Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene

Born: February 12, 1915
Died: September 11, 1987
in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lorne Greene (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987), was the stage name of Lyon Himan Green, OC, a Canadian actor.

His television roles include Ben Cartwright on the western Bonanza, and Commander Adama in the science fiction movie and subsequent TV Series Battlestar Galactica. He also worked on the Canadian television nature documentary series Lorne Greene's New Wilderness, and in television commercials as a dog food spokesman.

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Movies for Lorne Greene...

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Title: The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Character: Gen. Sam Houston
Released: November 11, 1987
Type: Movie
Against orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces.
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Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
Title: Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
Character: Theo
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Gino, a bank executive is not having a good day. After giving birth to their eighth child, his wife insists that he have a vasectomy, something he doesn't even want to think about. On top of that, he discovers that other family members are stealing money from his bank.
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Noah's Ark
Title: Noah's Ark
Character: Noah (voice)
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
The story of the Prophet Noah. Violence and corruption fill the earth. To punish this wickedness, God vows to send a cleansing flood. Only one man - Noah - and his family will be spared because they alone honor God's law. God commands him to build an ark and fill it with two of every animal. Once building is under way, Noah and his sons face scorn and sabotage from their sinful neighbors - but they persevere. Noah's faith is vindicated when the heavens erupt with a rainy torrent for 40 days. But God's test of Noah's courage and commitment is just beginning.
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The Canadian Conspiracy
Title: The Canadian Conspiracy
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infiltrate American culture through employing Canadians in the U.S. entertainment industry.
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Title: Highway to Heaven
Released: September 19, 1984
Type: TV
A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.
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Title: Reading Rainbow
Character: Himself - Narrator (voice)
Released: June 6, 1983
Type: TV
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
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The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice
Title: The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
After her mechanical nutcracker is broken by her brother, Clara falls asleep under the Christmas tree with the broken nutcracker in her arms and enters a dream world where the toys come alive.
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Heidi's Song
Title: Heidi's Song
Character: Grandfather
Released: November 19, 1982
Type: Movie
Orphan Heidi lives with her grandpa in Swiss Alps. She brings joy to all there. However, her aunt takes her to the city to live as a servant girl to a cold rich strict family and their nice but sad handicapped daughter.
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Title: Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
Character: Narrator
Released: September 14, 1982
Type: TV
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness was a Canadian television nature documentary series starting in 1982 starring Lorne Greene. The series initially aired on CTV but was later widely syndicated. It was a followup to an earlier, similar 1970s documentary series entitled Untamed World. It is a multiple award-winning wildlife program, number one in its time slot for five years running, and provides stunning photography coupled with a genuine feeling for the subject matter. There are 104 episodes in the series, each 30 minutes long.
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Title: Police Squad!
Character: Stabbed Man
Released: March 4, 1982
Type: TV
In this cult parody of cop dramas, replete with farce and sight gags, Lieutenant Frank Drebin and his fellow officers from Police Squad bungle their way though crime investigations.
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Title: Code Red
Character: Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek
Released: September 20, 1981
Type: TV
Code Red is an American drama series that ran from 1981 to 1982 on ABC and was produced by Irwin Allen. The series revolves around the family and crew of L.A. Battalion Fire Chief Joe Rorchek.
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Conquest of the Earth
Title: Conquest of the Earth
Character: Adama
Released: July 1, 1981
Type: Movie
The Battlestar Galactica and its ragtag fleet of ships finally arrive at the Earth, only to discover that the planet is not prepared for the inevitable Cylon invasion.
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Title: Aloha Paradise
Released: February 25, 1981
Type: TV
Aloha Paradise is an American comedy series that aired on ABC on Wednesday night from February 25, 1981 to April 22, 1981. Aloha Paradise follows Sydney Chase, general manager of the Kona village resort in Hawaii where people meet and fall in love under the swaying palm trees and omnipresent sun. There's an assortment of assistants to direct traffic and play cupid— Sydney's bumbling file clerk Curtis, her perky social director Fran, he-guy lifeguard Richard and economy-sized bartender Evelyn. Aloha Paradise was executive produced by Douglas S. Cramer and Aaron Spelling, the same team that produced The Love Boat which the series bore a resemblance to.
