"Remington Steele" (1982) TV series 1982-1987

Creators:

Robert Butler
Michael Gleason
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

1 October 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

Before He Was Bond He Was...

Plot:

The cases of a female private detective partnered with a former thief who assumes the role of a fictitious detective in the business.

Plot Keywords:

Investigation | Private Investigator | Private Detective | Murder | Male Female Relationship

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Stephanie Zimbalist	...	Laura Holt (94 episodes, 1982-1987)
Pierce Brosnan	...	Remington Steele (94 episodes, 1982-1987)
Doris Roberts	...	Mildred Krebs (72 episodes, 1983-1987)

Series Directed by
Seymour Robbie		(17 episodes, 1983-1987)
Don Weis		(17 episodes, 1983-1986)
Christopher Hibler		(11 episodes, 1984-1987)
Burt Brinckerhoff		(7 episodes, 1982-1986)
Robert Butler		(5 episodes, 1982-1983)
Stan Lathan		(4 episodes, 1982-1986)
Sheldon Larry		(3 episodes, 1983-1985)
Harry Harris		(3 episodes, 1984-1985)
Gabrielle Beaumont		(3 episodes, 1985-1986)
Kevin Inch		(3 episodes, 1986-1987)
Sidney Hayers		(2 episodes, 1982-1983)
Larry Elikann		(2 episodes, 1983-1985)
Alexander Singer		(2 episodes, 1983-1985)
Karen Arthur		(2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Kevin Connor		(2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Nick Havinga		(2 episodes, 1983)
Rocky Lang		(2 episodes, 1985-1986)

Series Writing credits
Robert Butler		(94 episodes, 1982-1987)
Michael Gleason		(94 episodes, 1982-1987)
Brad Kern		(11 episodes, 1984-1987)
Jeff Melvoin		(10 episodes, 1983-1986)
John Wirth		(8 episodes, 1984-1986)
Lee David Zlotoff		(7 episodes, 1982-1983)
Robin Bernheim		(7 episodes, 1985-1987)
Glenn Gordon Caron		(4 episodes, 1982-1983)
Brian Alan Lane		(4 episodes, 1983-1984)
Rick Mittleman		(4 episodes, 1984-1986)
Kerry Lenhart		(4 episodes, 1985-1986)
John J. Sakmar		(4 episodes, 1985-1986)
Susan Baskin		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Richard De Roy		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
R.J. Stewart		(3 episodes, 1983)
Richard Collins		(2 episodes, 1983-1984)
George Lee Marshall		(2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Andrew Laskos		(2 episodes, 1983)
Brian Clemens		(2 episodes, 1984)

Series Produced by
Michael Gleason	....	executive producer (94 episodes, 1982-1987)
Gareth Davies	....	co-executive producer / producer (88 episodes, 1982-1987)
Kevin Inch	....	producer / associate producer / ... (82 episodes, 1982-1987)
Jack Mongan	....	associate producer (37 episodes, 1985-1987)
Robert C. Bailey	....	associate producer (26 episodes, 1983-1985)
Lee David Zlotoff	....	supervising producer (19 episodes, 1983)
Richard De Roy	....	supervising producer (13 episodes, 1984-1985)
Jeff Melvoin	....	supervising producer (13 episodes, 1985-1986)
Glenn Gordon Caron	....	supervising producer (12 episodes, 1982-1983)
Carl Vitale	....	associate producer (7 episodes, 1982)
Brad Kern	....	supervising producer (5 episodes, 1987)
Christopher Hibler	....	co-producer (3 episodes, 1987)
Carl Vitale	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1982)

Series Original Music by
Richard Lewis Warren		(88 episodes, 1982-1987)

Series Cinematography by
Kenneth Peach Jr.		(43 episodes, 1983-1986)
Dennis Matsuda		(26 episodes, 1985-1987)
Edward R. Brown		(14 episodes, 1982-1984)
Brian West		(4 episodes, 1984)
Jorge Stahl Jr.		(2 episodes, 1983)
Kenneth J. Withers		(2 episodes, 1985)

