Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Bronk' from 1970-1982:
- Dina Ousley as Ellen Bronkov (1975-1976)
- Henry Beckman as Harry Mark (1975-1976)
- Jack Palance as Lt. Alex Bronkov (1975-1976)
- Joseph Mascolo as Mayor Pete Santori (1975-1976)
- Tony King as Sgt. John Webber (1975-1976)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Bronk':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Eric Kaldor D: Richard Donner
With Christopher Morley (Jackie LaCruce), Michael Parks (Coleman), Sheila Larken (Marni), Robert Yuro (Harrison), Ben Frank (Mitchell), Robbie Rist (Tommy), Michael DeLano (Listera), Sally Kirkland (Policewoman Haley), Peggy Rea (Mrs. Roy), John Sylvester White (Melvin Frank).
Jack Palance stars as Alex Bronkov, a police detective assigned special duty for the mayor of a large city. In the premiere episode, Bronk races an underworld hit man to his intended victim, unwittingly leading the killer to his mark.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Del Reisman D: Sutton Roley
With William Smith (Quillery), Bill McKinney, Stack Pierce, Arch Johnson, Jay Novello, Michael Swan (Detective Venneman).
When a young public defender is murdered while investigating the smuggling of illegal aliens, Bronk has to prove that his department was not responsible.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Stephen Kandel D: John Peyser
With Ann Wedgeworth (Kate), Dick Butkus (Roman Manescu), David Man (Harrelson), David Sheiner (Ben Capote), Steve Sandor (Jay), Rayford Barnes (Briggs), George Ball (Dr. Melford), Nancy Kandal (Karen Balford).
Det. Bronkov suffers a double threat when his assignment is complicated by a security leak and by his attraction to the grand jury witness he is assigned to protect.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Jack Turley D: Reza Badiyi
With Nancy Kelly (Enid Howard), Robert F. Lyons (Alan McLean), John Fink (Terry Howard), Beth Howland (June Kramer), Milton Selzer (Jannos), Curt Lowens (Manheim), Steve Mitchell (Lt. Stacker), Gwen Stokes (Iris).
The murder of an underworld figure leads Bronk to the wealthy mother of an up-and-coming political candidate.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Karl Tunberg, Terence Tunberg D: Stuart Hagmann
With Brooke Palance (Girl), Barbara Barrie (Lorna), John Colicos (Martin), Peggy Rea (Mrs. Roy), Nancy Burnett (Matron).
Bronk tries to help a disturbed young girl find the key to her past -- until the present becomes a nightmare of murder and extortion.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Robert I. Holt D: Russ Mayberry
With Pat Renella (Steig), John Calvin (Graski), Beverly Atkinson (Merilee), Sally Kirkland (Billie), Mike Road (Tommy).
A beautiful woman's past is the only clue to a series of brutal killings, one of which doesn't quite fit the pattern.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Carey Wilber D: Corey Allen
With Dane Clark (Charles Bisantz), Meg Foster (Margaret Lewis), Greg Mullavey (Leo Mason), Paul Mantee, Carmen Argenziano.
Bronk is puzzled when a criminal fakes his own death in a plane crash so he can disappear without a trace.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Burton Armus D: Don Weis
With Eugene Roche (Frank Bossick), Mark Hamill (Kevin Bossick), Zooey Hall (Ron Bossick), James Nichols (Richie), John Wood (Al), Ann Weldon (Mrs. Smalley).
A hit and run accident leaves a young man dead after a holdup, and Bronk discovers that the car belongs to a respected policeman.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Shimon Wincelberg D: John Peyser
With Steven Keats (Jimmy Grebo), William Lanteau (Skinner), Barbara Rhoades, John Larch (Yarrow).
Bronk has 12 hours to find the person responsible for a series of apparently senseless bombings, or an ambitious district attorney will give a dangerous criminal his freedom in exchange for the identity of the bomber.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Robert W. Lenski D: Sutton Roley
With Sharon Farrell, Bonnie Franklin, David Man, Dick Davalos, Michael Swan (Det. Sgt. Venneman).
A political kidnapping takes a bizarre turn when a wealthy businessman and his kidnapped son refuse to cooperate with the young man's female captors.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Lou Morheim D: John Peyser
With Charles Macaulay (Canaby), Ron Thompson, Leslie Dalton (Cara Landy).
Bronk is embroiled in his toughest case when the man who claims to have killed Bronk's wife and crippled his daughter years earlier suddenly reappears.
