* Robert Ludlum – The Matlock Paper

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.

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 hired a former North Carolina deputy sheriff, Conrad McMasters ( portrayed by Clarence Gilyard, Jr .) to be his new private eye.

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 ).

* 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.

Musicians Alan Wilder of Depeche Mode and Recoil, Nick Midson ( formerly of Threshold ), actress Daniela Denby-Ashe, Ian Gillan of Deep Purple, Mick Jones of punk band The Clash, the highly influential Big Audio Dynamite and latterly Carbon / Silicon, Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, Robert Smith of The Cure, Pete Doherty, of The Libertines and Babyshambles, Dave Kerr-Clemenson ( Edison Lighthouse / White Plains ) as well as Matador Records founder Gerard Cosloy, are all fans of the club.

He was born Michael Robert Green, in Matlock, Derbyshire.

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On 27 November 2011 The International Swingers, a band comprising Glen Matlock, Clem Burke ( of Blondie and Romantics ), James Stevenson ( Gene Loves Jezebel, Chelsea, The Alarm ), Gary Twinn ( Supernaut, Twenty Flight Rockers ), played a warmup gig in LA before a 10 date tour of Australia.

** Matlock ( 1986 )-Season 1, Episode 12 " The Professor " as James Billings

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.

Low Matlock Wheel is first mentioned in 1732, when James Balguy leased some land to build a cutlers wheel.

* Peak Practice, the ITV series, used locations in Matlock, including Highfields School, Victoria Hall Gardens and Henry Avenue, although the main village location is Crich and nearby Fritchley.

Regular trains between Derby and Matlock on the Derwent Valley Line are almost the only services to stop there, although one main line service per weekday stops each way and the Friends of the Derwent Valley are campaigning for more.

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.

Steel and iron forging and rolling mills were established and became the main manufacturing processes with the Loxley Steel Works, the Green Wheel Steel Works, the Little Matlock Rolling Mill and the Olive Rolling Mill all becoming established industries by the river.

Crossing the river and the main A6 road, the line passes through Holt Lane Tunnel () before entering Matlock Station.

The line through Matlock which, in those days, was the ' main line ', carried London to Manchester expresses such as the Palatine and the Peaks.

All that is left now is a platform on a single track to Matlock, and the original main Derby to Sheffield line through Hag Wood ( Toadmoor ) Tunnel, Clay Cross and Chesterfield.

This was on its extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, part of the main Midland Line from Manchester to London.

The railway was originally the Midland Railway's main line to London, built in 1867 as part of the extension of its Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, and in 1894 the Midland built the line from Dore, which today is the Hope Valley line.

The original station was built in 1867 by the Midland Railway on the extension of its Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway which became its main line to London from Manchester.

It is located in central Derbyshire, south east of Matlock, and, as its name suggests, contains the three main settlements – Dethick, Lea and Holloway, as well as the younger village of Lea Bridge.