Awards for 1955

Primetime Emmy

Best Actor in a Single Performance

WINNER

Studio One in Hollywood: Robert Cummings (CBS)
For episode "Twelve Angry Men".

NOMINEES

Lux Video Theatre: Frank Lovejoy (CBS)
For episode "Double Indemnity".
Shower of Stars: Fredric March (CBS)
For episode "A Christmas Carol".
The Best of Broadway: Fredric March (CBS)
For episode "The Royal Family".
The Ford Television Theatre: Thomas Mitchell (NBC)
For episode "The Good of His Soul".
Four Star Playhouse: David Niven (CBS)
For episode "The Answer".

Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series

WINNER

Make Room for Daddy: Danny Thomas (ABC)

NOMINEES

Medic: Richard Boone (NBC)
My Hero: Robert Cummings (Syndicated)
The Jackie Gleason Show: Jackie Gleason (CBS)
Dragnet: Jack Webb (NBC)

Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series

WINNER

The Loretta Young Show: Loretta Young (NBC)

NOMINEES

Our Miss Brooks: Eve Arden (CBS)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show: Gracie Allen (CBS)
I Love Lucy: Lucille Ball (CBS)
Private Secretary: Ann Sothern (CBS)

Best Actress in a Single Performance

WINNER

Hallmark Hall of Fame: Judith Anderson (NBC)
For episode "Macbeth".

NOMINEES

Climax!: Ethel Barrymore (CBS)
For episode "The Thirteenth Chair".
Medic: Beverly Garland (NBC)
For episode "White Is the Color".
Lux Video Theatre: Ruth Hussey (NBC)
For episode "Craig's Wife".
Climax!: Dorothy McGuire (CBS)
For episode "The Gioconda Smile".
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse: Eva Marie Saint (NBC)
For episode "Middle of the Night".
Lux Video Theatre: Claire Trevor (NBC)
For episode "Ladies in Retirement".

Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series

WINNER

The Jackie Gleason Show: Art Carney (CBS)

NOMINEES

Dragnet: Ben Alexander (NBC)
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Don DeFore (ABC)
I Love Lucy: William Frawley (CBS)
Our Miss Brooks: Gale Gordon (CBS)

Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series

WINNER

The Jackie Gleason Show: Audrey Meadows (CBS)

NOMINEES

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show: Bea Benaderet (CBS)
Make Room for Daddy: Jean Hagen (ABC)
Mister Peepers: Marion Lorne (NBC)
I Love Lucy: Vivian Vance (CBS)

Best Direction of Photography

WINNER

Medic: Lester Shorr (director of photography) (NBC)
For episode "I Climb The Stairs".

NOMINEES

My Little Margie: Walter Strenge (director of photography) (NBC)
Cavalcade of America: Harold E. Stine (director of photography) (Syndicated)
For episode "Night Call".
Dragnet: Edward Colman (director of photography) (NBC)
For episode "The Big Bible".
The Loretta Young Show: Norbert Brodine (director of photography) (NBC)
For episode "The Clara Schumann Story".
Schlitz Playhouse: George T. Clemens (director of photography) (CBS)
For episode "The Roman and the Renegade".

Best Direction

WINNER

Studio One in Hollywood: Franklin J. Schaffner (CBS)
For episode "Twelve Angry Men".

NOMINEES

Your Hit Parade: Clark Jones (NBC)
Four Star Playhouse: Roy Kellino (CBS)
For episode "The Answer".
The Loretta Young Show: Robert Florey (NBC)
For episode "The Clara Schumann Story".
The United States Steel Hour: Alex Segal (ABC)
Waterfront: Ted Post (CBS)
For episode "Christmas on the Waterfront".

Best Art Direction of a Filmed Show

WINNER

Shower of Stars: Ralph Berger (art director), Albert M. Pyke (art director) (CBS)
For episode "A Christmas Carol".

