David Dukes

David Dukes

Born: June 6, 1945
Died: October 9, 2000
in San Francisco, California, USA
David Dukes (June 6, 1945 – October 9, 2000) was an American character actor.

Movies for David Dukes...

Title: Rose Red
Character: Carl Miller
Released: January 27, 2002
Type: TV
The chilling tale of Dr. Joyce Reardon, an obsessed psychology professor who commissions a team of psychics and a gifted 15-year-old autistic girl, Annie Wheaton, to literally wake up a supposedly dormant haunted mansion - Rose Red. Their efforts unleash myriad spirits and uncover horrifying secrets of the generations who have lived and died there.
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Alex in Wonder
Title: Alex in Wonder
Character: Joseph Bloomfield
Released: March 9, 2001
Type: Movie
A girl in the 1970s dreams of becoming a ballerina while struggling with the divorce of her kooky parents.
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Tick Tock
Title: Tick Tock
Character: Holden Avery
Released: September 18, 2000
Type: Movie
Stunning trophy wife Rachel Avery is stuck in a cold, loveless marriage with her millionaire husband, Holden. So when Holden goes away on a trip, Rachel hooks up with her close friend Carla, and the two hatch a plan to murder Holden and collect on his vast assets. But the girls don't want to commit the crime themselves, so at a bar they seduce a stranger, Travis Brewer, and convince him to do their bidding.
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Goosed
Title: Goosed
Character: Steffon Stevens
Released: September 28, 1999
Type: Movie
Sheltered rich girl Charlene has an over-protective mother who insists that her daughter should marry a rich doctor. After Charlene's psychic predicts that her future lover is named Steven, she heads to L.A. to search for him.
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Title: Family Law
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
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Supreme Sanction
Title: Supreme Sanction
Character: Jordan McNamara
Released: April 9, 1999
Type: Movie
An elite assassin for a covert Government agency is marked for death after aborting an assignment to take out a journalist who could expose the corruption of the very institution that trained her as their weapon of choice.
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The Love Letter
Title: The Love Letter
Character: Everett Reagle
Released: February 1, 1998
Type: Movie
20th century computer games designer Scott, Civil War buff, buys an antique desk from that era and, while polishing it, he discovers a secret compartment in which sits an unmailed letter--a letter written by a young poet named Lizzie over a century earlier. Touched by her yearning for passion, he writes her back, egged on by his mystically inclined mother. Magically, his letter reaches Lizzie and they begin a correspondence that threatens Scott's impending marriage but promises to bring fulfilment to Lizzie. Spanning the Civil War to the present, the perils of Lizzie's war-torn situation threaten her safe passage into the future. Will their love endure the test of time?
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Gods and Monsters
Title: Gods and Monsters
Character: David Lewis
Released: January 21, 1998
Type: Movie
It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.
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Title: Dawson's Creek
Character: Joseph McPhee
Released: January 20, 1998
Type: TV
Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama that portrays the fictional lives of a close-knit group of teenagers through high school and college.
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Title: Ally McBeal
Character: Johnson Biblico
Released: September 8, 1997
Type: TV
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
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Title: The Practice
Released: March 4, 1997
Type: TV
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
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Title: Pauly
Released: March 3, 1997
Type: TV
Pauly, a.k.a. The Pauly Shore Show, was a comedy television series on FOX in 1997, starring Pauly Shore. It was cancelled after five episodes, leaving two episodes unaired.
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Last Stand at Saber River
Title: Last Stand at Saber River
Character: Edward Janroe
Released: January 19, 1997
Type: Movie
As America recovers from the Civil War, one man tries to put the pieces of his life back together but finds himself fighting a new battle on the frontier. Cable is an embittered Confederate soldier who returns from the war to reclaim his Arizona homestead from rebel pioneers who sympathize with the Union war effort.
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Title: 7th Heaven
Character: Jack Brenner
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: TV
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.
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Fled
Title: Fled
Character: Chris Paine
Released: July 19, 1996
Type: Movie
During a routine prison work detail, convict Piper is chained to Dodge, a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to stolen money that the Mafia is after, and some computer files that somebody wants desperately to bury. The pair, who don't exactly enjoy each other's company, escape and must work together if they are to reach Atlanta alive. Luckily, they meet a woman who may be willing to help them.
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Norma Jean & Marilyn
Title: Norma Jean & Marilyn
Character: Arthur Miller
Released: May 18, 1996
Type: Movie
This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.
