Lucas Tanner

Lucas Tanner is an NBC television drama that aired during the 1974-75 season. The title character, played by David Hartman, was a former baseball player and sportswriter who becomes an English teacher at the fictional Harry S Truman High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Episodes often deal with the resistance of traditional teachers to Tanner's unorthodox teaching style.

Regular co-stars included Rosemary Murphy, Kimberly Beck, and ten-year-old Robbie Rist. Unusually, the show was actually filmed in Webster Groves, rather than on a Hollywood backlot. That gave it a somewhat unusual "look" for a prime-time TV series.

A 90-minute pilot film of the series aired on NBC the week of May 4, 1974; the pilot also starred Kathleen Quinlan and Joe Garagiola.

This series was Hartman's last television series as an actor—in November 1975, he began a long-running stint as co-host of ABC's Good Morning America.

Loading countdown...
Love Affairs in the Afternoon

Love Affairs in the Afternoon

2019

Teenage Bounty Hunters

Teenage Bounty Hunters

2020

When You Be Me

When You Be Me

2022

Don't Disturb My Study

Don't Disturb My Study

2021

All About Us

2001

The Best Student: Last Dance with 1 Year to Live

The Best Student: Last Dance with 1 Year to Live

2023

Grange Hill

Grange Hill

1978

Dark Season

Dark Season

1991

Love Alarm

Love Alarm

2019

Yawara!

Yawara!

1989

Love in Flames of War

Love in Flames of War

2022

Trinkets

Trinkets

2019

Normal People

Normal People

2020

Radio Free Roscoe

Radio Free Roscoe

2003

U-Prince The Series

U-Prince The Series

2016

At Eighteen

At Eighteen

2019

Forbidden Love

Forbidden Love

1999

Big Wolf on Campus

Big Wolf on Campus

1999

Beautiful People

Beautiful People

2005

City Guys

City Guys

1997