Lucas Tanner
American television series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lucas Tanner is an American drama series that aired on NBC during the 1974–75 season. The title character, played by David Hartman, was a former baseball player and sportswriter who becomes an English teacher at the fictional Harry S Truman Memorial High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. He changed professions following the death of his wife and child.[1] Episodes often deal with the resistance of traditional teachers to Tanner's unorthodox teaching style.
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Genre | School drama |
Created by | Jerry McNeely |
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Composer | David Shire |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer | David Victor |
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Cinematography | Harry L. Wolf |
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Running time | 60 min |
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Network | NBC |
Release | September 11, 1974 (1974-09-11) – April 9, 1975 (1975-04-09) |
Regular co-stars included Rosemary Murphy, Kimberly Beck, John Randolph, and ten-year-old Robbie Rist. Unusually, the show was actually filmed in Webster Groves, rather than on a Hollywood backlot. That gave it a somewhat unusual "look" for a prime-time TV series.
A 90-minute pilot film of the series aired on NBC the week of May 4, 1974; the pilot also starred Kathleen Quinlan and Joe Garagiola.[2]
This series was Hartman's last work as an actor. In November 1975, he began as co-host of ABC's Good Morning America. To date, he has not returned to acting.