John Hodiak

John Hodiak

Born: April 16, 1914
Died: October 19, 1955
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
John Hodiak (April 16, 1914 – October 19, 1955) was an American actor who worked in radio and film.

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On the Threshold of Space
Title: On the Threshold of Space
Character: Maj. Ward Thomas
Released: March 29, 1956
Type: Movie
In the early stages of the space program, Capt. Jim Hollenbeck undergoes any experiment needed to ensure success in the new Air Force branch -- even though he's not required to be a subject in the tests. Always remaining a constant source of support, his wife, Pat, accepts his unwavering commitment to scientific progress. When Maj. Ward Thomas becomes the new head of the program, Hollenbeck must convince him of the necessity of taking the extra steps.
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Trial
Title: Trial
Character: District Attorney John J. Armstrong
Released: October 7, 1955
Type: Movie
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism.
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Dragonfly Squadron
Title: Dragonfly Squadron
Character: Maj. Matthew Brady
Released: March 21, 1954
Type: Movie
A Korean War film with a secondary plot of the training of South Korean pilots, to fly fighters in air defense, by American Air Force instructors,led by Major Brady, a famed and skilled-but-grounded pilot, assigned to the Kongku base.
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Title: Letter to Loretta
Character: Matt
Released: September 20, 1953
Type: TV
Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
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Conquest of Cochise
Title: Conquest of Cochise
Character: Cochise
Released: September 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A cavalry officer tries to keep a lid on a volatile situation when Indian leader Cochise is being prodded into starting a war.
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Mission Over Korea
Title: Mission Over Korea
Character: Capt. George P. Slocum
Released: August 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A rookie pilot in the Korean War wants to avenge his brother's death.
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Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
Title: Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
Character: McCord
Released: May 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Hodiak, Brian, Derek and Teal have just been released from prison. They return to Tomahawk Gap, now a ghost town, to retrieve the money that they stole and was buried by a partner somewhere in the town. While hunting, the Indians attack, and a life and death battle ensues.
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Battle Zone
Title: Battle Zone
Character: Daniel Young
Released: October 26, 1952
Type: Movie
Two Marine Corps combat photographers compete for the love of a Red Cross nurse during the Korean War. During a secret mission behind the North Korean lines their rivalry reaches a boiling point.
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Title: The Ford Television Theatre
Character: Col. James B. 'Sandy' MacNab
Released: October 2, 1952
Type: TV
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
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The Sellout
Title: The Sellout
Character: Charles 'Chick' Johnson
Released: May 30, 1952
Type: Movie
A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.
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Across the Wide Missouri
Title: Across the Wide Missouri
Character: Brecan
Released: October 12, 1951
Type: Movie
In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Blackfoot woman as a way to gain entrance into her people's rich lands, but finds she means more to him than a ticket to good beaver habitat.
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The People Against O'Hara
Title: The People Against O'Hara
Character: District Attorney Louis Barra
Released: September 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
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Night Into Morning
Title: Night Into Morning
Character: Tom Lawry
Released: June 8, 1951
Type: Movie
Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.
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The Miniver Story
Title: The Miniver Story
Character: Spike Romway
Released: October 26, 1950
Type: Movie
The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing tensions within the family.
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A Lady Without Passport
Title: A Lady Without Passport
Character: Peter Karczag INS aka Josef Gombush
Released: August 3, 1950
Type: Movie
A secret service agent falls in love with an illegal immigrant.
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Title: Your Show of Shows
Released: February 25, 1950
Type: TV
Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Other featured performers were Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Bill Hayes, Judy Johnson, The Hamilton Trio and the soprano Marguerite Piazza. José Ferrer made several guest appearances on the series. The series was telecast from the now-demolished International Theatre at 5 Columbus Circle and the Century Theater, now demolished, in New York. During 2002, Your Show of Shows was ranked #30 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Ambush
Title: Ambush
Character: Capt. Ben Lorrison
Released: January 13, 1950
Type: Movie
A Westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches.
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Malaya
Title: Malaya
Character: Kellar
Released: December 27, 1949
Type: Movie
After living abroad for several years, journalist John Royer returns to the United States just after the U.S. enters World War II. His boast that he could easily smuggle rubber, a key wartime natural resource, out of Malaya has him tasked with doing just that. He manages to get someone from his past, Carnaghan, sprung from Alactraz and together they head off to South East Asia posing as Irishmen. Once there, Carnaghan lines up some of his old cronies and with Royer and a few plantation owners plans to smuggle the rubber out from under the Japanese army's watchful eye.
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Battleground
Title: Battleground
Character: Jarvess
Released: November 9, 1949
Type: Movie
