Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Perry Wolff
- Job Types
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. Four Days in November (1964)
Not Rated | 122 min | Documentary, Biography, History
From more than eight million feet of newsreels, amateur footage, tape-recordings and more, David L. Wolper presents a priceless detailed account of the time and events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: Richard Basehart, John Brewer, Raymond Buck, Earle Cabell
Votes: 656
2. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
3. A Tour of the White House (1962 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
Mrs. Kennedy provided a masterful, authoritative, knowledgeable tour of the various historical artifiacts furnishing 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, "the people's house", its interior design and ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Charles Collingwood, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy
Votes: 104
4.
Of Black America (1968)
Episode:
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed
(1968)
51 min | Documentary
Bill Cosby examines the problematic way blacks are represented in American history and films and the effects it has on black children's self-perception..
Stars: Bill Cosby, John Churchville, Charles J. Correll, Freeman F. Gosden
Votes: 90
5. Camera Three (1955–1980)
30 min | Drama
A weekly examination of the arts and literature, on Sunday mornings when there was more likely to be an audience interested in such matters and there was less competition for ratings.
Stars: James Macandrew, Faubion Bowers, Margaret Croyden, Alfredo Antonini
Votes: 63
6. CBS Reports (1959– )
60 min | Documentary, News
A pioneering TV news program that tackled social and political issues through investigative journalism and in-depth reporting.
Stars: Eric Sevareid, Harry Reasoner, Howard K. Smith, Walter Cronkite
Votes: 44
7. Air Power (1956–1958)
30 min | Documentary, War
Produced shortly after the fiftieth anniversary of powered flight, this documentary series, hosted by veteran news anchor Walter Cronkite, traced the development of flight from the Wright ... See full summary »
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Michael Redgrave, Art Carney, James Doolittle
Votes: 41
8. Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War (1999 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
Historical documentary on the Spanish-American war, the events surrounding it, and the people involved. Highlights events in Cuba and the Philippines.
Director: Daniel A. Miller | Stars: Emilio Aguinaldo, Gilberto Arribas, Paul Austin, Robert L. Beisner
Votes: 41
9. An Essay on Matisse (1996)
57 min | Documentary
Chronicles the life and art of Henri Matisse (1869-1954), the French painter whose innovative style and use of color changed the face of 20th-century art.
Director: Perry Wolff | Stars: Perry Wolff, Connor Smith
Votes: 33
10. The Selling of the Pentagon (1971 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
The aim of this film, produced by Peter Davis, was to examine the increasing utilization and cost to the taxpayers of public relations activities by the military-industrial complex in order to shape public opinion in favor of the military.
Director: Peter Davis | Stars: Roger Mudd, Robert Stack, John Wayne, Jack Webb
Votes: 26
11. The Smashing of the Reich (1961)
84 min | Documentary, War
An unpublished documentary film proposed in restored version. 100 million meters of film viewing, film libraries inventoried 11 countries and 3 years of work were needed to bring these ... See full summary »
Director: Perry Wolff | Stars: Charles de Gaulle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 17
12. Kamikaze (1960)
85 min | Documentary
The mass suicide of a nation - from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima. The war lords of Japan plot plunder in Asia, their tentacles grasping and choking a continent into death convulsions.
Director: Perry Wolff | Stars: Duncan Elliott, Gunnar Hansen, Masahiro Kawano, Carl Ottosen
Votes: 15
13. Of Black America (1968)
Documentary
A seven-part series about Black America.
Stars: Bill Cosby, Charles Kuralt, George Foster, Hal Walker
14. The American Parade (1984– )
60 min
A look at the people and events that demonstrated "the vitality of the American spirit". This program reported stories on some of the lesser-known, but nonetheless uplifting happenings from... See full summary »
Stars: Muhammad Ali, Bill Kurtis, Charles Kuralt, Dan Rather
15. Television in America: An Autobiography (2002– )
57 min | Documentary
Stars: Steven H. Scheuer, Morton Silverstein, Erik Barnouw, Heywood Hale Broun
17. The Moon Above, the Earth Below (1989 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
Some of the events on earth occurring during the Apollo 11 Mission: A young girl with a high fever suffers a seizure at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Injured soldiers return ... See full summary »
Stars: Charles Kuralt, Dan Rather, Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins
18. Rediscovering George Washington (2002 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Michael Pack | Stars: Richard Brookhiser, John Emmert, Timothy Flynn, Rick Foucheux
19. Juilliard & Beyond: A Life in Music (1982 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
CBS News' Charles Kuralt follows some Juilliard students and examines the musical competition that are a part of its training.
Director: Shareen Brysac | Star: Charles Kuralt
20. The Savage Heart: A Conversation with Eric Hoffer (1969 TV Movie)
Documentary
CBS News's Eric Sevareid interviews retired longshoreman, philosopher, and writer Eric Hoffer.
Stars: Eric Sevareid, Eric Hoffer
21. Four Days in November: The Assassination of President Kennedy (1988 TV Special)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, News
Director: Eric Shapiro
22. The American Revolution 1770-1783: The Last Ring of America (1973 TV Movie)
Director: Perry Wolff | Stars: Eric Sevareid, Peter Ustinov
23. The Rise and Fall of Impressionism (2000 TV Movie)
Documentary
Producer and writer Peter Wolff talks of Impressionism as an art movement that captured a place in time, a portrait of life as seen through the eyes of some of the world's most renowned ... See full summary »
Stars: Perry Wolff, Michael Daly, Louis Meredith, Connor Smith
24. The Law and Lee Harvey Oswald (1963 TV Special)
60 min | News
A CBS-TV produced discussion by a panel with regards to President Kennedy's alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, and the law.
