Dennis Becker

Dennis Becker
Vital Statistics
Full Name	Dennis Becker
AKA	Lieutenant Becker Sergeant Becker (formerly)
Relatives	Nancy Becker
Occupation	Homicide Detective
Portrayal
Portrayed By	Joe Santos

Private Investigator, Jim Rockford's pursuit of cases often leads to difficulties with his friend in the LAPD, Sgt. Dennis Becker, a homicide detective struggling to advance in the department under a series of overbearing lieutenants. The two most notable are Alex Diel and Doug Chapman. Those higher-ups invariably dislike Rockford (and private investigators in general) because of their perception that either he is meddling in open cases or is trying to make the LAPD look incompetent in its handling of closed cases.

Background Information

Rockford would often call Becker asking for favors, such as running license plates through the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) computer system, often annoying the already overworked cop.

Becker is eventually promoted to Lieutenant. At the time of his promotion, it was revealed that Becker's association with Rockford, who was considered by LAPD brass to be a shifty ex-con, had hampered Becker's chances for promotion.

Bescause of this friendship with Rockford, Lieutenant Chapman strongly disliked it when Becker became his "equal". Rockford gets a degree of revenge when Chapman inadvertently makes incriminating statements about his tax evasion before an undercover IRS agent who is friends with Rockford.

Becker appears in 89 of the 123 episodes.

Appearances

Pilot

• [000] The Rockford Files (March 27, 1974)

Syndicated Version Retitled "Backlash of the Hunter"

Season 1 (1974–75)

• [101] The Kirkoff Case (September 13, 1974)
• [102] The Dark and Bloody Ground (September 20, 1974)
• [103] The Countess (September 27, 1974)
• [109] Find Me If You Can (November 1, 1974)
• [113] Profit and Loss, Part 1 (December 20, 1974)
• [115] Aura Lee, Farewell (January 3, 1975)
• [116] Sleight of Hand (January 17, 1975)
• [117] Counter Gambit (January 24, 1975)
• [118] Claire (January 31, 1975)
• [119] Say Goodbye to Jennifer (February 7, 1975)
• [120] Charlie Harris at Large (February 14, 1975)
• [121] The Four Pound Brick (February 21, 1975)

Season 2 (1975–76)

• [201] The Aaron Ironwood School of Success (September 12, 1975)
• [202] The Farnsworth Stratagem (September 19, 1975)
• [203] Gearjammers, Part 1 (September 26, 1975)
• [204] Gearjammers, Part 2 (October 3, 1975)
• [205] The Deep Blue Sleep (October 10, 1975)
• [206] The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company (October 17, 1975)
• [207] The Real Easy Red Dog (October 31, 1975)
• [208] Resurrection in Black and White (November 7, 1975)
• [209] Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken (November 14, 1975)
• [210] 2 Into 5.56 Won't Go (November 21, 1975)
• [211] Pastoria Prime Pick (November 28, 1975) Credit Only
• [212] The Reincarnation of Angie (December 5, 1975) Credit Only
• [213] The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club (December 19, 1975) Credit Only
• [214] The Hammer of C Block (January 9, 1976)
• [215] The No-Cut Contract (January 16, 1976)
• [216] A Portrait of Elizabeth (January 23, 1976)
• [217] Joey Blue Eyes (January 30, 1976) Credit Only
• [218] In Hazard (February 6, 1976)
• [219] The Italian Bird Fiasco (February 13, 1976)
• [220] Where's Houston? (February 20, 1976)
• [221] Foul on the First Play (March 12, 1976) Credit Only
• [222] A Bad Deal in the Valley (March 19, 1976)

Season 3 (1976–77)

