Richard Crane

Richard Crane

Born: June 6, 1918
Died: March 9, 1969
in New Castle, Indiana , USA
Richard Ollie Crane (June 6, 1918–March 9, 1969) was a veteran character actor whose career spanned three decades in films and television. His early career included many uncredited performances in feature films made in the 1940s. He may be best-remembered for his portrayal of the title role in the TV science fiction series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, which ran for two seasons starting in 1954. Crane died of a heart attack at the age of 50. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

Movies for Richard Crane...

Title: Adam-12
Character: Sergeant
Released: September 21, 1968
Type: TV
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
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Title: Honey West
Character: Master of Ceremonies
Released: September 17, 1965
Type: TV
After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.
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Title: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Released: September 25, 1964
Type: TV
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy Griffith Show on May 18, 1964. The show ran for five seasons and a total of 150 episodes. In 2006, CBS Home Entertainment began releasing the series on DVD. The final season was released in November 2008. The series was created by Aaron Ruben, who also produced the show with Sheldon Leonard and Ronald Jacobs. Filmed and set in California, it stars Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, a naive but good-natured gas-station attendant from the town of Mayberry, North Carolina, who enlists in the United States Marine Corps. Frank Sutton plays Gomer's high-octane, short-fused Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter, and Ronnie Schell plays Gomer's friend Gilbert "Duke" Slater. Allan Melvin played in the recurring role of Gunnery Sergeant Carter's rival, Sergeant Charley Hacker. The series never discussed nor addressed the then-current Vietnam War, instead focusing on the relationship between Gomer and Sergeant Carter. The show retained high ratings throughout its run.
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Surf Party
Title: Surf Party
Character: Sgt. Wayne Neal
Released: January 30, 1964
Type: Movie
Arizona youth enjoy sun, surf and music in Malibu, Calif.
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House of the Damned
Title: House of the Damned
Character: Joseph Schiller
Released: March 1, 1963
Type: Movie
An architect and his wife are staying in an empty castle in California. They are joined by an unhappily married lawyer and his wife. Things start getting strange when they spot a half man/half beast prowling around the house and keep seeing a headless woman wandering the grounds.
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Title: The Virginian
Character: Paul Denning
Released: September 19, 1962
Type: TV
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.
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Boy Who Caught a Crook
Title: Boy Who Caught a Crook
Character: Connors
Released: October 1, 1961
Type: Movie
The Boy Who Caught a Crook is a 1961 childrens film about a young boy who tracks down a gangster.
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Devil's Partner
Title: Devil's Partner
Character: David Simpson
Released: September 19, 1961
Type: Movie
An old man sells his soul to the devil, and turns into a young man. He then uses witchcraft and black magic to win a woman from his rival.
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Title: Surfside 6
Released: October 6, 1960
Type: TV
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.
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Title: Michael Shayne
Released: September 30, 1960
Type: TV
Michael Shayne is an American detective television series starring Richard Denning that aired on NBC from September 30, 1960 to May 19, 1961.
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13 Fighting Men
Title: 13 Fighting Men
Character: Loomis
Released: March 31, 1960
Type: Movie
A group of Union Army soldiers is charged with protecting a box of gold and getting it to its rightful place within the government coffers.
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Title: Hawaiian Eye
Released: October 7, 1959
Type: TV
Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look into various matters. They're helped by their trusty right-hand man Kazuo Kim who runs a taxi company and is always eager to help them.
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Title: Philip Marlowe
Released: October 6, 1959
Type: TV
Philip Marlowe is a 1959-1960 half-hour ABC crime series, featuring Philip Carey as Marlowe, the fictional detective originally created by Raymond Chandler. The private detective Marlowe of Carey, departed very much from the original character. The show first aired October 6, 1959 with the episode: "The Ugly Duckling" with Virginia Gregg and Rhys Williams.
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Battle Flame
Title: Battle Flame
Character: Dr. Bill Stoddard
Released: July 26, 1959
Type: Movie
The trials and tribulations of a platoon of U.S. Marines, led by 1st Lt. Frank Davis, during the Korean War.