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The Surrogate
Title: The Surrogate
Character: Stuart Quinn
Released: October 22, 1995
Type: Movie
Amy Winslow wants to go to art college but can't get her financial aid approved. A help wanted ad leads to a couple that will let her move into their quiet guest home rent free, a dream come true except that Joan wants Amy to be a surrogate mother for her next child. Little does Amy know the dark sinister reasons behind her desire, the scandalous death of Joan's first infant child and the fear she might hurt her next baby. The baby is adopted before Amy wakes up in the hospital, leading to a dangerous confrontation to claim the child finally for her own.
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Title: Sliders
Character: Thomas Michael Mallory
Released: March 22, 1995
Type: TV
In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see his new invention. But an increase in power and an early departure leave all three, plus a washed-up soul singer named Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown, lost in a parallel world. Now they must "slide" from world to world, not only adapting to their changing surroundings, but also trying to get back to their world. Will they ever make it home?
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Title: Diagnosis: Murder
Character: Darren Worthy
Released: October 29, 1993
Type: TV
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
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Me and the Kid
Title: Me and the Kid
Character: Victor Feldman
Released: October 22, 1993
Type: Movie
A lonely and emotionally neglected rich kid forms an attachment to one of the men who kidnap him during a botched robbery of his father's safe.
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Title: The Mommies
Character: Jack Lawson
Released: September 18, 1993
Type: TV
The Mommies is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 1993 to June 1995. Produced by Paramount Television, the series ran for two seasons with a total of 38 episodes.
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And the Band Played On
Title: And the Band Played On
Character: Dr. Mervyn Silverman
Released: September 11, 1993
Type: Movie
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
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Spies
Title: Spies
Character: Robert Prescott
Released: March 7, 1993
Type: Movie
Long Island, 1942. 12-year-old Harry detects spies everywhere. But suddenly things get serious, as he and two evacuated London kids, Ned and Flo, stumble onto a real adventure. The children end up with America's destiny in their hands.
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She Woke Up
Title: She Woke Up
Character: Sloane Parr
Released: January 19, 1992
Type: Movie
A socialite comes out of a coma determined to identify her assailant who may be a family member with a motive to strike again.
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Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story
Title: Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story
Character: Joe Hubbard
Released: November 10, 1991
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of an Alabama woman who was convicted of killing her first husband and attempting to poison her daughter. Out on bail, she flees in order to start a new life with two new identities.
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The Josephine Baker Story
Title: The Josephine Baker Story
Character: Jo Bouillon
Released: March 16, 1991
Type: Movie
Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder
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Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levis Story
Title: Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levis Story
Character: Jerry Levin
Released: January 13, 1991
Type: Movie
Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.
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Under Surveillance
Title: Under Surveillance
Character: Dr. Glassman
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Two insurance investigators try to find out why the ex-partner of one of them was murdered.
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The Rutanga Tapes
Title: The Rutanga Tapes
Character: Bo Petersen
Released: November 20, 1990
Type: Movie
A U.S. agent saves a journalist and her son from an East German-Libyan chemical warfare plot in Africa.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: David Moore
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Snow Kill
Title: Snow Kill
Character: Murdoch
Released: July 25, 1990
Type: Movie
Corporate executives sent on a mountain wilderness team building trip find themselves the targets for murder and rape.
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Turn Back the Clock
Title: Turn Back the Clock
Character: Barney Powers
Released: November 20, 1989
Type: Movie
After a woman fervently wishes for another chance after a terrible tragedy, she is mysteriously granted one year of her life to be lived over.
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See You in the Morning
Title: See You in the Morning
Character: Peter Goodwin
Released: April 14, 1989
Type: Movie
Three years after his divorce from his model-wife is the psychologist Larry Livingstone ready for a new commitment. He falls in love with the young widow Beth who has two children. But Beth and the children are still in mourning over their dead husband and father and Larry finds it a bit difficult to penetrate their reservations. Larry himself has to deal with his ex-wife and his love for his own two kids. Slowly both Beth and the children realise that they have to go on with their lives and that they have been giving a second chance.
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Title: War and Remembrance
Character: Leslie Slote
Released: November 13, 1988
Type: TV
War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of War.
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Deadly Intent
Title: Deadly Intent
Character: Myron Weston
Released: May 12, 1988
Type: Movie
An archaeologist smuggles a valuable ancient jewel into the US. He is soon murdered by people looking for the jewel, but he had hidden it. The killers, believe that his widow knows where the artifact is hidden, go after her.
