Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Strike Force' from 1970-1982:
- Dorian Harewood as Sgt. Paul Strobber (1981-1982)
- Herb Edelman as Commissioner Herb Klein (1981-1982)
- Michael Goodwin as Sgt. Mark Osborne (1981-1982)
- Richard Romanus as Lt. Charlie Gunzer (1981-1982)
- Robert Stack as Capt. Frank Murphy (1981-1982)
- Trisha Noble as Sgt. Rosie Johnson (1981-1982)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Strike Force':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Lane Slate D: Richard Lang
With Warren Berlinger (Dr. Syson), John McCann (Deputy Bowen), John Harkins (Walter Stockton), Grayce Grant (Evelyn Stockton), Stanley Brock (Theater Manager), George Dickerson (Chester Leedham), Ted Gehring (Foreman), Laurence Haddon (Plainclothes Cop), Hank Rolike (Mr. Langhorn). Series premiere. Five bizarre and brutal decapitations bring together the Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles Police Department and the Highway Patrol as a special strike force. Headed by Captain Frank Murphy, the force begins their investigation -- their only clue is that each victim served on the jury of an embezzlement case.
Season 1, episode 2
D: Lawrence Dobkin
With Richard Herd. The team is tipped off about a kidnapping by Frank's ex-partner, a now-homeless drunkard who claims he also witnessed a murder.
Season 1, episode 3
D: Lane Slate
With Lynne Moody (Annie/Jossy), Virginia Hawkins, Philip Michael Thomas (Wesley), Sandy Helberg. The Force gambles that money will motivate a young female gang member to set a trap for her colleagues in crime.
Season 1, episode 4
D: Richard Lang
With Kathleen Lloyd (Lucy Durrant), Ellen Bry (Eunice), John Calvin (Rapist), Lane Bradbury (Julie). Murphy plays on the emotional insecurity of a sadistic rapist who stalks his victims in supermarkets.
Season 1, episode 5
W: E. Nick Alexander D: Richard Lang
With Robert Ridgley (Professor), Ike Eisenmann (Jamie), Claudia Wells (Patty), Ellen Geer (Mrs. Wilcox), Robert Sampson (Mr. Wilcox), Marianne McAndrew (Jane Dixon), Gina Alvarado (Doctor), Sheila Scott-Wilkenson (Mrs. Jefferson). A dealer uses pot and pills to lure teenagers into pushing harder drugs to their friends.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Michael Fisher D: Cliff Bole
With Tab Hunter (Dr. Voorhees), Steve Sandor (Shuster), Lynn Carlin (Lorraine Klein), Fredd Wayne (Ryder), Edward Grover (Tidings), Nora Gaye (Nurse). Patients who were well on their way to recovery have been dying inexplicably at four hospitals -- including the one where Klein is taken following a heart attack.
Season 1, episode 7
W: William Douglas Lansford D: Richard Lang
With Ron Moody. A bomber sends Klein a photographic clue to his next target -- and then pays him a visit.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Gene Hanson, T.J. Miles D: Don Chaffey
With Paul Koslo (Randy), John Dennis Johnston (Dave), Barbara Iley (Laura Strobber), Jenny Sherman (Jessi), Kevyn Major Howard (Kenny), Freeman King (Mr. Simms), Marilyn Coleman (Mrs. Simms). Strobber shoots a teenage robber whose brother swears revenge in a taped message -- vowing to kill a cop a day until Strobber is fired -- which he leaves on the body of a slain black cop.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Jeffrey Bloom D: Cliff Bole
With David McCallum (William Hadley). An international hit man plays cat and mouse with Frank, who has 48 hours to determine his target.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Les Carter D: Bob Sweeney
With Don Gordon (Bukowski), Sam Melville (Dennis), Dick Anthony Williams (Warwick), Ally Sheedy (Delores), Frank Arno (Dietz), Adam Roarke (Doukas), William Burns (Royko), Sherry Jackson (Mimi). Clues in a string of jewelry-store robberies point to on-duty policemen -- and the captain of Internal Affairs, who tries to pin the crimes on Gunzer.
