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{{short description|American detective television series (1967–1975)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = Mannix (title screen).jpg
| genre                = [[Action (fiction)|Action]]<br>[[Detective fiction]]
| creator              = [[Richard Levinson]]<br/>[[William Link]]
| developer            = [[Bruce Geller]]
| starring             = [[Mike Connors]]<br>[[Joseph Campanella]]<br>(season 1)<br>[[Gail Fisher]]<br>(seasons 2–8)
| theme_music_composer = [[Lalo Schifrin]]
| composer             = [[Lalo Schifrin]]<br>[[Lyn Murray]]<br> [[Leith Stevens]]<br> Joseph Mullendore <br> Richard Shores <br> [[Richard Hazard]]
| country              = United States
| num_seasons          = 8
| num_episodes         = 194
| list_episodes        = List of Mannix episodes
| camera               = [[Single-camera setup|Single-camera]]
| runtime              = approx. 50 minutes
| company              = [[Desilu Productions]]<br>(1967–1968)<br>(season 1)<br>[[Paramount Television]]<br>(1968–1975)<br>(seasons 1–8)
| network              = [[CBS]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1967|9|16}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1975|4|13}}
}}

'''''Mannix''''' is an American [[Police procedural|detective television series]] that originally aired for eight seasons on [[CBS]] from September 16, 1967, to April 13, 1975. The show was created by [[Richard Levinson]] and [[William Link]], and developed by [[television producer|executive producer]] [[Bruce Geller]]. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a [[private investigator]] played by actor [[Mike Connors]].

==Premise==
During the first season of the series, Joe Mannix works for a large Los Angeles [[detective]] agency called Intertect, which was the planned original title of the show.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f2aGT9AtKM|title=YouTube|website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref> His superior is Lew Wickersham, played by [[Joseph Campanella]]. Intertect uses computers to help solve crimes.<ref>{{cite book |last=Snauffer |first=Douglas |year=2006 |title=Crime Television |location=Westport, Connecticut |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group|Praeger Publishers]] |page=40 |isbn=0-275-98807-4}}</ref>

As opposed to the other employees, Mannix belonged to the classic American [[detective fiction|detective archetype]], thus usually ignoring the computers' solutions, disobeying his boss's orders, and setting out to do things his own way. He wears plaid sport coats and has his own office that he keeps sloppy between his assignments. Wickersham has cameras throughout the Intertect offices to monitor employee performance, and provides immediate feedback via intercom. Unlike other Intertect operatives, Mannix attempts to block the camera with a coat rack and questions Wickersham, comparing him to [[Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Big Brother]].<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Name Is Mannix |series=Mannix |date=September 16, 1967 |season=1 |number=1}}</ref>

To improve the show's ratings, Desilu head [[Lucille Ball]] and producer Bruce Geller<ref>p.41 Snauffer, Douglas ''Crime Television'' 2006 Greenwood Publishing</ref> made changes for the show to be more similar to other private-eye shows. Ball thought stories featuring computers were too high-tech and beyond the comprehension of the average viewer of the time, so the focus of the show changed. In the first episode of season two, Mannix explains that he had quit Intertect. From the second season on, Mannix worked on his own, with the assistance of his loyal secretary Peggy Fair, a police officer's widow played by [[Gail Fisher]], one of the first black actresses featured in a regular series role. 

Mannix gains a working relationship with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and often exchanges information with his contacts there. The first of these to have a featured role was Lieutenant George Kramer, portrayed by [[Larry Linville]], who had been Peggy's late husband's LAPD partner.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Merry Go Round for Murder |series=Mannix |date=April 5, 1969 |season=2 |number=24}}</ref> Over the course of the series, Mannix's most frequent LAPD contact is Lieutenant Art Malcolm, played by [[Ward Wood]]. Another semiregular guest, although not as frequent, was [[Robert Reed]], whose appearances as Lieutenant Adam Tobias coincided with his tenure on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', also produced by Paramount Television.{{sfn|Snauffer|2006|p=41}} 

[[Jack Ging]] played another Mannix contact, Lieutenant Dan Ives, who made several appearances later in the series. Yet another LAPD contact was Lieutenant Dave Angstrom, played by [[Frank Campanella]] (real-life brother of Joseph Campanella). In the 1969 season, he also employs the services of a competitive private investigator, Albie Loos (performed by [[Joe Mantell]]), as a sort of investigative gofer. In the 1972 season, Albie returns, played by a different actor ([[Milton Selzer]]).

