The fugitive's name is dr richard kimble
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The True Crime Case Behind The Fugitive (That Nobody Credits)
Summary
- The Fugitive, both the TV series and movie, is believed to have been inspired by a real crime case, namely the Sam Sheppard murder case.
- Dr. Sam Sheppard, like the fictional character Dr. Richard Kimble, was wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and later acquitted after spending years in prison.
- While the creators deny using the Sheppard case as inspiration, they admit that Les Misérables was the main influence for the plot of The Fugitive, with Kimble resembling Jean Valjean and Lt. Gerard playing a role similar to Inspector Javert.
The Fugitive is technically a fictional story – both the classic TV series and its blockbuster movie adaptation – but it’s widely believed to have been inspired by a fascinating true crime story. Both the TV and movie versions of The Fugitive revolve around Dr. Richard Kimble’s attempts to evade the law and clear his name after being falsely convicted of murdering his wife. The TV show had one of the most-watched series finales of all time because it was on
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The Fugitive (1963 TV series)
American drama series (1963–1967)
The Fugitive is an American crimedrama television series created by Roy Huggins and produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television. It aired on ABC from September 17, 1963, to August 29, 1967. David Janssen starred as Dr. Richard Kimble, a physician who is wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder, and unjustly sentenced to death. While Dr. Kimble is en route to death row, the train derails over a track defect, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man" (played by Bill Raisch). At the same time, Richard Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard (Barry Morse).
The Fugitive aired for four seasons, with 120 51-minute episodes produced. The first three seasons were filmed in black-and-white, while the fourth and final season was filmed in color.[1]
The series was nominated for five Emmy Awards and won the Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic Series in 1966.[2] In 2002, it was ranked
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Richard Kimble
Family
- Helen Kimble (wife)✝
- Stillborn son✝
- Dr. John Kimble (Father)
- Elizabeth Kimble (Mother)
- Ray Kimble (Brother)
- Donna Kimble-Taft (Sister)
- Leonard Taft (Brother-In-Law)
- David Taft (Nephew)
- Billy Taft (Nephew)
- Edith Waverly (Mother-In-Law)
- Terry Waverly (Sister-In-Law)
- Ed Waverly (Father-In-Law)
Dr. Richard Kimble was a pediatrician who was wrongly convicted of his wife's murder. Following his escape, he pursued his wife's one-armed killer while he himself was on the run from the authorities.
Biography[]
Richard David Kimble is a pediatrician from Stafford, Indiana who in the mid 1960s became the most famous fugitive in history. Born on March 27, 1927, Richard joined the Marines and became a corpsman. While serving in Korea, He was injured by an enemy grenade, but was rescued by a soldier named Joe Hallop, who was disfigured and mentally scarred by the battle enough to make an attempt on Richard's life many years later.
In 1955, Richard interned at a hospital in Fairgreen, IN, where He met a nurse named Helen Waverly. They fell in lo
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