Despite a twelve year hiatus from 1978 to 1990, new episodes were being made as of 2010.

In 1996 the series was syndicated nationally, and has since become international. In addition, a select number of episodes over the course of the show's run have been made into cassette tapes and CD sets, which can be obtained on the Jim French Productions website.

Hard Boiled Detective: Harry is a deliberate aversion of this.

Implied Death Threat: In the first episode, where Harry was told by a mob boss to whom he was up to his eyeballs in debt to go kill a man on the West coast.ĭespite living a life that would make such a man bitterly cynical (sees corruption and incompetence in the police force, a dead wife, terrible gambling debts and being targeted by the mob on a few occasions), he remains a steadfast champion of justice, rarely uses force to get his way, and genuinely cares about many of his clients.I'm telling you to go west for your health.' An associate he sent over to make sure Harry did it tells him, 'I'm your doctor. Inspector Lestrade: There are several policemen Harry occasionally works with that qualify, such as Lou Butterfield who in one episode arrested him for a crime that Harry himself reported without even bothering to check if the victim was dead.#THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE FOR FREE#.He was predeceased by his wife Pat, who had died earlier the same year. In late January 2017, it was formally announced via the Imagination Theatre Facebook page that, due to age and health issues, Jim French and his family would be closing down their production company, Jim French Productions, and discontinuing all broadcasts of Imagination Theatre at the end of March 2017.įrench died on Decemat age 89 in Seattle, Washington. He provided the voice for the Scientist in Gunman Chronicles, Father Grigori in Half-Life 2, the Fisherman in Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Bill in the games Left 4 Dead and Payday: The Heist (as a cameo in the opening cutscene to one of the missions), and Elder Titan in Dota 2. He made an appearance on NBC's Pandora's Clock (1996) in the role of an Army non-com. and Canada, and are also heard on the XM Satellite Radio system all over North America. He later began production of Imagination Theatre, which in 2003 moved to KIXI-AM His syndicated programs are now broadcast on over 120 stations in the U.S. James Rowley French was birth on Septemat Pasadena, Californiaįrench became morning DJ on KIRO (AM) in Seattle in 1959.

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