John Dierkes

John Dierkes

Born: February 10, 1905
Died: January 8, 1975
in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Dierkes was born on February 10, 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Brown University and subsequently went to work as an economist for the United States Department of State. In 1941 he joined the Red Cross and served in the Britain duringWorld War II. There he met director John Huston who recommended that he try Hollywood after the war. Instead, Dierkes went to work for the U.S. Treasury Department which coincidentally sent him to Hollywood to function as technical advisor for the film To the Ends of the Earth (1948). Because of his appearance and very tall frame (6 feet, 6 inches), Dierkes enjoyed a long career as a character actor, often portraying villains or soldiers. In the 1953 film Shane, Dierkes portrays villain Morgan Ryker, who is the last man shot by the title character, Shane, in the final bar room shootout. One of his more memorable scenes is in the 1960 film, The Alamo. Dierkes portrays a Tennessean named Jocko, who is torn between leaving before the attack to care for his blind wife, or staying to support the Texans' cause. Understanding that if Jocko stays to fight she will likely be widowed, Jocko's wife coaxes him to stay and defend the fort, despite her disability. Dierkes died in 1975 of emphesyma and was survived by his wife Cynthia, two sons, and two daughters.

Movies for John Dierkes...

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Title: John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Character: Jocko Robertson
Released: June 6, 1992
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of the John Wayne film The Alamo (1960). Included are behind-the-scenes photos and footage of the actual production of the film, clips from it and interviews with members of the cast, crew and local residents in Brackettville, TX, where it was filmed.
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Creepy Classics
Title: Creepy Classics
Character: Roderick Craven - (archive footage)
Released: October 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price.
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Rage
Title: Rage
Character: Bill Parker
Released: November 22, 1972
Type: Movie
An accidental nerve gas leak by the military kills not only a rancher's livestock, but also his son. When he tries to hold the military accountable for their actions, he runs up against a wall of silence.
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The Omega Man
Title: The Omega Man
Character: Family Member
Released: August 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people remain - sensitive to light, and homicidally psychotic.
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Johnny Cool
Title: Johnny Cool
Character: Cripple
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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The Haunted Palace
Title: The Haunted Palace
Character: Benjamin West / Jacob West
Released: August 28, 1963
Type: Movie
A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.
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X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Title: X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Character: Preacher (uncredited)
Released: July 13, 1963
Type: Movie
A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.
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The Raven
Title: The Raven
Character: Roderick Craven
Released: January 25, 1963
Type: Movie
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.
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Convicts 4
Title: Convicts 4
Character: Cell Block Guard (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1962
Type: Movie
After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with the help of a humane prison guard, he becomes a rehabilitated man and a successful painter.
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The Premature Burial
Title: The Premature Burial
Character: Sweeny
Released: March 7, 1962
Type: Movie
An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational horror of premature burial consumes him.
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The Comancheros
Title: The Comancheros
Character: Ranger Bill Larsen (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
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One-Eyed Jacks
Title: One-Eyed Jacks
Character: Chet
Released: March 30, 1961
Type: Movie
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.
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The Alamo
Title: The Alamo
Character: Jocko Robertson
Released: October 23, 1960
Type: Movie
The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
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Title: The Aquanauts
Character: Inspector Crail
Released: September 14, 1960
Type: TV
The Aquanauts is an American adventure/drama series that aired on CBS in the 1960-1961 season. The series stars Keith Larsen, Jeremy Slate and Ron Ely.
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The Slowest Gun in the West
Title: The Slowest Gun in the West
Character: 'Wild Bill' Monks
Released: May 7, 1960
Type: Movie
The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff. Fletcher is so cowardly the townsfolk are sure that the local outlaws will be too proud to gun him down. This proves to be the case, and the outlaws hire their own cowardly gunfighter, Chicken Farnsworth, to go up against The Silver Dollar Kid. Written by Jim Beaver
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The Oregon Trail
Title: The Oregon Trail
Character: Gabe Hastings
Released: August 31, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sending in soldiers disguised as settlers in order to strengthen American claims to the Territory.
