Scott Brady

Scott Brady

Born: September 13, 1924
Died: April 16, 1985
in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Scott Brady (September 13, 1924 – April 16, 1985) was an American film and television actor. Born as Gerard Kenneth Tierney, he was the younger brother of fellow actor Lawrence Tierney. Brady served in the Navy during World War II, where he was a boxing champ. After being discharged, he supported himself as a lumberjack, and began taking acting classes; he began his film career soon afterward. Brady specialized in tough-guy roles in films like He Walked by Night, Canon City and Johnny Guitar. He appeared twice on the long running TV western The Virginian in the 1960s. He appeared regularly on the 1970s cop show, Police Story. He played lead to Clint Eastwood's third billing in Ambush at Cimarron Pass, which Eastwood is quoted as saying was "probably the lousiest western ever made." His last film role was in the 1984 movie Gremlins. He played Shirley Feeney's father Jack Feeney in episode 32 of Laverne & Shirley which aired on February 15, 1977. He also starred in the western TV show Shotgun Slade from 1959-61. Brady died from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 60. Other sources have the cause as emphysema.

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Gremlins
Title: Gremlins
Character: Sheriff Frank
Released: June 8, 1984
Type: Movie
When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, unleashing a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
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This Girl For Hire
Title: This Girl For Hire
Character: Mitch Dillon
Released: January 11, 1983
Type: Movie
In this pilot for a proposed TV series, B.T. Brady is a flippant, but somewhat klutzy female private detective in Hollywood who sets out to solve the murder of a obnoxious mystery writer. Along the way, Brady gets help from her flamboyant mother Zandra, a washed-up actress, as well as Brady's live-in boyfriend Wolfe who runs a memorabilia shop.
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Title: Matt Houston
Released: September 26, 1982
Type: TV
Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.
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Title: Cagney & Lacey
Released: March 25, 1982
Type: TV
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
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Title: Simon & Simon
Released: November 24, 1981
Type: TV
Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two brothers who run a private detective agency together.
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Strange Behavior
Title: Strange Behavior
Character: Shea
Released: October 16, 1981
Type: Movie
When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments being done at the local university and must stop them before his own son is dragged into the deadly scheme.
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American Dream
Title: American Dream
Character: Mr. Becker
Released: April 26, 1981
Type: Movie
A family moves from an affluent Chicago suburb to the mixed inner-city neighborhood where the father grew up, with the idea of giving the kids, who are becoming materialistic snobs, the feel of a big city environment.
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Title: Riker
Released: March 14, 1981
Type: TV
Riker is an American crime drama television series that aired from March 14 until April 11, 1981.
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Title: Enos
Released: November 12, 1980
Type: TV
Enos is an American television series from the 1980–1981 season that aired on the CBS network. A spinoff of The Dukes of Hazzard, Enos focused on the adventures of Enos Strate, a former small-town deputy in Hazzard County, after having moved to Los Angeles to join the L.A.P.D. Each episode featured Enos, alongside his partner Turk, and usually began and ended with Enos writing a letter to Daisy Duke in which he told her of his adventures in Los Angeles. Enos Strate was portrayed by actor Sonny Shroyer in both series. In an attempt to boost ratings, a number of characters from The Dukes of Hazzard were brought in as guest stars but the show still failed to catch on. It was canceled after one eighteen episode season and the character consequently returned to The Dukes of Hazzard in the fall of 1982. In the CBS movie specials The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood!, it was explained that Enos had returned to the L.A.P.D. where he was now a detective after having served on the force for fifteen years.
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Power
Title: Power
Character: Armstrong
Released: January 14, 1980
Type: Movie
Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind bars in a federal prison, and not long after, taken for a ride by shady men never to be seen again.
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The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Title: The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Character: Poker Player
Released: November 20, 1979
Type: Movie
A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a gang of horse thieves and train and bank robbers with their arch enemy, Detective Will Smith, constantly on their heels.
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Title: 240-Robert
Released: August 28, 1979
Type: TV
240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a reference to the call-sign designation for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's search and rescue/paramedic teams.
