Jim Davis

Jim Davis

Born: August 26, 1909
Died: April 26, 1981
in Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
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Jim Davis (born Marlin Davis, August 26, 1909 – April 26, 1981) was an American actor, best known for his role as Jock Ewing in the CBS prime-time soap opera, Dallas, a role which continued until he was too ill from a terminal illness to perform.

He was known as Jim Davis by the time of his first major screen role, which was opposite Bette Davis in the 1948 melodrama Winter Meeting,[3] a lavish failure for which he was lambasted in the press as being too inexperienced to play the part properly. His subsequent film career consisted of mostly B movies, many of them westerns, although he made an impression as a U.S. senator in the Warren Beatty conspiracy thriller The Parallax View.

Davis performed in numerous television series episodes in the 1950s-1970s. After years of relatively low-profile roles, Davis was cast as family patriarch Jock Ewing on Dallas, which debuted in 1978.

During season four, he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma but continued to film the show as long as he could. In many scenes as the season progressed he was shown seated, and his voice became softer and more obviously affected by his illness. He wore a hairpiece to cover the hair he'd lost from chemotherapy. A season four storyline regarding the Takapa development and Jock's separation from Miss Ellie was ended abruptly at the end of season four. The writers depicted the couple suddenly leaving to go on an extended second honeymoon when it became obvious that Davis could no longer continue to work. Their departure in a limousine in the episode "New Beginnings" was Davis' only scene in that episode, and his condition was so poor that close watching reveals (based on his unsynchronized lip movement) that he overdubbed his one last line of dialogue. It was his final appearance on the show. He died of complications from his illness while season four was being aired.

Movies for Jim Davis...

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy
Title: Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Character: Mr. Wilkenson
Released: May 31, 1981
Type: Movie
The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.
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The Day Time Ended
Title: The Day Time Ended
Character: Grant Williams
Released: November 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Deep in the desert, a rural American family is forced to endure a night of inter-dimensional, extra terrestrial terror when a UFO appears over their home.
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Comes a Horseman
Title: Comes a Horseman
Character: Julie Blocker
Released: October 25, 1978
Type: Movie
Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex-suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and Frank fight back through stampedes, jealousy, betrayal, and sabotage... they eventually find love.
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Killing Stone
Title: Killing Stone
Character: Sen. Barry Tyler
Released: May 2, 1978
Type: Movie
Returning from prison after serving ten years on trumped-up charges, a freelance writer tries to uncover the truth behind a homicide involving the son of a U.S. senator in this pilot for a prospective series.
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Title: Dallas
Character: Jock Ewing
Released: April 2, 1978
Type: TV
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.
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Trail of Danger
Title: Trail of Danger
Character: Pop Appling
Released: March 12, 1978
Type: Movie
Two men taking horses to market run afoul of angry sheep herders and are hampered by a lack of water for the horses.
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The Choirboys
Title: The Choirboys
Character: Drobeck
Released: December 23, 1977
Type: Movie
A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.
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Just a Little Inconvenience
Title: Just a Little Inconvenience
Character: Dave Erickson
Released: October 2, 1977
Type: Movie
Jolted out of his self-pity by a friend who teaches him to ski, a wounded Vietnam vet comes to look on his double amputation not as a "handicap" but rather "just a little inconvenience."
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Title: Hunter
Released: February 18, 1977
Type: TV
Global espionage with an American agent and his sexy partner.
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Title: The Quest
Released: May 13, 1976
Type: TV
The Quest is an American Western series which aired on NBC from September to December 1976. The series stars Kurt Russell and Tim Matheson. The Quest's pilot episode aired as a television film on May 13, 1976.
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Law of the Land
Title: Law of the Land
Character: Sheriff Pat Lambrose
Released: April 29, 1976
Type: Movie
A frontier sheriff and his young deputies search for a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.
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The Runaway Barge
Title: The Runaway Barge
Character: Capt. Buckshot Bates
Released: March 24, 1975
Type: Movie
Two bargemen on the Mississippi River find themselves mixed up in a kidnapping and hijacking plot.
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Satan's Triangle
Title: Satan's Triangle
Character: Hal
Released: January 14, 1975
Type: Movie
The female survivor of a shipwreck and two Coast Guard helicopter pilots sent to rescue her find themselves trapped in a mysterious part of the ocean known as Satan's Triangle.