Season 1, episode 11
W: William Hopkins D: Bob Sweeney
With Ellen Bry (Anne), Ronnie Schell (Lonnie Markham), Joey Aresco (Mitch), James Carrington (Lonnie), Elizabeth Stack (Vicki), Anthony De Longis (Dennis), C.J. Hincks (Sally), Bobbie Bresee (Angie). The common element in a series of rape-murders is that the victims were last seen in singles bars.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Joe Gores D: Lawrence Dobkin
With Judson Scott (Johnny Lee), Cindy Fisher (Sunset), Paul Brinegar (Ike), Sally Kemp (Eleanor), Lurene Tuttle (Old Lady), William Traylor (Hunt), Charles Dierkop (Chet), Anne Bruner (Linda), Shannon Presby (Billy). A murderous cult is alerted to a police investigation by the mayor's premature press conference.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Ron Friedman D: Cliff Bole
With Naomi Stevens (Councilwoman Stein), John Karlen (District Attorney Trenton), Jeanette Nolan (Maggie), Cliff Emmich (Hugo), Robin Strand (Packy), Christopher Pennock (Shank), Gerard Prendergast (Marv). Muggings of the elderly go unchecked until a councilwoman is murdered trying to stop an attack.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Calvin Clements Jr. D: Cliff Bole
With Joanna Cassidy (Eve Murphy), Raymond St. Jacques (Ed Ortega), Don Stroud (Gene Terry), Steve Peck (Barrick), Haven Earle Haley (Popovich). A mobster's right-hand man uses Murphy's ex-wife to contact him about becoming a government-protected witness -- and set him up for assassination.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Calvin Clements Jr., Michael Fisher D: Don Chaffey
With Ann Turkel (Ian / Marian), Eric Braeden (Dr. Van Keuren), Peter De Anda (Pimp), Paul Picerni (Dr. Bernardo), Penny Gillette (Mrs. Van Keuren), Fred Lerner (Bradley), Paul Petersen (Bluecoat), Lewis Arquette (Hopkins), Deborah Dalton (Cindy), Michael Collins (Leroy), Ray Ballard (Roundface). Conventioneers are being murdered by someone masquerading as a call girl.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Bill Stratton D: Robert Gist
With Alan Fudge (Dr. Miles Halligan), Andrea Howard (Marian), Kevin Brophy (Otis), Sandy Helberg (Wickes), Kevyn Major Howard (Sisto), Lewis Arquette (Zack), Karen Machon (Janice), Percy Rodrigues (Mr. Ross), Deborah Pratt (Loretta). Young muggers out on bail terrorize witnesses scheduled to testify against them.
Season 1, episode 17
W: Bill Stratton D: Charles Picerni
With Charles Napier (Richard Trallis), Stuart Pankin, Lindsay Bloom, Christopher Stone. Prison escapees hijack a military van, unaware of the contents -- refrigerated germ-warfare cultures.
Season 1, episode 18
W: Rick Kelbaugh D: Don Chaffey
With Steve Fifield (Edward Bannock), Suzanne Adkinson (Carrie), Tony O'Dell (Bobby), Robert O'Reilly (Hartkoff). A high-school girl left for dead by kidnappers provides the break in the investigation of a white slavery ring which specializes in the sale of teenage girls to wealthy foreigners.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Calvin Clements Jr. D: Mike Vejar
With Wendy Schaal (Mandy), Bert Freed (Sully), James Shigeta (Leong), Paul Comi (Dr. Allen), Paul Petersen (Officer Daley), Evan Kim (San Chow), Sean McClory (Priest). Lt. Gunzer's honeymoon turns into a nightmare when his bride is critically wounded during an assassination attempt.
Season 1, episode 20
D: Don Chaffey
With Christopher Connelly (Pepper), Vince Flaherty (Detective O'Brien), Ann McCurry (Karen). A policeman's widow is terrorized by phone calls from a man who claims to be her husband trying to avenge his "death". (Last show of the series.)