MY FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOWS FROM THE 1950s AND 1960s
I was born in 1952. These are the television shows that I watched while growing up in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
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- CreatorLeslie StevensStarsBob JohnsonBen WrightWilliam DouglasAn anthology series of insightful science fiction tales.
- CreatorRod SerlingStarsRod SerlingRobert McCordJay OverholtsOrdinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
- StarsTom SmothersDick SmothersPat PaulsenThe Smothers Brothers host a comedy variety show that became notorious for its topical satirical humor.
- CreatorTony BarrettHarve BennettSammy HessStarsMichael ColeClarence Williams IIIPeggy LiptonA trio of reformed juvenile delinquents work as undercover cops.
- CreatorPaul MazurskyLarry TuckerStarsDavy JonesMicky DolenzPeter TorkThe misadventures of a struggling pop group.
- CreatorStirling SilliphantHerbert B. LeonardStarsMartin MilnerGeorge MaharisGlenn CorbettThe adventures of two young drifters across America.
- CreatorHerb MeadowSam RolfeStarsRichard BooneKam TongHal NeedhamThe adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter-for-hire.
- CreatorBlake EdwardsStarsCraig StevensHerschel BernardiLola AlbrightPeter Gunn is a private detective with a knack for finding trouble. His cases often mean he runs into the shadiest characters, most vicious thugs and the most powerful crime bosses. Cool and resourceful, he always gets the guilty party.
- CreatorMax ShulmanStarsDwayne HickmanBob DenverFrank FaylenA young man schemes and attempts to get the "better things in life" mostly popularity, success, and most importantly, girls.
- StarsFess ParkerPatricia BlairDarby HintonFrontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Indians, before, during, and even after the Revolutionary War.
- CreatorDavid LevyStarsJohn AstinCarolyn JonesJackie CooganThe misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.
- StarsWalter CronkiteRoger MuddCharles KuraltIn 1962, the veteran news anchor Douglas Edwards was replaced with Walter Cronkite. The news show initially used the title "Walter Cronkite with the News", but was soon re-titled to "CBS Evening News". It was the first half-hour weeknight news broadcast on network television. The show dominated the ratings among the network evening news programs for nearly two decades, and Cronkite became known as "the most trusted man in America" (after being given this title in a poll). Cronkite faced mandatory retirement in March 1981, at the age of 65. He was soon replaced by a younger news anchor, Dan Rather.
- CreatorReginald RoseStarsE.G. MarshallRobert ReedPolly RowlesA father and son lawyer duo take a variety of cases that often deal with the important issues of the day.
- CreatorGwen BagniPaul DubovStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonBruceAfter her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.
- CreatorFrank D. GilroyStarsGene BarryGary ConwayRegis ToomeyThe millionaire captain of the LAPD homicide division is driven to the crime scenes in his 1962 Rolls-Royce by his loyal chauffeur.
- StarsSteve AllenLouis NyeJohnny JacobsIt was a show basically about laughing until you were in tears, or just falling down, doubling over with laughter...a show for the whole family, with some of the funniest comic people on earth, who ad-libbed much of the humorous lines, with such ease and naturalness. I personally couldn't even LOOK at Steve Allen without breaking up. I was just a kid, then. My parents loved the show, too, with Louis Nye and all. Steve was a gift to us, giving us hours of enjoyment, and relief from a (at the time) sad world.
- StarsJohn LuptonMichael AnsaraSteven RitchIndian Agent Tom Jeffords makes friends with Chief Cochise, becoming a blood brother of the Apache. Together they fight white schemers and renegade Indians.
- CreatorRichard SaleMary LoosStarsJock MahoneyX BrandsKevin HagenAn adventurer, gambler, and widely respected southern gentleman is recruited to work as a secret agent, at no pay, in post-Civil War New Orleans, helped by his companion, a silent Pawnee Native American.
- StarsHarry BellaverHorace McMahonPaul BurkeThe cases of the N.Y.P.D.'s 65th Precinct.
- CreatorRoy HugginsStarsDavid JanssenWilliam ConradBarry MorseA doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer.
- CreatorLorenzo Semple Jr.William DozierStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierThe Caped Crusader and his young ward battle evildoers in Gotham City.
- CreatorGeorge W. TrendleStarsBruce LeeVan WilliamsWende WagnerA newspaper publisher and his Asian valet/martial arts expert battle crime as the feared Green Hornet and Kato.
- CreatorGeorge W. TrendleGeorge W. GeorgeStarsJay SilverheelsClayton MooreJohn HartThe adventures of the masked hero and his Native American partner.
- CreatorMichael GarrisonStarsRobert ConradRoss MartinDick CangeyTwo Secret Service agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West.
- CreatorCollier YoungStarsRaymond BurrDon GallowayDon MitchellWheelchair-using, crime-fighting detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.
- CreatorErle Stanley GardnerStarsRaymond BurrBarbara HaleWilliam HopperThe trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.
- CreatorBill ScottJay WardStarsBill ScottJune ForayPaul FreesRocky, a plucky flying squirrel and Bullwinkle, a bumbling but lovable moose, have a series of ongoing adventures.