While ''Mannix'' was not generally known as a show that explored socially relevant topics, several episodes had topical themes. Season two had episodes featuring compulsive gambling,<ref>{{cite episode |title=Odds Against Donald Jordan |series=Mannix |date=March 1, 1969 |season=2 |number=21}}</ref> deaf and blind characters who were instrumental in solving cases in spite of their physical limitations,<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Silent Cry |series=Mannix |date=September 28, 1968 |season=2 |number=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=The Solid Gold Web |series=Mannix |date=March 22, 1969 |season=2 |number=23}}</ref> and episodes that focused on racism against Blacks and Hispanics.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Death in a Minor Key |series=Mannix |date=February 8, 1969 |season=2 |number=18}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=Last Rites for Miss Emma |series=Mannix |date=March 8, 1969 |season=2 |number =22}}</ref><ref name=ToCatchARabbit>{{cite episode |title=To Catch a Rabbit |series=Mannix |date=April 12, 1969 |season=2 |number=25}}</ref> Season four had an episode focusing on the effects of [[Chronic traumatic encephalopathy|CTE]] on a former [[boxing]] champion.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Time Out of Mind |series=Mannix |date=October 3, 1972|season=4 |number=3}}</ref> Season five had an episode focusing on the effects of [[alcoholism]] and an episode about [[fragging]].<ref>{{cite episode |title=Days Beyond Recall |series=Mannix |date=October 20, 1971|season=5 |number=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=Nightshade |series=Mannix |date=December 29, 1971|season=5 |number=15}}</ref> Season six had an episode focusing on the effects that the [[Vietnam War]] had on returning [[veteran]]s, including the effects of [[PTSD]].<ref>{{cite episode |title=To Kill a Memory |series=Mannix |date=October 29, 1972 |season=6 |number=7}}</ref> Season eight had an episode focusing on a rape-induced pregnancy.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Desert Sun |series=Mannix |date=December 1, 1974 |season=8 |number=10}}</ref>

==Character==
Joseph R. "Joe" Mannix is a regular guy, without pretense, who has a store of proverbs on which to rely in conversation. What demons he has mostly come from having fought in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] during the [[Korean War]], where as an Airborne Ranger Lieutenant he led a twelve-man team operating behind enemy lines for three months before being captured by the Chinese Communists;<ref name=EndGame>{{cite episode |title=End Game |series=Mannix |date=February 15, 1969 |season=2 |number=19}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=A Ticket for the Eclipse |series=Mannix |date=September 19, 1970 |season=4 |number=1}}</ref> he was initially listed as MIA<ref name=ReturnToSummerGrove>{{cite episode |title=Return to Summer Grove |series=Mannix |date=October 11, 1969 |season=3 |number=3}}</ref> while interned as a [[prisoner of war]] in a brutal POW camp, until he escaped.<ref name=EndGame/> Over the length of the series, a sizable percentage of his old Army comrades turn out to have homicidal impulses against him,<ref name=EndGame/><ref>{{cite episode |title=Deathrun |series=Mannix |date=January 4, 1969 |season=2 |number=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=A Ticket to the Eclipse |series=Mannix |date=September 19, 1970 |season=4 |number=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=The Man Who Wasn't There |series=Mannix |date=January 7, 1973 |season=6 |number=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=A Small Favor for an Old Friend |series=Mannix |date=November 10, 1974 |season=8 |number=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=A Word Called Courage |series=Mannix |date=January 5, 1975 |season=8 |number=13}}</ref> as does his fellow running back from his college football days.<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Danford File |series=Mannix |date=March 11, 1973 |season=6 |number=24}}</ref>{{efn|The episode that introduced police Lieutenant Art Malcolm portrayed him as a Korean War buddy of Mannix's, but that connection was generally ignored thereafter.}}