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The Parallax View
Title: The Parallax View
Character: George Hammond
Released: June 14, 1974
Type: Movie
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
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Title: The Cowboys
Character: Marshal Bill Winter
Released: February 6, 1974
Type: TV
The Cowboys was a short-lived Western television series based on the 1972 motion picture of the same name starring John Wayne. It aired on the American Broadcasting Company television network from February 6 to May 8, 1974. The television show starred Jim Davis, Diana Douglas, Moses Gunn, A Martinez, Robert Carradine, and Clay O'Brien. David Dortort, best known for Bonanza and The High Chaparral, produced the series. The television show, like the movie, followed the exploits of seven boys who worked on a ranch in 1870s New Mexico. The Cowboys began as an hour-long series, but ABC decided to reduce running time to a half hour format. The format change did not lead to increased viewers, and the show was the victim of early cancellation. Guest stars included Cal Bellini as Wa-Cha-Ka in "The Indian Givers", Kevin Hagen as Josh Redding in "Death on a Fast Horse", and Lurene Tuttle as Grandma Jesse in "Many a Good Horse Dies".
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Inferno in Paradise
Title: Inferno in Paradise
Character: Rocky Stratton
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
The tropical oasis of Honolulu is threatened by a maniacal arsonist, who strikes seemingly without pattern, or reason. This film stars Jim Davis (Jock in Dallas) and is about the Honolulu police and fire department trying to catch a deadly arsonist. Richard Young stars as Clay a young firefighter that is determined to find the arsonist after his father is killed in one of the arsonists fires. Jim Davis stars as Rocky Stratton who is the chief fire officer, Betty Ann Carr is his daughter who is a journalist and Clays girlfriend.
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Deliver Us from Evil
Title: Deliver Us from Evil
Character: Dixie
Released: September 11, 1973
Type: Movie
Several men hiking in the mountains discover an injured skyjacker who parachuted from a plane with $600,000. They kill him, then start fighting each other over the money.
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Title: Kung Fu
Released: October 14, 1972
Type: TV
The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
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Bad Company
Title: Bad Company
Character: Marshal
Released: October 8, 1972
Type: Movie
After Drew Dixon, an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the Civil War, he drifts across the land with a loose confederation of young vagrants.
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Title: The Streets of San Francisco
Character: Roy Johnson
Released: September 23, 1972
Type: TV
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
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Title: Banacek
Character: Ed McKay
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows but was the only one to last beyond its first season.
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The Honkers
Title: The Honkers
Character: Sheriff Potter
Released: May 17, 1972
Type: Movie
An over-the-hill rodeo champion is so self-centered that he ignores his wife, son, and best friend.
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Title: The Sixth Sense
Released: January 15, 1972
Type: TV
The Sixth Sense is an American paranormal thriller television
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The Trackers
Title: The Trackers
Character: Sheriff Naylor
Released: December 15, 1971
Type: Movie
A rancher comes home and finds that his son has been murdered and his daughter kidnapped by a bandit gang. He hires a professional tracker with a reputation for finding his quarry to help him find the gang and rescue his daughter.
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Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Title: Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Character: Sgt. Martin
Released: September 20, 1971
Type: Movie
Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.
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Big Jake
Title: Big Jake
Character: Head of Lynching Party
Released: May 26, 1971
Type: Movie
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.
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Title: Night Gallery
Released: December 16, 1970
Type: TV
Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the connective link between the stories.
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Monte Walsh
Title: Monte Walsh
Character: Cal Brennan
Released: October 2, 1970
Type: Movie
Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prarie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.
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Rio Lobo
Title: Rio Lobo
Character: Rio Lobo Deputy
Released: April 1, 1970
Type: Movie
After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.
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Five Bloody Graves
Title: Five Bloody Graves
Character: Clay Bates
Released: October 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A lone gunman hunts the fearsome Apache Satago across the plains of the Wild West. When Satago's marauders ambush a stagecoach, the gunman rides to the rescue of the trapped passengers and helps them in their last stand against the deadly Indians.
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Title: The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Released: September 14, 1969
Type: TV
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors is an American medical drama that lasted for four seasons on NBC, from 1969 to 1973.
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The Ice House
Title: The Ice House
Character: Jake
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Ric Martin, an ice house worker, murders women in blind rage after a traumatic accident which occurred at his workplace. Ric’s identical twin brother, police officer Fred Martin is then assigned to investigate the case.
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The Road Hustlers
Title: The Road Hustlers
Character: Noah Reedy
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A family of bootleggers fight against the sheriff and local gangsters.
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They Ran for Their Lives
Title: They Ran for Their Lives
Character: Vince Ballard
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A man with a dog helps a young woman being chased by hoodlums in the desert.
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Title: The High Chaparral
Character: Robbins
Released: September 10, 1967
Type: TV
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.
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Title: The Guns of Will Sonnett
Released: September 8, 1967
Type: TV
The Guns of Will Sonnett is a Western television series
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Hondo and the Apaches
Title: Hondo and the Apaches
Character: Krantz
Released: September 8, 1967
Type: Movie
Two episodes from the TV series "Hondo" edited together and released as a feature.
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Fort Utah
Title: Fort Utah
Character: Scarecrow
Released: September 1, 1967
Type: Movie
An ex-gunfighter goes up against a man who is trying to stir up trouble with the Indians to enrich himself.
