James Franciscus

James Franciscus

Born: January 31, 1934
Died: July 8, 1991
in Clayton, Missouri, USA
James Grover Franciscus (January 31, 1934 – July 8, 1991) was an American actor, known for his roles in feature films and in four television series: Mr. Novak, The Naked City, The Investigators, and Longstreet.

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Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey
Title: Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey
Character: Mike Longstreet (archive footage)
Released: October 22, 2000
Type: Movie
Documentary on the legendary martial artist Bruce Lee, with a focus on the production of his unfinished film Game of Death. Using interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, Lee aficionado John Little paints a portrait of the world's most famous action hero, concluding with a new cut of Game of Death's action finale, reconstructed from Lee's notes and recently-recovered footage.
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La Classe américaine
Title: La Classe américaine
Character: Professor Hammond (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 1993
Type: Movie
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
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Secret Weapons
Title: Secret Weapons
Character: Victor Khudenko
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: Movie
Soviet High School girls are sent to the U.S. where they are taught to become secret agents and use sex to find information.
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Great Transport
Title: Great Transport
Character: John Mason
Released: July 4, 1983
Type: Movie
This WW2 epic was one of the last movies of that kind made in former Yugoslavia. It tells the true story of great transport of Partizans from Vojvodina to Bosnia in 1943.
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Title: The Great Transport
Character: John Mason
Released: June 15, 1983
Type: TV
The 1983 theatrical film of the same name reedited into a three part mini-series.
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Butterfly
Title: Butterfly
Character: Moke Blue
Released: February 5, 1982
Type: Movie
Jess Tyler lives a quiet life next to an abandoned mining factory by himself in the desert. His life is turned upside down when a sexually provocative young woman comes to visit him and tells him she's his daughter. Jess finds it hard to adapt to his newly found parenting role, as a mutual attraction grows between them.
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Title: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Character: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Released: October 14, 1981
Type: Movie
Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her marriage to John F. Kennedy and their moving into the White House.
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The Last Shark
Title: The Last Shark
Character: Peter Benton
Released: April 2, 1981
Type: Movie
When a 35-foot great white shark begins to wreak havoc on a seaside town, the mayor, not wanting to endanger his gubernatorial campaign, declines to act, so a local shark hunter and horror author band together to stop the beast.
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Nightkill
Title: Nightkill
Character: Steve Fulton
Released: December 18, 1980
Type: Movie
The wife of a wealthy industrialist finds herself caught-up in a web of intrigue & murder which was created by her own deceit. When she tries to escape the results of her actions, she too falls victim to deception.
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When Time Ran Out...
Title: When Time Ran Out...
Character: Bob Spangler
Released: March 28, 1980
Type: Movie
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
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Killer Fish
Title: Killer Fish
Character: Paul Diller
Released: December 7, 1979
Type: Movie
Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.
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City on Fire
Title: City on Fire
Character: Jimbo
Released: July 11, 1979
Type: Movie
An ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.
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Concorde Affair
Title: Concorde Affair
Character: Moses Brody
Released: March 23, 1979
Type: Movie
A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.
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Puzzle
Title: Puzzle
Character: Harry Scott
Released: December 5, 1978
Type: Movie
Franciscus searches for the urn that contains the remains of Buddha but instead finds danger and intrigue.
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The Pirate
Title: The Pirate
Character: Dick Carriage
Released: November 21, 1978
Type: Movie
An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country's oil fortunes and must deal with a fanatical terrorist group led by his daughter.
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Secrets of Three Hungry Wives
Title: Secrets of Three Hungry Wives
Character: Mark Powers
Released: October 9, 1978
Type: Movie
When a millionaire playboy is murdered, suspicion falls on three married women, best friends, whom he had tried to play against each other in a game of divide and conquer.
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Good Guys Wear Black
Title: Good Guys Wear Black
Character: Conrad Morgan
Released: June 1, 1978
Type: Movie
The former leader of a commando rescue attempt into Vietnam tries to discover why his squad members are being murdered, one-by-one, after the war is over.
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The Greek Tycoon
Title: The Greek Tycoon
Character: President James Cassidy
Released: May 12, 1978
Type: Movie
A lusty Greek shipping magnate courts the widow of an assassinated U.S. president.
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The Man Inside
Title: The Man Inside
Character: Rush
Released: June 25, 1977
Type: Movie
An undercover cop infiltrates a major heroin ring. He soon finds himself in a position to take $2 million without anyone knowing about it, a situation made all the more tempting because of his girlfriend's griping about their constant struggles to make ends meet and their need to change their lives for the better.
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Title: Hunter
Released: February 18, 1977
Type: TV
Global espionage with an American agent and his sexy partner.
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The Amazing Dobermans
Title: The Amazing Dobermans
Character: Lucky
Released: November 24, 1976
Type: Movie
An ex-con man and his five trained Dobermans help a Treasury Dept. agent stop a racketeer and his gang.