During the series, Mannix is also revealed to have worked as a [[mercenary]] in Latin America.<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Cost of a Vacation |series=Mannix |date=October 21, 1967 |season=1 |number=6}}</ref> Like the actor Mike Connors who played the title role, Mannix is of [[Armenians|Armenian descent]], and speaks fluent [[Armenian language|Armenian]] from time to time during the series,<ref name=ReturnToSummerGrove/><ref>{{cite episode |title=Coffin for a Clown |series=Mannix |date=November 25, 1967 |season=1 |number=10}}</ref><ref name=WineFromTheseGrapes>{{cite episode |title=Wine from These Grapes |series=Mannix |date=October 6, 1971 |season=5 |number=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=Harvest of Death |series=Mannix |date=November 19, 1972 |season=6 |number=10}}</ref> as well as conversational Spanish.<ref name=ToCatchARabbit/>

[[File:Mike Connors Mannix 1968.JPG|thumb|[[Mike Connors]] as Joe Mannix, 1968]]

Mannix is notable for the high level of physical punishment he withstands. During the course of the series, he is shot and wounded over a dozen separate times, and knocked unconscious around 55 times.<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/16/AR2007111600181.html?hpid=features1&hpv=national|title=Mannix Was the Man|author=Neely Tucker|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 18, 2007|access-date=November 18, 2007|quote=Mannix was, by one count, shot 17 times and knocked unconscious another 55 during the show's eight-year run, and how great is that?}}</ref> He frequently takes brutal beatings to the abdomen; some of these went on quite a long time, particularly by the television standards of the era. Whenever he gets into one of his [[convertible (car)|convertible]]s (in season one, Mannix drove a customized [[Oldsmobile Toronado]], replete with a panoramic rear-view mirror; in seasons 2–6, he drove a 1968 [[Dodge Dart#Fourth generation (1967–1976)|Dodge Dart GTS 340]] or 1970-73 [[Plymouth Barracuda]]s; in the final season, he drove a [[Chevrolet Camaro]]), he can expect to be shot at or run off the road by another car or find his vehicle sabotaged. Nevertheless, he keeps his cool and perseveres until his antagonists are brought down.

While making the [[television pilot]] "The Name Is Mannix", Connors dislocated his shoulder running away during a ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''–type helicopter pursuit,<ref name=autogenerated1/>{{sfn|Snauffer|2006|p=41}} and broke his left wrist punching a stuntman who happened to be wearing a steel plate on his back. This character aspect was lampooned multiple times by radio comedians [[Bob and Ray]], with "Blimmix" beginning as being portrayed as dim-witted, and ending with Blimmix being soundly beaten by his adversary. These parodies retained the theme song composed by Lalo Schifrin at the beginning and conclusion.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |author-link1=Tim Brooks (television historian) |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle F. |date=2009 |title=[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present]] |edition=9th |location=New York |publisher=[[Ballantine Books]] |page=851 |isbn=978-0-345-49773-4}}</ref>

Starting in season two, Mannix lives and works in [[West Los Angeles]] in a mixed-use development called Paseo Verde; his home at 17 Paseo Verde has an attached office from which he runs his agency. The design for the 17 Paseo Verde set is based on a Santa Barbara, California, building that still exists.

Mannix grew up in a town called Summer Grove, where he was a star football and basketball player. Summer Grove had a thriving Armenian immigrant community. As of 1969, Mannix's mother had died 10 years earlier, and Mannix had not been back to the town since the funeral. Mannix's estranged father, Stefan (played by [[Victor Jory]]), was still living in Summer Grove, and Mannix and his father started a reconciliation.<ref name=ReturnToSummerGrove/> When Mannix returns to Summer Grove for a case three years later, he and his father are on good terms.<ref name=WineFromTheseGrapes/>

Following military service in the Korean War, Mannix attended Western Pacific University on the [[GI Bill]], graduated in 1955, and obtained his private investigator's license in 1956. He has a black belt in karate.<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Many Deaths of Saint Christopher |series=Mannix |date=October 7, 1967 |season=1 |number=4}}</ref> Throughout the series, he appears proficient in a variety of athletic pursuits, including sailing, horseback riding, and skiing. He is an accomplished pool player, plays golf regularly, and is also a skilled airplane pilot. In the first season, he carries a [[Walther PP]] semiautomatic pistol. From the second season on, Mannix carries a [[Colt Detective Special]] [[snubnosed revolver]] in [[.38 Special]] caliber.<ref>{{cite magazine |author-last=Ahern |author-first=Jerry |date=March 1989 |title=Movie and T.V. Guns |magazine=Petersen's Handguns for Sport and Defense |page=42}}</ref>

