Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Blue Knight' from 1970-1982:
- George Kennedy as Bumper Morgan (1975-1976)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Blue Knight':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
May 9, 1975: Pilot
Season 0, episode 1
W: Albert Ruben D: J. Lee Thompson
With Alex Rocco (Detective Charley Bronski), Glynn Turman (Edwin Beall), Verna Bloom (Moody Larkin), Michael Margotta (Frank Zugarelli), Seth Allen (Piskor), John Steadman (Wimpey), Rick Hurst (Detective Harriman), Bart Burns (Randy), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Leroy 'Tank' Whittier), Marc Alaimo (Dutchman), Eric Christmas (Joel Stebbins), Hoke Howell (Coggins).
Reaching his last week on the force before retirement, Bumper decides to devote his time to searching for a fellow officer's killer.
December 17, 1975: Two To Make Deadly
Season 1, episode 1
W: Don Letney, Herman Groves D: Paul Krasny
With Vic Tayback (Lou Gilmore), Bill Fletcher (Raymond Tolar), Robert DoQui (Willie Moore), Morgan Paull (Phil Davis), Eddie Firestone (Harmony), Michael Baseleon, Claire Brennan (Carole), Claudia Bryar (Mrs. Bridger), Angus Duncan (Sgt. Willoughby), Richard Foronjy (Bartender), Ross Elliott (Rice), Booth Colman (Coroner).
Bumper's beat becomes a powder keg of murder and theft when two hoods decide it would be safer to rob other lawbreakers.
Season 1, episode 2
D: Ralph Senensky
With Janet MacLachlan (Beth Willard), Carl Crudup (Sandy Willard), Jonathan Lippe (Tessler), Paul Comi (Stuchman), Aneta Corsaut (Vera), Warren Kemmerling (Lt. Gillis), Michael O'Keefe (Scooter).
Bumper Morgan wounds a suspected mugger, then tangles with the injured man's fiercely protective sister, an attorney who won't believe that her brother is a criminal.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Anthony Lawrence D: Daniel Haller
With Anjanette Comer (Reba), Charles Aidman (Aaron Kosslyn), Dick Davalos (Vern), Ron Harper (Bronski), Joseph Ruskin (Zoot), Lee Paul (Tommy), Harry Lauter (Watch Commander).
When the mistress of a sadistic crime boss tries to leave him he beats her up, and vice officers ask Bumper Morgan's help in using the incident to persuade the girl to lead them to her long wanted boyfriend.
Season 1, episode 4
D: Robert Scheerer
With Ina Balin (Gwen Foster), Alan Manson (Frawley), Leigh Christian (Linda Wilder), Bruce Glover (Jay Stoll), Victor Mohica (Martinez), John Steadman (Wimpey), Byron Morrow (Brogan).
Bumper discovers that a high style fashion firm, headed by a shrewd woman designer, is the front for a smoothly-operated narcotics trade.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Oliver Crawford, Irv Pearlberg D: Gordon Hessler
With Katherine Helmond (Mrs. Stryker), Bill Fletcher (Dutch Kroner), Sam Edwards (Hotel Clerk), Woodrow Parfrey (Billy), Art Lund, Don 'Red' Barry (Rusk).
A deranged ex-con, blaming Bumper Morgan for putting him behind bars, hires a killer to carry out his revenge.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Peter Dixon D: Richard Benedict
With Oliver Clark (Charley), Anthony Geary, Vince Howard (McDonald), Harry Lauter (Watch Commander), Suzanne Charny (Adele), Tom Castronova (Fence), Ben Frank (Max), John Steadman (Wimpy).
Bumper Morgan sets out to track down a mentally deranged hotel sneak thief.
Season 1, episode 7
D: Don McDougall
With Al Ruscio (Arenda), James A. Watson Jr. (Candy Man), Marc Alaimo (Detective Akers), Skip Homeier (Klipsinger), John Milford (Sgt. Bevins), Sheila Larken (Chris), Gloria Hendry (Martha May).
After arresting a major drug pusher, Bumper finds the man is apparently immune to the law when federal narcotics agents put him back on the street.
