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Willie
Aames ("Eight
is Enough") - Appeared twice, as a youngster whose football is squished
by armed robbers, and one of two boys from Montana who steal some camping
equipment and attempt to hitch their way back to Montana (home).
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Jed
Allen - plays "Reno West," an elusive ex-con
who tests Reed & Malloy as a burglary suspect in several episodes.
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Army
Archerd - plays a reporter in the "Foothill
Division" episode.
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Ed
Begley Jr., ("St. Elsewhere") as a "punk"
teenager in the "Million Dollar Buff" episode.
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Karen
Black (Actress) - plays in the episode "Producer."
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David
Cassidy ("The Partridge Family") - plays a
teenaged neighbor of Reed's in a couple of episodes.
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Dick
Clark ("American Bandstand"/TV Producer) plays
the owner of a drag strip who gives some car clubs a place to drag.
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Robert
Conrad - appeared as a LA County Assistant
District Attorney helping Reed & Malloy serve a warrant.
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Ellen
Corby - ("Grandma Walton" of the "Waltons")
played in several episodes.
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Aneta
Corsaut (The Andy Griffith Show) plays Malloy's
girlfriend in the "Lady's Night" & "Something Worth Dying For" episodes.
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Scatman
Crothers [1910-1986] - ("The Shining") as
an old guy who leads Reed & Malloy to a stolen property ring.
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Tony
Dow ( "Wally" of "Leave It To Beaver") as
a Marine Corporal victimized by theft ring of young women who steal cars.
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Micky
Dolenz ("The Monkees") Plays a biker in a
biker group suspected of being purse snatchers in the episode "Dirt Duel."
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Donna
Douglas ("Ellie May Clampett - Beverly Hillbillies")
plays a snobby rich woman who reports a prowler.
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Jodie
Foster (Oscar
Winning Actor/Director) as a schoolchild.
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Art
Gilmore (Lieutenant Moore) - Played Lt. Moore
in the series, appeared in all of the early episodes (1968-69).
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Sharon
Gless - ("Cagney & Lacey") played a Deputy
D.A. in an episode.
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- Wrote the most of the
"Adam-12" episodes, and appeared several times in the series; "Buff" episode,
a bank robber taking Reed hostage ("Trouble in the Bank"), a wanted murderer,
and crooked Auto Wrecker ("G.T.A."). Mr. Gordon was a character actor (Night
of the Grizzly) and very popular in the 60's and 70's, and most recently
was seen in the Mel Gibson movie "Maverick" as a poker player in 1995.
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Deidre
Hall - (Of Soap Opera Fame) plays a very young
nurse in one episode at Rampart General Hospital.
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Mark
Harmon ("St. Elsewhere") played a rookie officer
teamed up with Reed while Malloy subs for Sgt. MacDonald in 1974.
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June
Lockhart ("Lassie",
"Lost in Space") plays a mom whose son is juvenile delinquent in a two-parter
episode - "Camp."
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Trini
Lopez - played
a priest serving latino gangs.
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Marco
Lopez - (L.A. Firefighter Lopez of "EMERGENCY!")
Played Officer Sanchez in the early episodes of 1968 through 1969.
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Randolph
Mantooth (John Gage - "Emergency")
portrayed as a stable hand in 1970, as well as a cameo appearance as John
Gage.
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Tim
Matheson (Animal House) played a horse thief
in an episode from 1969.
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- (Kent's Daughter) plays the
witness to Malloy's kidnapping in the "Operation Action" episode.
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- (Martin's Daughter) - plays
the daughter of a store owner wounded during an armed robbery.
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- (Martin's Son) acted as a
stunt rider in the pursuit of a mini-bike through a neighborhood (Northeast
Division').
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Ed
Nelson - appeared in the "Clinic on Eighteenth
Street" episode as the lead officer in special unit of the DA's Office.
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Ozzie
Nelson [1907-1975] (Actor/Director/Producer/Writer)
Played a store owner in an episode he directed.
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Kip
Niven - appeared as Malloy's rookie partner
while Reed is on light duty for a hand injury. Encounters include a car
chase and a bomb threat to the Station.
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Jayne
Meadows (Wife of Comedian Steve Allen) plays
an eccentric lady who blows a stop sign right in front of Reed & Malloy.
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Butch
Patrick ("Eddie" of the "Munsters") plays
a young thief encouraged by mom to steal for her, and a troubled youth
who slashes the Adam-12 patrol car's tires on a visit to an elementary
school.
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Jo
Ann Pflug - (M*A*S*H* - "Lt. Dish") - Partnered
with Reed, plays the first women put on the show as a regular patrol officer.
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Frank
Sinatra Jr. - played a fellow officer &
Deputy District Attorney prosecuting a "quack" doctor in another episode.
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Laurette
Spang - plays the victim of an obscence phone
caller who is assaulted by the psycho.
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G.D.
Spradlin - plays a credit card forger in the
"Harbor Division" episode.
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Andrew
Stevens - played an Explorer Scout who repairs
Reed's television set.
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Kevin
Tighe - (Roy DeSoto - "Emergency")
plays his character from "Emergency" in a cameo appearance.
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Lindsay
Wagner (Jamie
Summers - "Bionic Woman") portrayed as a jewelry counter clerk.
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Michael
Warren ("Hill Street Blues/Officer Bobby Hill")
played a Marine in the LA International Airport episode, ripped off by
a pickpocket.
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Johnny
Whittaker (Family Affair) - plays a youth
who leads Reed & Malloy in a long pursuit on a mini-bike.
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Jo
Ann Worley ("Laugh-In" 1968-70) - played a
roller-derby bomber queen who takes a liking to Malloy.
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Barry
Williams (Greg of the "Brady Bunch") played
as a character "kid" in several of the early episodes.
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Tom
Williams (Adam-12 Producer / 1968-1975) Played
the voice of the male dispatcher, and appeared as a drunk blowing into
a "breathalizer" in Log 122.