Robert Rockwell

Robert Rockwell

Robert Rockwell was an American stage, film, radio and television actor. He is best known for playing the handsome, but awkward biology teacher Philip Boynton in the radio and television sitcom Our Miss Brooks opposite Eve Arden. A native of Lake Bluff, Illinois, Rockwell studied at the Pasadena Playhouse, from which he obtained a master's degree. During World War II he enlisted in the US Navy for four years serving in Washington D.C. Dramatic roles often eluded him, however, after beginning his career as a contract player for Republic Studios he appeared, over his almost 50-year acting career, in more than 350 television episodes and, on stage, opposite José Ferrer in the 1946 Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac, and with Ginger Rogers during the 1960s in a San Diego production of Whitfield Cook's play A More Perfect Union. He appeared in the first Superman television show episode as Clark Kent's father, Jor-El in 1952. He appeared in a 1959 Perry Mason episode "The case of the Deadly Toy" as love interest to the defendant Claire Allison as Dick Benedict. He starred in the 1961 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Misguided Missile" as an Air Force officer court-martialled on a murder charge. He later starred in the 1962 Perry Mason episodes "The Case of the Lurid Letter" as Everett Rixby, a high school principal, and the murderer Cole B. Troy in "The Case of the Shapely Shadow". He also appeared as Ed Purvis in the 1965 episode Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Candy Queen". Rockwell starred in his own ABC western-themed television series, The Man from Blackhawk in the 1959-1960 season. Rockwell was cast as the Blackhawk Insurance Company's key investigator, Sam Logan, who is assigned to weed out fraud in the payment of claims. He also played Sam Thompson in Thompson's Ghost, Tom Bennett in The Bill Cosby Show[4]:106 and Officer Russo in Adam-12. In 1967 he played a littering tourist in the Lassie episode "Lassie's Litter Bit", an iconic episode which earned a trip for Lassie to the White House to shake hands with then First Lady "Ladybird" Johnson who had used the famous collie in her Keep America Beautiful Campaign. Rockwell was a founding member of the California Artists Radio Theatre. He played standard leads in a couple of anti-Communist-era features, including Republic's The Red Menace, in which he is cast as a returning veteran of World War II, who is duped by communists. Later in his career, he appeared on episodes of Petticoat Junction, Growing Pains, and Beverly Hills, 90210. His appearances in commercials and voiceovers totaled more than 200, most notably as the armchair grandfather treating his grandson to a piece of candy in the 1995 version of the Werthers Original candy spot.

  • Title: Robert Rockwell
  • Popularity: 2.335
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1920-10-15
  • Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Also Known As: Bob Rockwell
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Robert Rockwell Movies

  • 1981
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    Golden Gate

    Golden Gate

    1 1981 HD

    A venerable San Francisco publishing family becomes embroiled in a bitter power struggle between the iron-fisted, but ailing, patriarch's son and a...

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  • 1950
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    Belle of Old Mexico

    Belle of Old Mexico

    1 1950 HD

    Wealthy Kip Artmitage III (Robert Rockwell) honors his late wartime friend's request to look after the friend's "little sister."

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  • 1950
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    Unmasked

    Unmasked

    5.2 1950 HD

    The editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a rich theatrical producer, and promises to marry her...

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  • 1964
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    Espionage Target: You

    Espionage Target: You

    1 1964 HD

    Intended for military personnel and civilians in sensitive positions abroad, the film shows three playlets involving foreign agents maneuvering...

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  • 1949
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    The Red Menace

    The Red Menace

    4.1 1949 HD

    A couple try to leave the Communist party after a murder by the group they were once loyal to.

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  • 1965
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    A Letter to Nancy

    A Letter to Nancy

    1 1965 HD

    A little Chinese girl comes into the life of a well-to-do lawyer.

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  • 1956
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    Our Miss Brooks

    Our Miss Brooks

    6.2 1956 HD

    The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950's. Arden stars as Connie Brooks, wisecracking English teacher at Madison...

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  • 1950
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    Trial Without Jury

    Trial Without Jury

    1 1950 HD

    A homicide detective suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder.