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El Dorado
Title: El Dorado
Character: Jim Purvis
Released: December 17, 1966
Type: Movie
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
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Title: The Time Tunnel
Character: Col. Jim Bowie
Released: September 9, 1966
Type: TV
The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science fiction television series, released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran for one season of 30 episodes. Reruns are viewable on cable and by internet streaming. A pilot for a new series was produced in 2002, although it was not picked up.
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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Title: Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Character: Marshal MacPhee
Released: April 9, 1966
Type: Movie
Dr. Frankenstein's Granddaughter Maria, and her brother assistant Rudolph, moved to the old west because the lightning storms there are more frequent and intense, which allows them to work on the experiments of their grandfather. But the experiments are failing and Rudolph's been secretly killing the corpses afterwards. Meanwhile, the Lopez family leaves the town because of the evil going on there
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Title: The F.B.I.
Character: Ellis Bengston
Released: September 19, 1965
Type: TV
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.
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Title: Laredo
Released: September 16, 1965
Type: TV
Laredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 16, 1965, to April 7, 1967. Laredo stars Neville Brand, William Smith, Peter Brown, and Philip Carey as Texas Rangers. It is set on the Mexican border about Laredo, Texas. The program was produced by Universal Television. The pilot episode of Laredo aired on NBC's The Virginian under the title, "We've Lost a Train". It was released theatrically in 1969 under the title Backtrack. Three episodes from the first season of the series were edited into the 1968 feature film Three Guns for Texas.
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Zebra in the Kitchen
Title: Zebra in the Kitchen
Character: Adam Carlyle
Released: June 1, 1965
Type: Movie
A young boy lets the animals out of their cages at the Zoo, to set them free, but the animals start taking over the town.
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Title: Branded
Released: January 24, 1965
Type: TV
Branded is an American Western series which aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966, sponsored by Procter & Gamble in its Sunday night 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time period, and starred Chuck Connors as Jason McCord, a United States Army Cavalry captain who had been drummed out of the service following an unjust accusation of cowardice.
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Title: Daniel Boone
Character: Sam Ralston
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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Title: Daniel Boone
Character: Rafe Carson
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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Title: Daniel Boone
Character: Carpenter
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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Iron Angel
Title: Iron Angel
Character: Sgt. Walsh
Released: February 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A seasoned Sargent with a sorry unit, led by an angry 1st Lt., to take out an enemy hold for a convoy to proceed. After their success the Sarge and the crew meet up with another Lieutenant - Female nurse.
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Title: Stoney Burke
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
Stoney Burke is an American western television series broadcast on ABC from October 1, 1962 until May 20, 1963. Six years before the premiere of his CBS crime drama, Hawaii Five-0, Jack Lord starred in the title role.
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Title: The Lucy Show
Character: Cardenas
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.
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Buttons and Her Beaus
Title: Buttons and Her Beaus
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Buttons and Her Beaus is an unaired TV Pilot.
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The Gambler Wore a Gun
Title: The Gambler Wore a Gun
Character: Case Silverthorne
Released: May 4, 1961
Type: Movie
The professional gambler Case Silverthorn wants to quit and retire to a small ranch in Marlpine he bought recently. On the way there he saves the Sheriff's life, who got into an ambush. However another man is dead, Will Donovan, from whom he bought the ranch! Neither the Sheriff nor Donovan's children know about the sale. So Case has to switch back to his former profession, while he tries to clarify the situation. He comes across a group of cattle thieves.
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Frontier Uprising
Title: Frontier Uprising
Character: Jim Stockton
Released: February 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Not having heard that war has erupted between the U.S. and Mexico, a wagon train heads west, only to find itself threatened by the Mexicans who have teamed up with hostile Indians.
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The Magnificent Seven
Title: The Magnificent Seven
Character: Gunman at Boot Hill
Released: October 12, 1960
Type: Movie
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
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Title: Outlaws
Released: September 26, 1960
Type: TV
Outlaws is an NBC Western television series, starring Barton MacLane as U.S. marshal Frank Caine, who operated in a lawless section of Oklahoma Territory about Stillwater. The program aired 50 one-hour episodes from September 29, 1960, to May 10, 1962. The first season was shot in black-and-white, the second in color. Co-starring with MacLane in the 1960–1961 season was Don Collier as deputy marshal Will Foreman. In the second season, MacLane left the program, and Collier was promoted to full marshal, with Bruce Yarnell joining the cast as deputy marshal Chalk Breeson. Jock Gaynor appeared in the first season as deputy Heck Martin, the on-screen nephew of Will Foreman. Slim Pickens appeared as "Slim" in the second season. Judy Lewis also appeared the second season as Connie Masters, an employee of the Wells Fargo office in Stillwater. The dog who appeared in Walt Disney's Old Yeller was also cast in The Outlaws. Others who appeared on the program on at least three occasions were Vic Morrow, Cliff Robertson, Pippa Scott, and Harry Townes. In addition, John Anderson, Edgar Buchanan, Jackie Coogan, Bruce Gordon, Robert Harland, Robert Lansing Cloris Leachman, Robert Karnes, Brian Keith, Larry Pennell, Chris Robinson, William Shatner, Ray Walston, Jack Warden, and David Wayne each appeared twice in the series.
