had begun his career as a scriptwriter, on the TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E.). Gerry Conway, whose career began as a well-regarded writer at Marvel Comics, was now appointed as a script consultant, initially acting as script editor on the series before being promoted to co-producer for the third season, also writing many of the episodes. For the third and longest season (the show's only full season), Brian Clemens, who had been producer and executive producer on The Avengers and had written many of its best regarded episodes, was added as a script consultant, and wrote or co-wrote many third-season episodes, a number of them in collaboration with co-producer Gerry Conway. Although the show was set in Chicago, the first season was actually filmed in Denver, Colorado, where the filming locations used included the Church of the Annunciation, at 3621 Humboldt Street, which stood in for St Michael's parish church. At the time the show was being made, Bosley's co-star Tracy Nelson ("Sister Steve") was married to actor William R Moses, the featured guest star who plays her ex-boyfriend in Season One ("The Man Who Came to Dinner Mystery"). The theme music for the regular series was composed by Dick De Benedictis. The regular series episodes ran approximately 46 minutes and 30 seconds. Cast Tom Bosley as Father Frank Dowling / Blaine Dowling Tracy Nelson as Sister Stephanie "Steve" Oskowski James Stephens as Father Philip Prestwick Mary Wickes as Marie The program featured many notable guest stars, some before they had achieved fame, including: John Astin, Jack Bannon, Roscoe Lee Browne, Steven Culp, Stacy Edwards, Fionnula Flanagan, Michelle Forbes, Kurt Fuller, Annie Golden, Grant Heslov, Laurie Holden, Stanley Kamel, Andreas Katsulas, Yaphet Kotto, Diane Ladd, Anthony LaPaglia, Scott Marlowe, David McCallum, Colm Meaney, William R. Moses, Craig Richard Nelson, Leslie Nielsen, Ethan Phillips, John Slattery, Brenda Strong, Robin Thomas, Sada Thompson, Tony Todd, John Vernon, Kate Vernon, Robert Walden and David Warner. Episodes After its first season, NBC cancelled the show. It was picked up by ABC and aired for two more seasons. In total, Father Dowling Mysteries comprises a 2-hour TV movie plus 43 one-hour episodes. Production credits Executive Producers Fred Silverman and Dean Hargrove Executive in Charge of Production Mike Moder Supervising Producer Robert Hamilton (season 1) Supervising Producer Robert Schlitt (season 2) Produced by Barry Steinberg (season 1,2) Co-Producer David Solomon (season 1,2) Home media CBS