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The China Syndrome
Title: The China Syndrome
Character: Herman De Young
Released: March 16, 1979
Type: Movie
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
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Suddenly, Love
Title: Suddenly, Love
Character: Mr. Malloy
Released: December 4, 1978
Type: Movie
Young lovers — she's a child of the ghetto, determined to escape her alcoholic, bickering parents; he's a socially prominent attorney with a long-standing health problem — attempt to defy every obstacle to their romance and ultimate marriage.
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Title: Taxi
Character: Inspector Melnick
Released: September 12, 1978
Type: TV
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.
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Title: Wheels
Character: Matt Zaleski
Released: May 7, 1978
Type: TV
Based on the 1971 novel by Arthur Hailey, Wheels is about the automobile industry and the day-to-day pressures involved in its operation. The plot lines follow many of the topical issues of the day, including race relations, corporate politics, and business ethics. The auto company of the novel is a little-disguised Ford Motor Company and some of the characters are recognizable to company insiders.
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Title: To Kill a Cop
Character: Inspector James Gleason
Released: April 10, 1978
Type: TV
Police drama concerning a maverick chief of detectives dealing with two cop killings and a spate of bank robberies. He's also fighting a back stabbing police commissioner and a revolutionary leader plotting a police massacre.
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To Kill a Cop
Title: To Kill a Cop
Character: Insp. James Gleason
Released: April 10, 1978
Type: Movie
Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police officer. He is also trying to battle with a mayor and police commissioner that want him out of his job.
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When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
Title: When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
Character: Officer Michael Doyle
Released: March 12, 1978
Type: Movie
A little girl convinces her attorney father to defend a mute war veteran accused of murdering a store owner.
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Title: The Fantastic Journey
Character: Carl Johanson
Released: February 3, 1977
Type: TV
The Fantastic Journey was an American science fiction television series that was originally aired on NBC from February 3 through June 17, 1977.
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Title: Charlie's Angels
Character: Sarge
Released: September 22, 1976
Type: TV
Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.
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Law and Order
Title: Law and Order
Character: Sgt. Brian O'Malley Sr.
Released: May 6, 1976
Type: Movie
Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department.
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Title: Laverne & Shirley
Released: January 27, 1976
Type: TV
Laverne & Shirley is an American television sitcom that ran on ABC from January 27, 1976 to May 10, 1983. It starred Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, single roommates who worked as bottlecappers in a fictitious Milwaukee brewery called "Shotz Brewery." The show was a spin-off from Happy Days, as the two lead characters were originally introduced on that series as acquaintances of Fonzie. Set in roughly the same time period, the timeline started in approximately 1958, when the series began, through 1967, when the series ended. As with Happy Days, it was made by Paramount Television, created by Garry Marshall, and executive produced by Garry Marshall, Edward K. Milkis, and Thomas L. Miller.
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The Kansas City Massacre
Title: The Kansas City Massacre
Character: Police Commissioner Herbert Tucker McElwaine
Released: September 19, 1975
Type: Movie
Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin Purvis puts together a special squad to track down and capture the men responsible.
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Title: Baretta
Released: January 17, 1975
Type: TV
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
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Roll, Freddy, Roll!
Title: Roll, Freddy, Roll!
Character: Admiral Norton
Released: December 17, 1974
Type: Movie
A man determined to impress his son--and show up his son's stepfather--decides to try to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by setting a record for staying the longest time on roller skates. (IMDb)
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Jack Muellard
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Hammel
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Harold Witbeck
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Title: Movin' On
Released: May 8, 1974
Type: TV
Movin' On is an American drama series that ran for two seasons, between 1974 and 1976. It originally appeared on the NBC television network. The pilot episode for the series was known as In Tandem.
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Title: Get Christie Love!
Released: January 22, 1974
Type: TV
Adventures of sexy & sassy black undercover cop Christie Love.
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Wicked, Wicked
Title: Wicked, Wicked
Character: Police Sgt. Ramsey
Released: June 13, 1973
Type: Movie
A tongue-in-cheek psycho movie in "Duo-vision." The entire feature employs the split-screen technique used in parts of Brian De Palma's "Sisters" that same year. As a handyman at a seacoast hotel, Randolph Roberts wears a monster mask while he kills and dismembers women with blond hair. Tiffany Bolling is a singer, Scott Brady is a detective and Edd "Kookie" Burns is a lifeguard. The music is the original organ score for the silent film "Phantom of the Opera."
