Morgan appeared in the 1987 movie spoof of "Dragnet," again as Bill Gannon but promoted to captain. * Friday's badge number was 714, said to commemorate the number of career home runs hit by Babe ...

Eventually, “Dragnet” inspired Parker to keep using ... Whenever you see cop shows use badges of real-life police departments, those shows paid a fee to have them appear on the show.

With apologies to Sgt. Joe Friday, TV's take on law enforcement has changed since the dreary days of "Dragnet." Dapper detectives and stunning investigators solve crimes from the sandy shores of ...

You throw a party and that badge gets in the way ... Friday never actually said "Just the Facts, M'am" on an episode of Dragnet. Before video teleprompters became standard, dialog was offered ...

Dragnet wasn’t just wildly popular with the ... The department provided him full police honors at his funeral and retired his badge number.

Once Webb had recorded the pilot episode of Dragnet, he ran it by the Los Angeles ... After Webb’s death the LAPD retired his badge number, 714, and ordered flags at its headquarters to be ...

This thick silver, gold and blue metal badge was worn by Jack Webb, the plain-talking cyborg-like police officer on the 1960s television series “Dragnet.” Sure, Sherrard – who carried a gun ...

Before Law and Order or NCIS (or any of their gajillion spinoffs, for that matter), there was one crime drama franchise that set the benchmark for excellence on television: Dragnet. First created ...