Joe Dancer

{{Short description|American private detective television series}}

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| genre = Detective, crime

| creator = Robert Blake

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| writer = Ed Waters

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| director = Reza Badiyi

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| starring = Robert Blake

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| narrated = Robert Blake

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| executive_producer = Robert Blake

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| runtime = 100 minutes

| company = Mickey Productions

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| network = NBC

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| first_aired = {{start date|1981}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1983}}

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Joe Dancer is an American private detective television series starring, created, produced and narrated by Robert Blake.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/famousmoviedetec0000pitt|url-access=registration|quote=joe dancer robert blake.|title=Famous Movie Detectives II|author=Pitts, Michael R.|publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc.|date=1991|page=[https://archive.org/details/famousmoviedetec0000pitt/page/243 243]|isbn=9780810823457}} NBC released three television films that aired from 1981 to 1983.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AKlgjBCPPnsC&q=joe+dancer+robert+blake&pg=PA217|title=Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials, Volume 2|author=Terrace, Vincent|date=1985|publisher=New York Zoetrope|isbn=9780918432612}}{{cite journal|journal=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YeUCAAAAMBAJ&q=joe+dancer+robert+blake+new+york+times&pg=PA106|date=June 11, 1984|title=Television: Weekend, June 9–10|page=106}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dRRLDAAAQBAJ&q=joe+dancer+robert+blake&pg=PT447|title=Unsold Television Pilots: 1955-1989|author=Goldberg, Lee|date=2015|publisher=Adventures in Television, Incorporated |isbn=9781511590679}}