Der Polizeichef
Cannell created or co-created nearly 40 television series, mostly crime dramas, including "The Rockford Files", "Chase", "Baa Baa Black Sheep", "Baretta", "City of Angels", and under his own banner, "The Greatest American Hero", "The A-Team", "Hardcastle and McCormick", "Wiseguy", "21 Jump Street", "Silk Stalkings", and "The Commish". In the process, he had by his own count, scripted more than 450 episodes, and produced or executive produced over 1,500 episodes.