Series Film Editing by
Philip Carr Neel		(32 episodes, 1982-1986)
J. Benjamin Chulay		(13 episodes, 1983-1985)
Joe Ravetz		(11 episodes, 1983-1985)
Susan B. Browdy		(10 episodes, 1985-1987)
Mike Wilcox		(5 episodes, 1982-1983)
James Galloway		(4 episodes, 1982-1983)
William P. Magee		(4 episodes, 1982-1983)
Greg Wong		(4 episodes, 1983-1987)
Jerry Temple		(4 episodes, 1985-1986)
Jan Wesley		(3 episodes, 1986)

Series Casting by
Molly Lopata		(78 episodes, 1982-1987)
Susan Shaw		(13 episodes, 1985-1986)

Series Art Direction by
Joe Aubel		(68 episodes, 1983-1986)
Richard Berger		(14 episodes, 1982-1984)
Brian Savegar		(4 episodes, 1984-1985)

Series Set Decoration by
Mary Swanson		(38 episodes, 1983-1986)
Rochelle Moser		(18 episodes, 1982-1984)
Ernie Bishop		(13 episodes, 1982-1983)
Ira Bates		(5 episodes, 1983)
Bob Gullickson		(4 episodes, 1982)
Charles B. Pierce		(3 episodes, 1987)
Joe D. Mitchell		(2 episodes, 1983)
Gregory Garrison		(2 episodes, 1984-1985)

Series Costume Design by
Ron Talsky		(70 episodes, 1983-1987)

Series Makeup Department
Dorothy D. Fox	....	hair stylist (92 episodes, 1982-1987)
Bron Roylance	....	makeup artist (71 episodes, 1983-1987)
Jim Kail	....	makeup artist (22 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Production Management
Ted Rich	....	post-production supervisor / executive in charge of post-production (87 episodes, 1982-1987)
Bernard Oseransky	....	executive in charge of production / unit production manager (69 episodes, 1983-1987)
Robert Enrietto	....	unit production manager (58 episodes, 1983-1986)
Abby Singer	....	executive in charge of production / production consultant (23 episodes, 1982-1985)
John Slosser	....	unit production manager (23 episodes, 1982-1983)
Daniel Franklin	....	production supervisor (20 episodes, 1985-1987)
Dennis Lanning	....	european production manager / production manager: Europe (4 episodes, 1984)
Edward K. Dodds	....	unit production manager (4 episodes, 1987)
Dara Caomnanch	....	production manager: Europe / production manager (3 episodes, 1987)
Ted Morley	....	production manager: England (2 episodes, 1985)
Peter Schindler	....	unit production manager (2 episodes, 1985)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Irwin Marcus	....	second assistant director / first assistant director (41 episodes, 1983-1987)
Sara Fischer	....	second assistant director (28 episodes, 1985-1987)
Kevin Inch	....	second unit director (27 episodes, 1984-1987)
Janet Davidson	....	first assistant director / second assistant director (26 episodes, 1982-1984)
Paul Chavez	....	second assistant director / first assistant director (25 episodes, 1984-1986)
Christopher Hibler	....	first assistant director (23 episodes, 1982-1985)
Buck Edwards	....	second assistant director (14 episodes, 1985-1986)
Peter Schindler	....	first assistant director (12 episodes, 1984-1985)
Ron Kinwald	....	second assistant director (9 episodes, 1983)
Peter Bogart	....	first assistant director (5 episodes, 1982-1983)
Bruce Solow	....	second assistant director (4 episodes, 1984)
Thompson O'Sullivan	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 1987)
Michael Rowland	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 1987)
Armando M. Huerta	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1983)
Andrew Wood	....	second assistant director: England (2 episodes, 1985)
Kenneth D. Collins	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1987)
Miguel Lima	....	second assistant director: Mexico (2 episodes, 1987)
Jerram A. Swartz	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1987)
Matthew Hintlian	....	second assistant director: 1985 (unknown episodes)
Martin O'Malley	....	first assistant director: second unit (unknown episodes)
John G. Phelan	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
David Coleman	....	property master (56 episodes, 1983-1986)
Howard Cole	....	property master (3 episodes, 1987)
Carlos Cortes	....	property master: Mexico (2 episodes, 1987)

