The Rockford Files - Episode: Resurrection in Black & White (1975) Special Guest Star: Joan Van Ark

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The Rockford Files - Episode: Resurrection in Black & White (1975) Special Guest Star: Joan Van Ark

The above two images are from a scene where James Rockford and magazine reporter Susan Alexander, played by the beautiful Joan Van Ark, are having lunch at a Mexican restaurant sidewalk cafe.

This Mexican restaurant was located at 23527 Calabasas Road, Calabasas, California

Here is what that location looks like today (2011) courtesy of Google Maps

NBC / Universal - The people who brought you the Rockford Files now brings you "CHICAGO FIRE" on NBC TV

NBC's TV "Chicago Fire" is filmed almost exclusively in the Chicago land area. If you keep an eye open you can catch yours truly in some of the episodes. So far I have been in 6 of the first seasons episodes. They use real Chicago cops and firefighters as extras and actors in this TV series.

It is your blogmaster on the set of CHICAGO FIRE. I have played a uniformed Chicago cop in 6 of the show's episodes so far! Keep your eyes open... and play WHERE'S WALDO???

The Rockford Files - EPISODE: Black Mirror (1978) 11558 West Riverside Drive Los Angeles CA - The Marquis Condos - Also the very beautiful & sexy Kathryn Harrold

The very sexy  Kathryn Harrold played Megan K. Dougherty - who was a blind psychologist in this episode of the Rockford Files.

                                                   

I wish all the filming locations were this easy to identify. In the above video clip from this episode, Jim Rockford reads off the address he is visiting and it truly is the actual address he is at including the apartment number (105).

11558 West Riverside Drive  Los Angeles, CA 

Apartment #105

Not only does Jim Rockford verbally states the location but the mail he is looking through also contains the same correct address of this filming location.

The Rockford Files - Episode: Cracked Back - Gibby's Place Restaurant & Bar

This shot in the same episode shows the old Citizens Bank Building.

 Gibby's Place Restaurant & Bar was located at 13300 Ventura Blvd in Sherman Oaks, CA. It was actually a real restaurant & bar but the true name of the business wasn't Gibby's Place. Anybody know what the real name of this place was? Today the Prudential Realty Co. occupies the building at 13300 Ventura Blvd.

The Rockford Files - Episode: A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights (1978) Marriott Airport Hotel, Spotlight Club Bar, Astro Theater, Merit Savings Bank, Florsheim Shoes

ABOVE IMAGES: Still frames from this episode of the Los Angeles Marriott Airport Hotel. The baby blue interior is a sign of the 1970's! Below is the way the Marriott Airport Hotel appeared during this period. The Marriott Hotel has spent millions of dollars in updating this large hotel. 

ABOVE IMAGE: Aerial shot overlooking the 300 Block of East First Street during the late 1970's as seen in this episode. Florsheim Shoes is on the left Merit Savings Bank is on the right. 

ABOVE IMAGE: Aerial shot overlooking the 300 Block of South Broadway during the late 1970's as seen in this episode. The Astro Theater can be seen on the left.   

 Above Images: The Spotlight Club THEN & NOW. 

Located at 1601 N. Cahuenga in Los Angeles.

ABOVE IMAGE:  This inside bar scene is suppose to be the interior of the Spotlight Club. But based on the doorway being totally different than the exterior shot, I would guess this is a studio/stage bar located at NBC / Universal studios. I do love the sign on the wall just past the man sitting at the bar that reads "CHILI 20 CENTS"

The Little Brown Church in the Valley - The Rockford Files - Episode: Rattlers' Class of '63

 

ABOVE PHOTO: The Little Brown Church in the Valley 4418 Coldwater Canyon Ave, Studio City, CA. As seen in the Rockford Files TV episode (Rattlers' Class of '63) - Church Angel Martin married Regine Boyajian played by the beautiful actress Elayne Heilveil



ABOVE PHOTO: The Little Brown Church in the Valley 4418 Coldwater Canyon Ave, Studio City, CA. As seen in the Rockford Files TV episode (Rattlers' Class of '63) - Church Angel Martin married Regine Boyajian played by the beautiful actress Elayne Heilveil.

This is the church that Angel Martin got married at in this Rockford Files TV episode (Rattlers' Class of '63). It is named "The Little Brown Church in the Valley" located at 4418 Coldwater Canyon Avenue, Studio City, CA. The church is still there today... But the Go-Lo Gas Station that can be seen located next to this church is long gone....So are the 54 cents a gallon for gasoline as seen on the GO-LO Gas Station sign. The Go-Lo Gas Station was on the corner of Coldwater Canyon Ave and Moorpark Street.

 ABOVE PHOTO: The Little Brown Church in the Valley as it stands today in 2012