''Quincy, M.E.'' (also called ''Quincy'') is an American
mystery
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medical drama
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television series from
Universal Studios
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that aired on
NBC
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from October 3, 1976, to May 11, 1983.
Jack Klugman
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He began his career in 1950 and started television and film work with roles in ''12 Angry Men'' (1957) and '' Cry Terror!'' (1958). D ...
starred in the title role as a
Los Angeles County
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medical examiner
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who routinely engages in police investigations.
Inspired by the book ''Where Death Delights'' by
Marshall Houts, a former FBI agent, the show also resembled the earlier Canadian television series ''
Wojeck
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Plot
Steve Wojeck is a crusading big city coroner who regul ...
'', broadcast by
CBC Television
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.
John Vernon
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, who played the ''Wojeck'' title role, later guest-starred in the third-season episode "Requiem for the Living". Quincy's character is loosely modeled on Los Angeles' "Coroner to the Stars"
Thomas Noguchi
is the former Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles. Popularly known as the "coroner to the stars", Noguchi determined the cause of death in many high-profile cases in Hollywood during the 1960s and 1970s. He performed a ...
.
''Quincy'' was originally broadcast as 90-minute telefilms as part of the ''
NBC Sunday Mystery Movie'' rotation in the autumn of 1976, alongside ''
Columbo
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'', ''
McCloud'' and ''
McMillan
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'' (formerly ''McMillan & Wife''). The series proved popular enough that after four episodes of ''Quincy, M.E''. had aired during the 1976–1977 season in the extended format, ''Quincy'' was
spun off into its own weekly one-hour series without a typical 60-minute pilot. Instead, a two-hour episode kicked off a thirteen-episode shortened run of the series, which concluded the 1976–1977 season, while the ''Mystery Movie'' format was discontinued in the spring of 1977.
The ''Quincy'' series often used the same actors for different roles in various episodes, a common occurrence on many
Glen A. Larson
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TV programs. Writers Tony Lawrence and
Lou Shaw
Lou Shaw (c. 1925 – February 11, 2015) was an American producer and screenwriter. He was known for co-creating the medical drama ''Quincy, M.E.'' with Glen A. Larson.
Biography
Shaw worked as a writer and producer on multiple television prog ...
received an
Edgar Award
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from the
Mystery Writers of America
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in 1978 for the second-season episode "...The Thigh Bone's Connected to the Knee Bone...".
Synopsis
![Robert Ito Jack Klugman Quincy 1977](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Robert_Ito_Jack_Klugman_Quincy_1977.jpg)
The series starred
Jack Klugman
Jack Klugman (April 27, 1922 – December 24, 2012) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.
He began his career in 1950 and started television and film work with roles in ''12 Angry Men'' (1957) and '' Cry Terror!'' (1958). D ...
as Dr. Quincy, a resolute, excitable, ethical and highly proficient
Medical Examiner
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(
forensic pathologist
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) for the
Los Angeles County Coroner's Office
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, working to ascertain facts about and reasons for possible suspicious deaths. His colleagues, friends and wife all address him by his surname or the shortened "Quince". The character's first name was never fully given, although in the third-season episode "Accomplice to Murder", his name is shown on a business card as "R. Quincy"; and in early episodes, the name "Dr. R. Quincy" appears on his office door. (It appears not even Klugman himself knew what Quincy's first name was; whenever he was asked, he would reply "Doctor!".)
While engaged in para-police investigations, Quincy frequently comes into conflict with his boss, Dr. Robert Asten (
John S. Ragin
John Stanley Ragin (May 5, 1929 - April 14, 2013) was an American television and film actor. He was best known for his role as uptight, bureaucratic Dr. Robert Asten, M.E. in the TV series ''Quincy, M.E.'' (1976–83).
Early years
Ragin was bor ...
), and the police, in particular,
LAPD
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Homicide
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Lieutenant Frank Monahan (
Garry Walberg
Gerrit Christian Walberg Jr. (June 10, 1921 – March 27, 2012) was an American character actor primarily known for his work on television. He performed in numerous TV shows from the early 1950s until the early 1990s, including ''Johnny Staccat ...
). Quincy and Asten would usually tussle about halfway into an episode, after which time Quincy would successfully solve the case, outsmarting the LAPD and his argumentative boss. Both Monahan and Asten frequently had their own theories about a particular case which were usually at odds with Quincy's deductions. In early episodes, Quincy's relationship with both men was often volatile and nearly adversarial; this changed markedly in later episodes, where Quincy appears to have much closer professional and personal relationships with the two. Frequently, however, the entire investigation would be handled by Quincy with little or no cooperation from the police. Quincy is assisted in the lab by the faithful and adept Sam Fujiyama (
Robert Ito
Robert Ito (born July 2, 1931) is a Canadian actor of Japanese ancestry. He is known for his television and film work, including the roles of Sam Fujiyama on the 1976–83 NBC series ''Quincy, M.E.'' and Larry Mishima on the 1980s CBS primetime s ...
