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The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV Series 1956–1961) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Series Directed by 

Bud Yorkin ... (54 episodes, 1956-1961)
Selwyn Touber ... (9 episodes, 1958-1961)
Bob Finkel ... (1 episode, 1958)

Series Writing Credits  

Howard Leeds ... (writer) (4 episodes, 1958-1960)
Howard Leeds ... (9 episodes, 1958-1961)
Howard Leeds ... (adaptation) (1 episode, 1959)
Howard Leeds ... (written by) (1 episode, 1960)
Norman Paul ... (writer) (3 episodes, 1958-1960)
Norman Paul ... (7 episodes, 1958-1961)
Norman Paul ... (adaptation) (1 episode, 1959)
Norman Paul ... (written by) (1 episode, 1960)
Danny Arnold ... (writer) (3 episodes, 1958-1959)
Danny Arnold ... (5 episodes, 1958-1960)
Danny Arnold ... (written by) (1 episode, 1960)
Norman Lear ... (writer) (3 episodes, 1957-1958)
Norman Lear ... (4 episodes, 1957-1958)
Roland Kibbee ... (writer) (2 episodes, 1957-1958)
Roland Kibbee ... (3 episodes, 1957-1958)
William Yagemann ... (writer) (2 episodes, 1957-1958)
Tom Adair ... (writer) (1 episode, 1956)
James B. Allardice ... (writer) (1 episode, 1956)
Bill Manhoff ... (writer) (1 episode, 1956)
Bill Waterman ... (1 episode, 1958)
W.S. Gilbert ... (based on libretto by) (1 episode, 1959)

