I Spy is an American television series about secret agents. It aired on NBC from 1965 to 1968 and starred Robert Culp as international tennis player Kelly Robinson and Bill Cosby as his coach Alexander Scott. The protagonists' travels as alleged "tennis bums," with Robinson playing tennis as an amateur for food and accommodation with the wealthy and Scott tagging along, were a cover story masking their responsibilities as senior Pentagon operatives. The majority of their time was spent pursuing villains, spies, and beautiful women. The show was conceived by authors David Friedkin and Morton Fine and cinematographer Fouad Said. Together, they established Three F Productions at Desilu Studios, where the show was created. Fine and Friedkin served as co-producers and chief writers, writing the scripts for 16 episodes and directing one of them. Friedkin also experimented in acting, appearing in two first-season episodes. The executive producer was the actor-producer Sheldon Leonard, best known for his gangster appearances in the 1940s and '50s. In addition, he appeared in two episodes as a gangster-villain and in a third as himself in a funny cameo. In addition, he helmed one episode and occasionally functioned as a second-unit director over the entirety of the series.
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I Spy is an American television series about secret agents. It aired on NBC from 1965 to 1968 and starred Robert Culp as international tennis player Kelly Robinson and Bill Cosby as his coach Alexander Scott. The protagonists' travels as alleged "tennis bums," with Robinson playing tennis as an amateur for food and accommodation with the wealthy and Scott tagging along, were a cover story masking their responsibilities as senior Pentagon operatives. The majority of their time was spent pursuing villains, spies, and beautiful women. The show was conceived by authors David Friedkin and Morton Fine and cinematographer Fouad Said. Together, they established Three F Productions at Desilu Studios, where the show was created. Fine and Friedkin served as co-producers and chief writers, writing the scripts for 16 episodes and directing one of them. Friedkin also experimented in acting, appearing in two first-season episodes. The executive producer was the actor-producer Sheldon Leonard, best known for his gangster appearances in the 1940s and '50s. In addition, he appeared in two episodes as a gangster-villain and in a third as himself in a funny cameo. In addition, he helmed one episode and occasionally functioned as a second-unit director over the entirety of the series.
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