).
It is revealed in the episode "The Last of Leadbottom" that Quincy is a retired Captain in the
US Navy
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and remains in the Naval Reserve. In the episode "Crib Job", he notes he originally wanted to be a railroad engineer, after revealing a number of facts about the dangers of the occupation. A well-liked man, Quincy lives on a
sailboat
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permanently moored in
Marina Del Rey, California
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, and frequents Danny's, a restaurant and lounge at the marina owned by his friend Danny Tovo (
Val Bisoglio
Italo Valentino Bisoglio (May 7, 1926 – October 18, 2021) was an American character actor primarily known for his work on television.
Biography
Bisoglio was born in New York City, New York, on May 7, 1926.
He may be best known for his recurri ...
).
Quincy is quite successful with women. He was once married, but lost his wife, Helen, to cancer. In the ''
Mystery Movie'' installments and earliest first-season episodes, Quincy has a regular girlfriend, an airline flight attendant
named Lee Potter (portrayed by Lynette Mettey) who sometimes accompanies him on his cases (such as in "...The Thighbone's Connected to the Knee Bone..."). After Lee, Quincy dated several women until near the end of the seventh season, when he remarries (Dr. Emily Hanover, played by
Anita Gillette
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Early life
Gill ...
who had previously portrayed Helen in a flashback) and sells the sailboat in the episode "Quincy's Wedding". Quincy occasionally drives an antique car (which is shown in Season 4, Episode 1 to be an antique
Packard
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One of the "Thr ...
Town Car), but friends sometimes ask why he drives his "work vehicle" (the county coroner's
hearse
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, a 1976
AMC Matador
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station wagon
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(reg plate: 999853) in the first two seasons and a 1975
Ford LTD station wagon for the rest of the series) on his day off. In reply to the queries, Quincy claims that his car is being repaired.
As originally conceived as part of
NBC
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's ''Mystery Movie'' format, the early seasons of ''Quincy, M.E.'' contained elements of
whodunit
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or
howcatchem
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and focused primarily on Quincy's own criminal investigation; a typical episode would find Quincy determining the actual murderer (instead of the LAPD) or the true cause of a suspicious or unusual death. Later seasons' episodes began to introduce themes of social responsibilities; Quincy would find himself conducting his own para-police investigation that reveals situations such as a disreputable
plastic surgeon
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and the reasons his botched surgeries are not stopped, flaws in
drunk driving
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laws,
lax airline safety, dumping of
hazardous waste
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, the proliferation of handguns,
autism
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,
anorexia nervosa
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,
hazing
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,
teenage alcoholism,
Tourette's syndrome
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,
orphan drugs
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The assignment of ...
, and an infamous episode about the dangers of
punk rock.
''Quincy, M.E.'', was one of the first dramatic series to use a format like this to further a social agenda. Klugman himself even came to testify before the US Congress about some of these issues (such as orphan drugs in 1982),
describing what he had learned about a difficult or complex social concern as a result of its use in one of the show's episodes.
In 2008, Klugman sued NBC, asserting that the network had concealed profits from the show which were owed to him.
While many detective series had depicted rudimentary physical evidence analysis such as fingerprints and bullet comparisons, ''Quincy M.E.'' was the first to regularly present the in-depth forensic investigations which would be the hallmark of later detective shows such as ''
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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'', ''
NCIS NCIS or N.C.I.S. may refer to:
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* Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a United States law enforcement and intelli ...
'', ''
Diagnosis: Murder'', ''
Crossing Jordan
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'', et al. Klugman himself made guest appearances on the latter two series as, respectively, Dr. Jeff Everden and Det. Harry Trumble, and Dr. Leo Gelber.
Cast
A total of 148 episodes were made.
Jack Klugman
Jack Klugman (April 27, 1922 – December 24, 2012) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.
He began his career in 1950 and started television and film work with roles in ''12 Angry Men'' (1957) and '' Cry Terror!'' (1958). D ...
appeared in all but one of them. In the episode "Has Anybody Here Seen Quincy?" (season 2, episode 7), Dr. Asten talks to Quincy twice on the phone, but Quincy's voice is not heard, and he is never seen on screen.The reason Klugman refused to appear in the episode is because he disliked a scene when a body delivered to the morgue turns out to still be living.Klugman thought it ludicrous that a medical examiner of Quincy's expertise would fail to notice it.
Conversely, Klugman is the only regular cast member who appears in the final episode of the series ("The Cutting Edge"), which was a
backdoor pilot
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for a proposed series about a revolutionary new clinic. NBC did not pick up the new series.
