Moneymoney homey series#
The series was developed for television by Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov, writers of several Burke's Law episodes.Īs in the Burke's Law episode introducing her, West has a partner and man-Friday, Sam Bolt ( John Ericson), who communicates with Honey via a radio hidden in her lipstick case. Anne Francis’ fashions in the Honey role were by Nolan Miller, and her action scenes choreographed by Gene LeBell. Producer Aaron Spelling's first choice for the role of Honey was Honor Blackman, whom he had seen in England playing Cathy Gale on The Avengers and as Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. Honey West was intended to be the American equivalent of characters Cathy Gale and Emma Peel in the British series The Avengers. West drove a Jaguar convertible in the Burke's Law episode and was twice referred to as the "private eyeful." She carried a gun and was trained in martial arts. Francis first played West in the second-season episode of Burke’s Law, entitled “Who Killed the Jackpot?”, broadcast on April 21, 1965, which led to this series being commissioned as a spin-off. West was one of the first female “private eyes” to ever appear on television. And she lives in the West, so there was her name.” We thought the most used name for someone you really like is Honey. Forrest told the Los Angeles Times, “I first thought of Marilyn Monroe, and then I thought of Mike Hammer and decided to put the two together. Though Gloria said that most of the writing was done by Forrest, Forrest said Gloria's ideas were used to make a plausible female character, with Gloria also providing Honey's dress sense. represented the initials of his wife, Gloria Gautraud, whom he married in 1949, with initials used so the sex of the author would remain vague. Marine Corps Reserve after the war, when he was called back into active service during the Korean War. Skip had been a United States Army Air Forces air gunner during World War II, then enlisted in the U.S. “Skip” Fickling under the pseudonym “G.G. The Honey West character was created by Gloria and Forrest E.
Moneymoney homey tv#
The popular series was historic in that it marked the first time that a woman played the lead character in a network TV series with her character's name as the title (the syndicated Annie Oakley had a similar distinction in its category a decade earlier). Based upon a series of novels that had launched in 1957, the series starred Anne Francis as female private detective Honey West and John Ericson as her partner Sam Bolt. Honey West is a ground-breaking American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 17, 1965, to April 8, 1966, as an entry in the 1965–1966 television season. Honey West complete series DVD cover (UK version)
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