Trivia / Ironside (1967)

• Acting for Two: In "Death By the Numbers", Burr plays artist Carlton Duffy as well as Ironside. In the end credits Duffy is billed As Himself.
• Colbert Bump: Quentin Tarantino using part of the opening theme in Kill Bill has resulted in it being known as the "Kill Bill whistle" (although the opening notes were actually played on a synthesizer).
• Completely Different Title: Named Der Chef (The Boss) in Germany.
• Directed by Cast Member: Raymond Burr directed "Achilles' Heel" and "Nightmare Trip."
• Fake American: What with the star being Canadian.
• Real-Life Relative: Judy Pace, who was married in real life to series co-star Don Mitchell, appeared in the final season episode "Fall of an Angel".
• Tyop on the Cover: In "The Man Who Believed", the name of guest character Samantha Dain is misspelled as "Samantha Dian" onscreen.
• Underage Casting: In "No Motive for Murder," James Shigeta plays George Takei's father, despite being less than eight years older than him.
• What Could Have Been: Quincy Jones originally intended to score the entire series, but only scored the Pilot Movie and two subsequent episodes although he co-wrote two original songs for the first season.
• Written by Cast Member: Don Galloway co-wrote "Seeing Is Believing" with Charles Nicholls, a Clear My Name episode for Ed Brown.

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