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Title: The Aquanauts
Character: Sam Hogarth
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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Title: The Tall Man
Released: September 10, 1960
Type: TV
The Tall Man is a half-hour American western television series about Sheriff Pat Garrett and the gunfighter Billy the Kid that aired seventy-five episodes on NBC from 1960 to 1962, filmed by Revue Productions.
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Title: Coronado 9
Released: September 6, 1960
Type: TV
Dan Adams, former Naval Intelligence officer, works in San Diego as a private detective.
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Noose for a Gunman
Title: Noose for a Gunman
Character: Case Britton
Released: May 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his brother.
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Title: Laramie
Released: September 15, 1959
Type: TV
Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert L. Crawford, Jr., as Andy Sherman.
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Title: Bonanza
Character: Sam Butler
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: TV
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Title: Bonanza
Character: Johnny
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: TV
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Title: Bonanza
Character: Sam Wolfe
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: TV
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Alias Jesse James
Title: Alias Jesse James
Character: Frank James
Released: March 20, 1959
Type: Movie
Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.
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Title: Rawhide
Character: Sheriff
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: Yancy Derringer
Character: Bullet Pike
Released: October 2, 1958
Type: TV
Yancy Derringer is an American Western series
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Lust to Kill
Title: Lust to Kill
Character: Marshal Matt Gordon
Released: September 28, 1958
Type: Movie
A cowboy escapes from jail with the help of his girlfriend, and goes after the men he believes are responsible for his brother being shot down by lawmen.
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Title: The Donna Reed Show
Released: September 24, 1958
Type: TV
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.
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Title: Rescue 8
Released: September 23, 1958
Type: TV
Rescue 8 is a syndicated American action drama series about Los Angeles County Fire Department Rescue Squad 8. It premiered in 1958 and originally ran for two seasons with syndicated reruns continuing for almost a decade thereafter. It starred Jim Davis as fireman Wes Cameron, much later cast as Jock Ewing on CBS's Dallas, and Lang Jeffries as the fireman Skip Johnson. Nancy Rennick and Mary K. Cleary each appeared in twenty-four episodes as Patty Johnson and Susan Johnson, the wife and daughter, respectively of Skip Johnson. The series was produced by Screen Gems, with directors Dann Cahn and William Witney. Rescue 8 produced seventy-four half-hour episodes. The real Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 8 is at 7643 West Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. Rescue 8 shows more physically oriented rescues than the later, similar television series Emergency!, as firemen were not then trained as paramedics but acquired the expanded role in the early 1970s.
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Flaming Frontier
Title: Flaming Frontier
Character: Col. Hugh Carver
Released: August 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Army officer whose parents are white and Indian tries to avert an Indian war.
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Wolf Dog
Title: Wolf Dog
Character: Jim Hughes
Released: July 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A paroled convict tries to start life anew by moving with his family to a ranch, where his young son finds a puppy that is half wolf and half dog.
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The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Title: The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Character: Johnny Ringo
Released: May 14, 1958
Type: Movie
A lawman goes undercover in order to capture the outlaws who murdered his wife.
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Raiders of Old California
Title: Raiders of Old California
Character: Angus Clyde McKane
Released: November 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A villainous cavalry officer is trying to force the owner of a hacienda to give him his land when a courageous settler comes to the rescue.
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Title: 26 Men
Released: November 1, 1957
Type: TV
26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite group commissioned in 1901 by the legislature of the Arizona Territory and limited, for financial reasons, to twenty-six active members. Russell Hayden was the producer of the series and the co-composer of the theme song. The series aired between October 15, 1957 and June 30, 1959, for a total of 78 episodes.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Capt. Joe Farrell
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: George Tabor
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Have Gun, Will Travel
Released: September 14, 1957
Type: TV
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.
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The Quiet Gun
Title: The Quiet Gun
Character: Ralph Carpenter
Released: July 18, 1957
Type: Movie
A mild mannered sheriff must fight both a hired gun and local anti-Indian bigotry in a small frontier town.
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Last Stagecoach West
Title: Last Stagecoach West
Character: Bill Cameron
Released: July 16, 1957
Type: Movie
The coming of the railroad to Cedar City spells the end of the stagecoach as the government gives the mail contract to the fastest means of delivery. McCord loses the stagecoach line gambling with the new buyer, but has enough hidden money to buy a ranch and some cattle. To make more money, he starts a gang to rob the railroad, express offices and steal cattle. But the railroads send out special agent Cameron to end his reign of violence.
