Ace Crawford, Private Eye

Tim Conway plays a private eye whose cases get solved through a remarkable combination of mishaps, luck, and misplaced confidence.

Ace Crawford looks the part of a hard-boiled detective. Solving a case on purpose is another matter. Tim Conway stars as the bumbling private eye whose wild accidents and lucky breaks somehow keep his reputation intact.

With his devoted assistant Toomey (Joe Regalbuto) at his side, Ace takes on suspicious deaths, mobsters, a high-stakes computer scam, and an elusive bandit. Billy Barty joins the cast as Inch, the bar owner who gives Ace a place to regroup between disasters. Part detective story and part comedy of errors, this short-lived ’80s series is a fun find for Tim Conway fans.

Available: Season 1.

Release Year: 1983

Runtime: 25 minutes per episode

Rating: TV-PG

Cast:

 Tim Conway, Joe Regalbuto, Billy Barty, Shera Danese