Richie Brockelman,
Private Eye

The character of Richie Brockelman debuted in The Rockford Files 2 part episode: "The House on Willis Avenue" and came back for this 2 part episode: "Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job (a.k.a. The Return of Richie Brockelman".

Pilot 1976

1. _"The Missing 24 Hours" (90 min)
   gs: Norman Fell [ Mr. Brockelman ], Sharon Gless [ Unknown ], Suzanne Pleshette [ Unknown ], Lloyd Bochner [ Unknown ], William Windom [ Unknown ]

   An amnesia victim hires Richie who does not know why a gunman is after, yet thinks that she is involved in a murder.

   b: 27 Oct 76 pc: _________ w: Stephen J. Cannell & Steven Bochco d: Hy Averback

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   1st Season 1978

2. _"The Framing of Perfect Sydney"
   gs: David Spielberg [ Unknown ], Jerry Douglas [ Unknown ], Rosanna Huffman [ Unknown ], Jerry Douglas [ Unknown ], Tasha Martel [ Unknown ], Regis Cordoc [ Unknown ], Earl Boen [ Unknown ]

   Richie tries to clear his brother who has been accused of embezzling one million dollars in corporate funds.

   b: 17 Mar 78 pc: _________ w: Mike Kozoll d: Arnold Laven

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3. _"Junk it to Me Baby"
   gs: Nehemiah Persoff [ Unknown ], Lisa Eilbacher [ Unknown ], Robert Phalen [ Unknown ], Douglas Dirksen [ Unknown ], Stanley Brock [ Unknown ], Jake Mitchell [ Unknown ], Danny Dayton [ Unknown ]

   Two thugs come after Richie, after he outbids them on a beat up sedan at an auction he was hired to go to.

   b: 24 Mar 78 pc: _________ w: Robert Swanson d: Ivan Dixon

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4. _"A Title on the Door and a Carpet on the Floor"
   gs: Jean Hollister [ Unknown ], John Holland [ Unknown ], Charles Siebert [ Unknown ], Carol Lynley [ Unknown ], Herbert Voland [ Unknown ], Amanda Varley [ Unknown ], Rene Auberjonois [ Unknown ], Jim McKrell [ Unknown ], Virginia Gregg [ Unknown ], Susan Damante [ Unknown ]

   Soon after the husband of a former client's of Richie's dies, he gets a job offer from a top detective agency.

   b: 31 Mar 78 pc: _________ w: Stephen Bochco d: Arnold Laven

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5. _"A Pigeon Ripe for Plucking"
   gs: Caroline McWilliams [ Unknown ], James Whitmore Jr. [ Unknown ], Michelle Stacey [ Unknown ], Lonny Chapman [ Unknown ]

   Richie goes to Las Vegas to help an old fraternity brother who has a couple of con artists after him- due to some gambling debts.

   b: 7 Apr 78 pc: _________ w: Peter S. Fischer d: Ivan Dixon

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6. _"Escape From Caine Abel"
   gs: Ayn Ruyman [ Unknown ], Ward Costello [ Unknown ], Howard Witt [ Unknown ], Johna deWinter [ Unknown ], Richard Devon [ Unknown ], Lewis van Bergan [ Unknown ], Joanna Frank [ Unknown ]

   Richie brings the victim of an auto accident to the hospital, only to have him vanish and be told that the man died in an airplane crash weeks ago.

   b: 14 Apr 78 pc: _________ w: Peter S. Fischer d: David Moessinger

Episodes #3 and #6 were combined into a TV movie called "The Diary of Richie Brockelman".

Thanks to Alex S. Garcia for some furnishing some missing info.