Still...loving little raunchy "Angel" as Rockford's former cellmate...and he got the awards to prove it!
Rockford seems to have a permanent target on his back saying "Kick me...Punch me". He doesn't have the slick super moves of, say, MANNIX.(a series of late 60s or so) ..MANNIX never got a hair out of place and who was a Semi Deity Detective---Never really lost it...never really got rattled as he brilliantly solved crimes.r Jim Rockford...who was unfairly imprisoned earlier...still is the dog that gets kicked sometimes...but he still struggles through to solve cases.
I hate 70s fashions (lived it...tired of it) but...as I started watching the reruns...got drawn in by the good shows...I can even forget the doubleknit polyester suits.
And the cast of slightly beat up characters...Noah Beery as his dad (son of the late great Wallace Beery, an early comedic film actor)...leads off...Joe Santos is the harassed police officer --- Beth Davenport is okay...but I still also like Angel Martin (mentioned above) who won awards for his recurring role as the skanky scam artist friend of Rockford.
Study how these make characters hit you...
One mild criticism...(Yes I do think they were weak on creating substantial women characters...a common TV flaw) Beth Davenport..with her usually immobile face---is pleasant...but looks like too recent a grad from law school.
Rockford seems to have a permanent target on his back saying "Kick me...Punch me". He doesn't have the slick super moves of, say, MANNIX.(a series of late 60s or so) ..MANNIX never got a hair out of place and who was a Semi Deity Detective---Never really lost it...never really got rattled as he brilliantly solved crimes.r Jim Rockford...who was unfairly imprisoned earlier...still is the dog that gets kicked sometimes...but he still struggles through to solve cases.
I hate 70s fashions (lived it...tired of it) but...as I started watching the reruns...got drawn in by the good shows...I can even forget the doubleknit polyester suits.
And the cast of slightly beat up characters...Noah Beery as his dad (son of the late great Wallace Beery, an early comedic film actor)...leads off...Joe Santos is the harassed police officer --- Beth Davenport is okay...but I still also like Angel Martin (mentioned above) who won awards for his recurring role as the skanky scam artist friend of Rockford.
Study how these make characters hit you...
One mild criticism...(Yes I do think they were weak on creating substantial women characters...a common TV flaw) Beth Davenport..with her usually immobile face---is pleasant...but looks like too recent a grad from law school.