Richard Erdman
Richard Erdman (June 1, 1925 - March 16, 2019) was an American film and television actor and director. In a career that has spanned seven decades, his best known roles are that of the barracks chief Hoffy in Stalag 17, and McNulty in the classic Twilight Zone episode "A Kind of a Stopwatch". In Tora Tora Tora he played Colonel Edward F. French, the officer who responded to the failure to transmit the warning to Pearl Harbor using Army radio to instead use commercial telegraph rather than using the Navy or FBI radio systems. Erdman appeared as the blackmailer, Arthur Binney, in the Perry Mason first season TV episode "The Case Of The Gilded Lily" aired May 24, 1958. In 1960, he co-starred with Tab Hunter in the short-lived The Tab Hunter Show on NBC, which aired opposite The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS and Lawman with John Russell on ABC. He was very funny when he appeared as a Broadway wardrobe man named Buck Brown on "The Dick Van Dyke Show". In 1962, Erdman had a recurring role as Klugie, the photographer, in the short-lived Nick Adams-John Larkin NBC series Saints and Sinners.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Colonel Edward F. FrenchIn the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant...
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The Pagemaster
as Pirate (voice)Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger...
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Stalag 17
as Sgt. 'Hoffy' HoffmanIt's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all...
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Mr. Majestyk
as Dick Richard (uncredited)A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.
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Mr. Majestyk
as Dick RichardA melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.
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as Drunken Wise ManAngel City trooper Jack Deth is sent back in time from 2247 to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the body of...
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Stewardess School
as AttorneyA group of varied misfits (including a former prostitute/stripper and a bumbler who can't see...
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The Blue Gardenia
as AlUpon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been...
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Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
as Mr. ZeiderSpider-Man goes to China to help an official accused of World War II treachery. Two episodes of...
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The Men
as LeoKen, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of...
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Objective, Burma!
as Pvt. Nebraska HooperA group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to...
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Mr. Skeffington
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her...
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Tomboy
as ChesterA budding female race-car driver finally meets her racing idol and unbelievably they fall in...
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The Stooge
as Ben BaileyBill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his...
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Deception
as Terry Spencer (uncredited)After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy...
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Saddle the Wind
as Dallas HansonSteve Sinclair is a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go...
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Hollywood Canteen
as Soldier on Deck (uncredited)Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and...
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Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
as Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)Beverly hills dowager leaves everything to Benny the Ball because her only rightful heir, her...
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Rascal
as Walt DabbettA comedy filled with tenderness as a baby raccoon snuggles his way into the life of a lonely...
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Nobody Lives Forever
as Bellboy, The Marwood ArmsA con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.
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Cry Danger
as DelongAfter serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still...
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You're in the Navy Now
as Ens. Chuck DorranceWhen Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an...
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The Brass Bottle
as Seymour JenksA genie tends to get his master into more predicaments than he gets him out of.
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The Steel Lady
as Jim EvansSurviving a plane crash in the Sahara, four oilmen find and manage to repair a German Afrika...
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Danger Signal
as Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide,...
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Easy Living
as Buddy MorganA football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.
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Jumping Jacks
as Dogface DolanNightclub entertainer Hap Smith has a new act since his former partner Chick Allen joined the...
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Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as SelfA comprehensive story of Hollywood's horror and science fiction films of the 1950s, told by the...
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Francis in the Navy
as MurphIn the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded...
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The Wild Blue Yonder
as Cpl. FrenchyWendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In...
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Anything Goes
as Ed BrentBill Benson and Ted Adams are to appear in a Broadway show together and, while in Paris, each...
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie...
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Brothers O'Toole
as Judge Quincey P. TrumbellThe O'Toole Brothers are Eastern con men, exceptionally good at talking their way out of tight...
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The Admiral Was a Lady
as Oliver 'Ollie' BonelliEx-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.
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The Time of Your Life
as WillieJoe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once...
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The San Francisco Story
as ShortyAfter five years of being away, Rick Nelson (Joel McCrea) returns to San Francisco to find it...
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Shadow of a Woman
as Joe, Counterman at Owl LunchBrooke's marital life with Eric takes a downturn when she starts suspecting that her husband is...
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Valet Girls
as WaiterA young girl who aspires to a singing career gets herself and her best friend a job as valet...
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Star in the Night
as Middle CowboyNick, a motel owner who has lost faith in more than just the humanity of mankind, is visited by...
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Namu, the Killer Whale
as DekeBased on the amazing true story of a marine biologist (Robert Lansing) who befriends a six-ton...
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Face of Fire
as Al WilliamsA local handyman saves a child in a fire, but the burns he receives disfigure his face so much...
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Janie
as Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)Teenage Janie falls in love with a private from an Army base opposed by her editor father.
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That Way with Women
as Eddie (as Dick Erdman)A bored millionaire matches his daughter with his partner in a gas station.
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Swiss Tour
as EddyA sailor on leave meets a beautiful girl on the ski slopes of Switzerland.
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Too Young to Know
as TommyA returning GI searches for the wife who left him and gave away their son.
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Heidi's Song
as Grimm (voice)Orphan Heidi lives with her grandpa in Swiss Alps. She brings joy to all there. However, her...
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The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
as Host and narratorIn this unsold television pilot for a proposed travelogue series, Richard Erdman visits with the...
