Captain Ethan Cragg is a fictional character portrayed by Claude Akins in the TV series Murder, She Wrote.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Deadly Lady (season 1), they were 58 years old.
They appear in 4 episodes out of a total of 263 aired
Episodes4
Deadly Lady
episode S1.E1 october 1984A mysterious man who briefly stops by Jessica's house turns up dead -- supposedly swept overboard during a hurricane before Jessica even met him.Hooray for Homicide
episode S1.E3 october 1984Jessica protests when her book is turned into a tacky B-grade horror movie, and winds up as the prime suspect when producer Jerry Lydecker is murdered with a blunt instrument.Hit, Run and Homicide
episode S1.E6 november 1984Jessica and the police are baffled by a seemingly driver-less car that suddenly appears in Cabot Cove and runs down a visitor who had fired local inventor Dan O'Brien.Death Takes a Curtain Call
episode S1.E8 december 1984Two Soviet ballet dancers on tour in the States are wanted following the murder of a man backstage during their debut performance.
- Deadly Lady
- Hooray for Homicide
- Hit, Run and Homicide
- Death Takes a Curtain Call