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| AMY ALLEN |
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AMY AMANDA ("TRIPLE A") ALLEN (played by Melinda Culea) Amy, a reporter for the Los Angeles Courier, hired the A-Team in the first episode to find her reporter friend Al Massey in Mexico. She ended up, in effect, "blackmailing" the Team into taking her on as a member by stating that she would write an expose on them if they didn't. In 1984 (during the 2nd season) she left the Team to become foreign corespondent.
| TAWNIA BAKER |
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TAWNIA BAKER (played by Marla Heasley) Was apparently a friend of Amy's at the paper, she contacted them after Amy left, determined to work her way onto the Team as well. Apparently Amy told her quite a bit about the Team beforehand. She ended up leaving the Team (although they never took her as seriously as a Team member as they did Amy) in the episode "The Bend in the River," after the Team locates her rich archaeologist fiance and she gets married.
| FRANKIE SANTANA |
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"DISHPAN" SANTANA (played by Eddie Velez) A special effects wiz who initially worked against the Team for Stockwell, setting them up so that he could get them under his control. Ended up assisting Murdock in helping the guys escape the firing squad and thereby became a wanted man himself. Little is known about his background/family except that his father is apparently in a nursing home, and originally worked for Stockwell only because he threatened to cut off the money that was keeping him in the home.
| GENERAL STOCKWELL |
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GENERAL HUNT STOCKWELL (played by Robert Vaughn) A bit of a mystery man, Stockwell in effect "tricked" the Team into working for him - after setting them up to go on trial for the Hanoi bank job and Morrison's Murder - in exchange for a pardon. He wasn't exactly government or CIA, claiming to work "inside" the system. In one episode ("The Say UNCLE Affair") it was revealed he had a past associate named Ivan (played, of course, by David McCallum), showing that his history in shady business went way back. In a side note, there is an actual John STOCKWELL, who (as of 1987 at least) was the highest-ranking CIA official ever to leave the agency and go public. He wrote a book on his experiences called "In Search of Enemies." I have no idea if there is any connection between this man and the character Hunt Stockwell, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
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-THE BAD GUYS-
THE M.P. 'S
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| COLONEL LYNCH |
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COLONEL LYNCH (played by William Lucking) Was in charge of Fort Bragg when TAT first escaped in '72 and has been searching for them ever since (at least until the episode "The Only Church in Town" - the last time he is mentioned being in pursuit of the Team, although his last on-screen appearance until later on would be the 1st season finale "A Nice Place to Visit.")
| COLONAL DECKER |
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COLONEL RODERICK DECKER (played by Lance LeGault) First appeared in the second season episode "When You Comin' Back Range Rider?" Supposedly carried a grudge against the Team - especially Smith - since Vietnam. Would be the primary MP "Bad Guy" until the episode "Mind Games" in the 4th season, although Colonel Lynch was given a second chance in the 3rd season episode "Showdown!" and Colonel Briggs was introduced in the 3rd season episode "Fire!"
| CAPTAIN CRANE |
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CAPTAIN CRANE (played by Carl Franklin) Colonel Decker's ever-present, trusty side-kick
| GENERAL STOCKWELL |
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.GENERAL HARLAN "BULL" FULBRIGHT (played by Jack Ging) Would be the primary bad guy for the fourth season, starting with "Mind Games." Claimed to have been good friends with Samuel/Steve Morrison, the Team's CO ("Sound of Thunder"). Had an Amer-asian daughter in Vietnam, named Tia, that he did not know about until he hired the Team to track her down ("Sound of Thunder" again.) He was killed during this mission, after saving his daughter, and not before changing his mind about the Team's guilt.
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