Howard Duff

Born: 1913-11-24

Howard Green Duff (November 24, 1913 – July 8, 1990) was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio. Duff was born in Charleston, Washington, now a part of Bremerton. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1932 where he began acting in school plays only after he was cut from the basketball team. His first film role was as an inmate in Brute Force. His other movies include The Naked City (1948), All My Sons (1948), Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949), Panic in the City (1968), In Search of America (1971), A Wedding (1978) and No Way Out (1987). He appeared in a number of films with his first wife, actress/director Ida Lupino. One of Duff's later performances was as Dustin Hoffman's attorney in the Academy Award-winning Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). On radio, Duff played Dashiell Hammett's private eye Sam Spade from 1946–1950, starring in The Adventures of Sam Spade on three different networks - ABC, CBS and NBC. In 1951 Steve Dunne took over the role of Sam Spade. Duff also appeared in an episode of Climax! entitled Escape From Fear in 1955. On television, Duff appeared with his then wife Ida Lupino in the CBS comedy Mr. Adams and Eve from January 1957 through September 1958, in which they played husband and wife film stars named Howard Adams and Eve Drake. He played the young Samuel Langhorne Clemens, in his early life in the West as a satirical and crusading journalist, in the TV series Bonanza ("Enter Mark Twain," season 1, episode 5, 1959). In 1960 he played the male main character in The Twilight Zone episode "A World of Difference" as Arthur Curtis/Jerry Raigan. From October 1960 through April 1961, Duff played Willie Dante, owner of the San Francisco nightclub, Dante's Inferno, in the NBC adventure/drama series Dante. In 1964, Duff guest starred as Harold Baker on the episode "Prodigy" of NBC's medical drama about psychiatry The Eleventh Hour, starring Jack Ging and Ralph Bellamy. In 1990, he guest starred on an episode of The Golden Girls (episode: The Mangiacavallo Curse Makes a Lousy Wedding Present). From September 1966 through January 1969, Duff portrayed Detective Sergeant Sam Stone in the ABC police drama Felony Squad with costar Dennis Cole. In the 1980s, he appeared on dramas such as NBC's Flamingo Road and Knots Landing, and Dallas, both on CBS. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Duff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​


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No Way Out

as Senator William 'Billy' Duvall
Released: 1987-08-14

Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling....

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Kramer vs. Kramer

as John Shaunessy
Released: 1979-12-07

Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot...

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While the City Sleeps

as Lt. Burt Kaufman
Released: 1956-04-19

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

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Brute Force

as Robert 'Soldier' Becker
Released: 1947-07-16

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic,...

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A Wedding

as Dr. Jules Meecham
Released: 1978-08-29

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure...

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The Naked City

as Frank Niles
Released: 1948-03-04

The Naked City portrays the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model. A...

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The Heist

as Lieutenant Nicholson
Released: 1972-11-29

An armored-car guard must convince the authorities he is innocent after he is forced to rob his...

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Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)
Released: 2004-07-28

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

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Monster in the Closet

as Father Martin Finnegan
Released: 1986-05-15

After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a...

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Steel Town

as Jim Denko
Released: 1952-05-09

Steve Kostain, nephew of the owner, begins working at a steel mill to learn the business from...

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Shakedown

as Jack Early
Released: 1950-09-01

Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the...

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Spy Hunt

as Steve Quain
Released: 1950-06-08

Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is...

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Boys' Night Out

as Doug Jackson
Released: 1962-06-21

Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only...

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Private Hell 36

as Police Sgt. Jack Farnham
Released: 1954-09-03

In New York, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills...

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Too Much Sun

as O.M.
Released: 1990-10-10

A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His...

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Woman in Hiding

as Keith Ramsey
Released: 1950-01-06

As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead,...

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The Late Show

as Harry Regan
Released: 1977-02-10

Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another...

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Spaceways

as Dr. Stephen Mitchell
Released: 1953-07-01

The test launch for the first inter-planetary research station goes wrong when the satellite...

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This Girl For Hire

as Wolfe Macready
Released: 1983-01-11

In this pilot for a proposed TV series, B.T. Brady is a flippant, but somewhat klutzy female...

