Quincy star to sue TV network over profits from show
Jack Klugman is suing NBC
Sunday, 30, Mar 2008 12:21
Jack Klugman, the actor who played the medical investigator Quincy, is to sue the US television network NBC for a share of the popular show's profits.
According to legal papers filed recently in a US court, the actor claims his contract entitles him to 25 per cent of the show's net profits.
Klugman, 85, believes NBC owes him money after lying about the amount of money the show made.
"I don't want their money, I want my money. I worked my tail off," he said.
The papers filed in Los Angeles superior court show that the Quincy star lost his copy of the original contract when his agent died and NBC refused to provide him with another.
The actor told the Associated Press news agency that the he did not believe the financial figures the TV network gave him.
He said that NBC claimed Quincy ME had lost $66 million (£33.2 million) in 2006.
"I recently heard that they made $250 million (£125.6 million) and it's still on TV in Germany," he said.
Klugman played Quincy from 1976 until the show ended in 1983.