Stephen J. Cannell

Characters played by Stephen J. Cannell

Donald 'Dutch' Dixon — Renegade (1992)

A corrupt Bay City Police Lieutenant who orchestrates the framing of Reno Raines for murder to cover his own crimes. He escapes prison to kill Reno, kills his own partner Buzzy Burrell to frame Reno, and later becomes a US federal marshal to hunt him down. He serves as the primary antagonist, manipulating witnesses and setting elaborate traps until his eventual downfall.

Frank Hubbard — Half Past Dead (2002)

Head of Federal Bureau of Prisons arriving to witness the execution.

Career Overview

Stephen J. Cannell has 105 screen credits in a career dating back to 1968. Their work spans 6 cinematic universes — most prominently The Rockford Files Collection with 5 titles. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Creator
Gender: male
Known Credits: 105
Birth Date: 1941-02-05
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 6 universes

The Rockford Files Collection (5 titles)
Hunter TV Movie Collection (3 titles)
21 Jump Street (2 titles)
Jump Street Collection (2 titles)
Half Past Dead Collection (1 titles)
Daninsky Werewolf Collection (1 titles)

Credits

production (39 credits)
- 22 Jump Street
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2014
- 21 Jump Street
  producer
  
  production
  
  2012
- The A-Team
  producer
  
  production
  
  2010
- The Poker House
  producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Left in Darkness
  producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- The Garden
  producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- It Waits
  producer
  
  production
  
  2005
- Demon Hunter
  producer
  
  production
  
  2005
- Hunter: Back in Force
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2003
- Dead Above Ground
  producer
  
  production
  
  2002
- Hunter: Return to Justice
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2002
- Dawg
  producer
  
  production
  
  2002
- Them
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1996
- The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1995
- Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1995
- The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
  supervising producer
  
  production
  
  1994
- The Great Pretender
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1991
- Wiseguy: Pilot
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1987
- 21 Jump Street
  producer
  
  production
  
  - Second Chances (1991) ... producer production
  
  - Homegirls (1991) ... producer production
  
  - Bad Day at Blackburn (1991) ... producer production
  
  - Wasted (1991) ... producer production
  
  - Crossfire (1991) ... producer production
  
  1987
- Destination: America
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1987
- The Last Precinct
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1986
- Brothers-in-Law
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1985
- Hunter
  producer
  
  production
  
  - Little Man with a Big Reputation (1991) ... producer production
  
  - Ex Marks the Spot (1991) ... producer production
  
  - Cries of Silence (1991) ... producer production
  
  - All That Glitters (1991) ... producer production
  
  - The Grab (1991) ... producer production
  
  1984
- Riptide
  co-executive producer
  
  production
  
  - Echoes (1986) ... co-executive producer production
  
  - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em (1986) ... co-executive producer production
  
  - Chapel of Glass (1986) ... co-executive producer production
  
  - Dead Men Don't Floss (1986) ... co-executive producer production
  
  - The Play's the Thing (1986) ... co-executive producer production
  
  1984
- The A-Team
  producer
  
  production
  
  - Without Reservations (1987) ... producer production
  
  - The Grey Team (1986) ... producer production
  
  - The Spy Who Mugged Me (1986) ... producer production
  
  - The Crystal Skull (1986) ... producer production
  
  - Point of No Return (1986) ... producer production
  
  1983
- Midnight Offerings
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1981
- Nightside
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1980
- Stone
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1979
- The Night Rider
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1979
- The Chinese Typewriter
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1979
- The Gypsy Warriors
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1978
- Dr. Scorpion
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1978
- Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1976
- Scott Free
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1976
- Baa Baa Black Sheep
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - A Little Bit of England (1978) ... executive producer production
  
  - Sheep in the Limelight (1978) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Show Must Go On... Sometimes (1978) ... executive producer production
  
  - Hotshot (1978) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Iceman (1978) ... executive producer production
  
  1976
- The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
  producer
  
  production
  
  1974
- The Rockford Files
  
  - Roundabout (1975) ... producer production
  
  - Just by Accident (1975) ... producer production
  
  - The Four Pound Brick (1975) ... producer production
  
  - Charlie Harris at Large (1975) ... producer production
  
  - Say Goodbye to Jennifer (1975) ... producer production
  
  1974
- Chase
  associate producer
  
  production
  
  1973
- Toma
  producer
  
  production
  
  1973
writing (37 credits)
- 22 Jump Street
  original series creator
  
  writing
  
  2014
- 21 Jump Street
  original series creator
  
  writing
  
  2012
- The A-Team
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2010
- It Waits
  teleplay
  
  writing
  
  2005
- Hunter: Back in Force
  story
  
  writing
  
  2003
- Dead Above Ground
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2002
- Hunter: Return to Justice
  story
  
  writing
  
  2002
- The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1996
- The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1995
- Greyhounds
  story
  
  writing
  
  1994
- Renegade
  
  - Hunting Accident (1992) ... writer writing
  
  - Pilot / Renegade (1992) ... writer writing
  
  1992
- The Great Pretender
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1991
- Silk Stalkings
  
