This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Anthony Zerbe, Arlene Golonka, and Fredd Wayne star in “The Gang at Don’s Drive-In,” airing Jan. 13, 1978. LEARN MORE about this episode in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, available in softcover paperback and now as an eBook through Black Pawn Press

January 13, 1978

An Emmy winner for playing a good guy (Lieutenant Trench on Harry O), Anthony Zerbe played a host of colorful villains in films and TV shows, including the gunslinger who bumped off James Garner’s character in “All in the Family,” the famous final episode of Nichols.

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