula for medical quarantine. The Royal Board of Health initially provided the quarantined people with food and other supplies, but it did not have the workforce and resources to offer proper health care. According to documents of that time, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi did not intend for
11532-475: The same." The One-armed Man is identified as Fred Johnson in the two-part series finale, "The Judgment". He is also referred to as Johnson in "The Ivy Maze" (where he is posing as Carl Stoker), and at one point, Fritz Simpson ( William Windom ) addresses him as Fred. (That episode is where Kimble, Gerard, and the One-armed Man all appear in the same scene for the first time). This is the only consistent name that they have to go by, and both Gerard and Kimble refer to
11656-400: The separation of civil authorities and religious authorities. As was customary in the time period, Father Damien's work was reported to Europeans and Americans in order to raise funds for the mission. How the colony was governed would be outside the scope of the written accounts and not important to raise funds for the charitable works of Father Damien. King David Kalākaua bestowed on Damien
11780-602: The series to begin with) composed and performed by Mark Heyes had to be commissioned to replace the musical cues in question, although Pete Rugolo’s main and end title themes were retained. The Fugitive premiered in the United States on September 17, 1963. Over the course of the show's four seasons, 120 episodes were produced, with the last original episode airing in the United States on August 29, 1967. The series aired Tuesdays at 10:00 pm on ABC. The two-part final episode, titled " The Judgment ", aired on Tuesdays, August 22 and 29, 1967. The one-armed man, going by
11904-642: The series was original Rugolo music. Library music (either from other classic TV shows or from stock music libraries, as was the case with The Adventures of Superman ) provided a majority of the episodes' scores. For example, Dominic Frontiere cues became common in season four; a keen listener could find oneself listening to such cues from the Outer Limits series during the climactic final episode of The Fugitive . Numerous ominous, dramatic, and suspenseful cues from The Twilight Zone episodes such as "The Invaders", among others, are used to strong effect throughout
12028-508: The series' two-part finale "The Judgment" (in part two, Donna mentions temporarily moving Billy in with his brother to accommodate a visitor). Although the whole family was introduced, only Donna and her family reappeared in subsequent episodes. Ray was not mentioned again in the show, and the third-season episode "Running Scared" dealt with Richard Kimble and his sister Donna reuniting to grieve over their father's death. In "The Survivors," Richard Kimble re-establishes contact with Helen's family,
12152-407: The series. The old pop songs "I'll Never Smile Again" and " I'll Remember April " each appear several times in the series, often associated with Kimble's deceased wife, Helen. What little original melody was actually written and recorded was built around a fast-paced tempo representing running music. Different variations, from sad to action-oriented, would be used, with many arrangements developed for
12276-588: The settlements to be penal colonies . Still, the Kingdom did not provide enough resources to support them. The Kingdom of Hawaii had planned for the lepers to be able to care for themselves and grow their crops. However, due to the effects of leprosy and the peninsula's local environmental conditions, this was impractical. By 1868, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia (1911), "Drunken and lewd conduct prevailed. The easy-going, good-natured people seemed wholly changed." While Bishop Louis Désiré Maigret ,
12400-539: The sons of Richard's sister Donna. Four episodes with two parts were aired over the course of the series, all of them featuring characters in both parts. "Never Wave Goodbye" features in both parts, in addition to Gerard, Susan Oliver as Karen Christian, Robert Duvall as her brother Eric, and Lee Philips as Dr. Ray Brooks, with Richard Kimble and Karen Christian falling in love, while Ray pines for Karen. "Angels Travel on Lonely Roads" has in both parts, in addition to Sister Veronica, Albert Salmi as Chuck Mathers,
12524-467: The television industry, David Janssen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located on the 7700 block of Hollywood Boulevard . Richard Kimble The Fugitive aired for four seasons, with 120 51-minute episodes produced. The first three seasons were filmed in black-and-white, while the fourth and final season was filmed in color. The series was nominated for five Emmy Awards and won
12648-428: The time of its airing in August 1967, the final episode of The Fugitive held the record for the greatest number of American homes to watch a series finale – 72 percent. In 1996 TV Guide ranked The Fugitive number 36 on its 50 Greatest Shows of All Time list. His films include: To Hell and Back , the biography of Audie Murphy , who was the most decorated American soldier of World War II; Hell to Eternity ,
