Arthur O'Connell

Arthur O'Connell

Arthur O'Connell (March 29, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in films (starting with a small role in Citizen Kane) in 1941 and television programs (mostly guest appearances). Among his screen appearances were Picnic, Anatomy of a Murder, and as the watch-maker who hides Jews during WWII in The Hiding Place. A veteran vaudevillian, O'Connell, from New York City, made his legitimate stage debut in the mid 1930s, at which time he fell within the orbit of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre. Welles cast O'Connell in the tiny role of a reporter in the closing scenes of Citizen Kane (1941), a film often referred to as O'Connell's film debut, though in fact he had already appeared in Freshman Year (1939) and had costarred in two Leon Errol short subjects as Leon's conniving brother-in-law. After numerous small movie parts, O'Connell returned to Broadway, where he appeared as the erstwhile middle-aged swain of a spinsterish schoolteacher in Picnic - a role he'd recreate in the 1956 film version, earning an Oscar nomination in the process. Later the jaded looking O'Connell was frequently cast as fortyish losers and alcoholics; in the latter capacity he appeared as James Stewart's boozy attorney mentor in Anatomy of a Murder (1959), and the result was another Oscar nomination. In 1962 O'Connell portrayed the father of Elvis Presley's character in the motion picture Follow That Dream, and in 1964 in the Presley-picture Kissin' Cousins. O'Connell continued appearing in choice character parts on both TV and films during the 1960s, but avoided a regular television series, holding out until he could be assured top billing. He appeared as Joseph Baylor in the 1964 episode "A Little Anger Is a Good Thing" on the ABC medical drama about psychiatry, Breaking Point. The actor accepted the part of a man who discovers that his 99-year-old father has been frozen in an iceberg on the 1967 sitcom The Second Hundred Years, assuming he'd be billed first per the producers' agreement. Instead, top billing went to newcomer Monte Markham in the dual role of O'Connell's father and his son. O'Connell accepted the demotion to second billing as well as could be expected, but he never again trusted the word of any Hollywood executive. Ill health forced O'Connell to significantly reduce his acting appearances in the mid '70s, but the actor stayed busy as a commercial spokesman, a friendly pharmacist who was a spokesperson for Crest toothpaste. At the time of his death from Alzheimer's disease in California in May 1981, O'Connell was appearing solely in these commercials, by his own choice. O'Connell was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur O'Connell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

  • Teitl: Arthur O'Connell
  • Poblogrwydd: 6.784
  • Yn adnabyddus Am: Acting
  • Pen-blwydd: 1908-03-29
  • Man Geni: New York City, New York, USA
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Arthur O'Connell Ffilmiau

  • 1959
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    Anatomy of a Murder

    Anatomy of a Murder

    7.8 1959 HD

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  • 1961
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    Pocketful of Miracles

    Pocketful of Miracles

    7.29 1961 HD

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  • 1966
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    Fantastic Voyage

    Fantastic Voyage

    6.669 1966 HD

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  • 1942
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    Blondie's Blessed Event

    Blondie's Blessed Event

    7.3 1942 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Great Race

    The Great Race

    7.1 1965 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Silencers

    The Silencers

    6.1 1966 HD

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  • 1956
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    Bus Stop

    Bus Stop

    6.072 1956 HD

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  • 1961
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    Misty

    Misty

    5.9 1961 HD

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  • 1970
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    There Was a Crooked Man...

    There Was a Crooked Man...

