Stephen J. Cannell

Stephen J. Cannell

1941-02-05 Los Angeles, California, USA 47 Credits

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Actor / Producer / Writer.

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22 Jump Street

22 Jump Street

2014

Executive Producer, Original Series Creator

6.8
Producing

After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local co...

21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street

2012

Producer, Original Series Creator

6.9
Producing

When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students. They trade...

The A-Team

The A-Team

2010

Characters, Producer

6.4
Producing

A man who loves when a plan comes together, Col. Hannibal Smith leads a close-knit team of elite operatives and Iraq War veterans. Framed for a crime ...

The Poker House

The Poker House

2008

Producer

6.2
Producing

Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.

Ice Spiders

Ice Spiders

2007

as Frank Stone

4.0
Acting

When a young ski team training for the Olympics arrives at the remote and isolated Lost Mountain Ski Resort to focus on training, they're thrilled to ...

The Garden

The Garden

2006

Producer

4.3
Producing

A troubled young boy and his father on a road trip stumble upon a rural farm where the elderly owner has sinister plans for the both of them involving...

It Waits

It Waits

2005

Teleplay, Producer

5.2
Producing

A lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.

Greed Kills

2005

as Self

Acting

A mix of show clips, archival materials, and interviews with Greenwalt, McNamara, Pasdar, executive producer Stephen J. Cannell, and actors Lisa Bloun...

Demon Hunter

Demon Hunter

2005

Producer

4.5
Producing

After resolving a situation of exorcism, the half-breed demon hunter Jake Greyman (Sean Patrick Flanery) reports to Cardinal White (William Bassett) a...

Hunter: Back in Force

Hunter: Back in Force

2003

Story, Executive Producer

6.2
Writing Producing

Lieutenent Rick Hunter, now of San Diego Police Department, along with his 'new' partner Sergeant Dee Dee McCall, must track down a group of women ban...

Threshold

Threshold

2003

as Pacheco Laval

4.8
Acting

Alien seeds hitch a ride to earth in a space shuttle crew and begin to grow. When their numbers reach the Threshold amount they will be an unstoppable...

Half Past Dead

Half Past Dead

2002

as Frank Hubbard

5.1
Acting

A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there, he stumbles onto a plot in...

Dead Above Ground

Dead Above Ground

2002

as Carl Hadden

8.4
Acting

Jeff Lucas is already an outcast, but when he makes a horror film instead of a documentary for his class project, the ridicule his classmates inflict ...

Dead Above Ground

Dead Above Ground

2002

Producer, Writer

8.4
Producing Writing

Jeff Lucas is already an outcast, but when he makes a horror film instead of a documentary for his class project, the ridicule his classmates inflict ...

Dawg

Dawg

2002

Producer

4.3
Producing

To inherit a million dollars, an egotistical womanizer must find the women he's betrayed and convince them to forgive him.

The Contract

The Contract

1999

as William Goodwin

3.1
Acting

After a bad day with her boss, friend, husband, babysitter etc., Anne goes to a bar. A man offers to solve her problems. As a joke, she signs a napkin...

CHiPs '99

CHiPs '99

1998

as Bendix

6.1
Acting

Ponch has returned to the police force, and is determined to help his friend Jon investigating various car thefts.

Them

Them

1996

Executive Producer

3.3
Producing

Remake of the 1954 SciFi classic

The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

1996

Creator

5.8

Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case when he runs across an old flame, blind book editor...

The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play

The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play

1996

Writer

6.5
Writing

An friend of Jim's continues to seek his help for her murdered son, but when she winds up dead not long after an altercation with the mafia man, Jim m...

The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise

The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise

1995

Writer

6.2
Writing

Angel's televangelical ministry launches a boycott against a movie entitled "Little Ezekial," and Rockford is hired to protect its star.

The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.

The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.

1995

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

Lieutenant Rick Hunter's girlfriend is murdered, and the main suspect is her ex-husband. But Hunter is soon convinced of a connection to another case.

Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou

Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou

1995

Executive Producer

Producing

Gerald McRaney stars as Jake Lassiter, a colorful ex-football player turned top defense attorney who is hired to defend Dr. Roger Salisbury, a surgeon...

Greyhounds

Greyhounds

1994

Screenplay, Story

Writing

A retired sheriff, judge, coroner and con-man team up to solve crimes. Pilot.

Posse

Posse

1993

as Jimmy Love

5.3
Acting

A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for...

