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TV Main Page Index of All TV Shows Classic TV in VHS and DVD TV Westerns on VHS and DVD TV Ratings - US & UK BUY CHECKMATE on video  Crime Stoppers: TV's Greatest P.I. Themes Has the Checkmate theme |
Checkmate Cast Anthony George as Don CoreyDoug McClure as Jed Sills Sebastian Cabot as Carl Hyatt |
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Checkmate Tidbits This was a slick, upscale detective agency named Checkmate, Inc., located in San Francisco. Their focus was on preventing crime, especially on saving the lives of those in danger. They were assisted by British criminologist, Dr. Hyatt (Sebastian Cabot).The snazzy theme was an early effort by John Williams who would go on to fame composing for Star Wars, Jaws, E.T., Supreman and many others. Passings Sebastian Cabot died in 1977 of a stroke, Doug McClure in 1995 of lung cancer and Anthony George in 2005 of pulmonary disease, he was 84. Anthony George |
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