Hal K. Dawson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hal K. Dawson (October 17, 1896 – February 17, 1987) was an American actor. The films he performed in include: Dr. Socrates, My American Wife, Libeled Lady, Wells Fargo,, Broadway Melody of 1940, Star Dust, The Doctor Takes a Wife, Washington Melodrama, Week-End in Havana,, Guest Wife, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Chicken Every Sunday, Bonzo Goes to College and The Benny Goodman Story. He died on February 17, 1987, in Loma Linda, California aged 90.
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Man at Airport (uncredited)It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally...
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Funny Girl
as Doorman at Keeney's (uncredited)The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New...
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The Glenn Miller Story
as Used Car Salesman (uncredited)A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from...
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The Tin Star
as Andy MillerAn experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
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Teacher's Pet
as Bill (uncredited)A rugged city editor poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.
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Libeled Lady
as Harvey AllenWhen a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and...
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Hellzapoppin'
as Photographer at Pool (uncredited)Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring...
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Harry Selby (uncredited)An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the...
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The Alligator People
as ConductorUnder therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story,...
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The Last Hurrah
as Managing Editor (uncredited)In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield,...
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Superman and the Mole-Men
as Chuck WeberReporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of...
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Mr. Lucky
as Draft Board Doctor (uncredited)A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his...
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Broadway Melody of 1940
as O'Grady (uncredited)Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers...
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Pedestrian at Burglary Site (uncredited)A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by...
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Man in Balcony (uncredited)In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few...
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I Stole a Million
as (uncredited)A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
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The Rat Race
as Bo KerryAn aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi...
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A Lawless Street
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out...
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Face of a Fugitive
as Jackson (uncredited)A man who was falsly accused for murder escapes the sheriffs and starts a new life in a town at...
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Park Row
as Mr. WileyIn New York's 1880s newspaper district, a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper....
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Foxfire
as Tourist (uncredited)A part-Indian mining engineer looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride.
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Three for the Show
as Theatre Treasuer (uncredited)This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer...
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Tin Pan Alley
as Hotel ClerkSongwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to...
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Easy Living
as Jeweler (uncredited)J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's...
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Paddy O'Day
as MotoristA wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to...
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The Nurse from Brooklyn
as Tommy TuckerA nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he...
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as BillJoe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get...
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The Captive City
as Clyde NelsonA small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
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Boy Meets Girl
as Wardrobe AttendantTwo lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to...
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Swanee River
as Drunken Man on RiverboatSwanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who...
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My Favorite Spy
as EberleThe Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy...
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You Gotta Stay Happy
as Night ClerkIndecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to...
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Rhubarb
as Mr. FisherRich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb....
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We Who Are Young
as SalesmanA man violates company policy by getting married.
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Guest Wife
as DennisChristopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood...
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Baby Face Morgan
as J.B. BrownWhen crime boss Big Mike Morgan is killed, his lieutenant, "Doc" Rogers, learns that Morgan has...
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Hi Diddle Diddle
as MinisterWhen the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's...
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The Fleet's In
as BertShy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a...
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One Mile from Heaven
as Information ClerkA female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised...
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A Likely Story
as Dr. Fraser (uncredited)A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon...
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Rose of Washington Square
as ChumpRose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband...
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Public Enemy's Wife
as DaughertyJudith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene,...
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The Great Profile
as Ticket SellerAn alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John...
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Millionaires in Prison
as Mike, a Reporter (uncredited)A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick...
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Wells Fargo
as Ormsby - N.Y. Herald CorrespondentIn the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company,...
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Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Dr. Tom HedgesSocial butterfly marries Park Avenue doctor and learns that his nurse is in love with him.
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The Yellow Mountain
as Sam TorrenceA formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo...
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Blondie in the Dough
as Mr. Tyler, the Grocer (uncredited)BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies...
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Obliging Young Lady
as Bore in Pullman Car with Linda (uncredited)A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents'...
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Blackmail
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.
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The Touch of Satan
as Mr. GentryA murderous and decrepit old woman resides on a California walnut farm with her family. On a...
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International Settlement
as Master of CeremoniesIn Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun...
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An American Dream
as Apartment House GuardStephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television...
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China Clipper
as Airplane Designer (uncredited)An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
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Three Girls About Town
as GuestFaith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next...