  - Three Weeks Of the Condor (1997) ... writer writing
  
  - Runway Strip (1996) ... writer writing
  
  - The Sock Drawer (1992) ... writer writing
  
  - Going to Babylon (1991) ... writer writing
  
  - Pilot (1991) ... writer writing
  
  1991
- Wiseguy: Pilot
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1987
- The Last Precinct
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1986
- Stingray
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1985
- Brothers-in-Law
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1985
- Hunter
  
  - The Hot Grounder (1984) ... writer writing
  
  - Hard Contract (1984) ... writer writing
  
  1984
- The A-Team
  
  - Dishpan Man (1986) ... writer writing
  
  - Waiting for Insane Wayne (1986) ... writer writing
  
  - Cowboy George (1986) ... writer writing
  
  - Mind Games (1985) ... writer writing
  
  - The Road to Hope (1985) ... writer writing
  
  1983
- Nightside
  teleplay
  
  writing
  
  1980
- Stone
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1979
- The Night Rider
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1979
- The Chinese Typewriter
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1979
- The Jordan Chance
  story
  
  writing
  
  1978
- The Gypsy Warriors
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1978
- Dr. Scorpion
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1978
- Confessions of the D.A. Man
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1978
- The November Plan
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1977
- Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1976
- Scott Free
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1976
- Baa Baa Black Sheep
  
  - Flying Misfits (1976) ... teleplay writing
  
  1976
- Baretta
  
  - He'll Never See Daylight Again (1975) ... writer writing
  
  1975
- The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
  teleplay
  
  writing
  
  1974
- The Rockford Files
  
  - The Hawaiian Headache (1979) ... writer writing
  
  - Nice Guys Finish Dead (1979) ... writer writing
  
  - Paradise Cove (1979) ... writer writing
  
  - The Return of the Black Shadow (1979) ... writer writing
  
  - The Empty Frame (1978) ... writer writing
  
  1974
- Chase
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1973
- Columbo
  
  - Double Exposure (1973) ... writer writing
  
  1971
- Adam-12
  
  - Easy Rap (1973) ... executive story editor writing
  
  - Keeping Tabs (1973) ... executive story editor writing
  
  - Anatomy of a 415 (1973) ... executive story editor writing
  
  - A Fool and His Money (1973) ... executive story editor writing
  
  - Suspended (1973) ... executive story editor writing
  
  1968
actors (16 credits)
- Castle
  
  - A Deadly Game (2010) ... Stephen J. Cannell actor actors
  
  - Deep in Death (2009) ... Stephen J. Cannell actor actors
  
  - Flowers for Your Grave (2009) ... Stephen J. Cannell actor actors
  
  2009
- Ice Spiders
  Frank Stone
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Army Wives
  
  - Thicker Than Water (2008) ... Radio Executive actor actors
  
  2007
- Greed Kills
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Threshold
  Pacheco Laval
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Half Past Dead
  Frank Hubbard
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- Dead Above Ground
  Carl Hadden
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- The Contract
  William Goodwin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- CHiPs '99
  Bendix
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- V.I.P.
  
  - Get Vallery (2001) ... Self actor actors
  
  1998
- Pacific Blue
  
  - Disrobed (2000) ... J. Gunnar Halloran actor actors
  
  - Reckoning (2) (1999) ... J. Gunnar Halloran actor actors
  
  1996
- Posse
  Jimmy Love
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- Diagnosis: Murder
  
  - Trash TV (2) (1999) ... Jackson Burley actor actors
  
  - Trash TV (1) (1999) ... Jackson Burley actor actors
  
  - Must Kill TV (1997) ... Jackson Burley actor actors
  
  1993
- Renegade
  Donald 'Dutch' Dixon
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  - The Bad Seed (1997) ... Donald 'Dutch' Dixon actor actors
  
  - The Maltese Indian (1997) ... Donald 'Dutch' Dixon actor actors
  
  - Born Under a Bad Sign (1997) ... Donald 'Dutch' Dixon actor actors
  
  - Bounty Hunter of the Year (1997) ... Donald 'Dutch' Dixon actor actors
  
  - Blood Hunt (1997) ... Donald 'Dutch' Dixon actor actors
  
  1992
- Identity Crisis
  The Coroner
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Magnum, P.I.
  
  - A.A.P.I. (1986) ... Security Chief Ray Lemon actor actors
  
  1980
crew (4 credits)
- The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
  creator
  
  crew
  
  1996
- The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
  creator
  
  crew
  
  1994
- Silk Stalkings
  
  - Noir (2) (1999) ... creator crew
  
  - Noir (1) (1999) ... creator crew
  
  - Dream Weavers (1999) ... creator crew
  
  - A Clockwork Florida Orange (1999) ... creator crew
  
  - Where & When (1999) ... creator crew
  
  1991
- Dr. Scorpion
  creator
  
  crew
  
  1978
creators (8 credits)
- Renegade
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1992
- Silk Stalkings
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1991
- 21 Jump Street
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1987
- Riptide
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1984
- The A-Team
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1983
- Baa Baa Black Sheep
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1976
- Baretta
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1975
- The Rockford Files
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1974
directing (1 credits)
- The Rockford Files
  
  - Paradise Cove (1979) ... director directing
  
  - White on White and Nearly Perfect (1978) ... director directing
  
  - Beamer's Last Case (1977) ... director directing
  
  1974

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