Playdate (CBC TV series)
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Playdate is a Canadian
drama anthology television series which aired on CBC Television
from 1961 to 1964.
Robert Goulet
hosted the earliest episodes of Playdate, replaced by Christopher Plummer
from 20 December 1961. From October 1962, episodes of the UK series The Jo Stafford
Show were occasionally broadcast, billed by the CBC as Playdate Presents.... In September 1963, similar treatment was given to The Red Skelton Show
, an American series, when it was sporadically broadcast in the Playdate time slot.
The CBC cancelled Playdate and Parade
by June 1964, as part of a general reduction in variety programming for the 1964-65 season. In the months following the last Playdate episode, The Red Skelton Show
was regularly seen in the time slot.
In 1964, 26 episodes of Playdate were sold for broadcast in Australia.
Television in Canada
Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...
drama anthology television series which aired on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
from 1961 to 1964.
Premise
The series replaced General Motors Presents. Ed Moser, a story editor from that previous series, became executive producer of Playdate. He reduced the presence of Canadian script writers, featuring nine Canadian-written scripts in the final season of Playdate compared to 19 Canadian works featured in the final season of General Motors Presents.Robert Goulet
Robert Goulet
Robert Gerard Goulet was a Canadian American entertainer as a singer and actor. He played the role of Lancelot in the Broadway musical Camelot of 1960.-Early life:...
hosted the earliest episodes of Playdate, replaced by Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer
Arthur Christopher Orne Plummer, CC is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1957's Stage Struck, and notable early film performances include Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther and The Man Who Would Be King.In a career that spans over five...
from 20 December 1961. From October 1962, episodes of the UK series The Jo Stafford
Jo Stafford
Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards and occasional actress whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s...
Show were occasionally broadcast, billed by the CBC as Playdate Presents.... In September 1963, similar treatment was given to The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as...
, an American series, when it was sporadically broadcast in the Playdate time slot.
The CBC cancelled Playdate and Parade
Parade (TV series)
Parade is a Canadian music variety television series which aired on CBC Television from 1959 to 1964.-Premise:Parade was created as an open-format entertainment series which covered most music styles and included comedy performances...
by June 1964, as part of a general reduction in variety programming for the 1964-65 season. In the months following the last Playdate episode, The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as...
was regularly seen in the time slot.
In 1964, 26 episodes of Playdate were sold for broadcast in Australia.
Scheduling
This hour-long series was broadcast over three seasons as follows (times in Eastern zone):Season 1: 1961-62
Broadcasts of Playdate for the first season were Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern time):| Title | Air Date | Cast | Writer | Producer | Notes |
| "Stop the World And Let Me Off" | 4 October 1961 | Norman Ettlinger, Ruth Springford, Powys Thomas | Jacqueline Rosenfeld | George McCowan | science fiction |
| "The Cell 5 Experience" | 11 October 1961 | Bruce Stewart | |||
| "Valerie" | 18 October 1961 | Patricia Joudry | Basil Coleman | ||
| "In The Good Time" | 25 October 1961 | Percy Rodriguez Percy Rodriguez Percy Rodriguez was a Canadian actor who appeared in many television shows and films from the 1950s to the 1980s... , Lloyd Bochner Lloyd Bochner Lloyd Wolfe Bochner was a Canadian actor, usually playing the role of suave, rich leading men.- Career :... , Ann Morrish Ann Morrish Ann Morrish is a British actress. Her television appearances include The House of Eliott, Minder, Softly Softly . She appeared in the 2006 Midsomer Murders episode Four Funerals and a Wedding as Mildred Danvers. In 1996 she played Emily Arundell in Agatha Christie's Poirot - Dumb Witness... |
A. M. Kittermaster | David Gardner | |
| "The Prizewinner" | 1 November 1961 | Peter Lind Hayes | Bernard Slade | ||
| "Heir for a Shoestring" | 8 November 1961 | George Tobas, Cec Linder, Nancy Mitchell, Sylvia Lennick, Suzanne Grossman | Paul Wayne | Leo Orenstein | |
| "Masterpiece" | 15 November 1961 | Powys Thomas, Mavor Moore | Larry Ward, Gordon Russell (story); Harvey Hart (adaptation) | ||
| pre-empted for Wayne and Shuster Wayne and Shuster Wayne and Shuster were a Canadian comedy duo formed by Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster. They were active professionally from the early 1940s until the late 1980s.... special |
22 November 1961 | ||||
| "Salt of the Earth" | 29 November 1961 | Frances Hyland Frances Hyland Frances Hyland, OC was a well-known Canadian theatre actress.Hyland studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, making her professional debut in London as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite John Gielgud. In 1954, she returned to Canada, becoming a regular at the Stratford Festival in... , Cec Linder Cec Linder Cec Linder was a Polish-born Canadian film and television actor. In the 1950s and 1960s he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, often playing American characters in various films and television programmes.In film, he is probably best remembered for his role as James Bond's CIA counterpart... , Ruth Springford Ruth Springford Ruth Springford was a Canadian radio, stage, television and film actress.... |
Rebecca West Rebecca West Cicely Isabel Fairfield , known by her pen name Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, DBE was an English author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. A prolific, protean author who wrote in many genres, West was committed to feminist and liberal principles and was one of the foremost public... (story) Elizabeth Hart (adaptation) |
George McGowan | |
| "The Exchange Teacher" | 6 December 1961 | M. Charles Cohen | |||
| "Love in Another Land" | 13 December 1961 | ||||
| "Some Talk of Alexander" | 20 December 1961 | ||||
| "Private Potter" | 27 December 1961 | ||||
| "My Representative" | 3 January 1962 | ||||
| "Nightmare" | 10 January 1962 | Alf Harris | |||
| "That Gold Belongs to Uncle Angus" | 17 January 1962 | Bill Glover, Tudi Wiggins Tudi Wiggins Tudi Wiggins , born Mary Susan Wiggins in Victoria, British Columbia, was a Canadian actress best known for her work in television daytime drama.... , Dre Thompson, Ed McNamara |
Leslie McFarlane | ||
| "The Big Wheel" | 24 January 1962 | Eric Christmas, Bruno Gerussi Bruno Gerussi Bruno Gerussi was a Canadian television actor born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, best known for the lead role in the CBC Television series The Beachcombers... , Edward Everett Cambridge |
