Car 54, Where Are You? is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 1961 to April 1963. Filmed in black and white, the series starred Joe E. Ross as Gunther Toody and Fred Gwynne as Francis Muldoon, two mismatched New York City police officers who patrol the fictional 53rd precinct in The Bronx. Car 54 was their patrol car. The series had a rotating group of directors, including Al De Caprio, Stanley Prager, and series creator Nat Hiken. Filming was done both on location and at Biograph Studios in the Bronx. Synopsis The series follows the adventures of New York City Police Department officers Gunther Toody (badge #1432) (Joe E. Ross) and Francis Muldoon (badge #723 and #1987 in early episodes) (Fred Gwynne), assigned to Patrol Car 54. Toody is short, stocky, nosy, and not very bright, and he lives with his loud, domineering wife Lucille (Beatrice Pons). College-educated Muldoon is very tall, quiet, and more intellectual. A shy bachelor, he lives with his mother and two younger sisters. He is reluctant to get married. Much of the series is set in the station house, with commanding officer Captain Block (Paul Reed) ordering his men to answer neighborhood police calls or investigate baffling cases that have stymied the force at large. Toody and Muldoon often blunder into these cases, encountering the criminals accidentally and proceeding on a wrong assumption. By sheer perseverance, inadvertence, and luck, Toody and Muldoon bring each case to a successful conclusion. Cast Joe E. Ross as Officer Gunther Toody Fred Gwynne as Officer Francis Muldoon Beatrice Pons as Lucille Toody Al Lewis as Officer Leo Schnauser Charlotte Rae as Sylvia Schnauser Hank Garrett as Officer Ed Nicholson Paul Reed as Capt. Paul Block Bruce Kirby as Officer Kissel Jimmy Little as Sgt. Jim McBride Joe Warren as Officer Steinmetz Nipsey Russell as Officer Anderson Ossie Davis as Officer Omar Anderson Frederick O'Neal as Officer Wallace Jim Gormley as Officer Nelson Albert Henderson as Officer Dennis O'Hara Ruth Masters as Mrs. Muldoon, Francis's mother Patricia Bright as Mrs. Claire Block Martha Greenhouse as Rose, Lucille's sister Nathaniel Frey as Sergeant Abrams Jerome Guardino as Officer Antonnucci Episode list Production Many of the scripts were written by Nat Hiken, who won an "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy" Emmy Award for his work on the series. Hiken had previously produced The Phil Silvers Show in New York;