• [301] The Fourth Man (September 24, 1976)
• [302] The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit (October 1, 1976)
• [303] The Family Hour (October 8, 1976)
• [304] Feeding Frenzy (October 15, 1976)
• [305] Drought at Indianhead River (November 5, 1976)
• [306] Coulter City Wildcat (November 12, 1976)
• [307] So Help Me God (November 19, 1976)
• [308] Rattlers' Class of '63 (November 26, 1976)
• [309] Return to the Thirty-Eighth Parallel (December 10, 1976)
• [310] Piece Work (December 17, 1976)
• [311] The Trouble with Warren (December 24, 1976)
• [312] There's One In Every Port (January 7, 1977) (credit only)
• [313] Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Waterbury Will Bury You (January 14, 1977)
• [314] The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers, Part 1 (January 21, 1977)
• [315] The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers, Part 2 (January 28, 1977)
• [316] The Becker Connection (February 11, 1977)
• [317] Just Another Polish Wedding (February 18, 1977) (credit only)
• [318] New Life, Old Dragons (February 25, 1977)
• [319] To Protect and Serve, Part 1 (March 11, 1977)
• [320] To Protect and Serve, Part 2 (March 18, 1977)
• [321] Crack Back (March 25, 1977)
• [322] Dirty Money, Black Light (April 1, 1977)

Season 4 (1977–78)

• [401] Beamer's Last Case (September 16, 1977)
• [402] Trouble in Chapter 17 (September 23, 1977)
• [403] The Battle of Canoga Park (September 30, 1977)
• [404] Second Chance (October 14, 1977)
• [405] The Dog and Pony Show (October 21, 1977)
• [406] Requiem for a Funny Box (November 4, 1977)
• [407] Quickie Nirvana (November 11, 1977)
• [408] Irving the Explainer (November 18, 1977)
• [409] The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls (November 25, 1977)
• [410] Hotel of Fear (December 2, 1977)
• [411] Forced Retirement (December 9, 1977)
• [412] The Queen of Peru (December 16, 1977)
• [413] A Deadly Maze (December 23, 1977)
• [414] The Attractive Nuisance (January 6, 1978)
• [415] The Gang at Don's Drive-In (January 13, 1978)
• [416] The Paper Palace (January 20, 1978)
• [417] Dwarf in a Helium Hat (January 27, 1978)
• [419] The Competitive Edge (February 10, 1978)
• [420] The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall (February 17, 1978)
• [421/422] The House on Willis Avenue (February 24, 1978)

Season 5 (1978–79)

• [501] Heartaches of a Fool (September 22, 1978) credit only
• [502] Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead (September 29, 1978)
• [503] The Jersey Bounce (October 6, 1978) credit only
• [504] White on White and Nearly Perfect (October 20, 1978
• [505] Kill the Messenger (October 27, 1978)
• [506] The Empty Frame (November 3, 1978)
• [507] A Three-Day Affair with a Thirty-Day Escrow (November 10, 1978)
• [508] A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights (November 17, 1978)
• [509/510] Black Mirror (November 24, 1978)
• [511] A Fast Count (December 1, 1978)
• [512] Local Man Eaten by Newspaper (December 8, 1978)
• [513] If the French Heel is Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind? (January 5, 1979)
• [514] The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar (January 12, 1979) credit only
• [515] Guilt (January 19, 1979)
• [516] The Deuce (January 26, 1979)
• [517] The Man Who Saw the Alligators (February 10, 1979)
• [519] A Material Difference (February 24, 1979)
• [520/521] Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job (March 3, 1979) credit only
• [522] A Different Drummer (April 13, 1979)

Season 6 (1979–80)

• [601] Paradise Cove (September 28, 1979)
• [602/603] Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (October 12, 1979)
• [604] Only Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die, Part 1 (October 19, 1979)
• [605] Only Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die, Part 2 (October 26, 1979)
• [606] Love Is the Word / Some Things You Can Tell Yourself (November 9, 1979) credit only
• [607] Nice Guys Finish Dead (November 16, 1979) credit only
• [608] The Hawaiian Headache (November 23, 1979)
• [609] No Fault Affair (November 30, 1979)
• [610] The Big Cheese (December 7, 1979)
• [611] Just a Coupla Guys (December 14, 1979) credit only
• [612] Deadlock in Parma (January 10, 1980) credit only

TV Movies

The character of Dennis Becker was in all eight TV Movies that aired on CBS.