===Appearances on other shows===
In 1971, Connors guest-starred on an episode of ''[[Here's Lucy]]'' entitled "Lucy and Mannix Are Held Hostage".<ref>{{cite episode |title=Lucy and Mannix Are Held Hostage |series=Here's Lucy |date=October 4, 1971 |season=4 |number=4}}</ref>

In 1997, Connors reprised the role of Mannix in an episode of ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'' titled "Hard-Boiled Murder", which served as a sequel to the 1973 ''Mannix'' episode "Little Girl Lost".<ref>{{cite episode |title=Hard-Boiled Murder |series=Diagnosis: Murder |date=February 13, 1997 |season=4 |number=17}}</ref> Several other actors from the old ''Mannix'' episode also reprised their roles. In a comic reference to Mannix's famous history of serious injuries, the show portrayed the main character of ''Diagnosis: Murder'', Dr. Mark Sloan ([[Dick Van Dyke]]), as Mannix's longtime physician.

''Mannix'' was referred to several times in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episodes when a foot chase or a fight occurred.

==Production==
[[Gary Morton]], Lucille Ball's second husband and head of Desilu Studios, noticed a 1937 [[Bentley]] convertible being driven by Mike Connors. A car enthusiast, Morton began talking about cars to Connors, when he remembered a Desilu detective show coming up in which he thought Connors would do well.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aaker |first=Everett |date=2006 |title=Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |page=140 |isbn=0-7864-2476-1}}</ref>

''Mannix'' was initially a production of [[Desilu Productions]], which had been purchased by [[Gulf + Western]] earlier in 1967. During the first season, Gulf + Western integrated Desilu's operations into its [[Paramount Pictures]] subsidiary, and the company became [[Paramount Television]]. The series featured a dynamic split-screen opening credits sequence set to theme music from noted composer [[Lalo Schifrin]]. Unusual for a private detective series, the ''Mannix'' theme is in [[triple time]], the same signature used for [[waltz]]es.

The show's [[title card]], [[opening credits]], and closing [[credits roll]] are set in variations of the [[City (typeface)|City]] [[typeface]], a squared-off, split-serif face that was long used by [[IBM Corporation]] as part of their corporate design and still appears in their logo. This refers to the computers used by Intertect in the first season. The dot over the "i" in Mannix had the appearance of a computer tape reel. This was removed after the first season.

Over the life of the series, several famous entertainers were featured in one-time roles, including [[Neil Diamond]] and [[Buffalo Springfield]] as themselves and [[Lou Rawls]] as a club singer, [[Rich Little]] as an impressionist, and [[Milton Berle]] as a stand-up comedian. Essay humorist [[Art Buchwald]] also had a cameo role unrelated to journalism, and in another episode, [[Rona Barrett]] played herself.

===Cancellation===
''Mannix'' finished its eighth season in the top 20 in the Nielsen ratings and plans were made for a ninth season. Mike Connors said that he had been told at a CBS network party the week before the network was to release its 1975 fall schedule that the show was a certain pickup. The reason for the cancellation was that competing network ABC, looking to improve its ratings, began contacting production companies in an attempt to purchase rebroadcast rights for various series. At the time, ABC and Paramount had a fairly successful relationship. ABC approached Paramount with an offer to purchase the rights to rebroadcast older episodes of ''Mannix'' as part of their late-night lineup, which they agreed to do.

CBS was unhappy with the move, as Paramount had not informed them of what they were planning to do. The idea of having one of their series airing on a competing network, even if it was only in reruns, turned the tide of opinion against ''Mannix'', as CBS felt viewers would stay away from the newer episodes airing on their network since they could watch the series on a competitor. Thus, when CBS released its schedule a few days later, ''Mannix'' was not a part of it. Connors found out about the cancellation through a phone call, with a reporter contacting him asking for comment. Connors said in a later interview, "I felt so lost when it was over."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metv.com/stories/how-johnny-carson-caused-the-death-of-mannix|title = How Johnny Carson indirectly caused the death of 'Mannix'}}</ref>

