Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Delvecchio' from 1970-1982:
- Charles Haid as Sgt. Paul Shonski (1976-1977)
- Jay Varela as Rivera (1976-1977)
- Judd Hirsch as Sgt. Dominick Delvecchio (1976-1977)
- Mario Gallo as Tomaso Delvecchio (1976-1977)
- Michael Conrad as Lt. Macavan (1976-1977)
- Pervis Atkins as Robbie (1976-1977)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Delvecchio':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
With Bella Bruck. A preview of the new series debuting Sept. 26. Det. Delvecchio of the metropolitan police investigates the death of his informant who dies from a drug overdose just before he was to deliver critical informaton.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Joseph Polizzi D: Jerry London
With Bella Bruck (Mrs. Murphy), Bruce Kirby (Moretti), Tony Burton (Clarence), Connie Sawyer (Judge Olson), James Sloyan (Hank Foster), Henry Brown (Rob Turner), Laurence Haddon (Lloyd Jerris), George Memmoli (Charles), Frank Doubleday (Bobby Cratch), Rene Auberjonois (Drug Dealer), Sid Haig (Addict), Don Calfa (Narc). Delvecchio is baffled at the unorthodox behavior of a narcotics division detective working with him on a homicide case.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Joseph Polizzi D: Walter Doniger
With Rene Auberjonois (Harry Wilson), Don Calfa (Sgt. Mendez), Sid Haig (George Borshak), Louis Guss (Abe Meyers), Meg Wyllie (News Vendor), John Durren (Sgt. O'Brien), Chris Barnes (Tommy Wilson), Jack Collins (Red Jensen), Frank Christi (Walt Mathes), Pepe Serna, Richard Yniguez, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Christine Avila, Hector Elias. A police informant begs Delvecchio to help him escape the underworld.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Peter S. Fischer D: Richard Michaels
With Will Hare (Dr. Heitzman), Martin Garner (Morris Stankey), Maurice Kowalewski (Pidge), Warren Kemmerling (Sgt. McCaffrey), George Loros (Joey Scarpino), Stacy Keach Sr. (Capt. Neiman), Antony Ponzini (Artie Kravens), Frank Maxwell (Maury Lolich), Randi Oakes (Andrea Geller). Delvecchio is tormented by the death of hs temporary partner, caused by an argument over police procedure in which the partner ignored the rules and was killed.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Gregory K. Scott D: Robert Markowitz
With Don Gordon (Det. Travis), Barbara Bosson (Nancy Travis), Clyde Kusatsu (Examiner), Charles Siebert (Halsten), John Chappell (Capt. Moran), Jessica Rains (Mrs. Bean), Tony Burton, Bruno Kirby, James Sloyan, George Memmoli (Charles). Because of a solemn debt of gratitude he owes to a fellow officer, Delvecchio defends him in an internal affairs case while simultaneously spending time on an important stakeout.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Steven Bochco, Leroy Robinson D: Richard Michaels
With Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Earl Slade), Phylicia Ayers-Allen (Venita Ray), Philip Bruns (Ben), Marla Adams (Mrs. Nailor), Carmen Argenziano (Arnie), John Finnegan (Sgt. Potts), James Jeter (Smitty), Michael Mann (Manager), Sandra de Bruin (Secretary). A clever auto thief duplicates keys of unwary motorists at a car wash -- but resorts to murder when interrupted during a subseqent theft.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Steven Bochco, Nicholas E. Baehr D: Lou Antonio
With Ellen Geer (Edie Parker), Alan Fudge (Adams), Titos Vandis (Guido), Anne Ramsey (Mrs. Bellows), Oscar DeGruy (Dude), Richard Balin (Bernie Weinstein), Michael Richardson (Bob Parker), Debra Mooney (Dr. Petrie), Russell Martin (Dr. Wortlap). Three women have been raped and strangled within the past 26 days and the police are without leads -- until the maniac strikes again, and this time the victim survives.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Steven Bochco D: John Peyser
With Alex Rocco (Bernie Carroll), Vincent Baggetta (Freddie Kaplan), Than Wyenn (Professor Rollins), Roger Aaron Brown (Stan The Man), Walter Mathews (Danny Kaplan), Joseph Sicari (Pimp), Dori Brenner (Jean Lazarus), Gloria Manon (Lily), Lewis Charles (Nick Peltz). Delvecchio tries to nail the culprits in a murder case to prevent a friend from taking the law into his own hands.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Michael Kozoll
With Philip Abbott (Polson), Philip Sterling (Bernie Hollan), George Gaynes (Commissioner Schaub), Charles Napier (Alt), Marian Collier (Dorothy Polson), Rudy Challenger (Dr. Langerman), Mark Harmon (Ronnie Striker), Anthony Battelle (Joey). Delvecchio lays his career on the line when he insists on investigating the alleged accidental death of a young man at the home of an influential retired sheriff and criminologist.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Leo Garen D: Richard Michaels
With James Wainwright (Capt. McCardy), Roger E. Mosley (Bosworth Hawkins), Allan Rich (Joe Ducotto), Alan Haufrect (Holman), Christopher Joy (Flash Johnson), Raymond Singer (Harvey), Vern Rowe (Grease Monkey), Stephanie Faulkner (Foxy Lady), Pat Corley (Manny), Sylvia Soares (Trudella), Tony Allen (S.T.), Louis Basile (Yo Yo). Delvechhio sets out to prove his innocence when a police captain accuses him of sabotaging a raid on a major numbers racket workroom because he is "on the take".