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A Time for Miracles
Title: A Time for Miracles
Character: Bishop John Carroll
Released: December 21, 1980
Type: Movie
Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity, is the subject of this inspiring biopic. After the tragic death of her husband, Seton converts to Catholicism. Once again, she suffers terrible loss when two of her children die, but goes on to found the American Sisters of Charity and the first American Catholic schools. Seton died in 1826 and was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1975.
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Title: The Alan Thicke Show
Released: September 15, 1980
Type: TV
The Alan Thicke Show was a Canadian talk show hosted by Alan Thicke. It aired on CTV between 1980 and 1983. The show aired in different versions also re-titled as Prime Cuts and as Fast Company. After the departure of the Alan Hamel Show from CTV's daytime lineup in 1980, Alan Thicke stepped in with his own successful one-hour talk show. Airing from September 1980 to fall of 1983, Thicke's show also birthed Prime Cuts, a prime-time half-hour series, using segments from the show. Produced at BCTV Vancouver, it facilitated easier access for U.S. guests. Thicke's Canadian run lasted three years before he moved to the U.S. for a similar but less successful syndicated show, Thicke of the Night.
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Title: Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
Released: February 1, 1980
Type: TV
These televised specials present stunning, live performances from master magicians Siegfried and Roy. Featuring wild animals, mind-boggling illusions and dancing girls in spectacular and exciting shows.
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Title: Galactica 1980
Character: Commander Adama
Released: January 27, 1980
Type: TV
30 years after the original Battlestar Galactica series. Upon reaching Earth, the inhabitants of the renegade starfleet take action when they realize earthlings aren't advanced enough to help battle the Cylons.
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Klondike Fever
Title: Klondike Fever
Character: Inspector Sam Steele
Released: January 12, 1980
Type: Movie
This movie chronicles Jack London's epic journey from San Francisco to the Klondike gold fields in 1898.
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A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Title: A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Character: Ben Cartwright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of Sesame Street. The special aired on individual PBS stations at various times between March and May 1979. (Muppet Wiki)
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Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
Title: Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
Character: Cmdr. Adama
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Running low on fuel, the Battlestar Galactica receives the help of the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus which is taking the offensive with the Cylons.
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The Little Brown Burro
Title: The Little Brown Burro
Character: Storyteller (voice)
Released: December 15, 1978
Type: Movie
A sad little burro who feels that no one wants him and that he doesn't belong anywhere finds out differently when he is bought by Joseph to transport Mary on their travel to Jerusalem for the birth of Jesus.
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Title: Vega$
Released: September 20, 1978
Type: TV
Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas. The show stars Robert Urich as private detective Dan Tanna, who drove around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.
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Title: Battlestar Galactica
Character: Commander Adama
Released: September 17, 1978
Type: TV
When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander Adama and the crew of the battlestar Galactica lead a ragtag fleet of human survivors in search of a "mythical planet" called Earth.
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Battlestar Galactica
Title: Battlestar Galactica
Character: Commander Adama
Released: September 16, 1978
Type: Movie
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth. This film is adapted from a television series that aired on ABC from September 17, 1978, to August 17, 1980. The first and fifth episodes of the series were edited into this theatrical feature film. Taken together, the two episodes ran 148 minutes, without commercials, while the film runs 125 minutes.
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The Bastard
Title: The Bastard
Character: Bishop Francis
Released: May 22, 1978
Type: Movie
Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath of his father's family and is forced to flee to America, where he becomes involved in the events leading to the American Revolution. (Episodes 1 and 2 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)
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The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Title: The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Character: Wade Griffin
Released: January 23, 1978
Type: Movie
Former police captain and his assistant investigate extortion and murder at a dating service.
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Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
Title: Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
Character: Self
Released: November 24, 1977
Type: Movie
Celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Hanna-Barbera partnership.
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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Title: The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Character: Matthew Arnold Watson
Released: September 30, 1977
Type: Movie
The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial.
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Title: The Love Boat
Character: Buck Hamilton
Released: September 24, 1977
Type: TV
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
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SST: Death Flight
Title: SST: Death Flight
Character: Marshall Cole
Released: February 25, 1977
Type: Movie
On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu onboard.
