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Four Star Playhouse

  • TV series
  • 1952
  • TV-G
  • 4 seasons
  • 129 episodes

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Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.

Roughly 64h 30m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 129 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 30 minutes.

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Series cast and crew

  • David Niven

    David NivenSteve Carlyle / Roger Carlyle
    32 episodes

  • Dick Powell

    Dick PowellDave Robinson
    32 episodes

  • Ida Lupino

    Ida LupinoGinny
    19 episodes

  • Herb Vigran

    Herb VigranMonty Leeds
    14 episodes

  • Charles Boyer

    Charles BoyerCarl
    9 episodes

  • Ray Walker

    Ray WalkerTom Barry
    8 episodes

  • Regis Toomey

    Regis ToomeyPolice Lt. Manny Waldo
    8 episodes

  • Richard Hale

    Richard HaleBishop
    7 episodes

  • Ralph Moody

    Ralph MoodyUncle Lee
    7 episodes

  • Robert Bice

    Robert BiceAl Newsome
    7 episodes

  • Rhys Williams

    Rhys WilliamsRaikes
    6 episodes

  • William Forrest

    William ForrestSam Rogers
    6 episodes

  • Christopher Dark

    Christopher DarkJohn Hudson
    6 episodes

  • John Harmon

    John HarmonJoseph
    5 episodes

  • Walter Sande

    Walter SandePeterson
    5 episodes

  • Hugh Beaumont

    Hugh BeaumontDr. Lindell
    5 episodes

  • Richard Reeves

    Richard ReevesSecurity Guard (uncredited)
    5 episodes

  • John Doucette

    John DoucetteCharon
    5 episodes

Network
CBS

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