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  • 1950
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    Federal Agent at Large

    Federal Agent at Large

    4.8 1950 HD

    A crime ring is smuggling gold from Mexico across the border in the US. The Customs Service sends an agent to Mexico to try to infiltrate the ring...

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  • 1950
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    Destination Big House

    Destination Big House

    1 1950 HD

    A teacher (Dorothy Patrick) weekends at her fiance's (Robert Rockwell) cabin, where a fugitive hides his loot.

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  • 1968
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    Sol Madrid

    Sol Madrid

    6.3 1968 HD

    Government agent Sol Madrid travels to Mexico with hooker Stacey to bring mobster Villanova and drug kingpin Dietrich to justice.

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  • 1950
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    Lonely Heart Bandits

    Lonely Heart Bandits

    6.5 1950 HD

    Two con artists join forces and pose as brother and sister. He then meets rich widows through the "personals" sections of newspapers, marries them,...

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  • 1949
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    The Blonde Bandit

    The Blonde Bandit

    5.8 1949 HD

    A duped bride joins a bookie in love and crime.

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  • 1995
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    Perfect Alibi

    Perfect Alibi

    3.5 1995 HD

    Melanie is married to Keith Bauers, she has two beautiful children and she is rich. She decides to engage a girl au pair, Janine, who arrives from...

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  • 1951
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    The Frogmen

    The Frogmen

    5.9 1951 HD

    The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving...

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  • 1968
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    Lassies Abenteuer in Alaska

    Lassies Abenteuer in Alaska

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1987
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    Destination: America

    Destination: America

    1 1987 HD

    A patrician family's estranged, black-sheep son forsakes his blue-collar life to return home and soon finds himself wrongly accused of his father's...

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  • 1983
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    The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

    The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

    5 1983 HD

    A 13-year-old genius goes to college and tries to cope not only with campus social life, but also with his professor.

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  • 1970
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    Lassie: The miracle

    Lassie: The miracle

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1981
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    Murder in Texas

    Murder in Texas

    4.3 1981 HD

    Dramatization of the sensational Texas court case of the late '60s involving a noted Houston plastic surgeon accused of doing away with his socially...

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  • 1949
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    Alias the Champ

    Alias the Champ

    6 1949 HD

    Slammin’ Sammy Menacker is killed in the ring, and Gorgeous George (in his only film appearance) is arrested for murder. Out to clear his name...

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  • 1952
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    Just for You

    Just for You

    4.8 1952 HD

    Jordan Blake (a widower) is a successful Broadway Producer who has always been to busy for his children, Barbara and Jerry. Girlfriend, Carolina a...

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  • 1950
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    Women from Headquarters

    Women from Headquarters

    4 1950 HD

    Joyce Harper is an ex-Army nurse who enters police work with the L.A. Police Department, when her friend Ruby gets involved with a petty crook, Max...

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  • 1969
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    Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka

    Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka

    6 1969 HD

    The Scottish collie Lassie goes to Alaska. There Lassie meets the Indian boy Neeka, who stays in the woods with his stepfather, who is a Ranger. When...

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  • 1948
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    You Gotta Stay Happy

    You Gotta Stay Happy

    6.4 1948 HD

    Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the...

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  • 1958
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    Turn the Other Cheek

    Turn the Other Cheek

    1 1958 HD

    Molly's upset now her best friends Carol and Sue can't play together. Molly's dad suggests that the catty squabble can be solved by following Jesus's...

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  • 1953
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    The War of the Worlds

    The War of the Worlds

    6.8 1953 HD

    The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices...

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  • 1991
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    Hell Hath No Fury

    Hell Hath No Fury

    8.7 1991 HD

    A woman is simultaneously framed for the murder of her husband and terrorized by the deranged woman who actually killed him.

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  • 1951
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    The Prince Who Was a Thief

    The Prince Who Was a Thief

    4.9 1951 HD

    An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his evil uncle in this colorful costume adventure.

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  • 1950
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    Prisoners in Petticoats

    Prisoners in Petticoats

    6 1950 HD

    Joan Grey is a young pianist that falls for the good manners and nice clothes of a gang of mobsters. She is warned by Mark Hampton, an investigator,...

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  • 1985
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    Growing Pains

    Growing Pains

    6.472 1985 HD

    Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of cooking, cleaning and minding the kids so that his wife,...