Series Sound Department
Tom Ruff	....	adr mixer (66 episodes, 1982-1985)
Norman Webster	....	production sound mixer / sound mixer (58 episodes, 1983-1987)
Sam Horta	....	sound editor (37 episodes, 1983-1985)
Ron Horwitz	....	sound editor (28 episodes, 1984-1986)
Ron Clark	....	sound editor (11 episodes, 1982-1983)
Pat Hayes	....	production sound mixer (7 episodes, 1984-1987)
Petra Bach	....	sound editor (6 episodes, 1987)
Dale Johnston	....	sound editor (4 episodes, 1982)
Jeff Clark	....	sound editor (4 episodes, 1983)
Allan R. Potter	....	sound editor (3 episodes, 1982)
John Midgley	....	production sound mixer (2 episodes, 1985)
Kirk Francis	....	production sound mixer (2 episodes, 1987)
John Asman	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Paul J. Diller	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Michael Gollom	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Eileen Horta	....	supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)
Jeffrey A. Humphreys	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)
Scott D. Jackson	....	foley editor (unknown episodes)
William Jacobs	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Ken S. Polk	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Peter Reale	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Burt Dalton	....	special effects (20 episodes, 1985-1987)
Grant Burdette	....	special effects (19 episodes, 1984-1985)
Robbie Knott	....	special effects (16 episodes, 1983-1984)
Wayne Beauchamp	....	special effects supervisor (6 episodes, 1983-1985)
Mario Cassar	....	special effects foreman: Malta (4 episodes, 1984)
Jorge Farfan	....	special effects: Mexico (2 episodes, 1987)
Ted Allen	....	special effects (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Leslie Hoffman	....	stunt double: Doris Roberts / stunt double: Rose Marie (12 episodes, 1984-1986)
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunt coordinator / stunt double: Pierce Brosnan / ... (10 episodes, 1983-1984)
Gardner Doolittle	....	stunt double / stunts (3 episodes, 1982-1986)
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunt performer (3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Charlie Brewer	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jean Coulter	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Thomas Dewier	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Tom Elliott	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Terry James	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Lane Leavitt	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Ray Lykins	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Buck McDancer	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Ernie F. Orsatti	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Dennis Matsuda	....	camera operator (33 episodes, 1983-1985)
Jack Courtland	....	camera operator (25 episodes, 1984-1986)
Anthony Pistone	....	gaffer (18 episodes, 1983-1985)
Bill Whitman	....	camera operator (14 episodes, 1986-1987)
John C. Moulds	....	second assistant camera (12 episodes, 1982-1983)
Larry J. Aube	....	key grip (9 episodes, 1983-1984)
Robert A. Petzoldt III	....	gaffer (9 episodes, 1985-1986)
Louis Conroy	....	gaffer (7 episodes, 1984-1987)
Russell Nordstedt	....	key grip (7 episodes, 1984-1985)
Frank Keever	....	key grip (6 episodes, 1985-1986)
Alan Butler	....	first assistant camera (4 episodes, 1984-1987)
Kenneth J. Withers	....	camera operator (4 episodes, 1984)
Lloyd Barcroft	....	key grip (4 episodes, 1985)
Paddy Keogh	....	key grip (3 episodes, 1984)
Jack Conroy	....	second unit photographer (3 episodes, 1987)
Seamus Corcoran	....	second unit photographer (3 episodes, 1987)
John Donoghue	....	gaffer (2 episodes, 1985)
Ginger Gemmel	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1985)
Dennis McBride	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1985)
Gabriel Torres	....	camera operator: Mexico (2 episodes, 1987)
John Burnett	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit, additional photography (unknown episodes, 1982-1987)
Vincent Contarino	....	electrician (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Geri Windsor	....	executive in charge of talent (30 episodes, 1982-1983)
Maude Spector	....	casting: Europe (3 episodes, 1984)
Ann Fielden	....	casting: UK (2 episodes, 1987)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carole Little	....	wardrobe provider: Stephanie Zimbalist / wardrobe furnisher: Stephanie Zimbalist / ... (70 episodes, 1983-1987)
Molly Harris Campbell	....	costumer: women / costumer (39 episodes, 1983-1985)
Shelly Levine	....	costumer: men (39 episodes, 1984-1986)
Sanford Slepak	....	costumer: men / costume supervisor / ... (36 episodes, 1982-1984)
Paula Giokaris	....	costumer: women (22 episodes, 1982-1983)
Jerry Sklar	....	costumer: men (19 episodes, 1983-1984)
Loree Parral	....	costumer: women (16 episodes, 1985-1986)
Emma Trenchard	....	costumer: women (5 episodes, 1983)
Rita Salazar	....	costumer: women (4 episodes, 1985)
George Marc Gagnon	....	costumer: men (3 episodes, 1983)
Jesse Fields	....	costumer: men / men's costumer (3 episodes, 1987)
Andrea E. Weaver	....	costumer: women (3 episodes, 1987)
Maeve Paterson	....	costumer (2 episodes, 1987)
Christa von Humboldt	....	wardrobe supervisor: Mexico (2 episodes, 1987)

