Edd Byrnes, who gained fleeting fame as Kookie, the ultra-hip, wisecracking parking attendant on the jazzy 1950s-'60s ABC detective series '77 Sunset Strip ... Dean died in a car crash.

We return to our study of early television crime/detective shows with one that was described this way by a mystery writer: “’77 Sunset Strip’ is ... parking cars must lead to deductive ...

The late 1950s television series took its name from the address of its hepcat private eyes' office: 77 Sunset Strip (known as Sunset ... as the detectives' car pulls out onto Sunset, but we ...

Warner Bros is dusting off its classic TV series 77 Sunset Strip, and turning it into a hip ... The detectives’ cars were retrieved by Kookie Kookson (played by Edd Byrnes), a hip valet parking ...

Logan took over from Edd "Kookie" Byrnes as the valet parking attendant on the renowned ABC detective series 77 Sunset Strip. He also played the father in several back-to-nature adventure films.

And in 1957, she, Bob Hope and Jayne Mansfield entertained the troops on a USO Tour. On the 77 Sunset Strip pilot “Girl on the Run,” which briefly played in theaters before airing on Oct. 10 ...

Roger Smith, a clean-cut and debonair Hollywood actor of the 1950s and 1960s who gained a wide following on the hit detective series “77 Sunset Strip” and was the envy of generations of men as ...

That led to Byrnes leaving the 77 Sunset Strip show briefly, then returning when his absence caused an uproar. He came back in May 1960 no longer parking cars. Instead, he now was a partner in the ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (from left), Edd (Kookie) Byrnes and Roger Smith star in the series “77 Sunset Strip ... parked cars at Dino’s Lodge.

Edd Byrnes, a onetime teen heartthrob who parlayed his popularity as the hair-slicking hipster Kookie on the TV detective series “77 Sunset Strip” into ... as he took the car keys.