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The Philco Television Playhouse

1948-10-038 seasons · 267 episodes1h 0mDrama6.6/10TMDB · 8 votes

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.

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Season 1

45 episodes1948-10-03

Season 2

45 episodes1949-09-04

Season 3

56 episodes1950-09-10

Season 4

25 episodes1951-10-21

Season 5

33 episodes1952-09-21

Season 6

26 episodes1953-09-27

Season 7

25 episodes1954-09-19

Season 8

12 episodes1955-09-04

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Original languageEnglish

Original release1948-10-03

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Bert LytellSelf - Host

E.G. MarshallHorace Greeley / / Hiram Holliday / N. Y. Times editor / Jerry / Dennis Leighton / Barnwell Rhett / Alf Rylett

Vinton HayworthTed Nichols / Mr. Devereaux / H.L. Potter /

David OpatoshuGeorge / / Ibrahim / Joe Manx / Boss / Colie

Alfred RyderVan Dorn / / Philip

John NewlandD.W. Griffith / / Steven Kent

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Walter MatthauStuart Benson / / Iago William PrinceHadrian the adopted son / Loring Smith / Ghost of Christmas Present Vaughn TaylorMr. Mergenthwirker / Alfred Stubbs / Sir Andrew Aguecheek / / Pa Blanchard Leora DanaEmmy Blanchard / / Clarice Grace KellyPaula / Lucy Bakewell Audubon / Ann Rutledge / Bethel Merriday / Eileen Heckart / Ruthie / Jessie Mae Warren StevensLeo PennJack WardenSidney BlackmerMarvin Platt / James DalyRod Steiger / Marty Pilletti Neva Patterson / Elizabeth Chapin Werner KlempererLeopold / John McQuadeShepperd StrudwickBenedict Arnold / Lincoln Venner / James Gregory / Angus / Lester Thompson Frances Reid / Roxane Bramwell Fletcher / Maxim de Winter Everett SloaneDr. Ignatius Semmelweis / / Vincent Van Gogh Addison Powell / Chester / Chester Wilson Eva Marie SaintBonnie Keel / Thelma / Betty / Dorie Wilson Cloris Leachman / Patricia / Marianne Dashwood / Jenny Blanchard Peter Mark Richman / Charles Blake / Tinian / Jack Paul McGrathWesley AddyLesley WoodsEdmon RyanAugusta Dabney / Laura Wilkins Murray HamiltonMarian Seldes / Emilia Philip BourneufAnthony RossFather / J. Pat O'Malley / Brannigan Bethel LeslieDorothy GishMary Surratt / Ralph Bellamy / Tice Collins Mildred NatwickEli Wallach / Nacho Arthur TreacherUncle Fred / Jack KlugmanEdward BinnsFrank Maxwell / Captain Dana Healey Leo G. CarrollFather Moynihan / Professor White / Duncan Pat HingleWilliam Eythe / Foxworth Jo Van Fleet / Shirley Kent Smith / John Wilkes Booth Kevin McCarthyRomeo / Betsy PalmerJanice Gans / Wright KingLillian GishNarrator / Carrie Watts / Abby Florida FriebusMary Greeley / Philip AbbottDavid Lomak / Herbert BerghofZuker / Frank Sutton / Bill James Broderick / Danny Keel / Horace Martin BalsamMike Galloway / Charlie Malick / Frank OvertonMr. Davis / Sheriff / Pat Garrett Arthur O'ConnellGrant / Jim Elkins / Tonio SelwartJohn MarleyNydia WestmanWalter BrookeMargaret WycherlyHugh ReillyDorothy PetersonBrandon De WildeJohn IrelandGeoffrey HorneCharlton HestonFrank AlbertsonRuth McDevittEnid MarkeyDane ClarkCyril RitchardLee MeriwetherNehemiah PersoffEd Kagan Kim HunterHenry CalvinPeggy McCayAudra LindleyJohn ForsytheGaby RodgersMarsha HuntPhoebe Throssel / Viola Melvyn DouglasRichard Gordon / The Stranger Patricia Breslin / Juliet Constance FordErnest TruexMadge EvansElizabeth Bennet / Elinor Dashwood Ethel GriffiesMrs. White / Grandmother Bartlett RobinsonDavid WhiteCary Sloane / John Beal / Ludie Steven HillGeorge / Horace Mann Borden Torin ThatcherOthello / Anne Jackson / Daughter Helen Wagner / Inez Betty FieldRose / Bert Freed / Al Rago Biff McGuireMaureen StapletonDaughter / Mrs. Johnson Michael StrongLloyd Mills / John Poe Peggy WoodMrs. Oliver Jordan / Florence McDavid Robert H. HarrisWalter AbelMacduff / Paul FordAlex March / Chauffeur Ernest Graves / Christian de Neuvillette Mildred Dunnock / Berdina Ferris Richard Sanders / Prosecuting Attorney Eddie AlbertCharlie / Don MurrayAxel Nordman / Anne CrawfordMargaret Fuller / Theresa James Westerfield / H.T. Carmichael John RandolphNeil Dalton / Hotstuff Tony RandallErnest Winkler / Larry BlydenHoward St. John / Abbot Kim Stanley / Wilma Thompson Hildy Parks / Penny Benson Ross Martin / Rodney Wilkins Kathleen Maguire / Helen Ernest Borgnine / Mathew O'Rourke Hume Cronyn / Ben Marriott Joanne WoodwardEmily / Arabella Cookenboo William HansenJohnny DesmondNick Mercer / Sidney PoitierTommy Tyler / Larry Gates / Darcy Ed Begley / Ernie Barger Jason RobardsJoe Grant / Mason Barbara O'NeilMme. Pollard / Ruth Kay MedfordBetty Winston / Charles Dingle / Daddy Tom Madeleine CarrollJerome CowanJoseph AnthonyMadeleine SherwoodTweed's daughter Natalie SchaferPhyllis KirkDolly Robert KeithBuster CrabbeGerald S. O'LoughlinVanessa BrownNancy KellyJoey AdamsBill Dix Sylvia SidneyCarlos MontalbánSaguro Robert EllensteinDr. Lehmbruck Tom TullyMajor Avery Lenka PetersonJohn CassavetesJoan LorringJeffrey LynnPeter BrandonTerry BeckerEdna BestHugh MarloweClaude DauphinJohn QualenGus Gruntle Ward CostelloInvestigator Robert Wheelock William SmithersPatrick O'NealCliff Mark RobertsCharlotte RaeJean StapletonBus Girl Sal MineoJessica TandyLiz Marriott Jack LordWilliam BendixGenteman Suitor Jean-Pierre AumontJohn James Audubon Mary WickesAmelia Coop Cameron MitchellPvt. Kenneth Dowey Conrad JanisBert LahrSkid Johnson Jeanne BatesCara WilliamsRichard WebbEdward Everett HortonMark RydellRobert MulliganBess MyersonLee GrantPaul MuniGeorge Simon Vivian BlaineUna O'ConnorDonald WoodsJoan GreenwoodGeorges RenaventCatherine McLeodMarjorie GatesonJoyce Van PattenJoan ChandlerRichard DavalosTom Bates Cathleen CordellFaye EmersonThe Glamour Girl Betsy BlairJeff MorrowGrace HartmanNettie Upjohn Florence EldridgeNanine George CoulourisWilliam WindomDennis Baldwin Edith AtwaterMarian Burnett Carl Benton ReidPapa Ruth ChattertonZasu PittsBelinda Pryde Donald CookRichard HartJohn Lilia SkalaNellie Rimpleger Josephine HullFrancis LedererStephen ElliottBill GoodwinRichard CooganBarbara BaxleyDavid SwiftMarian WintersWill HareHouston Ticket Agent Oskar HomolkaBert Robert QuarryDr. Wheeler Parker FennellyDarren McGavinBill Starbuck Anthony DawsonRobert McQueeneyDoctor Joe MarossMalcolm KeenRichard DerrTod AndrewsLuis van RootenHarry Shelton Michael ConradCharles Bowdre Harry BellaverJoe Ethel RemeyMrs. Mulberry Arthur FranzNorman Don FellowsLanier Crahan DentonMoultrie Patten1st Announcer Joe MantellBachelor Kurt KasznarAlexander Ingles Natalie TrundyEmiliy Marriott Viveca LindforsWidow Victor JoryHenry DaniellColonel Chart Burt BrinckerhoffJoyce RedmanLady Macbeth Mary AstorFrank M. ThomasMarley's Ghost Jean CarsonAlfred DrakeCaptain Brown Mary MorrisLeueen MacGrathKathleen Moore Lilli PalmerMolly Collicutt Bruce GordonBurton Virginia GilmorePaul HartmanHorace Upjohn Judith EvelynMarguerite Gautier Dean JaggerCharles Burnett Mady ChristiansMama Joe DowningPatton David LewisAlbert Brisbane Janet BlairAmelie Louisa Horton HillCarol StoneBarbara Allen Nina FochElizabeth Claudia MorganAline MacMahonBurgess MeredithFrancis L. SullivanScott McKayPhyllis LoveRomney BrentJohn HoytHenry BeckmanPeggy AllenbyMary JacksonAunt Edna Andrew DugganAnne MearaBetty Blake Jackie CooperBubbo Dick YorkAndy Logan RamseyScott ForbesKevin CoughlinGary Eva GaborMelanie Winters June LockhartGeorge ChandlerMartin E. BrooksLin McCarthyFrank MarthLily CahillMel RuickJohn CarradineMalvolio Les TremayneHoward SmithMary Beth HughesJoan CroydonMrs. Dennis Donald CurtisAdam WestHam Ector Jack WestonLumpkin Harry TownesBill ErwinHerman Gene WoodHenry Howard Pat HenningClaessens Henry JonesProfessor Stark-Purvis Bertha BelmoreJack LemmonWalter GreazaJason EversMargaret HayesLeopoldine KonstantinCountess Addison RichardsEdward AndrewsBetty Lou KeimPhyllis Paul NewmanBilly the Kid Anthony EisleyJimmy John KerrGeorge Avery Mario GalloLydia ClarkeDan Frazer2nd Announcer Calvin ThomasAnthony QuinnJohn MarriottDennis CrossRailroad Ticket Agent John C. BecherChris GampelDiego Richard FraserKeith Reddington Louis SorinJean MuirFranchot ToneLois WilsonBetty FurnessNancy MarchandClara John EricsonJames DeanRobbie Warren Oliver ThorndikeIvan F. SimpsonMary K. WellsFrank StephensKatherine MeskillMary PattonRalph LongleyStephen CourtleighAbraham Lincoln Carmen MathewsMariella Barger John ConnellRay Barger Joseph SweeneyMr Barger Patricia FayLouise Eberhard Krumschmidt

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