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Date With an Angel
Title: Date With an Angel
Character: Ed Winston
Released: November 20, 1987
Type: Movie
Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool. When everyone finds out about his heavenly houseguest, Jim must cope with a dangerously jealous fiancée, an exploitive future father-in-law and a group of buddies with an outrageous business plan!
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Catch the Heat
Title: Catch the Heat
Character: Waldo Tarr
Released: October 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Gorgeous Checkers Goldberg, a police detective, goes undercover as a stripper in order to stop a ruthless kingpin who has been using unsuspecting starlets in order to smuggle drugs into the United States. With her hot looks, street smarts and martial arts prowess, Goldberg seems to have everything she needs to catch this violent criminal -- and will stop at nothing to get the job done.
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Rawhead Rex
Title: Rawhead Rex
Character: Howard Hallenbeck
Released: October 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex's cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.
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The Men's Club
Title: The Men's Club
Character: Phillip
Released: September 19, 1986
Type: Movie
Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.
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Darlin' Clementine
Title: Darlin' Clementine
Character: Levi
Released: February 8, 1986
Type: Movie
Clementine (Shelley Duvall) is the sole woman in her mining camp who cares for everyone around her until her selfish father (Ed Asner) learns a valuable lesson.
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Title: Kane & Abel
Character: David Osborne
Released: November 17, 1985
Type: TV
Kane & Abel is a television miniseries, based on the novel of the same name written by Jeffrey Archer, that aired on CBS in 1985. It stars Peter Strauss as Rosnovski and Sam Neill as Kane.
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Title: The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Dr. Tom Rigby
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Released: September 27, 1985
Type: TV
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.
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Title: Tall Tales & Legends
Character: Levi
Released: September 25, 1985
Type: TV
An anthology series that showcases various mythical characters and incidents throughout history.
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Title: Space
Character: Leopold Strabismus
Released: April 14, 1985
Type: TV
Space is a television mini-series. It is based on a novel of the same name by James A. Michener published in 1982.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Title: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Character: Gooper
Released: August 19, 1984
Type: Movie
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
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Madame in Manhattan
Title: Madame in Manhattan
Character: Himself
Released: April 16, 1984
Type: Movie
Waylon Flowers and his infamous Madame, who describes herself as an "alcoholic sex fiend," are our escorts on an unforgettable, often risque tour of the Big Apple. Madame, dressed in a lavishly decadent gown and sequined headdress, sings, cackles and hoots her way through and is surpirsed by a number of guest stars, including the master of one liners, Henny Youngman. A talented puppeteer and comedian from Georgia, Waylon Flowers and his Madame have won an Emmy Award, a Jimmy Award (the best of Las Vegas) and a Georgia Award for Best Specialty Act from Acva.
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Title: George Washington
Character: George William 'Will' Fairfax
Released: April 8, 1984
Type: TV
This 1984 miniseries chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United States, from age 11 to age 51. Based on the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
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Sentimental Journey
Title: Sentimental Journey
Character: Bill Gardner
Released: March 17, 1984
Type: Movie
A precocious child has a profound effect on the lives of a successful Broadway producer and her husband.
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Title: The Hitchhiker
Character: Ted Miller
Released: November 1, 1983
Type: TV
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
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Title: The Winds of War
Character: Leslie Slote
Released: February 6, 1983
Type: TV
Set against the backdrop of world events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Victor "Pug" Henry is a career naval officer who, along with his family, learns to navigate the waters of his dangerous times in the late 1930s.
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Without a Trace
Title: Without a Trace
Character: Graham Selky
Released: February 4, 1983
Type: Movie
English professor Susan Selky lives alone in a Brooklyn apartment with her young son, Alex. When Alex fails to return home from school one afternoon, a frantic Selky contacts the police. Detective Al Menetti, a father himself, takes an interest in the case that quickly turns into an obsession. As a devastated Selky struggles to come to terms with Alex's disappearance, Menetti steps out from behind the badge to continue investigating.
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Miss All-American Beauty
Title: Miss All-American Beauty
Character: Avery McPherson
Released: December 27, 1982
Type: Movie
After winning a beauty contest in Texas, a teenage girl is unprepared for the demands of travel, press conferences and interviews that go with winning the title and participating in a national beauty pageant.
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Only When I Laugh
Title: Only When I Laugh
Character: David
Released: September 25, 1981
Type: Movie
A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the terrors of returning to work with the demands of all around her with humor and insight, while staying off the booze.