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Title: Police Story
Released: March 20, 1973
Type: TV
Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it was an anthology, there were certain things that all episodes had in common; for instance, the main character in each episode was a police officer. The setting was always Los Angeles and the characters always worked for some branch of the LAPD. Notwithstanding the anthology format, there were recurring characters. Scott Brady appeared in more than a dozen episodes as "Vinnie," a former cop who, upon retirement, had opened a bar catering to police officers, and who acted as a sort of Greek chorus during the run of the series, commenting on the characters and plots.
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Bonnie's Kids
Title: Bonnie's Kids
Character: Ben
Released: February 8, 1973
Type: Movie
After killing their repulsive stepfather, emboldened sisters Myra and Ellie set out to become career criminals. While enjoying the freedom of being bad, the new lawbreakers stumble into a stash of mob money, which they’ll stop at nothing to keep.
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The Night Strangler
Title: The Night Strangler
Character: Capt. Schubert
Released: January 16, 1973
Type: Movie
After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he is on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer kills a certain number of people, drains them of their blood and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?
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The Loners
Title: The Loners
Character: Policeman Hearn
Released: April 1, 1972
Type: Movie
On his motorcycle Stein, a half-blood Indian, tries to stay out of the hands of the police, who are chasing him for accidentally killing a cop. Together with his friend Alan and a beautiful but desperate girl Stein will get involved in a robbery and more death. The police intensify the search, but the three won't give up that easily.
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Title: $
Character: Sarge
Released: December 15, 1971
Type: Movie
A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob the safety deposit boxes of three very different criminals from a high-tech bank in Hamburg.
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Title: McMillan and Wife
Released: September 29, 1971
Type: TV
McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in 90-minute episodes as part of the wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original line-up was shifted to Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. This was the first element to be created specially for the Mystery Movie strand.
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Doctors' Wives
Title: Doctors' Wives
Character: Sgt.Malloy
Released: February 3, 1971
Type: Movie
The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their careers, so they embark on a regimen of sex, drugs and booze.
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Title: All in the Family
Character: Joe Foley
Released: January 12, 1971
Type: TV
Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
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Title: The Immortal
Released: September 24, 1970
Type: TV
The Immortal is an American television series, which aired on ABC from September 1970 to January 1971. The series is based on a pilot movie of the same name, which aired in September 1969. The pilot is based on the science fiction novel The Immortals, by James Gunn. Although the series was canceled at midseason, episodes were rerun by ABC in the summer of 1971. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel.
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Hell's Bloody Devils
Title: Hell's Bloody Devils
Character: Brand
Released: May 28, 1970
Type: Movie
Bikers, Nazis, Mafiosi, and the FBI all clash in this wild and wooly exploitation picture from director Al Adamson. Mark Adams (John Gabriel) is an FBI agent who has been assigned to infiltrate an organized crime ring that has obtained a set of printing plates that will allow them to produce nearly perfect counterfeit 20-dollar bills. The plates were made in Germany during World War II, and were discovered by a radical right-wing group hoping to restore the Nazi Party to power. The American gangsters are in cahoots with a group of wealthy American neo-Nazis sympathetic to the new German cause, led by fugitive war criminal Count von Delberg (Kent Taylor); the count has in turn recruited a vicious motorcycle gang, the Bloody Devils, to do his dirty work.
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Cain's Cutthroats
Title: Cain's Cutthroats
Character: Justice Cain
Released: February 28, 1970
Type: Movie
Following the Civil War, Confederate Captain Justice Cain has retired to a quiet life with his young son and black wife. However, the men of his old outfit, known as Cain's Cutthroats, have turned to lives of murder, torture and robbery. They attempt to convince Cain to ride with them once more. He refuses, and the Cutthroats murder his family. Swearing vengeance, Cain teams up with a colorful preacher/bounty hunter, and hunts down his family's killers one at a time.
