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Actor:

• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1940s
• 1930s

1. Outrage! (1986) (TV) (uncredited) .... Dennis Riordan
2. Finnegan Begin Again (1985) (TV) .... Mike Finnegan
3. The Last Starfighter (1984) .... Centauri
4. September Gun (1983) (TV) .... Ben Sunday
5. Rehearsal for Murder (1982) (TV) .... Alex Dennison
6. Victor Victoria (1982) .... Carole "Toddy" Todd
7. S.O.B. (1981) .... Dr. Irving Finegarten
8. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980) (TV) .... Stranger
9. "The Chisholms" .... Hadley Chisholm (5 episodes, 1980)
       - Death in the Sierras (1980) TV episode .... Hadley Chisholm
       - Vengeance (1980) TV episode .... Hadley Chisholm
       - Endless Desert (1980) TV episode .... Hadley Chisholm
       - Betrayal (1980) TV episode .... Hadley Chisholm
       - Seige (1980) TV episode .... Hadley Chisholm
   
   
10. "The Chisholms" (1979) TV mini-series .... Hadley Chisholm (1979-80)
11. Semi-Tough (1977) .... Big Ed Bookman
12. My Father's House (1975) (TV) .... Tom Lindholm Sr.
13. Happy Endings (1975) (TV) .... Harry
14. Mame (1974) .... Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
15. Child's Play (1972) .... Joseph Dobbs
16. Junior Bonner (1972) .... Ace Bonner
    
    
17. All the Way Home (1963) .... Jay Follett
18. Island of Love (1963) .... Steve Blair
    ... aka Not on Your Life (USA: alternative title)
19. How the West Was Won (1962) .... Roger Morgan
20. The Music Man (1962) .... Harold Hill
    ... aka Meredith Willson's The Music Man (USA: complete title)
21. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) .... Rubin Flood
22. "The DuPont Show of the Month" .... Clinton Jones (1 episode, 1960)
        - Years Ago (1960) TV episode .... Clinton Jones
    
