- Hong Kong (TV series)
Infobox Television
show_name = Hong Kong
caption =
genre = Adventure/Drama
creator =Robert Buckner
starring =Rod Taylor Lloyd Bochner
theme_music_composer =Lionel Newman
country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 27 (26 + pilot)
producer =Herbert Hirschman Fletcher Markle Art Wallace
runtime = 60 mins.
channel = ABC
picture_format =Black-and-white
audio_format =Monaural
first_aired =September 28 , 1960
last_aired =September 27 , 1961"Hong Kong" is a 26-episode adventure/drama series which aired on ABC
television during the 1960–1961 season and helped to catapultAustralian actor Rod Taylor into a majorfilm star, primarily in the 1960s, beginning with his role inAlfred Hitchcock 's "The Birds ". The series was a production of20th Century Fox Television .ynopsis
"Hong Kong" was set in the then British Crown Colony of
Hong Kong . Taylor portrayed Glenn Evans, an Americanjournalist who worked in the exoticFar Eastern city. His search for stories led him into encounters withsmuggler s,murder ers, drug peddlers, and mysterious women who disappear behind beaded curtains. Taylor’s principal costar wasLloyd Bochner , who portrayed Chief Inspector Neil Campbell."Hong Kong" was loosely based on the film "Soldier of Fortune", which had
Michael Rennie in the Lloyd Bochner role andJack Kruschen as Tully. The series premiered on Wednesday,September 28 , 1960, and ceased new episodes onMarch 29 , 1961; repeats continued untilSeptember 27 . "Hong Kong" ran oppositeNBC ’s "Wagon Train ", when midway in the seasonWard Bond died in Dallas, and his trail boss character, Seth Adams, was succeeded without explanation byJohn McIntire as Chris Hale.CBS at the hour offered the short-lived "The Aquanauts ", renamed at mid-season as "Malibu Run". [1960–1961 American network television schedule, Wednesdays.]Cast
* Rod Taylor....Glenn Evans
* Lloyd Bochner....Neil Campbell
* Harold Fong....Ahting
* Gerald Jann....Ling
* Jack Kruschen....Tully
* Mai Tai Sing....Ching MeiNotable guest stars
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Joan Caulfield
*Joanna Cook Moore
*Felicia Farr
*Rhonda Fleming
*Anne Francis
*Beverly Garland
*James Hong
*Susan Kohner
*Bethel Leslie
*Julie London
*Dina Merrill
*Suzanne Pleshette
*Gia Scala
*Pippa Scott Main crew
Writers
* Robert Buckner
* Sidney Ellis
*Fred Freiberger
* Abram S. Ginnes
* Stanley Hough
* John T. Kelley
*Jonathan Latimer
* Donn Mullally
*Louis Pelletier
*Michael Pertwee
* Jan WintersDirectors
* Justus Addiss
* Bud Boetticher
* Walter Doniger
*Charles F. Haas
*Ida Lupino
*Christian Nyby
* John Peyser
*Stuart Rosenberg
*Boris Sagal
* Don TaylorEpisode list
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