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Billy Hughes (actor)
Billy Hughes (November 28, 1948 – December 20, 2005) (Billy Eugene Hughes, Jr.) was an American actor best known for various television and film roles he played during the 1960s. His Hollywood lineage included both his father (Bill Hughes) and uncle (Whitey Hughes), who were both stuntmen and film producers. While in Alma, Arkansas, in 2005, he apparently died in his sleep. Television Roles Between 1960 and 1964 Hughes appeared in over a dozen television programs, beginning with '' Robert Taylor's Detectives'', where he played the role of Bobby Marx in the episode "The Little Witness". Other TV work included ''The Shirley Temple Show'', '' Leave It to Beaver'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''The Twilight Zone'', ''Dr. Kildare'', ''Wagon Train'', and '' Lassie''. Hughes appeared in three different episodes of ''Gunsmoke'' between 1961 and '62, playing the roles of Joey Glover (in "Millie"), Timmy (in "Us Haggens"), which introduced Ken Curtis in the role of Festus, and Tommy. From 1961 to ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ...
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The Wide Country
''Wide Country'' was an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 20, 1962 to April 25, 1963. Synopsis The series stars Earl Holliman and Andrew Prine as brothers, Mitch and Andy Guthrie, respectively, who are traveling rodeo competitors. In the recurring story line, older, wiser brother Mitch, a champion bronco rider, discourages Andy from following in Mitch's footsteps. The pilot for the series entitled "Second Chance" was aired on March 13, 1962, on the anthology series ''Alcoa Premiere'' on ABC. ''Wide Country'' is similar to the ABC series '' Stoney Burke'', starring Jack Lord as a rodeo performer, which aired thirty-two episodes during the same season. ''Wide Country'' faced tough competition from ABC's ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' and ''The Donna Reed Show'' and CBS's ''Mr. Ed'' and the first half of the legal drama, ''Perry Mason''. The series was cancelled after one season. Episode list Guest stars * Claude Akins * Eddie Alber ...
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List Of Dennis The Menace (1959 TV Series) Episodes
This is a list of episodes from the 1959–1963 United States television series '' Dennis the Menace''. The series is based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st ... of the same name. The series ran for four seasons for a total of 146 episodes from to . All of the episodes in this show are black-and-white. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1959–60) Season 2 (1960–61) Strangely, most episodes in this season replace the 1960 Screen Gems logo with the 1955 Screen Gems logo, with the exception of Episode 4 of this season, which is the only Season 2 episode to use the 1960 Screen Gems logo. The next 2 seasons replace the 1955 Screen Gems logo with the 1960 Screen Gems logo. Instead of 32 episodes in the season again, this season ha ...
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Dennis The Menace (1959 TV Series)
''Dennis the Menace'' is an American sitcom based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip '' Dennis the Menace''. It preceded ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' on Sunday evenings on CBS from October 1959 to July 1963. The series stars Jay North as Dennis Mitchell; Herbert Anderson as his father, Henry; Gloria Henry as his mother, Alice; Joseph Kearns as George Wilson; Gale Gordon as George's brother, John Wilson; Sylvia Field as George's wife, Martha Wilson; and Sara Seegar as John's wife, Eloise Wilson. Originally sponsored by Kellogg's cereals and Best Foods (Skippy peanut butter), the series was produced by Dariell Productions and Screen Gems.''The New York Times Encyclopedia of Television'' by Les Brown (Times Books, a division of Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company, Inc., 1977), , p. 116-117 Plot The show follows the Mitchell family – Henry, Alice, and their only child, Dennis, an energetic, trouble-prone, mischievous, but well-meaning boy, who often tangles first with his peace ...
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General Electric Theater
''General Electric Theater'' was an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations. Radio After an audition show on January 18, 1953, titled ''The Token'', with Dana Andrews, the radio series, a summer replacement for ''The Bing Crosby Program'', debuted on CBS on July 9, 1953, with Ronald Colman in an episode based on ''Random Harvest''. With such guest stars as Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Jane Wyman, William Holden, Alan Young, Dorothy McGuire, John Hodiak, Ann Blyth, James Mason, Joan Fontaine, and Judy Garland, the series continued until October 1, 1953. Jaime del Valle produced and directed the show. Ken Carpenter was the host and announcer. Wilbur Hatch supplied the music. Also known as ''G.E. Stereo Theater'', the program "was the first network radio series to be broadcast on FM in stereo."Terrace, Vincent (1999). ''Radio Progra ...