John Glennon | ||
| "One Man to Beat" | 31 January 1962 | John Vernon John Vernon John Keith Vernon was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada.-Early life:... |
Fred Edge | George McGowan | hockey drama |
| pre-empted for Wayne and Shuster Wayne and Shuster Wayne and Shuster were a Canadian comedy duo formed by Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster. They were active professionally from the early 1940s until the late 1980s.... special |
7 February 1962 | ||||
| "Mr Nobody" | 14 February 1962 | Leslie Sands Leslie Sands Leslie Sands was a British actor and writer of TV and film. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, Sands usually specialized in dour types in authority, often policemen.... |
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| "The Troubled Heart" | 21 February 1962 | Arthur Hailey Arthur Hailey Arthur Hailey was a British/Canadian novelist.- Biography :Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, Hailey served in the Royal Air Force from the start of World War II during 1939 until 1947, when he went to live in Canada. Hailey's last novel, Detective , is a mystery told from the perspective of a... |
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| "The Square" | 28 February 1962 | Frances Hyland Frances Hyland Frances Hyland, OC was a well-known Canadian theatre actress.Hyland studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, making her professional debut in London as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite John Gielgud. In 1954, she returned to Canada, becoming a regular at the Stratford Festival in... , Norman Welsh |
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| "The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon" | 7 March 1962 | John Drainie John Drainie John Robert Roy Drainie was a Canadian actor and television presenter, who was called "the greatest radio actor in the world" by Orson Welles.... , Ed McNamara |
Melwyn Breen, director | ||
| "The Eye Opener Man and the Wages of Zinn" | 14 March 1962 | Mavor Moore Mavor Moore James Mavor Moore, CC, OBC was a Canadian writer, producer, actor, public servant, critic, and educator.-Biography:... , Charmion King Charmion King Charmion King was one of Canada's leading actresses.Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was part of the country's burgeoning theatre and television scene in the decade of the 1950s... , Leo Leyden, Paul Kligman Paul Kligman Paul Kligman was a Canadian actor.Born in Romania, he emigrated to Canada where he spent his youth in Winnipeg and studied at the University of Manitoba. He moved to Toronto in 1950 and established his career there... |
Leslie McFarlane | Melwyn Breen | drama about the early 20th century Calgary newspaper |
| "After the Funeral" | 21 March 1962 | Neil McCallum, Gillie Fenwick, John Horton, Ruth Springford | Alun Owen | ||
| "The Origin of the Species" | 28 March 1962 | Ted Follows, Larry D. Mann Larry D. Mann Larry D. Mann is a Canadian actor. Prior to his acting career, he was a disk jockey on CHUM 1050 radio in Toronto in 1949. His best-known Canadian television exposure was in a Bell Canada series of commercials called "The Boss" in which he played the title role for ten years beginning in 1981... , Murray Westgate, Austin Willis Austin Willis Austin Willis, CM was a Canadian actor and television host.He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 2002, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. He is best known internationally for his appearance as Simmons, the man whom Auric Goldfinger beats at cards in the opening scenes of the James Bond... , Irena Mayeska |
M. Charles Cohen | drama concerning people who survive a global disaster | |
| "Most Beautiful Girl in the World" | 4 April 1962 | Kate Reid Kate Reid Kate Reid, OC was a Canadian stage, film and television actress.-Life and career:Daphne Kate Reid was born in London, England, the daughter of Canadian parents, Helen Isabel and Walter Clarke Reid, who was a former Bengal Lancer in the Indian army and a retired colonel... , Neil McCallum Neil McCallum (actor) Neil McCallum was a British Canadian actor, trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first major appearance on stage was with Sam Wanamaker in The Rainmaker in the mid-1950s. He appeared in many British TV series in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. He also appeared in several films... |
drama concerning a beauty pageant | ||
| pre-empted for "Living With a Giant", an Intertel documentary | 11 April 1962 | ||||
| "Come To Me" | 18 April 1962 | Barbara Franklin, Robin Gammell, Janet Reid, Bill Kemp | Robert J. Crean, Peter Lind Hayes | Melwyn Breen | |
| "Village Wooing" | 25 April 1962 | William Hutt William Hutt (actor) William Ian DeWitt Hutt, was a Canadian actor of stage, television and film. Hutt's distinguished career spanned more than fifty years and won him many accolades and awards... , Ann Morrish Ann Morrish Ann Morrish is a British actress. Her television appearances include The House of Eliott, Minder, Softly Softly . She appeared in the 2006 Midsomer Murders episode Four Funerals and a Wedding as Mildred Danvers. In 1996 she played Emily Arundell in Agatha Christie's Poirot - Dumb Witness... |
George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60... (story) |
repeat of a 1961 broadcast | |
| "The Thirteenth Laird" | 2 May 1962 | Norman Ettlinger, Joseph Shaw, Peter Donat Peter Donat Peter Donat is a Canadian-American actor known for his roles in American television.-Early life:Donat was born Pierre Collingwood Donat in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Marie and Philip Ernst Donat, a landscape gardener. His uncle was British actor Robert Donat... |
Munroe Scott | concerning Canadian history | |
| "The Aspern Papers The Aspern Papers The Aspern Papers is a novella written by Henry James, originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1888, with its first book publication later in the same year. One of James' best-known and most acclaimed longer tales, The Aspern Papers is based on an anecdote that James heard about a Shelley... " |
9 May 1962 | Lloyd Bochner Lloyd Bochner Lloyd Wolfe Bochner was a Canadian actor, usually playing the role of suave, rich leading men.- Career :... , Marigold Charlesworth, Cathleen Nesbitt Cathleen Nesbitt Cathleen Mary Nesbitt, CBE was an English stage and film actress.-Biography:Born in Cheshire, England in 1888, of Welsh and Irish descent, Nesbitt was educated in Lisieux, France, and at the Queen's University of Belfast and the Sorbonne... |
Henry James Henry James Henry James, OM was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr., a clergyman, and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.... (story) Michael Dyne (adaptation) |
Ronald Weyman | |
| "The Prisoner" | 16 May 1962 | Leo Ciceri, William Hutt William Hutt (actor) William Ian DeWitt Hutt, was a Canadian actor of stage, television and film. Hutt's distinguished career spanned more than fifty years and won him many accolades and awards... |
