Van Dyke later hired Griffith to reprise his Matlock role in a 1997 episode of his own CBS series Diagnosis: Murder, which completed a connection between Matlock and Diagnosis: Murder ( Jake and the Fatman, which was a spinoff of Matlock but aired on CBS instead of NBC, was the connecting series as Diagnosis: Murder was spun off from that ).

By October 1977 Ure had left PVC2 to join former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock in The Rich Kids.

The former spa resort Matlock Bath lies immediately south of the town on the A6.

A former spa town, Matlock ( from the Old English for Moot Oak ) lies on the River Derwent, and has prospered from both the hydrotherapy industry and the mills constructed on the river and its tributary Bentley Brook.

* Rutland Court-the former Matlock House Hydro stands prominently on the east side of Rutland Street.

The Youth Hostels Association ( YHA ) has its national headquarters in the former Severn Trent Water building on Dimple Road, Matlock.

Among those in attendance were Secretary of State Colin Powell, international relations theorist John Mearsheimer, journalist Chris Hedges, former ambassador and career Foreign Service officer Jack F. Matlock, Jr., and Kennan's biographer, John Lewis Gaddis.

The need of a radical adaptation to the former class was first adequately recognized by John Smedley, a manufacturer of Derbyshire, who, impressed in his own person with the severities as well as the benefits of the cold water cure, practised among his workpeople a milder form of hydropathy, and began about 1852 a new era in its history, founding at Matlock a counterpart of the establishment at Gräfenberg.

From September 1987 to March 1992, CBS Television ( in conjunction with Dean Hargrove Productions and the former Viacom Television ) aired a spin-off for a Matlock character.

The valley floor hosts the A6 trunk road, which was the main road between London and Manchester in former times, and also the Cromford Canal and the Derwent Valley Line linking Derby and Matlock.

With the construction of Matlock by-pass and the new Sainsburys supermarket in the former Cawdor Quarry a new track alignment and track layout was installed between Matlock Riverside and Matlock ( Network Rail ) station to provide a new connection to the national network.

At Matlock Riverside a newly refurbished signal box is being erected to facilitate movement between Peak Rail and the restored former down platform at Matlock ( Network Rail ) station.

As well as Carbon / Silicon there were many special guests, including appearances by Sex Pistols ' Paul Cook and Glen Matlock, former Clash drummer Topper Headon and multi-instrumentalist and former Mescalero, Tymon Dogg.

The Matlock branch lost its through services to London St Pancras in 2004 when ( the former mainline operator ) Midland Mainline replaced its Class 170 Turbostar diesel units with Class 222 Meridian sets.

until now, it acted as a single platform terminus until the former ( down ) side platform 2 reopened on 2 July 2011 allowing the use of trains of the preserved Peak Rail service to operate into Matlock itself.

The Midland Railway, however, was looking for a path into Manchester, as an alternative to the former Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Ambergate to Rowsley which it leased jointly with the LNWR.

Winster is a former lead-mining village in the Derbyshire Dales about from Matlock and from Bakewell at an altitude of approx.

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Greater success came with The Sullivans ( 1976 – 82 ), a critically acclaimed and highly popular World War II family serial co-starring Lorraine Bayly and former Matlock lead Paul Cronin.

* Terry Matlock ( 1984 ), former State Representative, Oklahoma ; current Regent with Regional University System of Oklahoma ( RUSO )

Matlock Bath is now a designated conservation area with an Article 4 Direction in relation to properties, predominantly along North and South Parade.

Since 2005, every March, participants in StreetSafari European banger rallies meet in the Midland Hotel, North Parade, Matlock Bath for their annual " north of England " meet-up.

The Midland was initially unenthusiastic, but then realised that the branch could be extended to Rowsley, albeit with difficulty, avoiding the section from, on its Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, which was shared with its rival the London and North Western Railway.

Each section of the railway is worked by a train staff, each with a key to operate the ground frames and electrical signal releases at the signal boxes and the ground frames at Rowsley South, Rowsley North, Darley South Yard sidings and Matlock Riverside.

The record attendance at the North Street ground of 5, 023 was recorded for the visit of Matlock Town in 1960.

The Manchester and Birmingham had for some time been looking for a route of its own, and had considered a line through the Churnet Valley ( later built by the North Staffordshire Railway ), but had instead supported the alternative Matlock route with a substantial shereholding.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, North appeared in guest spots on Hawaii Five-O, The Streets of San Francisco, Matlock, Magnum, P. I., The Mary Tyler Moore Show — in which she played Lou Grant's girlfriend — and The Golden Girls, in which she played Blanche Devereaux's sister, Virginia, in two episodes.

In 1840 the North Midland Railway opened with a station at ' Amber Gate ' which brought trade for ' omnibus and posting conveyance ' to Matlock, which was becoming a fashionable spa town.

Like Conrad McMasters, Jerri and Matlock had shared hobbies including singing.

