Strother Martin

Born: 1919-03-26

Strother Martin (March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980) was an American actor in numerous films and television programs. Martin is perhaps best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, where he uttered the line, "What we've got here is...failure to communicate." Description above from the Wikipedia article Strother Martin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​


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Cool Hand Luke

as Captain
Released: 1967-11-01

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't...

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as Percy Garris
Released: 1969-01-15

In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw...

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True Grit

as Colonel G. Stonehill
Released: 1969-06-11

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves...

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McLintock!

as Agard
Released: 1963-11-12

Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with...

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Floyd
Released: 1962-04-13

A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old...

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The Wild Bunch

as Coffer
Released: 1969-06-19

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is...

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A Star Is Born

as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Released: 1954-10-01

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own...

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Hard Times

as Poe
Released: 1975-08-13

In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of...

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Kiss Me Deadly

as Harvey Wallace
Released: 1955-04-28

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country...

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Rooster Cogburn

as Shanghai McCoy
Released: 1975-11-01

After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight...

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Up in Smoke

as Arnold Stoner
Released: 1978-05-16

An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents...

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Cowboy

as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
Released: 1958-01-23

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted...

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The Sons of Katie Elder

as Ned Ross
Released: 1965-06-23

The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their Hometown of Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's...

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Sssssss

as Dr. Carl Stoner
Released: 1973-07-06

David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for...

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Slap Shot

as Joe McGrath
Released: 1977-02-25

To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team...

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Hannie Caulder

as Rufus Clemens
Released: 1971-11-08

Hannie enlists the aid of bounty hunter Tom Price to teach her how to be a gunfighter so she can...

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Attack

as Ingersol
Released: 1956-09-19

Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must...

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Shenandoah

as Train Engineer
Released: 1965-06-03

Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle...

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The Ballad of Cable Hogue

as Bowen
Released: 1970-03-18

Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a...

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The Horse Soldiers

as Virgil
Released: 1959-06-11

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply...

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The Champ

as Riley
Released: 1979-07-10

Billy used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around...

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Nevada Smith

as Strother (uncredited)
Released: 1966-06-10

Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by...

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The Asphalt Jungle

as William Doldy (uncredited)
Released: 1950-05-12

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo...

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The Villain

as Parody Jones
Released: 1979-07-26

Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her...

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Harper

as Claude
Released: 1966-02-22

Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring...

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The Big Knife

as Stillman
Released: 1955-10-25

Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to...

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The End

as Dr. Waldo Kling
Released: 1978-05-10

Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life...

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The Silver Chalice

as Father (uncredited)
Released: 1954-12-20

A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim...

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Drum Beat

as Scotty
Released: 1954-11-10

President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California...

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Love and Bullets

as Louis Monk
Released: 1979-04-05

Jackie Pruit is the girlfriend of notorious gangster Joe Bomposa. When it looks as if Bomposa's...

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The Magnetic Monster

as Co-Pilot
Released: 1953-02-18

The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and...

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Nightwing

as Selwyn
Released: 1979-06-22

Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in Arizona.

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Pocket Money

as Bill Garrett
Released: 1972-02-01

Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy and his buddy get mixed up in some shady dealings...

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The Shaggy Dog

as Thurm
Released: 1959-03-19

Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at...

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Fools' Parade

as Lee Cottrill
Released: 1971-08-18

When a trio of ex-convicts led by Mattie Appleyard is released from prison, they hope to open a...

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Brainstorm

as Mr. Clyde
Released: 1965-05-05

Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.

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Androcles and the Lion

as Soldier (uncredited)
Released: 1952-12-01

George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian...

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The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

as Billy
Released: 1976-06-23

Sam Longwood, a frontiersman who has seen better days, spies the gold-mine partner, Jack Colby,...

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World Without End

as Nihka (uncredited)
Released: 1956-03-25

Four astronauts returning from man's first mission to Mars enter a time warp and crash on a 26th...

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The Deadly Companions

as Parson
Released: 1961-06-06

Ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son, tries to make up for it by escorting the...

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The Brotherhood of Satan

as Doc Duncan
Released: 1971-08-06

A family is trapped in a desert town by a cult of senior-citizens who recruit the town's...

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Invitation to a Gunfighter

as Fiddler
Released: 1964-10-14

In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union...