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Title: The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Released: January 30, 1977
Type: TV
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as amateur sleuth brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, respectively, and Pamela Sue Martin as girl detective Nancy Drew. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was unusual in that it often dealt with the characters individually, in an almost anthological style. That is, some episodes featured only the Hardy Boys and others only Nancy Drew.
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Title: Roots
Released: January 23, 1977
Type: TV
The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.
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Title: Roots
Character: John Reynolds
Released: January 23, 1977
Type: TV
The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.
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Title: Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Character: George Quartermain
Released: December 4, 1976
Type: TV
Two ambitious vice presidents become rivals when an imminent board room vacancy arises.
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Title: Donny & Marie
Character: Self
Released: January 23, 1976
Type: TV
Donny & Marie is an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show stars brother and sister pop duo Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond. Donny had first become popular singing in a music group with his brothers, The Osmonds, and Marie was one of the youngest singers to reach #1 on the Billboard Country Music charts. The siblings were offered a weekly show by ABC-TV President Fred Silverman after he saw the duo co-host a week on The Mike Douglas Show which followed their series of popular remakes of oldies, such as "I'm Leaving It Up To You", "Morning Side Of The Mountain", "Deep Purple" and "Make The World Go Away". Donny and Marie were the youngest entertainers in TV history to host their own variety show. A year later, The Keane Brothers would break this record.
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Man on the Outside
Title: Man on the Outside
Character: Wade Griffin
Released: June 29, 1975
Type: Movie
A retired police captain storms angrily out of retirement when his son is shot down before his eyes and his grandson is kidnapped by a syndicate killer in this pilot for Lorne Greene's brief "Griff" series, which went off the air 18 months before this film was aired.
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Nevada Smith
Title: Nevada Smith
Character: Jonas Cord
Released: May 3, 1975
Type: Movie
A half-breed gunslinger and a friend he hasn't seen in years join together to escort a shipment of explosives across Utah.
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Wings in the Wilderness
Title: Wings in the Wilderness
Character: Self
Released: January 17, 1975
Type: Movie
The first man to train or imprint Canada geese goslings using a radio-controlled model airplane is documented in this award-winning film that thrills audiences with the first shots of the geese taken from a camera mounted on that airplane.
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High Country Calling
Title: High Country Calling
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Nature study of a photographer raising a pack of wolf cubs. Narrated by Lorne Greene.
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Earthquake
Title: Earthquake
Character: Sam Royce
Released: November 15, 1974
Type: Movie
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
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Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
Title: Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
Character: Hercule
Released: May 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different segments: in the first, a computer falls in love with its programmer; in the second, a World War II vet falls in love with a murderer; in the third, a woman falls in love with a penniless painter.
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Title: Griff
Released: September 29, 1973
Type: TV
Griff is an American crime drama starring Lorne Greene and Ben Murphy, which aired on ABC from September 29, 1973, to January 4, 1974.
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Title: The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Character: Self
Released: September 14, 1973
Type: TV
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts is a NBC television special show hosted by entertainer Dean Martin from 1974 to 1984. For a series of 54 specials and shows, Martin would periodically "roast" a celebrity. These roasts were patterned after the roasts held at the New York Friars' Club in New York City. The format would have the celebrity guest seated at a banquet table, and one by one the guest of honor was affectionately chided or insulted about his career by his fellow celebrity friends. In 1973, The Dean Martin Show was declining in popularity. The final season of his variety show would be retooled into one of celebrity roasts, requiring less of Martin's involvement. For the 1973–1974 season, a new feature called “Man of the Week Celebrity Roast" was added to try to pick up the ratings. The roasts seemed to be popular among television audiences and are often marketed in post-issues as part of the official Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts and not The Dean Martin Show. After The Dean Martin Show was cancelled in 1974, NBC drew up a contract with Martin to do several specials and do more roast specials. Starting with Bob Hope in 1974, the roast was taped in California and turned out to be a hit, leading to many other roasts to follow.
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Title: To the Wild Country
Character: Host
Released: November 19, 1972
Type: TV
Naturalists John and Janet Foster lead a series of expeditions into the remotest regions of Canada, revealing the spectacular features and wildlife of its vast system of National Parks. From Pacific Rim National Park to Gros Morne National Park, they travel from one end to the other of the world’s second largest country.
