| Hawkins is a television series which aired for one season on CBS between 1973 and 1974. The mystery, created by Robert Hamner and David Karp, starred James Stewart as rural-bred lawyer Billy Jim Hawkins, who investigated the cases he was involved in, similarly to Stewart's earlier smash hit movie Anatomy of a Murder. Despite being critically well received and winning a Golden Globe Award, the series was cancelled after one season consisting of seven 90-minute episodes. Stewart requested the cancellation since he believed that the quality of scripts and directors in television could not continuously measure up to the level to which he was accustomed with theatrical films. Seen as part of The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies, it alternated with the TV movie adaptations of Shaft. Contemporary analysts suggested that since the two shows appealed to vastly different audience bases, alternating them only served to confuse fans of both series, giving neither one the time to build up a large viewership. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| James Stewart | Billy Jim Hawkins | 8 |
| Strother Martin | R.J. Hawkins | 5 |
| Mayf Nutter | Jeremiah Stocker | 3 |
| James Hampton | Earl Coleman | 2 |
| Sam Elliott | Luther Wilkes | 1 |
| Bonnie Bedelia | Edith Dayton-Thomas | 1 |
| Sandy Ward | Guard | 1 |
| Charles Lampkin | Judge | 1 |
| Sidney Miller | G. Ronald Ashton | 1 |
| Dana Elcar | Dr. Aaronson | 1 |
| David Huddleston | Joseph Harrelson | 1 |
| William Windom | Joe Hamilton | 1 |
| Pernell Roberts | Senator Griffith | 1 |
| James Best | Sheriff John Early | 1 |
| Antoinette Bower | Vivian Vincent | 1 |
| Murray Hamilton | Frank Guilfoyle | 1 |
| Cameron Mitchell | Jake Parkins | 1 |
| John Milford | Sgt. Wesley Ames | 1 |
| Matthew Beard | Gus | 1 |
| Melissa Newman | Karen Guilfoyle | 1 |
| Robert Webber | Carl Vincent | 1 |
| Teresa Wright | Jenny Burke | 1 |
| Julie Harris | Janet Hubbard | 1 |
| Charles Fleischer | 2nd Confederate | 1 |
| Tyne Daly | Ellen Hamilton | 1 |
| Kenneth Mars | Lester De Ville | 1 |
| Herb Edelman | Lt. Joe Horowitz | 1 |
| Jean Allison | Helen Wyatt | 1 |
| John Zaremba | Judge | 1 |
| Stephen McNally | William Hardy Vincent | 1 |
| Gregory Sierra | Prosecutor Denton | 1 |
| Richard Kelton | Don Morrison | 1 |
| John Ericson | Frank Pearson | 1 |
| Noble Willingham | Carl Jackson | 1 |
| Diana Ewing | Connie Hawkins | 1 |
| Sheree North | Debbie Lane | 1 |
| Don Diamond | Reporter #1 | 1 |
| John Larch | Herb Talley | 1 |
| Ian Wolfe | Orren Wooster | 1 |
| Robert Sampson | Neal Carlson | 1 |
| Ben Hammer | Prosecutor | 1 |
| David Sheiner | Harry Casey | 1 |
| Don 'Red' Barry | Ben | 1 |
| Jeanette Nolan | Tessie Hawkins | 1 |
| Andrew Prine | Peter Vall | 1 |
| Henry Jones | George Davis | 1 |
| Richard Gautier | Scotti | 1 |
| Diana Hyland | Jennifer Pearson | 1 |
| Harvey Lembeck | Bartender | 1 |
| Charles McGraw | Capt. Bates | 1 |
| Richard Derr | Phil Terranova | 1 |
| Jeanne Cooper | Mrs. Hamilton | 1 |
| Noam Pitlik | Prof. Hastings | 1 |
| Kate Reid | Julia Dayton | 1 |
| Ellen Weston | Ellen Vincent | 1 |
| William Smithers | Sam Drummond | 1 |
| Ray Buktenica | Doctor | 1 |
| Signe Hasso | Madame Carrazza | 1 |
| Lew Ayres | Gus Bitterman | 1 |
| Jeff Corey | Julian Maynard | 1 |
| Albert Paulsen | Teddy Osterman | 1 |
| Tom Hallick | Newscaster | 1 |
| Ernie F. Orsatti | Sonny Bartlow | 1 |
| Russell Johnson | District Attorney | 1 |
| Britt Leach | Technician | 1 |
| Peter Mark Richman | Paul Forbes | 1 |
| Walker Edmiston | Dr. Lakin | 1 |
| Byron Morrow | Judge | 1 |
| Frank Bonner | 1st Yankee | 1 |
| James Luisi | Andy Tyler | 1 |
| Kurt Kasznar | Carlo Carrazza | 1 |
| Curt Lowens | Dr. Otto Hirschberg | 1 |
| Joe Maross | Prosecutor Spencer | 1 |
| Clark Howat | Accountant | 1 |
| Ivan Bonar | Judge | 1 |
| Gene Tyburn | First Patrolman | 1 |
| John Beal | Judge | 1 |
| Jason Wingreen | Dance Director | 1 |
| Dort Clark | Loomis | 1 |
| Paul Burke | Fred Wyatt | 1 |
| Robert Casper | Dr. Farrell | 1 |
| Michael Rupert | Young Man | 1 |
| Al Checco | Tracy | 1 |
| Stacy Keach, Sr. | Dr. Wyatt | 1 |
| Curt Conway | Judge | 1 |
| Richard Gates | Charlie Hendricks | 1 |
| Andrew Parks | David Burke | 1 |
| Joseph Hindy | Asst. DA Coletta | 1 |
| Chick Hearn | Basketball Announcer | 1 |
| Diana Douglas | Clara Guilfoyle | 1 |
| Maxine Stuart | Mrs. Constantine | 1 |
| Maggie Wellman | Kate Parkins | 1 |