Franchot Tone

Born: 1905-02-27

Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor, star of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and many other films through the 1960s. In the early 1960s Tone appeared in character roles on TV dramas like Bonanza, Wagon Train, The Twilight Zone, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franchot Tone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Mutiny on the Bounty

as Roger Byam
Released: 1935-11-22

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS...

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In Harm's Way

as CINCPAC I
Released: 1965-04-06

A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a...

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Advise & Consent

as The President
Released: 1962-06-06

Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert...

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Every Girl Should Be Married

as Roger Sanford
Released: 1948-12-25

Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison...

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The Man on the Eiffel Tower

as Johann Radek
Released: 1949-12-12

A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the...

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Phantom Lady

as John 'Jack' Marlow
Released: 1944-01-28

A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.

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Dancing Lady

as Tod Newton
Released: 1933-11-24

Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton,...

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Reckless

as Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr.
Released: 1935-04-19

A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.

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Stage Mother

as Warren Foster
Released: 1933-09-29

Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls...

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Midnight Mary

as Thomas 'Tom' Mannering Jr.
Released: 1933-06-30

A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome...

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Dangerous

as Don Bellows
Released: 1935-12-25

Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his...

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Bombshell

as Gifford Middleton
Released: 1933-10-13

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

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Pilot #5

as George Braynor Collins
Released: 1943-06-24

A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily....

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That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)
Released: 1976-05-16

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time...

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Exclusive Story

as Dick Parton
Released: 1936-01-17

A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious...

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Five Graves to Cairo

as Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
Released: 1943-05-26

The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian...

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The Stranger's Return

as Guy Crane
Released: 1933-07-28

A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she...

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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1991-10-28

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie...

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Moulin Rouge

as Douglas Hall
Released: 1934-01-10

A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage....

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Three Comrades

as Otto Koster
Released: 1938-06-02

A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World...

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Today We Live

as Ronnie Boyce-Smith
Released: 1933-03-03

Two lovers are living together and are not married; they had made a promise as children to get...

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The Big Parade of Comedy

as Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)
Released: 1964-09-02

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

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Suzy

as Terry
Released: 1936-07-20

A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.

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Without Honor

as Dennis Williams
Released: 1949-10-26

Jane, a housewife, is confronted during her daily chores by Dennis, her married lover with whom...

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She Knew All the Answers

as Mark Willows
Released: 1941-05-13

Chorus girl and rich playboy want to marry but he'll lose his fortune unless his trustee...

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I Love Trouble

as Stuart Bailey
Released: 1948-01-15

A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1972-01-10

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...

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Love Is a Headache

as Peter Lawrence
Released: 1938-01-14

A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill, attempts to get her some...

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True to Life

as Fletcher Marvin
Released: 1943-12-24

A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he...

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Sadie McKee

as Michael Alderson
Released: 1934-05-09

A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.

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No More Ladies

as Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston
Released: 1935-06-14

A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.

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Twelve Angry Men

as Juror #3
Released: 1954-09-20

Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television...

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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

as Forsythe
Released: 1935-01-11

In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers leaded by the harsh Colonel Tom...

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Here Comes the Groom

as Wilbur Stanley
Released: 1951-09-20

Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the...

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Nobody Runs Forever

as Ambassador Townsend
Released: 1968-08-22

Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a...

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Dark Waters

as Dr. George Grover
Released: 1944-11-21

Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to...

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Star Spangled Rhythm

as John
Released: 1942-03-05

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his...

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Nice Girl?

as Richard Calvert
Released: 1941-02-21

Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his...

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Love on the Run

as Barnabus Pells
Released: 1936-11-20

A runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a...

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The Gorgeous Hussy

as John H. Eaton
Released: 1936-08-28

It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that...

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Man-Proof

as Jimmy Kilmartin
Released: 1938-01-07

A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even...

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Fast and Furious

as Joel Sloane
Released: 1939-10-06

Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York,...

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The Girl from Missouri

as T.R. Paige, Jr.
Released: 1934-08-03

Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl...

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Mickey One

as Rudy Lopp
Released: 1965-09-27

A former comic is on the run from the mob.

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The World Moves On

as Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914
Released: 1934-06-27

Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear...

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That Night with You

as Paul Renaud
Released: 1945-09-28

In this musical comedy, a young singer becomes so desperate to appear on Broadway that she goes...

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The Hour Before the Dawn

as Jim Hetherton
Released: 1944-05-10

A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English...

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Joan Crawford: Always the Star

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1996-09-30

Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy...

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Lost Honeymoon

as Johnny Gray
Released: 1947-03-29

An American architect learns he has two children whom he fathered during his military service.