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The Alligator People
Title: The Alligator People
Character: Paul Webster
Released: July 16, 1959
Type: Movie
Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story, verified by lie detector, of her forgotten marriage to a man who disappeared on the day of their honeymoon, and of her search for him which takes her to a lonely mansion in a remote section of swampland tenanted by snakes, alligators, a drunken one-armed lout, a mysterious doctor, and a cold-hearted elderly woman who lives alone in a brooding manse.
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Please Don't Touch Me!
Title: Please Don't Touch Me!
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A woman who is unable to have sex with her husband goes to a psychiatrist for help. He sends her to a hypnotist, who finds out she has a deep, dark secret.
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Title: 77 Sunset Strip
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: TV
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
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Title: Bronco
Released: September 23, 1958
Type: TV
Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.
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Title: Wanted: Dead or Alive
Character: Paul Cameron
Released: September 6, 1958
Type: TV
Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television. The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.
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No Time at All
Title: No Time at All
Character: Alvy Webber
Released: February 13, 1958
Type: Movie
An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears from radar. We see how its disappearance affects people on the ground.
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The Deep Six
Title: The Deep Six
Character: Lieutenant j.g. Swanson
Released: January 15, 1958
Type: Movie
The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker whose sincere pacifist sentiments do not sit well with his crew members. When he refuses to fire upon an unidentified plane, the word spreads that Austin cannot be relied upon in battle (never mind that the plane turns out to be one of ours). To prove that he's worthy of command, Austin volunteers for a dangerous mission: the rescue of a group of US pilots on a Japanese-held island. The ubiquitous William Bendix costars as Frenchy Shapiro (!), Austin's Jewish petty officer and severest critic. If the film has a villain, it is Keenan Wynn as ambitious Lt. Commander Edge, who seems to despise anyone who isn't a mainline WASP.
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Title: 26 Men
Released: November 1, 1957
Type: TV
26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite group commissioned in 1901 by the legislature of the Arizona Territory and limited, for financial reasons, to twenty-six active members. Russell Hayden was the producer of the series and the co-composer of the theme song. The series aired between October 15, 1957 and June 30, 1959, for a total of 78 episodes.
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Title: Trackdown
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: TV
Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS between 1957 and 1959. More than seventy episodes of this series were produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television and filmed at the Desilu-Culver Studio. The series was itself a spin-off of Powell's anthology series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.
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Title: Maverick
Character: Jedd Ferris
Released: September 22, 1957
Type: TV
Maverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins. The show ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and stars James Garner as Bret Maverick, an adroitly articulate cardsharp. Eight episodes into the first season, he was joined by Jack Kelly as his brother Bart, and from that point on, Garner and Kelly alternated leads from week to week, sometimes teaming up for the occasional two-brother episode. The Mavericks were poker players from Texas who traveled all over the American Old West and on Mississippi riverboats, constantly getting into and out of life-threatening trouble of one sort or another, usually involving money, women, or both. They would typically find themselves weighing a financial windfall against a moral dilemma. More often than not, their consciences trumped their wallets since both Mavericks were intensely ethical. When Garner left the series after the third season due to a legal dispute, Roger Moore was added to the cast as their cousin Beau Maverick. Robert Colbert appeared later in the fourth season as a third Maverick brother, Brent Maverick. No more than two of the series leads ever appeared together in the same episode, and usually only one.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Dr. Douglas Keene
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: George Moore
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Sugarfoot
Character: Sheriff Andy Horton
Released: September 17, 1957
Type: TV
Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner who comes to the Oklahoma Territory to become a lawyer. Jack Elam is cast in occasional episodes as sidekick Toothy Thompson. Brewster was a correspondence-school student whose apparent lack of cowboy skills earned him the nickname "Sugarfoot", a designation even below that of a tenderfoot.
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Title: Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Character: Arnie Baselice
Released: July 1, 1957
Type: TV
Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.
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Bailout at 43,000
Title: Bailout at 43,000
Character: Captain Jack Nolan
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
An Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief and anger when he is excused from performing a dangerous test in a new aircraft.