Gilyard is known for his roles as Ben Matlock's ( played by Andy Griffith ) second private investigator ( and right-hand man ) Conrad McMasters, on the 1980s legal drama series, Matlock: ( a role he played from 1989 to 1993 ); as Pastor Bruce Barnes in the Left Behind movie trilogy ; as Cordell Walker's ( played by Chuck Norris ) Texas Ranger partner, James " Jimmy " Trivette, on the 1990s crime drama, Walker, Texas Ranger, and as Lieutenant ( junior grade ) Marcus " Sundown " Williams in Top Gun.

By the end of the 1980s, after years as a struggling, unfamiliar actor, he finally found the role that would make him famous as Andy Griffith's private investigator, Conrad McMasters, on Matlock.

Conrad guest starred as an aging prosecutor in a two-part episode of Matlock during its first season on NBC.

The crowd cheer for Matlock by singing a slightly changed version of the " We Love You, Conrad " song from stage musical Bye Bye Birdie.

Pressman has often portrayed a doctor, such as in Mighty Joe Young, TV movies A Fighting Choice, Whose Daughter Is She ?, Murder Without Conviction, Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story, as well as in guest roles on Hawaii Five-O, Paper Moon, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Griff, Dawson's Creek, The Drew Carey Show, Providence, The Practice, Dangerous Minds, Law & Order, Matlock " Ghost Whisper " and Marcus Welby, M. D.

Matlock is a character from the American television series Matlock, portrayed by Andy Griffith.

The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason ( with both Matlock and the later Perry Mason TV movies in the 1980s created by Dean Hargrove ), with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes.

Usually, at the end of the case, the person who is on the stand being questioned by Matlock is the actual perpetrator.

Matlock blames Dr. Mark Sloan ( Dick Van Dyke ) for recommending a disastrous investment in 8-track cartridges, in which he lost his savings of $ 5, 000, while he survived by wearing cheap suits and living on hot dogs.

Originally, the series premiered with Ben Matlock having a law practice with his daughter Charlene ( played originally by Lori Lethin in the pilot movie ; Linda Purl took over the role when the series went to air ).

Matlock also employed Tyler Hudson, a stock market whiz played by Kene Holliday, as a private investigator.

Toward the end of season one, Matlock also took on Cassie Phillips, a cocky young lawyer played by Kari Lizer, as an assistant.

To begin the season, Matlock went over to England to try a case and met Michelle Thomas, an American lawyer living in London played by Nancy Stafford, while doing so.

Matlock had largely become, like Silverman and Hargrove's Perry Mason revival, a " movie-of-the-week " type series by its ninth season.

Executive producers Fred Silverman and Dean Hargrove were responsible for both Matlock and Jake and the Fatman as well as Diagnosis: Murder, created by Joyce Burditt ( which itself was a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman ) in 1993, also on CBS ; Father Dowling Mysteries in 1988 on NBC, CBS, ABC ; and the 30 Perry Mason made-for-TV movies from 1985 until 1995 on NBC.

CBS Home Entertainment ( distributed by Paramount ) has released the first seven seasons of Matlock on DVD in Region 1.

The construction of Masson Mill in Matlock Bath began in 1783, instigated by Arkwright.

Pittsboro 175th Birthday MuseumThe town of Pittsboro was founded on December 9, 1834, by Simon T. Hadley and Wiliam L. Matlock.

Instrumental in the popularity of Buxton was the recommendation by Dr. Erasmus Darwin of the waters at Buxton and Matlock to Josiah Wedgwood I.

A claim made by the Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, regarding how he thought it was bizarre that Matlock was " always washing his feet ", has also been misquoted and misinterpreted as the cause of Matlock's firing from the group.

In the 2000 documentary The Filth and the Fury, the band members generally agree that there was tension between Matlock and Rotten, which Matlock suggests was exacerbated by Malcolm McLaren's attempts to pit the two men against each other.

Matlock was replaced by Sid Vicious, and went on to form The Rich Kids, a New Wave power pop band, with himself as bass guitarist and singer, Midge Ure ( guitarist, singer and keyboard player ), Steve New ( guitarist and singer ) and Rusty Egan ( drummer ).

* In The Matlock Paper by Robert Ludlum, James Barbour Matlock, the main character, is described as having attended Andover: " His education had been properly Eastern Establishment: Andover and Amherst ..."

* Dixieland USA ( 1996 Album by Matty Matlock )

is a 2010 British documentary film directed by Alan G. Parker that includes interviews from those associated with Vicious and Spungen, including Glen Matlock, Don Letts, John Holmstrom, and Howie Pyro, among others.

Todd Rundgren recorded a version of " Do Ya " with his group Utopia on their album Another Live, Cheap Trick recorded a version of " California Man " on their Heaven Tonight album, whilst Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols admitted that one of the guitar riffs on " God Save The Queen " was inspired by that on " Fire Brigade ".

In 1893, Matlock Cable Tramway, a cable tramway was built up Bank Road from Crown Square at Matlock Bridge to Wellington Street ( at the top of Bank Road ) with a stop halfway up at Smedley Street where Smedley's Hydro ( built by John Smedley ) was situated.