    6.8 1970 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

    The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

    6.8 1956 HD

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  • 1964
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    7 Faces of Dr. Lao

    7 Faces of Dr. Lao

    6.898 1964 HD

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  • 1972
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    Ben

    Ben

    5.8 1972 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Last Valley

    The Last Valley

    6.6 1971 HD

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  • 1958
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    Man of the West

    Man of the West

    6.5 1958 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Reluctant Astronaut

    The Reluctant Astronaut

    6 1967 HD

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  • 1964
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    Kissin' Cousins

    Kissin' Cousins

    4.7 1964 HD

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  • 1959
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    Gidget

    Gidget

    6 1959 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Hiding Place

    The Hiding Place

    6.7 1975 HD

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  • 1972
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    They Only Kill Their Masters

    They Only Kill Their Masters

    5.3 1972 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Great Impostor

    The Great Impostor

    6.9 1960 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Power

    The Power

    6.241 1968 HD

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  • 1960
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    Cimarron

    Cimarron

    6.066 1960 HD

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  • 1955
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    Picnic

    Picnic

    6.3 1955 HD

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  • 1962
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    Follow That Dream

    Follow That Dream

    6.1 1962 HD

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  • 1948
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    Open Secret

    Open Secret

    6.5 1948 HD

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  • 1974
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    Huckleberry Finn

    Huckleberry Finn

    5.9 1974 HD

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  • 1940
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    Dr. Kildare Goes Home

    Dr. Kildare Goes Home

    6.8 1940 HD

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  • 1964
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    Your Cheatin' Heart

    Your Cheatin' Heart

    6.3 1964 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Solid Gold Cadillac

    The Solid Gold Cadillac

    6.3 1956 HD

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  • 1973
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    Wicked, Wicked

    Wicked, Wicked

    5.1 1973 HD

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  • 1961
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    A Thunder of Drums

    A Thunder of Drums

    5.4 1961 HD

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  • 1966
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    Ride Beyond Vengeance

    Ride Beyond Vengeance

    5.8 1966 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Countess of Monte Cristo

    The Countess of Monte Cristo

    5 1948 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Proud Ones

    The Proud Ones

    6.4 1956 HD

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  • 1965
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    Nightmare in the Sun

    Nightmare in the Sun

    3 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Third Day

    The Third Day

    5.8 1965 HD

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  • 1956
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    Montecarlo

    Montecarlo

    5.6 1956 HD

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  • 1939
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    Murder in Soho

    Murder in Soho

    5 1939 HD

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  • 1971
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    A Taste of Evil

    A Taste of Evil

    6.2 1971 HD

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  • 1986
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    Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

    Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

    7.5 1986 HD

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  • 1967
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    A Covenant with Death

    A Covenant with Death

    5 1967 HD

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  • 1962
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    Pericles on 31st Street

    Pericles on 31st Street

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1942
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    Man From Headquarters

    Man From Headquarters

    6 1942 HD

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  • 1968
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    If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

    If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

    5 1968 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Monkey's Uncle

    The Monkey's Uncle

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1970
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    Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

    Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

    5 1970 HD

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  • 1958
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    Voice in the Mirror

    Voice in the Mirror

    5.8 1958 HD

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  • 1969
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    Seven in Darkness

    Seven in Darkness

    6.8 1969 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Naked City

    The Naked City

    7.182 1948 HD

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  • 1957
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    April Love

    April Love

    6.4 1957 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Poseidon Adventure

    The Poseidon Adventure

    7.093 1972 HD

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  • 1942
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    Law of the Jungle

    Law of the Jungle

    5.1 1942 HD

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  • 1959
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    Operation Petticoat

    Operation Petticoat

    7.2 1959 HD

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  • 1948
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    Homecoming

    Homecoming

    7 1948 HD

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  • 1950
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    Force of Evil

    Force of Evil

    6.553 1950 HD

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  • 1940
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    Two Girls on Broadway

    Two Girls on Broadway

    6.8 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    I Take This Oath

    I Take This Oath

    4.3 1940 HD

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  • 1959
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    Hound-Dog Man

    Hound-Dog Man

    4.7 1959 HD

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  • 1948
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    One Touch of Venus

    One Touch of Venus

    6.46 1948 HD

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  • 1942
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    Canal Zone

    Canal Zone

    5.5 1942 HD

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  • 1940
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    Hullabaloo

    Hullabaloo

    4 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Golden Fleecing

    The Golden Fleecing

    5.3 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    And One Was Beautiful

    And One Was Beautiful

    6.2 1940 HD

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  • 1948
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    State of the Union