NOMINEES

The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Frank Durlauf (art director) (ABC)
Four Star Playhouse: Duncan Cramer (art director) (CBS)
Schlitz Playhouse: Serge Krizman (art director) (CBS)
For episode "The Roman and the Renegade".
Where's Raymond?: Claudio Guzmán (art director) (ABC)

Best Art Direction of a Live Show

WINNER

You Are There: Bob Markel (art director) (CBS)
For episode "Mallory's Tragedy on Mt. Everest".

NOMINEES

The Dinah Shore Show: William T. Martin (art director) (NBC)
Climax!: James Dowell Vance (art director) (CBS)
Shower of Stars: Robert Tyler Lee (art director) (CBS)
Space Patrol: Carl Macauley (art director) (ABC)

Best Engineering Effects

NOMINEES

Space Patrol: Cameron Pierce (ABC)
Background: Walter O'Mears, John Goetz, Dan Zampino (NBC)
For electronic editing.
The Jackie Gleason Show: (Jackie Gleason Enterprises, CBS)

Best Variety Series Including Musical Variety

WINNER

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: (ABC)

NOMINEES

The George Gobel Show: (NBC)
The Jack Benny Program: (CBS)
The Jackie Gleason Show: (CBS)
The Ed Sullivan Show: (CBS)
Your Hit Parade: (NBC)

Best Individual Program of the Year

WINNER

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: (ABC)
For episode "Operation Undersea".

NOMINEES

Light's Diamond Jubilee: (NBC, CBS, DuMont, ABC)
Medic: (NBC)
For episode "White is the Color".
Shower of Stars: (CBS)
For episode "A Christmas Carol".
Studio One in Hollywood: (CBS)
For episode "Twelve Angry Men".

Best Written Comedy Material

WINNER

The George Gobel Show: James B. Allardice, Jack Douglas, Hal Kanter, Harry Winkler (NBC)

NOMINEES

The Jack Benny Program: John Tackaberry, George Balzer, Milt Josefsberg, Sam Perrin (CBS)
Mister Peepers: James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum (NBC)
The Jackie Gleason Show: Jackie Gleason (CBS)
Unknown staff writers were included in the nomination.
I Love Lucy: Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr., Madelyn Davis (CBS)
Make Room for Daddy: Danny Thomas (ABC)
Unknown staff writers were included in the nomination.

Best Choreographer

WINNER

The Jackie Gleason Show: June Taylor (choreographer) (CBS)

NOMINEES

Max Liebman Spectaculars: Rod Alexander (choreographer) (NBC)
Your Hit Parade: Tony Charmoli (choreographer), Bob Herget (choreographer) (NBC)
The Buick-Berle Show: Louis Da Pron (choreographer) (NBC)
For episode "Here Comes Donald starring Donald O'Connor".

Best Sports Program

WINNER

Gillette Cavalcade of Sports: (NBC)

Best Audience, Guest Participation or Panel Program

WINNER

This Is Your Life: (NBC)

NOMINEES

Masquerade Party: (ABC)
People Are Funny: (NBC)
What's My Line?: (CBS)
You Bet Your Life: (NBC)

Best Male Singer

WINNER

Perry Como (CBS)

NOMINEES

Eddie Fisher (NBC)
Frankie Laine (Syndicated)
Tony Martin (NBC)
Gordon MacRae (NBC)

Best Western or Adventure Series

WINNER

Stories of the Century: (Syndicated)

NOMINEES

Annie Oakley: (Syndicated)
Death Valley Days: (CBS)
The Roy Rogers Show: (NBC)
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok: (Syndicated)

Best Written Dramatic Material

WINNER

Studio One in Hollywood: Reginald Rose (CBS)
For episode "Twelve Angry Men".

NOMINEES

The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse: Paddy Chayefsky (NBC)
Climax!: David Dortort (CBS)
For episode "An Error In Chemistry".
Four Star Playhouse: Leonard Freeman (CBS)
For episode "The Answer".
Medic: James E. Moser (NBC)
For episode "White Is The Color".

