1 9 7 8 – 1 9 7 9 (USA)
1 x 120 minute pilot
10 x 60 minute episodes
David Cassidy – Man Undercover was an unlikely spin-off from Police Story featuring the ex-Partridge Family singer as LA police officer Dan Shay – a kind of one-man Mod Squad.
Pre-empting 21 Jump Street by several years, the show emphasised the youth element and had David infiltrating a gang of young bank robbers, posing as a college student, and pretending to be a drug addict.
The short series co-starred Wendy Rastatter as Cassidy’s wife, Joanne; Elizabeth Reddin as their young daughter, Cindy; and Simon Oakland as Cassidy’s commanding officer, Lieutenant Abrams.
One critic likened the theme song (as performed by David, who also wrote it) as a “cross between Feelings and the mating cry of a Siberian newt.”
Officer Dan Shay
David Cassidy
Lt. Abrams
Simon Oakland
Joanne Shay
Wendy Rastatter
Cindy Shay
Elizabeth Reddin
T.J. Epps
Ray Vitte
Episodes
Running The Hill | Baby Makes Three | Cage Of Steel | Deadly Convoy (aka Bikers Convoy) | Flashpoint | RX For Dying | Firestorm | Teammates | Nightwork | Death Is A Close Friend Too
