Magnum, P.I. - "Murder by Night" - 01:00 am Saturday, November 1 on WFUT get (Great Entertainment Television)

About this Broadcast

Murder by Night

Season 7, Episode 14

In a 1940s setting, a gumshoe investigates a newspaperman's murder by rounding up the usual suspects: a second wife, a daughter, a minister, a lawyer ... even a butler.

repeat 1987 English

Action Action/adventure Crime Drama Mystery & Suspense

Cast & Crew

Tom Selleck (Actor) .. Thomas Sullivan Magnum

John Hillerman (Actor) .. Jonathan Quayle Higgins III

Roger E. Mosley (Actor) .. Theodore `T.C.' Calvin

Larry Manetti (Actor) .. Orville `Rick' Wright

Henry Jones (Actor) .. Butler

Jeff Mackay (Actor) .. Lieutenant McReynolds

Bill Edwards (Actor) .. William Tyler Maxfield

Anne Twomey (Actor) .. Alicia Maxfield

Jennifer Runyon (Actor) .. Christine Maxfield Bentley

Phyllis Davis (Actor) .. Tiffy

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Did You Know..

Tom Selleck (Actor) .. Thomas Sullivan Magnum

Born: January 29, 1945
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Trivia: Leading man and sex symbol, Selleck has a gentle, humorous manner. He attended college on an athletic scholarship, majoring in business. A drama coach suggested he become an actor; soon he began making the rounds of auditions. He won a part in the disastrous film Myra Breckinridge (1970), his screen debut, then appeared in small roles in a handful of films during the '70s. Meanwhile, Selleck was signed to a seven-year contract with Fox, leading to a great many TV roles, including appearances as a recurring character on the TV series "The Rockford Files." Eventually he was chosen as the lead for the TV series "Magnum P.I.;" the show became a hit, staying on the air from 1980-88, and he became a star and sex symbol, winning an Emmy, a Golden Globe award, and a star on Hollywood Boulevard. He suffered a serious career setback in 1981, when he was chosen to star in the Lucas-Spielberg blockbuster Raiders of the Lost Ark, but couldn't get released from his TV responsibilities. Beginning in 1983 he tried to break back into films, finally landing a major hit in a co-starring role in Three Men and a Baby (1987); although he appeared in a dozen films after 1983 he never firmly established himself as a screen star. He has also been active as a TV producer. He is married to English dancer Jillie Mack.

John Hillerman (Actor) .. Jonathan Quayle Higgins III

Born: December 20, 1932
Birthplace: Denison, Texas

Trivia: Natty, mellifluous character actor John Hillerman may have spoken on screen with a pure Mayfair accent, but he hailed from Denison, Texas. Hillerman first gained notice for his fleeting appearances in the films of Peter Bogdanovich: The Last Picture Show (1971), What's Up Doc (1973), At Long Last Love (1975). He was also a semi-regular for director Mel Brooks, prominently cast in Blazing Saddles (1975) and History of the World, Part I (1981). A veteran of dozens of television series, John Hillerman was cast as the insufferable criminologist Simon Brimmer on Ellery Queen (1975), the star's director (and ex-husband) in The Betty White Show (1975), and most memorably as the ultra-correct Jonathan Quayle Higgins II, major domo to never-seen mystery writer Robin Masters, on Magnum PI (1980-88).

Roger E. Mosley (Actor) .. Theodore `T.C.' Calvin

Larry Manetti (Actor) .. Orville `Rick' Wright

Born: July 23, 1947
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois

Henry Jones (Actor) .. Butler

Born: August 01, 1912
Died: May 17, 1999

Trivia: Starting out in musicals and comedies, leather-lunged character actor Henry Jones had developed into a versatile dramatic actor by the 1950s, though he never abandoned his willingness to make people laugh. Jones scored his first cinematic bullseye when he re-created his Broadway role as the malevolent handyman Leroy in the 1956 cinemadaptation of Maxwell Anderson's The Bad Seed (1956). Refusing to be typed, Jones followed this triumph with a brace of quietly comic roles in Frank Tashlin's The Girl Can't Help It (1956) and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter. He returned to Broadway in 1958, winning the Tony and New York Drama Critics' awards for his performance in Sunrise at Campobello. Since that time, Jones has flourished in films, often making big impressions in the tiniest of roles: the coroner in Vertigo (1958), the bicycle salesman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), the hotel night clerk in Dick Tracy (1990) and so on. From 1963's Channing onward, Jones has been a regular on several weekly TV series, most notably as Judge Jonathan Dexter in Phyllis (1975-76) and B. Riley Wicker on the nighttime serial Falcon Crest (1985-86). Henry Jones is the father of actress Jocelyn Jones.

Jeff Mackay (Actor) .. Lieutenant McReynolds

Died: August 22, 2008

Bill Edwards (Actor) .. William Tyler Maxfield

Anne Twomey (Actor) .. Alicia Maxfield

Born: June 07, 1951

Trivia: Lead actress, onscreen from the '80s.

Jennifer Runyon (Actor) .. Christine Maxfield Bentley

Born: April 01, 1960

Trivia: American actress Jennifer Runyon familiarized herself to soap opera addicts as Sally Spencer on the long-running daytimer Another World. Prime-time viewers will recognize Runyon as coed Gwendolen Pierce in the 1984-85 episodes of the weekly sitcom Charles in Charge. She went on to play such roles as the grown-up Cindy Brady (briefly replacing Susan Olsen) in the 1988 retro TV special A Very Brady Christmas. Jennifer Runyon's movie manifest includes The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), Ghostwriter (1987) and the 1993 Carnosaur.

Phyllis Davis (Actor) .. Tiffy

Born: July 17, 1940