Colonel Humphrey Flack
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Colonel Humphrey Flack is an early American television series which ran from October 7, 1953 to July 2, 1954 on the DuMont Television Network
, then revived from 1958 to 1959 for first-run syndication.
The series was about a con man who conned other conmen, who gave some of the money to the needy. Colonel Humphrey Flack starred prolific British actor Alan Mowbray
as the Colonel, and Frank Jenks
as his sidekick, Uthas P. Garvey. The TV series was based on a popular series of short stories by Everett Rhodes Castle published in The Saturday Evening Post
.
The pilot for the series aired in May 31, 1953 on an episode of the ABC Album/Plymouth Playhouse.
When the series was revived in 1958, it was retitled Colonel Flack. The 39 episodes (all remakes of the original 39 episodes) aired from October 5, 1958 to July 5, 1959 in syndication.
The series has also been known as The Fabulous Fraud and The Adventures of Colonel Flack.
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DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...
, then revived from 1958 to 1959 for first-run syndication.
The series was about a con man who conned other conmen, who gave some of the money to the needy. Colonel Humphrey Flack starred prolific British actor Alan Mowbray
Alan Mowbray
Alan Mowbray MM, , was an English stage and film actor who found success in Hollywood.Born Alfred Ernest Allen in London, England, he served with distinction the British Army in World War I, being awarded the Military Medal for bravery...
as the Colonel, and Frank Jenks
Frank Jenks
Frank Jenks acid-voiced supporting actor, began in vaudeville and went on to a long career in movies and television, mostly in comedy. He was one of the more familiar faces and voices of the Hollywood Studio era. For almost ten years beginning in the early 1920s, Jenks was a song and dance man...
as his sidekick, Uthas P. Garvey. The TV series was based on a popular series of short stories by Everett Rhodes Castle published in The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:...
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The pilot for the series aired in May 31, 1953 on an episode of the ABC Album/Plymouth Playhouse.
When the series was revived in 1958, it was retitled Colonel Flack. The 39 episodes (all remakes of the original 39 episodes) aired from October 5, 1958 to July 5, 1959 in syndication.
The series has also been known as The Fabulous Fraud and The Adventures of Colonel Flack.
Episode status
At least 12 episodes of this DuMont series are in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television ArchiveUCLA Film and Television Archive
The UCLA Film and Television Archive is an internationally renowned visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles. It holds more than 220,000 film and television titles and 27 million feet of...
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See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts