Clem Bevans
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clem Bevans (October 16, 1879 – August 11, 1963) was an American character actor best remembered for playing eccentric, grumpy old men. Bevans had a very long career, starting in vaudeville in 1900 in an act with Grace Emmett. He progressed to burlesque, Broadway, and even light opera, before making his film debut at the age of 55 in Way Down East (1935). His portrayal was so good, he became stereotyped and played mostly likable old codgers for the rest of his life. Bevans played the neighbour of Gregory Peck in The Yearling and the gatekeeper in Harvey (1950). However, he did occasionally play against type, for example as a Nazi spy in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942). He also made some television appearances, including the role of murderer Captain Hugo in the 1958 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Demure Defendant" and as Pete in The Twilight Zone episode "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" (1962). He played Captain Cobb in Disney's TV miniseries Davy Crockett. His first cousin was actress Merie Earle, best known as Maude Gormley on The Waltons.
Harvey
as Mr. Herman ShimelplatzerThe story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized...
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Saboteur
as NeilsonAircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of...
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Sergeant York
as ZekeAlvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is...
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Dodge City
as Charley (uncredited)In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of...
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Go West
as Railroad OfficialEmbezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his...
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This Gun for Hire
as Scissor GrinderSadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked...
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The Yearling
as Pa ForresterJody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer...
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Gold Rush Maisie
as 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet...
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Portrait of Jennie
as Capt. CobbA mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
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Tall in the Saddle
as Card Game Spectator (uncredited)When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has...
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The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Jim MartinHaving been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a...
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The Kentuckian
as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
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The Paleface
as Hank BillingsBob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity...
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Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Cap'n CobbDavy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River")...
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Moonrise
as CoronerStigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until...
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Topper
as Board Member (uncredited)Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as...
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Texas
as Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up....
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Zenobia
as SheriffA modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming...
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Streets of Laredo
as Pop LintTexas, 1878: cheerful outlaw-buddies Jim, Lorn and Wahoo rescue spunky orphan Rannie Carter from...
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Hell's Kitchen
as Mr. QuillA paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's...
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Big City
as Grandpa SloaneAnna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in...
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Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Sheriff "Turkeyneck" SlocumThe further adventures of Twain's most beloved fictional characters of Tom Sawyer and his...
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The Boy from Oklahoma
as Amiel "Pop" PrutyA town despot makes a guileless patsy the sheriff, lives to regret it.
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Man in the Saddle
as Pay LankershimA small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even...
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Young Tom Edison
as Mr. WaddellInventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and...
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The Oklahoma Kid
as Postman (uncredited)McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious...
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Lucky Jordan
as Gas Station AttendantLucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries...
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Ten Wanted Men
as Tod GrinnelWhen his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher...
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Pacific Blackout
as Midas Plant Night-WatchmanFalsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout...
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Mountain Music
as Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)Mary Beamish, a folksy Ozark girl, yearns for the glitter of show business and for a man. She...
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Highway 13
as Bill 'Pops' LacyHank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial...
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Tell It to the Judge
as Alonzo K. RoogleMarsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a federal judgeship, but her nomination is...
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Of Human Hearts
as Elder MasseyThis is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil...
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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Capt. BjornEddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in,...
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Way Down East
as Doc WigginA family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that...
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Granny Get Your Gun
as SmokeyAn elderly woman turns sheriff to clear her granddaughter of murder charges.
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The Woman of the Town
as Buffalo BurnsBat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of...
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Captains of the Clouds
as Sam 'Store-Teeth' MorrisonInspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean...
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They Made Me a Criminal
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
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Rim of the Canyon
as Loco John20 years ago, 3 men robbed a stage and hid $30,000. They were caught and sent to prison by...
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Deputy Marshal
as Doc VinsonA lawman takes on gangsters attempting to steal property wanted for a railroad.
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Idiot's Delight
as Jimmy BarzekA group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are...
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The Kansan
as Bridge-TenderWounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the...
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Riding on Air
as SheriffSmugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from...
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Loaded Pistols
as Jim HedgeA singing cowboy clears a boy accused of murder by finding the real killer.
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The Captain Is a Lady
as Samuel DarbyBecause of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody...
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Maisie
as Station Agent (Uncredited)Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new...
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20 Mule Team
as ChuckawallaIt is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining...
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Gold Raiders
as Doc MasonThe Three Stooges travel West where they become heroes by nabbing a gang of would-be robbers.
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Untamed
as "Smokey" MosebyA courageous doctor braves a fierce blizzard in the Canadian wilderness to save a remote...
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Ambush
as Pop StebbinsFour bandits swoop down on a California bank and flee with $98,000, leaving a truck as the only...
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Ben MattlingAbe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham...
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King of the Underworld
as Villager #3 (uncredited)Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove...
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Gallant Bess
as SmittyMarshall Thompson stars in this MGM drama about a young soldier's devotion to a horse he rescues...
