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The show starred Raymond Burr as former San Francisco Police Department Chief of Detectives Robert T. Ironside, who became a consultant to the department after a Sniper 's bullet paralyzed him from the waist down confining him to a Wheelchair . One of the longer-running police dramas of the day, the series featured appearances by a number of actors who would go on to become Hollywood stars, such as Harrison Ford . Burr and the rest of the cast reunited for a made-for-TV movie in 1993 which aired not long before Burr's death. Burr was starring in an ongoing series of '' Perry Mason '' TV movies at the time, so in order to make himself look less like the other character, he dyed his hair red and shaved off his beard for the ''Ironside'' movie. Unlike the original series, which took place in San Francisco, the reunion took place in Denver, Colorado , which was also where the last few of Burr's ''Perry Mason'' films were produced. The series is remembered for Quincy Jones 's theme music, which would later play a major role in the Quentin Tarantino film, '' Kill Bill ''. EXTERNAL LINK |
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