Broderick Crawford
Chief Dan Mathews
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- 1. Prison Break Oct 3, 1955
- A vicious prison escapee ambushes a highway officer and steals his gun and uniform.
- 2. Machine Story Copter Oct 10, 1955
- Two men steal a giant computer and ask for $100,000 in ransom.
- 3. Reckless Driving Oct 17, 1955
- Tragedy strikes when impatient traveling salesman refuses to slow down.
Highway Patrol: With Broderick Crawford, Art Gilmore, William Boyett, Vance Skarstedt. Powerful patrol cars, fast motorcycles, and superheterodyne two-way radios combine to fight crime on the rural highways of America's wide open spaces.
- (1.5K)
- 1955-09
- Action, Crime, Drama
- 30
Highway Patrol stars Broderick Crawford as Dan Mathews, [1] the gruff and dedicated head of a police force in an unidentified Western state. [citation needed] . Mathews had "no particular title — just the boss," Crawford said. [3] The program was "based on authentic stories from the files of highway patrol headquarters throughout the country." [4]
- Action / Police Crime Drama
Highway Patrol. In 1955, television producer Frederick Ziv of ZIV Television Productions offered Crawford the lead role as "Dan Mathews" in the police drama Highway Patrol, which dramatized law enforcement activities of the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
Actor: All the King's Men. Broderick Crawford is best remembered for two roles: his Oscar-winning turn as Willie Stark in All the King's Men (1949) and as Chief Dan Mathews on the syndicated TV series Highway Patrol (1955).
- January 1, 1
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- January 1, 1
- Rancho Mirage, California, USA
This photo shows her in an episode of the CBS TV series The Web (1950). More info is available at tvtome and imdb . Crawford became one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the era to make the jump to television. He signed to do the series Highway Patrol for Ziv TV, which was a hit for four seasons.
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Broderick Crawford played himself on CHiPs season 1 episode called Hustle (1977), being pulled over for running a stop sign and explaining to Officer Jon Baker ( Larry Wilcox ), "You know, I was making those Highway Patrol shows long before you were born."
Highway Patrol - Where to Watch and Stream - TV Guide. 1955 -2012. 9 Seasons. Syndicated. Drama. TVG. Watchlist. Chief Dan Mathews is a tough guy with a gruff voice fighting crime somewhere in...
