Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky is a CBS adventure/drama television series that aired from October 24, 1959, to June 18, 1960, with repeats through September 3. Blake Edwards developed the program as a retooling of his Willie Dante character from Four Star Playhouse, where the role was portrayed by studio head Dick Powell. In the 1960–1961 season, Howard Duff assumed the Willie Dante part in the NBC adventure/drama series Dante. Edwards directed and co-wrote the premiere episode, and the credits of the first eighteen episodes noted that the entire production was supervised by Blake Edwards. Jack Arnold produced the show and directed fifteen of its thirty-four episodes. Henry Mancini's smooth theme music for the show reached No. 21 on the US singles charts, and he released two successful LPs based on the program: Mr. Lucky and Mr. Lucky Goes Latin.