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List Of Petticoat Junction Episodes
This is a complete list of all 222 episodes of the 1963 to 1970 television sitcom ''Petticoat Junction''. There were 74 episodes in black-and-white and 148 in color. Nielsen ratings/TV schedule During its first four years, ''Petticoat Junction'' was a major ratings success. However, with the departure of Kate following the third episode of season 6, the show's ratings declined continuously. Another reason was the show's new time-slot, which was Saturdays at 9:30 p.m., an extremely weak airing time. Episodes Season 1 (1963–64) All episodes in black-and-white Season 2 (1964–65) All episodes in black-and-white Season 3 (1965–66) All episodes from Season 3 onwards filmed in color Season 4 (1966–67) Season 5 (1967–68) Season 6 (1968–69) Season 7 (1969–70) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Petticoat Junction Episodes Episodes Episodes may refer to: * Episode An episode is a narrative unit within a larger dramatic work or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petticoat Junction
''Petticoat Junction'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 1963 to April 1970. The series takes place at the Shady Rest Hotel, which is run by Kate Bradley; her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo; and her uncle Joe Carson. The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters produced by Paul Henning. ''Petticoat Junction'' was created upon the success of Henning's previous rural/urban-themed sitcom ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' (1962–1971). The success of ''Petticoat Junction'' led to a spin-off, '' Green Acres'' (1965–1971). ''Petticoat Junction'' was produced by Filmways, Inc. Premise The show centers on the goings-on at the rural Shady Rest Hotel. Widowed Kate Bradley ( Bea Benaderet) is the proprietor. Her lazy but lovable Uncle Joe Carson (Edgar Buchanan) supposedly helps her in the day-to-day running of the hotel, while she serves as a mediator in the various minor crises that befall her three be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cisar (actor)
George Cisar (July 28, 1912 – June 13, 1979) was an American actor who performed in more than one hundred roles in two decades as a character actor in film and television, often in prominent Hollywood productions. He frequently played background parts such as policemen or bartenders. Career In 1949, Cisar co-starred with a young Mike Wallace in the short-lived police drama '' Stand By for Crime''. In 1957 he appeared on ''Highway Patrol'' as a car salesman. Among Cisar's more frequent roles was from 1960 to 1963 as Sgt. Theodore Mooney in thirty-one episodes of CBS's '' Dennis the Menace''. Series co-star Gale Gordon took the name "Theodore Mooney" and added the middle initial "J." for his character, Theodore J. Mooney, a tough-minded banker on Lucille Ball's second sitcom, ''The Lucy Show''. Cisar also appeared as the postman in a 1962 episode of '' Leave It To Beaver'' (S6E9 - “Beaver Joins A Record Club”). Cisar appeared in a 1965 episode of ''The Cara Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Leslie
Phil L. Leslie (March 11, 1909 in St. Louis, Missouri – September 23, 1988) was an American comedy writer. His first career, since he was good at math, was keeping books for a local bank in St. Louis, but he began pursuing a career in writing. In 1938, he and his wife, Helen, took their four children (Ann, Jane, Sue and Phil Jr.), by train, to Hollywood, California in the hopes of making it big. His comedy writing skills were soon recognized and he began writing with Don Quinn on the ''Fibber McGee and Molly'' radio program as co-writer. After Don left the show to pursue other interests, Leslie became the main writer.* Phil Leslie Leslie also was a writer for '' The Charlotte Greenwood Show'' on radio. He graduated from radio to television and wrote episodes of ''The Addams Family'', ''The Lucy Show'', '' Here's Lucy'', '' Dennis the Menace'', ''Dobie Gillis'', ''Mr. Ed'', ''The Brady Bunch ''The Brady Bunch'' is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Wills