Series Editorial Department
John A. Barton	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 1983-1984)
Susan Heick	....	assistant editor (5 episodes, 1982-1983)
Ted Rich	....	executive in charge of post-production (3 episodes, 1985-1986)

Series Music Department
Henry Mancini	....	composer: theme music (83 episodes, 1982-1987)
Jim Harrison	....	music editor (50 episodes, 1984-1987)
Stephen A. Hope	....	music editor (15 episodes, 1982-1983)
Kathy Durning	....	music editor (14 episodes, 1983-1984)
James D. Young	....	music editor (7 episodes, 1982-1983)
Jim Weidman	....	music editor (3 episodes, 1983)
Frank Fitzpatrick	....	supervising music editor / music editor (3 episodes, 1987)
Don Nemitz	....	orchestrator (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Ed Demrest	....	transportation captain (56 episodes, 1983-1987)
Chris Haynes	....	driver (13 episodes, 1982-1987)
Arthur Dunne	....	transportation captain (3 episodes, 1984)
Carlos Ponce de León	....	transportation captain (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Geri Windsor	....	executive in charge of talent (61 episodes, 1983-1987)
Susan Becton	....	production coordinator (55 episodes, 1983-1985)
Elliott Lewis	....	executive script consultant / executive story editor (49 episodes, 1983-1986)
Abby Singer	....	production consultant (49 episodes, 1983-1985)
Jeff Melvoin	....	executive story editor / story editor (44 episodes, 1983-1985)
John Wirth	....	story editor / executive story editor (42 episodes, 1984-1986)
Brad Kern	....	story editor / executive story editor (36 episodes, 1984-1986)
Richard De Roy	....	executive script consultant (22 episodes, 1983-1984)
Robert Butler	....	executive consultant (21 episodes, 1982-1983)
George Rutter	....	script supervisor (19 episodes, 1983-1985)
Doris Chisholm	....	script supervisor (19 episodes, 1984-1986)
Kerry Lenhart	....	story editor (17 episodes, 1985-1986)
John J. Sakmar	....	story editor (17 episodes, 1985-1986)
Lee David Zlotoff	....	executive story consultant (13 episodes, 1982-1983)
Victoria Gail Weisbart	....	script supervisor (10 episodes, 1985-1987)
Brian Alan Lane	....	story editor (9 episodes, 1984)
R.J. Stewart	....	story editor (7 episodes, 1983)
Rick Mittleman	....	executive script consultant / executive story consultant (7 episodes, 1986)
Robin Bernheim	....	executive story editor (6 episodes, 1987)
John Vaughan	....	location auditor (5 episodes, 1984-1985)
John Vaughan	....	location auditor (5 episodes, 1987)
Paul Wolff	....	executive story editor (4 episodes, 1983)
Jill Bender	....	script supervisor (4 episodes, 1985-1986)
Lois Thurman	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1983)
Laerke Sigfred Pedersen	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1984)
Joanna Yearsley	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1984)
Jean Skinner	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1987)
Tom Moore	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1984)
Jim Carberry	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Adam Hill	....	shophand/set detail caster: CBS/MTM Studios (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• MTM Enterprises

Distributors

• AXN (????) (Japan) (TV)
• FS Film Oy (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1982-1987) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Tohokushinsha Film (1993) (Japan) (VHS)
• United American Video (1993) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Inter Video  24 frame video playback
• Silver Chalice Productions  European production coordination
• Unique Movie Cars  picture cars

Also Known As:

Runtime:

60 min (94 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11 (DVD) (2006) | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

ABC Entertainment Center - 2040 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

MTM Enterprises

Trivia:

During the run of the series, Pierce Brosnan was not only touted as the next James Bond, but he was also mentioned in published reports as being considered to star in a theatrical version of The Saint. This project never materialized.

