Bill Gannon

William "Bill" Gannon was a protagonist in the Dragnet 1966 television movie and the Dragnet 1967 television series. He was portrayed by , who earlier played an alcoholic hotel clerk in the Dragnet radio station, and would go on to portray Colonel Sherman Potter in the M*A*S*H television series. 
Gannon was married, and his wife's name was Eileen. By the late 1960s Gannon was a Detective in the (LAPD), and was partnered with Detective Sargent Joe Friday. The two men worked well together, with Gannon occasionally acting as comic relief. Gannon would perform a lot of the investigative footwork that came with their cases, which were spread across the different investigative units making up the LAPD.
By 1987, Gannon held the rank of Captain in the LAPD in the Robbery-Homicide division. As such, Gannon supervised a number of detectives. Among the detectives he supervised was Joe Friday, who was the nephew of his former partner Friday. By then his former partner had been deceased for several years at that point.
==Trivia==
* asked his longtime friend Harry Morgan to play Bill Gannon in the 1966 television movie and 1967 series when Frank Smith actor Ben Alexander was unavailable due to his commitment to ABC's The Felony Squad.
*Gannon was introduced in the pilot movie Dragnet 1966, however it was not actually aired until 1969. 
*Reportedly Webb had considered bringing Dragnet back to television in the mid 1970s. However, by then Morgan was unavailable due to playing Colonel Potter on M*A*S*H. If another revival of the series had taken place Friday would've likely had been partnered with someone else.
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