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The Bride Wore Red

as Giulio
Released: 1937-10-08

A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.

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Quality Street

as Dr. Valentine Brown
Released: 1937-03-26

In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.

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Jigsaw

as Howard Malloy
Released: 1949-03-11

New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy is working hard on investigation about a...

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The Wife Takes a Flyer

as Christopher Reynolds
Released: 1942-04-28

Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied...

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His Butler's Sister

as Charles Gerard
Released: 1943-11-26

Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.

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The Unguarded Hour

as Sir Alan Dearden
Released: 1936-04-10

A blackmailer tries to stop a woman from revealing evidence that could save a condemned man.

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Between Two Women

as Allan Meighan
Released: 1937-07-09

Allen Meighan, an intern, assures himself residency at 'General Hospital', when he saves the...

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The King Steps Out

as Emperor Franz Josef
Released: 1936-05-27

Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in.

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Gentlemen Are Born

as Bob Bailey
Released: 1934-11-17

A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in...

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Three Loves Has Nancy

as Robert 'Bob' Hanson
Released: 1938-09-02

A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically...

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They Gave Him a Gun

as James 'Jimmy' Davis
Released: 1937-05-07

With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.

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Gabriel Over the White House

as Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President
Released: 1933-03-31

A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a...

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This Woman Is Mine

as Robert Stevens
Released: 1941-08-22

Three seafaring fur traders fall in love with a female stowaway they discover aboard their ship....

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The Voice That Thrilled the World

as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Released: 1943-10-16

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon...

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How to Make a French Dish

as John K. Montasy Jr
Released: 1964-01-29

In this romantic drama, a middle-aged gambler tells a casino croupier her life story. The story...

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Honeymoon

as David Flanner
Released: 1947-05-17

A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.

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Uncle Vanya

as Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff
Released: 1957-12-13

A country doctor (Franchot Tone) loves but cannot have a professor's wife (Clarence Derwent) in...

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Shadow Over Elveron

as Barney Conners
Released: 1968-03-05

A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go...

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The Little Foxes

as Horace
Released: 1956-12-16

A tale of greed, one-upmanship, family distrust, abuse, apathy, and lost love, set in the deep...

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The Girl Downstairs

as Paul Wagner
Released: 1938-12-23

A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with...

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Bitter Heritage

as Frank James
Released: 1958-08-07

A powerful story of the son of America's most famous outlaw: Jesse James. Jesse, Jr. struggles...

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Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

as Your Host
Released: 1961-01-01

Madame Tirelou is a witch who will not allow her daughter Marie to marry her true love Louis....

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See How They Run

as Baron Frood
Released: 1964-10-07

Three children are stalked by hired killers after they unknowingly take evidence pointing to the...

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Her Husband's Affairs

as William Weldon
Released: 1947-11-12

Bill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets...

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Trail of the Vigilantes

as Kansas
Released: 1940-12-13

A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.

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The Wiser Sex

as Phil Long
Released: 1932-03-14

A young woman goes undercover to gather evidence to free her boyfriend, an attorney who has been...

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One New York Night

as Foxhall Ridgeway
Released: 1935-03-08

Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel...

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Because of Him

as Paul Taylor
Released: 1946-01-18

A young woman who wants to break into the theater schemes to become the protege of a famous...

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Straight Is the Way

as Benny
Released: 1934-08-10

Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former...

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The Romance of Celluloid

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1937-08-27

Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment...

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Bonanza

as Denver McKee
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Rudolph Bitzner
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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The Twilight Zone

as Col. Archie Taylor
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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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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The Philco Television Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1948-10-03

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...

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Run for Your Life

as Judge Taliaferro Wilson
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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Studio One

as Juror #3
First aired: 1948-11-07

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

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Studio One

as uncredited
First aired: 1948-11-07

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

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Studio One

as Rev. Lockman
First aired: 1948-11-07

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

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Studio One

as Douglas Thompson
First aired: 1948-11-07

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

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Studio One

as Bill Gibson
First aired: 1948-11-07

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

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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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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as Candy Lombe
First aired: 1958-10-06

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

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Oliver Mathews
First aired: 1955-10-02

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

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Tales of Tomorrow

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-08-03

Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and...

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The Virginian

as Murdoch
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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Lux Video Theatre

as Meredith Whitehouse
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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Climax!

as Henry Hutton
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 Dr. Ken Jaynes
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 Kurt Baumann / Scott Malone
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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Ben Casey

as Dr. Daniel Niles Freeland
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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Lights Out

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-07-19

Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a...

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Suspense

as Markheim
First aired: 1949-01-06

Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to...

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General Electric Theater

as Charles Proteus Steinmetz
First aired: 1953-02-01

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

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