The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series)
US 1970s television series
The Amazing Spider-Man (known simply as Spider-Man for the second season) is an American superhero television series, based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It is the second live-action television series appearance of a Marvel character, after the Spidey Super Stories segment on The Electric Company. It originally aired on CBS in the United States from September 14, 1977 to July 6, 1979.
Though it was a considerable ratings success, the CBS series was cancelled after just 13 episodes, which included a pilot film airing in autumn of 1977.
Cast and characters
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Nicholas Hammond as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
Robert F. Simon as J. Jonah Jameson
Chip Fields as Rita Conway
Michael Pataki as Capt. Barbera (season 1)
Ellen Bry as Julie Masters (season 2)
David White played J. Jonah Jameson in the pilot TV movie, but the character was recast for the series proper, played by Robert F. Simon.
Jameson's secretary Rita Conway is essentially Gloria "Glory" Grant of the comics, with a different name. The character was possibly renamed in partial tribute to Glory Grant's co-creator, writer Gerry Conway (who wrote the comics The Amazing Spider-Man and The Spectacular Spider-Man in 1972-1975 and 1976-1977 respectively; Glory Grant debuted during Conway's run on The Amazing Spider-Man in 1975).
Hilly Hicks played Robbie Robertson of the Daily Bugle in the pilot TV movie but the character was not retained in the series. Hicks played a version of Robertson notably younger than his comic-book counterpart.
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