Melvyn Douglas

Born: 1901-04-05

Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in the 1930s as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the 1939 romantic comedy Ninotchka with Greta Garbo. Douglas later played mature and fatherly characters, as in his Academy Award–winning performances in Hud (1963) and Being There (1979) and his Academy Award–nominated performance in I Never Sang for My Father (1970). In the last few years of his life Douglas appeared in films with supernatural stories involving ghosts. Douglas appeared as "Senator Joseph Carmichael" in The Changeling in 1980 and Ghost Story in 1981 in his final completed film role. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melvyn Douglas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Old Dark House

as Penderel
Released: 1932-10-20

In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old...

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The Tenant

as Monsieur Zy
Released: 1976-05-26

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a...

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Being There

as Benjamin Rand
Released: 1979-12-19

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an...

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The Changeling

as Senator Carmichael
Released: 1980-03-28

After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and...

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Captains Courageous

as Frank Burton Cheyne
Released: 1937-06-25

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a...

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Hud

as Homer Bannon
Released: 1963-05-28

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud...

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The Vampire Bat

as Karl Brettschneider
Released: 1933-01-21

A German village is stricken by a series of murders that appear to be the work of vampires.

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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

as Bill Cole
Released: 1948-03-25

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the...

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Ninotchka

as Count Leon d'Algout
Released: 1939-11-23

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who...

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The Candidate

as John J. McKay
Released: 1972-06-29

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he...

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Ghost Story

as Dr. John Jaffrey
Released: 1981-12-18

Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old...

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Angel

as Anthony 'Tony' Halton
Released: 1937-10-29

While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.

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The Seduction of Joe Tynan

as Senator Birney
Released: 1979-08-17

Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court...

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My Forbidden Past

as Paul Beaurevel
Released: 1951-04-25

An 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor's love with her tainted family fortune.

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Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Zachariah Guthrie
Released: 1977-02-09

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM...

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The Shining Hour

as Henry Linden
Released: 1938-11-18

A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.

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Theodora Goes Wild

as Michael Grant
Released: 1936-11-12

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They...

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A Woman's Face

as Dr. Gustaf Segert
Released: 1941-05-09

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the...

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The Great Sinner

as Armand De Glasse
Released: 1949-06-29

A young man succumbs to gambling fever.

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Two-Faced Woman

as Lawrence 'Larry' Blake
Released: 1941-12-31

A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.

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The Gorgeous Hussy

as John Randolph
Released: 1936-08-28

It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that...

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Counsellor at Law

as Roy Darwin
Released: 1933-12-25

A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.

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Third Finger, Left Hand

as Jeff Thompson
Released: 1940-10-11

Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male...

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The Americanization of Emily

as Admiral William Jessup
Released: 1964-10-27

American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a...

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The Sea of Grass

as Brice Chamberlain
Released: 1947-04-25

On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant...

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As You Desire Me

as Count Bruno Varelli
Released: 1932-05-28

Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with...

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Hotel

as Warren Trent
Released: 1967-01-19

This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The...

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That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)
Released: 1976-05-16

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time...

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Billy Budd

as The Dansker, Sailmaker
Released: 1962-11-12

Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic...

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Old Man

as Self - Host
Released: 1958-11-20

In the South, convicts get a temporary release to help during a flood.

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Annie Oakley

as Jeff Hogarth
Released: 1935-11-15

Awkward Annie loves her sharpshooting rival in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

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That Uncertain Feeling

as Larry Baker
Released: 1941-04-20

A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.

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The Big Parade of Comedy

as Leon (archive footage)
Released: 1964-09-02

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

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A Woman's Secret

as Luke Jordan
Released: 1949-01-13

A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a...

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Hunters Are for Killing

as Keller Floran
Released: 1970-03-12

A man comes home after serving time in prison to claim his share of his deceased mother's...

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Dangerous Corner

as Charles Stanton
Released: 1934-12-04

Friends uncover a dark secret when they compare notes about a theft and suicide.

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self
Released: 1940-07-31

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including...

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I Met Him in Paris

as George Potter
Released: 1937-05-28

Kay Denham is off for a fling in Paris, leaving her suitor Berk behind. There, she meets two new...

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There's Always a Woman

as William H. Reardon
Released: 1938-04-20

An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency....

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Rapture

as Frederick Larbaud
Released: 1965-08-23

Agnes, a lonely teenage girl, and her father befriend an escaped convict, named Joseph, who...

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Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1961-12-31

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O....

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I'll Take Romance

as James Guthrie
Released: 1937-11-17

Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry...

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Tell No Tales

as Michael Cassidy
Released: 1939-06-12

A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could...

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And So They Were Married

as Stephen Blake
Released: 1936-05-10

A bitter widow and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the...

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They All Kissed the Bride

as Michael 'Mike' Holmes
Released: 1942-06-11

Margaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in...

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The Crucible

as Deputy Governor Danforth
Released: 1967-05-04

Landmark TV adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.

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The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Kenny Williams
Released: 1939-11-22

Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's...

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Woman in the Dark

as Tony Robson
Released: 1934-11-08

A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back...

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1972-01-10

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...

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Mary Burns, Fugitive

as Barton Powell
Released: 1935-11-15

A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a...

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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

as (archive footage)
Released: 1990-06-04

This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips,...

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I Never Sang for My Father

as Tom Garrison
Released: 1970-10-18

Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to...

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Too Many Husbands

as Henry Lowndes
Released: 1940-04-03

Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle...

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Good Girls Go to Paris

as Ronald Brooke
Released: 1939-06-20

Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English...

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The Broken Wing

as Philip 'Phil' Marvin
Released: 1932-03-25

In a little Mexican village by the American border. However powerful big shot Captain Innocencio...