The Great Pretender

The Great Pretender

1991

Writer, Executive Producer

1.0
Writing Producing

A newspaper reporter, who has just won a trial against his newspaper which had fired him, suffers dangerous reprisals at his work.

Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis

1989

as The Coroner

1.3
Acting

A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.

Wiseguy: Pilot

Wiseguy: Pilot

1987

Writer

Writing

This was the feature-length pilot for the hit series. Vinnie Terranova, a Justice Department agent reassigned to the Organized Crime Bureau as a “wise...

Destination: America

Destination: America

1987

Executive Producer

Producing

A patrician family's estranged, black-sheep son forsakes his blue-collar life to return home and soon finds himself wrongly accused of his father's mu...

The Last Precinct

The Last Precinct

1986

Writer, Executive Producer

Writing Producing

In this spoof of TV cop shows, which served as the pilot to the subsequent short-lived series, a bunch of bumbling misfits and rejects from the police...

Stingray

Stingray

1985

Writer

6.0
Writing

A district attorney is kidnapped by a criminal who then has a deranged doctor do something to him that leaves him with the mind of a child. His assist...

Brothers-in-Law

Brothers-in-Law

1985

Writer, Executive Producer

Writing Producing

T.K. Kenny and Mickey Gubiacci are a highway patrolman and a trucker respectively. Now the two of them don't get along and have nothing in common exce...

Midnight Offerings

Midnight Offerings

1981

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

Vivian has magic powers. She doesn't hesitate to save her boyfriend David from failing in school by murdering teachers. However, David has gotten tire...

Nightside

Nightside

1980

Teleplay, Executive Producer

Producing

Danny Dandoy is a good-humored, streetwise cop working the dusk-to-dawn shift in Los Angeles with his somewhat naive new partner, Macey, in this propo...

Stone

Stone

1979

Executive Producer, Writer

Producing Writing

Dennis Weaver is a Joseph Wambaugh-type novelist cop and Pat Hingle is his hard-nosed superior who wants him to stick to police work or get off the fo...

The Night Rider

The Night Rider

1979

Executive Producer, Writer

3.5
Producing Writing

"The Mark of Zorro" was updated for this pilot for a prospective series that tells of a New Orleans gentleman who turns masked rider to fight for law ...

The Chinese Typewriter

The Chinese Typewriter

1979

Writer, Executive Producer

Writing Producing

Two private investigators are hired by an airline company to retrieve a stolen prototype jet. Starring Tom Selleck. Released 1979.

The Jordan Chance

The Jordan Chance

1978

Screenplay, Story

Writing

Jordan Chance was wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. Upon release, he becomes a lawyer and investigates the case of a Mexican woman convicted of mur...

The Gypsy Warriors

The Gypsy Warriors

1978

Writer, Executive Producer

4.0
Writing Producing

American soldiers (Tom Selleck and James Whitmore Jr.) must travel behind enemy lines to procure the formula for a deadly Nazi toxin in this World War...

Dr. Scorpion

Dr. Scorpion

1978

Creator, Writer, Executive Producer

5.0
Writing Producing

A retired spy is reluctantly lured back into action to take down a mad scientist living on a tropical island.

Confessions of the D.A. Man

Confessions of the D.A. Man

1978

Writer

Writing

A dangerous campus radical may go free if the District Attorney's office can't locate any witnesses for the prosecution.

The November Plan

The November Plan

1977

Writer

Writing

A hard-nosed private detective investigates a suspected overthrow of the U.S. government. Loosely based on The Business Plot of 1933.

Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours

Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours

1976

Executive Producer, Writer

6.0
Producing Writing

A young private detective takes on his first case, a young woman with amnesia who doesn't know why a gunman is trying to kill her but believes she mig...

Scott Free

Scott Free

1976

Writer, Executive Producer

Writing Producing

A professional gambler finds himself on the run from the mob, the federal government, and a band of Indians, all of whom have an interest in a piece o...

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

1974

Teleplay, Producer

Producing

The hit 1974 series pilot aired on NBC March 27, 1974, as a 90-minute made-for-television movie. In the pilot, Lindsay Wagner also starred and later m...

Chase

Chase

1973

Writer, Associate Producer

Writing Producing

A special police unit goes after a cop-killer in this pilot film to the short-lived series.

Toma

Toma

1973

Producer

7.5
Producing

This TV-pilot, later made into a TV-series, is about a cop in Newark, New Jersey, who defies his superiors to try to bring down the head of a Mafia nu...