A Man Called Hawk

American action drama series

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A Man Called Hawk
Genre	Drama action
Based on	lead character by Robert B. Parker
Developed by	Stephen Hattman William Robert Yates
Starring	Avery Brooks Moses Gunn
Theme music composer	Stanley Clarke Avery Brooks Lawrence "Butch" Morris
Composers	Stanley Clarke Avery Brooks (final two episodes)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Hattman-Yates Productions Avery Brooks Productions Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	January 28 (1989年01月28日) – May 13, 1989 (1989年05月13日)
Related
Spenser: For Hire

A Man Called Hawk is an American action drama series, starring Avery Brooks, that ran on ABC from January 28 to May 13, 1989. The series is a spin-off of the crime drama series Spenser: For Hire , and features the character Hawk, who first appeared in the 1976 novel Promised Land , the fourth in the series of Spenser novels by mystery writer Robert B. Parker.

Main cast

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On the air for just thirteen episodes, A Man Called Hawk starred Avery Brooks as the title character, who has relocated from Boston to his hometown, Washington, D.C. The series co-starred actor Moses Gunn, who portrayed a father figure to Hawk known only as "Old Man".

Production

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A Man Called Hawk was a spin-off of Spenser: For Hire , which aired on ABC from 1985 through 1988. Brooks co-wrote the theme music for the show with jazz legends Stanley Clarke and Butch Morris, the latter of whom also did most of the incidental music for the show.

The series was filmed in Washington D.C.^[1]

During the first three seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Brooks wore a full head of hair and shaved his goatee, as a means of distinguishing his character Benjamin Sisko from Hawk. The goatee was added to Sisko's look near the end of Season 3, and his head was shaved bald at the start of Season 4 (this was due in part to production of DS9 concurring with that of a series of Spenser: For Hire reunion films in which Brooks reprised Hawk).

Episodes

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No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"The Master's Mirror"	Virgil W. Vogel	Stephen Hattman	January 28, 1989 (1989年01月28日)	17.6^[2]
2	"A Time and a Place"	Winrich Kolbe	Stephen Hattman & William Robert Yates	February 4, 1989 (1989年02月04日)	16.3^[3]
3	"Hear No Evil"	Stanley Lathan	William Robert Yates	February 11, 1989 (1989年02月11日)	15.2^[4]
4	"Passing the Bar"	Bill Duke	Jerome Coopersmith	February 18, 1989 (1989年02月18日)	15.5^[5]
5	"The Divided Child"	Winrich Kolbe	Carleton Eastlake	February 25, 1989 (1989年02月25日)	15.3^[6]
6	"Vendetta"	Sigmund Neufeld	Jaison Starkes	March 4, 1989 (1989年03月04日)	14.6^[7]
7	"Choice of Chance"	Virgil Vogel	Steve Duncan & L. Travis Clark	March 11, 1989 (1989年03月11日)	12.8^[8]
8	"Poison"	Harry Falk	Story by : Joan Parker & Robert B. Parker Teleplay by : Robert B. Parker	March 25, 1989 (1989年03月25日)	13.7^[9]
9	"Never My Love"	Virgil Vogel	Steve Duncan & L. Travis Clark	April 1, 1989 (1989年04月01日)	12.3^[10]
10	"Intensive Care"	Virgil Vogel	Carleton Eastlake	April 15, 1989 (1989年04月15日)	12.2^[11]
11	"If Memory Serves"	Mario Di Leo	Jaison Starkes	April 29, 1989 (1989年04月29日)	6.9^[12]
12	"Beautiful Are the Stars"	Virgil W. Vogel	Story by : Calvin Hernton Teleplay by : Calvin Hernton and Steve Duncan & L. Travis Clark	May 6, 1989 (1989年05月06日)	10.1^[13]
13	"Life after Death"	Harry Falk	Thomas Huggins & Charlotte Clay	May 13, 1989 (1989年05月13日)	7.5^[14]

Notable guest stars

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Syndication

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The series was re-aired in reruns on TV One in 2006. The series is currently available for streaming online on Tubi.^[15]

References

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^ Gaines-Carter, Patrice (November 17, 1988). "LIGHTS! CAMERA! 'HAWK'!". The Washington Post . Retrieved March 5, 2020.
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^ "Watch A Man Called Hawk". Tubi. Retrieved August 4, 2022.