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Apache Warrior
Title: Apache Warrior
Character: Ben Ziegler
Released: July 1, 1957
Type: Movie
An Apache brave vows revenge when he feels betrayed by the U.S. Army.
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Monster from Green Hell
Title: Monster from Green Hell
Character: Dr. Quent Brady
Released: May 17, 1957
Type: Movie
A test rocket carrying wasps to outer space, to study the effects on them of weightlessness and radiations, crashes out of control back to Earth, into the jungles of Africa. The two astrobiologists in charge of the test mount an expedition to the Darkest Continent to retrieve their experiment, only to find the wasps have grown to giant size which are panicking all forms of life as they quest for food.
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The Restless Breed
Title: The Restless Breed
Character: Ed Newton
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Texas-border gunrunners kill a federal agent, whose son comes looking for revenge.
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The Badge of Marshal Brennan
Title: The Badge of Marshal Brennan
Character: Jeff Harlan
Released: April 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Jim Davis is a man on the run. He comes across the body of a dead man wearing the badge of a marshal. He buries the body and takes the badge and rides on. At the next town, he is mistaken for the dead man, a legendary marshal named Brennan. The town sent for Marshal Brennan because they were facing a crisis that includes among other things an epidemic. The Stranger decides to stay as a way of hiding from the men chasing him. What he does not realize is that when he takes on the Badge of Marshal Brennan, he takes on the responsibilities of Marshal Brennan.
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Title: The Silent Service
Character: Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe
Released: April 5, 1957
Type: TV
The Silent Service was a 1957–1958 syndicated anthology television series based on actual events in the submarine section of the United States Navy. The Silent Service was narrated by Rear Admiral Thomas M. Dykers, who retired from the Navy in 1949 after twenty-two years of service. He began each episode with this refrain: "Tonight, we bring you another thrilling episode of Silent Service stories, of warfare under the sea." Many of the episodes focused on the history of specific submarines, including: ⁕USS Sculpin ⁕USS Nautilus, the first atomic submarine ⁕USS Perch ⁕USS Tang ⁕USS S-38 ⁕USS Tirante ⁕USS Bergall ⁕USS Spearfish ⁕USS Triton ⁕USS Wahoo, and ⁕USS Gato, subject of the series finale. Actors appearing on The Silent Service included Russell Johnson, cast three times in the role of the character "Beach". DeForest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy appeared in two episodes each as Lieutenant Commander James Dempsey and as Sonarman, respectively. Jerry Paris and Liam Sullivan each guest starred twice. Eric Morris appeared in nineteen episodes identified only as "Soldier". Other guest stars included Joe Conley, Mike Connors, Lawrence Dobkin, Ron Hagerthy, Adam Kennedy, Robert Knapp, Paul Richards, Bing Russell, Craig Stevens, Dennis Weaver and Stuart Whitman.
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Duel at Apache Wells
Title: Duel at Apache Wells
Character: Dean Cannary
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: O. Henry Playhouse
Character: Robert Arnold
Released: January 23, 1957
Type: TV
The O. Henry Playhouse was an early American anthology television series which featured television adaptations of short stories written by 19th-century author O. Henry and primarily set in New York City. The series was both hosted and narrated by Thomas Mitchell, who portrayed the title character, and featured several television and film stars during its run such as DeForest Kelley, Lisa Montell, Otto Kruger, Max Showalter and Ernest Borgnine. The series was syndicated and initially ran from January 23 to May 25, 1957, and its final episode aired on November 19 of that year.
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Guns Don't Argue
Title: Guns Don't Argue
Character: Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
The actions of various criminals such as Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde and Baby Face Nelson are reenacted in this film.
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Frontier Gambler
Title: Frontier Gambler
Character: Tony Burton
Released: July 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A deputy marshal arrives in the small western town of Fairweather to investigate the death of a beautiful gambler known as "The Princess".
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The Maverick Queen
Title: The Maverick Queen
Character: The Stranger
Released: May 3, 1956
Type: Movie
A Pinkerton detective goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of thieves whose boss is a feisty lady saloonkeeper. Complications ensue.
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Blonde Bait
Title: Blonde Bait
Character: Nick Randall
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Scotland Yard, as his girlfriend, Angela Booth, is currently in a British prison. Angela has refused to give Nick up to the law, so the combined authorities arrange for Angela to escape, aided by stoolie Gran' Ramsey who is at the same prison. The police will then follow Angela to Nick. Gran' stages the getaway, and the two women, accompanied by a third convict, Marguerite, whose prison-born baby is about to be turned over to welfare authorities. It is up to Gran' to keep the police informed of Angela's movements without being detected by the escapees, until Angela contacts Nick. This film is a reworking of principal footage from the UK film WOMEN WITHOUT MEN (1955), q.v., which, with added new footage (including scenes with original star Beverly Michaels), significantly revises the plot and central characters from a story about a wrongly imprisoned waif to one about a gangster's moll.