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The Hanging Tree
Title: The Hanging Tree
Character: Society Red
Released: February 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides to settle down, and he takes over as town doctor. He meets Elizabeth, who is suffering from shock, and the two soon fall in love. But when Elizabeth is attacked, Frail's attempt to help her lands them both in trouble.
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Title: Rawhide
Character: Martinson
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: TV
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
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Title: Rawhide
Character: Private
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: TV
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
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The Buccaneer
Title: The Buccaneer
Character: Deacon
Released: December 11, 1958
Type: Movie
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
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Title: The Rifleman
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
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Title: Peter Gunn
Released: September 22, 1958
Type: TV
Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the action with your eyes closed, Peter Gunn worked in style. Known as Pete to his friends and simply as Gunn to his enemies, he did his job in a calm cool way.
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Title: Wanted: Dead or Alive
Character: Charlie
Released: September 6, 1958
Type: TV
Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television. The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.
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The Left Handed Gun
Title: The Left Handed Gun
Character: McSween
Released: May 7, 1958
Type: Movie
When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.
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Blood Arrow
Title: Blood Arrow
Character: Ez
Released: March 31, 1958
Type: Movie
Phyllis Coates, TV's erstwhile Lois Lane, essays one of her largest film roles in Blood Arrow. Coates is cast as a devout Mormon girl whose mission is to transport smallpox vaccine to her friends and neighbors. Unfortunately, this requires her to journey through hostile Indian territory. Appointing themselves as the girl's unofficial protectors are Indian scout Scott Brady, trapper Don Haggerty and (reluctantly) gambler Paul Richards.
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Touch of Evil
Title: Touch of Evil
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: March 30, 1958
Type: Movie
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
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Death in Small Doses
Title: Death in Small Doses
Released: September 15, 1957
Type: Movie
A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.
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Valerie
Title: Valerie
Character: Bartender
Released: August 1, 1957
Type: Movie
After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but tragedy strikes and the two spouses end up in court where they give two different conflicting accounts of their marriage.
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The Buckskin Lady
Title: The Buckskin Lady
Character: Swanson
Released: July 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Patricia Medina plays the title character in The Buckskin Lady. Medina is cast as female gambler Angela Medley, who is forced by circumstances to align herself with outlaw Slinger. But Angela has never gotten over her love for honest frontier doctor Bruce Merritt, and at the first opportunity she redeems herself by catching a bullet intended for the doc. Henry Hull delivers the film's most memorable performance as Angela's drunken wretch of a father. Per the title, Buckskin Lady affords the viewer ample opportunity to see Patricia Medina in form-fitting western garb.
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Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
Title: Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
Character: Jacob
Released: June 28, 1957
Type: Movie
A young woman discovers she is the daughter of the infamous Dr. Jekyll, and begins to believe that she may also have a split personality, one of whom is a ruthless killer.
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The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Title: The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Character: Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them out, Lt. Frank Hewitt leaves his post and heads home to Texas. He knows that the attack will send all of the tribes on the warpath and he wants to forewarn everyone. He gets a chilly reception back home however. With most of the men away having enlisted in the Confederate army Frank, a Union officer, is seen by the local women as a traitor. He convinces them of the danger that lies ahead and trains them to repel the attack that will eventually come.
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Title: Wells Fargo
Character: Scanlon
Released: March 18, 1957
Type: TV
Jim Hardie helps Wells Fargo agents battle the bad guys.
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Duel at Apache Wells
Title: Duel at Apache Wells
Character: Bill Sowers
Released: January 25, 1957
Type: Movie
A young man returns home after several years absence to find that a gang is after not only his family ranch, but his girlfriend as well.
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Title: State Trooper
Released: September 25, 1956
Type: TV
State Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as Rod Blake, an officer of the Nevada Department of Public Safety. The series aired 104 episodes in syndication from September 25, 1956, to June 25, 1959.
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The Fastest Gun Alive
Title: The Fastest Gun Alive
Released: July 12, 1956
Type: Movie
Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when he's drunk. All citizens swear to keep his secret and support him to give up his guns forever -- but a boy tells the story to a gang of wanted criminals. Their leader threatens to burn down the whole town, if he doesn't duel him.
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Title: Telephone Time
Released: April 8, 1956
Type: TV
Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.
