Van Johnson

Born: 1916-08-25

Van Johnson (1916–2008) was an American film, television theatre and radio actor, singer, and dancer. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II.


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The Purple Rose of Cairo

as Larry
Released: 1985-03-01

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only...

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Yours, Mine and Ours

as Darrel Harrison
Released: 1968-04-24

When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come...

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The Caine Mutiny

as Lt. Stephen Maryk
Released: 1954-06-24

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first...

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Brigadoon

as Jeff Douglas
Released: 1954-09-08

Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon...

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Battleground

as Holley
Released: 1949-11-09

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the...

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State of the Union

as Spike McManus
Released: 1948-04-30

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on...

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A Guy Named Joe

as Ted Randall
Released: 1943-12-24

A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female...

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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

as Ted Lawson
Released: 1944-11-15

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a...

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In the Good Old Summertime

as Andrew Delby Larkin
Released: 1949-07-29

Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry...

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That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)
Released: 1974-06-21

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50...

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The Last Time I Saw Paris

as Charles Wills
Released: 1954-11-18

Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen...

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The White Cliffs of Dover

as Sam Bennett
Released: 1944-05-11

American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball,...

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23 Paces to Baker Street

as Phillip Hannon
Released: 1956-05-18

Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that...

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The Human Comedy

as Marcus Macauley
Released: 1943-03-02

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his...

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Divorce American Style

as Al Yearling
Released: 1967-06-21

After 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new...

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Concorde Affair

as Captain Scott
Released: 1979-03-23

A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save...

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Till the Clouds Roll By

as Bandleader in Elite Club
Released: 1946-12-05

Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs...

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Plymouth Adventure

as John Alden
Released: 1952-11-28

During the Mayflower pilgrims' long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America,...

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Night of 100 Stars

as Self
Released: 1982-03-08

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...

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Go for Broke!

as Lt. Michael Grayson
Released: 1951-05-04

A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission...

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Madame Curie

as Reporter
Released: 1943-12-16

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women...

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The Kidnapping of the President

as Vice President Ethan Richards
Released: 1980-08-15

A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot...

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Scorpion with Two Tails

as Mulligan - Joan's father
Released: 1982-09-17

An archeologist's wife has recurring nightmares about ritual killings in an Etruscan tomb while...

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Thrill of a Romance

as Thomas Milvaine
Released: 1945-05-23

A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business...

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The Price of Power

as President James A. Garfield
Released: 1969-12-18

In 1881 Dallas, an ex-Union soldier attempts to expose a conspiracy of Southerners that killed...

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Killer Crocodile

as Judge
Released: 1989-07-30

A group of environmentalists arrives at a faraway tropical delta where toxic waste is being...

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Somewhere I'll Find You

as Wade Hall
Released: 1942-08-27

Journalist brothers feud over a woman they both fall for while covering World War II in the far...

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Scene of the Crime

as Mike Conovan
Released: 1949-07-28

A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked...

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Men of the Fighting Lady

as Lt. Thayer
Released: 1954-05-07

A writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way...

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Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

as Father Chase: The 'In' Group
Released: 1968-04-10

Mother Superior of St. Francis Academy is challenged by a modern young nun when they take the...

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The End of the Affair

as Maurice Bendrix
Released: 1955-02-24

During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in...

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Murder in the Big House

as Bert Bell
Released: 1942-04-11

When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter...

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Eagles Over London

as Air Marshal George Taylor
Released: 1969-09-20

The British High Command finds itself in the thick of a huge dilemma when it is realized that...

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Easy to Wed

as William "Bill" Stevens Chandler
Released: 1946-07-25

When a newspaper accuses a wealthy socialite of being a homewrecker, she files a...

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Too Young to Kiss

as Eric Wainwright
Released: 1951-11-22

Eric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for...

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Command Decision

as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
Released: 1948-12-23

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories...

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as Pied Piper / Truson
Released: 1957-11-26

The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal...

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Subway in the Sky

as Major Baxter Grant
Released: 1959-11-01

Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely...

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Superdome

as Chip Green
Released: 1978-01-09

It's the biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl! But the star players for the Cougars,...

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It's a Big Country

as Rev. Adam Burch
Released: 1951-11-20

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American...

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Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One

as Gen. McCailland
Released: 1990-11-17

Only one enemy has ever beat him. Now he needs her to save his life.

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Taxi Killer

as uncredited
Released: 1988-01-01

Catherine Hickland plays a taxi driver who is robbed and gang raped. She is then stalked by her...

