Who were the primary cast members?
Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday Barton Yarborough as Friday’s partner, Sgt. Ben Romero (1951) Barney Phillips as Sgt. Ed Jacobs (1952) Herb Ellis as Friday’s partner, Officer Frank Smith (1952) Ben Alexander as Friday’s partner, Officer Frank Smith (1953-1959) Harry Morgan as Friday’s partner, Officer Bill Gannon (1967-1970) Barton Yarborough, who had been on the radio series, died of a heart attack a few days after the broadcast of Dragnet’s Dec. 1951 TV preview on “Chesterfield Sound Off Time.” The cast on the 1989-1990 syndicated revival was as follows: Jeff Osterhage as Vic Daniels; Bernard White as Carl Molina; Thalmus Rasulala as Capt. Boltz; Don Stroud as Capt. Lussen.