Tom Lopaka's full name is Thomas Jefferson Lopaka. Cricket Blake's real first name is Chryseis
Robert Wagner was asked to play Tom Lopaka, but he wanted to concentrate on movies instead. He then recommended his friend Robert Conrad for the role, which led to Conrad being cast. He had a dark tan from his time at the beach during the past year, when he was looking for work, and made the producers think of him as a beach type.
Robert Wagner was asked to play Tom Lopaka, but he wanted to concentrate on movies instead. He then recommended his friend Robert Conrad for the role, which led to producer William T. Orr watching Conrad help Jenny Maxwell audition, and offering him the role.
Tom Lopaka was supposed to be half-Polynesian, according to Jack Emanuel, a Warner Brothers story editor who originally outlined the basic plotline of the show while on a trip to Hawaii at the request of the studio.
Tracy served in Pusan, South Korea as a lieutenant in the American Air Force during the Korean War.
Iris Landon:
You're poking your nose in where it doesn't belong.
Tracy Steele:
I come from a long line of nose-pokers. Oh, by the way, where's Mr. Lewis?
Iris Landon:
You're gonna have to scratch for him!
Follows
"77 Sunset Strip" (1958)
Girl on the Run (1958)
Followed by
"Surfside 6" (1960)
Spin off from
"77 Sunset Strip" (1958)
Referenced in
"The Directors: The Films of Robert Altman (#2.9)" (????)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Tormented (#5.14)" (1992)
- Title spoken
Featured in
Imaginary Crimes (1994)
Spoofed in
Hawaiian Aye Aye (1964)