Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Born: February 25, 1913
Died: July 3, 1989
in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Jim Backus (1913–1989) was a radio, television, film, and voice actor.

Among his most famous credits are The Alan Young Radio Show, I Married Joan, Gilligan's Island, and Rebel Without a Cause. He also starred on his own show The Jim Backus Show.

Movies for Jim Backus...

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Title: Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Character: Pat Quaid (archive footage)
Released: March 20, 2012
Type: Movie
Tony Curtis, the man who influenced Elvis Presley and James Dean. A sex symbol, a matinee idol, a powerful and magnetic actor, Tony Curtis was the original movie star.
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Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Title: Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents is a documentary chronicling the production of the film.
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
Title: Los Angeles Plays Itself
Character: Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Released: July 28, 2004
Type: Movie
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
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Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three-Hour Tour in History
Title: Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three-Hour Tour in History
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: October 14, 2001
Type: Movie
A campy look at the making of the 1964-67 TV series, as told by stars Bob Denver, Dawn Wells and Russell Johnson, as well as in flashbacks (actors play the castaways). Bob/Gilligan: Jon Wellner. Dawn/Mary Ann: Samantha Harris. Tina/Ginger: Kristen Dalton. Alan/Skipper: Eric Allan Kramer. Russell/Professor: Michael Wiseman. Jim/Mr. Howell: Steve Vinovich. Natalie/Mrs. Howell: E.J. Peaker. Sherwood Schwartz: Aaron Lustig.
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Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
Title: Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Documentary on the various mysteries in Hollywood.
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Title: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
Released: September 13, 1986
Type: TV
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Prince Jack
Title: Prince Jack
Character: Dealy
Released: December 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A dramatic look at the inner workings of the Kennedy administration.
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Slapstick (Of Another Kind)
Title: Slapstick (Of Another Kind)
Character: President of the U.S.
Released: December 9, 1982
Type: Movie
A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are the smartest kids on the planet.
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Title: Gilligan's Planet
Released: September 18, 1982
Type: TV
Gilligan's Planet is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by the Filmation animation studio and MGM/UA Television which aired during the 1982-1983 season on CBS. It was the second animated spin-off of the popular sitcom Gilligan's Island, the first being The New Adventures of Gilligan. Gilligan's Planet was the last cartoon series that Filmation produced for Saturday mornings; afterwards, they produced cartoons exclusively for syndication. It was also the first Filmation series to feature the Lou Scheimer "signature" credit. Gilligan's Planet was also the final 1980s Saturday morning cartoon to retain Charley Douglass's adult laugh track. Thereafter, Filmation dismissed Douglass' chuckles for its animated lineup as it transitioned to more heroically-themed cartoons that were more dramatic for a laugh track. In 2012, Animation World Network named Gilligan's Planet the 57th greatest animated television series of all-time.
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The Enchanted Journey
Title: The Enchanted Journey
Character: Gamba
Released: October 10, 1981
Type: Movie
Enthralled with tales of the Great North Forest conveyed to him by friendly carrier pigeon Pippo, young chipmunk Glikko leaves the safety of his comfortable cage to explore the world. Stars Jim Backus and Orson Welles.
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The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Title: The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Character: Thurston Howell III
Released: May 15, 1981
Type: Movie
The Harlem Globetrotters' chartered plane crash lands on the atoll inhabited by the happily marooned Gilligan and fellow castaways, and they all must play basketball against a specially programmed squad of robots controlled by a mad scientist.
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There Goes The Bride
Title: There Goes The Bride
Character: Mr. Perkins
Released: July 7, 1980
Type: Movie
A nervous ad executive creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a dream girl he keeps seeing everywhere but whom he can't catch.
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The Gossip Columnist
Title: The Gossip Columnist
Character: Jim Backus
Released: March 21, 1980
Type: Movie
New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.
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C.H.O.M.P.S.
Title: C.H.O.M.P.S.
Character: Mr. Gibbs
Released: December 21, 1979
Type: Movie
A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the boy's invention from him.
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Title: Eischied
Released: September 21, 1979
Type: TV
Eischied is an American crime drama broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1979 to January 20, 1980. It was based on the starring character from the 1978 miniseries To Kill a Cop, which was based on the novel by Robert Daley.
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The Rebels
Title: The Rebels
Character: John Hancock
Released: May 14, 1979
Type: Movie
This sequel to "The Bastard" continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English nobleman, who has renounced his patrician birthright to become a Colonial soldier fighting for America's independence, befriending a Southern aristocrat and his earthy buddy to help thwart a plot to assassinate George Washington. (Episodes 3 and 4 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)
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The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
Title: The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
Character: Thurston Howell III
Released: May 3, 1979
Type: Movie
In the second of three additional Gilligan's Island movies following the series, the gang finds a way of getting rescued from the "uncharted desert isle" for a second time through a series of misadventures but comes back to turn it into a tropical resort for uptight mainlanders.
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Angels' Brigade
Title: Angels' Brigade
Character: Cmdr. Lindsey March
Released: February 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Six sexy women, and a teenage girl, devastate a right-wing militia before doing battle with ruthless drug pushers.
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Title: Sweepstakes
Released: January 26, 1979
Type: TV
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Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Title: Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Character: Thurston Howell III
Released: October 14, 1978
Type: Movie
When a decaying Russian satellite crashes on the island, the Professor uses a key component for a barometer. With that device, he learns that a massive wave is going to swamp the island. In desperation, the castaways lash their huts together into one structure in order to have any chance to ride the disaster out.
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Title: Flying High
Released: September 29, 1978
Type: TV
Flying High is an American comedy-drama series that aired on CBS from August 28, 1978 until January 23, 1979. Created by Dawn Aldredge and Martin Cohan, the series stars Connie Sellecca, Pat Klous, and Kathryn Witt.
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Good Guys Wear Black
Title: Good Guys Wear Black
Character: Albert, the Doorman
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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Have I Got a Christmas for You
Title: Have I Got a Christmas for You
Character: Kevin Grady
Released: December 16, 1977
Type: Movie
Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas. The good folk humorously attempt jobs they have never done before.
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Pete's Dragon
Title: Pete's Dragon
Character: The Mayor
Released: November 3, 1977
Type: Movie
Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.
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Title: The Love Boat
Character: Marvin Waterman
Released: September 24, 1977
Type: TV
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
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Title: The Love Boat
Character: Mr. Landers
Released: September 24, 1977
Type: TV
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
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Title: CHiPs
Character: Weitzman
Released: September 15, 1977
Type: TV
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.
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Title: What's New, Mr. Magoo?