Beverly Wills (June 7, 1933 – October 24, 1963) was an American television and film actress. Biography She was born in 1933 as Beverly Josephine Williams in Los Angeles to actress and comedian Joan Davis and actor and writer Si Wills. Wills made her film debut in ''George White's Scandals'' (1945) when she was age 11. ''Mickey'' (1948) followed three years later. In 1952, at age 18, Wills appeared with her mother and Jim Backus in the TV comedy ''I Married Joan ''I Married Joan'' is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. It starred actress Joan Davis as the manic, scatterbrained wife of a mild-mannered community judge (Jim Backus). Synopsis The show, whose syndicated ope ...'' (1952–1955). She played the younger sister of her real-life mother. After the series ended its run, Wills appeared in four more films, including '' Some Like It Hot'' (1959) and '' Son of Flubber'' (1963). Wills married three times before the age of 30. Her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hubbard (actor)
John Hubbard (April 14, 1914 – November 6, 1988) was an American television and film actor. Career MGM changed Hubbard's professional name to Anthony Allen and cast him in modest feature films and short subjects for one year. In 1939, Hal Roach signed John Hubbard (under his given name) as one of five promising young actors with "star" potential (the other four were Lon Chaney, Jr., Victor Mature, Carole Landis, and William Bendix). Roach saw something in Hubbard, whose handsome features lent themselves to romantic roles while his dialogue skills allowed him to play farce comedy. He was showcased in ''The Housekeeper's Daughter'' (1939) and '' Turnabout'' (1940), but when Roach abandoned full-length features for shorter featurettes, Hubbard found roles elsewhere. During World War II Hubbard was busily engaged as a "male lead for hire" at several studios, substituting for established male stars who had joined the armed forces. With no single studio guiding his career, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hoyt
John Hoyt (born John McArthur Hoysradt; October 5, 1905 – September 15, 1991) was an American actor. He began his acting career on Broadway, later appearing in numerous films and television series. He is perhaps best known for his film and TV roles in ''The Lawless'' (1950), ''When Worlds Collide'' (1951), ''Julius Caesar'' (1953), ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955), ''Spartacus'' (1960), ''Cleopatra'' (1963), ''Flesh Gordon'' (1974), and ''Gimme a Break!'' Early life Hoyt was born John McArthur Hoysradt in Bronxville, New York, the son of Warren J. Hoysradt, an investment banker, and his wife, Ethel Hoysradt, née Wolf. He attended the Hotchkiss School and Yale University, where he served on the editorial board of campus humor magazine ''The Yale Record''. He received a bachelor's and a master's degree from Yale. He worked as a history instructor at the Groton School for two years. Stage Hoyt made his Broadway debut in 1931 in William Bolitho's play ''Overture''. Some of his ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Leavitt
Norman Turner Leavitt (December 1, 1913 – December 11, 2005) was an American film and television actor. Life and career Leavitt was born in Lansing, Michigan. He began his stage career in 1935, appearing as a wedding guest in the Broadway play ''How Beautiful With Shoes''. Leavitt made his film debut in 1941. in 1946 he appeared in ''The Harvey Girls''. During the 1940s and 1950s he mainly appeared in films in uncredited and supporting roles. Films he appeared in during the 1950s and 1960s including '' It's a Dog's Life'', ''The Long, Long Trailer'', ''Stars and Stripes Forever'', ''Somebody Loves Me'', ''The Merry Widow'', ''Hannah Lee: An American Primitive'', ''O. Henry's Full House'', ''California Passage'', '' Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell'', ''Harvey'', ''The Killer That Stalked New York'', '' Wabash Avenue'', '' The Inspector General'', ''A Woman of Distinction'', '' Off Limits'', '' The Luck of the Irish'', ''Showdown at Boot Hill'', ''God Is My Partner'', ''Valerie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Hawkins
James F. Hawkins is an American former actor, producer and writer. He is best-known for his TV roles in shows like ''Annie Oakley'', ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'', '' Leave It to Beaver'', ''Petticoat Junction'', and ''The Donna Reed Show''; and as Tommy Bailey, son of George Bailey in the 1946 film ''It's a Wonderful Life''. Personal life Hawkins is the author of five books about the film ''It's A Wonderful Life'', served on The Jimmy Stewart Museum Advisory Board, and for 20 years served on the board of directors of the Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts. In celebration of the Frank Capra film, Hawkins and other cast members appear annually at the "It's A Wonderful Life Festival" in Seneca Falls, New York, the town thought to be the inspiration for the movie's setting of Bedford Falls. Filmography (selection) * ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946) as Tommy Bailey * ''The Ruggles'' (TV series, 1949-1952, 137 episodes) as Donald Ruggles * ''Annie Oakley'' (T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Bannon