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The Wild Dakotas
Title: The Wild Dakotas
Character: Aaron Baring
Released: February 28, 1956
Type: Movie
When Aaron Baring signs on as wagon master for a group of settlers headed to Montana's Powder River Valley, his dictatorial style soon creates problems. When the settlers reach their destination, Baring unwisely declares war on the local Indians. When savvy frontier scout Jim Henry tries to promote cooperation between the natives and the newly arrived settlers, Baring responds by having Williams whipped.
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The Bottom of the Bottle
Title: The Bottom of the Bottle
Character: George Cady
Released: February 1, 1956
Type: Movie
An alcoholic escaped convict asks his Arizona lawyer brother to help him cross the Mexican border.
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The Vanishing American
Title: The Vanishing American
Character: Glendon
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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Last of the Desperados
Title: Last of the Desperados
Character: Chief Deputy John Poe
Released: October 31, 1955
Type: Movie
After killing Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett is relentlessly dogged by members of the Kid's gang.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Jubal Gray
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: Gainer
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: Clell Williams
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: Ben Rawlins
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: Jim Basset
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: Dave Carpenter
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: Luke Rumbaugh
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: Wes Cameron
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: Amos Carver
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: Sheriff Shackwood
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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The Last Command
Title: The Last Command
Character: Ben Evans
Released: August 3, 1955
Type: Movie
During the Texas War of Independence of 1836 American frontiersman and pioneer Jim Bowie pleads for caution with the rebellious Texicans. They don't heed his advice since he's a Mexican citizen, married to the daughter of the Mexican vice-governor of the province and a friend to General Santa Anna since the days they had fought together for Mexico's independence. After serving as president for 22 years, Santa Anna has become too powerful and arrogant. He rules Mexico with an iron fist and he would not allow Texas to self-govern. Bowie sides with the Texans in their bid for independence and urges a cautious strategy, given Santa Anna's power and cunning. Despite the disagreement between the Texicans and Bowie regarding the right strategy they ask Bowie to lead them in a last-ditch stand, at Alamo, against General Santa Anna's numerically superior forces.
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Timberjack
Title: Timberjack
Character: Poole
Released: February 18, 1955
Type: Movie
A young man seeks his father's killers among lumberjacks, and discovers that they are actually timber barons who also seek to control lumber mills. Based on the novel of the same name.
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Title: The Millionaire
Character: Jim Driskill
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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Hell's Outpost
Title: Hell's Outpost
Character: Sam Horne
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 Outlaw's Daughter
Title: The Outlaw's Daughter
Character: Marshal Dan Porter
Released: November 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Led astray by outlaw leader Jess, the "outlaw's daughter" Kate joins Jess' gang and follows in her dad's footsteps. Town marshal Dan tries his best to reform the girl, but this proves difficult inasmuch as Kate holds Dan responsible for her father's death. Only after most of the bad guys have been decimated by Dan does Kate discover the true identity of her dad's murderer. Having fallen in love with Kate, marshal Dan offers to let her escape prosecution, but she's made of sterner stuff than that.
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Title: December Bride
Released: October 4, 1954
Type: TV
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.
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Title: Lassie
Released: September 12, 1954
Type: TV
Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.
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The Outcast
Title: The Outcast
Character: Major Linton Cosgrave
Released: August 15, 1954
Type: Movie
Thanks to the chicanery of his crooked uncle Major Cosgrave, Jet has been cheated out of his father's property and branded a pariah. He spends the rest of the film trying to regain his birthright and clear his name. The two women in Jet's life are Judy Polsen, who chases him for so long that he finally catches her, and Alice Austin, Major Cosgrave's fianee.
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The Big Chase
Title: The Big Chase
Character: Brad Bellows
Released: June 18, 1954
Type: Movie
A policeman (Glenn Langan) with a pregnant wife (Adele Jergens) winds up chasing a payroll thief (Lon Chaney Jr.) into Mexico by helicopter.
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Jubilee Trail
Title: Jubilee Trail
Character: Silky
Released: May 15, 1954
Type: Movie
A wild-west trader and his New York wife head out for the California by wagon train. The trader is killed enroute, and his wife finds herself with child. She continues on hoping to find a man and a home.
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Title: Stories of the Century
Character: Matt Clark
Released: January 23, 1954
Type: TV
Stories of the Century is a 39-episode Western television series starring Jim Davis that ran in syndication through Republic Pictures between January 23, 1954, and March 11, 1955.
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Woman They Almost Lynched
Title: Woman They Almost Lynched
Character: Cole Younger
Released: March 20, 1953
Type: Movie
Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council, take no side in the ongoing Civil War and they're prepared to hang any troublemaker, Yankee or Confederate, who stirs the townsfolk up.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Cole Treuitt
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Ride the Man Down
Title: Ride the Man Down
Character: Red Courteen
Released: November 25, 1952
Type: Movie
After Celia's father dies, a war erupts over control of his land.