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The First Deadly Sin
Title: The First Deadly Sin
Character: Daniel Blank
Released: October 3, 1980
Type: Movie
A serial killer is stalking New York. Inspector Edward X. Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?
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Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
Title: Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
Character: Bill Sanger
Released: April 22, 1980
Type: Movie
The dramatized biography of Margaret Sanger, the crusader who founded America's first birth control clinic during World War I and was tried in court under obscenity laws.
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Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
Title: Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
Character: Myles Standish
Released: November 21, 1979
Type: Movie
In 1620, the Assembly of the Pilgrims decides to emigrate to the young America because of the persecution they suffer by the English crown. The film tells the adventurous journey of the Pilgrims to an unknown land and future.
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A Little Romance
Title: A Little Romance
Character: George de Marco
Released: April 27, 1979
Type: Movie
A young American girl and a young French boy meet in Paris and fall in love, with the assistance of an old man and his stories.
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The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
Title: The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
Character: Lou Ribin
Released: January 30, 1979
Type: Movie
The story of a fire in the Triangle Shirt Mfg. Co. building in New York City in 1911 that resulted in the deaths of 146 employees, mostly young women. The ensuing investigation revealed the company's almost total disregard for its workers' safety in pursuit of increased production and profits, and resulted, among other things, in the passage of new worker safety laws and the formation of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
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Some Kind of Miracle
Title: Some Kind of Miracle
Character: Joe Dine
Released: January 3, 1979
Type: Movie
The story of a TV newscaster who is paralyzed in a surfing accident and how he, and his fiance, have to adjust to his being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
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A Fire in the Sky
Title: A Fire in the Sky
Character: David Allan
Released: November 26, 1978
Type: Movie
Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.
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Go West, Young Girl
Title: Go West, Young Girl
Character: Rev. Crane
Released: April 27, 1978
Type: Movie
A lighthearted Western about a peppery New England lady who goes west to seek her fortune by writing about her experiences, and the attractive widow of a cavalry officer, both of whom go in search of Billy the Kid, teaming up to outwit gamblers, bounty hunters, and rough-and-tumble lawmen.
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Title: 79 Park Avenue
Character: Mike Koshko
Released: October 16, 1977
Type: TV
A poor New York teenager of the mid-1930 is forced into prostitution despite sincere efforts to make a living and ultimately becomes the city's most famous madam.
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Title: Three's Company
Released: March 15, 1977
Type: TV
The three single roommates Janet Wood, Chrissy Snow and Jack Tripper all platonically share Apartment 201 in a Santa Monica, California apartment building owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roper.
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Title: How the West Was Won
Released: February 6, 1977
Type: TV
The Macahans, a family from Virginia headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the American West.
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Valley Forge
Title: Valley Forge
Released: December 3, 1975
Type: Movie
George Washington struggles to hold his army together at a critical point during the Revolutionary War.
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The Norming of Jack 243
Title: The Norming of Jack 243
Character: Harry 163
Released: September 9, 1975
Type: Movie
In a society of the future, a conformist falls in love with a fugitive who forces him to rethink his attitudes about the society he lives in.
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Title: Beacon Hill
Released: August 25, 1975
Type: TV
Short lived soap opera about rich family and their servants in 1920s Boston.
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The Rules of the Game
Title: The Rules of the Game
Character: Guido Venanzi
Released: April 30, 1975
Type: Movie
Dramatist Luigi Pirandello's mordant comedy of manners tells the tale of upper-crust Italians Silia Gala and her sneering spouse, Leone, who finds his impassivity tested when he has to duel his wife's frustrated paramour.
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The Wild Party
Title: The Wild Party
Character: James Morrison
Released: March 1, 1975
Type: Movie
An aging silent movie comic star throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career.
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Title: Barney Miller
Character: Brad Laneer
Released: January 23, 1975
Type: TV
Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.
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Title: The Jeffersons
Released: January 18, 1975
Type: TV
Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.
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Title: Police Woman
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.
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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: Cannon
Released: September 14, 1971
Type: TV
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Guido Venanzi
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Title: All in the Family
Character: Lambert
Released: January 12, 1971
Type: TV
Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
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The Strawberry Statement
Title: The Strawberry Statement
Character: Student Guard
Released: August 28, 1970
Type: Movie
A college student joins a group of revolutionaries to meet girls but ends up committed to their goals.
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Title: Hawaii Five-O
Character: Willy Barker
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Lt. Cutting
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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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Everett Reagle
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.