Joseph Cotten
Joseph Cheshire Cotten (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American actor of stage and film. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair. He is associated with Orson Welles, leading to appearances in Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Journey into Fear (1943), for which Cotten was also credited with the screenplay, and The Third Man (1949). He was a star in his own right with films such as Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Love Letters (1945), Portrait of Jennie (1948), and The Third Man (1949).
The Third Man
as Holly MartinsIn postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a...
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Citizen Kane
as Jedediah LelandNewspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a...
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Niagara
as George LoomisRose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara...
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Henry L. StimsonIn the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant...
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Soylent Green
as William R. SimonsonIn the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s...
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Shadow of a Doubt
as Charlie OakleyJust when Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Newton, is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement...
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Heaven's Gate
as The Reverend DoctorHarvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle...
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Touch of Evil
as Coroner (uncredited)When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug...
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Gaslight
as Brian CameronA newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
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Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs IIIFlight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving...
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Duel in the Sun
as Jesse McCanlesBeautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds...
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as Dr. VesaliusAfter a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes...
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Othello
as Senator (uncredited)When a secret marriage is planned between Othello, a Moorish general, and Desdemona, the...
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The Magnificent Ambersons
as Eugene MorganThe spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the...
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A Blueprint for Murder
as Whitney 'Cam' CameronWhitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also...
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Baron Blood
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred BeckerA young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of...
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F for Fake
as SelfDocuments the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later...
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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Drew BaylissAn aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness...
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The Last Sunset
as John BreckenridgeAt a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher...
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Under Capricorn
as Sam FluskyA native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister...
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Petulia
as Mr. DannerDr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a...
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The Hellbenders
as Colonel JonasA Southern Colonel, his three sons, and a card shark embark on an odyssey through the Southwest...
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Portrait of Jennie
as Eben AdamsA mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
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Journey into Fear
as Howard GrahamAn American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home...
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The Scopone Game
as GeorgeAn aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the...
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Lady Frankenstein
as Baron FrankensteinWhen Dr. Frankenstein is killed by a monster he created, his daughter and his lab assistant...
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Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of StateA renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM...
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Peking Express
as Michael BachlinA group of refugees fleeing Chinese Communist rule via train are beset by a gang of terrifying...
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Island of the Fishmen
as Prof. Ernest MarvinAfter their prison ship sinks in the Caribbean, a group of prisoners and a doctor wash ashore on...
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The Killer Is Loose
as Detective Sam WagnerA savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies bank teller Leon Poole as...
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Delusion
as Ivar LangrockMeredith Stone, a home care nurse, has been assigned the duty of looking after a wealthy invalid...
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Caravans
as CrandallThis epic adventure-drama based on James Michener's best-selling novel concerns a young American...
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Love Letters
as Allen QuintonWhen a man asks another man more facile with words to do his wooing for him, there are always...
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Two Flags West
as Col. Clay TuckerA group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local...
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September Affair
as David LawrenceAn industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they...
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From the Earth to the Moon
as Victor BarbicaneSet just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new...
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at...
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Beyond the Forest
as Doctor Louis MolineRosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city...
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The Survivor
as PriestWhen a 747 crashes shortly after take-off, the sole survivor is the pilot. Virtually unhurt, he...
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Untamed Frontier
as Kirk DenbowThe Denbow family denies access across their land to homesteaders. To evade a murder charge,...
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The Hearse
as Walter PrichardA schoolteacher moves into her deceased aunt’s house in a small Californian town, and is...
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Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)Welcome behind the closed doors of a Hollywood that only a select few will ever get to see -- a...
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The Farmer's Daughter
as Glenn MorleyAfter leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an...
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Timber Tramps
as Greedy sawmill mogulA tough, hard-drinking Alaska logging foreman likes fighting only slightly less than working.
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I'll Be Seeing You
as Zachary MorganMary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas...
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Since You Went Away
as Lieutenant Tony WillettIn 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family...
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The Great Sioux Massacre
as Major Marcus A. RenoColonel Custer, an outspoken believer in fair treatment for the Indians, is ousted from his post...
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Syndicate Sadists
as PaternòA biker's brother is killed while investigating the kidnapping of a young boy, the byproduct of...
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The Devil's Daughter
as Judge WeatherbyA young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she...
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Latitude Zero
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzieA massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They...
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Alexander The Great
as AntigonusAn historical film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king that united...
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Too Much Johnson
as Augustus BillingsThis film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of...
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Concorde Affair
as MillandA reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save...
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Lydia
as Michael FitzpatrickLydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her...
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Walk Softly, Stranger
as Chris Hale aka SteveA petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
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The Grasshopper
as Richard MorganA British Columbia teenager dreams of show business but winds up as a call girl in Las Vegas.
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City Beneath the Sea
as Dr. ZieglerA group of 21st-century colonists inhabit an underwater city called Pacifica. Originally...
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The Money Trap
as Dr. Horace Van TildenWhen half a million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the...
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The Halliday Brand
as Daniel HallidaySheriff Halliday doesn't approve of his children dating or marrying half-breeds and his blind...
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White Comanche
as Sheriff LoganWilliam Shatner plays two roles: cowboy Johnny Moon and his ruthless Indian twin brother, Notah....
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The Screaming Woman
as George TresvantA wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking...
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Guyana: Crime of the Century
as Richard GableThis horrific dramatization of the Guyana tragedy traces the steps of Reverend Jim Jones, a...
