Editing Spenser (character) (section)

===First Spenser film series===
Four [[made-for-TV movies]] based upon the series were produced by the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] cable network between 1993 and 1995, again starring Robert Urich and Avery Brooks. The movies were based on four of Parker's novels: ''Ceremony'', ''Pale Kings and Princes'', ''The Judas Goat'' and ''A Savage Place''. Parker and his wife Joan co-wrote the first two screenplays. Barbara Stock was replaced as Susan Silverman in the first two movies by [[Barbara Williams (actress)|Barbara Williams]] and in the last two by veteran actress [[Wendy Crewson]] (''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]''). Frank Belson was played by J. Winston Carroll.  Parker's son Daniel appears in all four movies as a waiter in Spenser's favorite restaurant.  Unlike the series, which was filmed in Boston, the new movies were filmed in Toronto (to take advantage of lower production costs). The first two movies retained the novels' Boston setting (parts of Toronto passed for Boston), while the second two were re-written to take place in Toronto.