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The D.A.: Murder One

as Lynn D. Compton
Released: 1969-12-08

A Deputy District Attorney suspects that a nurse has been murdering her rich husbands and...

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Women's Prison

as Dr. Crane
Released: 1955-02-01

A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.

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All My Sons

as George Deever
Released: 1948-05-01

During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert...

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Red Canyon

as Lin Sloane
Released: 1949-04-27

A former outlaw goes straight and is determined to catch and tame a wild stallion. Western.

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Johnny Stool Pigeon

as George Morton
Released: 1949-04-20

A federal agent infiltrates a crime syndicate.

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In Search of America

as Ray Chandler
Released: 1971-03-23

Michael (Jeff Bridges) drops out of college with the intention of finding himself. When his...

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Know Your Enemy: Japan

as Narrator
Released: 1945-08-09

Frank Capra-directed propaganda film produced during World War II depicting the United States'...

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Panic in the City

as Dave Pomeroy
Released: 1968-10-01

An American agent is assigned to track down a renegade Soviet spy who is building an atomic...

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The Lady from Texas

as Dan Mason
Released: 1951-09-01

An eccentric Civil War widow is accused of being insane.

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The Yellow Mountain

as Pete Menlo
Released: 1954-11-16

A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo...

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Roses Are for the Rich

as Denton
Released: 1987-05-17

In a small town in Appalachia, Autumn's young husband is killed in a suspicious mine explosion....

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The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch

as Col. Samuel Isaacs
Released: 1982-10-31

It's quiet in Chastity Gulch, a small town in the Wild West. The men of the village are all in...

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Illegal Entry

as Bert Powers
Released: 1949-06-01

Long before he became producer/director of The Tonight Show, Fred DeCordova helmed the Universal...

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Settle the Score

as Cy Whately
Released: 1989-10-30

Katherine Whately, a tough, young Chicago cop, comes home to her small town to settle her...

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The Broken Star

as Thornton W. Wills
Released: 1956-04-01

A deputy sheriff defies local ranchers to investigate a Mexican's murder.

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Double Negative

as Lester Harlen
Released: 1980-05-12

Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer.

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Ski Lift to Death

as Ben Forbes
Released: 1978-03-03

A sports promoter tries to matchmake for a pair of ski champions and, as a result, they end up...

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Tanganyika

as Dan Harder
Released: 1954-07-03

A landowner in colonial Africa leads a safari through Nukumbi territory in order to capture an...

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Flame of the Islands

as Doug Duryea
Released: 1955-12-04

A café singer buys a gambling casino and several men fall in love with her.

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Valentine Magic on Love Island

as A.J. Morgan
Released: 1980-02-15

Janis Paige presides over the proceedings at a posh resort, using magical powers to help eight...

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In the Glitter Palace

as Raymond Dawson Travers
Released: 1977-02-23

The ex-girlfriend of a lawyer, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in...

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Jennifer

as Jim Hollis
Released: 1953-10-25

A young woman is hired to take care of an eerie old mansion, where she finds herself entangled...

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Love on the Run

as Lionel Rockland
Released: 1985-10-21

A criminal lawyer goes on the run with her new lover — a convict she had as a client and whom...

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Battered

as Bill Thompson
Released: 1978-09-26

Gritty drama of three interweaving stories of three women of various backgrounds and ages whose...

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Calhoun

as Sid Rayner
Released: 1964-07-08

Unaired pilot for a drama/adventure series about a county agent.

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Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

as Sam Bass
Released: 1949-09-20

Drifter Sam Bass shows up in Denton, Texas (soon to host a great horse race) looking for work....

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Snatched

as Duncan Wood
Released: 1973-01-31

The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom, but one of the...

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War Gods of Babylon

as Sardanapolo
Released: 1962-11-24

Noble, wise King Sardanapolo and his more soft and naive younger brother Prince Sammash get into...

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Blackjack Ketchum Desperado

as Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum
Released: 1956-04-01

A former gunslinger comes to the aid of ranchers battling a murderous land baron.

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Actor

as Winfield Sheehan
Released: 1978-02-21

A musical play based on the early years of actor Paul Muni.

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Roar of the Crowd

as Johnny Tracy
Released: 1953-05-31

Johnny Tracy, son of veteran race driver Pop Tracy, is working his way up on the racing circuit,...