- CreatorLarry CohenStarsRoy ThinnesKent SmithMax KlevenThe Aliens are here, posing as human, and not friendly. David Vincent has seen them land and now must evade them and convince others of their presence while not being put in the booby hatch.
- StarsRobert CulpBill CosbyKenneth TobeyA pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.
- CreatorMel BrooksBuck HenryStarsDon AdamsBarbara FeldonEdward PlattMaxwell Smart, a highly intellectual but bumbling spy working for the CONTROL agency, battles the evil forces of rival spy agency KAOS with the help of his competent partner Agent 99.
- CreatorSam RolfeStarsStefanie PowersNoel HarrisonLeo G. CarrollThe missions of agent April Dancer of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.
- CreatorSam RolfeStarsRobert VaughnDavid McCallumLeo G. CarrollThe two top Agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) fight the enemies of peace, particularly the forces of T.H.R.U.S.H.
- StarsBoris KarloffRichard PeelHenry DaniellExperience the complete series of the show that was hailed as the most frightening ever created for television--now available for the first time.
- CreatorDan CurtisStarsJonathan FridGrayson HallAlexandra IslesThe rich Collins family of Collinsport, Maine is tormented by strange occurrences.
- CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyIn the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
- StarsPaul Revere & The RaidersMark LindsayPaul RevereThe Rock-and-Roll Variety Show that features Rock & Pop Acts, Celebrities, Games, etc. The show lasted for 2 seasons.
- StarsJonathan WintersJohn AylesworthCliff ArquetteA weekly variety program, presented by the comedian Jonathan Winters. It featured guest comedians and musicians, recurring sketches with regular characters, and a segment devoted to Winters performing impressions of various persons and animals.
- StarsJohnny CarsonEd McMahonDoc SeverinsenHost Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
- CreatorDigby WolfeStarsDan RowanDick MartinGary OwensThe original rapid fire sketch comedy show.
- CreatorRoland KibbeeStarsRobert WagnerFred AstaireMalachi ThroneThe adventures of suave cat burglar Alexander Mundy, who plies his trade for the U.S. Government.
- CreatorHarry Julian FinkStarsRobert LoggiaRobert CarricartR.G. ArmstrongA former circus aerialist, and reformed cat burglar, offers his services as a professional bodyguard.
- CreatorBruce GellerStarsPeter GravesBarbara BainGreg MorrisAn elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
- CreatorSam DenoffBill PerskyStarsMarlo ThomasTed BessellLew ParkerAn aspiring actress moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York, to try to make it big in New York City, having to take several offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts.
- CreatorDenne Bart PetitclercStarsMichael ParksKurt RussellBruce DernA disillusioned reporter, James "Jim" Bronson, quits his job and starts wandering the road on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle as a form of soul-searching. He meets various characters. Some he helps, others he educates.
- CreatorLawrence GordonRod SerlingAaron SpellingStarsTiffany BollingZooey HallDavid MosesA group of young people crash-land on a deserted island that was a never-used atomic bomb test site. With the world thinking that they were all killed, they set out to form a civilization.
- StarsRobert BlakeLloyd BochnerRichard BooneAn anthology series starring Richard Boone as host and starred in about 50% of the shows. Each regular had parts in almost every episode and starred in at least one episode.
- CreatorRoy HugginsStarsEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Edd ByrnesRoger SmithStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama.
- StarsEd SullivanThe Ray Bloch OrchestraRay BlochThe classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
- StarsSteve AlaimoPaul Revere & The RaidersDick ClarkA Rock'n'Roll Variety Show toured over the United States and briefly around the world for the spring and fall months, except for Malibu Beach for the summer and Big Bear Ski Resort for the winter. It featured popular music acts of the day, games, and celebrity interviews for one of these five days a week on ABC-TV USA.
- StarsKeith LarsenBuddy EbsenDon BurnettMajor Robert Rogers organized "Rogers Rangers" to search for the alleged waterway across the United States during the French and Indian War (1754-1759). Helping Rogers, an experienced explorer and Indian fighter, were Hunk Marriner, another experienced Indian fighter, and Langdon Towne, a Harvard graduate who was the map maker. The episodes told the story of their trials and tribulations searching for the Northwest Passage and their battles with both the French and Indians during this war.
- StarsJohn HartLon Chaney Jr.Bill WalshNat Cutler, known as Hawkeye, is a fur trader. With his faithful Indian companion Chingachgook, the last of the Mohican tribe, he fights to protect settlers against the raiding Huron Indians.
- CreatorMilt RosenStarsMichael Anderson Jr.Barbara HersheyKeith SchultzClayt is 18 when orphaned heading to a new home out West. He's responsible for sisters Kathy and Amy who are 16 and 6, twin brothers almost 12. New neighbor is Major Mapoy, a sometime antagonist while Jim is their hand.
- StarsGroucho MarxGeorge FennemanMelinda MarxGroucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of competitive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.