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.
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The Bribe
Title: The Bribe
Character: Tugwell 'Tug' Hintten
Released: February 3, 1949
Type: Movie
United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.
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Command Decision
Title: Command Decision
Character: Col. Edward Rayton Martin
Released: December 23, 1948
Type: Movie
High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Homecoming
Title: Homecoming
Character: Dr. Robert Sunday
Released: April 29, 1948
Type: Movie
Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it's "the thing to do" rather than deep-seated patriotism. On his first day, he's put into place by 'Snapshot', a sassy and attractive nurse. Their initial antagonism blossoms into romance. Lee then finds himself torn with guilt over being unfaithful to his wife, Penny, who's waiting for him back home.
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Love from a Stranger
Title: Love from a Stranger
Character: Manuel Cortez
Released: November 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel Lawrence. A stranger, Manuel Cortez, comes to rent her flat and she falls in love with him, and they are married. For their honeymoon, they go to an isolated English college where she, unlike the audience, doesn't realize she has married a fortune-hunting Bluebeard with a few murdered wives in his past. The question is will she be able to repent in leisure her decision to marry in haste.
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Desert Fury
Title: Desert Fury
Character: Eddie Bendix
Released: August 15, 1947
Type: Movie
The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.
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The Arnelo Affair
Title: The Arnelo Affair
Character: Tony Arnelo
Released: February 13, 1947
Type: Movie
A neglected wife gets mixed up with an hypnotic charmer and murder.
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Somewhere in the Night
Title: Somewhere in the Night
Character: George W. Taylor
Released: June 12, 1946
Type: Movie
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
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Two Smart People
Title: Two Smart People
Character: Ace Connors
Released: June 4, 1946
Type: Movie
Con woman Ricki Woodner and detective Bob Simms follow a prison-bound swindler Ace Connors on his five-day gourmet binge.
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The Harvey Girls
Title: The Harvey Girls
Character: Ned Trent
Released: January 18, 1946
Type: Movie
On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
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A Bell for Adano
Title: A Bell for Adano
Character: Maj. Victor P. Joppolo
Released: June 21, 1945
Type: Movie
Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.
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Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
Title: Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
Character: Sgt. Eric Moore
Released: December 8, 1944
Type: Movie
A poor family in Florida saves all the money they can in order to plan something special for the soldier they've invited to Sunday dinner. They don't realize that their request to invite the soldier never got mailed. On the day of the scheduled dinner, another soldier is brought to their home and love soon blossoms between him and Tessa, the young woman who runs the home.
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Marriage Is a Private Affair
Title: Marriage Is a Private Affair
Character: Lt. Thomas "Tom" Cochrane West
Released: August 23, 1944
Type: Movie
Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, Theo is unsure of commitment. Without much thought, she finally accepts the proposal of Air Corps Lieutenant Tom West. After the honeymoon, Tom's father dies and Tom goes into the defense industry. When Theo has a baby, she hates the idea of being matronly and wants to be the old party girl. The problem is that her husband is working constantly. She looks to her friends, who are having their own problems, and to her old flame Captain Lancing. To decide on what she wants to do with her baby and her life, Theo must grow up.
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Maisie Goes to Reno
Title: Maisie Goes to Reno
Character: Philip Francis 'Flip' Hennahan
Released: August 15, 1944
Type: Movie
A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
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Song of Russia
Title: Song of Russia
Character: Boris Bulganov
Released: February 10, 1944
Type: Movie
American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in love with beautiful Soviet pianist Nadya Stepanova while they travel throughout the country on a 40-city tour. Along the way, they see happy, healthy, smiling, free Soviet citizens, blissfully living the Communist dream. This bliss is destroyed by the German invasion.
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Lifeboat
Title: Lifeboat
Character: John Kovac
Released: January 28, 1944
Type: Movie
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.
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Twenty Years After
Title: Twenty Years After
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
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Swing Shift Maisie
Title: Swing Shift Maisie
Character: Clerk (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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I Dood It
Title: I Dood It
Character: Roy Hartwood
Released: September 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry after she breaks up with her fiancé. Connie thinks Joseph owns a gold mine, but he actually works as a presser at a hotel valet shop. When everyone learns what he really is, Joseph is banned from the theater. When he sneaks in again, he learns of a plot to set off a bomb in the adjoining munitions warehouse.
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A Stranger in Town
Title: A Stranger in Town
Character: Hart Ridges
Released: April 1, 1943
Type: Movie
In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing supreme court justice John Josephus Grant.
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Back of the Mike
Title: Back of the Mike
Released: February 6, 1938
Type: Movie
Insider's view of the 1930s radio studio showing the production of dramatic sound effects.