Season 1, episode 11
W: Steven Bochco, Michael Kozoll D: Walter Doniger
With Kiel Martin (Billy Yates), Cassie Yates (Vickie Summers), George Wyner (Asst. D.A. Dorfman), Jack Bannon (Boyle), Kenneth Tigar (Mr. Filbert), Michael Tucci (George Sanfillipo), Melodie Johnson (Jenny Brown). Delvecchio's gut feeling that Billy Yates, the trucker he arrested as the culprit in a wave of murders, is the wrong guy is vindicated when yet another murder of the same type is committed after Billy is safely locked away.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Steve Pritzker D: Arnold Laven
With David Wayne (Jack Henderson), James Karen (Porter), Debra Mooney (Dr. Petrie), Wynn Irwin (Pawn Broker), Arny Freeman (Store Detective), Ned Wilson (Jerry Langtry), Kate Murtaugh (Biddy), Andy Romano (Lenny Marshall), George Pentecost (Jim Rimson). Delvecchio trails a bail-jumping Santa Claus, arrested for stealing presents to give to his fellow residents in a rest home.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Steven Bochco D: Walter Doniger
With Mariette Hartley (Angela Atkins), Terry Kiser (Billy Fifth Street), Robert Mandan (Zefferilli), Howard Hesseman (Goldie), George Wyner (Asst. D.A. Dorfman), Tom Reese (Sgt. Mitchell), Sydney Lassick (Mr. Murray), Robert Ginty (Attendant), Norman Bartold (Angelo Musto). As the only witness to a murder committed by a professional hit man, Delvecchio's courtroom credibility is shattered when he is framed by a paroled murderess seeking revenge.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Steven Bochco D: Robert Markowitz
With Erik Estrada (Sonny Youngfellow), Maureen McCormick (Lynn Youngfellow), William Lucking (Jocko Brighten), Charles White Eagle (Max Youngfellow), Byron James (Ralph). Delvecchio and Shonski are out of their element in the Arizona desert town to which they have come to pick up an extradited prisoner.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Michael Kozoll D: Ivan Dixon
With John Harkins (Det. Heverlee), Jacques Aubuchon (Tony Keyoe), Carl Weathers (Sgt. Bell), Stanley Adams (Pawn Broker), Lawrence Cook (Jessup Gilford), Victor Argo (Beecher), Jason Bernard (Sgt. Ogden), James Jeter (Smitty). An old-time detective with a reputation for racial bigotry kills a black youth who was apparently committing a burglary, and finds that he has only one ally -- Delvecchio -- after being formally accused of shooting the victim without just cause.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Michael Kozoll, Lane Slate D: Arnold Laven
With Reni Santoni (George Coletta), John Hillerman (Dr. Hamilton), Milt Kogan (Asst. D.A. Mitchell), Alex Henteloff (Coroner), John Marley (Father Caperelli), Barney McFadden (Patsy Coletta), Nick Ferris (Vito Coletta), Boris Aplon (Mr. Coletta). Delvecchio tries to prevent a pair of vengeful brothers from killing a medical quack, while struggling at the same time to develop an escape-proof malpractice case agains tthe charlatan.
Season 1, episode 17
W: Steven Bochco D: Richard Michaels
With Tricia O'Neil (Sharon Nicholson), Ned Beatty (Wakefield), Anthony Caruso (Tony Gritti), Booth Colman (Judge Schneider), James B. Sikking (Ned Wagner), Robert Riesel (Sgt. Gillis), Raymond Singer (Doctor). Delvecchio risks his life when he appoints himself unofficial bodyguard of an old flame marked for death by a mobster.
Season 1, episode 18
W: Steven Bochco D: Richard Michaels
With Tricia O'Neil (Sharon Nicholson), Ned Beatty (Wakefield), Anthony Caruso (Tony Gritti), Booth Colman (Judge Schneider), James B. Sikking (Ned Wagner), Ron Feinberg, George Skaff (Pawnshop Clerk), Samantha Harper (Lorraine Shonski), Adam Roarke (Harry). Delvecchio has no choice but to turn in his badge and await formal charges that will end his police career when he permits a witness to fall into the hands of mobster Tony Gritti.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Michael Kozoll, Burton Armus D: Ivan Nagy
With Michael Callan (Tommy 'Teabag' Richards), Danny DeVito (Anthony 'Beanzie' Marott), Al Ruscio (Father Vincent), George Wyner (Asst. D.A. Dorfman), Joshua Shelley (Marlo), Ric Mancini (Frankie Stepner), Penelope Windust (Estelle Richards), Jack Bannon (Boyle), Mel Berger (Fat Phil Bogart). Delvecchio searches for those responsible for robbing a church and murdering a priest and a church fund raiser.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Michael Kozoll, Elliot West D: Arnold Laven
With Ed Harris (Davey Bresnahan), James B. Sikking (Ned Wagner), Michael Witney (Anthony Denery), John Milford (Lonny Hanes), Mario Roccuzzo (Vanetto), Richard Bright (Buck Shannon), Jenifer Shaw (Marie McClusky), Carole Mallory (Sugar McClusky), Nicky Blair (Stick Stacone), Mary Carver (Della), Michael Mancini (Jim Shannon). Delvecchio is the man in the middle when a vengeful racketeer and the proud, overaged leader of a street gang go for each other's throats. (Last show of the series.)