===Mannix's automobiles===
The automobile was a focus of Mannix's professional life, and he had several of them as his personal vehicle in the eight-year run of the series. Those were:
* Season one – [[Mercury_Comet#Third_generation_(1966–1967)|1966 Mercury Comet]] Caliente convertible (pilot episode: "The Name Is Mannix"), 1967 Mercury Comet Cyclone convertible (one episode only: "Skid Marks on a Dry Run"), [[Ford_Galaxie#1965–1968|1967 Ford Galaxie]] 500 four-door hardtop, then a [[Ford_Fairlane_(Americas)#Fifth_generation_(1966–1967)|1967 Ford Fairlane]] 500 four-door sedan after the Galaxie got shot up – both were Intertect company cars (one episode only: "The Cost of a Vacation"). In all other season-one episodes, Mannix drove a 1967 [[Oldsmobile Toronado#First generation (1966–1970)|Oldsmobile Toronado]] customized into a [[Roadster (automobile)|roadster]] by [[George Barris (auto customizer)|George Barris]], builder of TV's [[Batmobile#Batman_(1960s_film/television_series)|Batmobile]] from the 1960s ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' ABC series, since the producers wanted a convertible and Oldsmobile never produced an open-topped Toronado. Due to a change in episode run order ("The Cost of a Vacation" was the second episode of Mannix shot after the pilot, although it was the sixth episode CBS broadcast), the one-shot appearances of the Galaxie and Fairlane were after the Toronado had been established as Mannix's car.
* Season two – 1968 [[Dodge Dart#1967–1969|Dodge Dart]] GTS 340 convertible "kustomized" by [[George Barris (auto customizer)|George Barris]] with functional [[hood scoop]]s, Lucas Flamethrower driving lights, blacked-out grille, racing-style gas filler cap, molded-in rear spoiler, blacked out tail light panel, and custom tail light lenses. The car was originally red, but Executive Producer Bruce Geller wanted it changed to a [[British Racing Green]], which Barris did. (This car still retains its original red paint under the carpet.) A Motorola [[car-phone]] (a remarkably expensive and rare item in 1968) was installed. Rader mag wheels like those on the Batmobile were originally installed by Barris, but changed later in the 1968 season to Cragar S/S chrome wheels.  Barris also installed his own "Barris Kustoms" emblem on the lower part of each front fender. No duplicate 1968 Mannix Darts were built; it is a "one of one" car. This car was used in both the 1968 and 1969 seasons.

Though a 1969 Dart was built by Barris to replicate this car in the show's 1969 season, the 1968 Dart was regularly seen during the 1969 season. (In the 1969 episode "A Penny for the Peep Show", both the 1968 and 1969 Darts are used in the same shot, to elude a police tail on Mannix, but no explanation in the episode was given for why or how two identically customized green Dart convertibles show up together.)

In further tracing the car's history, the 1968 Dart was reportedly sold to a secretary at Paramount Studios and then was lost for decades until being discovered near a ranger station in the Southern California mountains. It has since been restored to its original Mannix/Barris condition and was featured in Hemmings ''Muscle Machines'', December 2009 issue.

The 1968 ''Mannix'' Dart and its intriguing history were also featured on the TV show ''Drive'' on Discovery HD Theater in 2010. The TV show reunited the car with Mike Connors for the first time in over 40 years. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBOAJSF1ypA&t=7s]

The car is currently owned by C. Van Tune, former editor-in-chief of ''Motor Trend'' magazine, who conducted the TV interview with Mike Connors and who also wrote an article on the ''Mannix'' Dart for the summer 2011 issue of ''Motor Trend Classic'' magazine. In that article, the Dart is reunited with Mike Connors, George Barris, and'' Mannix ''stuntman Dick Ziker.

Another article on the famous Dart was published in the October 2011 issue of ''Mopar Action'' magazine. An article in the ''New York Times'' (July 22, 2012) included information on the 1968 ''Mannix'' Dart and a recent photo of Mike Connors with the car. The ''Mannix'' Dart was also mentioned on Sirius/XM Radio's "60s on 6" channel by disc jockey Mike Kelly.

In October 2016, the car magazine ''Power & Performance News'' [https://www.powerperformancenews.com/features/mannixs-1968-dodge-dart-gts/] published an article on the 1968 "Mannix" Dart, written by C. Van Tune.

