Creator
Stephen J. Cannell
- Titles
- 49movies49TV shows
- Career
Active from 1968 to 2007, busiest in 1991 with 6 main titles.
- Directed
- 3titles as director
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
Wiseguy: Pilot84/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime7.4average 3.7
- Nostalgia6.3average 3.7
- Mystery6.0average 4.1
- Violence5.3average 4.2
- Adrenaline5.9average 4.9
- Wit & Wordplay4.6average 3.7
- Contemporary Realism6.3average 5.4
- Situational Comedy3.6average 2.7
Rarely in their work
- Melancholy2.8, average 4.7
- Wonder1.9, average 3.4
- Coming of Age1.5, average 3.0
- Pathos3.9, average 5.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 8
- Crime Solving 4
- Procedural 3
- Classic TV 3
- Fast-Paced 3
- Character-Driven Mystery 3
- Classic Police Procedural 3
- Nostalgic Television 3
- Urban Setting 3
- Law Enforcement 3
- Gritty Crime Drama 3
- Episodic 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
James Whitmore Jr.ActorRenegade, The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A., The Gypsy Warriors, The Chinese Typewriter
Joe SantosActorThe Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A., The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play, The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime, The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
James GarnerActorThe Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A., The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play, The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime, The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise- PPamela MaloufEditorThe Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A., The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play, The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime, The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
- GGeorge R. RohrsEditorDr. Scorpion, The Last Precinct, Wiseguy: Pilot, Brothers-in-Law
- MMike PostComposerThe Gypsy Warriors, Dead Above Ground, The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
Hy AverbackDirectorThe Night Rider, Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours, The Last Precinct
Fred DryerActorHunter: Return to Justice, Hunter: Back in Force
Frank GrilloActorHunter: Return to Justice, Hunter: Back in Force
Dennis WeaverActorGreyhounds, Stone
Stepfanie KramerActorHunter: Return to Justice, Hunter: Back in Force
Tom SelleckActorThe Gypsy Warriors, The Chinese Typewriter
Movies and TV shows
562010s
3 titles · average score 69
Executive Producer, Original Series Creator
Producer, Original Series Creator
Producer, Characters
2000s
14 titles · average score 49
TV show · as Stephen J. Cannell
Producer
as Frank Stone
TV show · as Radio Executive
Producer
Producer, Teleplay
Producer
Executive Producer, Story
Story, Executive Producer
as Carl Hadden
Producer
as Frank Hubbard
1990s
17 titles · average score 57
TV show · as J. Gunnar Halloran
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Creator, Supervising Producer
Story, Screenplay
TV show · as Jackson Burley
TV show · as Donald 'Dutch' Dixon
Executive Producer, Writer
TV show
1980s
9 titles · average score 64
as The Coroner
Executive Producer, Writer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer, Writer
Writer
Executive Producer, Writer
Executive Producer
TV show · as Security Chief Ray Lemon
Executive Producer, Teleplay
1970s
13 titles
Writer, Executive Producer
Writer, Executive Producer
Writer, Executive Producer
Executive Producer, Writer
Creator, Writer
Screenplay, Story
Writer
Executive Producer, Writer
Executive Producer, Writer
Writer, Associate Producer
Producer