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Kelly and Me

as Len Carmody
Released: 1957-04-10

Failing vaudeville performer, Len, is taken under the wing of the German Shepherd wonder dog,...

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Night of 100 Stars II

as Self
Released: 1985-03-10

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited...

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Three Guys Named Mike

as Michael Lawrence
Released: 1951-03-01

A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a...

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Duchess of Idaho

as Dick Layne
Released: 1950-07-14

Ellen Hallit is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything...

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Miracle in the Rain

as Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon
Released: 1956-03-31

Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.

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When in Rome

as Father John X. Halligan
Released: 1952-05-11

An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.

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Action of the Tiger

as Carson
Released: 1957-08-22

A woman hires soldier-of-fortune Carson to smuggle her into Albania by way of Greece. Their...

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From Corleone to Brooklyn

as Lieutenant Sturges
Released: 1979-04-13

Maurizio Merli takes up a familiar role as Commissioner Berni; a cop who puts his life on the...

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The War Against Mrs. Hadley

as Michael Fitzpatrick
Released: 1942-08-07

Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid...

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The Doomsday Flight

as Capt. Anderson
Released: 1966-12-13

A bomb on board an airliner has an altitude-sensitive trigger. Unless a ransom is paid, it will...

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3 Men in White

as Dr. Randall Adams
Released: 1944-05-25

Gillespie has to finally choose his official assistant, or Red and Lee are going to kill...

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Bacall on Bogart

as Self
Released: 1988-03-13

Lauren Bacall tells the story of her late husband Humphrey Bogart, presenting clips from his...

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Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)
Released: 1982-12-31

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World...

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Eye of the Spider

as Prof. Orson Krüger
Released: 1971-11-01

A diamond robber, who was left behind in the hands of the police, gets out of prison and teams...

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Easy to Love

as Ray Lloyd
Released: 1953-11-26

Two men vie for the heart of a Cypress Gardens swimming star.

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Two Girls and a Sailor

as John Dyckman Brown III
Released: 1944-06-14

A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with...

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Getting Married

as Phil Lawrence
Released: 1978-05-17

A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her...

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Week-End at the Waldorf

as James Hollis
Released: 1945-10-04

Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets...

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No Leave, No Love

as Michael Hanlon
Released: 1946-03-10

A soldier returns with his pal from fighting in the Pacific during World War II only to discover...

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Between Two Women

as Dr. Randall Adams
Released: 1945-03-28

A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.

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Flight from Paradise

as Erzähler
Released: 1990-01-01

In a futuristic society, an old man tells the legend of a strange medal to two children. In...

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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

as Dr. Randall Adams
Released: 1943-05-08

In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are...

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The Romance of Rosy Ridge

as Henry Carson
Released: 1947-08-04

A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.

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The Bride Goes Wild

as Greg Rawlings
Released: 1948-03-03

McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately,...

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San Francisco International

as Lester Scott
Released: 1970-09-29

This pilot for the TV series stars Pernell Roberts as Jim Conrad, who runs an airport, much to...

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Call Her Mom

as President Hardgrove
Released: 1972-02-15

A sexy waitress becomes a house mother in a fraternity house and involves the college in a...

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Invitation

as Dan Pierce
Released: 1952-01-29

A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out.

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Three Days To A Kill

as Comm. Howard
Released: 1992-11-25

At a Chicago-area naval base, an ambassador is kidnapped. Later, a Navy officer calls his friend...

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Mother Is a Freshman

as Professor Richard Michaels
Released: 1949-03-12

Widow Abby Abbott is having serious money problems and has to dip into the family trust in order...

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The Siege at Red River

as Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday
Released: 1954-05-01

Cavalry Captain Farraday attempts to prevent the delivery of Gatling Guns into the hands of...

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Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1995-11-16

The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews...

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Pilot #5

as Everett Arnold
Released: 1943-06-24

A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily....

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Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)
Released: 1944-01-01

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits,...

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Too Many Girls

as Chorus Boy
Released: 1940-10-08

Mr. Casey's daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge, he...

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The Enemy General

as Allan Lemaire
Released: 1960-10-18

OSS agent, working with the French underground, ambushes Nazi convoy with high-ranking general,...

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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1982-01-01

A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic...

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For the Common Defense!

as Agent Pritchard
Released: 1942-06-20

This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps...

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Confidentially Connie

as Joe Bedloe
Released: 1953-03-12

Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his...

