Martin Balsam
Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American character actor. He is best known for a number of film roles, including detective Milton Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns (1965), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Juror #1 in 12 Angry Men (1957), and Mr. Green in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), as well as for his role as Murray Klein in the television sitcom Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983).
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Psycho
as Private Det. Milton ArbogastWhen larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of...
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Murder on the Orient Express
as Signor BianchiIn 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve...
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Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian...
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Cape Fear
as JudgeSam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking,...
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The Delta Force
as Ben KaplanA 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by...
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The Sentinel
as Prof. RuzinskyAs a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual...
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Hombre
as Henry MendezJohn Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised...
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Catch-22
as Col. CathcartA bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However,...
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A group of friends graduates from the halls of Georgetown University into lives that revolve...
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Death Wish 3
as Bennett CrossArchitect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a...
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Cape Fear
as Police Chief Mark DuttonSam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after...
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All the President's Men
as Howard SimonsDuring the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial...
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Husband E. KimmelIn the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant...
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On the Waterfront
as Gillette (uncredited)Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses...
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The Bedford Incident
as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior...
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as GreenIn New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's...
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The Stone Killer
as Al VescariA Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian...
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Al Capone
as Mac Keeley, reporterIn this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of...
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Little Big Man
as Mr. MerriweatherJack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and...
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Seven Days in May
as Paul GirardA U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
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La Classe américaine
as Callaghan (archive footage)George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of...
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The Salamander
as Captain SteffanelliAn Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions....
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Death Rage
as CommissarioA professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia...
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After the Fox
as HarryA criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.
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The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Rudy WellsColonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing...
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The Anderson Tapes
as HaskinsThief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her...
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Two-Minute Warning
as Sam McKeeverA psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a...
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The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)After Col. Steve Austin fails to retrieve the contents of a safe owned by arms dealer Arlen...
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Raid on Entebbe
as Daniel CooperBased on a true operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the Popular...
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The Silence of the Hams
as Det. Martin BalsamThe federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor...
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Everybody Go Home!
as Sergente Quintino FornaciariWhen Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is dispersed and soldiers begin to...
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Two Evil Eyes
as Mr. PymA duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying...
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Cuba
as Gen. BelloA British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's...
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Winged Victory
as Bit Part (uncredited)Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of...
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Confessions of a Police Captain
as Commissario BonaviaA police captain arranges the release of a criminally insane prisoner, who soon winds up dead....
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Me, Natalie
as Uncle HaroldSince she was a child, Natalie Miller has always thought she was an ugly ducking. Despite her...
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The Carpetbaggers
as Bernard B. NormanWhen playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an...
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Mitchell
as James Arthur CummingsA tough-guy cop pursues two drug runners across the city to bust a large syndicate. Very much...
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Queenie
as MartyQueenie was an ABC miniseries, adapted from the eponymous novel by Michael Korda, which is based...
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La colonna infame
as uncreditedHistorical drama, based upon the novel by Alessandro Manzoni.
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Contract on Cherry Street
as Ernie WeinbergA policeman devises an unorthodox plan for bringing criminals to justice after his partner is...
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Middle of the Night
as JackJerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies....
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Marjorie Morningstar
as Dr. David HarrisWhile working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for...
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Mayor WilkerAn aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are...
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Silver Bears
as Joe FioreFinancial wizard "Doc" Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore to buy a bank in Switzerland in...
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The Man
as Jim TalleyWhen the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the...
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People vs. Jean Harris
as Joel AurnouThis dramatic re-enactment premiered a mere nine weeks after the actual headline-making trial of...
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Edward J. ReillyFact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed...
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24 Hour Psycho
as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)24 Hour Psycho is the title of an art installation created by artist Douglas Gordon in 1993. The...
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The Millionaire
as Arthur HainesThree people's lives are drastically changed when they are suddenly given one million dollars...
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The Last Match
as LawyerThe daughter of a star quarterback is falsely accused of drug smuggling while visiting a small...
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Counselor at Crime
as Don Antonio MacalusoWhen the godson of San Francisco's crime lord asks permission to leave "the business," Don...
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Aunt Mary
as Harry StrasbergThe true-life drama about a handicapped Baltimore woman living on welfare who organized a...
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Time Limit
as Sgt. BakerMilitary investigator Colonel Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Cargill, a Korean War...
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The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Stanley PulskaEmile Pulska is visiting his old friend Abe Stillman. During the visit they are attacked and...