* Season three – A 1969 [[Dodge Dart#1967–1969|Dodge Dart]] GTS 340 convertible was "kustomized" by George Barris to replicate the 1968 Dart; this car was totalled in a wreck soon after being sold, following its use on the series.
* Season four – 1970 [[Plymouth Barracuda#1970|Plymouth Barracuda 340]] dark green convertible
* Season five – Three 1971 [[Plymouth Barracuda#1970-1971|Plymouth Barracuda]] convertibles (all dark green with green interiors and black soft tops) were supplied by [[Chrysler|Chrysler Corporation]], and all had differently sized (318, 340, 383) engines. One was wrecked, but later repaired. In one episode, the hood is raised, dynamite is discovered, and the air cleaner reads 383.
* Season six – 1973 Plymouth Barracuda convertible (actually two of the 1971 cars updated with 1973 grilles, headlamps, front fenders, front/rear bumpers, and tail lights)
* Season seven – [[Dodge Challenger#1973–1974|1974 Dodge Challenger]] 360 Coupe: Two were built especially for the show, and had every available option installed, including the rare factory sunroof. Mild Barris customizing included Cragar S/S 15-inch chrome wheels, G60x15 Goodyear radial tires, and an upper body pinstripe.
* Season eight – A [[Chevrolet Camaro (second generation)#1975|Chevrolet Camaro]] LT, and a red [[Chevrolet Impala#Fifth generation (1971–1976)|1975 Chevrolet Impala]] two-door with a white convertible roof were used.

Peggy Fair's cars were less prominent, but in seasons two through eight, they included a [[Simca 1000]], [[Simca 1204]] hatchback, [[Dodge Colt]] hardtop, and finally a [[Chevrolet Vega]] hatchback.

