Darryl Hickman

Born: 1931-07-28

Darryl Hickman (July 28, 1931 - May 21, 2024) emerged as a prominent American actor whose career transitioned from childhood stardom to adult roles. Starting in the industry at a young age, he showcased his talent in notable films like "The Grapes of Wrath" and "The Human Comedy." Hickman's versatility allowed him to navigate between acting and later, directing, contributing to television shows such as "The Wonderful World of Disney" and "Gunsmoke." His passion for the craft extended to writing, publishing insightful books on the entertainment business and being an acting coach. Hickman's enduring career spanned decades, marking him not only as a seasoned performer but also as a multifaceted contributor to the entertainment world.


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Meet Me in St. Louis

as Johnny Tevis (uncredited)
Released: 1944-11-28

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to...

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Network

as Bill Herron
Released: 1976-11-14

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he...

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The Grapes of Wrath

as Winfield
Released: 1940-03-15

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm...

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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

as Young Sam
Released: 1946-08-19

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the...

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The Set-Up

as Shanley
Released: 1949-03-29

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling...

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Looker

as Dr. Jim Belfield
Released: 1981-10-30

Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who...

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Leave Her to Heaven

as Danny Harland
Released: 1945-12-25

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous...

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Tea and Sympathy

as Al
Released: 1956-09-27

A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed...

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The Tingler

as David Morris
Released: 1959-07-29

A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans...

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Sharky's Machine

as Smiley
Released: 1981-12-18

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous...

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Tab Hunter Confidential

as Self
Released: 2015-03-15

Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout...

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The Human Comedy

as Lionel
Released: 1943-03-02

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his...

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Island in the Sky

as Swanson
Released: 1953-09-05

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of...

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Keeper of the Flame

as Jeb Rickards
Released: 1943-04-01

Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.

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Criminal Lawyer

as Bill Webber
Released: 1951-08-23

A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.

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Southwest Passage

as Jeb
Released: 1954-04-01

Director Ray Nazarro's 1954 western, originally filmed in 3-D, stars John Ireland and Joanne Dru...

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Alias Nick Beal

as Larry Price
Released: 1949-03-04

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his...

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Rhapsody in Blue

as Ira Gershwin as a Boy
Released: 1945-06-27

Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

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Young People

as Tommy
Released: 1940-08-30

Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They...

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The Iron Sheriff

as Benjie Galt
Released: 1957-04-01

Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the...

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Any Number Can Play

as Paul Enley Kyng
Released: 1949-07-15

When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to...

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Men of Boys Town

as Flip
Released: 1941-04-11

Father Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.

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Submarine Command

as Ens. Jack Wheelwright
Released: 1951-11-01

Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another...

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Dangerous Years

as Leo Emerson
Released: 1947-12-07

Jeff Carter has put an end to the town's delinquency with a boys' club. Young hoodlum Danny...

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Big Town Scandal

as Harold 'Skinny' Peters
Released: 1948-05-27

A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers...

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Salty O'Rourke

as Sneezer
Released: 1945-03-22

A gambler and his buddy find a wise-guy jockey for their long-shot horse.

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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

as Self (from Dangerous Years [1947]) (archive footage)
Released: 1986-04-19

Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she...

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And Now Tomorrow

as Joe
Released: 1944-11-22

Emily Blair is rich and deaf. Doctor Vance, who grew up poor in Blairtown, is working on a serum...

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The Happy Years

as George 'Tough' McCarty
Released: 1950-07-07

Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "Dink" Stover, a...

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Lightning Strikes Twice

as String
Released: 1951-04-12

Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a...

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If I Were King

as Child
Released: 1938-09-28

King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in...

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A Kiss for Corliss

as Dexter Franklin
Released: 1949-11-25

After a brief encounter with the romantic and thrice divorced Kenneth Marquis, Corliss Archer...

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Destination Gobi

as Wilbur "Coney" Cohen
Released: 1953-03-20

A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced...

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Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge

as Ashley Carstairs
Released: 1960-03-04

Texas John Slaughter is a peace-loving family man and successful rancher who values his...

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Sea of Lost Ships

as Senior Cadet Pete Bennett
Released: 1953-10-24

The son of a deceased Coast Guard hero is raised by a Coast Guard NCO, who also has a son the...

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Emergency Squad

as Bob
Released: 1940-01-05

Betty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city...

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Johnny Shiloh

as Lt. Jeremiah Sullivan
Released: 1963-01-20

Johnny Shiloh is a 1963 made for TV film that originally aired in two parts on the Wonderful...

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Captain Eddie

as Eddie Rickenbacker as a boy
Released: 1945-06-18

WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race...

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Kiss and Tell

as Raymond Pringle
Released: 1945-10-04

Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a...

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Fighting Father Dunne

as Matt Davis
Released: 1948-05-12

A dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.

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Black Gold

as Schoolboy
Released: 1947-09-16

A Native American man trains a horse for the Kentucky Derby.

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Untamed

as Mickey Moriarty
Released: 1940-07-24

A courageous doctor braves a fierce blizzard in the Canadian wilderness to save a remote...

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The Way of All Flesh

as Victor as a boy
Released: 1940-07-05

Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father...

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Sign of the Wolf

as Billy Freeman
Released: 1941-03-25

Two German shepherds and their mistress (Grace Bradley) crash-land in Canada by a fox breeder's...

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Glamour Boy

as Billy Doran
Released: 1941-12-05

Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He...

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Two Years Before the Mast

as Sam Hooper
Released: 1946-11-22

In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is...

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Coffins on Wheels

as Billy Phillips
Released: 1941-06-07

Unscrupulous car dealers foist faulty and dangerous cars on an unsuspecting public.

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Song of Russia

as Peter Bulganov
Released: 1944-02-10

American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the...

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Mystery Sea Raider

as Benny
Released: 1940-10-26

June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother...

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Joe Smith, American

as Johnny Smith
Released: 1942-02-01

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after...

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Prairie Law

as Homesteader's Son (uncredited)
Released: 1940-06-14

Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide...

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The Easter Story

as Derek (voice)
Released: 1990-01-01

The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible is a television series produced by Hanna-Barbera...

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The Tragedy of King Lear

as Earl of Kent
Released: 1982-12-31

Mike Kellin as Lear.

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The Sainted Sisters

as Judd Tewilliger
Released: 1948-04-30

Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with money from their latest scam,...

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Boys' Ranch

as Hank
Released: 1946-07-18

A juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a...

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Assignment in Brittany

as Etienne
Released: 1943-03-11

A French Resistance fighter discovers he's a dead ringer for a Nazi official.

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Jackass Mail

as Tommy Gargan
Released: 1942-07-01

An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.

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Going to Press

as Frank
Released: 1942-03-07

The Our Gang kids are running their own newspaper and are determined to get the big scoop by...

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Young America

as David Engstrom
Released: 1942-02-06

Young America is a 1942 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Samuel G....

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Aftermath: A Test of Love

as Dr. Hayes
Released: 1991-03-10

Based on a true story, an adoring wife and mother is taken hostage during a robbery and brutally...

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The Devil On Wheels

as Michael 'Micky' Clark
Released: 1947-02-15

A teenager is involved in running from the police in his hot rod hits a car in a hit-and-run...

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Prisoner of War

as Merton Tollivar
Released: 1954-05-04

American soldiers, captured by North Korean's, are periodically brainwashed into giving up their...

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The Farmer's Daughter

as Billy Bingham
Released: 1940-03-29

Broadway producer Nickie North and press agent Scoop Trimble find an investor for their next...

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Queen Esther

as Derek (voice)
Released: 1992-02-27

This Hanna-Barbera animated video tells a version of the Bible story about Esther, whose heroism...

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Ricochet Romance

as Dave King
Released: 1954-11-01

Marjorie Main is the whole show in the Universal programmer Ricochet Romance. Playing the...

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Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout

as Peter Kent
Released: 1944-01-13

Henry and his pal Dizzy become Boy Scout leaders, but a spoiled brat in their troop quickly...

