The Greatest American Hero: Story, Cast and Series Facts
The Greatest American Hero (1981): Comedy, Action, Adventure. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
A group of aliens gives Ralph Hinkley a red suit that grants him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately Ralph immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.
Series details
- Title: The Greatest American Hero
- Format: Scripted
- Language: English
- Genres: Comedy, Action, Adventure
- Premiere date: 1981-03-18
- Final broadcast date listed: 1986-02-13
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
- Network country: United States
- Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
- TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
- TVMaze ID: 7051
- IMDb ID: tt0081871
- TVDB ID: 77267
Cast and credited roles
- William Katt — Ralph Hinkley
- Robert Culp — Bill Maxwell
- Connie Sellecca — Pam Davidson
- Michael Paré — Tony Villicana
- Faye Grant — Rhonda Blake
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 1981-03-18; final listed air date 1981-05-06; episode order: 9.
- Season 2: premiered 1981-11-04; final listed air date 1982-04-28; episode order: 22.
- Season 3: premiered 1982-10-29; final listed air date 1986-02-13; episode order: 14.
Source and licence
Adapted from The Greatest American Hero 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.
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