Series Cast  

Tennessee Ernie Ford ...  Self - Host / ... 187 episodes, 1956-1961
The Top Twenty The Top Twenty ...  Themselves - Singers / ... 149 episodes, 1957-1961
The Voices of Walter Schumann The Voices of Walter Schumann ...  Themselves - Singers 36 episodes, 1956-1957
Cliff Arquette ...  Self - Actor / ... 9 episodes, 1958-1961
Ken Remo Ken Remo ...  Self - Singer / ... 8 episodes, 1956-1961
Dick Wessler Dick Wessler ...  Self - Singer / ... 7 episodes, 1956-1960
Molly Bee ...  Self - Singer 6 episodes, 1957-1960
Harry Geller Harry Geller ...  Themselves - Orchestra / ... 6 episodes, 1957-1961
Robert Horton ...  Self - Actor / ... 5 episodes, 1958-1961
Johnny Guarnieri Johnny Guarnieri ...  Self - Singer / ... 5 episodes, 1956-1961
Andy Devine ...  Self - Actor / ... 5 episodes, 1957-1961
Minnie Pearl ...  Self - Actress / ... 5 episodes, 1957-1961
George Gobel ...  Self - Actor / ... 5 episodes, 1957-1960
Jack Bailey ...  Self - Game Show Host / ... 5 episodes, 1957-1960
Karen Wessler Karen Wessler ...  Self - Singer / ... 4 episodes, 1958-1961
Tommy Sands ...  Self - Singer 4 episodes, 1957-1960
Howard Chitjean Howard Chitjean ...  Self - Singer / ... 4 episodes, 1957-1960
Charles Laughton ...  Self - Actor / ... 4 episodes, 1957-1961
Kate Smith ...  Self - Singer / ... 4 episodes, 1959-1960
Joe Flynn ...  Self - Actor / ... 4 episodes, 1960-1961
Don Kent Don Kent ...  Self - Singer 3 episodes, 1956-1958
Cesar Romero ...  Self - Actor 3 episodes, 1957-1959
Rosemary Clooney ...  Self - Singer 3 episodes, 1957-1959
Danny Arnold Danny Arnold ...  Self - Comedian / ... 3 episodes, 1957-1959
Henry Geller Orchestra Henry Geller Orchestra ...  Themselves - Orchestra 3 episodes, 1958-1960
Donna Cooke Donna Cooke ...  Josephine Corcoran / ... 2 episodes, 1959-1960
Joanne Burgin Joanne Burgin ...  Cousin Hebe / ... 2 episodes, 1959-1960
Roberta Sherwood ...  Self - Singer 2 episodes, 1958-1961
Roger Williams ...  Self - Pianist 2 episodes, 1959-1960
Shari Lewis ...  Lamb Chop / ... 2 episodes, 1960-1961
Deltra Kamsler Deltra Kamsler ...  Self - Singer / ... 2 episodes, 1959
Ted Wills Ted Wills ...  Self - Singer / ... 2 episodes, 1958-1959
Adolphe Menjou ...  Self - Actor 2 episodes, 1956-1959
Carol Channing ...  Self - Singer 2 episodes, 1956-1958
Lee Aaker ...  Self - Actor 2 episodes, 1956-1957
Rin Tin Tin II ...  Self - German Shepherd 2 episodes, 1956-1957
Reginald Gardiner ...  Self - Actor 2 episodes, 1956
Ronald Reagan ...  Self - Actor 2 episodes, 1957-1959
The Four Preps ...  Themselves - Singers / ... 2 episodes, 1957-1959
Jane Wyman ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1957-1958
Walter Brennan ...  Self - Actor 2 episodes, 1957-1958
Aldo Ray ...  Self - Actor / ... 2 episodes, 1957-1958
Gordon MacRae ...  Self - Actor / ... 2 episodes, 1958-1961
Keenan Wynn ...  Self - Actor 2 episodes, 1958-1960
William Bendix ...  Self - Actor / ... 2 episodes, 1958-1959
José Ferrer ...  Self - Actor 2 episodes, 1958
Margarethe Bertelson Margarethe Bertelson ...  Self - 1959 Rose Queen / ... 2 episodes, 1959-1960
Jay North ...  Self - Actor 2 episodes, 1959
Liberace ...  Self - Pianist 2 episodes, 1959
Gisele MacKenzie ...  Fiddler / ... 2 episodes, 1959
Tab Hunter ...  Self - Actor / ... 2 episodes, 1960-1961
Lamb Chop Lamb Chop ...  Self - Puppet 2 episodes, 1960-1961
Jimmie Rodgers ...  Self - Singer 2 episodes, 1960
Dale Robertson ...  Self - Actor / ... 1 episode, 1960
Odetta Odetta ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1960
Merle Travis ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1960
Chet Fisher Chet Fisher ...  Ralph Rackstraw 1 episode, 1960
Ilene Cummings Ilene Cummings ...  Micaela 1 episode, 1961
Susan Lovell Susan Lovell ...  Little Buttercup 1 episode, 1960
Kenneth Harp ...  Dick Deadeye 1 episode, 1960
Don Kent Don Kent ...  Bob Beckett 1 episode, 1960
Katherine Steele Katherine Steele ...  Sir Joseph's Sister 1 episode, 1960
Zsa Zsa Gabor ...  Self 1 episode, 1956
Greer Garson ...  Self - Actress 1 episode, 1956
Mickey Spillane ...  Self - Novelist 1 episode, 1956
Spring Byington ...  Self - Actress / ... 1 episode, 1956
Corinne Calvet ...  Self - Actress / ... 1 episode, 1956
Ken Murray ...  Self 1 episode, 1956
Spike Jones ...  Self 1 episode, 1956
Margaret Whiting ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1956
Barbara Whiting ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1956
Michael Romanoff ...  Self - Restaurateur 1 episode, 1956
The City Slickers The City Slickers ...  Themselves - Spike Jones's Band 1 episode, 1956
Vincent Price ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1957
Lee Marvin ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1957
Jackie Cooper ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1957
Laraine Day ...  Self - Actress 1 episode, 1957
Joseph Cotten ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1957
John Payne ...  Self - Actor / ... 1 episode, 1957
Hedda Hopper ...  Self - Columnist 1 episode, 1957
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1957
William Frawley ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1957
Pat O'Brien ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1957
Dennis O'Keefe ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1957
Wally Cox ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1957
Macdonald Carey ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1957
Preston Foster ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1957
Steve Allen ...  Self - Performer 1 episode, 1957
Marilyn Maxwell ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1957