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One of My Wives Is Missing
Title: One of My Wives Is Missing
Character: Daniel Corban
Released: March 5, 1976
Type: Movie
Vacationing in a small town, a frantic Daniel Corban shows up at the local police station, declaring that his wife has disappeared. Corban imperiously demands that the easygoing police inspector drop everything and find his missing spouse. Within a few days, a woman claiming to be his wife shows up, but Corban insists that he's never met the woman before.
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The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
Title: The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
Character: Chaplain Andrew Jensen
Released: February 11, 1975
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, this film tells the story of Chaplain Andrew Jensen, the only U.S. navy chaplain ever court-martialed on charges of adultery.
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The Dream Makers
Title: The Dream Makers
Character: Sammy Stone
Released: January 7, 1975
Type: Movie
A college president becomes the president of a record company, and finds himself enmeshed in a payola scandal.
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Title: Dinah!
Character: Self
Released: October 21, 1974
Type: TV
Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.
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Aloha Means Goodbye
Title: Aloha Means Goodbye
Character: Dr. Lawrence Maddox
Released: October 11, 1974
Type: Movie
A young woman who is battling a rare blood disease must also fight against a greedy doctor who needs a heart-transplant donor, and has her in mind.
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Title: Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Character: Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Released: October 23, 1973
Type: Movie
Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his seagull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in a quest for wisdom.
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Title: Doc Elliot
Character: Benjamin Elliot
Released: October 10, 1973
Type: TV
Doc Elliot is an American medical drama that aired from March 5, 1973 until May 1, 1974.
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The 500 Pound Jerk
Title: The 500 Pound Jerk
Character: Gil Davenport
Released: January 2, 1973
Type: Movie
An advertising man's dream of turning a huge hillbilly into an Olympic weightlifting champion is set back when the hillbilly falls for a Russian gymnast.
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Under the Law: The Hitchhike
Title: Under the Law: The Hitchhike
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
After receiving an anonymous phone call, the cops pick up a young woman who is wandering around alone in the desert. She tells them that she was given a lift by a stranger, who abandoned her there. Or are there more sides to one story? Part of a series of scare movies called Under the Law, distributed by Disney in the 1970s.
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Title: Ghost Story
Character: Paul Dover
Released: September 15, 1972
Type: TV
Ghost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from 1972 to 1973. Executive-produced by William Castle, it initially featured supernatural entities such as ghosts, vampires, and witches. By mid-season, low ratings led to a shift -- for the most part -- away from paranormal themes and a title change to Circle of Fear.
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Title: Longstreet
Character: Mike Longstreet
Released: September 16, 1971
Type: TV
Longstreet is an American crime drama series that was broadcast on the ABC in the 1971-1972 season. A 90-minute pilot movie of the same name aired prior to the debut of the series as an ABC Movie of the Week.
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Longstreet
Title: Longstreet
Character: Mike Longstreet
Released: February 23, 1971
Type: Movie
The pilot for the 1971 - 1972 series of the same title. Mike Longstreet, an insurance investigator in New Orleans loses his sight and his wife in an explosion and is determined to track down his wife's killers.
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The Cat o' Nine Tails
Title: The Cat o' Nine Tails
Character: Carlo Giordani
Released: February 12, 1971
Type: Movie
A reporter and a blind, retired journalist try to solve a series of murders. The crimes are connected to experiments by a pharmaceutical company in secret research. The two end up becoming targets of the killer.
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Night Slaves
Title: Night Slaves
Character: Clay Howard
Released: September 29, 1970
Type: Movie
A man and his wife stumble upon a town whose inhabitants turn into zombies and head for the edge of town every night... he seems to be the only one unaffected. What is happening to the townsfolk? Who is the mysterious young women he keeps seeing? Why isn't he affected?
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Title: Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Character: Brent
Released: April 23, 1970
Type: Movie
The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.
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Hell Boats
Title: Hell Boats
Character: Lt. Comdr. Jeffords, R.N.V.R.
Released: March 20, 1970
Type: Movie
A war drama of motor torpedo boats which did much unsung work in WW2, but the naval battles merely provide an exciting story in which an even more special romantic drama is wrapped up.
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Marooned
Title: Marooned
Character: Clayton Stone
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 Valley of Gwangi
Title: The Valley of Gwangi
Character: Tuck
Released: July 24, 1969
Type: Movie
A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it back to be put on display, leading to inevitable mayhem.
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Trial Run
Title: Trial Run
Character: Louis Coleman
Released: January 18, 1969
Type: Movie
A slice-of-life drama involving a young lawyer, his adoring secretary who tries to help to advance his career, and his employer, a famed lawyer burdened with an unfaithful wife.