Released: September 10, 1977
Type: TV
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Never Con a Killer
Title: Never Con a Killer
Character: Stanley Bunch
Released: May 13, 1977
Type: Movie
Pilot to the short-lived TV series "The Feather and Father Gang" has Detective Feather Danton and her con-man father Harry teaming up to outwit Runyonesque horseplayer E.J. Valerian.
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Title: Charlie's Angels
Character: Iggy
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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Friday Foster
Title: Friday Foster
Character: Enos Griffith
Released: December 25, 1975
Type: Movie
Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".
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Title: Mobile One
Released: September 12, 1975
Type: TV
Mobile One is an American television series that aired on the ABC network from September 12 to December 29, 1975. The show was a production of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited for Universal Television.
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Title: Ellery Queen
Character: Howard Biggers
Released: September 11, 1975
Type: TV
Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 television season and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen, and Tom Reese as Sgt. Velie. Created by the writing/producing team of Richard Levinson and William Link, the title character "breaks" the fourth wall to ask the audience to consider their solution.
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Title: Joe Forrester
Released: September 9, 1975
Type: TV
Joe Forrester is an American Crime/Drama TV series, starring Lloyd Bridges.
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Crazy Mama
Title: Crazy Mama
Character: Mr. Albertson
Released: June 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl embark on a crime spree after their California beauty parlor is repossessed. Their destination is Arkansas, where the three generations of women want to reclaim the family farm.
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Cop on the Beat
Title: Cop on the Beat
Character: Jake Mandel
Released: May 6, 1975
Type: Movie
An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also was the basis for "The Blue Knight" series at the same time — and that, too, was based on a Joseph Wambaugh creation. Also known as "The Return of Joe Forrester."
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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Title: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Character: Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Released: December 6, 1974
Type: Movie
Partly based on a true story, a little girl writes to the editor of a newspaper concerning the existence of Santa Claus.
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Title: Chico and the Man
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown, the cantankerous owner of a run down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez, an upbeat, optimistic Chicano young man who comes in looking for a job. It was the first U.S. television series set in a Mexican-American neighborhood.
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Title: Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter who investigated mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly those that law enforcement authorities would not follow up. These often involved the supernatural or even science fiction, including fantastic creatures.
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Title: Harry O
Released: September 12, 1974
Type: TV
After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry runs a private detective agency out of his beach house... The series starred David Janssen and was executive produced by Jerry Thorpe.
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Title: The New Adventures of Gilligan
Released: September 7, 1974
Type: TV
The New Adventures of Gilligan is an animated series produced by Filmation and was aired on ABC during the 1974–1977 seasons. In 1977, the show entered syndication as part of an anthology series entitled The Groovie Goolies and Friends.
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Goodnight Jackie
Title: Goodnight Jackie
Character: Mr. Landry
Released: February 27, 1974
Type: Movie
Wendell Burton is a guy who can't get over his ex-girlfriend, Lana Wood. He is caught up in a nutty crisis of trying to survive life without her!
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Miracle on 34th Street
Title: Miracle on 34th Street
Character: Shellhammer
Released: December 14, 1973
Type: Movie
A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he is Santa Claus, and winds up going on trial to prove who he is.
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The Girl Most Likely to...
Title: The Girl Most Likely to...
Character: Prof. David Tilson
Released: November 6, 1973
Type: Movie
An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly.
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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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Magic Carpet
Title: Magic Carpet
Character: George Benson
Released: November 6, 1972
Type: Movie
A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young stowaway who is being sought by the police.
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Of Thee I Sing
Title: Of Thee I Sing
Character: Senator Robert F. Lyons
Released: October 24, 1972
Type: Movie
CBS' updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing in then-current CBS television series.
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Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Title: Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Character: Timothy Forsythe
Released: July 12, 1972
Type: Movie
Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.
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Getting Away from It All
Title: Getting Away from It All
Character: Mike Lorimar
Released: January 18, 1972
Type: Movie
Two city couples decide to leave the hectic urban life and retreat to the country, but find that rural living isn't quite what they thought it would be.
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Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Title: Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Character: Jim Backus
Released: December 31, 1971
Type: Movie
A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.
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Title: Alias Smith and Jones
Released: January 5, 1971
Type: TV
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, a pair of cousin outlaws trying to reform. The governor offers them a conditional amnesty, as he wants to keep the pact under wraps for political reasons. The condition is that they will still be wanted— until the governor can claim they have reformed and warrant clemency.
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Myra Breckinridge
Title: Myra Breckinridge
Character: Doctor
Released: June 24, 1970
Type: Movie
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. There, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty and his girlfriend, Mary Ann. With Myra as catalyst, the trio begin to outrageously expand their sexual horizons.
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The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Title: The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Character: Staunch
Released: April 1, 1970
Type: Movie
A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off for a mail-order bride.
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Uncle Sam Magoo
Title: Uncle Sam Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo
Released: February 15, 1970
Type: Movie
Join Mr. Magoo as Uncle Sam, on an all-American animated adventure through our nation's history. Pull up a chair at the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving, march in line with Davy Crockett and dig for gold in California. After all...in Magoo we trust!
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Title: Nanny and the Professor
Character: Dr. Charles Walters
Released: January 21, 1970
Type: TV
Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed title was Nanny Will Do.
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Wake Me When the War Is Over
Title: Wake Me When the War Is Over
Character: Colonel
Released: October 14, 1969
Type: Movie
During the latter days of WWII an American Lieutenant accidentally falls out of an airplane into German territory. He is taken in by a Baroness who becomes smitten with him and doesn't want him to leave, so she doesn't tell him that the war has ended...for five years!
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Title: Love, American Style
Character: Jerry Franks
Released: September 29, 1969
Type: TV
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.
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Title: The Brady Bunch
Released: September 26, 1969
Type: TV
When widower Mike Brady marries a lovely lady widow Carol Ann, their two families become one. These are the misadventures of this new couple, their six children, a dog named Tiger, and quirky housekeeper Alice.
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Title: Medical Center
Released: September 24, 1969
Type: TV
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
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Title: Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character: Bill
Released: September 23, 1969
Type: TV
Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.
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Title: The Barbara McNair Show
Character: Self
Released: September 13, 1969
Type: TV
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Hello Down There
Title: Hello Down There
Character: T.R. Hollister
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move in, underwater mayhem occurs!
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Title: Blondie
Released: September 26, 1968
Type: TV
Blondie is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1968-1969 television season. The series is an updated version of the 1957 TV series that was based on the comic strip of the same name. The series stars Will Hutchins as Dagwood Bumstead and Jim Backus as his boss Mr. Dithers, and featured child character actress Pamelyn Ferdin as the Bumstead's daughter, and character actor Bryan O'Byrne as the hapless mailman, always getting run over by Dagwood hurrying out the door, late for work.
