Johnny Staccato is an American private detective television series starring John Cassavetes that ran for 27 episodes on NBC from September 10, 1959 through March 24, 1960.

The setting for many episodes is a Greenwich Village jazz club belonging to his friend, Waldo, played by Eduardo Ciannelli.

(Although the show was set in New York City, all of these men were closely identified with the West Coast jazz scene, and it was filmed largely in Los Angeles.)

cast Charles McGraw, Martin Landau, Marilyn Clark, Mel Berger, Bobbi Byrnes, Jimmy Joyce.

the musicians featuring Pete Candoli, with Red Mitchell, Bob Bain, Johnny Williams, Mel Lewis.

cast Nobu McCarthy as Fumiko, Don Gordon as Casper, Fuji as Tikon, Robert Kino as Toshio, Bob Okazaki as Clerk.

cast Lloyd Corrigan as Brother Thomas, Elizabeth Patterson as Beatrice, Robert Carricart as Barney, Elisha Cook as Conrad, Charles Thompson as Old Player, Harry Whisner as Bartender, Helen Dietrich as Woman Pianist.

cast Susan Oliver as Barbara Ames, Robert Carricart as Pete Sharvi, Ed Prentiss as Joe Radick, Dick Crockett as Sandblaster, Jean Harvey as Cleaning Woman, Donald P. Journeaux as Butler.

cast Howard Freeman as Mr. Morse, Dort Clark as Guy, Nesdon Booth as Mr. Jones, Ingrid Goude as Girl, Jan Brooks as Airline Hostess, Mike Steele as Pilot, Dennis Sallas as Bartender.

Uncredited: Harry Wilson [ugly man outside jewelry store], Johnny Staccato replaced The Lawless Years, broadcast on Thursdays from 8:30 to 9 p.m. Eastern Time.