Season 1, episode 12
With Alan Feinstein (Borrison), Pernell Roberts (Collicos), John Anderson (Hecker), Michael Conrad (Stu).
A murder case becomes a personal trial for a young policeman who comes forward to reveal some interesting details of the victim's life -- information which may well end his career.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Larry Alexander D: Paul Krasny
With Susan Strasberg (Alma), David Hedison (Lyle Brewster), Jack Kruschen (Victor), Eddie Fontaine, Austin Stoker.
In an underworld power struggle, the leader of a family has his own ambitious brother killed and Sgt. Webber framed for the murder.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Al Martinez D: Paul Krasny
With Stephen Elliott (Capt. Glazier), Mark Slade (David Melbourne), Victor Arnold (Mario), Sidney Clute, Carl Weathers, Robert F. Hoy, Marilyn Burns, William Kerwin, Karen Philipp.
Amid mounting tension and increasing outbreaks of violence, two young black radicals are ambushed and killed by two men posing as policemen.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Earl W. Wallace, Bruce Geller D: Sutton Roley
With Brenda Scott (Eva), Denny Miller (Mark Lynn), Steve Mitchell (Lieutenant), Nancy Burnett (Policewoman).
The son of a man Bronk killed in self-defense confesses to a series of murders, but Bronk can't prove his connection with any of them.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Stephen Kandel D: Alex March
With Julie Sommars (Sara), Eric Braeden (Briscoe), Jaime Lyn Bauer (Eleanor), Nancy Burnett (Policewoman), Lonny Chapman (Capt. Miller), Joby Baker (Sgt. Waite), John Dennis Johnston, Eugene Peterson.
The first policewoman is assigned to patrol duty in Bronk's department.
Season 1, episode 17
W: Michael Mann D: Sutton Roley
With David Huddleston (McTell), Alan Vint (Jackson Blue), Lee Paul (Roger), Barbara Collentine, Stack Pierce, Jack O'Leary (Collins).
A family is ripped apart by a young mother's death and Bronk has to break the news that the "accident" was murder.
Season 1, episode 18
W: Alan S. Godfrey D: Reza Badiyi
With Brit Lind (Kitty), Lloyd Bochner (Dr. Spear), Nancy Kovack (Mrs. Marsh), John Huston, Robin Clark (Ed Harding), Ken Lynch (Roberts), John Howard (Judge Sheehan).
The deadly vendetta of a disturbed young woman leaves a city prosecutor murdered, and Bronk is frustrated in his attempt to piece together the motive for her revenge.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Robert I. Holt D: Sutton Roley
With Fernando Lamas (Abriega), Richard Lynch (Scorpio), Laurence Haddon, Wright King, Melendy Britt (Beth), Walter Brooke (Turman).
The minister of a Caribbean country is marked for assassination by a wealthy businessman with underworld connections.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Carey Wilber D: Allen Brown
With Bradford Dillman, Gene Dynarski, K.T. Stevens, Anne Randall, Dick O'Neill, Sondra Currie, Dick DeCoit, Stan Haze.
Bronk is one of a group of hostages taken during a violent jailbreak attempt by prisoners who have nothing to lose -- particularly one convict who holds a murderous grudge against him.
Season 1, episode 21
W: Burton Armus D: Sutton Roley
With Ramon Bieri, George Loros, Denny Robertson, Al Henderson, Dudley Knight, Doug Henderson.
A New York detective comes to Ocean City to extradite a mercenary terrorist bomber -- and seemingly will stop at nothing, even murder, to get his man.
Season 1, episode 22
W: Oliver Crawford D: Ric Rondell
With David Birney, Ivor Francis, Philip Bruns, George Brenlin, Chelsea Brown, Joanna Moore, Louise Sorel.
An international diamond smuggler is killed trying to pull off a double-cross -- but not before he leaves Bronk a clue.
Season 1, episode 23
W: Michael Mann D: Allen Baron
With Morgan Paull (Lacy), Vic Tayback (Lasko), Fred Villani (Carbonnay), Maidie Norman (Stella), Bert Freed (Trent).
Bronk's investigation of a veteran policeman's death in a robbery shootout turns up enough discrepancies to make the hero's death look like suicide.
Season 1, episode 24
W: Robert W. Lenski D: Sutton Roley
With Cameron Mitchell (Mankowski), Vic Morrow (Frank Carey), Eric Server, Meg Wyllie, Norman Alden (Velig), Carole Cook (Beatrice), Jon Cypher (Lundeen).
A private detective deliberately sets himself up as a target for a madman killer. (Last show of the series.)