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Marooned
Title: Marooned
Character: Public Affairs Officer
Released: December 11, 1969
Type: Movie
After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a hurricane headed towards the launch site—and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts' capsule.
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The D.A.: Murder One
Title: The D.A.: Murder One
Character: Sidney A. Cherniss Jr.
Released: December 8, 1969
Type: Movie
A Deputy District Attorney suspects that a nurse has been murdering her rich husbands and relatives by giving them unneeded insulin doses, but his superiors don't believe him.
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Five Bloody Graves
Title: Five Bloody Graves
Character: Jim Wade
Released: October 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A lone gunman hunts the fearsome Apache Satago across the plains of the Wild West. When Satago's marauders ambush a stagecoach, the gunman rides to the rescue of the trapped passengers and helps them in their last stand against the deadly Indians.
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The Cycle Savages
Title: The Cycle Savages
Character: Vice Squad Detective (uncredited)
Released: August 22, 1969
Type: Movie
The leader of a biker gang takes exception to an artist sketching them, so he makes plans to crush the artist's hands.
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The Mighty Gorga
Title: The Mighty Gorga
Character: Dan Morgan
Released: July 19, 1969
Type: Movie
A circus owner and a lady trapper trek into the African jungle to capture a giant gorilla for his circus.
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Satan's Sadists
Title: Satan's Sadists
Character: Charlie Baldwin
Released: June 1, 1969
Type: Movie
The "Satans" are a very cruel biker gang led by Anchor. The gang goes to a diner in the middle of nowhere in the California desert where they begin to terrorize Lew and his patrons and his waitress, Tracy. After a little killing, one of the patrons named Johnny manages to escape from the bikers into the desert. They need to reach a town before the Satans catch up to them and kill them.
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Nightmare in Wax
Title: Nightmare in Wax
Character: Det. Haskell
Released: May 14, 1969
Type: Movie
The disfigured curator of a wax museum murders his enemies and then uses their bodies as exhibits in his museum.
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The Ice House
Title: The Ice House
Character: Lt. Scott
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Ric Martin, an ice house worker, murders women in blind rage after a traumatic accident which occurred at his workplace. Ric’s identical twin brother, police officer Fred Martin is then assigned to investigate the case.
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Title: Lancer
Released: September 24, 1968
Type: TV
Lancer is an American Western series that aired on CBS from September 1968, to May 1970. The series stars Andrew Duggan, James Stacy, and Wayne Maunder as a father with two half-brother sons, an arrangement similar to the more successful Bonanza on NBC.
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Title: Adam-12
Character: John Harris
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: Hawaii Five-O
Character: Grover
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
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Title: The Name of the Game
Character: Marty Lench
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
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Arizona Bushwhackers
Title: Arizona Bushwhackers
Character: Tom Rile
Released: March 1, 1968
Type: Movie
During the Civil War, a Confederate spy takes a job as marshal of a small western town as a cover for his espionage activities. However, he soon finds out that a local businessman is selling weapons to a band of rampaging Indians.
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The Road Hustlers
Title: The Road Hustlers
Character: Earl Veasey
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A family of bootleggers fight against the sheriff and local gangsters.
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They Ran for Their Lives
Title: They Ran for Their Lives
Character: Joe Seely
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A man with a dog helps a young woman being chased by hoodlums in the desert.
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Title: Mannix
Released: September 16, 1967
Type: TV
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.
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Title: The High Chaparral
Character: Walt Fraley
Released: September 10, 1967
Type: TV
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.
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Title: Judd for the Defense
Released: September 8, 1967
Type: TV
High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases throughout the U.S.
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Fort Utah
Title: Fort Utah
Character: Dajin
Released: September 1, 1967
Type: Movie
An ex-gunfighter goes up against a man who is trying to stir up trouble with the Indians to enrich himself.
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Journey to the Center of Time
Title: Journey to the Center of Time
Character: Stanton
Released: May 31, 1967
Type: Movie
Scientists must prove their time travel experiments can produce results, so their funding won't be cut off. They push their equipment, and travel 5000 years into the future, where they encounter aliens who are looking for a planet to colonize.