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Guns Don't Argue
Title: Guns Don't Argue
Character: Homer Van Meter
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
The actions of various criminals such as Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde and Baby Face Nelson are reenacted in this film.
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Title: Official Detective
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: TV
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Title: State Trooper
Released: September 25, 1956
Type: TV
State Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as Rod Blake, an officer of the Nevada Department of Public Safety. The series aired 104 episodes in syndication from September 25, 1956, to June 25, 1959.
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Menace from Outer Space
Title: Menace from Outer Space
Character: Rocky Jones
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A nontheatrical (16mm) film comprise of three contiguous episodes of the TV series "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger".
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Beyond the Moon
Title: Beyond the Moon
Character: Rocky Jones
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
This outer space adventure marked the debut of Rocky Jones and his Space Rangers. Two of Rocky's allies are captured by aliens and brain washed.
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Forbidden Moon
Title: Forbidden Moon
Character: Rocky Jones
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Rocky Jones is dispatched to investigate an SOS received from a space station. He finds that the station is filled with deadly radiation brought by an evil ruler who is immune to the radiation, and plans to use it to take over the universe.
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No Man's Woman
Title: No Man's Woman
Character: Dick Sawyer
Released: October 27, 1955
Type: Movie
A greedy, scheming woman is found murdered in her studio, and the police find that there is no shortage of suspects who wanted to see her dead--among them a rich husband she wouldn't divorce unless he paid her a huge settlement, a lover she caused to be fired from his job and an assistant whose fiancé she tried to seduce.
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Bobby Ware Is Missing
Title: Bobby Ware Is Missing
Character: Police Car Deputy in Car #12 (as Dick Crane)
Released: October 23, 1955
Type: Movie
This suspense film revolves around the crime of child abduction. The parents of the missing child undertake a feverish search for their son. The police are contacted, and a ransom letter is received.
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Day is Done
Title: Day is Done
Character: Pvt. Archer
Released: October 12, 1955
Type: Movie
During the 1951 rout of the American army in Korea, a battle-hardened sergeant tries to reinvigorate his men with a bugle picked up by the side of the road.
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Title: The 20th Century Fox Hour
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: TV
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.
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Title: Navy Log
Released: September 20, 1955
Type: TV
Navy Log is an American drama anthology series that initially aired for one season on CBS. It relates the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy. This series premiered on September 20, 1955, but the following year, it was moved to ABC, where it aired until September 25, 1958. The program aired for a total of three seasons and 102 episodes.
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Title: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Released: September 6, 1955
Type: TV
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.
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Title: Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
Character: Dick Preston
Released: July 16, 1955
Type: TV
Masked scientific government agent is pitted against a rogue army, led by a mystery man known only as "The Ruler", which is attempting to conquer the solar system by first decimating earth's climate through various futuristic devices which Cody must meet with earth's own futuristic technology. [Intended to be a limited-run television series, Commando Cody: Sky Marshal Of The Universe was first released theatrically in 1953 as a twelve-chapter movie serial; it was not shown on television until 1955. The Commando Cody character was first introduced in Republic's earlier movie serial Radar Men from the Moon; however, "Sky Marshal" is actually a prequel, with the first chapter dealing with Cody's origins and the acquisiton of his staff as seen in "Radar Men".]
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The Eternal Sea
Title: The Eternal Sea
Character: Lt. Johnson
Released: April 19, 1955
Type: Movie
Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.
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The Gypsy Moon
Title: The Gypsy Moon
Character: Rocky Jones
Released: December 25, 1954
Type: Movie
Rocky Jones and his buddies happen upon two strange moons orbiting each other. They soon discover that both are inhabited by civilizations at war with each other. Needless to say, Rocky and his crew do their utmost to bring about peace.
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Crash of Moons
Title: Crash of Moons
Character: Rocky Jones
Released: July 10, 1954
Type: Movie
A three-part episode from the TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger edited together and released as a feature for 16mm rental only. Season 1 episodes 21, 22, 23. Episode 21: Rocky saves a space station and his friends when they are trapped between gypsy moons. Episode 22: Cleolanthe tries to destroy one of the gypsy moons with a barrage of missiles. Episode 23: Rocky evacuates the gypsy moon Posetta and stops Cleolanthe's missile barrage.
