Paul Brinegar
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Brinegar (December 19, 1917 – March 27, 1995) was an American character actor best known for his roles in three western series: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Rawhide, and Lancer. Brinegar's first credited appearance in a feature film was in Larceny (1948). From there, he launched a steady film career that slowed considerably in the late 1950s, after he began appearing on television but did not end until 1994, when Brinegar made his final screen appearance, as a stagecoach driver, in the 1994 film version of Maverick. Brinegar appeared more than 100 times between 1946 and 1994 in western films, often specializing in playing "feisty, grizzled cowboy sidekicks". On television, from 1956 to 1958, he played James H. "Dog" Kelley, the mayor of Dodge City, Kansas, in the ABC/Desilu western series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp starring Hugh O'Brian. Brinegar appeared in that series 33 times as Kelley and in one other episode in another role. In 1959 he played Ludwig, a bartender, in the episode "The Ringer" of the western series The Texan with Rory Calhoun. Brinegar, however, is best remembered as the cattle-drive cook George Washington Wishbone on the CBS series Rawhide from 1959 to 1966. Earlier he had played a similar role, one as the character Tom Jefferson Jeffrey, in the 1958 movie Cattle Empire upon which Rawhide was based. Brinegar also made two guest appearances on CBS's Perry Mason. His first appearance on that series, prior to Rawhide, was in 1958. He performed as Tom Sackett in the first-season episode titled "The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary". His second appearance on Perry Mason was during the series' ninth and final season. He played Jason Rohan in the 1966 episode "The Case of the Unwelcome Well". In the 1968-1970 CBS western series Lancer, Brinegar had the role of Jelly Hoskins; and in 1969 he appeared in the western film Charro! starring Elvis Presley. Then, in 1973, he played the barman in Clint Eastwood's film High Plains Drifter. From 1982 to 1983, returning to television, Brinegar portrayed a humorous cowboy-like character, Lamar Pettybone, during the first season of the ABC series Matt Houston. Later he reprised a revised version of his Rawhide Wishbone character for the 1991 TV movie The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw, in which he delivers a brief monologue that includes about a dozen references to old television western series.
High Plains Drifter
as Lutie NaylorA gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen...
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Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional...
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A Star Is Born
as Man at Funeral (uncredited)A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own...
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The Spirit of St. Louis
as Okie (uncredited)Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York...
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Human Desire
as BrakemanA Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid...
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A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood...
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Pinky
as Western Union Clerk (uncredited)Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after...
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Charro!
as Opie KeetchJess Wade is innocently accused of having stolen a cannon from the Mexican revolutionary forces....
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Pat and Mike
as Caddy (uncredited)Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies...
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I Died a Thousand Times
as Bus Driver (uncredited)After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before...
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Young Man with a Horn
as Stage Manager (uncredited)Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure...
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Four Guns to the Border
as uncreditedA group of outlaws plan and execute a robbery in a small town. However, things go awry as the...
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How to Make a Monster
as RiveroWhen master monster make-up man Pete Dumond is fired by the new bosses of American International...
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Storm Warning
as Cameraman #1 (uncredited)A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux...
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The Silver Chalice
as Audience Member (uncredited)A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim...
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We're Not Married!
as Beauty Contest Spectator (uncredited)A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years...
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World Without End
as Vida (uncredited)Four astronauts returning from man's first mission to Mars enter a time warp and crash on a 26th...
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The Magnificent Stranger
as WishboneRowdy Yates is accused of murder, and has to alert the Army to a bandit assault.
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Rails Into Laramie
as Bandleader (uncredited)A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the...
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Larceny
as MechanicRick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief....
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Annihilator
as PopsHumanoid killer robots stalk a newspaperman, who has knowledge of their existence. One of the...
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Ransom!
as Bank Clerk (uncredited)A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.
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Dawn at Socorro
as Desk ClerkBrett Wade, gambler, gunslinger, and classical pianist, is wounded in a gunfight with the Ferris...
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Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
as Jim 'Dog' KellyCombining colorized footage from the television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)...
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The Vampire
as Willy WarnerA small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats...
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Inside Detroit
as uncreditedGus Linden, former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of...
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Copper Sky
as Charlie MartinAlcoholic former cavalryman Hack Williams is arrested for killing an Indian, something he did...
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The Captive City
as Police SergeantA small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
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Take One False Step
as Reporter (uncredited)Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's...
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as Clint Eastwood / Dirty HarryA farce satirizing extraterrestrial horror movies such as Alien. Alternate titles include "The...
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Chattanooga Choo Choo
as Pee WeeThe owner of a professional football team must restore the titular train and run it from...