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Title: Ironside
Released: March 28, 1967
Type: TV
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
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Red Tomahawk
Title: Red Tomahawk
Character: Ep Wyatt
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
After Custer's defeat an army captain tries to warn a small town that the Sioux are coming. The inhabitants own two machine-guns but don't want to lend them to him.
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Castle of Evil
Title: Castle of Evil
Character: Matt Granger
Released: November 1, 1966
Type: Movie
The relatives of a recently deceased man named Kovac gather at is creepy mansion for the reading of the will. Before the will can be read, however, the relatives began to be murdered one by one.
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Title: Mission: Impossible
Released: September 17, 1966
Type: TV
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
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Title: Felony Squad
Released: September 12, 1966
Type: TV
Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis.
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Title: Summer Fun
Released: July 22, 1966
Type: TV
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Destination Inner Space
Title: Destination Inner Space
Character: Commander Wayne
Released: May 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A futuristic underwater sea-lab is having problems with a UFO that's parked between them and a nearby deep ocean trench. As they investigate, they attract the unwanted attention of a dangerous creature who puts the scientists and crew in danger.
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Black Spurs
Title: Black Spurs
Character: Reverend Tanner
Released: May 28, 1965
Type: Movie
A dissatisfied ranch hand becomes a bounty hunter. He conspires with a crooked town boss to dirty up a neighboring village where a valuable railroad franchise is headed.
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Title: John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Character: Sakalakis
Released: March 24, 1965
Type: Movie
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz, soon discovers that Goldfarb used to be a college football star. So he issues him an ultimatum: coach his country's football team, or Fawz will surrender him to the Russians. Goldfarb teams up with undercover reporter Jenny Ericson, and together they plot to escape their dangerous situation.
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Stage to Thunder Rock
Title: Stage to Thunder Rock
Character: Sam Swope
Released: November 11, 1964
Type: Movie
An aging sheriff is put in the position of having to arrest the outlaw father and two sons with whom he was raised.
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Operation Bikini
Title: Operation Bikini
Character: Capt. Emmett Carey
Released: March 26, 1963
Type: Movie
The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub's commander is ordered to stop and pick up an underwater demolition team led by Lt. Hayes, whose mission is to locate and destroy a US submarine sunken in a lagoon off Bikini Atoll before the Japanese are able to raise it and capture the advanced radar system on board.
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Title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: Bill Floyd
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: TV
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
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Title: Shotgun Slade
Character: Shotgun Slade
Released: October 24, 1959
Type: TV
Shotgun Slade is an American western television series starring Scott Brady that aired seventy-eight episodes in syndication from October 24, 1959, until 1961. Created by Frank Gruber, the stories were written by John Berardino, Charissa Hughes, and Martin Berkeley. The series was filmed in Hollywood by Revue Studios. The pilot for Shotgun Slade aired earlier in 1959 on CBS's Schlitz Playhouse.
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Battle Flame
Title: Battle Flame
Character: 1st Lt. Frank Davis
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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Houseboat
Title: Houseboat
Character: Dancer (non crédité)
Released: November 19, 1958
Type: Movie
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
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Blood Arrow
Title: Blood Arrow
Character: Dan Kree
Released: March 31, 1958
Type: Movie
Phyllis Coates, TV's erstwhile Lois Lane, essays one of her largest film roles in Blood Arrow. Coates is cast as a devout Mormon girl whose mission is to transport smallpox vaccine to her friends and neighbors. Unfortunately, this requires her to journey through hostile Indian territory. Appointing themselves as the girl's unofficial protectors are Indian scout Scott Brady, trapper Don Haggerty and (reluctantly) gambler Paul Richards.
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Ambush at Cimarron Pass
Title: Ambush at Cimarron Pass
Character: Sgt. Matt Blake
Released: March 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A small Army patrol unit and a couple of former Confederates reluctantly throw in their lot together after being attacked by a band of Native Americans.
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The Restless Breed
Title: The Restless Breed
Character: Mitchell 'Mitch' Baker
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Texas-border gunrunners kill a federal agent, whose son comes looking for revenge.