Season 1, episode 8
With William Smith (Lyman), Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (Santos), Carmen Zapata (Lupe), Ted Gehring (Lt. Capp), Edward James Olmos (Clemente), Lee Weaver (Frank Moseley), Jason Wingreen (Niarchos), Pepe Callahan (Sgt. Rivera), Hal Baylor (Anglo).
The savage beating of an elderly gambler sets Bumper on the trail of a loan shark and his sadistic henchman.
Season 1, episode 9
With David Opatoshu (Kashman), Jacqueline Scott (Ida), Jonathan Lippe (Lansky), Mel Novak (Steve), John Lisbon Wood (Tonto), Jason Bernard (Bosco), Robert Doyle (Buzzy), Mary Margaret Lewis (Lisa).
Eager to catch an elusive thief, Bumper reluctantly uses a small-time hood as an informant.
Season 1, episode 10
With Edie Adams (Torchy), Jack Somack (Mort Kalish), Lonny Chapman (Mali), Bill Zuckert (Henry), Hoke Howell (Boxcar Bob), Sidney Clute (William Daly), Jerry Hausner (Myron), Robert F. Hoy (Clip).
Gunmen are holding up eveybody on Bumper Morgan's beat -- including his girlfriend -- and detectives belittle him at every turn.
Season 1, episode 11
W: William Blanks D: Daniel Haller
With Jason Ronard (Orville Voss), Frederick Herrick (Jess Petrie), Jason Bernard (Detective Bosco), J.S. Johnson (Lumbar), Lee Weaver (Mose), Richard X. Slattery (Gun Shop Owner), Walter Brooke, Phillip Pine (Sgt. Newman), Kelly Thordsen (Bartender).
A dangerous criminal, armed with a stolen anti-tank gun, goes looking for a big score with his reluctant sidekick as Bumper tries to find him.
Season 1, episode 12
D: Harry Harris
With Joanna Moore (Molly), John Crawford (Sally G.), Jerry Douglas (Timekeeper), Leonard Stone (Counselor), Kelly Thordsen (Marvin), Christina Hart (Kiki).
Bumper's campaign to close a hangout for crooks pits him against a hood who tries to trap him with a pretty girl.
Season 1, episode 13
With Salome Jens (Christine Barnes), Harold Sakata (Car Smasher), James Whitmore Jr. (Jim), Anthony Eisley (Ralph Purcell), Regis Cordic (Advocate), Ross Elliott (Sgt. Rice), John Steadman (Wimpy), Paul Sorensen (Angelo Covelli), Angus Duncan (Sgt. Willoughby).
Bumper demonstrates to his partner that "everybody needs attention" after a massage parlor manager files a false complaint that threatens his badge.
September 22, 1976: Bullseye
Season 2, episode 1
W: E. Arthur Kean
With Gary Lockwood (Officer Macy), Elisha Cook Jr. (Spinks), Robert Hays (Officer Wells), Nicolas Coster (Dock Katella), Joshua Shelley (Erwin), Charles Siebert (Sgt. Cabe).
Season premiere. A trigger-happy cop forces Bumper into an all-out battle by endangering a valuable informer.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Robert C. Dennis
With Robert Hays (Officer Wells), Paul Sylvan (Detective DeVera), Lee Weaver (Mose), Bill Vint (Ray), Douglas Fowley (Noodles), Sharon Cintron (Hooker), Penelope Milford (Irma), Paul Jenkins (Detective Gerson).
Police machinery is hard to stop when evidence points to an old wino as a cop killer.
Season 2, episode 3
With Henry Brown (Cuban), Gerald McRaney (Steinmetz), Barbara Rhoades (Carrie Williamson), Robert Hays (Officer Wells), Jeff Goldblum (Daggett), Sandra de Bruin (Party Guest), P.J. Soles (Minnesota), Robert Symonds (Tiny), Frank Lupo (Pepe Marquez).
Bumper stirs up trouble on his beat when he tries to steer a young girl into a safer life.
Season 2, episode 4
D: Harvey Laidman
With Robert Hays (Officer Wells), Rudy Ramos (Arguello), Sherry Jackson (Mrs. Bonner), Joshua Bryant (Sgt. Rainey), Art Hindle (Conrad).
An overeager young cop shoots and kills a suspect, then hints that Bumper was afraid to fire. (Last show of the series.)