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The Rockford Files - FILMING LOCATIONS - Episode: Joey Blue Eyes (1976) - Long Beach California - Hotel Del Mar - Dr. Vail Dentist Long Beach 1st Street - Silver Dollar - Roi Tan Bar - Long Beach City Hall East 100 Long Beach Blvd - Biltmore Apts. - Long Beach Blvd Greyhound Bus Depot - Midway - Al's - Globe Cleaners - International Tower - Long Beach's THE PIKE - Murguders salt water taffy stand - Eddie Fontaine - Michael Ansara - Suzanne Charny - The Smoke House 4420 West Lakeside Drive Burbank - Toluca lake

A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO Vahram Keshishian

for leading me to these filming locations!

 ABOVE & BELOW PHOTOS: Intersection of Long Beach Blvd & 1st Street in Long Beach, CA.  Hotel Del Mar - Silver Dollar - Roi Tan Bar / Lounge

ABOVE PHOTO: Angel is grabbed by a thug outside 100 Long Beach Blvd. - Today this building is used by the City of Long Beach as CITY HALL EAST and also the Long Beach Police Department.

Michael T. said...

Also, what was City Hall East (or in the episode, Striker Industries) had been vacant since 2005, and last year was redeveloped to become Edison Lofts. The building itself dates to 1959, and given the amount of change in the area, it's remarkable that it still survives (and externally, is nearly unchanged) today!

ABOVE PHOTO: The image is actually two scene shots merged together of intersection of Long Beach Blvd & 1st Street in Long Beach, CA. 

The large building on the far left: Biltmore Apts

ABOVE PHOTO: Jim Rockford's car takes off on Long Beach Blvd. on the 100 block. On the right is an old unidentified hotel, on the left is a restaurant and Greyhound Bus Station depot.

BELOW PHOTO: Looking for help on the full name of the "Al's" business... the sign has a name before Al's but can't make it out.... Could it be Famous Al's??? Also there is cocktails place on the below right side photo. It was right next to Globe Cleaners - The sign has 8 letters in its upright sign. 

ABOVE FOUR PHOTOS: A ride down 1st Street in Long Beach, CA 1976

Businesses seen in this episode: Midway, Al's, Globe Cleaners, Dr. Vail Dentist, among others.

gweilo8888 said...

The "Al's" location was "Trader Al's", formerly known as "Trader Al's Windjammer" and located at 238 E. First St. since at least the early 1950s.

ABOVE PHOTO: Jim racing down an alley, in the background the round building is the International Tower in Long Beach, CA - as shown below.

ABOVE PHOTO: Michael Ansara, who died in 2013, played the tough former mobster Joey Blue Eyes - Joseph DiMinna 

ABOVE PHOTO: Eddie Fontaine returned to another episode of the Rockford Files as mob enforcer Sweet Tooth London. He is seen riding the Ferris Wheel at Long Beach - The Pike with Jim Rockford.

ABOVE THREE PHOTOS: Businesses seen - DUCE CLUB 201, Long Beach's SECURITY BANK BUILDING

ABOVE PHOTO: The very beautiful Suzanne Charny played Joey Blue Eyes daughter Paulette DiMinna.

Joey Blue Eyes' restaurant in this episode was actually

THE SMOKE HOUSE

4420 West Lakeside Drive, Burbank, California, USA

The Rockford Files - Episode: Local Man Eaten by Newspaper (1978) ANOTHER FILMING LOCATION MYSTERY SOLVED THANKS TO BILL ANDERSON - Alan Wann's Karate - Georgiana Building Built 1932 - McCormick & Schmick's Restaurant 3500 Olive Ave in Burbank, CA

 

THIS IS THE CORNER OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE & OLIVE AVE (3500 Olive Ave)

in Burbank, CA

The building seen in the below photos has been torn down and replaced with a large high rise which houses the McCormick & Schmick's Restaurant 

SEE ABOVE PHOTO

 

ABOVE PHOTO: Bo Hopkins playing John Cooper exits out of the building seen in the above photo to meet with Jim Rockford.

Here is what we know about this location. The address plates read 3516 & 3516 1/2

Alan Wann's Karate Studios can be seen in the storefront marked 3516 1/2

A barber shop can be seen in the far storefront

There is a Gulf Gas Station sign about a half a block away down the street

This intersection is controlled by a traffic control signal

There is  sign on the building wall that reads:

Georgiana Building - Built 1932

BUT THIS MAY BE A PROP SIGN

 

CAN ANYBODY HELP WITH THE ADDRESS OF THIS FILMING LOCATION?

 

 

The Rockford Files - Episode: Local Man Eaten by Newspaper (1978) FILMING LOCATION: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California

ABOVE PHOTO: Two mob thugs bring John Cooper (played by Bo Hopkins) and Jim Rockford to a cemetery to meet up with a mob boss. In the background of this photo you can see a large stone grave marker which is marked BONYNGE.

This grave marker belongs to Dr. Charles William Bonynge, Sr & family at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.

ABOVE PHOTO: Was located on FIND A GRAVE http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38738484 and it matches the grave marker seen in this episode of the Rockford Files. The photo of the young woman is Mary Ann Bonynge Brainerd.

Family links:  Parents:   Walter Alfred Bonynge (1855 - 1924)   Mary Ann Davis Bonynge (1853 - 1915)  Spouse:   Juliette Estelle Phelps Bonynge (1881 - 1951)  Children:   Thomas William Bonynge (1912 - 1979)*   Charles William Bonynge (1915 - 1954)*   Mary Ann Bonynge Brainerd (1917 - 1978)* *Calculated relationship

Burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery Inglewood Los Angeles County California, USA Plot: Lot 430 Plot Sunny Slope Grave 5

The Rockford Files - Episode: 2 Into 5.56 Won't Go (1975) Wayfarers Chapel 5755 Palos Verdes Drive South, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

The above two images are from a motel scene from this episode. Based upon the logo on the ice bucket in the top image, this is/was a Sheraton Motel. The actual location is presently unknown other than in California somewhere. I am hoping somebody recognizes this motel.

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The above image was from a funeral scene from this episode. This location is:
Wayfarers Chapel
5755 Palos Verdes Drive South
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
(310) 377-1650

Rockford Files TV Show Guest Actor Ed Lauter dead at 74 - Played Joseph Bloomberg in the episode: THE DOG AND PONY SHOW (1977)

Having starred in over 204 different projects throughout his 42-year career, Ed Lauter was a man whose face we all recognize from somewhere — something he called a "turn actor” (the character who shows up when the story needs to make a major one). Sadly, the Long Beach, N.Y.

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The Rockford Files - Episopde: Claire (1975) James Garner and Linda Evans - White Owl Lounge in Van Nuys, CA which is now Michael's Market Liquors

A big thank you to viewer Jamie Shields who submitted the below information to the blog.

 

ABOVE PHOTOS: Left: James Garner and Linda Evans as they appeared in the 1975 episode "CLAIRE" of the Rockford Files - Right: 70 year old Linda Evans today

 

ABOVE PHOTO: Jim Rockford meets his old troubled flame Claire at the White Owl Lounge.

The White Owl Lounge was once located at 7510 Woodman Ave in VanNuys, CA.

Today it is Michael's Market Liquors.

 

ABOVE PHOTO: Michael's Market Liquors at 7510 Woodman Ave in Van Nuys, CA.
The "White Owl Lounge" front and entrance was actually located on the far left side of this building which faces Woodman Place. The building has since been split in two and the left side is now an appliance sales and service shop.