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The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey
Title: The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey
Character: Narrator
Released: October 6, 1972
Type: Movie
Nature film that takes place in the Yukon as it follows am Eskimo named Amaluk
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Death Follows a Psycho
Title: Death Follows a Psycho
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Private eye Wade Griffin finds himself in an intense stand-off with a "human time-bomb", who is holding four people hostage and will kill them all unless Griffin delivers the person that the bomber really wants dead.
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The Special London Bridge Special
Title: The Special London Bridge Special
Character: Fiddler on the Roof
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
In 1972, the Arizona State Park bought the London Bridge. Tom Jones (as himself) is magically transported to the bridge's new location where he, befuddled, sings with other celebrities, has adventures and gets kidnapped by “the villain”.
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Title: Appointment With Destiny
Character: Narrator
Released: November 19, 1971
Type: TV
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The Harness
Title: The Harness
Character: Peter Randall
Released: November 12, 1971
Type: Movie
A gentle John Steinbeck tale from 1938 about a farmer who is dominated by his ailing wife until a free-minded young woman turns up at his ranch with her eight-year-old son.
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Title: V.I.P. Schaukel
Character: Self
Released: May 9, 1971
Type: TV
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Title: The Pet Set
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1971
Type: TV
Each episode of this part talk show, part docuseries begins with animal-loving celebrities showcasing their pets. The showcase transitions into a documentary segment on the species previously showcased, followed by a discussion with an animal expert, and concluding with host Betty White and sometimes her guest stars outside with a wild animal.
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A Place in History
Title: A Place in History
Character: Narrator
Released: October 14, 1970
Type: Movie
A documentary on Dwight Eisenhower shown at the Eisenhower library.
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Ride the Wind
Title: Ride the Wind
Character: Ben Cartwright
Released: February 27, 1970
Type: Movie
The international theatrical release of the 1966 William Witney feature cowboy western movie made from two 1966 episodes of the television series "Bonanza", entitled "Ride the Wind"
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A Man for Loving
Title: A Man for Loving
Character: James Beal
Released: January 12, 1970
Type: Movie
James Beal is an advertising executive in his fifties who still lives his itfe at a pace that leaves his friends exhausted. But the moment of truth oomes to every man sooner or later—even to James.
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The Gifts
Title: The Gifts
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
The Gifts is a 1970 American short documentary film about water pollution in the United States. The film was produced by Robert McBride for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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Destiny of a Spy
Title: Destiny of a Spy
Character: Peter Vanin
Released: October 27, 1969
Type: Movie
A veteran Russian spy is brought out of retirement to be sent to the West to do an important sabotage job. However, he finds himself falling in love with an attractive British double agent.
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Title: The Johnny Cash Show
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 1969
Type: TV
The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No. 17 in the Nielsen ratings in 1970. Cash opened each show, and its regulars included members of his touring troupe, June Carter Cash and the Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, and The Tennessee Three, with Australian-born musical director-arranger-conductor Bill Walker. The Statler Brothers performed brief comic interludes. It featured many folk-country musicians, such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Merle Haggard, James Taylor and Tammy Wynette. It also featured other musicians such as jazz great Louis Armstrong, who died eight months after appearing on the show.
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The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Title: The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: December 19, 1968
Type: Movie
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
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A Way Out of the Wilderness
Title: A Way Out of the Wilderness
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A Way Out of the Wilderness is a 1968 American short documentary film produced by Dan E. Weisburd. It describes and illustrates steps being taken by the Plymouth State Home and Training School, Northville, Michigan, to bring mentally impaired children out of the wilderness into the mainstream of life. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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Rowan & Martin At the Movies
Title: Rowan & Martin At the Movies
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out that trumpet player Herb Alpert is the only other performer listed in the credits who is actually there in person. The others appear in clips, some from their own U.S. Savings Bonds spots, others from unidentified movie or TV appearances. Singer Barbara McNair is shown entertaining U.S. troops in Viet Nam, and the youth group The Young Americans also sings.
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Title: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 1967
Type: TV
An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
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Christmas with Lorne Greene
Title: Christmas with Lorne Greene
Released: December 1, 1966
Type: Movie
The Bonanza star hosts this yuletide half-hour with the UNICEF Children's Choir on their imaginary trip to the Charles Dickens-era of England.