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The New Breed (TV Series)
''The New Breed'' is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from October 3, 1961, to June 5, 1962, with thirty-six episodes. The series was a QM Production in association with Selmur Productions, Inc. Synopsis The series stars Leslie Nielsen as the serious Lieutenant Price Adams who worked on "The Hot Shot Detail" of the LAPD's Metro Squad and former Major League Baseball player John Beradino as Sergeant Vince Cavelli. The script for the first episode, "No Fat Cops," was written by Hank Searls, credited as the creator of the series. Searls also wrote an original novel based on the series under the pseudonym "Lee Costigan." ''The New Breed'' was the first independent production of Quinn Martin under his newly established company, QM Productions. Prior to starting his own production company, Martin had produced ''The Untouchables'' for Desilu Productions, and Nielsen was cast for the role of Adams because of a guest appearance he had made on that program in the episode ...
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List Of The Rifleman Episodes
''The Rifleman'' is an American Western television series that starred Chuck Connors as homesteader Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. The series was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory and was filmed in black-and-white with a half hour running time. ''The Rifleman'' aired on ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ... from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. There were 168 episodes in the series. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1958–59) Season 2 (1959–60) Season 3 (1960–61) Season 4 (1961–62) Season 5 (1962–63) References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rifleman episodes Lists of American Western (genre) television series episodes ...
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List Of Gunsmoke Television Episodes
'' Gunsmoke'' is an American Western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history. The first episode aired in the United States on September 10, 1955, and the final episode aired on March 31, 1975. All episodes were broadcast in the U.S. by CBS. In the United Kingdom, ''Gunsmoke'' was originally broadcast under the title ''Gun Law''. ''Gunsmoke'' was originally a half-hour program filmed in black-and-white. The series expanded to an hour in length with season seven and began filming in color in season 12. During its run, 635 episodes were broadcast, of which 233 were 30 minutes and 402 were 60 minutes in length. Of the hour-long episodes, 176 were in black-and-white and 226 were in color. During season two, ''Gunsmoke'' became one of the 10 most popular programs on American television and moved to number one in the third season. I ...
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List Of Wagon Train Episodes
''Wagon Train'' is an American Western television series that was produced by Revue Studios. The series was inspired by the 1950 John Ford film ''Wagon Master''. It ran for eight seasons, with the first episode airing in the United States on and the final episode on . Its first five seasons were broadcast on the NBC network and the remaining three on ABC. Originally an hour-long program filmed in black and white, ''Wagon Train'' expanded to 90-minute color episodes in its seventh season, but returned to hour-long black and white for its eighth year. During its run, 284 episodes were broadcast, of which 252 were an hour in length and 32 were 90 minutes. ''Wagon Train'' was an immensely popular program during its original run. In the autumn of 1959, two years after its inception, it ranked as one of seven Westerns in the Nielsen top 10 in the United States. In the 1961–62 season, it surpassed ''Gunsmoke'' in popularity and ranked as the most popular program on American televi ...
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87th Precinct (TV Series)
''87th Precinct'' is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, Ron Harper, Gregory Walcott and Norman Fell, which aired on NBC on Monday evenings during the 1961–1962 television season. Synopsis The characters appeared in a series of novels and short stories written by Ed McBain. Lansing portrayed Detective Steve Carella, who worked in Manhattan's 87th precinct. The ''87th Precinct'' TV series differs from the books in that the series is explicitly set in New York. As well, the character of Roger Havilland in the books is violent, corrupt, and thoroughly disliked by the other members of the squad; for the TV series, he was transformed into an honest and respected veteran officer. ''87th Precinct'' premiered on September 25, 1961 and ended on September 10, 1962. Cast *Robert Lansing as Det. Steve Carella *Norman Fell as Det. Meyer Meyer *Gregory Walcott as Det. Roger Havilland *Ron Harper as Det. Bert Kling Episodes Home media Timeless Media G ...
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Shirley Temple's Storybook
''Shirley Temple's Storybook'' is a 1958-1961 American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations of fairy tales like Mother Goose and other family-oriented stories performed by well-known actors, although one episode, an adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel ''The House of the Seven Gables'', was meant for older youngsters. The first season of sixteen black-and-white and colored episodes aired on NBC between January 12, 1958 and December 21, 1958 as ''Shirley Temple's Storybook''. Thirteen episodes of the first season re-ran on ABC beginning on January 12, 1959. The second season of twenty-five color episodes aired on NBC as ''The Shirley Temple Show'' between September 18, 1960 and July 16, 1961 in much the same format. Episode list Season 1 *C ^ Episode was telecast in color. *L ^ Live episode. Season 2 Book collections Random House published three fairy tale collections under Temple's name based o ...
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