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The Last Blitzkrieg

as Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson
Released: 1959-01-30

The fanatical son of a Nazi General leads a squad of German commandos, disguised as American...

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The Girl on the Late, Late Show

as Johnny Leverett
Released: 1974-04-01

A television producer decides to find out the whereabouts of a former movie actress whose career...

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Washington Story

as Joseph T. Gresham
Released: 1952-07-01

A reporter (Patricia Neal) suspects the "nice guy" image of a respected Congressman (Van...

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Remains to Be Seen

as Waldo Williams
Released: 1953-05-15

A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find...

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Company of Killers

as Sam Cahill
Released: 1970-08-26

A gunman working for a crime ring is hunted by both the police and his employers after a cop is...

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Grounds for Marriage

as Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett
Released: 1951-01-12

Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.

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Wives and Lovers

as Bill Austin
Released: 1963-08-29

Husband and wife Bill and Bertie Austin and their daughter live in a low-rent apartment. He's a...

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The Big Hangover

as David Maldon
Released: 1950-05-26

A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is...

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Slander

as Scott Ethan Martin
Released: 1957-01-18

A tabloid magazine threatens to ruin a television performer's career.

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Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

as Dr. Randall Adams
Released: 1942-11-01

The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from...

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High Barbaree

as Alec Brooke
Released: 1947-05-01

After his plane is downed in the South Pacific, a Navy flier recounts his life to a co-pilot...

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Clowning Around

as Mr. Ranthow
Released: 1991-11-26

Follows a boy who realizes there is more to being a clown, than just clowning around.

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Web of Evidence

as Paul Mathry
Released: 1959-04-28

A World War II evacuee returns years later to England and finds his father in prison framed for...

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The Bottom of the Bottle

as Donald Martin / Eric Bell
Released: 1956-02-01

An alcoholic escaped convict asks his Arizona lawyer brother to help him cross the Mexican border.

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American in Paris

as James Devlin
Released: 1964-08-03

The owner of a travel agency in Paris tries to help fellow Americans in trouble.

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Down There in the Jungle

as The professor
Released: 1988-02-04

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Quincy, M.E.

as Al Ringerman
First aired: 1976-10-03

Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

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Batman

as The Minstrel
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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The Love Boat

as Bert Wilder
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Love Boat

as Victor Moncrief
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Elliot Robinson
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Daniel Hannigan
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Daniel O'Brien
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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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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I Love Lucy

as Van Johnson
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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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Frank Gilette
First aired: 1956-10-05

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

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Love, American Style

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-29

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in...

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Tales of the Unexpected

as Gerry T. Armstrong
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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The Name of the Game

as Sullivan
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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The Name of the Game

as Jack Newell
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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Here's Lucy

as Van Johnson
First aired: 1968-09-23

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One Day at a Time

as Gus Webster
First aired: 1975-12-16

The misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and new building superintendent...

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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Art Bellasco
First aired: 1985-09-29

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to...

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McCloud

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-02-17

Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the...

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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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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-10-05

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on...

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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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McMillan & Wife

as Harry Jerome
First aired: 1971-09-29

McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September...

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Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

as Marsh Goodwin
First aired: 1976-09-21

Weekly series spun off from the miniseries.

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Maude

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-12

Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her...

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self
First aired: 1967-09-09

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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Nanny and the Professor

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-01-21

Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and...

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The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Joe Robertson
First aired: 1959-09-21

The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from...

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Rich Man, Poor Man

as Marsh Goodwin
First aired: 1976-02-01

Based on the best-selling 1969 novel by Irwin Shaw, the series follows the divergent career...

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The Hollywood Palace

as Self - Host
First aired: 1964-01-04

The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly...

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The Hollywood Palace

as Self - Singer
First aired: 1964-01-04

The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly...

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MGM: When the Lion Roars

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-03-22

On April 24, 1924, the movies changed forever: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio opened and soon...

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Black Beauty

as Horace Tompkins
First aired: 1978-01-31

Born free in the American West, Black Beauty is a horse rounded up and brought to Birtwick...

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Aloha Paradise

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-02-25

Aloha Paradise is an American comedy series that aired on ABC on Wednesday night from February...

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Letter to Loretta

as Self - Guest Host
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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The Ann Sothern Show

as Terry Tyler
First aired: 1958-10-06

The Ann Sothern Show is an American sitcom starring Ann Sothern that aired on CBS for 93...

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General Electric Theater

as Jimmy Devlin
First aired: 1953-02-01

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

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