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Cattle Empire
as Tom Jefferson JeffreyAfter serving a five year prison sentence for allowing his men to destroy a town in a drunken...
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Captain Scarface
as CleggA group of communist spies plan to blow up an essential commercial artery, the Panama Canal. To...
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Insurance Investigator
as Mr. SpanglerWhen a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his...
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Journey Into Light
as BumJohn Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a...
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Crisis in Sun Valley
as PooleSemi-follow up to "The Deadly Triangle" dealing with a sheriff and his deputy in a sleepy ski...
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Fighting Trouble
as Mailman (uncredited)An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a...
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The Young Landlords
as Mr. DardenFour teen-age New York residents try to raise cash to improve a dilapidated building they...
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The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
as BodieIt's quiet in Chastity Gulch, a small town in the Wild West. The men of the village are all in...
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The Golden Dog
as JockWhen two old prospectors find gold dust in the fur of their Airedale they dream of big riches....
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Medical Center
as HnchooMedical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...
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Dragnet
as uncreditedFollows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his...
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Cheyenne
as Slim MantellCheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on...
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Cannon
as uncreditedCannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26,...
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Perry Mason
as Jason RohanThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Perry Mason
as Tom SackettThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Bonanza
as Lev BuckalewThe High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...
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Lancer
as uncreditedLancer is an American Western series that aired on CBS from September 1968, to May 1970. The...
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Trackdown
as Zack ArmsteadTrackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS...
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The Texan
as LudwigThe Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which...
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Lassie
as Ben AdamsLassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy...
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as uncreditedLittle House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael...
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Capitol
as uncreditedCapitol is an American soap opera which aired on CBS from March 29, 1982 to March 20, 1987 for...
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Knight Rider
as ChuckMichael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead...
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Daniel Boone
as GurneyDaniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel...
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Racket Squad
as uncreditedRacket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock,...
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Emergency!
as Husband (Tom)The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and...
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Emergency!
as GradyThe crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and...
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Emergency!
as MaxThe crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and...
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The Six Million Dollar Man
as Rafe MorrisFollow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent,...
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Rawhide
as WishboneThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...
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The Lone Ranger
as FrankieThe Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring...
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Public Defender
as BudThe Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as...
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Public Defender
as Vic OliverThe Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as...
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Public Defender
as KellerThe Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as...
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Whirlybirds
as Joe SladeWhirlybirds is a syndicated American drama/adventure television series, which aired for 111...
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State Trooper
as StorekeeperState Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as...
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Lawman
as George the Stage Line ClerkLawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962...
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Jim BegleyThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Jim KelleyThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Jim Kelley (uncredited)The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...
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Petrocelli
as Patch DresslerPetrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974...
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The Ford Television Theatre
as HansThis show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...
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as uncreditedThis show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...
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The Ford Television Theatre
as Jamie (uncredited)This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...
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Matt Houston
as Lamar PettyboneMatt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by...
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Trapper John, M.D.
as uncreditedTrapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH,...
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The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Charlie MossThe Guns of Will Sonnett is a Western television series
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CHiPs
as Keith Lawton / Old SurferLighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...
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as Old SurferLighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...
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Sugarfoot
as Austin (uncredited)Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The...
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Father Knows Best
as Delivery Man (uncredited)Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three...
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The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Francis KilbrideA tough-as-rawhide cowpoke, debonair ladies' man and Harvard-educated smarty-britches roams from...
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The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Milkman (uncredited)The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as MasonA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Police OfficerA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. SternA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Harry O
as uncreditedAfter being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego...
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The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as uncreditedThe Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956...
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Nichols
as GafferNichols is an American Western television series starring James Garner broadcast in the United...
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The Man Behind the Badge
as uncreditedThe Man Behind the Badge is the title of a half-hour American television police drama series...
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Grizzly Adams
as uncreditedAn innocent fugitive from the law lives in the wilderness with a grizzly bear companion and...
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Cavalcade of America
as uncreditedCavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...
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Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Van KimmelShirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by...
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The Wonderful World of Disney
as JockWalt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...
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Code R
as Alvin PurdyCode R is an American action-adventure television series that aired on CBS from January 21 to...
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Lucan
as uncreditedLucan is a TV Drama which aired on ABC from 1977 to 1978, starring Kevin Brophy, John Randolph,...
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Barbary Coast
as JesseBarbary Coast is an American television series that aired on ABC. The pilot movie first aired on...
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They Came from Outer Space
as John PeckhamThey Came from Outer Space is an American science fiction comedy series that aired in...
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Letter to Loretta
as PeteLetter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...
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as Ivan FenwickLetter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as BrownSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as LinkSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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as Cousin Obie (uncredited)Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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as uncreditedSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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as JoeSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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