12772-471: The time, but unlike virtually all primetime scripted series of the 1960s, no episode – not even "The Judgment" – received an original score (i.e. scored to picture); all the original music used for the series was composed by Rugolo and recorded in London before the series was filmed. In fact, many episodes had Rugolo as the sole credited composer for their scores, but only a fraction of all the music heard throughout
12896-683: The title of De Grootste Belg , chosen as "The Greatest Belgian" throughout that country's history , in polling conducted by the Flemish public broadcasting service, VRT . He ranked third on Le plus grand Belge ("The Greatest Belgian") in a poll by the French-speaking public channel RTBF . In 1952, the Picpus Fathers (SS .CC) opened the Damien Museum [ nl ] in Tremelo, Belgium, in
13020-404: The train wreck and his escape from custody, Richard Kimble moves from town to town, always trying to remain unobtrusive and unnoticed as he evades capture and tries to find the one-armed man. He adopts many nondescript aliases, and toils at low-paying, menial jobs (i.e. those that require no identification or security checks, and bring about little social attention). In many episodes, he comes across
13144-457: The treatments and said that he only wanted to be treated by Goto, who eventually became a good friend of Father Damien. Despite the fact that the illness was slowing his body down, Damien engaged in a flurry of activities during his last years. With his remaining time, he tried to advance and complete as many projects as possible. While he was continuing to spread the Catholic Faith and aid
13268-521: The truth and believes Johnson is going to Stafford to use the information for which he killed the bail bondsman. He persuades Gerard to give him 24 hours to clear himself, agreeing to turn himself in if he fails. Kimble's key evidence is the bail-bond slip signed by a man using the name Leonard Taft, the name of his sister Donna's husband. The man is actually the Tafts' neighbor, Stafford city planner Lloyd Chandler. Chandler learns from Donna that she had received
13392-519: The victims of leprosy. It is worthwhile to look for the sources of such heroism. In 1977, Pope Paul VI declared Father Damien to be venerable . On 4 June 1995, Pope John Paul II beatified him, by which he would be known by the official spiritual title of Blessed. On 20 December 1999, Jorge Medina Estévez , Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments , confirmed
13516-463: The voiceless and dignity to the sick. Four other individuals were canonized with Father Damien that the same day: Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński , Sister Jeanne Jugan , Father Francisco Coll Guitart and Rafael Arnáiz Barón . Damien is honored, together with Marianne Cope , with a feast day on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) on 15 April. In 2005, Damien was honored with
13640-528: Was Martin's first series as a producer, also contained both a narrator ( Walter Winchell ) and an announcer (Les Lampson), as did The New Breed , the first series QM Productions produced, with Dick Wesson as the announcer and Art Gilmore as the narrator. With 120 episodes and typically two or more guest stars per episode, the series offered a massive who's who of stars from stage and screen, character actors, and up-and-coming talent. Many guest stars appeared as different characters in multiple episodes. Here
13764-611: Was a heavy drinker, and a chain smoker who smoked up to four packs of cigarettes a day. He died from a sudden heart attack in the early morning of February 13, 1980, at his beachfront home in Malibu, California , at the age of 48. At the time of his death, Janssen was filming the television movie Father Damien . Janssen was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California . A non-denominational funeral
13888-478: Was also considered incurable, and he was seeking some relief for it. Moved by Damien's story, he became interested in the priest's controversy and went to Molokaʻi for eight days and seven nights. Stevenson wanted to learn more about Damien at the place where he had worked. He spoke with residents of various religious backgrounds in order to learn more about Damien's work. Based on his conversations and observations, he wrote an open letter to Hyde in which he addressed
14012-646: Was besides a little suspicious of Catholic testimony, in no ill sense, but merely because Damien’s admirers and disciples were the least likely to be critical. I know you will be more suspicious still, and the facts set down above were one and all collected from the lips of Protestants who had opposed the father in his life. Yet I am strangely deceived, or they build up the image of a man, with all his weakness, essentially heroic, and alive with rugged honesty, generosity, and mirth. Mahatma Gandhi said that Father Damien's work had inspired his social campaigns in India, leading to