Actor
Eddie Garrett portrayed a forensic photographer in approximately 113 episodes of the series.
Joseph Roman
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Ro ...
appeared as Sgt. Brill, Lt. Monahan's partner. Marc Scott Taylor, technical advisor for the series beginning in season four, also appeared in the recurring role of Mark, a lab technician.
John Nolan also played the recurring role of John the
bartender
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in 86 episodes.
Jonathan Segal
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played the recurring role of the
laboratory technician
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Jeff Sellers.
Anita Gillette
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Early life
Gill ...
portrayed both of Quincy's wives. Until marrying Dr. Emily Hanover near the end of the series, Quincy had been a widower, having lost his first wife, Helen, before the events of the series. Anita Gillette was cast as the late Helen Quincy for the flashback scenes in the episode, "Promises to Keep", before being hired as Dr. Hanover.
Home media
Universal Studios
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has released Seasons 1 and 2 of ''Quincy, M.E.'' on DVD in
regions
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1, 2 and 4. Season 3 was released in Region 1 on June 2, 2009, four years after the release of Seasons 1 and 2.
On September 7, 2012, it was announced that
Shout! Factory
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had acquired the rights to the series in Region 1. It subsequently released seasons 4 – 8 on DVD.
In June 2011,
Madman Entertainment
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announced that it had acquired the distribution rights to the series in Region 4. It subsequently released seasons 3 – 5 on DVD.
The DVDs separate the 90-minute and 60-minute episodes into first and second seasons, although they aired during the same broadcast season (1976–1977). Traditionally, the 1977–1978 season was considered the second, etc.
In 2013,
Acorn Media
RLJE International Ltd, d/b/a Acorn DVD, a British company that publishes and distributes DVDs, as well as selling home-video products and streaming videos with a particular focus on British television.
History
Launched in 1997, Acorn Media U. ...
acquired the rights to the series in Region 2. It released season 3 on March 4, 2013.
Episodes
International broadcasts
Canada
The series was first broadcast nationally in Canada in 1976 on
CBC.
Australia
''Quincy, M.E.'' currently airs on the
Seven Network
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's digital-only channel
7mate
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daily at 11 am and 3 am.
United Kingdom
The series was first broadcast nationally in the United Kingdom in 1977 on the
ITV
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network (albeit at differing times due to the then regional structure of the network). Repeats of the full series were initially shown on
BBC1
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on afternoons in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and between the late 1990s and early 2010 it frequently ran daily on ITV and (more recently)
ITV3
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, in various time slots—usually 8 a.m., 2 p.m., and early morning. The show was shown on
Universal Channel
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, with episodes on Sunday morning, and one episode at 8 a.m. (repeating at 4 p.m. and 5 a.m. the following morning) through the week.
After a brief appearance on YourTV in the daytime, ''Quincy M.E.'' appeared last as a twice-daily run on
ITV4
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from May 2016 to July 2020 (afternoon and repeated the following morning). The series was normally billed in TV listings magazines as simply ''Quincy'', as in the UK a medical examiner is called a forensic scientist; and it was felt the ''M.E.'' acronym would be unfamiliar to British viewers.
Japan
''Quincy M.E.'' has aired on the
TV Asahi
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network since 1979.
Tsuneyuki Serizawa, who supervised the Japanese edition, was a friend of
Thomas Noguchi
is the former Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles. Popularly known as the "coroner to the stars", Noguchi determined the cause of death in many high-profile cases in Hollywood during the 1960s and 1970s. He performed a ...
. ''Doctor Detective Quincy'' was the Japanese title.
Germany
Thirteen episodes were first aired from 1981 through 1983 by the public broadcaster
ARD. Then, in the early 1990s, 133 episodes were aired by the commercial television station
RTL. Since April 2010,
kabel eins has aired the first five seasons on weekdays. In 2012 and 2013, the episodes were aired by the RTL partner station
RTL Nitro
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Conception
The slogan of Nitro is „Fernsehen für Helden“ (television for heroes). It describes itself as a "premium entertainment channel" ("Premium-Unterhaltungsse ...
. Since 2015 they have been broadcast by
Sat.1 Gold
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, a partner station of kabel eins. All episodes shown on German TV are
dubbed into German.
Italy
The series appeared in Italy in the mid-1980s on the TV channel Italia 1. The first four episodes have never been dubbed into Italian; hence they have never been aired on TV, and can be found only (with subtitles) in DVDs. Moreover, many episodes were shortened to about 50 minutes for the Italian version.
References
External links
The Quincy Examiner– Online Home to Fans of Quincy. M.E. (since 1996 celebrating more than 40 years of QME)
* {{IMDb title, 0074042, Quincy, M.E.
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Edgar Award-winning works
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