John James Bannon (June 14, 1940 – October 25, 2017) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Art Donovan on ''Lou Grant'', a role he played for the duration of the series, from 1977 to 1982. Early life Bannon was born on June 14, 1940 in Los Angeles, California. His parents were actors Jim Bannon and Bea Benaderet. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1963. Career At age 24, Bannon began working as a dialog coach on ''Petticoat Junction,'' the sitcom on which his mother starred. In 1963, he appeared in the Season 1 episode "Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb" of the series as Bobbie Joe's date, Roger. In 1969, Bannon was seen again on ''Petticoat Junction'' (after his mother died in 1968) appearing as Buck in the episode "One of Our Chickens Is Missing". Bannon portrayed Buck Williams in the drama ''Trauma Center'' (1983). He also appeared in other television series of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, including ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Wesson (actor)
Richard Lewis Wesson (November 19, 1922 – April 25, 1996) was a prolific character actor, comedian, comedy writer, and producer. Biography Dick Wesson was born on November 19, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts. A comedian, impressionist and singer, Wesson appeared with his brother Gene in a comedy act appropriately called "The Wesson Brothers". They had some hit records such as "Oodles of Boodle" and "All Right Louie, Drop the Gun". Wesson married Wini Walsh and they had one child together, daughter Eileen Wesson (b. 1947). In 1949, Wesson became a television series regular with Jim Backus in ''Hollywood House''. Making his film debut in '' Destination Moon'' (1950), Wesson signed a contract as a supporting actor with Warner Bros., leaving that studio in 1953. His films for Warner's included ''Burning Arrow'', ''Calamity Jane'' (1953), and ''Desert Song''. Wesson played comedy relief in all his films, frequently as a World War II soldier in '' Breakthrough'' (1950) and ''Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Yarbrough
Jean Yarbrough (August 22, 1901 – August 2, 1975) was an American film director. Biography Jean Yarbrough was born in Marianna, Arkansas on August 22, 1901. He attended the University of the South located in Sewanee, Tennessee. In 1922, Yarbrough entered the film business working in silent pictures, first as a "prop man" and later rising through the ranks to become an assistant director. By 1936, he was a bona fide director, first doing comedy and musical shorts for RKO which was founded by Joseph P. Kennedy among others. His directorial debut for a feature-length film was ''Rebellious Daughters'' which was made by the low-budget studio, Progressive Pictures in 1938. His greatest success came in the 1940s and 1950s, when he directed comedy teams like Abbott and Costello (five films: ''Here Come the Co-Eds'', ''In Society'', ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', ''Lost in Alaska'', and ''The Naughty Nineties''), The Bowery Boys (five films: '' Angels in Disguise'', '' Master Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Calvin
Henry Calvin (born Wimberly Calvin Goodman; May 25, 1918 – October 6, 1975) was an American actor known for his role as the Spanish soldier Sergeant Demetrio Lopez Garcia on Walt Disney's live-action television series ''Zorro'' (1957–1959). Early life Born in Dallas, Texas, he sang in the choir of his local Baptist church as a child; he was often the featured soloist. Calvin attended Winnetka Grade School during his childhood. After graduating from Sunset High School in Dallas, Texas, he attended Southern Methodist University before pursuing a career as an actor and singer. Career Calvin hosted a 1950 NBC radio show and appeared on Broadway (most notably in '' Kismet'' as the Wazir of Police). In 1952, he portrayed Big Ben on the children's TV series ''Howdy Doody''. and made his film debut in ''Crime Against Joe'' as Red Waller four years later. His character in ''Zorro'', Sergeant Demetrio Lopez Garcia, was a comedic foil for Zorro and his secret identity, Don Diego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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