Quotes:

[narration from the opening credits]
Laura Holt:Try this for a deep, dark secret: the great detective, Remington Steele? He doesn't exist. I invented him. Follow. I always loved excitement, so I studied, and apprenticed, and put my name on an office. But absolutely nobody knocked down my door. A female private investigator seemed so...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Psych: Extradition: British Columbia (#4.1)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Remington Steele/Theme For Laura

Wonderful Private Eye/Romantic Comedy, with Sparkling Brosnan Performance!

"Remington Steele" has become such a 'cult favorite' since it's 1982 debut that the show's many fans can recite episodes, plot lines, dialog, even the 'unrevealed' aspects of both Laura Holt and the mysterious Mr. Steele's past, and, amazingly, their futures, as well! For a show that some critics initially brushed off as a "Moonlighting" clone, the series has proved to be far more enduring, and beloved...with much of the credit going to the leads, beautiful and talented Stephanie Zimbalist, and the remarkable future 'James Bond', Pierce Brosnan. The premise of the show was clearly stated in the first season's opening credits; a brilliant young investigator, Laura Holt (Zimbalist), decides to start her own agency, but the era's chauvinistic attitude toward women prevents clients from hiring "a woman". So she invents a fictional 'boss', Remington Steele, brilliant, charismatic, but always busy on other cases, so potential clients would deal with his 'associate', Ms. Holt. The scheme works brilliantly, although, as the client list increased in stature, it became increasingly difficult to fend off their demands to meet Mr. Steele...and then HE appeared! A young, lean, enigmatic Irishman (Pierce Brosnan), initially involved in a smuggling operation (although on the "side of the Angels"), gets out of a difficult situation by declaring himself "Remington Steele", and quickly discovers the status (and available funds!) the 'Nom De Plume' gives him. Although Holt is initially furious at the pretender, an important client happily passes his business to 'Mr. Steele', and his physical 'presence', documented by the press, forces her to accept the mysterious stranger...on condition he NOT meddle in cases! Of course, the new Steele, whose passion is Classic Hollywood movies (as, indeed, Brosnan's was, as well), simply can't miss the chance to 'live out' the 'Film Noir Detective' lifestyle, creating a constant source of episode plot lines...and Holt and Steele would develop an increasingly romantic bond, as well, which would, eventually become a full-fledged romance. For many "Steele" fans, the first season's episodes are the most fun, with Brosnan less-than-competent as the master detective, Zimbalist displaying great comic timing in her reactions to his "successes", and James Read ("North and South", "Charmed"), providing a rugged sex appeal as her more dependable, skilled associate/'boyfriend'. But the Steele/Holt chemistry was so strong that Read would eventually be written out (as well as the two-dimensional secretary, Bernice Foxe, played by Janet DeMay), and a stronger character, motherly Mildred Krebs (the wonderful Doris Roberts), would be introduced as the new secretary/confidant, in the second season; her presence provided a stability that actually improved the show. So much has been written about the series, and so many legends surround it (the most famous being that NBC, on the verge of canceling the show after four seasons, upon hearing Brosnan had been chosen as the new James Bond in "The Living Daylights", quickly reprieved it for a season of 'made-for-TV' "Steele" movies, to take advantage of the publicity...costing Brosnan the 007 role, for a decade), that "Remington Steele" has achieved a fame that has far outlasted the series' five seasons. Certainly, the warmth and camaraderie of the cast and crew throughout the run made the production 'special' (unlike the frequently explosive atmosphere on the "Moonlighting" set), and there is ALWAYS talk of a 'reunion' show, reuniting Steele and Holt for a new adventure, even after a twenty-year 'retirement'! Not bad for a "Moonlighting" 'clone'!