Edmond O'Brien

Born: 1915-09-10

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A. (1950). His many memorable films included The Killers, White Heat, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Wild Bunch. He also co-starred with Richard Rust in the NBC legal drama Sam Benedict, which aired during the 1962-1963 television season. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edmond O'Brien, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Birdman of Alcatraz

as Tom Gaddis
Released: 1962-07-04

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary...

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Dutton Peabody
Released: 1962-04-13

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard (James Stewart) attends the funeral of a local man named...

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Gringoire
Released: 1939-12-29

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the...

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The Wild Bunch

as Freddie Sykes
Released: 1969-06-19

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is...

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as Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Released: 1962-09-25

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and...

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The Killers

as Jim Reardon
Released: 1946-08-30

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the...

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Seven Days in May

as Sen. Raymond Clark
Released: 1964-02-01

A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

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Julius Caesar

as Casca
Released: 1953-06-04

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic...

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White Heat

as Vic Pardo
Released: 1949-09-02

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads...

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Fantastic Voyage

as General Carter
Released: 1966-08-24

In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic...

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The Greatest Show on Earth

as Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
Released: 1952-02-16

To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian,...

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Under Capricorn

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1949-09-08

A native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister...

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The Other Side of the Wind

as Pat Mullins
Released: 2018-11-02

Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years...

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Lucky Luciano

as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
Released: 1973-10-19

Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other...

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The Barefoot Contessa

as Oscar Muldoon
Released: 1954-09-29

Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when the independently wealthy...

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
Released: 1982-05-21

Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no...

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as Winston Smith of the Outer Party
Released: 1956-03-06

In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by...

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D.O.A.

as Frank Bigelow
Released: 1949-12-23

Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24...

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The Hitch-Hiker

as Roy Collins
Released: 1953-03-30

Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns...

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Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)
Released: 2004-07-28

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop...

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D-Day the Sixth of June

as Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer
Released: 1956-05-29

En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their...

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Fighter Squadron

as Maj. Ed Hardin
Released: 1948-11-27

During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's...

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The Great Impostor

as Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga
Released: 1960-12-23

Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities...

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Rio Conchos

as Col. Theron Pardee
Released: 1964-10-28

Two Army officers, an alcoholic ex-Confederate soldier and a womanizing Mexican travel to Mexico...

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The Last Voyage

as Second Engineer Walsh
Released: 1960-02-19

The S. S. Claridon is scheduled for her five last voyages after thirty-eight years of service....

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The Turning Point

as John Conroy
Released: 1952-07-12

Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop...

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Backfire

as Steve Connolly
Released: 1950-01-26

When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army...

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Warpath

as John Vickers
Released: 1951-11-22

John Vickers has spent eight years hunting for the three men who murdered the woman he loved. He...

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Shield for Murder

as Det. Lt. Barney Nolan
Released: 1954-08-27

A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.

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A Double Life

as Bill Friend
Released: 1947-12-25

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage...

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711 Ocean Drive

as Mal Granger
Released: 1950-07-01

The Horatio Alger parable gets the film noir treatment with the redoubtable Edmund O’Brien as a...

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The Girl Can't Help It

as Marty 'Fats' Murdock
Released: 1956-12-01

A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star...

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The Bigamist

as Harry Graham / Harrison Graham
Released: 1953-12-03

San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the...

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The Rack

as Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick
Released: 1956-11-02

Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War....

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Sylvia

as Oscar Stewart
Released: 1965-02-10

Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do...

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Moon Pilot

as McClosky aka 'Mac'
Released: 1962-04-05

An Air Force captain inadvertently volunteers to make the first manned flight around the moon....

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Up Periscope

as Commander Paul Stevenson
Released: 1959-03-04

Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually...

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The Hanged Man

as Arnie Seeger
Released: 1964-11-18

A gunman whose best friend has been murdered enacts a plan to blackmail the corrupt labor union...

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The Big Land

as Joe Jagger
Released: 1957-03-01

Back home in Texas following the Civil War, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd)...