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Tight as a Drum

as Hollister
Released: 1974-02-11

A military school graduation ceremony is interrupted when a student's dope-smuggling father is...

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Models Inc.

as Lennie Stone
Released: 1952-05-19

The wealthy owner of a modeling agency keeps a new student in the high life, unaware that she...

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Sierra Stranger

as Jess Collins
Released: 1957-05-01

A prospector becomes a small town outcast after he rescues a man about to be lynched.

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Flamingo Road

as Sheriff Titus Semple
Released: 1980-05-12

A carnival drifter marries into an aristocratic family and unwillingly takes on a ruthless...

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A Little Game

as Dunlap
Released: 1971-10-31

A hostile youngster who will stop at nothing to break up his mother's marriage is suspected of...

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Lily for President?

as General
Released: 1982-05-20

Comedian Lily Tomlin stars in this comical farce which deals with her experiences running for...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Ralph Earl / Stephen Earl
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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The Virginian

as Ed Frazer
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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Batman

as Det. Sgt. Sam Stone
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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Batman

as Cabala
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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St. Elsewhere

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-10-26

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from...

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Charlie's Angels

as Harrigan
First aired: 1976-09-22

Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could...

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Magnum, P.I.

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-12-11

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a...

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Knots Landing

as Paul Galveston
First aired: 1979-12-27

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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The Twilight Zone

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-02

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

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The Twilight Zone

as Arthur Curtis / Gerry Reagan
First aired: 1959-10-02

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

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The Golden Girls

as Mangiacavallo
First aired: 1985-09-14

Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake....

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Combat!

as Col. Hobey Jabko
First aired: 1962-10-02

Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The...

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Switch

as Ira Larkin
First aired: 1975-09-09

Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert...

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The Rockford Files

as Edward J. Marks
First aired: 1974-09-13

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con...

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Felony Squad

as Det. Sgt. Sam Stone
First aired: 1966-09-12

Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western...

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Climax!

as uncredited
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. John C. Clark
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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Hotel

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-08-21

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...

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Scarecrow and Mrs. King

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-10-03

Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May...

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Burke's Law

as Lou Cole
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Burke's Law

as Charlie January
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Alias Smith and Jones

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-01-05

Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to...

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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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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Peter Harding
First aired: 1962-09-20

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

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self - Guest
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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The Ford Television Theatre

as Johnny Abel
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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Flamingo Road

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-06

Flamingo Road is an American prime time soap opera that aired on NBC. It was first seen as a TV...

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The Streets of San Francisco

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-23

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

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The Mod Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-24

The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran...

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I Spy

as Sean
First aired: 1965-09-15

A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around...

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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-01-30

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC....

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Ellery Queen

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-11

Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character...

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War and Remembrance

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-11-13

War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman...

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Studio 57

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-09-21

Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont...

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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-10-05

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on...

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The Rogues

as G. Carter Huntington
First aired: 1964-09-13

The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to...

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Arrest and Trial

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-15

Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964...

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Judd for the Defense

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...

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Search

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-13

Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET,...

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The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

as Howard Duff
First aired: 1957-11-06

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from...

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Sam Benedict

as uncredited
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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Mr. Novak

as Joe Stillman
First aired: 1963-09-24

Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which...

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Matt Helm

as Dan Mallory
First aired: 1975-09-20

Matt Helm is an American mystery television series which aired on the ABC Network during the...

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Dante

as Willie Dante
First aired: 1960-10-03

Dante is a short-lived NBC adventure/drama television series starring Howard Duff as Willie...

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Mr. Adams and Eve

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-01-04

Mr. Adams and Eve is a CBS sitcom starring Howard Duff and his then wife, Ida Lupino, as a...

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The Immortal

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-09-24

The Immortal is an American television series, which aired on ABC from September 1970 to January...

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Bus Stop

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-01

Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25,...

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East of Eden

as Jules Edwards
First aired: 1981-02-08

A powerful eight-hour adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1952 generational saga stars Bruce...

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The Dream Merchants

as Charles Slade
First aired: 1980-05-12

This star-laden adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-selling 1949 novel about the birth of the...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Terence Kerrigan
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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Kung Fu

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-10-14

The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in...

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