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Stand Up and Fight
as Bum in jailA southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
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Silver City Bonanza
as Town LoaferBlind Pete Horne knows the location of the Lost Spanish Silver Lode, but is knifed before he can...
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Big Jack
as Saltlick JoeWallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.
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The Gal Who Took the West
as Hawley (as old Timer)In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud...
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Undercover Doctor
as Sam WhitmoreDr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh,...
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Wake Up and Dream
as Henry PecketAided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
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The Human Comedy
as HendersonTeenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his...
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Thunder Afloat
as 'Cap' FinchA tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
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Half a Sinner
as SnuffyAlthough young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally...
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Captive of Billy the Kid
as Skeeter DavisFive people have a part of a map leading to Billy the Kid's treasure. When one of them is...
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Captain Eddie
as JabezWWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race...
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Mr. Chump
as Pop (uncredited)A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.
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Comet Over Broadway
as BensonStory of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
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Miracle Money
as Mr. Greene (uncredited)In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.
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Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
as TadpoleUneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.
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Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Henry - Baggage ManEllen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two...
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Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Mr. EdwardsNewlyweds Joe and Anne Palooka are delayed in their honeymoon plans by the helpful Humphrey...
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Fly-By-Night
as Station WatchmanYoung intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns...
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Relentless
as DadA man wrongly accused of murder tracks the true culprit across the desert.
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as MailmanIn the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of...
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Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
as Captain CobbDavy and Georgie end a particularly successful season of trapping and hunting with the hopes of...
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Rhythm on the Range
as Gila BendCowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he...
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Yankee Fakir
as Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")A medicine show pitchman investigates a small town murder in Arizona.
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The Twinkle In God's Eye
as ProspectorA new parson arrives in the mining town of Lodestone and attempts to build a church. Western.
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The Millerson Case
as Sheriff Luke AkersWhile on vacation, a criminal psychologist investigates a murder during a typhoid epidemic.
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She Couldn't Say No
as Eli PotterTwo big city lawyers are handed an important case but then find it requires them to deal with...
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Dangerous Number
as Monte Christo (Actor Friend)Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that...
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Hangman's Knot
as Plunkett, the Station agentIn 1865, a troop of Confederate soldiers led by Major Matt Stewart attack the wagon of gold...
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Idol of the Crowds
as Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)Retired hockey player Johnny Hansen, in order to make money to enlarge his chicken farm, returns...
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The Phantom Rider
as Mr. HudsonThe Phantom Rider helps Mary Grayson thwart a plot to steal her land.
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The Forest Rangers
as Terry McCabeRanger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds...
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Grissly's Millions
as Old TomAn eccentric wealthy man is murdered, and the police set out to find his killer.
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People on Paper
as Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)Americans are preoccupied with the news, but need an escape from many of the events reported in...
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Night Work
as Smokestack SmileyThe Fitch family is managing an apartment building when the grandfather of their adopted son...
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Help Wanted
as H.L. (Pop) DanielsA temporary laborer who helps bring down a mob-sponsored employment racket
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Every Sunday
as uncreditedEdna's grandfather is a conductor of a small orchestra that gives concerts in the park every...
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Wyoming
as Pa McKinleyWith the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be...
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The Smiling Ghost
as Sexton at cemeteryElinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt...
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Calling All Husbands
as Judge ToddA henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend...
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Girl from God's Country
as BenJim Holden, a young doctor practicing in Alaska, eagerly awaits the arrival of his new nurse,...
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I'll Tell the World
as Grandpa BurtonThis 40-minute short, produced for MacFadden Publications, is basically a plug for the selling...
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Northward, Ho!
as Newspaper-reading skepticBehind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest...
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Young Fugitives
as Benjie CollinsA young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.
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One Wild Night
as Deaf Man (uncredited)Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of...
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The Cowboy Quarterback
as Lem the MailmanFootball scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field...
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Angel's Holiday
as SheriffLively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes...
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Happy Go Lucky
as Mr. SmithA gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and...
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Lady Bodyguard
as Elmer FrawleyA.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore...
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Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
as Curdleface (uncredited)Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a...
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Girl with an Itch
as GrampsBen Cooper, an old farmer, falls in love with the young blond hitchhiker Mari Lou. She falls in...
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Main Street Lawyer
as ZekeStory of a lawyer, gangster and a floozy.
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The Parson of Panamint
as Crabapple JonesAs he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled...
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Outside These Walls
as Smedley (uncredited)Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper....
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Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
as Sam 'Bigmouth' SmedleyAn elderly man leaves Wyoming to visit his daughter in a small Massachusetts town because, even...
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The Twilight Zone
as PeteA series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...
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Perry Mason
as Capt. HugoThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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The Real McCoys
as uncreditedThe Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto...
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Maverick
as uncreditedMaverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins....
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The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as uncreditedThe Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is an American children's television program. Beginning in October...
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Thriller
as ObedThriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...
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Thriller
as The Old GafferThriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...
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Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
as Captain CobbWalt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...
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Gunsmoke
as FlyGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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