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Title: The Good Guys
Released: September 25, 1968
Type: TV
The Good Guys is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 25, 1968 to January 23, 1970. 42 color episodes were filmed in all. As with The Governor & J.J. and Get Smart, it was produced by Talent Associates and CBS Productions. CBS Television Studios also owns the rights to this program as well.
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Title: The Mod Squad
Character: Emile Wade
Released: September 24, 1968
Type: TV
The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas. The iconic counter-culture police series earned six Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America award, and four Logies. In 1997 the episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Title: Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Character: Tru-Blue Lou
Released: June 19, 1968
Type: Movie
When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress Margaret Garrison and her husband, Peter.
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Title: Accidental Family
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: TV
Accidental Family is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC during the first part of the 1967-68 U.S. television season.
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Title: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 1967
Type: TV
An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
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Damn Yankees
Title: Damn Yankees
Character: Benny Van Buren
Released: April 8, 1967
Type: Movie
Joe Boyd, an aging Washington Senators fan, would sell his soul for the Senators to beat the New York Yankees and win the pennant. Enter Mr. Applegate, who offers to turn Boyd into Joe Hardy, a powerful young baseball player, in exchange for his soul. When Boyd agrees, he becomes Hardy and leads the Senators on a winning streak. When he starts to miss his wife, though, and questions the deal, Applegate sends temptress Lola into the mix.
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Hurry Sundown
Title: Hurry Sundown
Character: Carter Sillens
Released: February 9, 1967
Type: Movie
Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land is owned by Julie Ann Warren and has already been optioned by her unscrupulous, draft dodging husband, Henry. Now the combine must also obtain two smaller plots - one owned by Henry's cousin Rad McDowell, a combat veteran with a wife and family; the other by Reeve Scott, a young black man whose mother had been Julie's childhood Mammy. But neither Rad nor Reeve is interested in selling and they form an unprecedented black and white partnership to improve their land. Although infuriated by the turn of events, Henry remains determined to push through the big land deal. And when Reeve's mother Rose dies, Henry tries to persuade his wife to charge Reeve with illegal ownership of his property, confident the the bigoted Judge Purcell will rule against a Negro.
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Title: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Character: Self
Released: February 5, 1967
Type: TV
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.
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Title: Continental Showcase
Character: Self - Host
Released: June 11, 1966
Type: TV
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Billie
Title: Billie
Character: Howard G. Carol
Released: December 13, 1965
Type: Movie
A 16-year-old tomboy and high school athlete becomes embroiled with the lives around her boyfriend whose conservative father is running for mayor.
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Title: I Dream of Jeannie
Character: General Fitzhugh
Released: September 18, 1965
Type: TV
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
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Title: The Wild Wild West
Character: Fabian Swanson
Released: September 17, 1965
Type: TV
The Wild Wild West is an American television series Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.
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Fluffy
Title: Fluffy
Character: Sergeant
Released: June 27, 1965
Type: Movie
A college professor gets into trouble when he tries to prove any animal can be domesticated, including an African lion.
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Title: John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Character: Whitepaper
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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Title: Gilligan's Island
Character: Thurston Howell, III
Released: September 26, 1964
Type: TV
The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of mismatched castaways, all stranded on an uncharted desert isle after their tiny ship hit stormy weather.
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Title: The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: September 26, 1964
Type: TV
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo is an animated television series, produced by United Productions of America, which aired for one season. The television series was based on the original cartoon of the same name, with Jim Backus reprising the voice over of the role he did on TV: while doing this show, he continued with the prime time show Gilligan's Island. Unlike the theatrical cartoons, which focused on the extremely nearsighted Quincy Magoo's bumbling, the show featured the Magoo character as an actor in adaptations of such literary classics as Don Quixote and Gunga Din. Each of these roles was played seriously, with few if any references to Magoo's nearsightedness; however, introductory segments in each program featured Magoo backstage stumbling into scenery and talking to props, thus connecting the older cartoons to this series. Some stories were contained in a single half-hour episode, but others ran to two and even four episodes. As UPA did not have its own studio facility the production was farmed out to the Grantray-Lawrence and Format Films studios. Among the most ambitious adaptations mounted in this format were the four-part Robin Hood, in which he took the role of Friar Tuck; Treasure Island, in which he played the villainous Long John Silver; and a version of Snow White in which he portrayed all seven dwarves.
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Title: Daniel Boone
Character: Will Scataway
Released: September 24, 1964
Type: TV
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.
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Rendezvous in Space
Title: Rendezvous in Space
Character: Moon (voice)
Released: September 10, 1964
Type: Movie
This documentary, the final film directed by Frank Capra, explores America's plans for the future of space exploration. It was produced by the Martin-Marietta Corporation for exhibition in the Hall of Science at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
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Advance to the Rear
Title: Advance to the Rear
Character: Gen. Willoughby
Released: June 10, 1964
Type: Movie
As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and his apathetic commanding officer, Col. Claude Brackenbury, are reassigned away from the front lines. The hapless Heath and Brackenbury must now lead a ragtag group on a classified mission to protect a transport for the U.S. Treasury. Complicating matters is Martha Lou Williams, a Confederate agent posing as a lady of the evening.
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Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
Title: Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
Character: Mr. Magoo
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Literary classics take a ribbing as the nearsighted bumbler portrays Dr. Watson, Dr. Frankenstein and other characters.
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The Wheeler Dealers
Title: The Wheeler Dealers
Character: Bullard Bear
Released: November 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but, in the end, she falls for his charm.
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Sunday in New York
Title: Sunday in New York
Character: Chief Pilot Drysdale
Released: November 13, 1963
Type: Movie
An innocent upstarter visits her airline pilot brother and meets a stranger she tries to seduce.
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Title: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Character: Tyler Fitzgerald
Released: November 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
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Johnny Cool
Title: Johnny Cool
Character: Louis Murphy
Released: October 2, 1963
Type: Movie
A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Pork Pie Hannigan
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: TV
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Harold Mason
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: TV
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Herkimer Witt
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: TV
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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Title: Arrest and Trial
Character: Sam Thayer
Released: September 15, 1963
Type: TV
Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.
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My Six Loves
Title: My Six Loves
Character: Sheriff
Released: April 3, 1963
Type: Movie
A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property.
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Operation Bikini
Title: Operation Bikini
Character: Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
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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Critic's Choice
Title: Critic's Choice
Character: Dr. William Von Hagedorn
Released: February 24, 1963
Type: Movie
Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.
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A Child Is Waiting
Title: A Child Is Waiting
Character: Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Released: February 13, 1963
Type: Movie
Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, suspiciously regards Dr. Clark's stern training methods. She becomes emotionally involved with 12-year-old Reuben Widdicombe, who has been abandoned by his divorced parents.
