The Mannix Dossier

“I had read a million detective teleplays, but Mannix was more than just another super-sleuth story. Joe Mannix was real,” series star Mike Conners told one interviewer before to the series premiered. “He bled. He perspired. He should have been born 50 years earlier. He was not pretty. Sometimes he was vicious. He was governed by his own rules.”

In fact, Mannix was the quintessential private eye. He was a loner, could hold up his end of a fight and, like a dog with a bone, he refused to give up until he got his man … or woman. He was Joe Mannix, better know to television audiences simply as Mannix.

Step back in time and rediscover the classic series of the 1960s and 70s. With a look at the life and career of it's star, a full list of episodes and air dates and a visit behind the creation and premise of the series, as well as some of the behind the scenes drama, our tribute book offers a glimpse at the iconic detective series.