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A Thousand Clowns
as ArnoldTwelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who...
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The House on Garibaldi Street
as Isser HarelWhen Israeli officials learn that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann may be living in Argentina,...
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Meet Him and Die
as GiulianelliRay Lovelock stars as Massimo, a young undercover cop with a taste for violence and a thirst for...
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Night of 100 Stars
as SelfThe most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...
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Second Serve
as Dr. BeckFact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976...
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The Defender (Studio One)
as Francis TooheyThe pilot for the television series, "The Defenders." The story of Walter and Kenneth Pearson, a...
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Ada
as Steve JacksonA popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office,...
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Chronicle of a Homicide
as Giudice Aldo SolaRoma.During a clash between demonstrating laborers (whose fight the students have joined) a...
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Around the World of Mike Todd
as Michael Todd (voice)"Around the World with Mike Todd" serves as a summarization of the Todd's career, and his role...
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Miles To Go Before I Sleep
as Ben MontgomeryA lonely old man (Martin Balsam) finds his life beginning to have some meaning when he helps a...
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Murder in Space
as Alexander RostovSet in the "not-so-distant future", the crew of an international space station are set to return...
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Night of Terror
as Capt. Caleb SarkA hired killer hunts down a schoolteacher to get something she has. She doesn't know what it is,...
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There Goes The Bride
as Elmer BabcockA nervous ad executive creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a...
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I Want to Live
as Jack BradyThe movie tells the story of a woman who struggles and fights to escape the gas chamber being...
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The Hassled Hooker
as District Attorney TurrisiLuisa Latin, betrayed by her husband, is imprisoned for the murder of her husband's mistress -...
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Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Sanford KaufmanTV star Jason Steel reluctantly becomes the sounding board for his best friends' bored wives,...
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Cry, Onion!
as Petrus LambOnion Jack has bought a piece of land on which to settle, but the property is still in...
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Trilogy
as Ivor BelliTrilogy is an anthology film of three adaptations of Truman Capote short stories: Miriam, Among...
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Blood and Diamonds
as RizzoA man is arrested and condemned to five years in jail for robbery. After serving his term, he is...
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Harlow
as Everett RedmanHollywood drama loosely based on the life of film actress Jean Harlow, with Carroll Baker in the...
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Eyes Behind the Stars
as Inspector Jim GrantA photographer and his model are on a photo shoot in a forest when they get the feeling they are...
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Brothers in Blood
as uncreditedWar is Hell... especially NAM. A group of battle weary soldiers in Vietnam are trapped behind...
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The Sands of Time
as Father SorendoThree nuns are caught up in the midst of Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.
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The Warning
as Questore MartoranaDuring a high-stakes investigation into corporate and banking elites tied to organized crime, a...
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A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
as Charlie MalickAxel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry....
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A Brand New Life
as Jim DouglasAfter 18 years of marriage, a middle-aged couple has to face the prospect of having their first...
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Bomber's Moon
as Captain Joe ReardonA hard-hearted Colonel loses many men in his group's bombing missions over World War Two...
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Smiling Maniacs
as Carlo GojaDuring an inquest, an ambitious judge finds out that a lot of high-rank politicians are corrupt...
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Siege
as Henry FancherA drama about a community of senior citizens who are terrorized by a ruthless neighborhood gang....
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The Child Saver
as Sidney RosenbergAndrea Crawford, an important business woman, risks everything to save a kid from the life of crime.
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The Living Bible
as TownsmanWitness the story of Jesus, beginning with his birth in Bethlehem, to his crucifixion, death,...
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The Seeding of Sarah Burns
as Dr. Samuel MelmanA young woman volunteers to carry an embryo transplant for a couple that has tried and failed to...
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Rainbow
as Louis B. MayerThe early life and struggles of Judy Garland (portrayed by Andrea McArdle), and of the film...
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Season For Assassins
as Commissioner KatroniAs a gang of youths terrorizes a city, the weary chief of police finds himself caught between...
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Trapped Beneath the Sea
as T.C. HollisterBased on an incident that occurred off the coast of Florida in 1973, this film tells the story...
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P.I. Private Investigations
as Cliff DowlingA young architect finds himself being stalked by a gang of criminals who believe he knows...
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Concerning a Woman of Sin
as uncreditedAn unscrupulous agent is able to sell a story by an unknown authoress to a Hollywood studio...