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Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Title: Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Character: Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Released: December 18, 1962
Type: Movie
In this animated musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge - via Mr. Magoo's starring performance in a stage production of the classic - doesn't have a ghost of a chance unless he learns the true meaning of Christmas from the three spirits who haunt him one Christmas Eve.
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Zotz!
Title: Zotz!
Character: Prof. Horatio Kellgore
Released: October 3, 1962
Type: Movie
Jonathan Jones, a professor of ancient languages, comes into possession of an ancient coin. He translates its inscription, which gives him three powers: to inflict pain, slow down time or kill. Soon, he's pursued by enemy spies who have learned about the magic coin.
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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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Title: The Merv Griffin Show
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
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Title: The Beverly Hillbillies
Character: Marty Van Ransohoff
Released: September 26, 1962
Type: TV
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Title: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Character: The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Released: August 7, 1962
Type: Movie
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
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Boys' Night Out
Title: Boys' Night Out
Character: Peter Bowers
Released: June 21, 1962
Type: Movie
Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred is still a bachelor. They want something different than their ordinary marriages, children and TV-dinners. In secret, they get themselves an apartment with a beautiful young woman, Kathy, for romantic rendezvous. But Kathy does not tell them that she is a sociology student researching the sexual life of the white middle-class male.
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The Horizontal Lieutenant
Title: The Horizontal Lieutenant
Character: Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Released: April 18, 1962
Type: Movie
A luckless army intelligence lieutenant finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost during World War II, where all the action is between the sheets.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self - Co-Host
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Title: The Dick Powell Show
Character: Monte
Released: September 26, 1961
Type: TV
The Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company. It was hosted by longtime film star Dick Powell until his death from lymphatic cancer on January 2, 1963, then by a series of guest hosts until the series ended. The first of these was Gregory Peck, who began the January 8 program with a tribute to Powell, recognizing him as "a great and good friend to our industry." Peck was followed by fellow actors such as Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, Charles Boyer, Jackie Cooper, Rock Hudson, Milton Berle, Jack Lemmon, Dean Martin, Robert Taylor, Steve McQueen, David Niven, Danny Thomas, Robert Wagner and John Wayne.
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Title: Cain's Hundred
Character: Karl Bigger
Released: September 19, 1961
Type: TV
A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top criminals to justice.
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Magoo Meets Frankenstein
Title: Magoo Meets Frankenstein
Character: Mr. Magoo
Released: March 20, 1961
Type: Movie
Mr Magoo goes to what he thinks is a hotel but it’s actually a mad scientist’s castle and he’s after a brain...
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Title: The Mr. Magoo Show
Character: Mr Magoo
Released: November 7, 1960
Type: TV
The Mister Magoo Show is an American animated television series which was produced from November 7, 1960 to February 2, 1962. A single episode included five five-minute shorts and could either be aired together with bumpers as a single half-hour show, or it could be split up with one short aired each weekday, along with other cartoons. It was produced by United Productions of America.
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Title: The Jim Backus Show
Released: October 6, 1960
Type: TV
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Inside Magoo
Title: Inside Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Released: January 12, 1960
Type: Movie
A public-service announcement from the American Cancer Society featuring Mr. Magoo. Not part of the regular series, this rare cartoon begins with a bunch of clips talking about the history of the movies, then has some discussion about how Magoo is made, and a talk with Jim Backus. Then the bulk of the film is a Mr. Magoo cartoon featuring Magoo learning about cancer danger signs and how to protect yourself.
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Ice Palace
Title: Ice Palace
Character: Dave Husack
Released: January 2, 1960
Type: Movie
Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers, mountains and ice-fields. And of ambitious cannery tycoon Zeb "Czar" Kennedy (Richard Burton) and rugged activist leader Thor Storm (Robert Ryan), two rough-hewn men whose bitter 40-year rivalry mirrored their powerful land's struggle for statehood.
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Tom, Dick and Harriet
Title: Tom, Dick and Harriet
Character: James
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Long distance telephone calls save the day when Aunt Emily tries to sell the farm, and when Harriet tries to decide whose proposal to accept, Tom's or Dick's.
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I Was a Teenage Magoo
Title: I Was a Teenage Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Told in flashback, the plot has teenage (but still nearsighted) red-headed Magoo picks up his date "Melba" (a kangaroo) from her home (in a circus) and go on a picnic.
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Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
Title: Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: December 27, 1959
Type: Movie
Mr. Magoo agrees to babysit Gerald McBoing Boing.
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1001 Arabian Nights
Title: 1001 Arabian Nights
Character: Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
Released: December 1, 1959
Type: Movie
In this animated retelling of the classic tale, Abdul Aziz Magoo -- an ancestor of Mr. Magoo -- is the lamp-selling uncle of Aladdin. Tired of his nephew's laziness, Abdul insists that Aladdin find a wife. To his uncle's surprise, Aladdin falls in love with the beautiful Princess Yasminda. Before he can make his move, however, Aladdin is whisked away by the evil Wazir on a quest to find a magic lamp that will grant its owner unlimited power in the form of three magic wishes.
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Title: The Untouchables
Character: William Norbert
Released: October 15, 1959
Type: TV
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
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Ask Any Girl
Title: Ask Any Girl
Character: Mr. Maxwell
Released: August 21, 1959
Type: Movie
Meg is a young wide-eyed girl who is endures many calamities in her search for a husband in modern-day New York. After losing her suitcase at Penn Station, being kicked out by her roommate, and changing bosses because her boss made a pass at her, she finds herself looking for work at a Manhattan motivational research agency run by punctilious Miles Doughton and his playboy brother, Evan.
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A Private's Affair
Title: A Private's Affair
Character: Jim Gordon
Released: August 14, 1959
Type: Movie
Luigi, Jerry, and Mike are in boot camp when they are presented with a chance to represent their unit in competition on a national television show. The three guys are up to the challenge, which begins a chain of unusual circumstances that not only have them singing and dancing at the proper times, but also running into a trio of alluring young women.
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The Big Operator
Title: The Big Operator
Character: Cliff Heldon
Released: August 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him. The eclectic cast includes Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Jay North, Vampira, Charles Chaplin Jr., Jackie Coogan and Norman Grabowski.
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Terror Faces Magoo
Title: Terror Faces Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo
Released: July 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Mr. Magoo is watching a TV program named "Home Roam" which examines the homes of various families and subsequently learns that he and Waldo have been scheduled to air on tonight's broadcast. Magoo proceeds to show the cameramen the various rooms and exhibits of his house. Unfortunately, his publicity is threatened by a burglar and his trained gorilla who break into Magoo's house and attempt to rob it. Of course, Magoo doesn't notice the gorilla (he even mistakes it for Waldo) and reassures the cameramen that Waldo will be all right even if he does have "the manners of a gorilla".