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Snow Treasure
Title: Snow Treasure
Character: 2nd Lt. H. Kalasch
Released: October 4, 1968
Type: Movie
It is 1940 in Norway, a neutral, peace-loving country that is invaded by Nazi Germany. A gang of Norwegian children do what Norwegian children like best - ski. They are actually rescuing Norwegian gold from the nazi invaders. The Nazis search all adults but don't suspect children playing. The children carry the gold, one bar at a time, across the mountains to a fishing boat. It is a race against time, it is spring and the snow is melting. So they ski from dawn to dusk every day.
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Shadow Over Elveron
Title: Shadow Over Elveron
Character: Dr. Matthew Tregaskis
Released: March 5, 1968
Type: Movie
A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager, the new doctor cannot keep quiet and tries to get the community to stand up for what is right.
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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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Title: The F.B.I.
Character: Mitchell Flynn
Released: September 19, 1965
Type: TV
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.
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Title: The F.B.I.
Character: Charles Burnett
Released: September 19, 1965
Type: TV
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.
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Youngblood Hawke
Title: Youngblood Hawke
Character: Youngblood Hawke
Released: November 4, 1964
Type: Movie
An unknown Kentucky writer (James Franciscus) comes to New York and pursues fame and women (Suzanne Pleshette, Genevieve Page).
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Title: Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character: Larry Martin
Released: October 4, 1963
Type: TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.
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Title: Mr. Novak
Character: John Novak
Released: September 24, 1963
Type: TV
Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which aired on NBC for two seasons, from 1963 to 1965.
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Miracle of the White Stallions
Title: Miracle of the White Stallions
Character: Maj. Hoffman
Released: March 29, 1963
Type: Movie
In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered into the right hands. But Patton's something of a horse fancier and can help...if he sees the stallions perform.
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Title: Combat!
Character: Pfc. Charles Harris
Released: October 2, 1962
Type: TV
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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The Outsider
Title: The Outsider
Character: Pvt. James B. Sorenson
Released: December 27, 1961
Type: Movie
Ira Hayes, a young Pima Indian, enlists in the Marine Corps. At boot camp, he is shunned and mocked by everyone, aside from a Marine named Sorenson, who he befriends. They happen to be two of the six marines captured in the famous photograph of Marines raising the U.S. flag on Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima, but Sorenson is killed soon after. Although he is hailed as a hero, Ira's life begins to spiral out of control after the war.
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Title: The Investigators
Character: Russ Andrews
Released: October 5, 1961
Type: TV
The Investigators is a short-lived American adventure/drama television series that aired on CBS from October 5, to December 28, 1961.
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Title: Ben Casey
Released: October 2, 1961
Type: TV
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.
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Title: Dr. Kildare
Character: Stan Fisher
Released: September 27, 1961
Type: TV
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.
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I Passed for White
Title: I Passed for White
Character: Rick Leyton
Released: March 18, 1960
Type: Movie
A young woman falls in love and marries, but withholds from her husband information about her family.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Lt. Mueller
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Title: The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Character: Tom Grover
Released: September 21, 1959
Type: TV
The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from September 21, 1959 to April 3, 1961 with rebroadcasts continuing until June 12, 1961. The series was hosted by actress June Allyson.
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Title: Black Saddle
Character: Quinn Jackson
Released: January 10, 1959
Type: TV
Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44 episodes on ABC from January 10, 1959 to May 6, 1960. The half-hour program was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television, and the original pilot was an episode of CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, with Chris Alcaide portraying the principal character, Clay Culhane. For syndicated reruns, Black Saddle was combined with three other Western series from the same company, Law of the Plainsman starring Michael Ansara, Johnny Ringo starring Don Durant and Mark Goddard, and the critically acclaimed creation of Sam Peckinpah, The Westerner with Brian Keith, under the umbrella title, The Westerners, with new hosting sequences by Keenan Wynn.
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Title: Rawhide
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: TV
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
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The Mugger
Title: The Mugger
Character: Eddie Baxter
Released: November 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A police shrink tries to identify and capture an elusive mugger that scars his female victims before stealing their purse.
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Title: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Released: October 6, 1958
Type: TV
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.
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Title: The Rifleman
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Det. Jimmy Halloran
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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Title: Have Gun, Will Travel
Character: Tom Nelson
Released: September 14, 1957
Type: TV
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.
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Four Boys and a Gun
Title: Four Boys and a Gun
Character: Johnny Doyle
Released: January 11, 1957
Type: Movie
The moving story of four young men struggling against overwhelming odds to remain honest. When their crooked employer shorts their earnings; they turn to crime, their first theft ending in tragedy.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: William Tyre
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Ben Kendall
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: The Millionaire
Character: Tom Doane
Released: January 19, 1955
Type: TV
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
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Title: Father Knows Best
Released: October 3, 1954
Type: TV
Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Bill Taylor
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: Studio One
Character: Brass
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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Title: Studio One
Character: Norstad
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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Title: Studio One
Character: Johnny
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.