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| "The Reluctant Angels" | 23 May 1962 | Ted Follows, Jack Creley, Jane Mallett Jane Mallett Jane Mallett was born in London, Ontario, Canada. She was a notable Canadian stage and film actress, born Jean Dawson Keenleyside.... |
Bernard Slade | concerning the effects of a Broadway success on a family | |
| "None of Us is Perfect" | 30 May 1962 | Larry D. Mann Larry D. Mann Larry D. Mann is a Canadian actor. Prior to his acting career, he was a disk jockey on CHUM 1050 radio in Toronto in 1949. His best-known Canadian television exposure was in a Bell Canada series of commercials called "The Boss" in which he played the title role for ten years beginning in 1981... , Jack Creley, Paul Kligman Paul Kligman Paul Kligman was a Canadian actor.Born in Romania, he emigrated to Canada where he spent his youth in Winnipeg and studied at the University of Manitoba. He moved to Toronto in 1950 and established his career there... |
Brian Swarbick | concerning a bank robbery | |
| "Hold My Hand, Soldier" | 6 June 1962 | ||||
| "The Gopher Colony" | 13 June 1962 | ||||
| "The Greatest Man in the World" | 20 June 1962 | James Thurber James Thurber James Grover Thurber was an American author, cartoonist and celebrated wit. Thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories published in The New Yorker magazine.-Life:... (story) |
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| pre-empted for documentary special, "The Pursuit of Happiness" presented by Alistair Cooke | 27 June 1962 |
Summer Playdate 1962
Summer Playdate consisted of broadcasts of UK productions in a Tuesday 9:30 p.m. evening time slot between regular seasons of Playdate, from July to September 1962. Episodes were generally British mysteries.Season 2: 1962-63
Broadcasts were Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern time):| Title | Air Date | Cast | Writer | Producer | Notes |
| "The Gimmick" | 4 October 1962 | Eric House, Corinne Conley, Bill Kemp, Ed McNamara | Bernard Slade | Melwyn Breen (also director) | comedy |
| The Jo Stafford Show Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards and occasional actress whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s... |
11 October 1962 | Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO shows entertaining American military personnel... , James Darren James Darren James William Ercolani , known by his stage name James Darren, is an American television and film actor, television director, and singer.-Career:... guests |
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| "The Looking Glass World" | 18 October 1962 | Ted Follows, Austin Willis Austin Willis Austin Willis, CM was a Canadian actor and television host.He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 2002, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. He is best known internationally for his appearance as Simmons, the man whom Auric Goldfinger beats at cards in the opening scenes of the James Bond... |
Donald Jack | ||
| "The Pinedust Affair" | 25 October 1962 | Lloyd Bochner Lloyd Bochner Lloyd Wolfe Bochner was a Canadian actor, usually playing the role of suave, rich leading men.- Career :... , Barbara Shilcott |
political | ||
| "Mr. Oblomov" | 1 November 1962 | Douglas Rain Douglas Rain Douglas Rain is a Canadian actor and narrator. He is primarily a stage actor, but his best known film role was as the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel 2010 .... (Oblomov), Frances Hyland Frances Hyland Frances Hyland, OC was a well-known Canadian theatre actress.Hyland studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, making her professional debut in London as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite John Gielgud. In 1954, she returned to Canada, becoming a regular at the Stratford Festival in... (Olga), Peter Donat Peter Donat Peter Donat is a Canadian-American actor known for his roles in American television.-Early life:Donat was born Pierre Collingwood Donat in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Marie and Philip Ernst Donat, a landscape gardener. His uncle was British actor Robert Donat... (Stoltz), Bernard Behrens (Zakhar) |
Ivan Goncharov Ivan Goncharov Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov was a Russian novelist best known as the author of Oblomov .- Biography :Ivan Goncharov was born in Simbirsk ; his father was a wealthy grain merchant and respected official who was elected mayor of Simbirsk several times... (story Oblomov Oblomov is the best known novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Oblomov is also the central character of the novel, often seen as the ultimate incarnation of the superfluous man, a symbolic character in 19th-century Russian literature... ) John Coulter (adaptation) |
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| "The Broken Sky" | 8 November 1962 | Paul Almond, Rudi Dorn | World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... setting |
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| "Question of Fact" | 15 November 1962 | Gladys Cooper, Paul Harding, Frances Hyland Frances Hyland Frances Hyland, OC was a well-known Canadian theatre actress.Hyland studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, making her professional debut in London as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite John Gielgud. In 1954, she returned to Canada, becoming a regular at the Stratford Festival in... |
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| "My Darling, My Darling, My Life and My Bride" | 22 November 1962 | Peter Donat Peter Donat Peter Donat is a Canadian-American actor known for his roles in American television.-Early life:Donat was born Pierre Collingwood Donat in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Marie and Philip Ernst Donat, a landscape gardener. His uncle was British actor Robert Donat... , Larry D. Mann Larry D. Mann Larry D. Mann is a Canadian actor. Prior to his acting career, he was a disk jockey on CHUM 1050 radio in Toronto in 1949. His best-known Canadian television exposure was in a Bell Canada series of commercials called "The Boss" in which he played the title role for ten years beginning in 1981... , Claire Marshall, Alan Blye |
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| The Jo Stafford Show Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards and occasional actress whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s... |
29 November 1962 | Kenneth Moore, Roy Castle Roy Castle Roy Castle OBE was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. He attended Honley High School, where there is now a building in his name... guests |
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| "No Fixed Abode" | 6 December 1962 | Chris Wiggins Chris Wiggins Chris Wiggins is an English actor.He started out as a banker in his home country before he began his acting career in Canada, where he moved in 1952.... , Jeremy Wilkin Jeremy Wilkin Jeremy Wilkin is a British actor, possibly best known for his contributions to the television productions of Gerry Anderson.... |