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The Wild and the Innocent
Title: The Wild and the Innocent
Character: Mr. Forbes
Released: May 27, 1959
Type: Movie
Charming tale of mountaineer-trapper Murphy's first taste "big city" life with young, sweet Sandra Dee in tow. She flees her family, which tried to trade her for some of Murphy's beaver pelts, and tags along with the reluctant Murphy. They get into all manner of trouble in town, and Murphy has to shoot the sheriff to rescue Dee from her job as a dancehall girl.
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Magoo's Lodge Brother
Title: Magoo's Lodge Brother
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: May 7, 1959
Type: Movie
Near-sighted Mr. Magoo is on his way to his lodger-convention and latches onto a robber, whom he thinks is his room-mate. He winds up in the den of the thief thinking he is in his convention hotel room. He proceeds to toss around in fun dynamite, hand-grenades and bombs until the crook is knocked out and captured by the police. Magoo becomes a hero.
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Merry Minstrel Magoo
Title: Merry Minstrel Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: April 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Magoo thinks he’s entering a talent show but ends up at a dentist.
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Magoo’s Homecoming
Title: Magoo’s Homecoming
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: March 5, 1959
Type: Movie
Magoo ends up at the zoo instead of his college homecoming.
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Bwana Magoo
Title: Bwana Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Magoo and Waldo are on safari in Africa.
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Title: 77 Sunset Strip
Character: Maury Samuels
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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Gumshoe Magoo
Title: Gumshoe Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: October 6, 1958
Type: Movie
Magoo obliviously foils a criminal’s robbery plans.
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Love Comes to Magoo
Title: Love Comes to Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: October 2, 1958
Type: Movie
A female con artist is after Magoo’s wealth.
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Macabre
Title: Macabre
Character: Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Released: October 1, 1958
Type: Movie
After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's small daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.
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Magoo’s Cruise
Title: Magoo’s Cruise
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: September 11, 1958
Type: Movie
Magoo is mistaken for a foreign spy.
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Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
Title: Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
Character: Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Released: June 5, 1958
Type: Movie
Magoo’s car breaks down on an airport runway.
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The High Cost of Loving
Title: The High Cost of Loving
Character: Paul Mason
Released: May 16, 1958
Type: Movie
Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he doesn't receive an invitation to an important luncheon being held by the new company president. Convinced that he's about to lose his job, Jim begins to mull over his limited prospects when his wife confirms that she's pregnant.
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The Explosive Mr. Magoo
Title: The Explosive Mr. Magoo
Character: Mr Magoo (voice)
Released: May 8, 1958
Type: Movie
Mr. Magoo has a windup toy mistaken for a bomb.
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Scoutmaster Magoo
Title: Scoutmaster Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: April 10, 1958
Type: Movie
Magoo mistakes three bear cubs for three scouts.
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Magoo's Young Manhood
Title: Magoo's Young Manhood
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: March 13, 1958
Type: Movie
In a flashback Mr. Magoo thinks back in time to the Gay 90's when he was a young man, and just as myopic then as in the 1950s. He makes a bet with a friend that he can get a date with a star of the Broadway stage. It isn't long before Stage-Door Johnny Magoo winds up on stage in the play during a dinner scene, and performs rather well considering he was hearing the dialogue for the first time. Later, he is firmly convinced he had taken the Police Gazette beauty to dinner. No, her name wasn't Andre.
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Magoo's Private War
Title: Magoo's Private War
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: December 19, 1957
Type: Movie
The near-sighted Mr. McGoo takes his duties as an Air Raid Warden, in the civil-defense, cold-war/iron curtain days of the 1950s, seriously. When he stumbles across the premiere of a new science-fiction movie at a theatre, he thinks his town has just been invaded by outer-space aliens. He takes the on-screen activities as part of the attack and goes through all the civil-defense steps to save the audience.
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Magoo's Moose Hunt
Title: Magoo's Moose Hunt
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: November 28, 1957
Type: Movie
Mr. Maggo tries to hunt a moose
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Title: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Character: King's Emissary
Released: November 26, 1957
Type: Movie
The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help a rival town when it's flooded. But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain...which, once the rats are gone, the Mayor and council renege on, to their subsequent regret.
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Eighteen and Anxious
Title: Eighteen and Anxious
Character: Harvey Graham
Released: November 15, 1957
Type: Movie
A naive teenager gets pregnant and is forced to face the realities of life.
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Rock Hound Magoo
Title: Rock Hound Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: October 24, 1957
Type: Movie
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo somehow or another is a nugget-happy prospector out west. In addition to mistaking a gold rock for a rain cloud, he meets an old prospector and accuses him of claim-jumping. Together, they actually discover gold.
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Magoo Saves the Bank
Title: Magoo Saves the Bank
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: September 26, 1957
Type: Movie
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, on his way to make a bank deposit, boards a race-track bound bus instead. Mistaking the betting windows for tellerwindows, he keeps making and winning bets on long shots. The track finally tosses him out with his bag of winnings, which Magoo thinks was the result of compound interest growth.
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Title: Maverick
Character: Joe Wheelwright
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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Magoo's Masquerade
Title: Magoo's Masquerade
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: August 15, 1957
Type: Movie
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo is on his way to take a French ballet star to a ball, but he makes a wrong turn and ends up escorting an ostrich, a zoo fugitive, in her place. A detective becomes suspicious, as well he might, when the ostrich becomes attached to some of the guest's jewels. Magoo finally takes his date home and he suspects that she would like for him to call again.
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Man of a Thousand Faces
Title: Man of a Thousand Faces
Character: Clarence Locan
Released: August 15, 1957
Type: Movie
The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.
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Title: Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character: Self
Released: July 29, 1957
Type: TV
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.
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Magoo Breaks Par
Title: Magoo Breaks Par
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: June 27, 1957
Type: Movie
The nearsighted Mr. Magoo sets out for a round of golf but catches the prison paddy wagon instead of the city bus and winds up in prison breaking rocks. He complains to the warden, who he mistakes for the grounds keeper, about the conditions of the golf course, and the warden boots him out.
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Matador Magoo
Title: Matador Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: May 30, 1957
Type: Movie
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, further lost than usual, mistakes a bullring in Mexico for a highway in the United States, and his myopic wanderings through the arena cause much havoc, and draws very few cheers, especially from the bull.
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Magoo Goes Overboard
Title: Magoo Goes Overboard
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: February 21, 1957
Type: Movie
Mr. Magoo and Waldo are on a cruise aboard an ocean liner when the near-sighted MaGoo accidentally falls into the ship's swimming pool and thinks he has fallen overboard. When he tries to rescue one of the swimmers, the ship's captain jumps in and rescues Magoo. The grateful---and talkative---MaGoo informs the ship's captain that he will inform the ship's captain of his good deed and, when last seen, MaGoo is heading in the direction of the swimming pool.