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Title: Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1966
Type: TV
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Title: The Dean Martin Show
Released: September 16, 1965
Type: TV
The Dean Martin Show, also known as The Dean Martin Variety Show, is a TV variety-comedy series that ran from 1965 to 1974 for 264 episodes. It was broadcast by NBC and hosted by entertainer Dean Martin. The theme song to the series was his 1964 hit "Everybody Loves Somebody."
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Title: Die Drehscheibe
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 1964
Type: TV
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self - Guest Host
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Merv Griffin Show
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Title: The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1962
Type: Movie
A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches.
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Title: The Third Man
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
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Title: Bonanza
Character: Ben Cartwright
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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The Hangman
Title: The Hangman
Character: Clem J. Cummings
Released: June 17, 1959
Type: Movie
A marshal nicknamed "The Hangman" because of his track record in hunting down and capturing wanted criminals traces a robbery suspect to a small town. However, the man is known and liked in the town, and the citizens band together to try to help him avoid capture.
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The Trap
Title: The Trap
Character: Davis
Released: January 28, 1959
Type: Movie
Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit from the country. Ralph's arrival has a profound effect on his estranged father, the sheriff; his brother Tip, an alcoholic deputy; and his ex-sweetheart Linda, now married to Tip. Tension builds as a small army of gangsters takes over the town. Then the situation abruptly changes...
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The Buccaneer
Title: The Buccaneer
Character: Mercier
Released: December 11, 1958
Type: Movie
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
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Title: Kraft Music Hall
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 8, 1958
Type: TV
Kraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s in the musical variety genre, sponsored by Kraft Foods, the producers of a well-known line of cheeses and related dairy products. Their commercials were usually announced by "The Voice of Kraft", Ed Herlihy.
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Title: Bronco
Released: September 23, 1958
Type: TV
Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.
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The Last of the Fast Guns
Title: The Last of the Fast Guns
Character: Michael O'Reilly
Released: July 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A rich, dying Easterner hires gunfighter Brad Ellison to find his brother and heir in Mexico. En route, it becomes clear to Ellison that his is a dying profession. At a remote rancho, Ellison enlists ranch foreman Miles Lang to help him search the hills where the missing man is rumored to have lived. They find nothing ...except that someone wants to kill them; and Ellison becomes wrapped in a maze of double crosses.
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The Gift of Love
Title: The Gift of Love
Character: Grant Allan
Released: February 11, 1958
Type: Movie
Fearing she will die, a physicist's wife hopes her husband will be consoled by the orphan she adopts.
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Peyton Place
Title: Peyton Place
Character: District Attorney
Released: December 13, 1957
Type: Movie
In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison -- by adopting a chaste, prudish attitude towards all things sexual. In spite of herself, Constance can't help but be attracted to handsome new teacher Michael Rossi. Meanwhile, the restless Allison, who'd like to be as footloose and fancy-free as the town's "fast girl" Betty Anderson, falls sincerely in love with mixed-up mama's boy Norman Page.
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The Hard Man
Title: The Hard Man
Character: Rice Martin
Released: December 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A Texas Ranger turns deputy sheriff; a woman wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband.
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The Edge of Innocence
Title: The Edge of Innocence
Character: Lowell Williams
Released: October 31, 1957
Type: Movie
An unscrupulous criminal lawyer falls in love with a wealthy widow and becomes involved with her brother's disappearance and murder.
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Title: Suspicion
Character: Monty
Released: September 30, 1957
Type: TV
Suspicion is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1959. The executive producer of Suspicion was film director Alfred Hitchcock.
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Mayerling
Title: Mayerling
Character: Emperor's Aide
Released: February 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Mayerling is the name of a notorious Austrian village linked to a romantic tragedy. At a royal hunting lodge there, in 1889, Crown Prince Rudolf--desperate over his father's command to put away his teenage mistress, the Baroness Marie Vetsera--shot her to death and killed himself. The misfortune may indeed have been a murder-suicide, but perhaps it was a political assassination, or even the result of a lunatic family vendetta: scholarship is still catching up with the facts.