set in an English hostel | ||
| "The Two-Faced Angel" | 13 December 1962 | Robert Christie Robert Christie Robert Christie was a lawyer, journalist, historian and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.... , William Brydon William Brydon William Brydon CB was an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War and is famous for being the only member of an army of 4,500 men to reach safety in Jalalabad at the end of the long retreat from Kabul.He was born in London of Scottish descent... , Dinah Christie Dinah Christie Dinah Barbara Christie is a Canadian comedic actor and singer.The daughter of actors Robert and Margot Christie, she came to Canada at the age of two with her parents and grew up in Toronto. At age 13, she worked as a call boy at the Stratford Festival and became an apprentice at the Festival in... |
history of a bride's family haunts a wedding | ||
| The Jo Stafford Show Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards and occasional actress whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s... |
20 December 1962 | Harry Secombe Harry Secombe Sir Harry Donald Secombe CBE was a Welsh entertainer with a talent for comedy and a noted fine tenor singing voice. He is best known for playing Neddie Seagoon, the central character in the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show... , Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,... Choir, George Mitchell Singers George Mitchell (musician) George Mitchell, was a Scottish musician, best known for having devised the long-running The Black and White Minstrel Show.... , Corona Stage Academy Corona Stage Academy Corona Stage Academy also known as The Corona Stage School was a successful British drama school founded by Miss Rona Knight in the mid 1940's. The school started in Chiswick before later moving to 16 Ravenscourt Avenue, Hammersmith in 1955... (guests) |
Christmas special | ||
| "Rain in the Morning" | 27 December 1962 | Aileen Seaton, Jonathan White | concerning a magazine salesman and his wife | ||
| "The Old One" | 3 January 1963 | Tony Van Bridge, Ivor Barry Ivor Barry Ivor Barry was a British film and television actor.Born in South Wales, Barry served with the British Royal Artillery during World War II and completed his university studies prior to beginning his acting career... , Gillie Fenwick |
Tony Van Bridge | a retiring policeman receives a tough job | |
| "You Can't Win 'Em All" | 10 January 1963 | Neil McCallum Neil McCallum (actor) Neil McCallum was a British Canadian actor, trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first major appearance on stage was with Sam Wanamaker in The Rainmaker in the mid-1950s. He appeared in many British TV series in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. He also appeared in several films... , George Spedakos, Leo Ciceri, Michelle Balletto, Larry Zahab, Al Kozlik |
Alun Owen | Paul Almond | about a wireless operator |
| "A Wicked, Wicked Woman" | 17 January 1963 | Donald Harron, Paddy Armstrong | Roger O. Hirson | Leo Orenstein | legal topic |
| The Jo Stafford Show Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards and occasional actress whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s... |
24 January 1963 | Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist... , Claire Bloom Claire Bloom Claire Bloom is an English film and stage actress.-Early life:Bloom was born in the North London suburb of Finchley, the daughter of Elizabeth and Edward Max Blume, who worked in sales... , Kathleen Harrison Kathleen Harrison Kathleen Harrison was a prolific English character actress best remembered for her role as Mrs. Huggett in a trio of British post-war comedies about a working class family's misadventures. To modern viewers she is better remembered as Mrs... , George Benson George Benson George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist.... (guests) |
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| "The Messenger" | 31 January 1963 | Douglas Rain Douglas Rain Douglas Rain is a Canadian actor and narrator. He is primarily a stage actor, but his best known film role was as the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel 2010 .... , Peter Donat Peter Donat Peter Donat is a Canadian-American actor known for his roles in American television.-Early life:Donat was born Pierre Collingwood Donat in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Marie and Philip Ernst Donat, a landscape gardener. His uncle was British actor Robert Donat... , Toby Robins Toby Robins Toby Robins was a Canadian actress of film, stage and television.Toby Robins starred in hundreds of radio and stage productions in Canada from the late 1940s through the 1960s, working with such stars as Jane Mallett, Barry Morse, John Drainie, Ruth Springford, James Doohan, and many others... , Frances Hyland Frances Hyland Frances Hyland, OC was a well-known Canadian theatre actress.Hyland studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, making her professional debut in London as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite John Gielgud. In 1954, she returned to Canada, becoming a regular at the Stratford Festival in... , Kate Reid Kate Reid Kate Reid, OC was a Canadian stage, film and television actress.-Life and career:Daphne Kate Reid was born in London, England, the daughter of Canadian parents, Helen Isabel and Walter Clarke Reid, who was a former Bengal Lancer in the Indian army and a retired colonel... |
Jacqueline Rosenfeld | about a businessman on sensitive business in London | |
| "Blue and White" | 7 February 1963 | Leo Ciceri, Robin Gammell, Claire Marshall Claire Marshall Claire Victoria Marshall is a British journalist who works for BBC News.Graduating from Blundell's School, Devon in 1993, she began studying for a law degree at Balliol College, Oxford after which she went to the Cardiff University to undertake a post-graduate diploma in broadcast journalism... |
Kenneth Jupp | Basil Coleman | |
| "The Ninety-Ninth Day" | 14 February 1963 | Leo Ciceri, Hilary Vernon, Andrew Allan Andrew Allan Andrew Allan , born in Scotland, was the national head of CBC Radio Drama from 1943 to 1955. He oversaw the work of some of the finest talents of the day – writers and actors such as Lister Sinclair, Mavor Moore, W.O... , Gillie Fenwick, Chris Wiggins Chris Wiggins Chris Wiggins is an English actor.He started out as a banker in his home country before he began his acting career in Canada, where he moved in 1952.... |
Eric Koch, Melwyn Breen | ||
| "The Stronger" | 21 February 1963 | Irena Mayeska, Anna Reiser | August Strindberg August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography,... |
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| "The Long Goodbye" | James Beggs, Len Birman, Beth Morris Beth Morris Bethany Morris is a British actress.She is probably best known for her performance as Drusilla in the 1976 BBC adaptation of I, Claudius... |
Tennessee Williams | |||
| "The New Tenant" | Drew Thompson, Diana Maddox | Eugene Ionesco | |||