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Top Secret Affair
Title: Top Secret Affair
Character: Col. Homer W. Gooch
Released: January 30, 1957
Type: Movie
A publisher uses her magazine and charm to derail a general on the Washington fast track.
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Meet Mother Magoo
Title: Meet Mother Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: December 27, 1956
Type: Movie
Mr. Magoo brings in his mail opening up a flyer for a store's "83rd Anniversary Sale". Magoo thinks that the flyer is a letter from his mother about her "83rd birthday" and begins to worry that maybe he hasn't spent enough time with his mother lately. He goes to pay his mother a visit to make up for lost time but upon arriving, Mother Magoo doesn't quite appreciate Magoo's attempts at being helpful such as baking a feather duster thinking it to be a turkey dinner. So she uses psychology to eventually persuade him to go back home (at least until next year).
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The Great Man
Title: The Great Man
Character: Nick Cellantano
Released: December 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Joe Harris, preparing a eulogy for popular radio commentator Herb Fuller, finds that nobody has a good word to say about him.
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The Opposite Sex
Title: The Opposite Sex
Character: Psychiatrist
Released: November 15, 1956
Type: Movie
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
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You Can't Run Away from It
Title: You Can't Run Away from It
Character: Danker
Released: October 30, 1956
Type: Movie
A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.
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The Girl He Left Behind
Title: The Girl He Left Behind
Character: Sgt. Hanna
Released: October 26, 1956
Type: Movie
A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the experience is also character-building. Director David Butler's 1956 film stars '50s teen favorites Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood, with supporting roles played by Jim Backus, Jessie Royce Landis, Murray Hamilton, Henry Jones, James Garner, Alan King, Ernestine Wade, David Janssen and Raymond Bailey.
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Magoo's Problem Child
Title: Magoo's Problem Child
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: October 18, 1956
Type: Movie
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo returns from a trip and mistakes a ramshackle shack, near his home, for his palatial home. There, he finds evidence of all manner of crimes, ranging from murder down to counterfeiting, and jumps to the conclusion that his nephew Waldo is responsible. He gets Waldo and runs away seeking a hideout until he can straighten things out. Following Magoo's fugitive-directions, they wind up in the city jail.
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Title: The Gale Storm Show
Character: Arthur Hutchins
Released: September 29, 1956
Type: TV
The Gale Storm Show is an American sitcom starring Gale Storm. The series premiered on September 29, 1956, and ran until 1960 for 143 half-hour black-and-white episodes, initially on CBS and in its last year on ABC. The Gale Storm Show was co-produced by Independent Television Corporation and Hal Roach Studios. The series was aired under the title Oh, Susanna in syndication.
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Trailblazer Magoo
Title: Trailblazer Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: September 13, 1956
Type: Movie
The near-sighted one decides to take a hunting-and-fishing trip, and hires a Native American guide. He quickly grows impatient with the guide and takes over leading the way. He winds up in a big city and in a park lake, trail-blazing his way over park benches, statutes and through the zoo, releasing a lion along the way.
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Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Title: Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: July 26, 1956
Type: Movie
At a used car lot, Mr. Magoo is intent on buying a car for his nephew Waldo. He is slick talked into buying an old clunker thanks to a shifty salesman but he drives it off anyway. Unfortunately, the myopic Magoo drives off a pier and under the ocean where he mistakes the various aquatic surroundings such as fish, sunken boats, and seals for other cars, dilapidated mansions, and a horn happy driver respectively.
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Magoo Beats the Heat
Title: Magoo Beats the Heat
Character: Mr. Magoo(voice)
Released: June 21, 1956
Type: Movie
Mr. Magoo, intent on going to the beach, winds up in the desert instead. Thinking himself to be at the beach, he tries fishing (he hooks a turtle which he mistakes for a crab) and swimming. Meanwhile, a desert wanderer and his horse are lost beyond hope when suddenly they lay eyes on Magoo's set up. Thinking the whole thing to be a mirage, they decide to make the best of it by devouring Magoo's picnic lunch and refreshments despite Magoo's protests. After the hearty meal, the man wants to thank Magoo before he "fades away" by giving him the only gold nugget he found while trekking the desert. Magoo thinks the gold is a sea-shell and plans to give it to Waldo to add to his collection!
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The Naked Hills
Title: The Naked Hills
Character: Willis Haver
Released: June 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian, and teams up with Sam Wilkins, a claim jumper employed by Willis Haver. Six years later, Powell returns to Indiana and his sweetheart, Julie. They marry and he tries farming again but, on the night their son is born, he takes off again searching for gold. This time he heads for the hills with an inveterate prospector, Jimmo McCann. A decade later, the two are still hunting for their big strike when McCann is killed in an accident. Powell returns home with news of a big strike but the deserted Julie will have nothing to do with him. His friend Killian will not believe him but Haver, now a banker gives him a small loan and then beats him out of his claim. Many years pass before he comes home, now sixty-years-old, and this time, his wife and son open their home to him. But he vows to go prospecting come next spring.
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Calling Doctor Magoo
Title: Calling Doctor Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: May 24, 1956
Type: Movie
When Rodney, a friend of the nearsighted Mr. Magoo, goes to the hospital, Mr. Magoo decides to visit him and to take along some of his cure-all, homemade elixir. But he makes a wrong turn and ends up on a docked-ship visiting a stranger wearing a turban, thanking he is Rodney, and gives him some of the elixir. He returns home and gets a telephone call from Rodney who is waiting for his visit. He thinks Rodney is delirious and ventures forth for another visit carrying a giant-size bottle of his elixir.
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Magoo Goes West
Title: Magoo Goes West
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: April 18, 1956
Type: Movie
Mr. Magoo is depressed over the constant rainy weather. Well, actually, it isn't raining; he's just left the sprinkler running. Fed up, he plans to venture to California in search of sunny weather. Even though he never actually leaves town, the trip is a long one with Magoo driving through city parks and water fountains. Finally believing himself to be on the home stretch when going through a car wash, he is convinced he has finally made it to California when he crashes into a billboard advertisement for Florida.
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Meet Me in Las Vegas
Title: Meet Me in Las Vegas
Character: Tom Culdane
Released: March 9, 1956
Type: Movie
Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...
