Frank M. Thomas

Born: 1889-07-12

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Marion Thomas (July 13, 1889 – November 25, 1989), was an American character actor of stage, screen and television fame. He and his wife, actress Mona Bruns, both lived to 100 years old. He died the day before her 90th birthday; she died 11 years later. Their son was Frankie Thomas Thomas' parents were Jesse and Virginia Thomas. He first appeared on Broadway in 1914. Thomas also played many supporting roles in films from the 1930s through the 1970s. His best-known films were We Who Are About To Die (1937), A Man to Remember (1938), A Shot In the Dark (1941), Desert Trail (1942), and No Place for a Lady (1943). His last screen appearance was in The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976). He performed frequently on television from the 1950s to the 1970s. He was president (Shepherd) of The Lambs (1962-63). His film appearances were so prolific at one point in his career that, in 1937 alone, he appeared in no fewer than 21 films.


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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Hendricks (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-19

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United...

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Eyes in the Night

as Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
Released: 1942-10-16

Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help...

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Reap the Wild Wind

as Dr. Jepson
Released: 1942-03-26

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the...

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Idiot's Delight

as Bert
Released: 1939-01-27

A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are...

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Bachelor Mother

as Doctor
Released: 1939-06-30

Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of...

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The Mysterious Miss X

as District Attorney Al Ross
Released: 1939-01-10

After being mistaken for Scotland Yard detectives, two vaudevillians (Michael Whalen, Chick...

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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

as Mike North (uncredited)
Released: 1936-04-24

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his...

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Hello, Frisco, Hello

as Auctioneer
Released: 1943-03-26

In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky...

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Without Orders

as Arthur Trueman
Released: 1936-10-22

At Portland, Oregon, playboy pilot Len Kendrick lands at the end of a cross-country record...

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Brigham Young

as Hubert Crum
Released: 1940-09-27

Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to...

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The Saint in New York

as Prosecutor (Uncredited)
Released: 1938-05-25

A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar,...

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The Postman Didn't Ring

as Prosecutor
Released: 1942-07-03

Stolen way back in 1880, a sack of United States mail is discovered in an old attic in 1942. The...

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Wild Bill Hickok Rides

as Tweed
Released: 1942-01-31

The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.

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Joy of Living

as Arthur (Uncredited)
Released: 1938-05-06

Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon...

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The Man Who Found Himself

as Mr. Roberts
Released: 1937-04-02

Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his...

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Society Lawyer

as Lt. Stevens
Released: 1939-03-21

Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is...

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Law of the Underworld

as Police Captain Gargan
Released: 1938-05-06

A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal...

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Saga of Death Valley

as Ed Tasker
Released: 1939-11-17

When Tasker kills Roy Rogers he takes one of his young sons. Fifteen years later the other son...

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Among the Living

as Sheriff
Released: 1941-12-12

A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble...

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Smashing the Rackets

as Judge Wend
Released: 1938-08-08

Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a...

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Queen of the Mob

as Doctor
Released: 1940-06-28

Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy...

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Geronimo

as Politician
Released: 1939-11-26

The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a...

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Lillian Russell

as Official
Released: 1940-05-24

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

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Three Sons o' Guns

as Reynolds
Released: 1941-08-02

Three reckless brothers dodge the draft then sign up and become men.

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They All Come Out

as Superintendent - Chillicothe
Released: 1939-08-04

A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will...

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They Made Her a Spy

as Col. John Shaw
Released: 1939-04-14

When her brother is killed by sabotage, Irene Eaton (Sally Eilers) joins the secret service and...

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Secret Service of the Air

as Doc
Released: 1939-03-04

Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go...

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The Great Man's Lady

as Frisbee
Released: 1942-04-15

In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt...

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Dangerously They Live

as Ralph Bryan
Released: 1941-12-24

A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents.

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Danger Patrol

as Rocky Sanders
Released: 1937-11-18

An explosives carrier at an oil field falls in love with a colleague's daughter.

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Disbarred

as Dist. Atty. G.H. Blanchard
Released: 1939-01-06

The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears he was implicated in the...

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We're on the Jury

as Mr. Van Cobb
Released: 1937-02-12

A juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.

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We Who Are About to Die

as M.L. Carter
Released: 1937-01-08

John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and...

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The Last Outlaw

as Dr. Charles Mason
Released: 1936-06-19

After serving 25 years in prison for robbery, Dean Payton returns to his home town to see his...

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The Big Shot

as A.C. Murdock
Released: 1937-07-23

A small-town veterinarian inherits $2 million from an uncle he barely knew. His attempts to help...

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Chad Hanna

as Burke
Released: 1940-12-25

Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he...

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Breakfast for Two

as Sam Ransome
Released: 1937-10-22

After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has...

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The Sleeping City

as Police Lt. Lally (uncredited)
Released: 1950-09-20

A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can't find a clue...

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Criminal Lawyer

as William Walker
Released: 1937-01-29

Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client,...

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Go Chase Yourself

as Police Chief
Released: 1938-04-22

When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup...

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Mummy's Boys

as Phillip Browning
Released: 1936-10-02

Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology...

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You Can't Buy Luck

as Lieutenant Bond
Released: 1937-04-30

When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove...

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Behind The Headlines

as Naylor
Released: 1937-05-14

A radio reporter sets out to rescue his ex-girlfriend when she is kidnapped by gangsters.

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The Big Game

as Coach
Released: 1936-10-09

A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.

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Sunset Serenade

as Clifford Sheldon
Released: 1942-09-14

Bad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant...

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No Place for a Lady

as Webley, club owner
Released: 1943-02-11

A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder...