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The Storm Rider
Title: The Storm Rider
Character: Bart Jones
Released: March 1, 1957
Type: Movie
In this fast-paced Western, smaler ranchers hire a former gunman Bart Jones (Scott Brady) in the middle of a range war when he's called on to protect a group of small-time ranchers against cattle baron Maj.
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Title: Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character: Jeff Duane
Released: October 5, 1956
Type: TV
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.
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The Maverick Queen
Title: The Maverick Queen
Character: Sundance
Released: May 3, 1956
Type: Movie
A Pinkerton detective goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of thieves whose boss is a feisty lady saloonkeeper. Complications ensue.
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Terror at Midnight
Title: Terror at Midnight
Character: Neal 'Rick' Rickards
Released: April 27, 1956
Type: Movie
A newly promoted police sergeant discovers his girlfriend my be involved with a gang of car thieves.
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Mohawk
Title: Mohawk
Character: Jonathan Adams
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: Movie
An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper's daughter, his fiancée newly arrived from the east, and the Indian Chief's daughter. But when a vengeful settler manages to get the army and the braves at each other's throats his troubles really begin.
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Holiday Affair
Title: Holiday Affair
Character: Steve Mason
Released: December 22, 1955
Type: Movie
Connie is a widow and mother whose work involves checking up on the competition for her department store employer. When Steve, a charming salesman at a competing store, recognizes her true motives but refuses to expose her, he ends up getting fired as a result. Feeling guilty, Connie agrees to buy lunch for Steve, striking up a friendship that complicates her relationship with Carl, a lawyer who wants to marry her.
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The Vanishing American
Title: The Vanishing American
Character: Blandly
Released: November 17, 1955
Type: Movie
A woman arrives in New Mexico to claim property she's inherited and receives an education in the greedy exploitation of the local Navajo.
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Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Title: Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Character: David Action
Released: October 29, 1955
Type: Movie
Two Broadway showgirls, who are also sisters, are sick and tired of New York as well as not getting nowhere. Quitting Broadway, the sisters decided to travel to Paris to become famous.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Heenan
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Ed Wells
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: John King
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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They Were So Young
Title: They Were So Young
Character: Richard Lanning
Released: October 20, 1954
Type: Movie
Grim melodrama about girls sent to South America to be used by crooks.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Johnny Stanton
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Matt Beldon
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: Studio 57
Released: September 21, 1954
Type: TV
Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and in syndication from 1955 to 1956.
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The Law vs. Billy the Kid
Title: The Law vs. Billy the Kid
Character: William 'Billy the Kid' Bonney
Released: August 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.
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Johnny Guitar
Title: Johnny Guitar
Character: Dancin' Kid
Released: May 26, 1954
Type: Movie
On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man's death, Emma Small, Vienna's rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna's saloon – even without proof of her wrongdoing.
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El Alaméin
Title: El Alaméin
Character: Joe Banning
Released: December 3, 1953
Type: Movie
A small group of men and a tank stave off a German attack in a Bedouin desert during World War II.
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Three Steps to the Gallows
Title: Three Steps to the Gallows
Character: Gregor Stevens
Released: December 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A U.S. sailor (Scott Brady) docks in London and in three days tries to save his brother from the gallows.
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Title: Letter to Loretta
Character: Ted Slater
Released: September 20, 1953
Type: TV
Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
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A Perilous Journey
Title: A Perilous Journey
Character: Shard Benton
Released: April 5, 1953
Type: Movie
A ship of women embarks on a voyage to California. Director R. G. Springsteen's 1953 adventure drama stars Vera Ralston, David Brian, Virginia Grey, Charles Winninger, Veda Ann Borg and Hope Emerson.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: John Keller
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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Bloodhounds of Broadway
Title: Bloodhounds of Broadway
Character: Robert 'Numbers' Foster
Released: November 14, 1952
Type: Movie
A musical comedy based on several Damon Runyon short stories. When a bookie on the run, Robert 'Numbers' Foster, falls for a pretty country songbird, Emily Ann Stackerlee , he'll do anything to help her make it big -- including a stint in jail to pay for his crimes. But will the tough guy's sacrifice of the heart pay off when it comes to his girlfriend's singing career?