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The Admiral Was a Lady

as Jimmy Stevens
Released: 1950-08-04

Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.

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The Web

as Bob Regan
Released: 1947-06-04

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec...

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Between Midnight and Dawn

as Officer Dan Purvis
Released: 1950-10-01

Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all...

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The Viscount

as Rico Barone
Released: 1967-04-04

Inspector for a major insurance company, Clint de La Roche, known as "le vicomte", is enjoying a...

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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

as Tom Holliday
Released: 1943-02-19

A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.

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Man in the Dark

as Steve Rawley
Released: 1953-04-09

A prisoner undergoes experimental brain surgery in order to get early parole. He released but...

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Silver City

as Larkin Moffat
Released: 1951-12-01

Having masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the...

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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)
Released: 2010-05-05

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the...

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The Redhead and The Cowboy

as Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)
Released: 1951-03-15

Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon...

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They Only Kill Their Masters

as George
Released: 1972-11-22

An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation...

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The Shanghai Story

as Daniel Maynard
Released: 1954-09-01

Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a...

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Denver and Rio Grande

as Jim Vesser
Released: 1952-05-16

Jim Vesser and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass,...

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Pete Kelly's Blues

as Fran McCarg
Released: 1955-07-31

In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy...

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The Doomsday Flight

as The Man
Released: 1966-12-13

A bomb on board an airliner has an altitude-sensitive trigger. Unless a ransom is paid, it will...

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Stopover Tokyo

as George Underwood
Released: 1957-11-28

An American intelligence agent is sent to Tokyo to track down a Communist spy ring.

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Synanon

as Chuck Dederich
Released: 1965-05-05

A dramatization of the goings on at a drug rehabilitation home. Filmed at the original Synanon...

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Another Part of the Forest

as Benjamin Hubbard
Released: 1948-05-18

This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard...

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A Cry in the Night

as Dan Taggart
Released: 1956-08-17

A police captain's emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.

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What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

as Morton Stillman
Released: 1971-12-18

A Bronx working girl is drawn into an elaborate extortion plot after being kidnapped by a gang...

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China Venture

as Capt. Matt Reardon
Released: 1953-09-07

American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air...

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99 and 44/100% Dead

as Uncle Frank Kelly
Released: 1974-08-29

Uncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when...

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The Comedian

as Al Preston
Released: 1957-02-14

Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who...

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Isn't It Shocking?

as Justin Oates
Released: 1973-10-02

A small-town sheriff is confronted with the deaths of local senior citizens and strange...

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The 3rd Voice

as The Voice
Released: 1960-03-05

Marian Forbes has been having an affair with her boss and when he drops her for another woman....

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Jigsaw

as Det. Ed Burtelson
Released: 1972-03-26

In this pilot for the 1972-73 series, a detective specializing in missing persons cases finds...

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Something in the Wind

as Lt. Tom Farrington
Released: 1947-07-21

A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her...

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Cow Country

as Ben Anthony
Released: 1953-04-25

A hired hand gets caught between a noble rancher and ruthless land grabbers.

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Winged Victory

as Irving Miller
Released: 1944-12-22

Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of...

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The Love God?

as Osborn Tremaine
Released: 1969-08-01

Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan...

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Dream No Evil

as Timothy MacDonald
Released: 1970-01-01

Grace is a troubled young lady with some serious daddy issues. She was adopted as a young girl...

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The World Was His Jury

as David Carson
Released: 1958-01-01

A sea captain stands trial for manslaughter after 162 people are killed in a fire aboard his...

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Task Force

as Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1949-08-30

After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott...

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The Further Adventures of Gallegher

as Jefferson Crowley
Released: 1965-10-03

The young copyboy helps the town’s first female newspaper reporter, who is writing a series on...

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An Act of Murder

as David Douglas
Released: 1948-12-05

A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.

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A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Stephen Herrick
Released: 1941-03-14

Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera...

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The Ambitious One

as Mike Buchanan
Released: 1959-10-14

This Yves Allegret film is set in French Polynesia and stars Edmond O'Brien, Richard Basehart,...

