Blacke's Magic (1986)

Alexander Blacke's a magician who comes out of retirement, at the behest of his con-man/gambler father, Leonard, to perform on1stage and solve mysteries. The series mixes the magical antics of The Magician (1958), the con-game schemes of The Sting (1973), and Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980), and the intricate mysteries of Columbo (1971).