| The Jo Stafford Show Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards and occasional actress whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s... |
28 February 1963 | guests Peggy Lee Peggy Lee Peggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and... , Roy Castle Roy Castle Roy Castle OBE was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. He attended Honley High School, where there is now a building in his name... |
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| "The Cowboy and Mr Anthony" | 7 March 1963 | Ian Tyson Ian Tyson Ian Tyson CM, AOE is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Four Strong Winds". He was also one half of the duo Ian & Sylvia.-Career:Tyson was born to British immigrants in Victoria in 1933, and grew up in Duncan B.C... , Sylvia Fricker Sylvia Tyson Sylvia Tyson, CM , is a musician, performer, singer-songwriter and broadcaster. From 1959 to 1974, she was half of the popular folk duo Ian & Sylvia with Ian Tyson.... |
Hugh Kemp | Norman Campbell | |
| pre-empted for Stanley Cup Hockey playoff match | 11 April 1963 | ||||
| pre-empted for Stanley Cup Hockey playoff match | 18 April 1963 | ||||
| The Jo Stafford Show | 25 April 1963 | Peter Lawford Peter Lawford Peter Sydney Ernest Aylen , better known as Peter Lawford, was an English-American actor.He was a member of the "Rat Pack", and brother-in-law to US President John F. Kennedy, perhaps more noted in later years for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting... (guest) |
chivalry theme | ||
| "The Man Who Cheered the Leafs" | 2 May 1963 | Austin Willis Austin Willis Austin Willis, CM was a Canadian actor and television host.He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 2002, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. He is best known internationally for his appearance as Simmons, the man whom Auric Goldfinger beats at cards in the opening scenes of the James Bond... , Charmion King Charmion King Charmion King was one of Canada's leading actresses.Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was part of the country's burgeoning theatre and television scene in the decade of the 1950s... , Peter Kastner Peter Kastner Peter Kastner was a Canadian-born actor who achieved prominence as a disaffected youth in movies of the 1960s.... |
about hockey; this was rescheduled due to Stanley Cup playoffs | ||
| "The Public Prosecutor" | 9 May 1963 | Douglas Rain Douglas Rain Douglas Rain is a Canadian actor and narrator. He is primarily a stage actor, but his best known film role was as the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel 2010 .... , Peter Donat Peter Donat Peter Donat is a Canadian-American actor known for his roles in American television.-Early life:Donat was born Pierre Collingwood Donat in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Marie and Philip Ernst Donat, a landscape gardener. His uncle was British actor Robert Donat... |
set in the French Revolution | ||
| The Jo Stafford Show Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards and occasional actress whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s... |
16 May 1963 | Rosemary Clooney Rosemary Clooney Rosemary Clooney was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit "Come On-a My House" written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian , which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me" Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 –... , Mel Torme Mel Tormé Melvin Howard Tormé , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books... , Edd Byrnes (guests) |
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| "The Night Conspirators" | 30 May 1963 | ||||
| "The Hunt" | 6 June 1963 | ||||
| "Men Don't Make Passes" | 13 June 1963 | ||||
| The Jo Stafford Show Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards and occasional actress whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s... |
20 June 1963 | Robert Morley Robert Morley Robert Adolph Wilton Morley, CBE was an English actor who, often in supporting roles, was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment... , Stanley Holloway Stanley Holloway Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE was an English stage and film actor, comedian, singer, poet and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady... , Morecambe and Wise Morecambe and Wise Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, usually referred to as Morecambe and Wise, or Eric and Ernie, were a British comic double act, working in variety, radio, film and most successfully in television. Their partnership lasted from 1941 until Morecambe's death in 1984... , Tiller Girls Tiller Girls The Tiller Girls were among the most popular dance troupes of the 1900s, first formed by John Tiller in Manchester, England, in 1890. Whilst on visits to the theatre, Tiller had noticed the overall effect of a chorus of dancers was often spoiled by lack of discipline. Tiller found that by linking... (guests) |
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| "Call Me a Liar" | 4 July 1963 |
Season 3: 1963-64
Broadcast Mondays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern time) from 30 September 1963 to 20 July 1964 as follows:| Title | Air Date | Cast | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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30 September 1963 | Steve Allen Steve Allen Steve Allen may refer to:*Steve Allen , American musician, comedian, and writer*Steve Allen , presenter on the London-based talk radio station LBC 97.3... , Jayne Meadows Jayne Meadows -Early life:Jayne Meadows was born as Jayne Cotter in Wu-ch'ang, in Heilongjiang, China, to Episcopal missionary parents, the Rev. Francis James Meadows Cotter and his wife, the former Ida Miller Taylor, who had married in 1915. Meadows is the older sister of the late actress Audrey Meadows. She... , Joanie Sommers Joanie Sommers Joanie Sommers , is an American singer and actress with a long career of jazz, standards and popular material and extensive show-business credits... |
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| "The Day the Money Stopped" | 7 October 1963 | Darren McGavin Darren McGavin Darren McGavin was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal in the film A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears... |
Maxwell Anderson | a father's will omits his son | |
| "Not for Every Eye" | 14 October 1963 | Jack Creeley, Larry D. Mann Larry D. Mann Larry D. Mann is a Canadian actor. Prior to his acting career, he was a disk jockey on CHUM 1050 radio in Toronto in 1949. His best-known Canadian television exposure was in a Bell Canada series of commercials called "The Boss" in which he played the title role for ten years beginning in 1981... , Barbara Hamilton Barbara Hamilton (actor) Barbara Hamilton was a Canadian actor in film, television and theatre.After studies at Brockville Collegiate Institute, she attended the University of Toronto where her early performances were featured at the Hart House Theatre. She is known for roles in films and television series such as Road to... |
