Ironside (TV series)

Ironside (broadcast under the name A Man Called Ironside in the United Kingdom) was the name of a television series which ran on NBC from 1967 to 1975.

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United Kingdom - Television series - NBC - 1967 - 1975

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The show starred Raymond Burr as former Chief Detective Robert Ironside, who became a consultant to the San Francisco police department after a sniper's bullet paralyzed him from the waist down confining him to a wheelchair.

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Raymond Burr - San Francisco - Police - Sniper - Wheelchair

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One of the longer-running police dramas of the day, the series featured appearances by a number of actors who would go on to become Hollywood stars, such as Harrison Ford.

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Hollywood - Harrison Ford

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Burr and the rest of the cast reunited for a made-for-TV movie in 1993 which aired not long before Burr's death. Burr was starring in an ongoing series of Perry Mason TV movies at the time, so in order to make himself look less like the other character, he died his hair red and shaved off his beard for the Ironside movie. Unlike the original series, which took place in San Fransisco, the reunion took place in Denver, Colorado.

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Perry Mason - Denver, Colorado

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The series is remembered for Quincy Jones's theme music, which would later play a major role in the Quentin Tarantino film, Kill Bill.

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Quincy Jones - Quentin Tarantino - Kill Bill

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