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The Very Thought of You
as Soda JerkArmy sergeants Dave and "Fixit" spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, where they meet Janet and...
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Mission Over Korea
as Pvt. SwensonA rookie pilot in the Korean War wants to avenge his brother's death.
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The Great Man's Whiskers
as Joseph SomerbyA young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.
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Kate McShane
as Frederick de FernandoA flamboyant Denver lady lawyer, with the help of her father, a retired cop who does the legwork...
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The Happy Time
as Alfred GrattinA violinist and his brother guide one's son through his crush on the family maid in 1920s Ottawa.
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Janie Gets Married
as Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her...
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The Rawhide Trail
as Rupe PardeeIn this western two wagon masters are wrongfully accused of driving their wagon train in to a...
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Bengazi
as SelbyAn American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by...
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Musical Movieland
as Sailor with Tour (uncredited)A group of tourists is given a tour of a movie studio lot. They see the various permanent sets...
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Aladdin and His Lamp
as MirzaA poor young man finds a lamp with a genie trapped inside. The genie promises to grant the man...
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My Town
as Fletcher MaysA series of vignettes based upon an imaginative girl's unique outlook on her community.
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Visions...
as EllisA professor who has visions of the future informs the police that someone is about to plant a...
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The Bag
as John HarperA woman discovers that her elderly mother is hoarding pills in order to commit suicide. The...
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Wild Harvest
as Mark LewisJoe is the head of an itinerant combine crew, working the harvests against rival crew boss...
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The Secret World of OG
as Pirate #1The Secret World of Og is a children's adventure about three young girls who venture into an...
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Community
as LeonardFollow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college...
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Mister Ed
as uncreditedWilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his...
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Perry Mason
as Arthur BinneyThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Perry Mason
as Jim WestThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Perry Mason
as Charles (Monty) MontroseThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Perry Mason
as Harry NilesThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Perry Mason
as Ben LucasThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Perry Mason
as Jud BennettThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Lou Grant
as uncreditedThe trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his...
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Cheers
as Duncan FitzgeraldThe story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and...
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Matinee Theater
as uncreditedMatinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...
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Murder, She Wrote
as JonathanAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
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Murder, She Wrote
as EggmanAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
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Beverly Hills, 90210
as uncreditedFollow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of...
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The Six Million Dollar Man
as SlaytonFollow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent,...
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The Six Million Dollar Man
as VernonFollow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent,...
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Quincy, M.E.
as uncreditedLos Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
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The Twilight Zone
as Patrick McNultyA series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...
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Batman: The Animated Series
as Elliot (voice)Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in...
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The Beverly Hillbillies
as uncreditedJed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...
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Judging Amy
as Mr. CallahanJudging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through...
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I Dream of Jeannie
as Store ManagerWhile on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency...
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DuckTales
as Mayor Rufus B. Pinfeathers (voice)Scrooge McDuck finds his hands full at home when nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie move to Duckburg....
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DuckTales
as King Arty (voice)Scrooge McDuck finds his hands full at home when nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie move to Duckburg....
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Hogan's Heroes
as Walter HobsonHogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17,...
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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 Wild Wild West
as Mordecai KroneThe Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television...
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The Bernie Mac Show
as FrankThe Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14,...
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Remington Steele
as Bert the CoronerLaura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...
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Petticoat Junction
as Colonel MillbankThe Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...
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The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Buck BrownThe Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob...
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Felicity
as HowieFelicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to...
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Wings
as Howard BanksBrothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket...
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Green Acres
as uncreditedGreen Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from...
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That Girl
as uncreditedThat Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the...
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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as uncreditedGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September...
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December Bride
as uncreditedDecember Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959,...
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The Bionic Woman
as uncreditedAfter fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first...
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Cavalcade of America
as Harry JordanCavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...
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Space Stars
as Additional Voices (voice)Space Stars is a 1981 NBC Saturday morning cartoon created by Hanna-Barbera which ran from...
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Joan of Arcadia
as uncreditedJoan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No...
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Charlie BrownA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Mayberry R.F.D.
as Frank WylieMayberry R.F.D. is an American television series produced as a spin-off and direct continuation...
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Boomtown
as Kevin's DadEach episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many...
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Dr. Ken
as Richard ErdmanDr. Ken is a brilliant physician with no bedside manner. He is always trying to be a good...
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The Amazing Spider-Man
as uncreditedThe first live-action TV series based on the popular comic book.
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Saints and Sinners
as KlugieSaints and Sinners is an American drama series that aired on NBC during the 1962-63 television...
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Mr. Terrific
as MannyMister Terrific is an American TV sitcom that aired on CBS Television from January 9, to May 8,...
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West Point
as uncreditedThe West Point Story is a dramatic anthology television series shown in the United States by...
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Science Fiction Theatre
as uncreditedScience Fiction Theatre is an American science fiction anthology series that aired in...
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The Tab Hunter Show
as Richard Fairfield IIIThe Tab Hunter Show is an American situation comedy starring Tab Hunter. The series ran new...
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Where's Raymond?
as Pete MorriseyWhere's Raymond? is an American sitcom that aired on ABC, starring Ray Bolger. The series aired...
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Eddie McGuireSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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