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Meet the Stewarts
as Waiter (uncredited)A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.
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Gateway
as ReporterIrish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she...
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Blondie's Big Moment
as Mr. Little (uncredited)Blondie decides she wants to be a star and nearly turns her household upside down in this entry...
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You're My Everything
as Ticket Seller (uncredited)In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes...
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There Goes My Heart
as Camera Clerk (uncredited)An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
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Lydia
as Hotel Desk ClerkLydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her...
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Two Girls on Broadway
as License Bureau Clerk (uncredited)Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical....
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Song of the Islands
as John RodneyWith his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on...
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Kentucky
as Auction ClerkYoung lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky...
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Merton of the Movies
as Gus Blanchard - Agent (uncredited)In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth...
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The Ice Follies of 1939
as Publicity Man (Uncredited)Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary...
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Wedding Present
as uncreditedCharlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically...
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Safety in Numbers
as CameramanThe Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich...
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Cracked Nuts
as Sawhorse ManA young man in a small town wins $5000 in a radio contest. He goes to New York City to propose...
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Mama Runs Wild
as Bank Robber (uncredited)Suburban Paradise Park becomes a heaven for social-minded Mrs. Alice Summers (Mary Boland), when...
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The Doctor Takes a Wife
as CharlieA best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual...
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We're on the Jury
as John WeathermanA juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.
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The Female Animal
as Assistant Director Eddie (uncredited)Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley,...
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Danger – Love at Work
as Mike, the chauffeurA New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South...
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Star Dust
as Cargo, Wellman's AssistantWhen Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to...
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A Night at the Movies
as Mr. Pennelly (uncredited)A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest...
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Danger Street
as StevensMagazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.
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Public Deb No. 1
as Layout ManWhen a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her...
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The Mad Martindales
as Hotel clerkA girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's...
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My American Wife
as Stephen CantillonAnn Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona,...
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Second Honeymoon
as AndyRaoul McLish stops over in Miami Beach where he runs into his ex-wife, Vicky Benton, and her new...
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How to Sub-Let
as Real Estate AgentA man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.
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Vogues of 1938
as Jim - Ticket Seller in BostonAn early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was...
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Blondie on a Budget
as Bank Teller (uncredited)Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's...
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Rich Man, Poor Girl
as Mr. AllenA millionaire courts a working-class woman.
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The Great Victor Herbert
as George FallerIn his last film assignment, portly Walter Connolly fills the title role (in more ways than one)...
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How to Read
as Annoying Club Member (uncredited)Robert Benchley offers a humorous lecture on how to avoid different types of strain during reading.
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Café Metropole
as Arthur Cleveland ThorndykeAn American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
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Little Men
as Telegraph OperatorJo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a...
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Week-End in Havana
as Mr. MarksA ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships...
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Young Man with Ideas
as Mr. Cumberly (uncredited)A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
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She Had to Eat
as Mr. McIntire - Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric...
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Greenwich Village
as CashierIn 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
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The Firebird
as Assistant Stage ManagerHerman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in...
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Lillian Russell
as ChauffeurAlice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
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The Magnificent Dope
as CharlieDwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest...
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Chicken Every Sunday
as Jake BarkerA woman takes in boarders to support her husband's harebrained financial schemes.
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Pack Up Your Troubles
as Booking AgentThree American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.
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Keep Smiling
as Casting DirectorJane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director...
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On Again—Off Again
as SanfordThis wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug...
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Music Is Magic
as Jim Watson (uncredited)An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from...
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Slightly French
as Whitaker (uncredited)A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a...
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This Thing Called Love
as uncreditedTwo professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three...
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Dr. Socrates
as Mel TowneDr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his...
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Washington Melodrama
as LoganAn elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town...
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Two Bright Boys
as BoswellA young man inherits a valuable piece of Texas land that an oil man plots to steal away.
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Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
as ProducerKathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought...
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Hotel for Women
as Dave MooreGuests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.
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Love and Hisses
as Music store clerkAs part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist...
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Adam-12
as WatchmanAdam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police...
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as SecretaryA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as GrahamA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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The Adventures of Champion
as Jim CusterThe Adventures of Champion follow a wild stallion named Champion, who remarkably becomes friends...
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