Rocky King Detective

When the series began in 1950 it was seen on nine DuMont stations, and budget limitations forced its star, Roscoe Karns to change in the men’s restroom.During the final two seasons, Karns' real life son Todd portrayed King's partner Detective Hart.DuMont always suffered from limited funds, and in an early episode Carney was asked to play both the detective’s wife and a woman connected to the crime being investigated.Since the thirty-minute series was broadcast live there wasn’t time for Carney to change her clothing and make-up, so she spoke her Mabel lines offscreen.Detective King and his assistants sometimes missed clues, or failed to arrest suspects in a timely manner, but the audience appreciated that the characters were depicted as being fallible.
Actioncrime dramapolice proceduralRoscoe KarnsEarl HammondTodd KarnsGrace CarneyWilbur StarkDuMont Television NetworkkinescopeUCLA Film and Television ArchivebookieWesley KenneyJack KlugmanList of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television NetworkList of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts1951-52 United States network television schedule1952-53 United States network television schedule1953-54 United States network television scheduleInternet Archive