Man with a Camera
Former combat cameraman Mike Kovac is now a freelance photographer in New York City, specializing in difficult and dangerous assignments where he can get the kinds of pictures that other photographers can't, or won't take. He sometimes gets help, often reluctantly, from his contact in the police department, Lt. Donovan, and advice from his immigrant father Anton.
Man with a Camera is an American 1950s television crime drama starring Charles Bronson.
Throughout the 1950s, Bronson spent most of his early acting career performing in TV shows as well as small parts in films, until he landed the lead in this ABC series. This is the only series in which he played the lead role. He later be cast in supporting roles either as a guest star or a recurring character in dozens of TV shows after this series was cancelled.
Plot
Bronson portrayed Mike Kovac, a former World War II combat photographer freelancing in New York City who specialized in getting the photographs that other lensmen could not. He usually assists newspapers, insurance companies, the police and private individuals, all of whom want a filmed record of an event.
By often acting as a private eye, Kovac gets himself into plenty of trouble involving criminals of every kind, helping with cases the police could not handle.
Besides an array of cameras for normal use, for surreptitious work Kovac employs cameras hidden in a radio, cigarette lighter and even his necktie. He also has a phone in his car, and a portable darkroom in the trunk where he could develop his negatives on the spot.
Kovac’s police liaison is Lieutenant Donovan (James Flavin), though he frequently seeks advice from Anton Kovac (Ludwig Stössel), his immigrant father.
Main cast
Charles Bronson as Mike Kovac
James Flavin as Lieutenant Donovan
Ludwig Stössel as Anton Kovac
Selected guest stars
Rachel Ames
Roscoe Ates
Phyllis Avery
Arthur Batanides
Steve Brodie
Sebastian Cabot
Anthony Caruso
Booth Colman
Russ Conway
Yvonne Craig
Norma Crane
Audrey Dalton
Angie Dickinson
Dolores Donlon
Don Durant
Robert Ellenstein
Bill Erwin
Frank Faylen
Virginia Field
Don Gordon
Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr.
I. Stanford Jolley
Berry Kroeger
Tom Laughlin
Ruta Lee
Gavin MacLeod
Howard McNear
Jimmy Lydon
Theodore Marcuse
Walter Maslow
Dennis Patrick
John M. Pickard
Phillip Pine
Bert Remsen
Lee Roberts
Johnny Seven
Doris Singleton
Harry Dean Stanton
Ludwig Stössel
Lawrence Tierney
Casey Walters
Dick Wessel
Jesse White
Grant Williams
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