Marie Wilson ...  Self - Actress / ... 1 episode, 1957
Nelson Eddy ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1957
Ben Alexander ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1957
Jack Barry ...  Self 1 episode, 1957
Jo Stafford Jo Stafford ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1957
Jeannie Carson Jeannie Carson ...  Self - Actress / ... 1 episode, 1957
Frank Baxter Frank Baxter ...  Self 1 episode, 1957
Sue Raney Sue Raney ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1957
Robert Wagner Chorale Robert Wagner Chorale ...  Themselves - Choir 1 episode, 1957
Brion Ford Brion Ford ...  Self - Ernie's Son 1 episode, 1957
Buck Ford Buck Ford ...  Self - Ernie's Son 1 episode, 1957
Vera Miles ...  Self - Actress 1 episode, 1958
Phyllis Kirk ...  Self - Actress 1 episode, 1958
Ann Blyth ...  Actress / ... 1 episode, 1958
Pat Carroll ...  Self - Actress 1 episode, 1958
Lew Ayres ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1958
Barry Sullivan ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1958
Ann B. Davis ...  Self - Actress 1 episode, 1958
Jon Provost ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1958
Cedric Hardwicke ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1958
Ernie Kovacs ...  Self - Comedian / ... 1 episode, 1958
Edward Everett Horton ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1958
Akim Tamiroff ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1958
Miyoshi Umeki ...  Self - Actress 1 episode, 1958
Jack Oakie ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1958
Lassie the Dog ...  Self - Collie 1 episode, 1958
Gertrude Berg ...  Self - Actress 1 episode, 1958
Teresa Brewer ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1958
Wendell Niles ...  Self - Announcer 1 episode, 1958
Dick Bernie Dick Bernie ...  Self - Sketch Actor 1 episode, 1958
Cliffie Stone Cliffie Stone ...  Self - Disk Jockey 1 episode, 1958
Joe Cappo Joe Cappo ...  Self - Sketch Actor 1 episode, 1958
The Harry Geller Orchestra The Harry Geller Orchestra ...  Themselves 1 episode, 1958
Maureen O'Hara ...  Self - Actress / ... 1 episode, 1959
Lloyd Bridges ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1959
Angela Cartwright ...  Self - Actress 1 episode, 1959
Elsa Lanchester ...  Self - Actress / ... 1 episode, 1959
Darren McGavin ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1959
Guy Williams ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1959
Danny Thomas ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1959
Howard McNear ...  Self - Actor / ... 1 episode, 1959
June Carter Cash ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1959
Lloyd Nolan ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1959
Craig Stevens ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1959
Allen Case ...  Self - Actor / ... 1 episode, 1959
Gordon Scott ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1959
Rusty Hamer ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1959
Tom Nolan ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1959
Edgar Bergen ...  Self - Ventriloquist 1 episode, 1959
André Previn ...  Self - Pianist 1 episode, 1959
Ethel Waters ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1959
Charlie McCarthy ...  Self - Ventriloquist's Dummy 1 episode, 1959
Sallie Brophy ...  Self - Actress 1 episode, 1959
Terry Gekler Terry Gekler ...  Dancer 1 episode, 1959
Cathie Taylor Cathie Taylor ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1959
Dorothy Gill Dorothy Gill ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1959
The Rose Queen's Court The Rose Queen's Court ...  Themselves - Singers 1 episode, 1959
Dean Martin ...  Self - Cameo Appearance 1 episode, 1960
Joan O'Brien ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1960
Johnny Cash ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1960
Eve Arden ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1960
John Forsythe ...  Self - Actor / ... 1 episode, 1960
Roger Smith ...  Self - Actor / ... 1 episode, 1960
Jaye P. Morgan ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1960
Dwayne Hickman ...  Self - Actor / ... 1 episode, 1960
Gary Crosby ...  Self - Actor / ... 1 episode, 1960
Jason Evers ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1960
Tony Bennett ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1960
Peter Palmer ...  Self - Actor / ... 1 episode, 1960
Frankie Vaughan ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1960
Lily Pons ...  Self - Coloratura Soprano 1 episode, 1960
Bobby Gibbons Bobby Gibbons ...  Self - Guitarist 1 episode, 1960
Robert White Robert White ...  Self - USAF Officer 1 episode, 1960
Joseph Walker Joseph Walker ...  Self - USAF Officer 1 episode, 1960
Homer & Jethro Homer & Jethro ...  Themselves - Singers 1 episode, 1960
John Raitt ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1961
Hoagy Carmichael ...  Self - Pianist / ... 1 episode, 1961
Brenda Lee ...  Self - Sketch Actress / ... 1 episode, 1961
Anita Bryant ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1961
Joanie Sommers ...  Self - Singer 1 episode, 1961
The Everly Brothers ...  Themselves - Singers 1 episode, 1961
Ralph Edwards ...  Self - Game Show Host 1 episode, 1961
Gary Player ...  Self - Golfer 1 episode, 1961
Bob Lauher Bob Lauher ...  Self - Actor 1 episode, 1961
Hank Jones ...  Self unknown episodes
Skip Farrell Skip Farrell ...  Singer and announcer unknown episodes
Doris Drew Doris Drew ...  Singer unknown episodes
Duke ...  Hound (uncredited) 24 episodes, 1961

