Scripted series · ABC
Kung Fu
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
David Carradine
Kwai Chang Caine
62 eps
Keye Luke
Master Po
62 eps
Philip Ahn
Master Kan
62 eps
Radames Pera
Young Caine
62 eps
Scott Hylands
Saunders
2 eps
Stephen Manley
Boy Caine
2 eps
Hal Williams
Caleb Brown
2 eps
Albert Salmi
Reuben Branch
2 eps
Barbara Hershey
Nan Chi
2 eps
Mae Mercer
Elizabeth Brown
2 eps
Dale Ishimoto
Chinese Sergeant
2 eps
Stefan Gierasch
Logan McBurney / Kai Tong
2 eps
Jim Davis
Sheriff Grogan
2 eps
Dana Elcar
Noah Jones
2 eps
Richard Narita
Kang Li
3 eps
Brian Tochi
Shen Ung
3 eps
Tim McIntire
Daniel Caine
5 eps
Anthony Zerbe
Rafe
2 eps
Benson Fong
Li Yu
4 eps
John Carradine
Rev. Serenity Johnson
3 eps
Shelly Novack
Bascomb
2 eps
Morgan Woodward
The Hanged Man
2 eps
Lois Nettleton
Delonia Cantrell
2 eps
Denver Pyle
Dr. Joseph Colton
2 eps
Robert Ridgely
Whipple
2 eps
Robert Ito
Smith
2 eps
Alex Henteloff
Dixon
2 eps
Tad Horino
Cowled Head
6 eps
Valentin de Vargas
Mendoza
2 eps
Ta-Ronce Allen
Juliet
2 eps
Michael Pataki
Buskirk
2 eps
Yuki Shimoda
Shun Low
4 eps
Kay E. Kuter
Marshal
2 eps
Leslie Nielsen
Vincent Corbino
4 eps
Eddie Albert
Dr. George Baxter
2 eps
Victor Sen Yung
Old Mandarin
6 eps
Don Keefer
Station Keeper
2 eps
Bill Fletcher
Father
2 eps
John Anderson
Benjamin Dundee
3 eps
Robert Karnes
Parkes
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Kung Fu actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Kung Fu reads strongest on Character Depth, Spectacle and World Building.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Jerry Thorpe
Creator
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Ed Spielman
Creator
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Herman Miller
Showrunner
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Kathryn Terry
Writer
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Abe Polsky
Writer
Elinor Karpf
Writer
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Ed Waters
Writer
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David Michael Korn
Writer
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Ron Bishop
Writer
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William Kelley
Writer
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Robert Lewin
Writer
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Robert Schlitt
Writer
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John Furia
Writer
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Michael S. Michaelian
Writer
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Herb Meadow
Writer
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Eugene Price
Writer
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Michael Michaelian
Writer
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John T. Dugan
Writer
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Daniel B. Ullman
Writer
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Gerald Sanford
Writer
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Gustave Field
Writer
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A. Martin Zweiback
Writer
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Theodore Apstein
Writer
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Del Reisman
Writer
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Halsted Welles
Writer
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Stephen Karpf
Writer
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Katharyn Powers
Writer
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Spooner Glass
Writer
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Charles A. McDaniel
Writer
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Kittridge Barton
Writer
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Arthur Dales
Writer
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Norman Katkov
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jerry ThorpeProducer
- Ed SpielmanExecutive Producer
- John Furia, Jr.Producer
- Herman MillerProducer
- Alex BeatonProducer
Writing
- Kathryn TerryWriter
- Abe PolskyWriter
- Elinor KarpfWriter
- Ed WatersWriter
- David Michael KornWriter
- Ron BishopWriter
Direction
- Harry HarrisDirector
- David CarradineDirector
- Gordon HesslerDirector
- Robert Michael LewisDirector
- John Llewellyn MoxeyDirector
- Lee PhilipsDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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