Wally Cox

Wally Cox

Wally Cox was a beloved character actor who made his mark in television and ranks as one of the medium's most memorable performers. His ability to show his range likely was limited by his short stature, slight frame, and high-pitched voice, which along with his talent for being very funny, made him ideal for comedy parts such as his memorable turn as Professor P. Caspar Biddle in "The Bird-Watchers" episode of The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) in 1966. His television persona was that of a shy, timid man in horn-rimed glasses who spoke in a tentative, though distinctly enunciated, voice. It was a persona that his long-time friend Marlon Brando said was completely at odds with the real man. Cox always will be remembered as the eponymous "Mr. Peepers" and the voice of "Underdog," but he was an actor of wider talents seldom used by the industry, as can be seen in his turns as the sonar operator in The Bedford Incident (1965) and as the potential suicide Wally Haverstraw in The Bill Cosby Show (1969) episode "Goodbye, Cruel World" in 1970. Dying unexpectedly on February 15, 1973, from what some newspapers described as an accidental overdose of sedatives but which Marlon Brando in his autobiography said was a heart attack, Wally Cox's cremated remains were kept hidden in a closet by his old friend for three decades. According to Brando's son Miko, both his father's and Cox's ashes were scattered at the same time in Death Valley, California, in a ceremony following Brando's death, thus reuniting the lifetime friends.

  • Title: Wally Cox
  • Popularity: 7.881
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1924-12-06
  • Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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  • Also Known As: Wallace Maynard Cox
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Wally Cox Movies

  • 1971
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    The Barefoot Executive

    The Barefoot Executive

    5.539 1971 HD

    In the great Disney tradition of wild family fun, a young Kurt Russell stars as Steven Post - an ambitious mailroom clerk at a second-rate TV...

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  • 1990
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    Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

    Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

    5.7 1990 HD

    Welcome behind the closed doors of a Hollywood that only a select few will ever get to see -- a Hollywood of tragic lives and tragic deaths. Some of...

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  • 1967
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    A Guide for the Married Man

    A Guide for the Married Man

    5.9 1967 HD

    A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.

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  • 1973
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    The Night Strangler

    The Night Strangler

    6.6 1973 HD

    After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he is...

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  • 1962
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    State Fair

    State Fair

    4.9 1962 HD

    Texan farmers the Frake family head for the Texas State Fair in Dallas. The parents are focused on winning the competitions for livestock and...

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  • 1970
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    The Boatniks

    The Boatniks

    5.3 1970 HD

    Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him...

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  • 1963
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    Spencer's Mountain

    Spencer's Mountain

    6.7 1963 HD

    Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy drinking with his buddies or railing against the...

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  • 1964
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    The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    6.1 1964 HD

    One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The...

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  • 1965
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    The Bedford Incident

    The Bedford Incident

    6.9 1965 HD

    During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford....

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  • 1964
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    Fate Is the Hunter

    Fate Is the Hunter

    6.4 1964 HD

    A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to...

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  • 1970
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    Up Your Teddy Bear

    Up Your Teddy Bear

    2.2 1970 HD

    Clyde King, a toy store employee whose hobbies include making wooden toys and stalking women, is coveted by the female owner of one of the biggest...

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  • 1970
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    Quarantined

    Quarantined

    5 1970 HD

    A family of doctors that runs a medical clinic finds itself up against a sudden cholera epidemic and other difficulties like a movie star who refuses...

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  • 1970
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    The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

    The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

    6.3 1970 HD

    A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off for a mail-order bride.

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  • 1985
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    Reel Horror

    Reel Horror

    2.4 1985 HD

    Evil spirits that emerge from cans of old movie film terrorize a neighborhood.

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  • 1970
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    The Young Country

    The Young Country

    8 1970 HD

    An adventurous young gambler searches for the owner of a mysterious fortune.

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  • 1972
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    Magic Carpet

    Magic Carpet

    1 1972 HD

    A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young stowaway who is being sought by the police.

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  • 1968
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    The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

    The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

    6.3 1968 HD

    The Bower Family Band petitions the Democratic National Committee to sing a Grover Cleveland rally song at the 1888 convention, but decide instead to...

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  • 1999
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    Television: The First Fifty Years

    Television: The First Fifty Years

    1 1999 HD

    Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter...

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  • 1967
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    Ironside

    Ironside

    5 1967 HD

    Citizens of San Francisco are stunned by the news that Robert Ironside, the city's hard-nosed, tough-talking chief of detectives, has been shot and...

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  • 1965
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    Morituri

    Morituri

    6.8 1965 HD

    A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for...

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  • 1972
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    Once Upon a Mattress

    Once Upon a Mattress

    7.8 1972 HD

    The second television adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress was broadcast on December 12, 1972, on CBS. This production, videotaped in color, included...

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  • 1963
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    Marilyn

    Marilyn

    6 1963 HD

    This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox...

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  • 1970
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    The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

    The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

    6 1970 HD

    Based on Charles Goodrum’s book, "I’ll Trade You an Elk." The mayor wants to close down the run-down city zoo and use the site for a...

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  • 1954
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    Babes in Toyland

    Babes in Toyland

    6 1954 HD

    Based on the classic Broadway operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough, this live television special became an annual Christmas tradition with...