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The Oscar
as Kenneth ReganAn amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to...
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Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
as SelfA short documentary about the Making Of Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943).
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Dr. Joseph Francis CondonFact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed...
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The Tramplers
as Temple CordeenAfter the war of secession, the aging Cordeen, who owns thousands of acres in Texas, rules his...
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The Bottom of the Bottle
as Pat 'P.M.' MartinAn alcoholic escaped convict asks his Arizona lawyer brother to help him cross the Mexican border.
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The Perfect Crime
as Sir Arthur DundeeThe death of a multinational company’s chairman induces the three candidates for the...
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A Delicate Balance
as HarryIn their finely appointed Connecticut home, Agnes and Tobias have grown used to the imperfection...
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Mysteries of the Gods
as NarratorWilliam Shatner explores the theory that the U.S. government is involved in a cover-up of...
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Last In, First Out
as Foster JohnsonA woman on a train becomes the center of attention when she is mistaken for a spy by opposing...
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Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. George C. MarshallThe complicated relationship between Winston Churchill and the leaders of the British army...
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O....
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Special Delivery
as John AdamsComplications ensue when a U.S. diplomat discovers that he has a baby on his hands and an...
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The Steel Trap
as Jim OsborneJoseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a...
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Casino
as Ed BookerMike Connors is a suave gambler who owns a floating hotel/casino which takes a turn when the...
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The Man with a Cloak
as DupinSet in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one...
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Hers to Hold
as Bill MorleyDeanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls"...
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Hollywood and the Stars
as NarratorNBC's pioneering documentary series, produced by the David L. Wolper Production Company, in...
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Journey to Murder
as Jeff WheelerTelevision movie that consists of two episodes from the UK TV series Journey to the Unknown...
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Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as JimAt the turn of the century in the Southwest, Brighty the wild burro accompanies his friend, a...
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The Lonely Profession
as Martin BannisterPrivate investigator Leo Gordon is hired to trail Karen Mendaros, the mistress of a reclusive...
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Gangsters '70
as DestilAn elderly gangster just released from prison plans one last job, and gathers a small crew to do...
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Half Angel
as John Raymond Jr.Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one...
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Do You Take This Stranger?
as Dr. Robert CarsonA social climber/con artist schemes to inherit one million dollars by trading identities with a...
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Cutter's Trail
as General SpaldingThe Marshal of Santa Fe returns home to find his town almost wiped out by Mexican bandits and...
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Return to Fantasy Island
as Simon GrantA second feature-length pilot film for the wish-fulfillment series sees six lucky people having...
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The Angel Wore Red
as HawthorneA clergyman travels to Spain to join the Loyalist side during the Spanish Civil War and finds...
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Some May Live
as Colonel WoodwardDuring the Vietnam War U.S. decoder Kate Meredith is plagued with guilt when her husband coerces...
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Assault on the Wayne
as AdmiralThe U.S. submarine Anthony Wayne is underway for a top-secret mission. Onboard is a highly...
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A Whisper in the Dark
as The ProfessorMartino is a young child who claims to have an invisible friend called Luca. His parents assume...
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Split Second to an Epitaph
as Dr. Ben SternIn the second "Ironside" movie, the Chief has his spine jolted during a hospital encounter with...
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Jack of Diamonds
as AceThe protégé of a famous cat burglar reluctantly agrees to join forces with a lesser criminal in...
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Doomsday Voyage
as Captain JasonA political extremist on the run after assassinating a corrupt politician, poses as a French...
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The Edge of Innocence
as Robert RaineyAn unscrupulous criminal lawyer falls in love with a wealthy widow and becomes involved with her...
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Ironside
as uncreditedWhen an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...
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The Love Boat
as Colonel Van RykerPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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The Rockford Files
as Warner JamesonCranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con...
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Dr. Kildare
as Charles LadovanThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
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Tales of the Unexpected
as LionelA British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...
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Tales of the Unexpected
as EdwardA British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...
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Kraft Music Hall
as uncreditedKraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United...
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Ben HarperDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...
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Suspicion
as Gregg CareySuspicion is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC...
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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as uncreditedWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu...
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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as uncreditedThe Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC....
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The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Mac McClayThe Barbara Stanwyck Show is an American anthology drama television series which ran on NBC from...
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as SelfAn American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
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The Streets of San Francisco
as uncreditedTwo police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...
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The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Dick BurlingameThe DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from...
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The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Charles LawrenceThe DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from...
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Telephone Time
as uncreditedTelephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...
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77 Sunset Strip
as uncreditedStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as William CallewA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Tony GouldA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Courtney MastersonA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Charlie Oakley (archive footage) (uncredited)A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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The Great Adventure
as Captain MeehanThe Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964...
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Checkmate
as uncreditedCheckmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot,...
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Bus Stop
as uncreditedBus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25,...
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Cimarron Strip
as uncreditedCimarron Strip is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from September 1967 to...
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as SelfIn 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...
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Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest HostLetter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...
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Origins of the Mafia
as The EnvoyMini series about the origins of the Italian mafia
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Aspen
as Horton PaineThis sprawling miniseries details the trial of Lee Bishop, an Aspen man who was arrested, tried,...
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General Electric Theater
as Paul HentyGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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General Electric Theater
as CaptainGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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General Electric Theater
as Private HarrisGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as uncreditedSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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