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  • 1981
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    Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

    5.6 1981 HD

    Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A...

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  • 1965
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    Green Acres

    Green Acres

    7.303 1965 HD

    Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by...

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  • 1968
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    Here's Lucy

    Here's Lucy

    6.923 1968 HD

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  • 1990
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    Beverly Hills, 90210

    Beverly Hills, 90210

    7.395 1990 HD

    Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West...

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  • 1979
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    Benson

    Benson

    7.2 1979 HD

    A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.

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  • 1962
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    7.107 1962 HD

    The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in...

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  • 1978
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    Diff'rent Strokes

    Diff'rent Strokes

    7.026 1978 HD

    The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white...

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  • 1981
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    Dynasty

    Dynasty

    6.5 1981 HD

    The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam,...

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  • 1963
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    Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

    5.871 1963 HD

    The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

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  • 1976
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    Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

    6.7 1976 HD

    Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle!...

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  • 1979
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    Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

    6.8 1979 HD

    The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.

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  • 1960
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    Surfside 6

    Surfside 6

    5 1960 HD

    Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and...

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  • 1969
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    The Bill Cosby Show

    The Bill Cosby Show

    5 1969 HD

    The Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the...

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  • 1982
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    Newhart

    Newhart

    7.2 1982 HD

    Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually...

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  • 1992
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    The Golden Palace

    The Golden Palace

    6.1 1992 HD

    The Golden Palace begins where The Golden Girls had ended, in the quartet's now-sold Miami house. With Dorothy Zbornak having married and left in the...

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

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

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  • 1978
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    Dallas

    Dallas

    6.8 1978 HD

    The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1954
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    Lassie

    Lassie

    6.133 1954 HD

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

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  • 1977
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    Eight Is Enough

    Eight Is Enough

    6.1 1977 HD

    Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after...

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  • 1984
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    Hunter

    Hunter

    7.232 1984 HD

    Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt....

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  • 1972
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    The Waltons

    The Waltons

    7.1 1972 HD

    The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.

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  • 1961
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    Bus Stop

    Bus Stop

    1 1961 HD

    Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Sherwood,...

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  • 1958
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    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    5.25 1958 HD

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958...

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  • 1955
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    The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

    5 1955 HD

    An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were...

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  • 1984
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    E/R

    E/R

    5.2 1984 HD

    E/R is an American television sitcom that aired in 1984 and 1985. Developed from the long running play of the same name created and produced by the...

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  • 1958
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    Yancy Derringer

    Yancy Derringer

    6 1958 HD

    Yancy Derringer is an American Western series

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  • 1952
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    Adventures of Superman

    Adventures of Superman

    6.7 1952 HD

    Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single...

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  • 1958
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    Bronco

    Bronco

    4.8 1958 HD

    Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco...

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  • 1955
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    Navy Log

    Navy Log

    4.5 1955 HD

    Navy Log is an American drama anthology series that initially aired for one season on CBS. It relates the greatest survival war stories in the...

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  • 1951
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    Racket Squad

    Racket Squad

    6 1951 HD

    Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco,...

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  • 1959
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    The Man from Blackhawk

    The Man from Blackhawk

    5 1959 HD

    The Man From Blackhawk is a Western television series starring Robert Rockwell that aired on the ABC television network from October 9, 1959, until...

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  • 1966
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    Summer Fun

    Summer Fun

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1952
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    Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

    3.5 1952 HD

    Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an...

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  • 1956
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    State Trooper

    State Trooper

    5 1956 HD

    State Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as Rod Blake, an officer of the Nevada Department of...

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  • 1960
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    The Roaring 20's

    The Roaring 20's

    1 1960 HD

    The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s Chicago.

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  • 1953
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    Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

    6.2 1953 HD

    Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show...

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  • 1957
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    Maverick

    Maverick

    6.8 1957 HD

    The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than...

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  • 1952
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    Our Miss Brooks

    Our Miss Brooks

    7.3 1952 HD

    Our Miss Brooks is an American situation comedy starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high school English teacher. It began as a radio show broadcast on...

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  • 1955
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    The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

    5 1955 HD

    An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were...

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

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

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

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

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

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

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

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

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