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Strategic Air Command

as Airman
Released: 1955-07-12

Air Force reservist Lt. Col. Robert "Dutch" Holland is recalled into active duty at the peak of...

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The Wild and the Innocent

as Ben Stocker
Released: 1959-05-27

Charming tale of mountaineer-trapper Murphy's first taste "big city" life with young, sweet...

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The Flim-Flam Man

as Lovick
Released: 1967-08-22

A veritable master of the trade, con man Mordecai Jones has taken part in his fair share of...

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Rhubarb

as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
Released: 1951-08-29

Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb....

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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2004-07-25

An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured...

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An Eye for an Eye

as Trumbull
Released: 1966-06-01

A former bounty hunter teams up with a younger one, to track down and kill the wanted gang...

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Mitzi & 100 Guys

as Self
Released: 1975-03-24

Mitzi Gaynor in a song and dance hour with an all-male, star-studded ensemble featuring her main...

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The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla

as George Westinghouse
Released: 1980-02-19

Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose...

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Showdown

as Charlie Reeder
Released: 1963-05-03

A cowboy has to get 12,000 dollars in stolen bonds from the ex-girlfriend of his partner, or the...

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Sanctuary

as Dog Boy
Released: 1961-04-18

In 1920s rural Mississippi, Nancy Mannigoe, an African-American servant, is placed on death row...

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South Sea Woman

as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
Released: 1953-06-27

Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft,...

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Black Patch

as Petey
Released: 1957-09-15

A New Mexico Town Marshal, Clay Morgan, known as 'Black Patch' since he had lost an eye in the...

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The Black Whip

as Thorny
Released: 1956-12-01

A gang of renegade Civil War soldiers terrorize four women and the owners of an inn as they plot...

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Steel Cowboy

as Pinky Pincus
Released: 1978-12-06

An independent trucker, trying to keep his marriage alive and his rig out of the hands of bill...

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Target Zero

as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
Released: 1955-11-15

International soldiers fight to ignore their differences while holding a hill during the Korean War.

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Johnny Concho

as Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1956-07-01

In Johnny Concho, Frank Sinatra plays a man who goes from the town bully to town coward!

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World for Ransom

as uncredited
Released: 1954-01-31

In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime...

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Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

as Turtle Ranch Boss
Released: 1978-11-22

Steve Martin's first network special for NBC offers part concert footage (shot at the Universal...

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Better Late Than Never

as J.D. Ashcroft
Released: 1979-10-17

Harry Landers is a feisty senior citizen who refuses to abide by the rules in a stodgy...

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Pericles on 31st Street

as Bernard Klioris
Released: 1962-04-12

Racial tensions break out on 31st Street, a multi-ethnic community. Sam Peckinpah directed this...

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One of Our Own

as LeRoy Atkins
Released: 1975-05-05

Dr Jake Goodwin is the chief neurosurgeon at a busy city hospital. As he makes his rounds,...

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Copper Sky

as Pokey
Released: 1957-09-01

Alcoholic former cavalryman Hack Williams is arrested for killing an Indian, something he did...

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Bitter Heritage

as Earle Eheeler
Released: 1958-08-07

A powerful story of the son of America's most famous outlaw: Jesse James. Jesse, Jr. struggles...

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Hotwire

as The Weasel
Released: 1980-09-01

Car thieves go to work.

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Storm Over Tibet

as Co-pilot
Released: 1952-07-01

During World War II, David Simms pilots supplies between India and China over the Himalaya...

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Red Sky at Morning

as John Cloyd
Released: 1971-05-12

Before going off to World War II, Frank Arnold (Richard Crenna) relocates his wife, Ann (Claire...

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Stubby Pringle's Christmas

as Old Hollander
Released: 1978-12-17

Ranch hand Stubby Pringle journeys to a Christmas dance, hoping to find his true love, and...

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The Mountains of the Moon

as uncredited
Released: 1972-11-18

A religious sect, cheated by an adventurer, wants to occupy an African territory not knowing...

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Daniel Boone

as Solomon Tarbot
First aired: 1964-09-24

Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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Have Gun, Will Travel

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-14

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...

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Have Gun, Will Travel

as Carew
First aired: 1957-09-14

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...

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Have Gun, Will Travel

as Fred Coombs
First aired: 1957-09-14

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...

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The Rockford Files

as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
First aired: 1974-09-13

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con...

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I Love Lucy

as Man in Coffee Shop
First aired: 1951-10-15

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....

