R.C.M.P. is a Canadian television drama series about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The series ran a single season, consisting of 39 weekly half-hour episodes that aired from 28 October 1959 to 19 October 1960 on CBC.
Overview
R.C.M.P. was a Canadian television drama series about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The series ran a single season, consisting of 39 weekly half-hour episodes that aired from 28 October 1959 to 19 October 1960 on CBC.
Cast
The series starred French-Canadian actor Gilles Pelletier as Corporal Jacques Gagnier, who was in charge of the rural northern Shamattaw station. English-Canadian actor Don Francks played Constable Bill Mitchell, and American actor John Perkins played Constable Frank Scott.
Actors in supporting roles were Hugh Webster, Murray Westgate, Robert Christie, James Doohan, John Drainie, Katherine Blake, and Alfie Scopp. A nine-member indigenous family, from a grandmother to an infant, were flown in from the Hudson Bay area to appear in some episodes.
Cooperation of Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The series had the cooperation of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the producers were allowed access to their case files. Charles Rivett-Carnac, who had 36 years of active service before being appointed as RCMP commissioner, worked closely with the producers.