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Silver Needle in the Sky
Title: Silver Needle in the Sky
Character: Rocky Jones
Released: May 29, 1954
Type: Movie
Rocky Jones tries to free the hostages and thwart the plans of the evil Queen Cleolantha.
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Title: Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
Released: February 23, 1954
Type: TV
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger was a syndicated science fiction television serial originally broadcast in 1954. The show lasted for only two seasons and, though syndicated sporadically, dropped into obscurity. Because it was recorded on film rather than being broadcast live as were most other TV space operas of the day, it has survived in reasonably good condition. The film format also allowed more elaborate special effects and sets, exterior scenes, and much better continuity.
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Manhunt in Space
Title: Manhunt in Space
Character: Rocky Jones
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger fights space pirates over an invisible spaceship.
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The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
Title: The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
Character: Richard Dale
Released: September 17, 1953
Type: Movie
Two British officers are assigned to collect information to convict Captain Kidd of piracy.
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The Neanderthal Man
Title: The Neanderthal Man
Character: Dr. Ross Harkness
Released: June 19, 1953
Type: Movie
A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous results.
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Woman They Almost Lynched
Title: Woman They Almost Lynched
Character: Yankee Lieutenant (uncredited)
Released: March 20, 1953
Type: Movie
Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council, take no side in the ongoing Civil War and they're prepared to hang any troublemaker, Yankee or Confederate, who stirs the townsfolk up.
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Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
Title: Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
Character: Dick Preston
Released: February 17, 1953
Type: Movie
Dangerous climate changes are ravaging Earth and the U.S. government requests an investigation by masked super-scientist Commando Cody. He discovers that the disasters are being caused by space-alien forces from unknown planetary origins.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Dr. Reynolds
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Billy
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Winning of the West
Title: Winning of the West
Character: Jack Autry aka Jack Austin
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A singing territorial ranger (Gene Autry) spots his younger brother in an outlaw gang.
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Title: Hopalong Cassidy
Released: September 19, 1952
Type: TV
Hopalong Cassidy was television's first western program. The series aired on NBC and stared William Boyd as the cowboy Hopalong Cassidy.
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Thundering Caravans
Title: Thundering Caravans
Character: Deputy Dan Reed
Released: June 20, 1952
Type: Movie
Marshal Rocky Lane is sent to help the Sheriff who is under attack from both the miners whose ore wagons are disappearing and the newspaper editor for not catching the outlaws. But the editor is actually the leader of the gang and with the election forthcoming, she has a plan to make the Sheriff look bad so her son will be elected Sheriff thereby making it easy for them to continue with their robberies.
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Leadville Gunslinger
Title: Leadville Gunslinger
Character: Jim Blanchard
Released: March 22, 1952
Type: Movie
Arriving in Leadville, Marshal Rocky Lane finds that his friend Nugget is in financial trouble. Nugget thinks there is oil on his land but the geologist says no. Suspecting a conspiracy, Rocky poses as a crook himself to infiltrate the gang, nab the ringleader and make sure justice takes the day. Harry Keller directs this B Western.
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Title: Gang Busters
Released: March 20, 1952
Type: TV
Gang Busters is a 30 minute television series, hosted by Chester Morris, that aired on NBC from March 20 to Oct. 23, 1952. The series dramatized FBI cases.
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Man in the Saddle
Title: Man in the Saddle
Character: Juke Vird
Released: December 2, 1951
Type: Movie
A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires gunmen to intimidate him he has to defend himself and his property by means of violence.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Chuck Carmody
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Mysterious Island
Title: Mysterious Island
Character: Capt. Cyrus Harding
Released: September 13, 1951
Type: Movie
It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.