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Jubal
Title: Jubal
Character: Carson - Horgan Rider
Released: April 6, 1956
Type: Movie
Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly makes an enemy in foreman Pinky, a cattleman who accuses Jubal of carrying the smell of sheep.
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The Vanishing American
Title: The Vanishing American
Character: Freil
Released: November 17, 1955
Type: Movie
A woman arrives in New Mexico to claim property she's inherited and receives an education in the greedy exploitation of the local Navajo.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Rydell
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Dahoma
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Indian
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Ace
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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Betrayed Women
Title: Betrayed Women
Character: Cletus Ballard
Released: July 17, 1955
Type: Movie
Love-starved gun molls (Carole Mathews, Beverly Michaels) escape from a prison farm where matrons make their lives miserable.
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Not as a Stranger
Title: Not as a Stranger
Character: Bursar
Released: July 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.
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Hell's Outpost
Title: Hell's Outpost
Character: Swede - the Cook (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1954
Type: Movie
A returning Korean War vet becomes embroiled in a fight over possession of a tungsten mine.
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The Raid
Title: The Raid
Character: Cpl. Fred Deane
Released: August 4, 1954
Type: Movie
A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.
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Title: Adventures Of The Falcon
Released: June 24, 1954
Type: TV
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The Desperado
Title: The Desperado
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: June 20, 1954
Type: Movie
"Only a fool sticks his neck out for somebody else. Don't get in the habit of it." Outlaw gunslinger Sam Garrett offers that sage wisdom to fellow fugitive Tom Cameron, who's on the run from the "Bluebellies," Texas State Police officers who wield a brutal iron fist of enforcement in the early 1870s. But quick-draw, hard-bitten Garrett soon decides not to take his own advice after young Cameron heads home to surrender - and instead gets framed for a revenge murder by a jealous rival for the affections of his girl.
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The Naked Jungle
Title: The Naked Jungle
Character: Gruber
Released: March 3, 1954
Type: Movie
The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
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The Moonlighter
Title: The Moonlighter
Character: Sheriff Daws
Released: September 19, 1953
Type: Movie
Wes Anderson (Fred MacMurray) is caught cattle rustling and promptly jailed. The public is outraged, but, since Wes always worked at night, they don't know what he looks like. Still, they break into the prison and lynch a hobo they think is Wes, while the actual culprit sneaks off to see his old flame, Rela (Barbara Stanwyck), who has recently taken up with his straitlaced brother, Tom (William Ching). But Tom is envious of his outlaw brother, and he decides to join Wes in a life of crime.
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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character: Batley
Released: August 1, 1953
Type: Movie
As American policemen in London, Bud and Lou meet up with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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The Vanquished
Title: The Vanquished
Character: General Morris
Released: June 3, 1953
Type: Movie
A man returns to his home -- a post Civil-War village -- and finds the law is in the hands of a few scrupulous people.
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Shane
Title: Shane
Character: Morgan Ryker
Released: April 23, 1953
Type: Movie
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
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Les Miserables
Title: Les Miserables
Character: Bosun (uncredited)
Released: August 14, 1952
Type: Movie
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character, has nevertheless been convicted for the minor crime of stealing bread. A minor infraction leads to his pursuit by the relentless policeman Javert, a pursuit that consumes both men's lives for many years.
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Silver City
Title: Silver City
Character: Arnie
Released: December 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Having masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the industry. He then sets up shop as an assayer, scheming to acquire a rich silver mine lease from its operators.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Joe Bronson
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Dr. Belvedere
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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The Red Badge of Courage
Title: The Red Badge of Courage
Character: Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier
Released: September 27, 1951
Type: Movie
Truncated adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel about a Civil War Union soldier who stuggles to find the courage to fight in the heat of battle.
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The Thing from Another World
Title: The Thing from Another World
Character: Dr. Chapman
Released: April 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
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Three Husbands
Title: Three Husbands
Character: Night Court Judge (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1950
Type: Movie
When a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all newcomers--he requests that he be able to see the reactions of three husbands, with whom he regularly played poker, to a letter he left each of them claiming to have had an affair with each's wife.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Jeb Bricker
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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Macbeth
Title: Macbeth
Character: Ross
Released: October 1, 1948
Type: Movie
A Scottish warlord and his wife murder their way to a pair of crowns.