Celebrity Playhouse
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Celebrity Playhouse is the title of a 30 minute American television
drama
series which aired from 1956-1957 (one season).
Recurring Roles and Notable Guest Stars:
Television in the United States
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Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
series which aired from 1956-1957 (one season).
Recurring Roles and Notable Guest Stars:
| Actor | Role | Appearances |
|---|---|---|
| Angela Lansbury Angela Lansbury Angela Brigid Lansbury CBE is an English actress and singer in theatre, television and motion pictures, whose career has spanned eight decades and earned her more performance Tony Awards than any other individual , with five wins... |
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| Howard Duff Howard Duff Howard Green Duff was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio.Duff was born in Charleston, Washington, now a part of Bremerton. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1932 where he began acting in school plays only after he was cut from the basketball team... |
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| Philip Carey Philip Carey -Biography:He was born as Eugene Joseph Carey in Hackensack, New Jersey. A former U.S. Marine, Carey was wounded as part of the ship's detachment of the USS Franklin during World War II and served again in the Korean War.... |
Police Lt. Joe Karns | 2 episodes |
| Scott Brady Scott Brady Scott Brady was an American film and television actor.Born as Gerard Kenneth Tierney, he was the younger brother of fellow actor Lawrence Tierney. Brady served in the Navy during World War II, where he was a boxing champ... |
Capt. Hank Cooper | 2 episodes |
| Sylvia Sidney Sylvia Sidney Sylvia Sidney was an American actress who rose to prominence in the 1930s appearing in numerous crime dramas.-Early life:... |
Meg Fraser | 2 episodes |
| Jan Sterling Jan Sterling Jan Sterling was an American actress.Most active in films during the 1950s, Sterling received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The High and the Mighty , and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the same performance... |
Lil Brown | 2 episodes |
| William Bishop William Bishop William Bishop was the first Roman Catholic bishop after the English Reformation. Officially, he was the titular bishop of Chalcedon, his territory included all of England, Wales and Scotland.... |
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| Ellen Drew Ellen Drew Ellen Drew was an American film actress.Born Esther Loretta Ray in Kansas City, Missouri, Drew worked various jobs and won a number of beauty contests before becoming an actress... |
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| Phyllis Kirk Phyllis Kirk -Early life and career:Born Phyllis Kirkegaard in Syracuse, New York , she contracted polio as a child which resulted in health problems for the rest of her life. As a teen, she moved to New York City to study acting and changed her last name to "Kirk"... |
Laurie Westbrook | 2 episodes |
| Gale Robbins Gale Robbins Gale Robbins was an American actress and singer.Born in Indiana, Robbins graduated from high school in June 1939 and began her career with the Phil Levant band in 1940... |
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| Steve Brodie Steve Brodie (actor) Steve Brodie was an American movie and television actor.Born John Stevenson in El Dorado, Kansas, he took his screen name from the Steve Brodie who claimed that he jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886 and survived... |
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| William Leslie | ---- | 2 episodes |
| Arthur Franz Arthur Franz Arthur Franz was a B-movie actor whose most notable role was as Lieutenant, Junior Grade H. Paynter, Jr. in The Caine Mutiny. He also appeared in Roseanna McCoy , Invaders from Mars , Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man and The Unholy Wife , among others... |
Bill O'Neill | 2 episodes |
| Michael Granger | Fernando | 2 episodes |
| Robert Burton | Mayor Ellis | 2 episodes |