David Cassidy – Man Undercover

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