Gerard Bessette Gérard Bessette Gérard Bessette was a French Canadian writer and educator.Bessette grew up in Montreal and attended the Collège Saint-Ignace... (story) |
concerning book banning | |
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21 October 1963 | Jane Powell (guest) | |||
| "With My Head Tucked Underneath My Arm" | 28 October 1963 | Len Peterson | based on the life of mathematician Évariste Galois Évariste Galois Évariste Galois was a French mathematician born in Bourg-la-Reine. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by radicals, thereby solving a long-standing problem... |
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| "Willow Circle" | 4 November 1963 | Charmion King Charmion King Charmion King was one of Canada's leading actresses.Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was part of the country's burgeoning theatre and television scene in the decade of the 1950s... , William Needles, Gordon Pinsent Gordon Pinsent Gordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC is a Canadian television, theatre and film actor.-Early life:Pinsent, the youngest of six children, was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, the son of Flossie ; originally from Clifton, Newfoundland, and Stephen Arthur Pinsent, a papermill worker and cobbler;... , Jill Foster |
a wife in the suburbs puts her marriage at risk | ||
| pre-empted for CBC News special on the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism was a Canadian royal commission established on 19 July 1963, by the government of Prime Minister Lester B... |
11 November 1963 | "The Queen of Spades The Queen of Spades (story) "The Queen of Spades" is a short story by Alexander Pushkin about human avarice. Pushkin wrote the story in autumn 1833 in Boldino and it was first published in the literary magazine Biblioteka dlya chteniya in March 1834... " was rescheduled to 9 December 1963 |
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| "The Typists" | 18 November 1963 | Frances Hyland Frances Hyland Frances Hyland, OC was a well-known Canadian theatre actress.Hyland studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, making her professional debut in London as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite John Gielgud. In 1954, she returned to Canada, becoming a regular at the Stratford Festival in... , Douglas Rain Douglas Rain Douglas Rain is a Canadian actor and narrator. He is primarily a stage actor, but his best known film role was as the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel 2010 .... |
Murray Schisgal Murray Schisgal Murray Schisgal is an American playwright and screenwriter.Native New Yorker Schisgal won his first recognition for the 1963 off-Broadway double-bill The Typists and The Tiger, which won him the Drama Desk Award. His 1965 Broadway debut, Luv, earned him Tony Award nominations for Best Play and... |
about an office relationship | |
| pre-empted for the rebroadcast funeral of John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.... |
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| "A Suitable Case for Treatment" | 2 December 1963 | John Horton John Horton John Horton is a film and television actor.-Selected filmography:*The Shawshank Redemption , as 1946 Judge*Thinner , as Judge Cary Rossington*Donnie Brasco , as FBI Director-TV-series:*Moment of Truth , as Eric... , Michael Learned Michael Learned Michael Learned is an American actress known for her role as Olivia Walton on The Waltons.-Personal life:Learned was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Elizabeth Duane "Betti" and Bruce Learned, a diplomat. Her maternal grandfather was an attaché for the United States Embassy in Rome... , Henry Ramer |
David Mercer | a recently-divorced man seeks psychiatric help | |
| "The Queen of Spades The Queen of Spades (story) "The Queen of Spades" is a short story by Alexander Pushkin about human avarice. Pushkin wrote the story in autumn 1833 in Boldino and it was first published in the literary magazine Biblioteka dlya chteniya in March 1834... " |
9 December 1963 | John Colicos John Colicos John Colicos was a Greek-Canadian actor. He was a distinguished stage actor in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.-Career:... (as Ernst Herman), Hilary Vernon (as Countess Anna), Patricia Collins (Lisa), Dermot Grice |
Alexander Pushkin (story) | pre-empted from 11 November 1963 | |
| The Red Skelton Show The Red Skelton Show The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as... |
16 December 1963 | Joanie Summers, Jackie Coogan Jackie Coogan John Leslie Coogan , known professionally as Jackie Coogan, was an American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. Many years later, he became known as Uncle Fester on 1960s sitcom The Addams Family... (guests) |
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| "The Critic" | 23 December 1963 | John Colicos John Colicos John Colicos was a Greek-Canadian actor. He was a distinguished stage actor in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.-Career:... , Eric House, Jack Creley, Marigold Charlesworth |
Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Irish-born playwright and poet and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. For thirty-two years he was also a Whig Member of the British House of Commons for Stafford , Westminster and Ilchester... |
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| "The Fight for Martin Wheeler" | 30 December 1963 | Frank Overton Frank Overton Frank Emmons Overton was an American actor.-Career:Overton appeared in numerous television programs during the early 1950s and through the late 1960s, including The Fugitive in 1963... , Charmion King Charmion King Charmion King was one of Canada's leading actresses.Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was part of the country's burgeoning theatre and television scene in the decade of the 1950s... , Peter Kastner Peter Kastner Peter Kastner was a Canadian-born actor who achieved prominence as a disaffected youth in movies of the 1960s.... , Henry Comor |
Howard Rodman | a psychologist is unable to treat a boy | |
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6 January 1964 | guests George Gobel George Gobel George Leslie Gobel was an American comedian and actor. He was best known as the star of his own weekly NBC television show, The George Gobel Show, which ran from 1954 to 1960 .-Early years:He was born George Leslie Goebel in Chicago, Illinois, His father, Hermann Goebel, was a... , James Munshin, Vi Velasco |
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| "The Man Who Could Find Things" | 13 January 1964 | Peter Donat Peter Donat Peter Donat is a Canadian-American actor known for his roles in American television.-Early life:Donat was born Pierre Collingwood Donat in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Marie and Philip Ernst Donat, a landscape gardener. His uncle was British actor Robert Donat... , Patricia Collins, Ivor Barry Ivor Barry Ivor Barry was a British film and television actor.Born in South Wales, Barry served with the British Royal Artillery during World War II and completed his university studies prior to beginning his acting career... , Michael Learned Michael Learned Michael Learned is an American actress known for her role as Olivia Walton on The Waltons.-Personal life:Learned was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Elizabeth Duane "Betti" and Bruce Learned, a diplomat. Her maternal grandfather was an attaché for the United States Embassy in Rome... |
