Stingray (1986)

Stingray
Premiere	pilot movie July 14, 1985 series March 11, 1986
Finale	May 8, 1987
Creator	Stephen J. Cannell
Network/Provider	NBC
Style	60-minute crime drama
Company	Stephen J. Cannell Productions
Seasons	2
Episodes	23 + pilot movie
Origin	USA

Stingray is a drama/crime series created by Stephen J. Cannell for NBC. There was a pilot movie, followed by two seasons for a total of 23 episodes.

Ray was a mysterious man whose trademark was the '65 Corvette Sting Ray he drove.

He operated in, and around, southern California, helping people in trouble. There were similarities to the CBS’s contemporary series The Equalizer, although Ray’s background was even more mysterious than the Equalizer’s. All that was known about Ray, is that he advertised in newspapers, offering a "’65 black Stingray for Barter Only. (555-7687)".

Ray did not charge money for his help; instead, he made his clients promise in advance that they will later perform a favor for Ray. In the episodes he frequently used many such favors from past clients to help the current client; implying that he either had a backlog of such favors, and/or easy cases we did not see in between the episodes

Ray is an expert at hiding his real identity; and when some clients were able to find out his actual identity, they would later find they were mistaken. When the license plate for his Sting Ray was run through a computer it listed many different addresses, including notably the White House’s west coast motor pool.

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Billed Cast
Nick Mancuso	"Ray"	1	2

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
NBC
Season One	March 11, 1986	May 13, 1986	8 + 1
Season Two	January 9, 1987	May 8, 1987	15

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Complete Series
The Complete Series	January 18, 2011	5

External Sites

• Stingray (pilot) at the Internet Movie Database
• Stingray (series) at the Internet Movie Database