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Title: The Adventures of Boston Blackie
Released: September 8, 1951
Type: TV
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Title: Racket Squad
Released: June 7, 1951
Type: TV
Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department. The show aired in syndication for a season before being picked up by CBS for three seasons. The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, hence there was a pack of the sponsor's brand on Braddock's desk at the beginning and end of the episode, as well as occasional scenes of him or other characters "lighting up".
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The Last Outpost
Title: The Last Outpost
Character: McReady (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1951
Type: Movie
The cavalry defend a small town from indians.
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A Lady Without Passport
Title: A Lady Without Passport
Character: Lt. Maxon, Navy Flyer
Released: August 3, 1950
Type: Movie
A secret service agent falls in love with an illegal immigrant.
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Dynamite
Title: Dynamite
Character: Johnny Brown
Released: January 18, 1949
Type: Movie
Two members of a dynamite crew--a rugged veteran and a young college drop-out--finds themselves at odds regarding safety precautions for their co-workers.
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Angel on the Amazon
Title: Angel on the Amazon
Character: Johnny MacMahon
Released: November 1, 1948
Type: Movie
An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them--and apparently has found the secret of eternal youth.
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Triple Threat
Title: Triple Threat
Released: September 30, 1948
Type: Movie
An arrogant college football player turns professional, taking his bad attitude with him.
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Waterfront at Midnight
Title: Waterfront at Midnight
Character: Denny Hanrohan
Released: June 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Hoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied by the fact that his younger brother Denny has joined Barstow's gang. Things get worse after a bloody shootout, in which Mike apparently guns down his own brother.
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Arthur Takes Over
Title: Arthur Takes Over
Character: James Clark
Released: April 7, 1948
Type: Movie
A young woman must find a way to break the news to her parents and a stuffy suitor that she is now married to a sailor.
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Campus Honeymoon
Title: Campus Honeymoon
Character: Robert Watson
Released: February 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Bob Watson and Ricky Adams, and the Hughes twins, Skipper and Patricia, cannot register at Opalocka University until they find lodgings in the school's overcrowded quarters. They pretend they are married to get the last two units in the married veteran's housing project, with the girls in one unit and the boys in the other. A noisy kid, Junior Ormsbee, the nephew of the landlords, voices his suspicions and nearly gets them evicted. And a U.S. Senator, investigating veteran's projects, adds new complications.
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Johnny Comes Flying Home
Title: Johnny Comes Flying Home
Character: Johnny Martin
Released: April 5, 1946
Type: Movie
Three World War II fliers face financial obstacles threatening to ground their fledgling air-freight business.
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Behind Green Lights
Title: Behind Green Lights
Character: Johnny Williams, Reporter
Released: February 15, 1946
Type: Movie
An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral candidate. With the election just weeks away, shady and ruthless individuals muscle the medical officer into switching the corpse with another body. Lieutenant Sam Carson, one of the few good apples in the bunch must find a way to get to the bottom of it all.
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The Flying Serpent
Title: The Flying Serpent
Character: Hanson, station XOR broadcaster
Released: February 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A demented archaeologist discovers a living, breathing serpent creature known to the Aztecs as Quetzalcoatl and accidentally kills his wife by giving her one of the beast's feathers, causing the creature to track her down and slaughter her. Using this knowledge he exacts revenge upon his enemies by placing one of the feathers on his intended victim and letting the beast loose to wreak havoc.
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Patrolling the Ether
Title: Patrolling the Ether
Character: Phillip
Released: April 10, 1944
Type: Movie
1940. Sixteen year old Phillip is one of a number of amateur radio operators across the US, doing it purely as a fun hobby. He is informed by Bill Beck of the Radio and Intelligence Division (RID) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that amateur international radio communication is now banned due to spying a result of the war in Europe. Beck, on behalf of the RID, asks Phillip, however, to continue to monitor the airwaves for suspicious activity.
