Magnum, PI - The Case of the Red-Faced Thespian - 1:35 pm Wednesday, January 21 on ITV4

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The Case of the Red-Faced Thespian
Season 4, Episode 12

Thomas sets out to solve a murder and jewel theft at a party on the Masters estate, but his efforts are complicated by a delusional Higgins, who's become convinced he's a famous Shakespearean actor. Drama, starring Tom Selleck

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General Movie/Drama

Cast & Crew

Tom Selleck (Actor) .. Magnum/Dashiell Hammett

Roger E Mosley (Actor) .. TC/Paul Robeson/Brutus Jones

Larry Manetti (Actor) .. Orville `Rick" Wright/Charlie Chaplin

John Hillerman (Actor) .. Higgins/Sir Fearing Pangborn

Ronald Lacey (Actor) .. Archer Hayes/Picasso/Lowell Xavier Jameson

Colleen Camp (Actor) .. Valerie Cane

John McCook (Actor) .. Nolan Atherton /F Scott Fitzgerald

Laurette Spang (Actor) .. Marge Atherton/Zelda Fitzgerald

Vonetta McGee (Actor) .. Inez Stuart/Josephine Baker

Ivan Dixon (Director)

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Did You Know..

Tom Selleck (Actor) .. Magnum/Dashiell Hammett

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.