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Legend of the Spirit Dog
as GrampsA young boy in Alaska becomes involved with the legendary battle between a raven and a wolf.
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Kids Like These
as GrandpaBob and Joanna, both over 40 years old, have a baby with the Down syndrome. Their doctor advises...
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Hunters Are for Killing
as Wade HamiltonA man comes home after serving time in prison to claim his share of his deceased mother's...
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Conquered City
as Joseph FeinbergFilmed in 1962 but not released in the US until 1966 (with 20 of its 108 minutes removed),...
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The Goodbye People
as Max SilvermanAn elderly man is determined to reopen the Coney Island boardwalk hot dog stand he closed...
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Gardenia
as SalluzzoA businessman comes into conflict with a gangster when he refuses to allow drugs to be sold...
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O. Henry's Christmas
as uncreditedThree episodes based on O. Henry's texts. The first deals with the friendship between a painter...
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The Love Tapes
as David FranklinAt Frank Yost's Good Possibilities, a state-of-the-art videotaping dating service, various...
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Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Harry WaldenRita, a middle aged New York City homemaker, finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces...
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Unknown Soldier
as PriestIn 1943, a group of Italian and Allied soldiers find themselves trapped inside an abandoned...
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The Storyteller
as Ira DavidoffA television writer is troubled by accusations that a young boy's death resulted from actions...
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Innocent Prey
as Sheriff Virgil BakerA woman living in Dallas discovers that her husband, from New Zealand, is actually a crazed...
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Murder, She Wrote
as Edgar CarmodyAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
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Quincy, M.E.
as uncreditedLos Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
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The Fugitive
as Andrew NewmarkRichard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...
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The Twilight Zone
as Danny WeissA series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...
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Tony Awards
as Self - WinnerThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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The Twilight Zone
as Rockne S. O'BannonThis 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...
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The Twilight Zone
as Prof. Donald KnowlesThis 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sam ButlerDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...
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Dr. Kildare
as Ned LaceyThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
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Dr. Kildare
as Benny OrloffThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
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Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Milton OrloffThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
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Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Carl NoyesThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
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Great Performances
as JackThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
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Have Gun, Will Travel
as uncreditedHave Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...
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Hotel
as uncreditedHotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...
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Route 66
as uncreditedRoute 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...
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The Philco Television Playhouse
as uncreditedThe Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...
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The Philco Television Playhouse
as Mike GallowayThe Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...
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The Philco Television Playhouse
as Charlie MalickThe Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...
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Studio One
as Ed CoyneAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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Studio One
as Francis TooheyAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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Naked City
as Arnold FleischmanNaked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....
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Naked City
as Caldwell WyattNaked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....
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Naked City
as Joseph CreeleyNaked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....
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Naked City
as Captain Russel BarrisNaked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....
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Rawhide
as Father FabianThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...
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Kojak
as Ray KaufmanA bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - live scenes from 'Middle of the Night'The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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The Defenders
as Floyd HarkerThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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The Defenders
as Bernard MaxwellThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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The Defenders
as District AttorneyThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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Police Story
as uncreditedPolice Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...
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The Name of the Game
as Herb WitmerThe Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and...
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Archie Bunker's Place
as uncreditedArchie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived...
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Eldon MarshA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Leonard ThompsonA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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The Octopus
as Frank CarrisiAn epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything...
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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 New Breed
as Frank EberhardtThe New Breed is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from October 3, 1961 to June...
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Decoy
as Nick SantosNew York City policewoman Casey Jones' assignment to fight crime often entails her going...
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Target: The Corruptors!
as uncreditedTarget: The Corruptors! is an American crime drama series starring Stephen McNally which aired...
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12 O'Clock High
as Army Doctor (uncredited)This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th...
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Cain's Hundred
as Jack GarsellA former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top...
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Arrest and Trial
as Leo ValeraArrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964...
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The Eleventh Hour
as uncreditedThe Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack...
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Midnight Caller
as Gil SolarskiMidnight Caller is a dramatic NBC television series created by Richard DiLello, which ran from...
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The Living Christ
as TownsmanThe first ever made for TV miniseries documents the story of Jesus Christ from birth to...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as GarthHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as StrasbergHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Little Gloria... Happy at Last
as Nathan BurkanThe story deals with Gloria Vanderbilt's difficult coming-of-age when, at eleven, she was a pawn...
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Space
as Senator GlanceySpace is a television mini-series. It is based on a novel of the same name by James A. Michener...
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