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Autumn Leaves
Title: Autumn Leaves
Character: Mr. Hanson
Released: August 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Mr. X
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Folio
Character: Beethoven
Released: September 25, 1955
Type: TV
Folio, a precursor to CBC's renowned fine-arts series Festival, aired for four years starting in 1956. The series showcased original dramas, music compositions, and ballets, many originating from diverse regions across Canada. Notable episodes featured Barry Morse in a new staging of MacBeth, along with performances by Canadian talents like Robert Goulet and Sharon Acker. One of the highlights included a musical adaptation of the beloved Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables. Airing without sponsorship, Folio thrived until its conclusion in the fall of 1960. Producers: Robert Allen, Harvey Hart, David Greene, Mario Prizek and Ronald Weyman.
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Title: Folio
Character: Patiomkin
Released: September 25, 1955
Type: TV
Folio, a precursor to CBC's renowned fine-arts series Festival, aired for four years starting in 1956. The series showcased original dramas, music compositions, and ballets, many originating from diverse regions across Canada. Notable episodes featured Barry Morse in a new staging of MacBeth, along with performances by Canadian talents like Robert Goulet and Sharon Acker. One of the highlights included a musical adaptation of the beloved Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables. Airing without sponsorship, Folio thrived until its conclusion in the fall of 1960. Producers: Robert Allen, Harvey Hart, David Greene, Mario Prizek and Ronald Weyman.
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Title: Cheyenne
Released: September 20, 1955
Type: TV
Cheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.
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Tight Spot
Title: Tight Spot
Character: Benjamin Costain
Released: March 19, 1955
Type: Movie
A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a posh hotel, but the crime kingpin makes attempts to get to her.
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The Silver Chalice
Title: The Silver Chalice
Character: Peter
Released: December 20, 1954
Type: Movie
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Dr. Charles Saunders
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence
Title: Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence
Character: narrator
Released: December 31, 1953
Type: Movie
An educational film from 1953 to encourage parents talk to their children about adolescence.
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1984
Title: 1984
Character: O'Brien
Released: September 21, 1953
Type: Movie
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. Episode 1 of Season 6 of Studio One's anthology series.
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Farewell Oak Street
Title: Farewell Oak Street
Character: Narrator
Released: June 15, 1953
Type: Movie
This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing project in Toronto. Due to a housing shortage, they were forced to live in squalid, dingy flats and ramshackle dwellings on a crowded street in Regent Park North; now they have access to new, modern housing developments designed to offer them privacy, light and space.
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Meaning Of Adolescence
Title: Meaning Of Adolescence
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
An overview of the social, emotional, mental and physical changes which occur in the adolescent with suggestions on how adults can help.
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Age of Turmoil
Title: Age of Turmoil
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
An afternoon and evening in the complicated lives of six teenagers.
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Title: Omnibus
Released: November 9, 1952
Type: TV
Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.
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Eye Witness No. 33
Title: Eye Witness No. 33
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: July 7, 1951
Type: Movie
Vignettes covering S.S. Lurcher, a celebration in Windsor, Ontario and the Sullivan Mine in British Columbia.
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The Cliff Hangers
Title: The Cliff Hangers
Character: Self - Narration (voice)
Released: August 20, 1950
Type: Movie
Over a gleaming ice field and up steep cliffs of bare rock, the camera follows members of the Alpine Club of Canada. Before they set out we are introduced to the climbers' basic equipment and learn the uses of rope and ice axe. Excitement mounts as the alpinists leap gaping chasms, inch their way along icy ledges, and drag themselves up what looks like a sheer wall of rock. Arriving breathless at the top, they pause in triumph for a view of the magnificent mountains lying around their vanquished peak.
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White Fortress
Title: White Fortress
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: July 12, 1949
Type: Movie
This short 1949 documentary studies the impact Canada's National Health Program has had on people who might otherwise not had been able to obtain medical help.
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A Capital Plan
Title: A Capital Plan
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1949
Type: Movie
This short documentary features a portrait of Ottawa in the mid-20th century, as the nascent Canadian capital grew with force but without direction. Street congestion, air pollution, and rail traffic were all the negative results of a city that had grown without being properly planned. French architect and urban designer Jacques Gréber stepped in to create a far-sighted plan for the future development of Ottawa. With tracks moved, factories relocated, and neighbourhoods redesigned as separate communities, Ottawa became the capital city of true beauty and dignity we know today.
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What's on Your Mind
Title: What's on Your Mind
Character: Narrator
Released: December 25, 1948
Type: Movie
The treatment of mental illness and psychological disorders--including electroshock therapy--brought about by the stresses of modern life are shown in this film, which mixes staged scenes with documentary footage.