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We Were Dancing

as Nicholas Prax
Released: 1942-04-30

A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by...

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She Married Her Boss

as Richard Barclay
Released: 1935-09-19

A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out...

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Advance to the Rear

as Col. Claude Brackenbury
Released: 1964-06-10

As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and...

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The Hot Touch

as Max Reich
Released: 1982-12-10

A master art forger and his partner in crime, an art expert who can vouch for the authenticity...

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Tell Me a Riddle

as David
Released: 1980-12-15

Touching story of elderly couple David and Eva who go on one last journey across the USA when...

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The People's Enemy

as George R. 'Traps' Stuart
Released: 1935-04-29

Money was what gangster Vince M. Falcone wanted most and he did lay hands on millions of dollars...

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The Guilt of Janet Ames

as Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb
Released: 1947-03-06

A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his...

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One Is a Lonely Number

as Joseph Provo
Released: 1972-06-19

A young woman has difficulty understanding why her husband walks out on her. Alone for the first...

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The Death Squad

as Police Captain Earl Kreski
Released: 1974-01-08

When petty criminals start turning up murdered, a detective discovers they are being killed by a...

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Death Takes a Holiday

as Judge Earl Chapman
Released: 1971-10-23

Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to...

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Fast Company

as Joel Sloane
Released: 1938-07-05

Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.

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The Plot to Kill Stalin

as Stalin
Released: 1958-09-25

In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his...

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Tonight or Never

as Jim Fletcher
Released: 1931-01-04

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances,...

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Intimate Strangers

as Donald's Father
Released: 1977-11-11

The pressures of problems at home and at work are taking a tremendous toll on a middle-aged...

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Our Wife

as Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin
Released: 1941-08-20

A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.

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The Toy Wife

as George Sartoris
Released: 1938-06-10

A Southern belle finds herself torn between two suitors.

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On the Loose

as Frank Bradley
Released: 1951-09-28

After years of living in her selfish parents' (Melvyn Douglas and Lynn Bari) egotistical...

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The Wiser Sex

as David Rolfe
Released: 1932-03-14

A young woman goes undercover to gather evidence to free her boyfriend, an attorney who has been...

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Companions in Nightmare

as Dr. Lawrence Strelson
Released: 1968-11-23

One of the patients in a group-therapy session conducted by a famous psychiatrist is a murderer.

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The Making of a President

as uncredited
Released: 1978-01-01

In wartime Sault Ste. Marie, the mayor invites the president of the Jewish congregation to speak...

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Inherit the Wind

as Henry Drummond
Released: 1965-11-18

A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of...

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Murder or Mercy

as Dr. Paul Harelson
Released: 1974-04-10

An attorney comes out of retirement to defend a prominent doctor, who has been accused of the...

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That Certain Age

as Vincent Bullitt
Released: 1938-10-06

Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss,...

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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-10-01

This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests,...

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Arsène Lupin Returns

as Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin
Released: 1938-02-25

A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the...

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This Thing Called Love

as Tice Collins
Released: 1940-12-20

Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three...

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The Lone Wolf Returns

as Michael Lanyard
Released: 1935-12-31

Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact that Michael...

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He Stayed for Breakfast

as Paul Boliet
Released: 1940-08-31

Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy...

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Prestige

as Capt. Andre Verlaine
Released: 1931-12-30

A woman joins her fiance at a Malaysian prison camp only to discover he's become an alcoholic.

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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

as Peter Schermann
Released: 1967-10-17

Peter Schermann is angry at the world after his children move him into a nursing home. Still...

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Three Hearts for Julia

as Jeff Seabrook
Released: 1943-05-21

When his wife threatens him with divorce, a reporter courts her again.

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The Greer Case

as Howard Hoagland
Released: 1957-01-31

When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.

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There's That Woman Again

as William 'Bill' Reardon
Released: 1938-12-24

Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local...

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Once Upon a Tractor

as Martin
Released: 1965-09-09

Alan Bates and Diane Cilento play an odd couple fleeing across fictitious European countries...

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Women of Glamour

as Richard 'Dick' Stark
Released: 1937-03-09

A girl with a reputation falls for a wealthy playboy.

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My Own True Love

as Clive Heath
Released: 1948-07-01

Following World War II, a woman tries to help her fiance understand his son's traumatic...

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Nagana

as Dr. Walter Tradnor
Released: 1933-02-01

A doctor searches for the cure for nagana, the sleeping sickness caused by the tsetse fly.

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Judgment at Nuremberg

as Gen. Parker
Released: 1959-04-16

Judgment at Nuremberg is an American television play broadcast live on April 16, 1959, as part...

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The Fugitive

as Dr. Mark Ryder
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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The Philco Television Playhouse

as Richard Gordon
First aired: 1948-10-03

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

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The Philco Television Playhouse

as The Stranger
First aired: 1948-10-03

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

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Ben Casey

as Burton Strang
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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Ghost Story

as Grandpa
First aired: 1972-09-15

Ghost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from...

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Studio One

as Cyril Ritchard
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Playhouse 90

as Gen. Parker
First aired: 1956-10-04

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to...

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Your Show of Shows

as Self - Guest Host
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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Your Show of Shows

as Self - Guest Performer
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
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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Lights Out

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-07-19

Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a...

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The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

as Stateman Benjamin Franklin
First aired: 1974-11-21

Benjamin Franklin is a 1974 American television miniseries that chronicles the life of Benjamin...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Henry Drummond
First aired: 1951-12-24

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

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Galileo Galilei
First aired: 1951-12-24

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

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General Electric Theater

as Professor Arthur Barris
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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