#State trooper tv show series#
While he starred on TV in three different series throughout the ‘50s, he continued to star in theatrical westerns and action films. Signing with Universal, his screen success was assured. the Black Dragon” and “Secret Service in Darkest Africa”. He first starred in two ‘43 Republic serials, “G-Men Vs. After high school, Rod held numerous jobs and traveled extensively, ending up in Hollywood where his rugged 6' 5" frame landed him work as Fred MacMurray’s stand-in which led to uncredited roles beginning in ‘39 as a stuntman or double. Aspiring to be a lawman with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as a boy, those dreams were thwarted as the family moved to Brooklyn when Rod was eleven. Top flight writers such as Barry Shipman and directors like Earl Bellamy, Bill Witney and Richard Irving were also employed.īorn Nathan Roderick Cox in Calgary, Canada, December 7, 1910, Cameron was the son of a Presbyterian minister. Good budgets allowed for solid guest stars-Angie Dickinson, Robert Vaughn, Merry Anders, Don Haggerty, Michael Landon, Chris Alcaide, Amanda Blake, Myron Healey, Ian MacDonald, Dick Foran, Gregg Palmer, Leo Gordon, James Coburn, Kasey Rogers, Jack Kelly, DeForest Kelly, Carolyn Jones, Doug Fowley, Penny Edwards, Claude Akins, Lee Van Cleef, Roy Barcroft, Ted DeCorsia, Jan Merlin, Mike Connors and others. Besides Cameron, the only other semi-regular cast member was old vet Robert Armstrong who often appeared as Sheriff Ed Anderson (“Andy”). With a total of 104 episodes produced, “State Trooper” was syndicated by Revue with various TV outlets airing the episodes at dissimilar start dates, some as late as 1958 and at various times on their program schedules. (“City Detective” ‘53-‘55 was Cameron’s first series and “Coronado 9” ‘59-‘60 was his third.) Not finding a network berth, the half hour b/w series was sold into syndication, with the first episode, “The Red Badge of Death”, airing in many locales on September 25, 1956.Īn astute businessman, “State Trooper” was the second of three percentage-of-profits deals between Cameron and talent-agency MCA.
“Killer on Horseback”, the pilot for “State Trooper” with Claude Akins and Beverly Garland, aired February 3, 1956, as an episode of NBC’s anthology series “Star Stage”. One episode, “Fury on Fremont Street” (8/9/57), featured the Las Vegas Heldorado Days parade, showing former B-cowboy Rex Bell’s stageline. With a decent budget, many episodes utilized Nevada locations such as Virginia City, Lake Tahoe, Tonopah, Carson City and Reno. But, when necessary, Rod took to horseback to capture the lawbreakers. Reportedly based on actual case histories, “State Trooper” was concerned with the west of the ‘50s, utilizing all the modern methods of law enforcement-car radios, finger print analysis, helicopters and roadblocks. It says officers are allowed to use physical strength to control the suspect Stopping on two or 3 times, it looks like an emotional reaction.Although Rod Cameron had established himself in movies as a western star, the closest he came to duplicating that on TV was on “State Trooper”, a contemporary western series that cast him as chief investigator Rod Blake of the Nevada State Police. They say the officer used it because he was unaware if Lucas was still armed after he allegedly ignored several verbal commands. State patrol says what appears to be a stump as a technique called a foot strike. Well if the man had dropped the pistol, I'm not clear on how he was a life threatening Georgia. They say the officer deployed his taser twice hitting Lucas once before stomping and arresting him. The chase ending at a nearby apartment complex where Lucas has seen on video running from the trooper, Gsp says the troopers saw a gun fall out of Lucas waistband. He led police on a short chase getting out on foot after turning on Edgewood Avenue. I found the men in the video is 27 year old Demarco Lucas Gsp says sunday's incident started as a traffic stop when a trooper saw Lucas driving on 75 85 without a seatbelt. I'm an activist that speaks out about police brutality, says he couldn't believe the trooper's actions when he viewed the video and luckily social media took a stance and people recorded situation or else we wouldn't even have known about another young black man being stomped on by law enforcement. It's absolutely heartbreaking to me that this sort of thing goes on.
You have someone on the ground already, there's no need to stop on them. It was two strikes with the foot that has witnesses of the cell phone video saying the actions of this Georgia.
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