14136-519: Was born on March 27, 1931, in Naponee , a village in Franklin County in southern Nebraska . His father was Harold Edward Meyer, a banker, and his mother, Berniece Graf, was formerly Miss Nebraska and a Ziegfeld girl . Following his parents' divorce in 1935, his mother moved with David to Los Angeles and married Eugene Janssen in 1940. David used his stepfather's name after he entered the show business as
14260-463: Was held at the Jewish chapel of the cemetery on February 17. Suzanne Pleshette delivered the eulogy at the request of Janssen's widow. Milton Berle , Johnny Carson , Tommy Gallagher, Richard Harris , Stan Herman , Rod Stewart , and Gregory Peck were among Janssen's pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers included Jack Lemmon , George Peppard , James Stewart , and Danny Thomas . For his contribution to
14384-412: Was merely an instrument of the law ... and am -- and Dr. Kimble must be found. In "Never Wave Goodbye Pt. I", he states again, "The law pronounced him guilty, not me." In "Nightmare at Northoak" and "Wife Killer", he states with certainty that the one-armed man does not exist and that Kimble is guilty; in "Corner of Hell", even after his own Kimble-like experience, he still scoffs at the existence of
14508-551: Was mistakenly being given credit for reforms which had actually been implemented by the Board of Health. Without consulting Hyde, Gage had the letter published in a San Francisco newspaper, generating comment and controversy in the US and Hawaiʻi. Later in 1889, the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and his family arrived in Hawaii for an extended stay. He had tuberculosis , a disease which
14632-491: Was near. He was bedridden on 23 March 1889, and on 30 March, he made a general confession. Damien died of leprosy at 8:00 a.m. on 15 April 1889, at the age of 49. The next day, after the Mass was said by Father Moellers at St. Philomena's, the whole settlement followed the funeral cortège to the cemetery. Damien was laid to rest under the same pandanus tree where he first slept upon his arrival on Molokaʻi. In January 1936, at
14756-476: Was recognized for his ministry, which he led from 1873 until his death in 1889, in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi to people with leprosy (Hansen's disease), who lived in government-mandated medical quarantine in a settlement on the Kalaupapa Peninsula of Molokaʻi . During this time, he taught the Catholic faith to the people of Hawaii. Father Damien also cared for the patients and established leaders within
14880-457: Was revealed to have been strangled. This is not the method of choice for a man with only one arm; accordingly, this detail was later retconned , with the murder having been committed due to blunt force trauma with a lamp. (In the pilot episode, "Fear in a Desert City," Richard Kimble does state that he found his wife Helen "beaten to death.") The One-armed Man was rarely seen in the series, appearing in person in only 10 episodes. He also appears in
15004-407: Was seen as a symbolic Christian figure who spent his life caring for the afflicted natives. His superiors thought that Damien lacked education and finesse but they considered him to be "an earnest peasant hard at work in his own way for God." News of his death on 15 April was quickly carried across the globe by the modern communications of the time, by steamship to Honolulu and California, telegraph to
15128-537: Was still alive in 2016. In April 2008, the Holy See accepted the two cures as evidence of Father Damien's sanctity. On 2 June 2008, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints voted to recommend raising Father Damien of Molokaʻi to sainthood. The decree that officially notes and verifies the miracle needed for canonization was approved by Pope Benedict XVI and promulgated by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins on 3 July 2008, with
15252-467: Was that moments before discovering his wife's body, he encountered a man running from the vicinity of his home. A man with one arm. A man who has not yet been found. Richard Kimble ponders his fate as he looks at the world for the last time, and sees only darkness. But in that darkness, fate moves its huge hand. Viewers were not offered the full details of Dr. Richard Kimble's plight until episode 14, "The Girl from Little Egypt". A series of flashbacks reveals
15376-526: Was the name that he used before killing Helen Kimble, when he would presumably have had no need to adopt an alias. Bill Raisch played a bitter war veteran who starts a bar fight with Kirk Douglas ' John W. Burns in the 1962 film Lonely are the Brave . The role was a natural lead-in to his part in The Fugitive. In season one, episode 15, Billy Mumy and Clint Howard appear in roles as Richard Kimble's nephews,
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