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Mob Town

as Butch "Shrimp" Malone
Released: 1941-10-03

Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.

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Jonah

as Derek (voice)
Released: 1992-01-01

From Hanna-Barbera's animated series depicting the tales of the bible, "Jonah" tells the story...

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Northwest Rangers

as 'Blackie' - as a Boy
Released: 1942-10-28

Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other...

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The Persuader

as Toby Bonham
Released: 1957-05-04

In one of his rare movie starring assignments, William Talman (Hamilton Burger on TV's Perry...

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Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

as Self
Released: 1993-08-31

There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already...

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The Nanny

as Priest
First aired: 1993-11-03

Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the...

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Perry Mason

as Steve Harris
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Matinee Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-31

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...

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Climax!

as Joe Skinner
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Dr. Kildare

as Harlan Thomas
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Damon Ring, Jr.
First aired: 1958-09-06

Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the...

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The Untouchables

as Phil Morrisey
First aired: 1959-10-15

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in...

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The Untouchables

as Danny Madikoff
First aired: 1959-10-15

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in...

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Love, American Style

as Ernie
First aired: 1969-09-29

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in...

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Rawhide

as Andy Miller
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Rawhide

as Lt. Mathew Perry
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Dal Royal
First aired: 1955-09-06

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...

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The Lone Ranger

as Bob Jessup
First aired: 1949-09-15

The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring...

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The Lone Ranger

as Don Lindon
First aired: 1949-09-15

The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring...

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Studio One

as Matt Brand
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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The Detectives

as Frank Locke
First aired: 1959-10-16

The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons,...

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All in the Family

as Peter Grey
First aired: 1971-01-12

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important...

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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as Davey Gillis
First aired: 1959-09-29

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The...

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The Millionaire

as Johnny Pearson
First aired: 1955-01-19

An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better...

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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as Ensign Janoski
First aired: 1958-10-06

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu...

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Gunsmoke

as Andy Hill
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Danny
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Maude

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-12

Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Jackie Blake
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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The Ford Television Theatre

as Robert Charles
First aired: 1952-10-02

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...

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Public Defender

as Johnny Martin
First aired: 1954-03-11

The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as...

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Pac-Man

as Pac-Junior (voice)
First aired: 1982-09-25

Pac-Man is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera based on the video game...

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The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Donald
First aired: 1959-09-21

The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from...

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87th Precinct

as Tommy Palmer
First aired: 1961-09-25

87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper,...

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Annie Oakley

as Chet Sterling
First aired: 1954-01-09

Annie Oakley was an American Western television series that fictionalized the life of famous...

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Space Stars

as Kid Comet (voice)
First aired: 1981-09-12

Space Stars is a 1981 NBC Saturday morning cartoon created by Hanna-Barbera which ran from...

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Panic!

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-03-05

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Pole Position

as Roadie (voice)
First aired: 1984-09-15

Dan Darret and his two sisters, Tess and Daisy, are left to run the The Pole Position Stunt Show...

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The Americans

as Cpl. Ben Canfield
First aired: 1961-01-23

The Americans is a 17-episode American drama television series that aired on NBC from January to...

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The Biskitts

as Wags
First aired: 1983-09-17

The Biskitts is an animated cartoon television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from...

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The Wonderful World of Disney

as Lieutenant Jeremiah Sullivan
First aired: 1954-10-27

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...

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The Wonderful World of Disney

as Ashley Carstairs
First aired: 1954-10-27

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...

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The Man and the Challenge

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-12

The Man and the Challenge is a 36-segment half-hour television adventure/science fiction series...

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Letter to Loretta

as Danny Miles
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Dave
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Teen Force

as Kid Comet
First aired: 1981-09-12

Teen Force is a segment on Space Stars. The Teen Force consisted of three young heroes (Elektra,...

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Texas John Slaughter

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-31

Texas John Slaughter is a television series run from 1958 to 1961 as part of the Wonderful World...

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General Electric Theater

as Jack Evans
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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General Electric Theater

as Yank
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Beauty and the Beast

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-25

Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron...

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