    
23. The Bells of St. Mary's (1959) (TV) .... Father O'Malley
24. "Climax!" .... Cleve Gordon / ... (3 episodes, 1955-1957)
    ... aka Climax Mystery Theater (USA: alternative title)
        - Trail of Terror (1957) TV episode .... Lieutenant Hogue
        - The Midas Touch (1956) TV episode .... Cleve Gordon
        - The Box of Chocolates (1955) TV episode .... William Struthers
25. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka Kraft Mystery Theatre (USA: new title)
    ... aka Kraft Theatre (USA: new title)
        - Nothing Personal (1957) TV episode
26. "The Alcoa Hour" .... Doug Hallock / ... (3 episodes, 1955-1957)
        - The Animal Kingdom (1957) TV episode .... Tom Collier
        - Long After Summer (1956) TV episode .... Tom Waycroff
        - Undertow (1955) TV episode .... Doug Hallock
27. "Playhouse 90" .... Zachary Meredith (1 episode, 1956)
        - Made in Heaven (1956) TV episode .... Zachary Meredith
28. "Goodyear Television Playhouse" .... Jesse James / ... (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka Goodyear Playhouse (USA: new title)
        - Missouri Legend (1956) TV episode .... Thomas Howard / Jesse James
29. "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" .... Captain Bob Wainer (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka Fox Hour of Stars (USA: rerun title)
        - Child of the Regiment (1956) TV episode .... Captain Bob Wainer
30. The Last Frontier (1955) .... Col. Frank Marston
    ... aka Savage Wilderness (USA: TV title)
31. "Robert Montgomery Presents" (2 episodes, 1953-1955)
    ... aka Lucky Strike Theater
    ... aka Montgomery's Summer Stock
    ... aka The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater
        - Woman in the Window (1955) TV episode
        - Maggie, Pack Your Bags (1953) TV episode
32. "General Electric Theater" .... Jim Tweedy (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
        - It Gives Me Great Pleasure (1955) TV episode .... Jim Tweedy
33. "Lux Video Theatre" .... Dowey / ... (6 episodes, 1951-1955)
    ... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
        - It Grows on Trees (1955) TV episode
        - The Betrayer (1953) TV episode .... Tom
        - Happily, But Not Forever (1952) TV episode .... Isaac Eaton
        - Kelly (1952) TV episode .... Kelly
        - Cafe Ami (1951) TV episode .... Jed Kennedy
          (1 more)
34. "The Elgin Hour" .... Ben Wagner (1 episode, 1955)
        - Crime in the Streets (1955) TV episode .... Ben Wagner
35. "The United States Steel Hour" .... Dr. Abbott / ... (3 episodes, 1953-1955)
    ... aka The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
        - The Bogey Man (1955) TV episode .... Jack Roberts
        - The End of Paul Dane (1954) TV episode .... Dr. Abbott
        - Hope for a Harvest (1953) TV episode
36. "Campbell Playhouse" (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka Campbell Soundstage (USA: new title)
    ... aka Campbell Summer Soundstage (USA: new title)
        - Al Toolum and His Buddy Leo (1954) TV episode
37. "Danger" (1 episode, 1953)
        - The Boys on the Corner (1953) TV episode
38. "Medallion Theatre" (1 episode, 1953)
        - The Quiet Village (1953) TV episode
39. "ABC Album" (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka The Plymouth Playhouse (USA: new title)
        - Baby and Me (1953) TV episode
40. "Your Show of Shows" (2 episodes, 1951-1953)
    ... aka Sid Caesar's Show of Shows (UK: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 24 January 1953 (1953) TV episode
        - Episode dated 24 November 1951 (1951) TV episode
41. Face to Face (1952) .... Sheriff Jack Potter ('The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky')
42. "Curtain Call" (1 episode, 1952)
        - The Promise (1952) TV episode
43. "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1 episode, 1952)
        - The Jungle (1952) TV episode
44. "Man Against Crime" (1949) TV series .... Pat Barnett (unknown episodes, 1951)
    ... aka Follow That Man
45. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1 episode, 1951)
    ... aka Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
        - The Nymph and the Lamp (1951) TV episode
46. My Outlaw Brother (1951) .... Joe Walter
    ... aka My Brother, the Outlaw
47. Best of the Badmen (1951) .... Matthew Fowler
48. When I Grow Up (1951) .... Father Reed
49. Cloudburst (1951) .... John Graham
50. The Sundowners (1950) .... James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')
    ... aka Thunder in the Dust (UK)
    
    
51. The Lady Gambles (1949) .... David Boothe
52. Tulsa (1949) .... Brad Brady
53. Whispering Smith (1948) .... Murray Sinclair
54. Blood on the Moon (1948) .... Tate Riling
55. Big City (1948) .... Rev. Philip Y. Andrews
56. Wild Harvest (1947) .... Jim Davis
57. The Macomber Affair (1947) .... Francis Macomber
    ... aka The Great White Hunter (USA: reissue title)
58. Night Plane from Chungking (1943) .... Capt. Nick Stanton
59. Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) (uncredited) .... Finale
60. Wake Island (1942) .... Pvt. Joe Doyle
61. This Gun for Hire (1942) .... Det. Michael Crane
62. Reap the Wild Wind (1942) .... Dan Cutler
    ... aka Cecil B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind (USA: complete title)
63. Pacific Blackout (1941) .... Robert Draper
64. Night of January 16th (1941) .... Steve Van Ruyle
65. New York Town (1941) .... Paul Bryson, Jr.
66. Parachute Battalion (1941) .... Donald 'Don' Morse
67. The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) .... Steve Lewis
68. Moon Over Burma (1940) .... Chuck Lane
69. North West Mounted Police (1940) .... Ronnie Logan
    ... aka Northwest Mounted Police
70. Typhoon (1940) .... Johnny Potter
    ... aka The Big Haircut
    
    
71. Beau Geste (1939) .... Digby Geste
72. Union Pacific (1939) .... Dick Allen
73. Disbarred (1939) .... Bradley Kent
74. Illegal Traffic (1938) .... Charles Bent Martin
75. King of Alcatraz (1938) .... Robert MacArthur
    ... aka King of the Alcatraz (UK)
    

