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457:"I remember the days when he would shoot the final scene (of an episode) when Wolfe called all the suspects together," says Horsley. "Bill (Conrad) had in his contract that he would only work so many hours a day. If the clock struck whatever, and it was time for him to go, he'd put on his bedroom slippers and he was gone. It didn’t matter if we were in the middle of a scene or not. He loved the work but he was that way. When he decided he didn’t want to play anymore, that was it. We'd have to figure it out how to shoot the rest of the scene just to get it done."
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has some very valuable assets: It is adult, it has at least the broad outlines of mystery and it has a charismatic central character. The character, of course, is the wonderfully eccentric Wolfe of the Rex Stout novels, a rotund, sedentary savant who fusses over orchids and has others do his physical
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did give us the brownstone, the rooftop nursery, a housebound Wolfe, and an active Archie, but that was about it. The NBC series updated the setting to contemporary times (1981), which meant Archie, always so fastidious about his wardrobe, could be seen wearing turtlenecks and (horrors!) blue jeans.
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reported that Welles had bowed out of the NBC series because he was unable to learn the dialogue. Other reports had it that Welles had refused to work with
Paramount's producers, who wanted to "make Nero Wolfe more human." Welles and Paramount had already had creative differences over the Rex Stout
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Horsley, who found his first major role when he was cast as Archie Goodwin. Horsley recalled an enjoyable relationship with William Conrad, whose off-screen demeanor was a perfect fit for the character. "He was definitely Nero Wolfe down to the toes," Horsley said.
1328:— When Nero Wolfe came to television, I made my love of Archie and Wolfe known to NBC, and one of the great disappointments of my professional life is that the series was cancelled after I had been assured that I would write the opening episode of the next season. I wanted to bring
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had been planned as a starring vehicle for Welles until he decided that he wanted NBC to change the concept from a one-hour weekly series to a series of 90-minute specials, and that he wanted his scenes filmed at his Los
Angeles home. Some 20 years later, in a story about the
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was named president of the network's entertainment division in 1981, and he began to turn around the fortunes of the last-place network. "In the past, a series thought to have 'breakout' potential has been scheduled in a depressed timeslot," Tartikoff told the
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Horsley spoke of his love for Rex Stout's books and characters, and credited the care taken with the production's art direction, set design and wardrobe in creating the atmosphere of the stories. "It was so great to go into work," he said.
448:"American Nero Wolfe fans had their dreams come true in 1981, when the NBC network allowed viewers on a weekly, prime time visit to the infamous New York brownstone on West 35th Street," wrote Brian Sheridan in the Spring 2008 issue of
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Cavalcade" lineup of great detectives. In 1999 the series was part of an afternoon block of TV Land's counterprogramming to network soap operas, and it also aired in the wee hours of the morning.
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work. NBC and the producers can't take credit for the character, of course, but they did have the good sense to hire
William Conrad, who is perfectly suited to the part, to play Wolfe. Conrad seems to delight in the role.
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adaptations; Paramount had purchased the entire set of Nero Wolfe stories for Welles in 1976, but in 1977 Welles had bowed out of
Paramount's first effort to bring Nero Wolfe to television, in an
1455:, March 26, 1980. Deeb also reported, "William Conrad probably will return to weekly TV in an NBC series called 'Battles'. He'll play a retired police chief who teaches criminology at a college."
655:, the scripts departed considerably from the Stout originals. Only seven of the 14 episodes are credited as being based upon Stout stories. All episodes were set in contemporary New York City.
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is credited as the basis of "Gambit," but the episode has no discernible relationship to the story. The episode "Death on the
Doorstep" incorporates plot elements from
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to life even if it wasn't the right Wolfe and Archie.
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1891:, introduction to the Rex Stout Library edition of
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1668:"Before Tim Hutton: An Interview with Lee Horsley"
1818:Dempsey, John, "It's Boom(er) Time for TV Land";
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1618:Kahana, Yoram, "The Wolfe Man in His Lair."
1792:Jory, Tom, "'Fame' and the Future at NBC,"
1390:Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe: The Complete Series
1374:Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe: The Complete Series
450:The Gazette: The Journal of the Wolfe Pack.
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1479:Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate
1262:Outstanding Cinematography for a Series
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3004:1980s American crime television series
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1438:Boyer, Peter J., "NBC Fall Schedule,"
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1506:, April 14, 2002. In September 2010,
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1595:Southern Illinois University Press
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2101:The League of Frightened Men
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1469:Marilyn Beck's Hollywood
1205:network made its debut,
1201:In April 1996, when the
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1056:"The Murder in Question"
1041:April 10, 1981
978:March 20, 1981
965:"What Happened to April"
937:March 13, 1981
785:Adapted from the story "
2659:"Fourth of July Picnic"
2459:"Not Quite Dead Enough"
1531:profile of the actress.
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991:Adapted from the novel
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846:Adapted from the novel
824:"Might as Well Be Dead"
722:"Death on the Doorstep"
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2729:"Eeny Meeny Murder Mo"
2579:"Invitation to Murder"
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1256:(For episode "Gambit")
1214:Awards and nominations
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889:"In the Best Families"
653:Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe
623:(albeit, uncredited),
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2673:"Frame-Up for Murder"
2635:"Too Many Detectives"
2571:"This Won't Kill You"
2539:"Disguise for Murder"
2483:"Instead of Evidence"
2401:Please Pass the Guilt
2271:Might as Well Be Dead
2201:The Second Confession
1731:Might as Well Be Dead
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1032:"Death and the Dolls"
861:"To Catch a Dead Man"
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2721:"Kill Now—Pay Later"
2627:"A Window for Death"
2595:"When a Man Murders"
2531:"The Gun with Wings"
2211:In the Best Families
2161:Where There's a Will
1912:A Nero Wolfe Mystery
1737:In the Best Families
1546:A Nero Wolfe Mystery
1541:The Nero Wolfe Files
1527:for an October 1977
1481:), November 24, 1980
1370:Visual Entertainment
1144:The Dukes of Hazzard
928:"Murder by the Book"
916:In the Best Families
681:"The Golden Spiders"
493:Nero Wolfe with the
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434:The Dukes of Hazzard
357:most recently by ABC
231:A Nero Wolfe Mystery
168:Paramount Television
2920:Robert Goldsborough
2689:"Poison à la Carte"
2670:(1958), expanded as
2667:"Murder Is No Joke"
2475:"Help Wanted, Male"
2321:The Final Deduction
2281:If Death Ever Slept
1889:Kaminsky, Stuart M.
1879:, November 30, 1991
1850:, February 20, 1981
1796:, December 10, 1981
1645:, December 27, 1980
1591:I Wake Up Screening
1168:Gangster Chronicles
870:John Meredyth Lucas
798:"Wolfe at the Door"
142:Executive producers
2713:"Death of a Demon"
2697:"The Rodeo Murder"
2619:"Immune to Murder"
2611:"The Next Witness"
2251:The Black Mountain
2241:The Golden Spiders
2221:Murder by the Book
2171:The Silent Speaker
2141:Some Buried Caesar
1837:, January 19, 1981
1834:The Globe and Mail
1822:, March 8–14, 1999
1743:Murder by the Book
1721:The Golden Spiders
1690:, October 31, 1989
1688:The New York Times
1642:The New York Times
1585:, March 14, 1977;
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1296:The Rockford Files
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1894:The Doorbell Rang
1861:Los Angeles Times
1759:The Doorbell Rang
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1331:The Doorbell Rang
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2121:The Red Box
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