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Title: Cavalcade of America
Character: J.L. Armstrong
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: TV
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Originally on CBS, the series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds. This was consistent with DuPont's overall conservative philosophy and legacy as an American company dating back to 1802. The company's motto, "Maker of better things for better living through chemistry," was read at the beginning of each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation.
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The Big Sky
Title: The Big Sky
Character: Streak
Released: August 19, 1952
Type: Movie
Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to contend with.
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Woman of the North Country
Title: Woman of the North Country
Character: Steve Powell
Released: July 23, 1952
Type: Movie
In 1890 Minnesota Christine Powell is the scheming head of the Powell dynasty, the richest mining empire of the era. But the Powell mine deposits are diminishing. The Mesabi range represents a whole new productive area but the rights to mine there are held by a young geological engineer, Kyle Ramlo. The latter reaches an impasse when he needs money to continue his experimentation with open-pit mining and goes to Miss Powell for financing. She displays great interest in both his inventive mining method and in him personally but secretly plots to destroy him and take over his Masabi rights. The gullible Ramlo falls into clutches while the girl he really loves, Cathy Norlund, tries desperately to open his eyes to Christine's scheme.
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Title: Gang Busters
Released: March 20, 1952
Type: TV
Gang Busters is a 30 minute television series, hosted by Chester Morris, that aired on NBC from March 20 to Oct. 23, 1952. The series dramatized FBI cases.
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Rose of Cimarron
Title: Rose of Cimarron
Character: Willie Whitewater
Released: January 28, 1952
Type: Movie
A white girl raised by Indians sets out to find out who murdered her adoptive parents.
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Title: Dangerous Assignment
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: TV
A U.S. government agent travels the world on undercover missions in this 1950s series. Star Brian Donlevy originated the role on radio in the '40s.
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The Sea Hornet
Title: The Sea Hornet
Character: Tony Sullivan
Released: November 6, 1951
Type: Movie
"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later when his buddy is killed, attempting to blow up the sunken ship, on the orders of Suntan Radford and Tony Sullivan, deep-sea diver "Gunner" McNeil has his suspicions aroused... especially since Suntan is the daughter of the ship's captain that died when the ship sunk, and Sullivan was a crew member. Plus the fact the ship had over a million dollars in cash on board. During the course of his investigation, he becomes romantically involved with Ginger Sullivan
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Silver Canyon
Title: Silver Canyon
Character: Wade McQuarrie
Released: June 19, 1951
Type: Movie
At the close of the Civil War, a band of Southern guerillas disguised themselves as Union soldiers, the better to perform acts of sabotage in Utah. Autry plays a cavalry scout who goes after guerilla leader McQuarrie.
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Little Big Horn
Title: Little Big Horn
Character: Cpl. Doan Moylan
Released: June 15, 1951
Type: Movie
Two cavalry officers (Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland) lead a patrol to warn Gen. Custer about an ambush.
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Cavalry Scout
Title: Cavalry Scout
Character: Lt. Spaulding
Released: May 13, 1951
Type: Movie
Kirby Frye, a former Confederate officer but now a Union Cavalry scout, is sent into Montana territory to locate and retrieve three Gatling Guns stolen from the U.S. Arsenal by outlaws believed to have taken them west to sell to the Soiux and Cheyenne. The trail leads him to Red Bluff where, aided by Claire Corville, he and the audience discover together and real quick like that Martin Gavin, a supposedly-honest operator of a freight line, has the guns and intends to exchange them to the Indians for furs.
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Oh! Susanna
Title: Oh! Susanna
Character: Ira Jordan
Released: March 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Unable to keep peace between frontier Indians and the US Cavalry, a heroic Captain risks court-martial to prevent bloodshed.
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Three Desperate Men
Title: Three Desperate Men
Character: Fred Denton
Released: January 12, 1951
Type: Movie
When they learn that their brother Matt Denton is awaiting trial in California, charged with train robbery, deputies Tom Denton and Fred Denton leave their home in Fort Grant, Texas and head west. They arrive in Tulare just in time to rescue Matt from being hanged, but a guard is killed during their escape. Ed Larkin who framed Matt, falsely accuses them of a long list of crimes. They return to Fort Grant so that Tom can see his sweetheart Laura Brook. They encounter outlaw Bill Devlin who persuades them to hold up a train which Laura unwittingly told them would carry a large payroll. Soon the whole territory is enraged at their deeds. They return to Fort Grant to hold up the two banks that are filled with huge sums of cattle money.
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California Passage
Title: California Passage
Character: Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
Released: December 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his partner for a stagecoach robbery, he fights to secure an acquittal.
