This week’s mysterious show was a 1971 episode from Season 4 of the TV series Mannix titled The Color of Murder, featuring the late Diane Keaton.Most of her films are well known and lack sufficient mysteriousness, so I went back to her early TV work for a tribute. She was in an interesting segment of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, but it’s a two-character drama and impossible to stretch over five days. I was a big fan of Mike Connors’ earlier series Tightrope, but missed Mannix, as I was mostly without a TV from 1968 to 1978.
For Monday, we have a mysterious person.
Update: This is Anthony Redondo. His middle name was Ronstadt and he was born in Phoenix, so it sounds like he may have been a member of the Ronstadt family.
For Tuesday, we have a mysterious woman.
Update: This is Virginia Gregg.
For “Hm Wednesday,” we have a mysterious woman.
Update: This is Gail Fisher.
Brain Trust roll call: Greg (Tuesday’s mysterious woman), Diane Ely (Tuesday’s mystery woman), Stacia (mystery show and Tuesday’s mysterious woman), Lorenzo (Tuesday’s mystery woman), Mike Hawks (Tuesday’s mysterious woman), B.J. Merholz (Tuesday’s mystery woman), Benito (Tuesday’s mystery woman), Sylvia (Tuesday’s woman of mystery) and Anne Papineau (Tuesday’s enigmatic woman).
Note to Anne Papineau: Yes.
For “Aha Thursday,” we have a mysterious fellow.
Update: This is Johnny Haymer.
And two more mysterious fellows.
Update: This is John Lupton, left, and Ward Wood.
Plus a mysterious woman.
Update: This is Karen Ericson.
Brain Trust roll call: Sylvia (mystery show and Wednesday’s mystery woman), Anne Papineau (mystery show and Wednesday’s mystery woman), Greg (mystery show and Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s mystery women), Sarah (mystery show, Wednesday’s mystery woman), L.C. (mystery show and mysterious cast), Chrisbo (mystery show and Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s mystery women), Suz N Chaz (mystery show, Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s mystery women), B.J. Merholz (mystery show and Wednesday’s mystery woman), Roget-L.A. (mystery show, Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s mystery women and mysterious leads) and Thom and Megan (mystery show and Wednesday’s mysterious woman).
For Friday, we have a mysterious fellow.
Update: This is Mike Connors.
And finally, a mysterious woman with … a gun?
Update: This is Diane Keaton.
Brain Trust roll call: Benito (mystery show, Wednesday’s mysterious woman and Friday’s mystery woman), Sylvia (Monday’s mystery guest, and Thursday’s and Friday’s mysterious guests and Monday’s mystery guest), Strangerwarm (mysterious show, Wednesday’s mystery woman and Friday’s mystery woman) and Mike Hawks (Thursday’s mysterious man No. 2)
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A TURKEY FOR THE PRESIDENT. Ward Bond on Monday.
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An interesting guess! But alas, I’m afraid not.
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Tuesday’s mysterious woman is Virginia Gregg.
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,perry mason TV
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Virginia Gregg on Tuesday.
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Tuesday is Virginia Gregg. Love her! This is the Mannix episode “The Color of Murder” and I’m watching it right now, still don’t know who Monday Man is but I’m going to find out. Good episode so far, I should have watched more Mannix reruns than I did.
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Tuesday guest looks a lot like Virginia Gregg who seemed to appear in every other Dragnet episode.
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Virginia Gregg.
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If this is Virginia Gregg then it must be Dragnet after in went to color.
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Virginia Gregg, lookin weary
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Tuesday – Virginia Gregg pictured, but don’t know the movie. She also appeared in a LOT of TV episodes.
Will keep trying.
That’s some bank of TV screens on Monday!
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Is this a TV show? Tuesday looks like Virginia Gregg. Grew up watching her. She was in so many things I’ve no clue. Monday reminds me of Friedrich von Ledebur but, nah, the mouth is off.
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Searching thru Virginia Gregg ventures, then recalled the passing of Ms Keaton.
Mannix “The Color of Murder” 1971
Monday – still searching, maybe Ward Wood??
Tuesday – Virginia Gregg
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This just popped up after I posted.
Wednesday – “Peggy Maxwell” of course. Gail Fisher was a favorite in my family.
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Gail Fisher … it’s Peggy from “Mannix,” specifically “The Color of Murder.” La dee da!
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Peggy Fair was Gail Fisher’s character’s name, not Maxwell.
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Virginia Gregg and Gail Fisher in an episode of the TV show “Mannix”. I’m guessing the episode is “Color Her Missing”.
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It’s Mannix, Walk a Double Line. With John Bennett Perry, Marie Fisher, and Gail Fisher.
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Mannix episode – The Color of Murder w/Virginia Gregg, Diane Keaton, Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, John McLiam, John Lupton, Bill Baldwin…
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Virginia Gregg & Gail Fisher. Mannix – The Color of Money
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1971 episode of “Mannix” with Virginia Gregg, Gail Fisher, and soon Diane Keaton. Man on television screen looks so familiar but I do not know who is is (and I am not alone)….a Lee Marvin look-alike?
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Gail Fisher in the color of missing her murder.
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A 1971 Mannix episode called “The Color of Murder” with Virginia Gregg (Tuesday), Gail Fisher (Wednesday), Mike Connors, and Diane Keaton
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There should be a current movie called “A Turkey IS the President”. 😆
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Our mystery guest today is Gail Fisher in an episode of Mannix.
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Gail Fisher, sans mannix?
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Guess its THE COLOR OF MURDER, mannix episode, due to early Diane Keaton role. PS def see LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR, Keaton shows us her range and nails it
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Thursday – Johnny Haymer, John Lupton, Ward Wood and Karen Ericson. That leaves Mike Connors and Diane Keaton for Friday. This was a fun one and a nice salute to Ms Keaton.
Keep searching for Monday’s guy. IMDb says the ‘Announcer’ credit goes to Bill Baldwin, but Monday’s guy doesn’t look anything like the Bill Baldwin I’ve seen in other shows. And he’s certainly not Alec Baldwin’s brother. Will look forward to your Saturday breakdown and finding out who he is.
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Gail fisher on Wednesday. I’m assuming this the Mannix episode with Diane Keaton.
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John Lupton.
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Okay – my last shot at Monday’s guy. I think he’s Anthony Redondo (not listed as the ‘announcer’ in the credits, but as ‘Otto Conrad’, so maybe he’s on Monday’s TV screen for some other reason.) Found a sprinkling of images of Mr Redondo that sure resemble Monday’s guy and the age seems to fit better than everyone else. Looking forward to your reveal.
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MANNIX. Color of Murder. Bill Baldwin Monday, Virginia Gregg Tuesday, Gail Fisher Wednesday, Anthony Redondo, John Mcliam and John Sebastian, Karen Ericsson all Thursday, Mike “touch” Connors and Diane Keaton today.
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I never did find out who Monday’s Mystery Man is! He looks a little like Truman Bradley, the host of Science Fiction Theater, but I don’t think it is, given the context.
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Mike Connors.
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Friday – Mike Connors and Diane Keaton
Had to laugh at my fogginess on Monday’s guy. It didn’t dawn on me until AFTER I sent in my Anthony Redondo guess yesterday that his character and Keaton’s have the same last name, so of course his character would be her character’s deceased father, as per the storyline. DUH!
Anyway this was fun.
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Oh dang, now I realize Anthony Redondo was supposed to be the murder victim! For some reason I thought the news footage was showing us the victim at the crime scene followed by someone talking at a press conference, but it was the victim before he was, uh, a victim.
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Exactly! I never miss an opportunity to be tricky.
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