Paul Lee | mystery | |
| The Red Skelton Show The Red Skelton Show The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as... |
20 January 1964 | guest Merv Griffin Merv Griffin Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. was an American television host, musician, actor, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986 Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show on Group W Broadcasting... |
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| "The Lover" | 27 January 1964 | Corinne Conley, Jack Creley | Harold Pinter Harold Pinter Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to... |
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| "Pastures of Plenty" | 3 February 1964 | Kate Reid Kate Reid Kate Reid, OC was a Canadian stage, film and television actress.-Life and career:Daphne Kate Reid was born in London, England, the daughter of Canadian parents, Helen Isabel and Walter Clarke Reid, who was a former Bengal Lancer in the Indian army and a retired colonel... , Bruno Gerussi Bruno Gerussi Bruno Gerussi was a Canadian television actor born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, best known for the lead role in the CBC Television series The Beachcombers... |
conflict on a southern Ontario tobacco farm | ||
| The Red Skelton Show The Red Skelton Show The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as... |
10 February 1964 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr. KBE was an American actor and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II.-Early life:... |
sketch: "Lives of a Bungle Lancer" | ||
| "No Sand for the Ostrich" | 17 February 1964 | Enid Abrahams, Helen French | a rich couple learn their grandson is partially black | ||
| Laburnum Grove | 24 February 1964 | Murray Matheson Murray Matheson Murray Matheson , born Sidney Murray Matheson was an actor who had appeared on stage and in films and television programs until 1983.... , Hilary Vernon, Gillie Fenwick, Norman Ettinger |
J. B. Priestley J. B. Priestley John Boynton Priestley, OM , known as J. B. Priestley, was an English novelist, playwright and broadcaster. He published 26 novels, notably The Good Companions , as well as numerous dramas such as An Inspector Calls... |
comedy of a suburban criminal | |
| "Man With a Rope" | 2 March 1964 | Jack Creley, Robert Seaton, Aileen Seaton | |||
| "From Paradise Direct" | 9 March 1964 | Jackie Mason Jackie Mason Jackie Mason is an American stand-up comedian and movie actor.-Early life:Born Yacov Moshe Maza in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, he grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City.... , Deborah Turnbull, Sean Mulcahy, Maureen Fitzgerald, Drew Thompson, Leo Leyder |
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16 March 1964 | guests Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award... ("I was an S.A.P. for the F.B.I. sketch), Jo Stafford Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards and occasional actress whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s... (singing) |
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| "Dear Liar" | 23 March 1964 | Barry Morse Barry Morse Herbert "Barry" Morse was an Anglo-Canadian actor of stage, screen, and radio best known for his roles in the ABC television series The Fugitive and the British sci-fi drama Space: 1999... , Zoe Caldwell Zoe Caldwell Zoe Caldwell, OBE is an Australian-born actress.-Early life:She was born as Ada Caldwell in Melbourne, Australia and was raised in the suburb of Balwyn in Yongala Street. Her father, Edgar, was a plumber and her mother, Zoe, was a taxi dancer. Caldwell's mother, Zoe, had a Peugeot of 1950 vintage... |
Jerome Kilty Jerome Kilty Jerome Kilty is an American actor and playwright. He wrote Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letters, a play that had a successful run in New York, which was based on the correspondence of famed playwright George Bernard Shaw and actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell... |
letters are exchanged between George Bernard Shaw (Morse) and Mrs Patrick Campbell (Caldwell); David Gardner directed; repeated 13 July 1964 | |
| "The Sponge Room" | 30 March 1964 | Heather Sears Heather Sears Heather Christine Sears: , was a British stage and screen actress.-Biography:Although not from an acting family , she was already acting in plays at the age of five and even writing them at the age of eight... , Neil McCallum Neil McCallum (actor) Neil McCallum was a British Canadian actor, trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first major appearance on stage was with Sam Wanamaker in The Rainmaker in the mid-1950s. He appeared in many British TV series in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. He also appeared in several films... |
comedy set in strange locations about a pair of lovers | ||
| The Red Skelton Show The Red Skelton Show The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as... |
6 April 1964 | guest Connie Stevens Connie Stevens Connie Stevens is an American actress and singer, best known for her roles in the television series Hawaiian Eye and other TV and film work.-Early life:... |
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| "Alias Jones" | 13 April 1964 | Ivor Barry Ivor Barry Ivor Barry was a British film and television actor.Born in South Wales, Barry served with the British Royal Artillery during World War II and completed his university studies prior to beginning his acting career... , Earle Hyman Earle Hyman Earle Hyman is an American stage, television, and film actor. Hyman is known for his recurring role on The Cosby Show as Cliff's father, Russell Huxtable.-Career:... , Douglas Rain Douglas Rain Douglas Rain is a Canadian actor and narrator. He is primarily a stage actor, but his best known film role was as the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel 2010 .... |
Jacquline Rosefield | ||
| pre-empted for Document Document (TV series) Document is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television from 1962 to 1969.-Production:The first executive producers for this series were Patrick WatsonDouglas Leiterman. Their intention was to air a documentary approximately each month to provide a detailed treatment of a... current affairs special |
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| "Step Out of Darkness" | 27 April 1964 | Zoe Caldwell Zoe Caldwell Zoe Caldwell, OBE is an Australian-born actress.-Early life:She was born as Ada Caldwell in Melbourne, Australia and was raised in the suburb of Balwyn in Yongala Street. Her father, Edgar, was a plumber and her mother, Zoe, was a taxi dancer. Caldwell's mother, Zoe, had a Peugeot of 1950 vintage... , Barry Morse Barry Morse Herbert "Barry" Morse was an Anglo-Canadian actor of stage, screen, and radio best known for his roles in the ABC television series The Fugitive and the British sci-fi drama Space: 1999... |
