If any television series past or present could be called a tribute to the Los Angeles Police Department, it would be Jack Webb’s Dragnet. Dragnet ran on television in the 1950s and then several years ...

Jack Webb spent years working in radio and television. In fact, he worked up until the moment he died in December 1982 and left a project unfinished. Even with a variety of works under his belt, Webb ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Herb Ellis, an actor and director known for helping Jack Webb create the iconic TV series Dragnet, died Dec. 26 in San Gabriel, ...

Friday marks the opening of “Noir City: Chicago,” the weeklong festival of film noir presented by Music Box and the Film Noir Foundation. This is the ninth annual edition, which should give you some ...

Actor Herb Ellis, known for collaborating with Jack Webb to create the iconic TV series “Dragnet” died on Dec. 26 at age 97. Deadline reports that Ellis passed away in San Gabriel, California just ...

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Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf bring you the best from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre, May 29th, 2016 show. Tonight, we spotlight Jack Webb in “Dragnet: the Flowerland Roof Murder” ...

Herb Ellis, a veteran character actor who helped Jack Webb create the legendary cop show 'Dragnet,' has died. He was 97. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Herb Ellis, a veteran character actor who helped ...