You will not find any of the well-known TV detectives like Magnum, Matula, Wilsberg or Rockford on this page. You may browse them in the Private Detectives category, though.

Instead, this subpage is dedicated to the multifaceted detective series on TV, which are often known only a few insiders. There are TV detectives, who have already acquired great popularity in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s.

Many of the detective series began as radio plays before they were filmed for television.

21 Beacon Street – Private Detective in Boston (USA 1959 - 1960)

77 Sunset Strip – Private Detective in Los Angeles (USA, 1958 - 1964)

The Fugitive (USA 1963 - 1967)

Bourbon Street Beat – Private Detectives in New Orleans (USA, 1959 - 1960)

Casey – Crime Photographer in New York (USA, 1951 - 1952)

Charlie Wild – Private Detective in New York (USA, 1950 - 1952)

Checkmate – Private Detectives in San Francisco (USA, 1960 - 1962)

China Smith – Private Detective in Singapore (USA, 1952 - 1953)

Cool and Lam – Private Detectives (USA, 1958)

Coronado 9 – Private Detective in San Diego (USA, 1959 - 1960)

Detective's Wife (USA, 1950)

Dick and Duchess – Insurance Detective in London (USA, 1959 - 1960)

Hawaiian Eye – Private Detectives in Hawaii (USA, 1959 - 1963)

Have Gun, Will Travel – Private Detective in San Francisco (USA, 1957 - 1963)

Hollywood Offbeat – Private Detective in Los Angeles (USA, 1952 - 1953)

Johnny Midnight – Private Detective in New York (USA, 1960)

Johnny Staccato (USA, 1959 - 1960)

Lone Wolf (USA, 1954)

Man with a camera, Mike Kovac (USA, 1958 - 1960)

Markham – Attorney and Private Detective in New York (USA, 1959-1960)

Martin Kane – Private Eye (USA, 1949-1954)

Meet McGraw (USA, 1957 - 1958)

Michael Shayne – Private Detective in Miami (USA 1960 -1961)

Mike Barnett (Man against Crime) – Private Detective in New York (USA, 1949 - 1956)

Peter Gunn (USA, 1958 - 1961)

Randall & Hopkirk – Detective with Soul

Richard Diamond – Private Detective in New York and Los Angeles (USA, 1957 - 1960)

Shadow Squad (United Kingdom, 1957 - 1959)

Shotgun Slade – Private Detective (USA, 1959 - 1961)

Snooper and Blabber (USA, 1959 - 1962)

The Amazing Mr. Malone – Defence Lawyer in Chicago (USA, 1951 - 1952)

The Brothers Brannigan – Private Detective in Phoenix (USA, 1960)

The Cases of Eddie Drake – Private Detective in New York (USA, 1952)

The D.A.'s Man – Private Detective in New York (USA, 1959)

The Files of Jeffrey Jones – Private Detective in New York (USA, 1952)

The Inch Man – Hotel Detective in London (USA, 1951 - 1952)

The Man from Blackhawk (USA, 1959 - 1960)

The Mask (USA, 1954)

The Thin Man – Private Detective in New York (USA, 1957 - 1959)

The Vise (USA, 1955 - 1957)