Beverly Garland and David Janssen had casually dated in 1957 during the early run of Janssen's Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956) series.
Dr. Kimble lists his credentials: Cornell Medical School; interned in New York; advanced study at Guy's Hospital, London (England); residency, Memorial Hospital, Chicago. (None of these are fictional, although there are several hospitals in/near Chicago with Memorial in the name.)
Alias: Joseph Walker, job: Farm Laborer, location: Imperial Valley California.
In the Epilogue, the shot of Kimble hitchhiking at night will be reused several times for closing monologues over the next three B&W seasons.