==Episodes==
{{Main|List of Mannix episodes}}
{{:List of Mannix episodes}}

==Guest stars==
Mannix featured hundreds of guest stars:
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*[[Julie Adams]]
*[[Charles Aidman]]
*[[Claude Akins]]
*[[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar|Lew Alcindor]]
*[[Anne Archer]]
*[[Barry Atwater]]
*[[Val Avery]]
*[[Richard Bakalyan]]
*[[Hugh Beaumont]]
*[[Vincent Beck]]
*[[Henry Beckman]]
*[[Ed Begley Jr.]]
*[[Pamela Bellwood]]
*[[Lee Bergere]]
*[[Oscar Beregi (actor, born 1918)|Oscar Beregi]]
*[[Milton Berle]]
*[[Whit Bissell]]
*[[Bill Bixby]]
*[[Karen Black]]
*[[Lloyd Bochner]]
*[[Frank Bonner]]
*[[Antoinette Bower]]
*[[Eric Braeden]]
*[[Thordis Brandt]]
*[[Geraldine Brooks (actress)|Geraldine Brooks]]
*[[Kathie Browne]]
*[[Richard Bull (actor)|Richard Bull]]
*[[Brooke Bundy]]
*[[Victor Buono]]
*[[Frank Campanella]]
*[[Joseph Campanella]]{{efn|After playing Mannix's boss in season one, he returned as a different character, a client, in a season six episode.|name=Robert Lansing|group=}}
*[[Anthony Caruso (actor)|Anthony Caruso]]
*[[Ted Cassidy]]
*[[Robert Colbert]]
*[[John Colicos]]
*[[Robert Conrad]]
*[[Yvonne Craig]]
*[[John Dehner]]
*[[Neil Diamond]]
*[[John Doucette]]
*[[Don Dubbins]]
*[[Howard Duff]]
*[[Anthony Eisley]]
*[[Dana Elcar]]
*[[Robert Ellenstein]]
*[[Sam Elliott]]
*[[Roy Engel]]
*[[Erik Estrada]]
*[[Linda Evans]]
*[[Shelley Fabares]]
*[[Mike Farrell]]
*[[Norman Fell]]
*[[Pamelyn Ferdin]]
*[[Gail Fisher]]{{efn|Prior to playing Mannix's secretary starting in season two, she played a different character, a reporter, in a season one episode.|name=|group=}}
*[[Paul Fix]]
*[[Victor French]]
*[[Beverly Garland]]
*[[Mark Goddard]]
*[[Don Gordon (actor)|Don Gordon]]
*[[Harold Gould]]
*[[Gloria Grahame]]
*[[Kevin Hagen]] 
*[[Sid Haig]]
*[[Mariette Hartley]]
*[[Katherine Helmond]]
*[[Douglas Henderson (actor)|Douglas Henderson]]
*[[Howard Hesseman]]
*[[John Hillerman]]
*[[Kim Hunter]]
*[[Diana Hyland]]
*[[Jill Ireland]]
*[[Robert Ito]] 
*[[Mako (actor)|Mako Iwamatsu]]
*[[Russell Johnson]]
*[[Victor Jory]]
*[[Gordon Jump]]
*[[Katherine Justice]]
*[[Diane Keaton]]
*[[Sally Kellerman]]
*[[Sandy Kenyon]]
*[[Christopher Knight (actor)|Christopher Knight]]
*[[Walter Koenig]]
*[[Nancy Kovack]]
*[[Frank Langella]]
*[[Marta Kristen]]
*[[Robert Lansing]]
*[[Cloris Leachman]]
*[[June Lockhart]]
*[[Robert Loggia]]
*[[Ronald Long]]
*[[Perry Lopez]]
*[[Barbara Luna]]
*[[Dawn Lyn]]
*[[Ken Lynch]]
*[[Carol Lynley]]
*[[Larry Manetti]]
*[[Paul Mantee]]
*[[Scott Marlowe]]
*[[John Marley]]
*[[Arlene Martel]]
*[[Frank Marth]]
*[[Marianne McAndrew]]
*[[Darren McGavin]]
*[[Katherine MacGregor]]
*[[Gerald McRaney]]
*[[Burgess Meredith]]
*[[Judi Meredith]]
*[[Lee Meriwether]]
*[[Vera Miles]]
*[[Del Monroe]]
*[[Priscilla Morrill]]
*[[Diana Muldaur]]
*[[Richard Mulligan]]
*[[Lloyd Nolan]]
*[[Sheree North]]
*[[Audree Norton]]
*[[Mel Novak]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nanarland.com/interview/interview-melnovakvo-mel-novak-en.html|title=Interview de Mel Novak
|website=nanarland.com|access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Gerald S. O'Loughlin]]
*[[David Opatoshu]]
*[[Alan Oppenheimer]]
*[[Julie Parrish]]
*[[Leslie Parrish]]
*[[Michael Pataki]]
*[[Felton Perry]]
*[[Nehemiah Persoff]]
*[[Joanna Pettet]]
*[[Barney Phillips]]
*[[Paul Picerni]]
*[[Slim Pickens]]
*[[Phillip Pine]] 
*[[Eve Plumb]]
*[[Ann Prentiss]]
*[[Ford Rainey]]
*[[Logan Ramsey]] 
*[[John Randolph (actor)|John Randolph]] 
*[[Lou Rawls]]
*[[Stafford Repp]]
*[[Barbara Rhoades]]
*[[John Ritter]]
*[[Pernell Roberts]]
*[[Percy Rodriguez]]
*[[Marion Ross]]
*[[Barbara Rush]]
*[[Alfred Ryder]]
*[[George Savalas]]
*[[Tom Selleck]]
*[[William Shatner]]
*[[Joan Shawlee]]
*[[Martin Sheen]]
*[[Tom Skerritt]]
*[[Laraine Stephens]]
*[[Warren Stevens]]
*[[Jan Sterling]]
*[[Dean Stockwell]]
*[[Jacqueline Susann]]
*[[Loretta Swit]]
*[[Nita Talbot]]
*[[Vic Tayback]]
*[[Berlinda Tolbert]]
*[[Malachi Throne]]
*[[Harry Townes]]
*[[Joyce Van Patten]]
*[[Elena Verdugo]] 
*[[John Vernon]]
*[[Garry Walberg]]
*[[Jessica Walter]]
*[[Carol Wayne]]
*[[David Wayne]]
*[[Fritz Weaver]]
*[[Adam West]]
*[[William Windom (actor)|William Windom]] 
*[[Paul Winfield]]
*[[H. M. Wynant]]
*[[Anthony Zerbe]]
{{div col end}}

==Awards and honors==
For his work on ''Mannix'', Mike Connors was nominated for six [[Golden Globe Award]]s, winning once, and for four [[Emmy Award]]s. Gail Fisher was nominated for four Emmy Awards, winning once, and for three Golden Globe Awards, winning twice.