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Sing Boy Sing

as Joseph Sharkey
Released: 1958-02-21

The teenage son of a rural preacher becomes a huge Elvis-like rock 'n' roll star, but he has...

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Obliging Young Lady

as 'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley
Released: 1942-04-01

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents'...

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For the Love of Mary

as Lt. Tom Farrington
Released: 1948-09-01

Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.

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The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1996-11-01

Oscar nominated "Making of" documentary about Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch.

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The Outsider

as Marvin Bishop
Released: 1967-11-21

Darren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A...

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Powder Town

as J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant
Released: 1942-06-07

Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a...

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Two of a Kind

as Michael "Lefty" Farrell
Released: 1951-07-01

Brandy Kirby and crooked Lawyer Vincent Mailer plan to rob William and Maida McIntyre by...

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Parachute Battalion

as William Mayberry Burke
Released: 1941-09-12

Director Leslie Goodwins' 1941 military drama, about various men who become buddies when they...

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The Adventures of Gallegher

as Jefferson Crowley
Released: 1964-01-24

An energetic newspaper copyboy in 1889 wants to become a reporter, and he is soon more deeply...

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Dark Stranger

as Ray Ericson
Released: 1955-01-08

A writer's fiction becomes terrifying reality, sucking him into his own novel being played out.

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To Commit a Murder

as Sphax (publisher)
Released: 1967-04-07

A writer gets wrapped up in espionage.

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River of Mystery

as R.J. Twitchell
Released: 1971-10-01

A couple of freelance explosives experts find jungle adventure while being stalked by a...

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A Ticket for Thaddeus

as Thaddeus Kubaczik
Released: 1956-05-09

A Polish refugee and new citizen gets involved in a slight car accident, but he doesn't fully...

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The Virginian

as Thomas Manstead
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Climax!

as Joel Flint
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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Climax!

as Leo Waldek
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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Robert Montgomery Presents

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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Mission: Impossible

as Raymond Halder
First aired: 1966-09-17

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Russ Andrews
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Marshal Ben Clark
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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The High Chaparral

as Morgan MacQuarie
First aired: 1967-09-10

The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and...

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The Name of the Game

as John Bergman
First aired: 1968-09-20

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and...

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Laramie

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-15

Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue...

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The Ford Television Theatre

as uncredited
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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The Ford Television Theatre

as Capt. Joyce
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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The Bob Hope Show

as Self
First aired: 1950-04-09

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC...

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The Streets of San Francisco

as Officer Gustav 'Gus' Charnovski, SFPD
First aired: 1972-09-23

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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McMillan and Wife

as Mr. Fontaine
First aired: 1971-09-29

McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Police Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-20

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...

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Suspicion

as Sgt. Miles Odeen
First aired: 1957-09-30

Suspicion is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC...

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Playhouse 90

as Al Preston
First aired: 1956-10-04

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to...

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It Takes a Thief

as Rocky McCauley
First aired: 1968-01-09

Convicted cat burglar Alexander Mundy gets an offer he can't refuse from the United States...

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Screen Director's Playhouse

as Thaddeus Kubaczik
First aired: 1955-10-05

Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed...

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Sam Benedict

as Sam Benedict
First aired: 1962-09-15

Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The...

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Target: The Corruptors!

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-09-29

Target: The Corruptors! is an American crime drama series starring Stephen McNally which aired...

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Johnny Midnight

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-01-03

Johnny Midnight is an American crime drama that aired for one season in syndicated from January...

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The Wonderful World of Disney

as Jefferson Crowley
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 Crowley
First aired: 1954-10-27

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

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Breaking Point

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-16

Breaking Point is an American medical drama that aired on ABC from September 16, 1963, to April...

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The Star and the Story

as Ray Ericson
First aired: 1955-01-08

Each show features a different star or stars in this dramatic anthology produced by the...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Capt. Simpson
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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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
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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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Rick Saunders
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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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Jim Reardon
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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