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The Showdown
Title: The Showdown
Character: Cochran
Released: August 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has the ruthless determination to find and kill the man who shot his brother in the back and stole the money with which he was to buy a ranch for the two of them. At the saloon-hotel run by Adelaide, Shadrach is convinced that one of the cowhands on the Captain McKellar cattle drive to Montana is his man. He takes the job of trail-herd boss to find the killer. McKellar preaches to Jones that he should forget revenge and let the law of retribution take care of the killer. Shadrach's hard driving of the men and his hunt for the killer makes him bitterly hated, and his retribution quest ends in a manner he did not anticipated.
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The Cariboo Trail
Title: The Cariboo Trail
Character: Miller
Released: August 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A cattleman fights to establish a ranch in the middle of gold country.
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Hi-Jacked
Title: Hi-Jacked
Character: Joe Harper
Released: July 7, 1950
Type: Movie
A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.
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The Savage Horde
Title: The Savage Horde
Character: Lt. Mike Baker
Released: May 22, 1950
Type: Movie
A charismatic gunfighter who is on the run takes refuge in a frontier cattle town and attempts to help a group of ranchers against a wealthy cattle baron.
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Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Title: Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Character: Joe Tascarelli
Released: September 14, 1949
Type: Movie
At a college, a group of ex-GIs clash with their wives about over playing football.
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Brimstone
Title: Brimstone
Character: Nick Courteen
Released: August 15, 1949
Type: Movie
A U.S. Marshal goes undercover to stop a cattle smuggling gang, but when his cover is blown, the hunter becomes the hunted.
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Hellfire
Title: Hellfire
Character: Gyp Stoner
Released: May 29, 1949
Type: Movie
Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher's mission of building a church. Frustrated in his attempts to get donations, Zeb attempts to capture fugitive Doll Brown in order to obtain the reward. But he finds that there's more to Doll than meets the eye. When his old friend Bucky McLean shows up gunning for Doll, Zeb sees a chance to redeem them all... one way or another.
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Red Stallion In The Rockies
Title: Red Stallion In The Rockies
Character: Dave Ryder
Released: May 2, 1949
Type: Movie
Horse story with Dynamite, The Red Stallion...
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Character: Slave Overseer (uncredited)
Released: April 18, 1949
Type: Movie
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.
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Winter Meeting
Title: Winter Meeting
Character: Slick Novak
Released: April 7, 1948
Type: Movie
A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems.
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The Fabulous Texan
Title: The Fabulous Texan
Character: Sam Bass
Released: November 9, 1947
Type: Movie
A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into an armed camp with a quasi-dictator gathering up land and power as fast as he can. The two former Rebels take on this despot each in his own way.
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Merton of the Movies
Title: Merton of the Movies
Character: Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1947
Type: Movie
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.
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Gallant Bess
Title: Gallant Bess
Character: Harry
Released: December 5, 1946
Type: Movie
Marshall Thompson stars in this MGM drama about a young soldier's devotion to a horse he rescues during WWII. (Not to be confused with "Adventures of Gallant Bess", another film released two years later.)
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Up Goes Maisie
Title: Up Goes Maisie
Character: Matthews (Uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
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Swing Shift Maisie
Title: Swing Shift Maisie
Character: Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
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Pilot #5
Title: Pilot #5
Character: Military Policeman
Released: June 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With only one working fighter of their own, and five pilots anxious to fly it, the Dutch commander chooses George Collins to fly a mission to drop a 500-lb bomb on the Japanese carrier lying offshore. As the flight progresses, the commander asks the other pilots to tell him about George. They recount his rise from brilliant law student, through the time he became involved in the corrupt machine of his state's Governor, and his attempts to redeem himself, both in his own eyes, and in Fredie, his long-time love.
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Stand by for Action
Title: Stand by for Action
Character: Talker (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1942
Type: Movie
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly in rank, and is now Junior Aide to Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas.
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White Cargo
Title: White Cargo
Character: Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
Released: December 12, 1942
Type: Movie
In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the Congo in 1910. He tells the story of a love-hate triangle involving Harry Witzel, an in-country station superintendent who'd seen it all, Langford, a new manager sent from England for a four-year stint, and Tondelayo, a siren of great beauty who desires silk and baubles. Witzel is gruff and seasoned, certain that Langford won't be able to cut it. Langford responds with determination and anger, attracted to Tondelayo because of her beauty, her wiles, and to get at Witzel. Manipulation, jealousy, revenge, and responsibility play out as alliances within the triangle shift.
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Tennessee Johnson
Title: Tennessee Johnson
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1942
Type: Movie
The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.
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Keep 'Em Sailing
Title: Keep 'Em Sailing
Character: Joseph Cummins
Released: November 28, 1942
Type: Movie
An FBI agent goes undercover to investigate the sabotage of American cargo ships.
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Northwest Rangers
Title: Northwest Rangers
Character: Mountie with Warrant
Released: October 28, 1942
Type: Movie
Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious gambler.