The series was twice nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Emmy Award for Best Dramatic Series]], and four times for the Golden Globe Award, winning once. In 1972, writer Mann Rubin won an [[Edgar Award]] from the [[Mystery Writers of America]] for the episode "A Step in Time".

==Music==
Lalo Schifrin composed the music for the series. The theme "Mannix", with the B-side "End Game", was released as a single in 1969.<ref name="Lalo Schifrin discography">Payne, D. [http://dougpayne.com/lsd66_75.htm#MANNIX Lalo Schifrin discography] accessed March 14, 2012</ref> Unusually for a hard-boiled detective show, Schifrin wrote the theme song as a jazz waltz, in 3/4 time.<ref>{{cite web| website=The Hollywood Reporter| title=Lalo Schifrin, Acclaimed Composer of ‘Mission: Impossible’ and ‘Mannix’ Themes, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/lalo-schifrin-dead-mission-impossible-mannix-1236300689/ | first=Mike| last=Barnes | date=June 26, 2025| accessdate=October 15, 2025}}</ref>

==Royalties lawsuit==
In May 2011, Connors filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Paramount and CBS Television Studios, claiming that he was never paid royalties from the ''Mannix'' series.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/mannix-star-mike-connors-sues-190312 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=Matthew | last=Belloni | title='Mannix' Star Mike Connors Sues CBS, Paramount for Unpaid Profits (Exclusive) | date=May 19, 2011}}</ref> With the release of the series on DVD, the case was later settled out of court in November of that year.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2012/tv/news/studios-stars-tussle-over-enduring-value-of-hit-tv-shows-1118056270/ | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=Ted | last=Johnson | title=Studios, stars tussle over enduring value of hit TV shows | date=July 6, 2012}}</ref>

==Home media==
[[CBS Home Entertainment]] (distributed by [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount]]) has released all eight seasons of ''Mannix'' on DVD in Region 1.

On May 9, 2017, CBS DVD released ''Mannix- The Complete Series'' on DVD in Region 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Mannix-The-Complete-Series/23114|title=Mannix DVD news: Announcement for The Complete Series - TVShowsOnDVD.com|website=tvshowsondvd.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315170104/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Mannix-The-Complete-Series/23114|archive-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref>

In Region 4, [[Shock Records|Shock]] has released the first three seasons on DVD in Australia.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"|DVD Name
! rowspan="2"|Ep #
! colspan="2"|Release dates
|-
! Region 1
! Region 4
|-
| The First Season
| align="center"|24
| June 3, 2008
| August 10, 2010
|-
| The Second Season
| align="center"|25
| January 6, 2009
| October 12, 2010
|-
| The Third Season
| align="center"|25
| October 27, 2009
| February 9, 2011
|-
| The Fourth Season
| align="center"|24
| January 4, 2011
| N/A
|-
| The Fifth Season
| align="center"|24
| July 5, 2011
| N/A
|-
| The Sixth Season
| align="center"|24
| January 24, 2012
| N/A
|-
| The Seventh Season
| align="center"|24
| July 3, 2012
| N/A
|-
| The Eighth and Final Season
| align="center"|24
| December 4, 2012
| N/A
|-
| The Complete Series
| align="center"|194
| May 9, 2017
| N/A
|}

==Syndication==
[[CBS Television Distribution]] holds the distribution rights for ''Mannix'', but only distributes a package of 130 episodes to local stations. The first and eighth seasons are not part of the package, nor are several episodes from season seven.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://syndicationbible.cbstvd.com/series/mannix/mannix.htm|title=MANNIX|website=syndicationbible.cbstvd.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909142921/http://syndicationbible.cbstvd.com/series/mannix/mannix.htm|archive-date=September 9, 2017}}</ref>

The program currently airs on [[MeTV]] as part of its late-night lineup and has also aired on its sister network [[Heroes & Icons|H&I]]; all 194 episodes of ''Mannix'' have aired on both networks.

It has also been broadcast on [[FETV]] from 2021 to 2023.

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|id=0061277|title=Mannix}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19961128041258if_/http://nick-at-nite.com:80/manx.html Mannix official site] at [[Nick at Nite]]
* [http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/39111/mannix-the-third-season/ DVD review of series and production history]

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