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Title: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Released: November 25, 1948
Type: TV
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade presented by the U.S. chain store business Macy's. The tradition started in 1924, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States along with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit, with both parades four years younger than the 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia. The three-hour Macy's event is held in New York City starting at 9:00 a.m. EST on Thanksgiving Day.
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Title: Studio One
Character: Minister of the Interior
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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Title: Studio One
Character: Dr. Madison West
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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Title: Studio One
Character: Alexander Ferrando
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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Title: Studio One
Character: Frank Leslie
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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Title: Studio One
Character: Minister of Truth O'Brien
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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Title: Bambi Awards
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: TV
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
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Tomorrow's Citizens
Title: Tomorrow's Citizens
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Examines contemporary educational methods and policies in the light of an age that has released new natural energies, to be used for or against mankind. It reiterates the question sociologists ask: is the development of social responsibility in today's children keeping pace with their technical knowledge?
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Johnny at the Fair
Title: Johnny at the Fair
Released: January 1, 1947
Type: Movie
At the Canadian National Exhibition, a young boy gets separated from his parents and meets some celebrities.
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Headline Hunters
Title: Headline Hunters
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 10, 1945
Type: Movie
Headline Hunters is an 11-minute 1945 Canadian documentary film, part of the wartime Canada Carries On series, produced by Alan Field. The short film was made by the National Film Board of Canada. The film was a tribute to Canadian war correspondents who reported from the front lines in the Second World War.
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Gateway to Asia
Title: Gateway to Asia
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 3, 1945
Type: Movie
This short film highlights the province of British Columbia and its position after World War II. Located on the Pacific Coast, it is the gateway for those travelling to Asia and Russia and a vital link between the rest of Canada and its neighbours in the Far East. The film looks at British Columbia's population, natural resources and industries along with some of its social issues.
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Suffer Little Children
Title: Suffer Little Children
Character: Himself - Narrator
Released: December 3, 1945
Type: Movie
This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series. At the end of World War II there were sixty million sick and starving children in Europe. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration undertook to provide food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education and sympathetic attention to these terrorized victims of war.
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The War Is Over
Title: The War Is Over
Character: Narrator
Released: September 1, 1945
Type: Movie
A short film about the end of World War II and Canada's contribution to the effort.
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Now—The Peace
Title: Now—The Peace
Character: Narrator (uncredited)
Released: May 18, 1945
Type: Movie
Short film produced and directed in 1945 for the National Film Board of Canada series The World in Action. Over its nearly 21-minute running time, circumstances during the immediate postwar period following the Second World War, leading to the formation of the United Nations are discussed.
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Ordeal by Ice
Title: Ordeal by Ice
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1945
Type: Movie
This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series. The secret winter manoeuvres of the British Army's Lovat Scouts took place in the Canadian Rockies during the winters of 1944 and 1945. In combined operations with the Canadian Army, these elite mountain commandos tested themselves and their equipment in temperatures of -50°F.
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Global Air Routes
Title: Global Air Routes
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: July 10, 1944
Type: Movie
Account of the development of air transport during wartime and a review of issues to be solved in regulating international civil aviation.
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Our Northern Neighbour
Title: Our Northern Neighbour
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: July 10, 1944
Type: Movie
A look at Soviet foreign policy and the value of the Soviet Union as an ally.
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Look to the North
Title: Look to the North
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: July 10, 1944
Type: Movie
A look at the development of the Canadian northwest for World War II as well as post-war purposes.
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Trans-Canada Express
Title: Trans-Canada Express
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 14, 1944
Type: Movie
This short documentary from the Canada Carries On series celebrates the contribution of Canada’s railroads to the war effort. The film includes a sequence from Buster Keaton's 1926 silent comedy The General, as well as a re-enactment of Lord Strathcona driving the final spike into the Canadian Pacific Railway Line.
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Train Busters
Title: Train Busters
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 14, 1944
Type: Movie
This short film depicts the strength and resources of the Royal Canadian Air Force, with its 32 overseas squadrons. It includes footage that explains the Allied air strategy of hitting the German army's nerve centres and features Canadian airplanes destroying a German munitions train.