Most Outstanding New Personality

WINNER

George Gobel (NBC)

NOMINEES

Richard Boone (NBC)
Walt Disney (ABC)
Tennessee Ernie Ford (CBS)
Preston Foster (Syndicated)
Michael O'Shea (NBC)
Fess Parker (ABC)

Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Variety Program

WINNER

Light's Diamond Jubilee: Victor Young (composer) (CBS, DuMont, NBC, ABC)

NOMINEES

The Colgate Comedy Hour: Buddy Bregman (composer) (NBC)
The Buick-Berle Show: Walter Scharf (composer) (NBC)
Shower of Stars: Gordon Jenkins (composer) (CBS)
Satins and Spurs: Nelson Riddle (composer) (NBC)

Best Situation Comedy Series

WINNER

Make Room for Daddy: (ABC)

NOMINEES

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show: (CBS)
I Love Lucy: (CBS)
Mister Peepers: (NBC)
Our Miss Brooks: (CBS)
Private Secretary: (CBS)

Best Children's Program

WINNER

Lassie: (CBS)

NOMINEES

Art Linkletter and the Kids
Syndicated.
Ding Dong School: (NBC)
Kukla, Fran and Ollie: (ABC)
Time for Beany: (Syndicated)
Zoo Parade: (NBC)

Best Daytime Program

WINNER

The Linkletter Show: (CBS)

NOMINEES

The Betty White Show: (NBC)
The Bob Crosby Show: (CBS)
The Garry Moore Show: (CBS)
The Robert Q. Lewis Show: (CBS)

Best News Reporter or Commentator

WINNER

John Daly (ABC)

NOMINEES

Douglas Edwards (CBS)
Clete Roberts (Syndicated)
Eric Sevareid (CBS)
John Cameron Swayze (NBC)

Best Female Singer

WINNER

Dinah Shore (NBC)

NOMINEES

Jane Froman (CBS)
Peggy King (NBC)
Gisele MacKenzie (NBC)
Jo Stafford (CBS)

Best Cultural, Religious or Educational Program

WINNER

Omnibus: (CBS)

NOMINEES

Life Is Worth Living: (Dumont)
Meet the Press: (NBC)
Person to Person: (CBS)
See It Now: (CBS)

Best Dramatic Series

WINNER

The United States Steel Hour: (ABC)

NOMINEES

Four Star Playhouse: (CBS)
Medic: (NBC)
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse: (NBC)
Studio One in Hollywood: (CBS)

Best Mystery or Intrigue Series

WINNER

Dragnet: (NBC)

NOMINEES

Foreign Intrigue: (NBC)
I Led 3 Lives: (Syndicated)
Racket Squad: (Syndicated)
Waterfront: (Syndicated)

Best Television Film Editing

WINNER

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: Lynn Harrison (editor), Grant K. Smith (editor) (ABC)
For episode "Operation Undersea".

NOMINEES

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: Chester W. Schaeffer (editor) (ABC)
For episode "Davy Crockett - Indian Fighter".
Four Star Playhouse: Samuel E. Beetley (editor) (CBS)
For episode "The Answer".
Medic: Jodie Copelan (editor) (NBC)
For episode "White is the Color".
Schlitz Playhouse: George Amy (editor) (CBS)
For episode "The Roman and the Renegade".

Best Television Sound Editing

WINNER

Dragnet: George Jay Nicholson (sound editor) (NBC)

NOMINEES

Medic: Josef von Stroheim (sound editor) (NBC)
For episode "Red Christmas".
Waterfront: Cathey Burrow (sound editor) (CBS)
Ramar of the Jungle: John A. Bushelman (sound editor)
Syndicated.
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin: Stan Callahan (sound editor) (ABC)

Best Original Music Composed for TV

WINNER

Dragnet: Walter Schumann (NBC)

NOMINEES

Light's Diamond Jubilee: Victor Young (NBC, DuMont, ABC, CBS)
Hallmark Hall of Fame: Gian Carlo Menotti (NBC)
For episode "Amahl and the Night Visitors".
Medic: Victor Young (NBC)
Shower of Stars: Bernard Herrmann (CBS)
For episode "A Christmas Carol".

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