While serving in the L.A.P.D., he began delivering scripts for series like “Dragnet” and “Adam-12.” After retiring, he was a showrunner for “MacGyver.” By Richard Sandomir Stephen Downing, a Los ...

Growing up, there was one face that just inspired trust: It belonged to veteran police officer Pete Malloy, who, along with his partner Jim Reed, did their very best to keep the streets of Los Angeles ...

Stephen Downing, a Los Angeles Police Department officer who turned to a TV writing and producing career that included work on such series as Adam-12, Kojak and MacGyver, died of sepsis November 20 in ...

Adam-12 star Kent McCord always knew the value of hard work and taking a good opportunity that came your way. The handsome actor, born Kent Franklin McWhirter, started working at his dad’s gas station ...