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Montana Belle
Title: Montana Belle
Character: Bob Dalton
Released: November 11, 1952
Type: Movie
Oklahoma outlaw Belle Starr meets the Dalton gang when rescued from lynching by Bob Dalton, who falls for her. So do gang member Mac and wealthy saloon owner Tom Bradfield, who's enlisted in a bankers' scheme to trap the Daltons. Dissension among the gang and Bradfield's ambivalence complicate the plot, as Belle demonstrates her prowess with shootin' irons, horses, and as a surprisingly racy saloon entertainer. Written by Rod Crawford
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Yankee Buccaneer
Title: Yankee Buccaneer
Character: Lt. David Farragut
Released: September 16, 1952
Type: Movie
A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a year on the seas; but the arrival of one of Porter's ex-students, the willful and independent Lieutenant David Farragut, brings a new mission: to disguise the ship and crew as a pirate ship and help the Navy locate the criminals who have been robbing America's merchant fleet. But as Farragut's disobedience threatens the safety of the crew, they stumble upon an international conspiracy.
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Untamed Frontier
Title: Untamed Frontier
Character: Glenn Denbow
Released: July 23, 1952
Type: Movie
The Denbow family denies access across their land to homesteaders. To evade a murder charge, Glenn Denbow marries Jane, the only witness who's in love with him. But the woman favors the settlers...
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Bronco Buster
Title: Bronco Buster
Character: Bart Eaton
Released: May 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A veteran rodeo rider takes on a young apprentice in order to "teach him the ropes", and winds up competing against him.
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The Model and the Marriage Broker
Title: The Model and the Marriage Broker
Character: Matt Hornbeck
Released: November 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A marriage broker can't resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
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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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Reno Cromwell
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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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Shotgun Slade
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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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Officer Jim Kovacs
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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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Calvin Penny
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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Kansas Raiders
Title: Kansas Raiders
Character: Bill Anderson
Released: November 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Outraged by Redleg atrocities, the James and Younger Brothers along with Kit Dalton join Quantrill's Raiders and find themselves participating in even worse war crimes.
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Undercover Girl
Title: Undercover Girl
Character: Lt. Michael Trent
Released: November 2, 1950
Type: Movie
After her father is murdered, a girl joins the police force in an effort to track down the killers.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Steve Mason
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Eddie
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Mark
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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I Was a Shoplifter
Title: I Was a Shoplifter
Character: Jeff Andrews
Released: May 13, 1950
Type: Movie
A police detective uses any means possible to trap a gang of shoplifters.
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Title: Robert Montgomery Presents
Released: January 30, 1950
Type: TV
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.
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Undertow
Title: Undertow
Character: Tony Reagan
Released: December 3, 1949
Type: Movie
Undertow stars Scott Brady as a gambler just out of wartime military service. No longer interested in wagers and speculations, Brady wants only to open up a mountain vacation lodge. Before this can take place, Brady is framed for murder, and forced to hide out in the home of Peggy Dow. With the help of Dow and a policeman friend, Brady searches for the real murderer. Watch carefully in Undertow and you'll spot new Universal contractee "Roc" Hudson as a plainclothes detective.
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Port of New York
Title: Port of New York
Character: Michael "Mickey" Waters
Released: November 28, 1949
Type: Movie
Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.
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The Gal Who Took the West
Title: The Gal Who Took the West
Character: Lee O'Hara
Released: September 1, 1949
Type: Movie
In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.
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He Walked by Night
Title: He Walked by Night
Character: Police Sgt. Marty Brennan
Released: February 6, 1949
Type: Movie
This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.
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Title: Studio One
Character: George
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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In This Corner
Title: In This Corner
Character: Jimmy Weston
Released: September 20, 1948
Type: Movie
A Navy veteran takes up boxing and winds up killing his own friend in the ring during a championship match.
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Canon City
Title: Canon City
Character: Sherbondy
Released: June 30, 1948
Type: Movie
Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Kent - Scene from 'Destry Rides Again'
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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The Counterfeiters
Title: The Counterfeiters
Character: Jerry McGee
Released: May 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to nab counterfeiter and his gang.