The White Shadow is an American drama series created by Bruce Paltrow for CBS. It ran from November 27, 1978 to March 16, 1981 for three seasons.
Series summary[]
Ken Reeves (Ken Howard) is a white professional basketballer who has to take himself off the court after a knee injury. Upon retiring, he takes a job as a basketball coach at Carver High School, a mostly black and Hispanic urban high school in South Central Los Angeles.
Westphall connections to The White Shadow[]
- Warren Coolidge, played by Byron Stewart, became a porter at St Eligius' Hospital in St. Elsewhere; a small piece of dialogue in one episode suggested that he'd given up on his basketball career after sustaining an injury.
- Warren Coolidge appeared in Method & Red "Da Shootout" that took place a long time after both The White Shadow and St Elsewhere had ended.
Westphall connections in The White Shadow[]
Wilshire Memorial Hospital, where Terri works in Three's Company and several characters work in Melrose Place, appears in "Little Orphan Abner".