Director: Tom Donovan | Stars: Dan Rather, Leon Douglas, Percy Foreman, Paulo Freund
25. When Television Was Young (1977 TV Movie)
Documentary
A history of television, hosted by Charles Kuralt.
Stars: Arthur Godfrey, John F. Kennedy, Charles Kuralt, Fulton J. Sheen
26. Adventure (1953– )
60 min | Adventure
Initially, the three CBS reporters would discuss various topics with scientists. Later shows featured one topic.
Stars: Charles Collingwood, Hubert Wilkins, Russell F.W. Smith, Howard K. Smith
27. The White House Tour: Executive Producer's View - Perry Wolff (2004 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: Perry Wolff, Walter Cronkite, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy
28. Michelangelo, Restored (1997)
55 min | Documentary
Director: Perry Wolff | Stars: Garry Goodrow, Jeanne Naughton, Thomas West
29.
Air Power (1956–1958)
Episode:
The Early Days
(1956)
Documentary, War
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Walter Cronkite, Hermann Göring, Eddie Rickenbacker
30.
Omnibus (1952–1961)
Episode:
The Turn of the Screw
(1955)
Drama, History, Music
A governess, sent to a country house to look after two young children, becomes convinced that they are being menaced by an evil spirit.
Directors: Andrew McCullough, Seymour Robbie | Stars: Alistair Cooke, Judith Coy, Robert Goodier, Carmen Gutierrez
32.
Air Power (1956–1958)
Episode:
Counterblast
(1956)
Documentary, War
The air raid on Hamberg, Germany in July, 1943.
Star: Walter Cronkite
33.
The American Parade (1984– )
Episode:
Episode dated 27 March 1984
(1984)
60 min
Director: Joseph Carolei | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Art Buchwald, Charles Kuralt, Bill Kurtis
34.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
The Gift of Life
(1985)
60 min | Documentary, News
Directors: Holly Fine, Paul R. Fine | Star: Bill Kurtis
35.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
One River, One Country - The U.S./Mexico Border
(1986)
60 min | Documentary, News
Star: Bill Moyers
36.
Adventure (1953– )
Episode:
Arctic Exploration ; Indo-European Languages
(1954)
30 min | Adventure
Director: Perry Wolff | Stars: Charles Collingwood, Hubert Wilkins, Russell F.W. Smith
37.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
The Wall Within
(1988)
60 min | Documentary, News
The Vietnam war ended long ago. But for many of Veterans of that Southeast Asian tragedy, it still lives in their memories, vets who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a syndrome that causes nightmares and suicides for many,
Directors: Holly Fine, Paul R. Fine | Star: Dan Rather
38.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
The Great American Novel
(1968)
60 min | Documentary, News
Stars: Richard Boone, Pat Hingle, Eric Sevareid
39.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
The Tenement
(1967)
60 min | Documentary, News
One in CBS Reports (1959) of irregularly scheduled in-depth reports. This program focuses on the lives of nine families living in a dilapidated tenement on Chicago's south side in 1966. It ... See full summary »
Stars: Jay McMullen, Hughes Rudd
40.
Adventure (1953– )
Episode:
Episode dated 26 September 1954
(1954)
Adventure
Director: Tom Donovan
41.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
A Tale of Two Irelands
(1975)
Documentary, News
A Tale of Two Irelands" offers no solutions, noting that the "land has a history and its people a capacity for vengeance and violence that outsiders cannot comprehend." It does, however, ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Stringer | Stars: John Laurence, David O'Connell, Sammy McCracken, Ian Paisley
42.
Camera Three (1955–1980)
Episode:
Notes on the Making of a Political Documentary: Part 1
(1972)
Drama
Director: John Musilli | Stars: James Macandrew, Marcel Ophüls, Perry Wolff
43.
Camera Three (1955–1980)
Episode:
Notes on the Making of a Political Documentary
(1972)
Drama
Director: John Musilli | Stars: James Macandrew, Marcel Ophüls, Perry Wolff
44.
Adventure (1953– )
Episode:
Episode dated 30 August 1953
(1953)
Adventure
Director: Allen Reisner
45.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
You and the Commercial
(1973)
60 min | Documentary, News
Director: Irv Drasnin | Stars: Alvin Achenbaum, Peter Allport, Irv Drasnin, Archibald McG. Foster
46.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
The American Dream
(1971)
60 min | Documentary, News
A study of a Birmimgham, Michigan family and "their quest for fulfillment of the American dream".
Star: Charles Kuralt
47.
Of Black America (1968)
Episode:
The Heritage of Slavery
(1968)
Documentary
Stars: George Foster, Lerone Bennett, Henry Butler, Fannie Lou Hamer
48.
Of Black America (1968)
Episode:
Portrait in Black and White
(1968)
Documentary
Statistics, reports and discussions regarding what white America thinks of black America. Racial discrimination, prejudices and historical misconceptions.
Stars: Charles Kuralt, Hal Walker, Ralph Abernathy, Albert Cleage
49.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
An Essay on the Mafia
(1972)
60 min | Documentary, News
An investigative report on the Mafia and its functions.
Director: Howard Stringer | Stars: Luigi Barzini Jr., Nicholas Pileggi, Joseph L. Alioto, Claire Giannini Hoffman
50.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
Shanghai
(1974)
60 min | Documentary, News
Drasnin spent two months in Shanghai filming its teeming life and interviewing its workers and leaders.
Director: Irv Drasnin | Star: Irv Drasnin