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Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Title: Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: March 8, 1956
Type: Movie
The nearsighted Mr. McGoo goes shopping for a dog as a pet, and enters the pet store just as it is being robbed by a crook wearing a fur coat. McGoo puts a leash on him and heads for home as the crook thinks this will afford him a safe escape. But a policeman puts the collar on the thief and takes him to jail. McGoo, still wanting a dog, goes shopping for a replacement but ends up in a record store. He exits dragging a s statue of a dog, the 'His Master's Voice' trademark of a record company
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The Square Jungle
Title: The Square Jungle
Character: Pat Quaid
Released: December 30, 1955
Type: Movie
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.
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Magoo Makes News
Title: Magoo Makes News
Character: Mr. Magoo
Released: November 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Mr. Magoo misreads a newspaper flyer thinking it is a letter from his power company saying they are shutting off his power. Outraged, Magoo heads for the power company intent on giving them a piece of his mind. However, instead of going to the power company, he goes to a newspaper printing officer by mistake getting tangled up in the machinery all the while thinking he is being given "the bum's rush". He returns to his house with the power back on thinking he has won. But the next day, he doesn't like the paper's editorial and heads to the newspaper office wanting to give them a piece of his mind!
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Title: Matinee Theater
Released: October 31, 1955
Type: TV
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.
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Rebel Without a Cause
Title: Rebel Without a Cause
Character: Frank Stark
Released: October 27, 1955
Type: Movie
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Reverend Sims
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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Francis in the Navy
Title: Francis in the Navy
Character: Commander Hutch
Released: August 24, 1955
Type: Movie
In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note urges Pete to hurry to the Coronado, California naval base, where Francis is about to be sold as surplus. Pete rushes to the train station, but before he can board, nurse Betsy Donevan mistakes him for her shell-shocked brother, Navy boatswain Slicker Donevan. She tries to forcibly remove his uniform so he will not get into trouble for impersonating an Army officer. Finally she realizes that Pete is not Slicker but merely his mirror image.
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Madcap Magoo
Title: Madcap Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo
Released: June 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Expecting a visit from his practical joker friend Smiley, Mr. Magoo instead entertains an escaped mental patient.
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Magoo Express
Title: Magoo Express
Character: Mr. Magoo
Released: May 19, 1955
Type: Movie
Foreign-flavored intrigue abounds when Mr. Magoo is mistaken for a fellow spy aboard a European train.
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Title: The Millionaire
Character: Henry Banning
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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Destination Magoo
Title: Destination Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: December 16, 1954
Type: Movie
The title of this short is a play on the title of the feature film Destination Moon (which itself has an animated sequence made by Walter Lantz and starring Woody Woodpecker) and once again Magoo and his myopia take an adventure, hand in hand, off to the "Moon". The life that man leads!
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Deep in My Heart
Title: Deep in My Heart
Character: Ben Judson
Released: December 9, 1954
Type: Movie
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Detective Herman
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: The George Gobel Show
Character: Self
Released: October 2, 1954
Type: TV
The George Gobel Show is an American television series hosted George Gobel that aired on NBC from 1954 to 1960.
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Geraldine
Title: Geraldine
Character: Jason Ambrose
Released: January 26, 1954
Type: Movie
Music manager Janey Edwards poses as a co-ed to get the rights to a song from one of the professors.
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When Magoo Flew
Title: When Magoo Flew
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: January 6, 1954
Type: Movie
Mr. Magoo sets off to go to the movies but goes to an airport by mistake and gets on a plane thinking it to be a theater. Little does Magoo know the man he is sitting next to is actually a thief and when a detective appears on the plane to track the thief down, Magoo thinks it's all part of the movie. After doing some wing walking, Magoo reenters the plane and exposes the thief to the detective. When the plane lands, Magoo remarks that they should have shown a cartoon particularly one with that "delightful near sighted fellow".
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I Love Melvin
Title: I Love Melvin
Character: Mergo
Released: March 20, 1953
Type: Movie
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk and Melvin soon offers to do a photo spread of her. His boss, however, has no intention of using the photos. Melvin wants to marry Judy, but her father would rather she marry dull and dependable Harry Black. As a last resort, Melvin promises to get Judy's photo on the cover of the next issue of Look, a task easier said than done.
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Angel Face
Title: Angel Face
Character: District Attorney Judson
Released: January 2, 1953
Type: Movie
An ambulance driver gets involved with a rich girl that might have a darker side.
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Above and Beyond
Title: Above and Beyond
Character: Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Released: January 2, 1953
Type: Movie
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.
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Androcles and the Lion
Title: Androcles and the Lion
Character: Centurion
Released: December 1, 1952
Type: Movie
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
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Hotsy Footsy
Title: Hotsy Footsy
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: October 22, 1952
Type: Movie
Magoo's at a Rutgers alumni dance and winds up squaring off with a pro wrestler at the arena across the alley, thinking he's dancing with the wife of an old friend.
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Title: I Married Joan
Character: Judge Bradley Stevens
Released: October 15, 1952
Type: TV
I Married Joan is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedienne-comedy actress Joan Davis as the manic, scatterbrained wife of a mild-mannered community judge, the Honorable Bradley Stevens.
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The Rose Bowl Story
Title: The Rose Bowl Story
Character: Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Released: August 24, 1952
Type: Movie
The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose Bowl is an area for their budding romance.
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Don't Bother to Knock
Title: Don't Bother to Knock
Character: Peter Jones
Released: July 18, 1952
Type: Movie
Jed, an airline pilot, is resting in a hotel when he notices Nell, a young woman babysitting for a wealthy couple. As Jed gets to know Nell better he realises that the woman is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
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Pat and Mike
Title: Pat and Mike
Character: Charles Barry
Released: June 13, 1952
Type: Movie
Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.
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Deadline - U.S.A.
Title: Deadline - U.S.A.
Character: Jim Cleary
Released: March 14, 1952
Type: Movie
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
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Here Come the Nelsons
Title: Here Come the Nelsons
Character: Joe Randolph
Released: February 23, 1952
Type: Movie
The homespun Nelson family must deal with various comical situations, including an encounter with gangsters.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Kevin Grady
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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I Want You
Title: I Want You
Character: Harvey Landrum
Released: December 22, 1951
Type: Movie
The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea has a profound effect on several people. WWII veteran Martin Greer wants to re-enlist, much to the dismay of his wife Nancy.
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Grizzly Golfer
Title: Grizzly Golfer
Character: Mr. Magoo
Released: December 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Magoo goes golfing in an unbearable way. When Magoo and Waldo go to play golf, they wind up in the middle of a bear hunt. Magoo mistakes a grizzly bear for Waldo and proceeds to make the bear caddy for him. The bear continually gets clobbered by clubs, balls, you name it. Meanwhile, Waldo is nowhere to be found, and the hunters are closing in. Just as Magoo is playing the last hole, the hunters open fire (seeing the bear), and everyone runs away: Magoo, the bear and Waldo.