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  • 1955
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    Babes in Toyland

    Babes in Toyland

    1 1955 HD

    A young girl becomes lost in a department store during the Christmas shopping rush. The frightened child is comforted by a department store Santa...

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  • 1962
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    Something's Got to Give

    Something's Got to Give

    8.5 1962 HD

    Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and sudden August 1962 death.

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  • 1963
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    Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

    6 1963 HD

    Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as...

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  • 1968
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    Here's Lucy

    Here's Lucy

    6.92 1968 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1950 HD

    The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many...

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  • 1966
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    The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

    6.6 1966 HD

    The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy-fi TV series that aired on NBC for one season from September 16, 1966 to April 11, 1967. The series was a...

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  • 1970
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    The Odd Couple

    The Odd Couple

    7.8 1970 HD

    Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different...

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  • 1961
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    The Dick Van Dyke Show

    The Dick Van Dyke Show

    7.4 1961 HD

    The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at...

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  • 1962
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    7.1 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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  • 1962
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    The Beverly Hillbillies

    The Beverly Hillbillies

    6.9 1962 HD

    Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of...

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  • 1962
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    The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

    5.3 1962 HD

    The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC,...

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  • 1971
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    Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

    6.9 1971 HD

    Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben...

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  • 1969
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    The Bill Cosby Show

    The Bill Cosby Show

    4.9 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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  • 1965
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    Lost in Space

    Lost in Space

    7.1 1965 HD

    The space family Robinson is sent on a five-year mission to find a new planet to colonise. The voyage is sabotaged time and again by an inept...

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  • 1966
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    Hollywood Squares

    Hollywood Squares

    8.167 1966 HD

    Hollywood Squares is an American panel game show, in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The "board" for the game is a 3...

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  • 1970
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    Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

    7.8 1970 HD

    Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1966
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    Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

    7.607 1966 HD

    Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of...

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  • 1965
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    Mister Roberts

    Mister Roberts

    7.5 1965 HD

    Mister Roberts is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 17, 1965 to April 8, 1966. Based on the best selling novel, 1948 play, and the...

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  • 1952
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    Mister Peepers

    Mister Peepers

    5.5 1952 HD

    Mr. Peepers is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from July 3, 1952 to June 12, 1955.

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  • 1965
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    Get Smart

    Get Smart

    7.9 1965 HD

    Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don...

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  • 1959
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    The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

    8.442 1959 HD

    A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a...

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  • 1964
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    Underdog

    Underdog

    6.2 1964 HD

    Underdog is an American animated television series that debuted October 3, 1964, on the NBC network under the primary sponsorship of General Mills,...

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  • 1971
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    McMillan and Wife

    McMillan and Wife

    7.3 1971 HD

    McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and...

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  • 1964
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    The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

    4.5 1964 HD

    The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970....

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  • 1967
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    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    6.4 1967 HD

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

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  • 1969
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    The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

    The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

    5.8 1969 HD

    The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American network television music and comedy variety show hosted by singer Glen Campbell from January 1969...

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  • 1972
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    Search

    Search

    6.9 1972 HD

    Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23...

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  • 1950
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    Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

    5.5 1950 HD

    Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5,...

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  • 1963
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    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    5.2 1963 HD

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967....

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  • 1955
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    Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

    3.3 1955 HD

    Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily...

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  • 1956
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    The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

    The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

    5 1956 HD

    The Adventures of Hiram Holliday is an American adventure sitcom

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  • 1956
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    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    4 1956 HD

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to June 1963. The series was...

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  • 1949
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    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.2 1949 HD

    An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

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  • 1950
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    Danger

    Danger

    8 1950 HD

    Danger is an American anthology series which aired on CBS from September 19, 1950 to May 31, 1955.

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  • 1956
    imgS5 E31

    The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

    4 1956 HD

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  • 1963
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    Vacation Playhouse

    Vacation Playhouse

    1 1963 HD

    The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television lineup for CBS. The show was...

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  • 1965
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    I Spy

    I Spy

    6.5 1965 HD

    A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.

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  • 1954
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    Max Liebman Presents

    Max Liebman Presents

    1 1954 HD

    Max Liebman Presents, is an American television anthology series. A total of 28 episodes aired from 9/12/1954 to 6/9/1956 on the National...

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  • 1953
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    Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

    5.8 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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  • 1968
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    It Takes a Thief

    It Takes a Thief

    7 1968 HD

    Convicted cat burglar Alexander Mundy gets an offer he can't refuse from the United States government: If he puts his formidable thieving skills to...

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  • 1968
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    Here's Lucy

    Here's Lucy

    6.92 1968 HD

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  • 1968
    imgS6 E24

    Here's Lucy

    Here's Lucy

    6.92 1968 HD

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  • 1963
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    Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

    6 1963 HD

    Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.529 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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  • 1968
    imgS6 E24

    Here's Lucy

    Here's Lucy

    6.92 1968 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Lux Show

    The Lux Show

    6 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

    6.4 1957 HD

    The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert...

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  • 1949
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    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.2 1949 HD

    An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.36 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.6 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1968
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    The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

    6.6 1968 HD

    The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

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  • 1957
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    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    5.7 1957 HD

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired...

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  • 1950
    imgS1 E876

    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.6 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.8 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1957
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    DuPont Show of the Month

    DuPont Show of the Month

    6 1957 HD

    DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also...

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