Jean-Paul Filion | originally broadcast on Radio-Canada Télévision de Radio-Canada Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT... |
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4 May 1964 | guests Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award... , Jackie Coogan Jackie Coogan John Leslie Coogan , known professionally as Jackie Coogan, was an American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. Many years later, he became known as Uncle Fester on 1960s sitcom The Addams Family... , The Snobs (UK teen band) |
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| "The Front Room" | 11 May 1964 | Betty Leighton, Gillie Fenwick, Tony van Bridge, Diana Maddox | Robert Storey | a woman's marriage is threatened by her obsession with house chores | |
| "Grubstake for the Eyeopener Man" | 18 May 1964 | Mavor Moore Mavor Moore James Mavor Moore, CC, OBC was a Canadian writer, producer, actor, public servant, critic, and educator.-Biography:... |
Leslie McFarlane | about a Calgary newspaper | |
| "The Stag" | 25 May 1964 | Neil McCallum Neil McCallum (actor) Neil McCallum was a British Canadian actor, trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first major appearance on stage was with Sam Wanamaker in The Rainmaker in the mid-1950s. He appeared in many British TV series in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. He also appeared in several films... , John Horton John Horton John Horton is a film and television actor.-Selected filmography:*The Shawshank Redemption , as 1946 Judge*Thinner , as Judge Cary Rossington*Donnie Brasco , as FBI Director-TV-series:*Moment of Truth , as Eric... , Ruth Springford Ruth Springford Ruth Springford was a Canadian radio, stage, television and film actress.... |
a man in New York returns to his native Wales for his brother's wedding | ||
| "Image of Renault" | 1 June 1964 | Norma Renault, Alfie Scopp | two loners assist each other in the search for love | ||
| The Red Skelton Show The Red Skelton Show The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as... |
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| "Pilgrim, Why Do You Come?" | 15 June 1964 | Barry Jones Barry Jones (actor) Barry Jones was an actor seen in British and American films, on American television and on the stage.-Biography:... , Corinne Conley, John Horton John Horton John Horton is a film and television actor.-Selected filmography:*The Shawshank Redemption , as 1946 Judge*Thinner , as Judge Cary Rossington*Donnie Brasco , as FBI Director-TV-series:*Moment of Truth , as Eric... |
Leslie McFarlane | each year, an actor attends the Shakespeare Festival | |
| "The One Day of the Year" | 22 June 1964 | Neil McCallum Neil McCallum (actor) Neil McCallum was a British Canadian actor, trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first major appearance on stage was with Sam Wanamaker in The Rainmaker in the mid-1950s. He appeared in many British TV series in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. He also appeared in several films... , Rex Sevenoaks, Adrian Pecknold Adrian Pecknold Adrian Pecknold , was a Canadian mime, director, and author of the book Mime: The Step Beyond Words. He is popularly known for his creation and depiction of Poco the Clown in the popular Canadian children's television program Mr. Dressup.Pecknold studied mime at L'École Jacques Lecoq in Paris from... , Gertrude Bradley |
Alan Seymour | Anzac Day ANZAC Day Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who fought at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It now more broadly commemorates all... > |
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| "A Night Out A Night Out (play) A Night Out is a play written by Harold Pinter in 1959.- Plot and overview :Albert Stokes, a loner in his late twenties lives with his emotionally-suffocating mother and works in an office... " |
29 June 1964 | Jeremy Wilkin Jeremy Wilkin Jeremy Wilkin is a British actor, possibly best known for his contributions to the television productions of Gerry Anderson.... , Elizabeth Cole, Zoe Caldwell Zoe Caldwell Zoe Caldwell, OBE is an Australian-born actress.-Early life:She was born as Ada Caldwell in Melbourne, Australia and was raised in the suburb of Balwyn in Yongala Street. Her father, Edgar, was a plumber and her mother, Zoe, was a taxi dancer. Caldwell's mother, Zoe, had a Peugeot of 1950 vintage... , Norman Welsh |
Harold Pinter | Basil Coleman | |
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6 July 1964 | guests Raymond Burr Raymond Burr Raymond William Stacey Burr was a Canadian actor, primarily known for his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. His early acting career included roles on Broadway, radio, television and in film, usually as the villain... , The Beach Boys The Beach Boys The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962... |
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| "Dear Liar" | 13 July 1964 | Barry Morse Barry Morse Herbert "Barry" Morse was an Anglo-Canadian actor of stage, screen, and radio best known for his roles in the ABC television series The Fugitive and the British sci-fi drama Space: 1999... , Zoe Caldwell Zoe Caldwell Zoe Caldwell, OBE is an Australian-born actress.-Early life:She was born as Ada Caldwell in Melbourne, Australia and was raised in the suburb of Balwyn in Yongala Street. Her father, Edgar, was a plumber and her mother, Zoe, was a taxi dancer. Caldwell's mother, Zoe, had a Peugeot of 1950 vintage... |
Jerome Kilty Jerome Kilty Jerome Kilty is an American actor and playwright. He wrote Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letters, a play that had a successful run in New York, which was based on the correspondence of famed playwright George Bernard Shaw and actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell... |
rebroadcast of 23 March 1964 | |
| "The Royal Game" | 20 July 1964 | Barry Morse Barry Morse Herbert "Barry" Morse was an Anglo-Canadian actor of stage, screen, and radio best known for his roles in the ABC television series The Fugitive and the British sci-fi drama Space: 1999... , Larry D. Mann Larry D. Mann Larry D. Mann is a Canadian actor. Prior to his acting career, he was a disk jockey on CHUM 1050 radio in Toronto in 1949. His best-known Canadian television exposure was in a Bell Canada series of commercials called "The Boss" in which he played the title role for ten years beginning in 1981... , Robert Christie Robert Christie Robert Christie was a lawyer, journalist, historian and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.... , Ivor Barry Ivor Barry Ivor Barry was a British film and television actor.Born in South Wales, Barry served with the British Royal Artillery during World War II and completed his university studies prior to beginning his acting career... |
Stefan Zweig | last episode of Playdate; a cruise ship's chess game |