Every Guest Star on Cannon [video link]

youtube ^ | 2019 | Mike Young

[FLNittany]

A compilation of all guest star introductions from the television series "Cannon"

The pilot and the TV-movie "The Return of Frank Cannon" did not use the show's standard credits sequence so they were not included.

[FLNittany]

This is a long video, but so cool. A mix of every character actor you've ever seen to future big stars. It's a long video because Cannon ran for a long time. People must've liked it.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

It's the guy from Jake and the Fat Man!

[Jonty30]

The 1970’s were best time for drama television. The stories were written by mature writers, who had actual life experience.

I’d take many of the 1970’s dramas over anything in television today.

[x]

Cannon was just another fat guy to me, but my parents remembered him from his radio days. Wikipedia says he also narrated “Rocky & Bullwinkle” (as well as “The Fugitive”), but I didn’t hear any connection.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I checked it out, and Slim Fast is not on the list.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

He also played Matt Dillon on the original radio version of Gunsmoke.

[FLNittany]

Plus they had guest stars like Dina Merrill!

[CatHerd]

It was popular. SNL did a hilarious bit that was a mishmash of Cannon and a drug commercial. You can guess what happened to the back of Cannon’s pants as he was running after a criminal, gun drawn, and the voiceover intoned “oily discharge”. Of course other horrible side effects affected poor Cannon, too. Ah, back when SNL was still funny.

There were lots of jokes about such a fat guy could keep running and running after bad guys without collapsing or having a heart attack back then, too.

[Dutch Boy]

I still remember a line from Cannon. A bad guy talking to Cannon says, “You don’t sweat much for a fat man.”

[CatHerd]

I did not know that! Hard to picture Matt Dillon looking like him. I was born too late for the radio version, but thought Marshal Dillon was so cool when I was in kindergarten. I kept asking my parents why he didn’t marry Miss Kitty, which must have been kind of awkward.

[Leaning Right]

> Cannon was just another fat guy to me... <

And the Cannon fight scenes were particularly ludicrous. I could accept Mannix roughing up a bad guy. It was kinda realistic. But Cannon would just give the bad guy a weak shove, and that was it. Fight over. Cannon wins.

Funny how I can remember all that from 50 years ago. But I can’t remember where I put my car keys from an hour ago.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

He was considered for the TV role of Matt Dillon, but the producers didn’t think he had the right look either. Raymond Burr was considered too. I think they made the right choice will James Arness. Conrad and Burr wound up where they should be, too.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Here is a link to a radio episode of Gunsmoke. You'll recognize William Conrad's voice immediately in the intro.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

One scene I always remember is when Cannon was charged by a Doberman. He grabbed a big rug, caught and wrapped the dog in it, and threw them in a closet.

[joshua c]

fat guy stunt double

[Dr. Sivana]

It's the guy from Jake and the Fat Man!

And Nero Wolfe, oddly sporting a beard.

[Dr. Sivana]

He was also the voice of my favorite cereal character, QUAKE.

[gundog]

Pretty good show. Better than spin-off Barnaby Jones.

[Right Brother]

Just checked her out. She was 45 yrs. old in that photo. Wow.

[whinecountry]

Great stuff! “A Quinn Martin Production.”