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Ironside (originally broadcast under the name A Man Called Ironside in the United Kingdom) is a Universal television series which ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to February 6, 1975. The character's debut was in a TV-movie on March 28, 1967.

The show revolved around former San Francisco Police Department Chief of Detectives Robert T. Ironside (Raymond Burr), a thirty-five year police veteran who was forced to retire from the department after a sniper's bullet paralyzed him from the waist down and forced him to use a wheelchair. Appointed a "special department consultant" by his good friend, Police Commissioner Dennis Randall, Ironside retained an attic floor (for living and office space) at the SFPD headquarters and made use of a specially modified and equipped police truck and later a modified van to accommodate his wheelchair. The show became a success as Ironside depended on brains and initiative in handling cases.

Supporting characters on Ironside included Detective Sgt. Ed Brown (Don Galloway) and young socialite-turned-plainclothes officer Eve Whitfield (Barbara Anderson), who both assisted Ironside in cracking cases. There was also delinquent-turned-bodyguard/assistant Mark Sanger (Don Mitchell), who subsequently also became a police officer, and graduated from law school to become a lawyer late in the run of the series. Commissioner Randall was played by Gene Lyons. By the show's fourth season, Eve Whitfield was replaced by another young policewoman, Fran Belding (Elizabeth Baur), who filled much the same role for four more years.

Starring:
Raymond Burr as Robert Ironside
Don Galloway as Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
Don Mitchell as Mark Sanger