1980s Revival Series
In the 1980s revival series, the IMF is implied to be an independent agency, with multiple IMF teams as well as specialized divisions for research and development.
James Phelps returns as leader of the IMF team. He was called back into action when his replacement was killed while closing in on an assignment, and presumably the Director of the IMF. Grant Collier, a prodigy and the son of the original Barney Collier, is also a member (played by Phil Morris, the son of Greg Morris), like his father, the younger Collier was the electrical engineer and the computer expert of the group, a graduate of M.I.T. at the age of 16, where one of his professors called him "one of the greatest inventive minds to come out of M.I.T. in the last 20 years". Other members were Nicholas Black (Thaao Penghlis), a university drama professor who excels in acting, languages, and disguise; Maxwell "Max" Harte (Tony Hamilton), a former Australian mercenary, trained driver, helicopter pilot, and muscle of the group, who, while still in high school, mounted his own mission to get his brother out of a Vietnamese P.O.W. camp, and succeeded; and Casey Randall (Terry Markwell), a fashion designer who joined IMF after a terrorist bombing in Rome killed her fiancee. Randall was killed partway through the first season of the series (becoming the only regular TV IMF operative to be depicted as "disavowed") and replaced by Shannon Reed (Jane Badler), a former Secret Service agent, and professional singer.
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