Lucas Tanner 50 years old
Lucas Tanner is an NBC television drama that aired during the 1974-75 season. The title character, played by David Hartman, was a former baseball player and sportswriter who becomes an English teacher at the fictional Harry S Truman High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Episodes often deal with the resistance of traditional teachers to Tanner's unorthodox teaching style. Regular co-stars included Rosemary Murphy, Kimberly Beck, and ten-year-old Robbie Rist. Unusually, the show was actually filmed in Webster Groves, rather than on a Hollywood backlot. That gave it a somewhat unusual "look" for a prime-time TV series. A 90-minute pilot film of the series aired on NBC the week of May 4, 1974; the pilot also starred Kathleen Quinlan and Joe Garagiola. This series was Hartman's last television series as an actor—in November 1975, he began a long-running stint as co-host of ABC's Good Morning America.
Credits
Mark Hamill
Craig Stanton
David Hartman
Lucas Tanner
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Mark Hamill He was 22 , now 73 years old | as Craig Stanton |
| Mark Hamill He was 22 , now 73 years old | |
| Kathleen Quinlan She was 19 , now 70 years old | |
| Richard Jaeckel He was 47 , 70 years old when he died | |
| David Hartman He was 39 , now 89 years old | as Lucas Tanner |
| William Windom He was 50 , 32 years old when he died | |
| Lee Purcell She was 27 , now 77 years old | |
| Julie Adams She was 47 , 92 years old when she died | |
| Samantha Eggar She was 35 , now 85 years old | |
| Larry Hagman He was 42 , 81 years old when he died | |
| Ann Doran She was 63 , 89 years old when she died | |
| Eddie Quillan He was 67 , 83 years old when he died | |
| Robbie Rist He was 10 , now 60 years old | as Glendon |
| Andrew Duggan He was 50 , 64 years old when he died | |
| Greg Morris He was 40 , 62 years old when he died | |
| Dirk Blocker He was 17 , now 67 years old | |
| Andrew Parks He was 23 , now 73 years old | |
| Kimberly Beck She was 18 , now 68 years old | as Terry Klitsner |
| Ta-Tanisha She was 34 , now 84 years old | |
| Bettye Ackerman She was 50 , 82 years old when she died | |
| Larry Wilcox He was 27 , now 77 years old | |
| Nancy Malone She was 39 , 79 years old when she died | |
| John Randolph He was 59 , 88 years old when he died | as John Hamilton |
| Rosemary Murphy She was 47 , 87 years old when she died | as Margaret Blumenthal |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Norman Hudis Writing He was 51 , 92 years old when he died | Writer |
| Walter Doniger Directing He was 57 , 94 years old when he died | Director |
| Allen Baron Directing He was 47 , now 97 years old | Director |
| Gordon Hessler Directing He was 48 , 88 years old when he died | Director |
| Leo Penn Directing He was 53 , 77 years old when he died | Director |
| Robert Scheerer Directing He was 45 , 89 years old when he died | Director |
Lucas Tanner (50 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1974-09-11
- Runtime: [60] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 21