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Fighting Sea-Fleas
Title: Fighting Sea-Fleas
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 13, 1944
Type: Movie
First half of film portrays life in port, including rum issue, distribution of letters, and taking on ammunition, the remainder tells the story of an action against German S-boats, in a stock-shot compilation including some captured film. Officers briefed; boats leave harbour, put to sea, "action", a Nazi naval flag is reclaimed from wreckage in the sea, and the motor torpedo boat (MTB) returns to port flying it below the British White Ensign. Film ends with a sequence showing the funeral of a Canadian seaman.
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Break-through
Title: Break-through
Character: Himself - Narrator
Released: March 13, 1944
Type: Movie
On June 6, 1944, supported by an immense naval armada, Allied troops, including the First Canadian Army, led by General Harry Crerar, launch an amphibious invasion of Normandy, France. Facing a fierce resistance by Nazi forces, the Allied armies establish a beachhead on the Normandy coast. Seeking redemption after their earlier rout at the Dieppe raid in 1942, the Canadians are able to gain control of Juno Beach. Before regrouping for an advance into France, Allied troops are replenished by transport of war materiél and reinforcements. The Canadian contingent is tasked with an attack on Caen, France, held by the German 7th Army.
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The Mask of Nippon
Title: The Mask of Nippon
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 18, 1942
Type: Movie
An anti-Japanese propaganda film produced during World War II.
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Warclouds in the Pacific
Title: Warclouds in the Pacific
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 24, 1941
Type: Movie
This short film examines the Japan that emerged at the beginning of the 1900s and was firmly established as an industrialized nation by the outbreak of World War II. Facing the greatest threat in their history, the democracies of the Pacific took careful stock of this new Japan and its strength, and erected a vast system of defence across the world's greatest ocean.
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Heroes of the Atlantic
Title: Heroes of the Atlantic
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: February 23, 1941
Type: Movie
A view from Canada of the North Atlantic convoy route during the Battle of the Atlantic, presented in the framework of the turnaround of a single convoy at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Battle of Brains
Title: Battle of Brains
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: February 14, 1941
Type: Movie
This film illustrates the difference between World War II and the war of 1914, emphasizing the importance of mechanization, and contrasting the mobile tactics with the immobility of trench warfare. The scientific approach, both to problems of military strategy and to new weapons, is all-important. The film shows some of the work done by Canadian scientists to make these weapons as effective as possible.
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Churchill's Island
Title: Churchill's Island
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1941
Type: Movie
The people of Britain resist the German air force and navy with help from North America.
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Wings of Youth
Title: Wings of Youth
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: July 27, 1940
Type: Movie
This Canadian produced film spotlights the young flyers of the Canadian Air Force in the early days of World War II. Quite well done and rarely seen. Narrated by Lorne Greene later the star of Bonanza.
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Children from Overseas
Title: Children from Overseas
Character: Narrator
Released: July 15, 1940
Type: Movie
A WWII film about children evacuated from Britain and sent to Canada for their safety. The film begins in England with children seeking shelter as anti-aircraft guns roar outside. On their arrival in Canada, they are thrilled by the brightly lit cities, powerful Canadian trains, hot dogs and ice cream. They find, too, that instead of becoming Mounties or cowboys, they have to go to school. The closing sequence shows them learning to ski and skate and preparing for Christmas in their new homes.
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Atlantic Patrol
Title: Atlantic Patrol
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1940
Type: Movie
This short documentary about the Canadian seamen who manned Canada's eastern ports during WWII is the first film in the Canada Carries On series. The film depicts the work of the Royal Canadian marines who accompanied convoys of military supplies to the Allied Forces and those who remained on the eastern coast to defend against the Germans.
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Home Front
Title: Home Front
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1940
Type: Movie
This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series of morale-boosting wartime propaganda films. In Home Front, the various WWII-era social contributions of women are highlighted. From medicine to industrial labour to hospitality, education and domesticity, the service these women provided to their country is lauded.
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Front of Steel
Title: Front of Steel
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1940
Type: Movie
This short WWII propaganda documentary drives home the point that steel and committed steel workers can make the difference between winning and losing in modern warfare. A short sequence demonstrating the depravity of the Nazis is followed by a detailed explanation of the manufacture of Bren guns, ambulances, transport trucks and submarine chasers in Canada during World War II.