Dick Tracy: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Dick Tracy was a very violent live action Police Drama on ABC TV. Tracy was a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould who was played by Ralph Byrd.. The strip made its debut on October 4, 1931 in the Detroit Mirror. It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1977. Since that time, various artists and writers have continued the strip, which still runs in newspapers today. Dick Tracy has also been the hero in a number of films, notably one in which Warren Beatty played the crime fighter in 1990.

Series details

• Title: Dick Tracy
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1950-09-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 1952-02-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10627
• IMDb ID: tt0042100
• TVDB ID: 236771

Cast and credited roles

• Ralph Byrd — Dick Tracy
• Joe Devlin — Sam Catchem
• William Woodson — Narrator
• Lyle Talbot — B.R. Ayne aka The Brain

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1950-09-13; final listed air date 1951-01-10.
• Season 2: premiered 1951-09-19; final listed air date 1952-02-06.

Source and licence

Adapted from Dick Tracy on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.