    State of the Union

    6.7 1948 HD

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  • 1941
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    Citizen Kane

    Citizen Kane

    8 1941 HD

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  • 1942
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    Hello, Annapolis

    Hello, Annapolis

    10 1942 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Violators

    The Violators

    8 1957 HD

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  • 1966
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    Birds Do It

    Birds Do It

    5 1966 HD

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  • 1940
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    'Taint Legal

    'Taint Legal

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1974
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    Shootout in a One-Dog Town

    Shootout in a One-Dog Town

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Whistle at Eaton Falls

    The Whistle at Eaton Falls

    6.2 1951 HD

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  • 1963
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    Marilyn

    Marilyn

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1940
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    Bested by a Beard

    Bested by a Beard

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1942
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    Fingers at the Window

    Fingers at the Window

    5.4 1942 HD

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  • 1991
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    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    7.7 1991 HD

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  • 1957
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    Operation Mad Ball

    Operation Mad Ball

    6.4 1957 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS3 E17

    Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1960
    imgS12 E24

    My Three Sons

    My Three Sons

    6.5 1960 HD

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  • 1965
    imgS9 E23

    The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

    5.4 1965 HD

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  • 1960
    imgS4 E21

    Route 66

    Route 66

    6.4 1960 HD

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  • 1971
    imgS3 E12

    Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

    6.862 1971 HD

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  • 1952
    imgS8 E7

    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    6 1952 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS7 E26

    Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

    5.871 1963 HD

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  • 1969
    imgS5 E14

    Room 222

    Room 222

    5.7 1969 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS1 E41

    Arrest and Trial

    Arrest and Trial

    7 1963 HD

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  • 1948
    imgS10 E47

    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E15

    Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

    7.83 1970 HD

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  • 1972
    imgS7 E6

    Emergency!

    Emergency!

    7.784 1972 HD

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  • 1971
    imgS5 E25

    Cannon

    Cannon

    6.5 1971 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS4 E30

    The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

    7.2 1963 HD

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  • 1967
    imgS8 E16

    Ironside

    Ironside

    6.9 1967 HD

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  • 1962
    imgS1 E28

    Sam Benedict

    Sam Benedict

    6 1962 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS1 E30

    The Greatest Show on Earth

    The Greatest Show on Earth

    5 1963 HD

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  • 1965
    imgS4 E24

    The Wild Wild West

    The Wild Wild West

    7.6 1965 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E15

    Nanny and the Professor

    Nanny and the Professor

    5.6 1970 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS4 E30

    The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

    7.2 1963 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS7 E6

    McCloud

    McCloud

    7.1 1970 HD

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  • 1957
    imgS3 E36

    Alcoa Theatre

    Alcoa Theatre

    6.2 1957 HD

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  • 1965
    imgS4 E26

    The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1955
    imgS3 E135

    Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

    4.6 1955 HD

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  • 1972
    imgS1 E26

    The Paul Lynde Show

    The Paul Lynde Show

    5 1972 HD

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  • 1967
    imgS1 E26

    The Second Hundred Years

    The Second Hundred Years

    6 1967 HD

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  • 1948
    imgS8 E12

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1961
    imgS1 E14

    The New Breed

    The New Breed

    7 1961 HD

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  • 1956
    imgS5 E30

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    5.5 1956 HD

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  • 1953
    imgS72 E1

    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

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  • 1954
    imgS12 E8

    Summer Playhouse

    Summer Playhouse

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1972
    imgS1 E22

    Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

    7.1 1972 HD

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  • 1973
    imgS1 E13

    Adam's Rib

    Adam's Rib

    5 1973 HD

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  • 1968
    imgS3 E24

    The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

    6.8 1968 HD

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  • 1948
    imgS10 E47

    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

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  • 1957
    imgS4 E7

    DuPont Show of the Month

    DuPont Show of the Month

    6.7 1957 HD

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  • 1948
    imgS8 E12

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1948
    imgS8 E12

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS14 E16

    Bonanza

    Bonanza

    7.5 1959 HD

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