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I'll See You in My Dreams
Title: I'll See You in My Dreams
Character: Sam Harris
Released: December 6, 1951
Type: Movie
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
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The Man with a Cloak
Title: The Man with a Cloak
Character: Flaherty
Released: November 27, 1951
Type: Movie
Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.
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Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Title: Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: October 17, 1951
Type: Movie
Mr. Magoo has mistaken a walrus for a human friend and various sight gags are shown in typical Magoo fashion.
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Iron Man
Title: Iron Man
Character: Max Watkins
Released: September 20, 1951
Type: Movie
In Coaltown, Pennsylvania, miner Coke Mason hopes to better himself, buy a radio store, and marry Rose Warren. His gambler brother George thinks Coke can be more successful as a boxer, knowing that when he fights he's consumed with a murderous rage that makes him an "iron man." Seeing dollar signs in Rose's eyes, Coke reluctantly agrees, though he's fearful of the "killer instinct" that makes him a knockout success in the ring...and brings him the booing hatred of the fans. Will Coke throw off his personal demon before he kills someone?
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His Kind of Woman
Title: His Kind of Woman
Character: Myron Winton
Released: August 15, 1951
Type: Movie
Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.
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Bright Victory
Title: Bright Victory
Character: Bill Grayson
Released: August 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.
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Hollywood Story
Title: Hollywood Story
Character: Mitch Davis
Released: June 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film director shot in his office years ago. He finds that his life is threatened as he digs deeper into the mystery.
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Plutopia
Title: Plutopia
Character: Milton the Cat
Released: May 18, 1951
Type: Movie
Mickey's on vacation at Camp Utopia. At first Pluto thinks it really is utopia: trees everywhere and a cat to chase. But the cabin rules are strict: no dogs indoors, and dogs must be muzzled and leashed. Mickey puts Pluto out to sleep, just out of reach of his food, and the cat comes down and taunts him. Pluto falls asleep and dreams of his "Plutopia" with a subservient cat begging Pluto to bite him and catering to his every need.
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Half Angel
Title: Half Angel
Character: Michael Hogan
Released: May 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night a sleepwalking Nora slips into a provocative dress and goes to the home of startled lawyer John Raymond, for whom she doesn't care much during the day. She does not reveal her name and he cannot figure out where they have met, but they spend several hours together until she gets away before John notices.
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Barefaced Flatfoot
Title: Barefaced Flatfoot
Character: Mr. Magoo
Released: April 25, 1951
Type: Movie
Mr. Magoo interprets his nephew's request for $100 as evidence of an unfolding mystery.
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Title: M
Character: The Mayor
Released: March 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.
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Bungled Bungalow
Title: Bungled Bungalow
Character: Mr. Magoo
Released: January 15, 1951
Type: Movie
Mr. Magoo's house is towed-away by thieves.
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Emergency Wedding
Title: Emergency Wedding
Character: Ed Hamley
Released: November 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Dr. Helen Hunt is a physician married to millionaire Peter Judson Kirk Jr., who is jealous his wife is spending too much time with her male patients. He makes a fool of himself trying to prove her guilt.
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The Killer That Stalked New York
Title: The Killer That Stalked New York
Character: Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 1950
Type: Movie
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Harry
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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Trouble Indemnity
Title: Trouble Indemnity
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: September 14, 1950
Type: Movie
An insurance salesman enters Magoo's house hoping to make a sale. Magoo refuses but the salesman is eventually able to sell Magoo some by posing as one of Magoo's old college chums. Magoo is now worth a hefty sum and is ready to collect after being bitten by a dog (actually a tiger rug) but, instead of going to the insurance building, enters a building under construction next door to it. The salesman and his boss notice Magoo walking around the steel skeleton of the building and realizing, "If he falls, the company falls", they rush over making several attempts to save Magoo's life and keep him from endangering himself.
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Title: The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1950
Type: TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
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Customs Agent
Title: Customs Agent
Character: Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Released: May 18, 1950
Type: Movie
An undercover agent tracks a medicine black market from China to California.
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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Title: Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Character: Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Released: April 1, 1950
Type: Movie
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.
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Spellbound Hound
Title: Spellbound Hound
Character: Mr. Magoo
Released: March 16, 1950
Type: Movie
Mr. Magoo invites a friend to his lakeside cabin, unaware that a bloodhound has pursued an escaped convict to that isolated location.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Panelist
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Title: Robert Montgomery Presents
Character: Lucus Edgerton
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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A Dangerous Profession
Title: A Dangerous Profession
Character: Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (as James Backus)
Released: December 10, 1949
Type: Movie
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation.
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The Great Lover
Title: The Great Lover
Character: Higgins
Released: November 23, 1949
Type: Movie
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys. Freddie, who's been a "boy scout" too long, has designs on gorgeous Duchess Alexandria. The boys, far better organized than Freddie, are determined to save him from himself. But who will save Freddie from being the killer's next victim?
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Easy Living
Title: Easy Living
Character: Dr. Franklin
Released: October 8, 1949
Type: Movie
A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.
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Father Was a Fullback
Title: Father Was a Fullback
Character: Professor Sullivan
Released: September 30, 1949
Type: Movie
Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and also having trouble at home with his oldest daughter, Connie. The team keeps losing and Coach Cooper is about to lose his job as his efforts to win the last game of the season, against the team's Big Rival, end in disaster. But, unknown to he and his wife, Elizabeth, Connie has sold an article, called "I Was a Bubble Dancer" to a 'True-Confession" magazine, and the girl-who-couldn't-get-a-date becomes suddenly popular and, because of her, the high-school football star from another town decides to play his college-ball for Coach Cooper. Jessup is forced to keep Cooper on as the school's football coach.
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Ragtime Bear
Title: Ragtime Bear
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Released: September 29, 1949
Type: Movie
At the Hodge Podge Lodge, a crotchety, near-sighted Mister Magoo takes a banjo-playing bear to be his nephew, Waldo.
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One Last Fling
Title: One Last Fling
Character: Howard Pritchard
Released: June 30, 1949
Type: Movie
A jealous wife suspects the worst when her dingaling husband hires his former girlfriend for a position at his company.
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Title: Studio One
Character: Tim McTaggart
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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A-Lad-in His Lamp
Title: A-Lad-in His Lamp
Character: Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 22, 1948
Type: Movie
Bugs Bunny finds and rubs Aladdin's lamp and decides to follow the genie to Baghdad, where they battle Mad Man Hassan.
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Where Will You Hide?
Title: Where Will You Hide?
Character: Narrator
Released: July 18, 1948
Type: Movie
Bold animated drawings and a dramatic soundtrack provide background for narrators who argue that World War III is looming and, as such, world civilization is in danger. They contend that peace is our only alternative, an alternative we must all work towards.