<sod>Gunn's girlfriend, Edie Hart ([[Lola Albright]]), is a sultry singer employed at Mother's; she opens her own place in season 3. His pet name for Edie is "Silly". [[Herschel Bernardi]] costarred as Lieutenant Jacoby, a somber police detective and friend of Gunn. Occasionally he refers people to Gunn as clients. Bernardi received his only [[Emmy]] nomination for the role. [[Hope Emerson]] appeared as "Mother", who had been a singer and piano player in [[Speakeasy|speakeasies]] during [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]]. She received an Emmy nomination for the role. For the second season, "Mother" was played by [[Minerva Urecal]]. Associate producer Byron Kane portrayed Barney, the bartender; Kane was never credited for playing this role. Bill Chadney appeared as Emmett, the piano player at Mother's. (Chadney and Albright married in 1961.)<ref name=Ct>{{citation|last=Snauffer|first=Douglas|url=http://books.google.com/?id=PTRxMv8LQosC|title=Crime television|pages=22–24|date=September 2006|isbn=978-0-275-98807-4}}</ref><eod>
<sod>Gunn's girlfriend, Edie Hart ([[Lola Albright]]), is a sultry singer employed at Mother's; she opens her own place in season 3. His pet name for Edie is "Silly". [[Herschel Bernardi]] costarred as Lieutenant Charles "Chuck" Jacoby, a somber police detective and friend of Gunn. Occasionally he refers people to Gunn as clients. Bernardi received his only [[Emmy]] nomination for the role. [[Hope Emerson]] appeared as "Mother", who had been a singer and piano player in [[Speakeasy|speakeasies]] during [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]]. She received an Emmy nomination for the role. For the second season, "Mother" was played by [[Minerva Urecal]]. Associate producer Byron Kane portrayed Barney, the bartender; Kane was never credited for playing this role. Bill Chadney appeared as Emmett, the piano player at Mother's. (Chadney and Albright married in 1961.)<ref name=Ct>{{citation|last=Snauffer|first=Douglas|url=http://books.google.com/?id=PTRxMv8LQosC|title=Crime television|pages=22–24|date=September 2006|isbn=978-0-275-98807-4}}</ref><eod>