Police Academy: The Series

Police Academy: The Series
Title card
Genre	Sitcom Police comedy
Created by	Paul Maslansky
Based on	Police Academy characters by Neal Israel & Pat Proft
Developed by	Gerald Sanoff
Starring	Matt Borlenghi Tony Longo Rod Crawford Christine Gonzales Toby Proctor Heather Campbell Jeremiah Birkett P. J. Ochlan Joe Flaherty Michael Winslow
Theme music composer	Ari Wise Jim Guttridge
Country of origin	United States Canada[1]
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Paul Bronfam Steven S. Levitan Paul Maslansky Gary Goodman Barry Rosen
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Paul Manlasky Productions Goodman/Rosen Productions Protocol Entertainment Warner Bros. International Television Production
Original release
Network	syndicated (US) CTV (Canada)[2]
Release	September 22, 1997 (1997-09-22) – May 25, 1998 (1998-05-25)

Police Academy: The Series is a sitcom series that was a spin-off from the Police Academy series of films. Michael Winslow was the only actor from the Police Academy films to have a recurring role on the show, although several of the film's cast made occasional guest appearances. The series was written by Paul Maslansky and produced by James Margellos and Gary M. Goodman and aired in syndication from September 27, 1997, until May 23, 1998.^[3]

Cast

• Matt Borlenghi as Cadet Richard Casey (26 episodes), who is similar to Carey Mahoney and Nick Lassard. Like Mahoney, Casey is a repeat offender who chose the Academy instead of jail.
• Rod Crawford as Sergeant Rusty Ledbetter (19 episodes), who is similar to Harris and Mauser; he wants to discredit Casey and his friends to get them thrown out of the academy.
• Toby Proctor as Cadet Dirk Tackleberry (20 episodes) who is a nephew of Eugene Tackleberry, who is Dirk's idol.
• Jeremiah Birkett as Cadet Dean Tackleberry (20 episodes) who is a nephew of Eugene Tackleberry, who is Dean's idol.
• Heather Campbell as Cadet Annie Metford (20 episodes)
• Christine Gonzales as Alicia Conchita Montoya Cervantes (17 episodes)
• Tony Longo as Cadet Luke Kackley (19 episodes) who is similar to House Conklin and Moses Hightower.
• P. J. Ochlan as Cadet Lester Shane (20 episodes), who is similar to Proctor; as Ledbetter's assistant, he spies on Casey and his friends in an attempt to discredit them and throw them out of the academy.
• Joe Flaherty as Commandant Hefilfinger (20 episodes) who is similar to Eric Lassard; he is Lassard's successor as head of the academy.
• Michael Winslow as Sergeant Larvell Jones (13 episodes)

Recurring cast

• Larke Miller as Kendall Jackson (14 episodes)
• Tanya Wright as Cassandra Cunningham (7 episodes)

Guest stars

• Leslie Easterbrook as District Attorney Debbie Callahan (episode 5)
• Kenneth Mars as Dr. Quackenbush (episode 9), who played a central role as the Mayor in Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
• Art Metrano as Mauser (named in this show as Sheriff Meiser) (episode 14)
• George Gaynes as Commandant Eric Lassard (episode 15)
• Bubba Smith as Captain Moses Hightower (episode 16)
• Dom DeLuise as The voice of Zeus (episode 17)
• David Graf as Captain Eugene Tackleberry (episode 21)
• Colleen Camp appears as Sergeant Kathleen Kirkland-Tackleberry through archive footage (episode 21)
• George R. Robertson as Commissioner Hurst (episode 22)
• Tim Kazurinsky as Arnold Fliegel (episode 23), who played Carl Sweetchuck in the second through fourth installments of the film series.

Episodes

References

External links

• Police Academy: The Series at IMDb

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