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Perry Mason

as Pete Gibson
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Joe Mead
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Gerald Sommers
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Roy Hutchinson
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Joby
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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The Fugitive

as Deputy Shirky Saulter
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 Twilight Zone

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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Lost in Space

as Nerim
First aired: 1965-09-15

The space family Robinson is sent on a five-year mission to find a new planet to colonise. The...

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Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Terry Riggs
First aired: 1969-09-23

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from...

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The Big Valley

as Dan'l Hawks
First aired: 1965-09-15

The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15,...

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The Big Valley

as Fludd
First aired: 1965-09-15

The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15,...

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The Name of the Game

as Nanyface
First aired: 1968-09-20

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and...

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Run for Your Life

as Holly Amberton
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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77 Sunset Strip

as Charles Sloane
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Bonanza

as Joad Bruder
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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Bonanza

as Cole Younger
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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Bonanza

as Little Meredith Smith
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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Bonanza

as Lonnie Stern
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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Gilligan's Island

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-26

The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of...

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The Adventures of Jim Bowie

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-09-07

The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956...

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Pete and Gladys

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-19

Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara...

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The Invaders

as Charlie Coogan
First aired: 1967-01-10

The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to...

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Cavalcade of America

as Wilkins
First aired: 1952-10-01

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...

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The Guns of Will Sonnett

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

The Guns of Will Sonnett is a Western television series

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Dragnet

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-12-16

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his...

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Matinee Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-31

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...

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Lassie

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-09-12

Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy...

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The Lone Wolf

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-01-01

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The Legend of Jesse James

as Meeker
First aired: 1965-09-13

The Legend of Jesse James is an American western series starring Christopher Jones in the tile...

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The New Breed

as Benny Kohler
First aired: 1961-10-03

The New Breed is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from October 3, 1961 to June...

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
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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Gunsmoke

as Mr. Stooler
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Cooter
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Ed Davey
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Dooley
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Dillard
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Rowley
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Gene Bunch
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Billy
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Timble
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Ben Snow
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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The Dakotas

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-01-07

The Dakotas is an ABC/Warner Brothers western television series starring Larry Ward and...

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The Rookies

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-11

The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows...

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Rawhide

as Bates
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Baretta

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-01-17

Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show...

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Lawman

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-05

Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962...

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The Virginian

as Finley
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Virginian

as Luther Watson
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Vega$

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-09-20

Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981....

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The Texan

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-29

The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which...

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The Rebel

as Jess
First aired: 1959-10-04

The Rebel is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on...

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Black Saddle

as Pit Thatcher
First aired: 1959-01-10

Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44...

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Trackdown

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-10-04

Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS...

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Telephone Time

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-04-08

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...

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Tarzan

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-08

Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan as a...

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Hawkins

as R.J. Hawkins
First aired: 1973-03-13

Hawkins is a television series which aired for one season on CBS between 1973 and 1974. The...

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The Millionaire

as Pete Hill
First aired: 1955-01-19

An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better...

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Stoney Burke

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-10-01

Stoney Burke is an American western television series broadcast on ABC from October 1, 1962...

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Studio 57

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-09-21

Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont...

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Nichols

as Zachariah
First aired: 1971-09-16

Nichols is an American Western television series starring James Garner broadcast in the United...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Old Hollander
First aired: 1951-12-24

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

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Broken Arrow

as Renton
First aired: 1956-09-25

Broken Arrow is a Western series which ran on ABC-TV in prime time from 1956 through 1958 on...

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The Lieutenant

as Taxi Driver
First aired: 1963-09-14

The Lieutenant is an American television series, the first created by Gene Roddenberry. It aired...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Bellhop
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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General Electric Theater

as Gunnery Officer Daly
First aired: 1953-02-01

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

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General Electric Theater

as Obie
First aired: 1953-02-01

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

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He & She

as The Rev. Mr. Anderson
First aired: 1967-09-06

He & She is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network as part of its 1967-1968...

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Movin' On

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-05-08

Movin' On is an American drama series that ran for two seasons, between 1974 and 1976. It...

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Dangerous Assignment

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-01-01

A U.S. government agent travels the world on undercover missions in this 1950s series. Star...

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Panic!

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-03-05

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Paper Moon

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-12

Paper Moon is a short-lived situation comedy which aired on ABC during the fall of 1974,...

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