- Hennesey
Infobox Television
show_name = Hennesey
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genre =Comedy ,drama
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starring =Jackie Cooper Abby Dalton
country =United States
language = English
num_seasons = 3
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executive_producer =
producer =
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runtime = 30 minutes
network =CBS
picture_format =Black-and-white
first_aired =1959
last_aired =1962 "Hennesey" is a 1959–1962 television series starring
Jackie Cooper as an onshore Navy doctor andAbby Dalton as a stunningnurse . The series was midway between acomedy and adrama , and featured suchguest star s asCharles Bronson ,Marty Ingels ,Jack Cassidy ,Soupy Sales , andFrank Gorshin . The show ran onCBS in half-hour black and white episodes for three seasons.The series was notable for an extremely catchy theme tune, a jazzy hornpipe played by tuba and piccolo. "Hennesey" was also innovative for being the first series to employ what has since become a standard device in television: beginning the dialog and action of each episode during the opening credits.
Scriptwriter Richard Baer wrote thirty-eight of "Hennesey's" episodes beginning in 1960, which earned him an
Emmy nomination. cite news |first=|last=|title=Writer Richard Baer dies at 79|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981450.html?categoryid=25&cs=1&query=Richard+Baer+|work=Variety Magazine |publisher=|date=2008-02-25 |accessdate=2008-03-22]References
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