Johnny Midnight
Format	Crime drama
Directed by	Robert Stevens
Starring	Edmond O'Brien Arthur Batanides Barney Phillips Yuki Shimoda
Opening theme	"Lullaby of Broadway"
Composer(s)	Gerald Fried
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	39
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jack Chertok
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Syndication
Picture format	Black and white
Original run	January 12, 1960 – December 7, 1960

Johnny Midnight is a 39-episode syndicated television series which aired during calendar year 1960 and starred Edmond O'Brien as a New York City actor turned private detective. Midnight's cases frequently focused upon Times Square and Broadway, where he had triumphed earlier on stage. Midnight lives in a plush Manhattan penthouse. O'Brien narrated the crime drama in the terse style associated with Humphrey Bogart or Walter Winchell. The theme song of the series is "Lullaby of Broadway".^[1]

The supporting cast included Arthur Batanides as police Sergeant Lupo Olvera, Barney Phillips as Lieutenant Sam Geller, and Yuki Shimoda as Uki, Midnight's wise-cracking Japanese manservant. Jack Chertok produced the program, prior to his association with the sitcom My Favorite Martian.^[2] Guest stars included Lurene Tuttle, Adam West and Doug McClure.^[1]

Other guest roles were filled by Parley Baer, Whitney Blake, Walter Burke, Russ Conway, Billy De Wolfe, Joe Flynn, Connie Hines, DeForest Kelley, Viveca Lindfors, Tyler McVey, Jay Novello, J. Pat O'Malley, Jacqueline Scott, Robert F. Simon, and William Schallert.^[3]

Johnny Midnight was a Revue Studios production, since Universal Television.^[4] Two years after Johnny Midnight ended, O'Brien was cast in the title role of NBC's Sam Benedict, a fictitious San Francisco lawyer. Richard Rust was his co-star.^[5] Barney Phillips also played another police lieutenant, named "Avery", in the 1960-1961 syndicated crime drama, The Brothers Brannagan, with Stephen Dunne and Mark Roberts.^[6]

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