R.C.M.P.

1 9 5 9 – 1 9 6 0 (Canada)
39 x 30 minute episodes

French-Canadian actor Gilles Pelletier starred as Corporal Jacques Gagnier in this Canadian television drama series about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Gagnier was in charge of the Shamattawa station in rural northern Saskatchewan, where he was assisted by Constable Bill Mitchell (Don Francks) and Constable Frank Scott (John Perkins).

A wide selection of character actors played supporting roles from week to week: Hugh Webster, Jane Mallett, Murray Westgate, Ed McGibbon, Robert Christie, James Doohan, John Drainie, Katherine Blake, Michael Kane, and Alfie Scopp.

Angus Baptiste, an Algonquin, and Frances Hyland both appeared on a semi-regular basis.

In some stories, the RCMP officers served their conventional function as law officers and crime investigators. In an episode called ‘The Smiling People’, Gagnier attended the trial of a native woman in the Arctic accused of killing her husband, and in another Mitchell disguised himself as a beatnik to investigate narcotic dealing to teenagers.

In other episodes, the constables were implicated in the story itself. For example, in ‘The Accused’, Scott faced evidence that he had assaulted a leading citizen of the town. In another, Gagnier was sent to Ottawa for a refresher training course.

In addition to Canadian television, R.C.M.P was aired in syndication in the US and was bought by the BBC in the UK and Australian television. The series was also dubbed into French, Spanish, Italian and German and was broadcast in many European and South American countries.

Corporal Jacques Gagnier
Gilles Pelletier
Constable Frank Scott
John Perkins
Constable Bill Mitchell
Don Francks
Wilson Tong
William Lee

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