Ironside is a Universal television series which ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as the wheelchair-using Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. The character's debut was in a TV-movie on March 28, 1967. The original title of the show in the United Kingdom was A Man Called Ironside. The show earned Burr six Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations. The show revolved around former San Francisco Police Department Chief of Detectives Robert T. Ironside , a veteran of more than twenty years of police service who was forced to retire from the... department after a sniper's bullet paralyzed him from the waist down, leaving him "crippled" and forced to use a wheelchair. In the pilot episode, Ironside shows his strength of character and gets himself appointed a "special department consultant" by his good friend, Police Commissioner Dennis Randall. He does this by calling a press conference and then tricking Commissioner Randall into meeting his terms. Ironside uses an attic floor room at the SFPD headquarters and made use of a specially modified and equipped Ford police truck.
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| On the air: | September 14, 1967-February 6, 1975 |
| Number of seasons: | 8 |
| Network: | NBC |
| Producer: | Jeannot Szwarc, Collier Young |