Actors really should be tramps. |
Adam-12, the series in which I appear, is shot on various locations around North Hollywood. |
Every weekend he'd have me come down to work on Dragnet, which by now was on television as well as radio. |
Having covered some half a hundred cities, towns, villages, and wide spots in the road during the last tow years, George and I fairly wallowed in the comfort of our own home base. |
I did radio back in the era when we did radio drama. |
I even played Jack Webb's partner on the radio version of Dragnet for a while. |
I got letters from policemen thanking me for Adam-12. |
I have no complaints on any level. I'm pretty happy about the way everything has turned out. |
I love talk and I love fishing. I'm having a ball. |
I was never a celebrity - just a working actor. |
I'm married to the same girl for 40 years and we have some grandchildren now and I get to go fishing all I want. |
It seems the farther away we are from Hollywood, the better the ratings. |
My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air. |
My wife and two children traveled with me on locations all last season. |
On other shows, guys can't wait to put 3000 miles between them during hiatus. |