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Sierra Sue

as Banker Bromfield
Released: 1941-11-12

To fight a poisonous weed, ranchers are burning their land. Gene is the Inspector brought in and...

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High Flyers

as Officer Collins
Released: 1937-11-07

Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos...

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The Outcasts of Poker Flat

as Mr. Redford
Released: 1937-04-16

The 1937 film version of Bret Harte's story, starring Preston Foster.

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Wednesday's Child

as Attorney for Mr. Phillips (in some prints as Tom Franklin)
Released: 1934-10-26

A 10-year-old's happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced.

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$1,000 a Touchdown

as Dr. Black (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-04

A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for...

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Wanted: Jane Turner

as Banks
Released: 1936-12-04

Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.

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Blind Alibi

as Larson
Released: 1938-05-20

A Paris sculptor (Richard Dix) fakes blindness in Los Angeles to recover his blackmailed...

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Night Spot

as Headwaiter
Released: 1938-02-25

A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which...

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Don't Turn 'em Loose

as Attorney Pierce
Released: 1936-09-18

A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an...

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Scandal Sheet

as District Attorney
Released: 1939-10-16

The crimes of a tabloid publisher are exposed by a reporter, his secret illegitimate son.

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Obliging Young Lady

as Bill Keenan - Editor (uncredited)
Released: 1942-04-01

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

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Don't Tell the Wife

as Insperator Mallory
Released: 1937-03-05

After being released from prison, con man Thurston Hall gathers his gang of cronies--along with...

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Quick Money

as Jim Clark
Released: 1937-12-10

Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of...

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A Shot in the Dark

as Klein
Released: 1941-04-05

A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.

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Forty Naughty Girls

as Jeff "Pops" Plummer
Released: 1937-09-24

Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway...

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Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

as Coach Hammond
Released: 1938-10-07

A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's...

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Women Without Names

as Prison Warden
Released: 1940-03-14

Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused...

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Meet the Missus

as Barney Lott
Released: 1937-06-04

A small town Ohio barber accompanies his ditzy wife to Atlantic City, where she competes in the...

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Crime Ring

as Thomas Redwine
Released: 1938-07-08

Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by...

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The Shadow

as Commissioner Weston
Released: 1954-06-27

Lamont Cranston, a psychiatrist on retainer to the police department, is asked to assist in the...

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Maid's Night Out

as 'Mac' McCarthy
Released: 1938-03-03

A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While...

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Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

as Jim Nixon
Released: 1939-01-13

An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.

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The Rookie Cop

as Police Chief Gordon H. Lane
Released: 1939-04-28

A rookie cop tries to prove his friend is innocent of a robbery, despite the police...

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The Soldier and the Lady

as Railroad Official (Uncredited)
Released: 1937-04-09

In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles...

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Sunset on the Desert

as Judge Alvin Kirby
Released: 1942-04-01

Judge Kirby is being blackmailed and forced to let outlaws go free. He was once the partner of...

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Grand Jury Secrets

as Benton
Released: 1939-06-23

A newspaper reporter gets involved with shady stock promoters when he listens in on a jury room...

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Crashing Hollywood

as Detective Decker
Released: 1938-01-07

A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.

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Racing Lady

as Bradford
Released: 1937-01-12

A shrewd millionaire who owns races horses for publicity for his automobile business, claims...

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M'Liss

as Alf Edwards
Released: 1936-07-27

The third film version of the Bret Harte tale, starring Anne Shirley as a miner's daughter in a...

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They Wanted to Marry

as Detective
Released: 1937-02-05

Newspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister...

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Arkansas Judge

as August Huston
Released: 1941-01-28

Arkansas Judge is a 1941 American film starring Roy Rogers as a young lawyer defending a farmer...

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Maryland

as Dr. J. J. Bunker, Veterinarian
Released: 1940-07-19

A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do...

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China Passage

as Captain Williams
Released: 1937-03-12

Americans Tommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are hired to transport a fabulous diamond from Shanghai to...

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This Marriage Business

as Mayor Frisbee
Released: 1938-04-08

A cocky reporter turns a small town marriage license clerk into a media celebrity.

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Shooting High

as Calvin Pritchard
Released: 1940-04-25

A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.

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A Man to Remember

as Jode Harkness
Released: 1938-10-14

On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.

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City of Chance

as Publisher
Released: 1940-01-13

Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler...

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A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

as Capt. H.T. Daley
Released: 1942-05-07

A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Ellery Queen to...

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Wyoming Wildcat

as Frank Gannon
Released: 1941-01-06

A former outlaw becomes a Wells Fargo guard, but when the stagecoach is robbed, he becomes a...

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Grand Jury

as John Taylor
Released: 1936-08-07

When a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's...

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Everybody's Doing It

as Charlie
Released: 1938-01-14

Gangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national...

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Apache Trail

as Maj. Lowden
Released: 1942-09-01

The brother of a notorious outlaw is put in a charge of a stagecoach line way station in...

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High School

as History Teacher
Released: 1940-01-26

A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled at her father's Texas ranch must adjust to her...

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Two Thoroughbreds

as Reeves
Released: 1939-12-08

A farm boy trains a wild colt on his own.

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Life with Henry

as Joe Nye
Released: 1941-01-23

Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.

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Mountain Rhythm

as Dr. Elihu Prindle
Released: 1943-01-08

The Weaver family buys some farmland in California, but the headmaster of a nearby boys school...

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Nearly Married

as Harry Lindsey
Released: 1917-11-18

Silent comedy, based on a 1913 stage play of the same title.

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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 Marley's Ghost
First aired: 1948-10-03

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

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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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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Martin Kane, Private Eye

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-09-01

Martin Kane, Private Eye was an early radio series and television crime series sponsored by...

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