- StarsBen GazzaraNicholas ColasantoJack KrupnickThe doctor tells a successful lawyer that he is terminally ill and will die in less than two years.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksStarsLloyd HaynesDenise NicholasMichael ConstantineTeacher Pete Dixon tries to teach the students at Walt Whitman High to be tolerant. He's assisted by girlfriend and school counselor, Liz and student teacher (later teacher) Alice. The students love him.
- StarsGeorge C. ScottElizabeth WilsonCicely TysonIn this weekly drama show, George C. Scott plays a dedicated social worker trying to solve the problems of his clients in the fascinating mix of cultures that makes up New York City.
- StarsAlfred HitchcockHinton PopeJimmy Joyce"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" was a continuation of the dramatic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) hosted by the Master of Suspense and Mystery.
- CreatorIrwin AllenStarsGuy WilliamsJune LockhartMark GoddardA space colony family struggles to survive when a spy/accidental stowaway throws their ship hopelessly off course.
- StarsTruman BradleyMichael FoxMarshall ThompsonIn this science-fiction anthology series host Truman Bradley introduces stories extrapolated from actual scientific data available in the 1950's, concentrating on such concepts as space flight, UFO's and mental telepathy.
- CreatorMerwin GerardStarsJohn NewlandRobert DouglasOlan Soule"One Step Beyond" was a collection of tales about paranormal events, horrifying folklore, and the world of the unknown.
- StarsDick ClarkCharlie O'DonnellPeaches JohnsonDick Clark hosts a daily to weekly dance show that features the latest hit music for the attending teens to dance to. In addition, the show has performances by popular musicians and audience members rate songs.
- StarsPatrick AdiarteJohnny HollidaySuzanne CharnyMusic showcase show featuring well-known musical artists as well as celebrity hosts and dancers.
- CreatorJimmy O'NeillStarsThe BlossomsJimmy O'NeillCarolyne BarryA musical variety show featuring the biggest acts in rock-n-roll performing their latest hits.
- CreatorJames BuxbaumStarsLloyd BridgesKen DrakeCourtney BrownMike Nelson is a scuba diver in the days when it was still very new. He works alone, it was mostly carried through his voice-over narrations. These gave the show a flavor of a radio program.
- CreatorIrwin AllenStarsRichard BasehartDavid HedisonRobert DowdellThe submarine Seaview is commissioned to investigate the mysteries of the seas. Usually it finds more problems than answers...
- CreatorMerv GriffinStarsArt FlemingDon PardoMel BrooksA quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers and must phrase their responses in the form of questions.
- StarsJim MacGeorgeIrv ShoemakerSody ClampettBoard title "Matty's Funday Funniest" from 1959.
- StarsBing CrosbyDick TufeldMitchell Ayres OrchestraVarious guest hosts present a musical variety show.
- StarsMichael RyeShepard MenkenAgnes MooreheadAn ex-Texas Ranger fights injustice in the Old West.The animated series with cool surrealistic art!
- CreatorJack KirbyStan LeeStarsPaul FreesGerald MohrJack DeLeonFour costumed superheroes battle the world's most terrifying villains.
- StarsBill BixbyBrandon CruzMiyoshi UmekiWidower Tom Corbett raises his young son Eddie.
- CreatorJames E. MoserStarsVince EdwardsSam JaffeHarry LandersGritty realistic hospital drama featuring manly Dr. Casey against the medical establishment, at first, under the watchful eye of Dr. Zorba, and later under the thumb of Chief of Surgery Dr. Freeland.
- StarsRichard ChamberlainRaymond MasseyLee KurtyThe dramatic relationship between a young medical intern and his surgeon mentor.
- CreatorStan LeeSteve DitkoStarsPaul SolesPeg DixonPaul KligmanOriginal cartoon series based on the web-slinging Marvel comic book character, Peter Parker, who, after being bit by a radioactive spider, assumes extraordinary powers.
- CreatorIrwin AllenStarsJames DarrenRobert ColbertWhit BissellTwo scientists with a secret time travel project find themselves trapped in the time stream and appearing in notable periods of history.
- CreatorLarry LieberStarsBernard CowanDon MasonJack CreleyAn inventive munitions industrialist fights the forces of evil using a revolutionary suit of power armor.
- CreatorJack KirbyStan LeeStarsBernard CowanDon MasonJack CreleyThe adventures of a nuclear scientist cursed with the tendency to turning into a huge green brute under stress.
- CreatorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsGeorge O'HanlonJanet WaldoMel BlancThe misadventures of a futuristic family.
- StarsBradley BolkeGinny TylerBob HastingsThe New Casper Cartoon Show is an animated television series based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost.
- CreatorBob KaneStarsDal McKennonJohnny HolidayWhile best known as the creator of Batman, around 1960, Bob Kane created the animated series, Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse - as parody of Batman. This series explored the more campy aspects of the Batman TV series which followed several years later.
- StarsBud CollyerBob HastingsJackson BeckThe animated debut of Batman & Robin brings the Dynamic Duo to animated life in Filmation's cult classic take on The Dark Knight and The Boy Wonder, defending Gotham City from The Caped Crusader's Rogues Gallery, one crook at a time.