Series Produced by 

Bud Yorkin ... producer (53 episodes, 1956-1961)
Cliffie Stone ... executive producer / producer (9 episodes, 1957-1960)
Jim Loakes ... associate producer (3 episodes, 1958-1961)
Selwyn Touber ... producer (2 episodes, 1958-1960)
Bob Finkel ... producer (1 episode, 1958)

Series Music by 

Harry Geller ... (3 episodes, 1957-1960)
Tom Adair ... (unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by 

Edward Stephenson ... (5 episodes, 1958-1961)

Series Costume Design by 

Ret Turner ... (4 episodes, 1958-1961)

Series Production Management 

Ronald C. Oxford ... unit manager (3 episodes, 1958-1961)
Larry Fielder ... unit manager (2 episodes, 1958-1960)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Thomas Foulkes ... associate director (5 episodes, 1956-1961)
Robert Gilmore ... associate director (2 episodes, 1958-1960)
Win Opie ... associate director (2 episodes, 1958-1960)
Rick Oxford ... associate director (1 episode, 1961)

Series Sound Department 

Art Brearley ... audio (3 episodes, 1958-1961)

Series Camera and Electrical Department 

John Freschi ... lighting technician / lighting (3 episodes, 1958-1961)
Ken Pascoe ... video operator (2 episodes, 1958-1960)
Chuck Smith ... senior video operator (2 episodes, 1958-1960)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Ret Turner ... costumer (1 episode, 1960)

Series Music Department 

Harry Geller ... musical director / music co-ordinator / music director (10 episodes, 1958-1961)
Arthur Sullivan ... composer: operetta (1 episode, 1959)

Series Additional Crew 

Ward Ellis ... choreographer (7 episodes, 1957-1961)
Roland Kibbee ... consultant (3 episodes, 1958-1961)
Jerien McClure ... production assistant (3 episodes, 1958-1961)
Joe Strauss ... technical director (3 episodes, 1958-1961)
Lou Onofrio ... technical director (2 episodes, 1958-1960)

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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