Soundtrack:

• 2000s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1930s

1. "Great Performances" (1 episode, 2003)
       - Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003) TV episode (performer: "Trouble")
   
   
2. Victor Victoria (1982) (performer: "Gay Paree", "You And Me", "Finale/Shady Dame From Seville (Reprise)")
   
   
3. Mame (1974) (performer: "Mame", "Loving You")
   
   
4. The 21st Annual Tony Awards (1967) (TV) (performer: "Nobody's Perfect")
5. The Music Man (1962) (performer: "Main Title", "Ya Got Trouble", "Ya Got Trouble/76 Trombones", "Sadder But Wiser Girl For Me", "Marian The Librarian", "Gary, Indiana", "Till There Was You", "Goodnight My Someone/76 Trombones")
   ... aka Meredith Willson's The Music Man (USA: complete title)
   
   
6. Union Pacific (1939) ("(Oh My Darling) Clementine" (1884))
   

Self:

• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1940s

1. The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984) (TV) .... Himself - Co-Host
2. Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984) .... Host
3. Circus of the Stars #8 (1983) (TV) .... Himself (ringmaster)
4. Bob Hope's Pink Panther Thanksgiving Gala (1982) (TV) .... Himself
5. The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
6. Night of 100 Stars (1982) (TV) .... Himself
7. The 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982) (TV) .... Himself (co-host)
8. "Looks Familiar" .... Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1981)
       - Episode dated 28 April 1981 (1981) TV episode .... Himself - Guest
   
   
9. The 31st Annual Tony Awards (1977) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter & Performer
10. The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974) (TV) .... Himself - Co-Host
11. The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971) (TV) .... Himself - Performer
    
    
12. The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
13. The 21st Annual Tony Awards (1967) (TV) .... Himself - Host
14. "What's My Line?" .... Guest Panelist / ... (5 episodes, 1957-1966)
        - Episode dated 13 March 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 12 January 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
        - Episode dated 3 March 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 22 December 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
        - Episode dated 17 March 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
15. "This Proud Land" (1965) TV mini-series .... Himself - Host
16. "The Bell Telephone Hour" .... Himself - Host / ... (4 episodes, 1960-1965)
    ... aka The Telephone Hour (USA: syndication title)
        - Great Moments (1965) TV episode .... Himself - Singer
        - Episode #6.1 (1963) TV episode .... Himself - Host
        - Encore! (1961) TV episode .... Himself - Singer
        - One Nation Indivisible (1960) TV episode .... Himself - Host
17. "Toast of the Town" .... Himself - Singer (1 episode, 1964)
    ... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #18.12 (1964) TV episode .... Himself - Singer
18. "Password" .... Himself (1 episode, 1964)
    ... aka Password All-Stars (USA: new title)
        - Carol Burnett vs. Robert Preston (1964) TV episode .... Himself
19. An Evening with Carol Burnett (1963) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka Carol and Company (UK)
    
    
20. "You Asked for It" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
        - Backstage Broadway (1959) TV episode .... Himself
21. "Playhouse 90" .... Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show (1 episode, 1956)
        - Eloise (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show
22. Sentinels in the Air (1956) (voice) .... Narrator
23. "The Martha Raye Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1955)
        - Episode dated 15 May 1955 (1955) TV episode .... Himself
24. "Anywhere, U.S.A." (1952) TV series .... Doctor
    
    
25. Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood (1948) .... Himself
26. Variety Girl (1947) .... Himself
27. Wings Up (1943)
    

Archive Footage:

1. Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009) (V) .... Himself
2. "Broadway: The American Musical"
       - Tradition: 1957-1979 (2004) TV episode .... Harold Hill (in 'The Music Man')
3. Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) (TV) .... Himself
4. "Great Performances"
       - Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003) TV episode
5. Cinerama Adventure (2002) (uncredited) .... Roger Morgan
6. "Biography"
       - Shirley Jones: Hollywood's Musical Mom (2000) TV episode .... Harold Hill
7. Carol Burnett: The Special Years (1994) (TV) .... Himself