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Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
Title: Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
Character: Second Dive-bomber Pilot
Released: March 13, 1944
Type: Movie
Two young pilot trainees arrive for primary flight training and meet their instructor, Navy pilot Lt. Taylor. Lt. Taylor talks to the men about the necessity of becoming practiced in the way of the aircraft in such a way as to enable them to rely on their senses much of their time in the air, as reliance on instruments can be confusing for beginning pilots. He explains that, at first, flying will be like walking or riding a bicycle were first learned -- by trial and error and following strict instructions. But with practice, eventually the pilot's senses will take over and much of the process of flying will rely more on his feel for the plane and less on rote following of instructions.
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None Shall Escape
Title: None Shall Escape
Character: Willie Grimm as a Man
Released: February 3, 1944
Type: Movie
Through flashbacks, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed.
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Riders of the Deadline
Title: Riders of the Deadline
Character: Tim Mason
Released: December 3, 1943
Type: Movie
When Ranger Hoppy's falsely accused young ranger friend is killed while supposedly trying to escape from jail, Hoppy is blamed and drummed out of the Texas Rangers.
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Cry 'Havoc'
Title: Cry 'Havoc'
Character: Man
Released: November 23, 1943
Type: Movie
The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
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Happy Land
Title: Happy Land
Character: Rusty Marsh
Released: November 10, 1943
Type: Movie
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
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Corvette K-225
Title: Corvette K-225
Character: Leading Torpedo Man
Released: September 29, 1943
Type: Movie
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
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So Proudly We Hail
Title: So Proudly We Hail
Character: Georgie Larson (Uncredited)
Released: September 9, 1943
Type: Movie
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.
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Someone to Remember
Title: Someone to Remember
Character: Paul Parker
Released: August 21, 1943
Type: Movie
An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory for male students, as she is convinced that he will return one day. She continues to live in the building after it becomes a dorm, and eventually grows attached to a troubled young student whom she comes to believe is her own grandson. When she finds out that the boy's father will be visiting him, she prepares herself to be reunited with the man she has convinced herself is her long-lost son.
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For God and Country
Title: For God and Country
Character: Medical Orderly
Released: May 15, 1943
Type: Movie
The story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains, Father Michael O'Keefe, Arnold Miller, and Tom Manning.
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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Title: Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Character: Sailor at Dance (uncredited)
Released: May 8, 1943
Type: Movie
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.
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The Phantom Plainsmen
Title: The Phantom Plainsmen
Character: Tad Marvin
Released: June 16, 1942
Type: Movie
In 1937 the life in out West has not changed much. The boys are working at the Wyoming ranch of Captain Marvin herding horses which he sells to Kurt Redman. Marvin will not sell any horses to any army, but the boys find out that Redman is a German agent shipping the horses directly to the Third Reich. When Marvin tries to stop Redman, his son Tad, who is studying medicine in Germany, is arrested and held hostage. Marvin must fire the boys as the sneaky German agents take over the ranch, but the boys will not give up their attempt to stop them.
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Eagle Squadron
Title: Eagle Squadron
Character: Griffith
Released: June 16, 1942
Type: Movie
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
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This Time for Keeps
Title: This Time for Keeps
Character: Eustace Andrews
Released: March 1, 1942
Type: Movie
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
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Keep 'Em Flying
Title: Keep 'Em Flying
Character: Cadet Stevens (uncredited)
Released: November 27, 1941
Type: Movie
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for.
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In the Navy
Title: In the Navy
Character: Office Boy (uncredited)
Released: May 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.
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Keeping Company
Title: Keeping Company
Character: Eddie Lane
Released: December 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.
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Meet the Wildcat
Title: Meet the Wildcat
Character: Bill--Office Worker
Released: October 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Magazine photographer Ann Larkin is snapping photos at Mexico's National Museum when she sees Brod Williams steal a painting from its frame. Convinced that Brod is the notorious art thief known as "The Wildcat," Ann follows him into the street and accuses him of being the thief. Even though the police attest that Brod is a New York City police detective, Ann remains dubious.
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We Who Are Young
Title: We Who Are Young
Character: Savoy-Carlton Bellboy (uncredited)
Released: July 19, 1940
Type: Movie
A man violates company policy by getting married.
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Susan and God
Title: Susan and God
Character: Bob
Released: June 7, 1940
Type: Movie
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.