Magnum, PI - Holmes Is Where the Heart Is - 07:00 am Tuesday, July 14 on ITV4

Tom Selleck (Actor) .. Thomas Magnum

Born: January 29, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan

Best Known For: Magnum, PI.

Early-life: Thomas William Selleck was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 29, 1945 to Martha and Robert. His family moved to Sherman Oaks, California during his childhood. A talented athlete, Tom attended the University of Southern California on a basketball scholarship. He went on to study acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and was serving as a soldier in the California National Guard when he was activated for the Watts riots in Los Angeles in 1965.

Career: Selleck won small parts in films and TV shows during the 1970s until his big break came in 1979 when he was cast in the lead role in detective series Magnum, PI. The popular series earned him an Emmy and a Golden Globe and it ran for eight seasons, clocking up 162 editions. He went on to star alongside Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg in the box-office smash Three Men and a Baby (1987), had a recurring role in the sitcom Friends during the 1990s and since 2005, he has played lawman Jesse Stone in a series of TV movies based on novels by Robert B Parker. Since 2010, he has played Frank Reagan in police drama Blue Bloods.

Quote: 'I think of myself as an actor first, not a sex symbol.'

Trivia: Selleck turned down the role of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark to honour the contract he had just signed for Magnum, PI.

John Hillerman (Actor) .. Jonathan Higgins

Roger E Mosley (Actor) .. TC Calvin

Larry Manetti (Actor) .. Orville `Rick" Wright

Patrick Macnee (Actor) .. David Worth/Chee/Chinese doctor

Born: February 06, 1922 in London

Best Known For: Playing John Steed in The Avengers.

Early-life: Born Daniel Patrick Macnee on February 6, 1922, in London. His father was a successful racehorse trainer who gambled away his fortune and emigrated to India. His mother then divorced her husband and moved in with her lesbian lover in Wiltshire. Macnee attended Summer Fields prep school before enrolling at Eton. He made his film debut in 1938's Pygmalion, but his acting career was curtailed by a spell in the Navy during the Second World War.

Career: On his return from service, Macnee studied at the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art. Small roles in several films followed but, frustrated at the lack of opportunity in Britain, he emigrated to Canada, then moved to the US. He appeared in numerous TV plays and films before returning to the UK in 1959. Producing Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years brought him to the attention of TV bosses who, to his surprise, offered him the role of John Steed in The Avengers in 1961. He stayed with the popular series until it ended in 1969, but returned to the role in The New Avengers in 1976. Macnee also appeared in such movies as A View to a Kill, This Is Spinal Tap and The Sea Wolves. He died on June 25, 2015.

Quote: 'I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long.'

Trivia: Macnee became a US citizen in 1959.

Maurice Roeves (Actor) .. Hopkins

Michael Billington (Actor) .. Lever

George Cheung (Actor) .. Victor Ching

Gillian Dobb (Actor) .. Agatha Chumley

John Llewellyn Moxey (Director)

Magnum, PI: Holmes Is Where the Heart Is

07:00 am - 08:05 am, Tuesday, July 14 on ITV4 (26)

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Holmes Is Where the Heart Is
Season 4, Episode 18

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