''Philip Marlowe'' is a 1959–1960 half-hour
ABC
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crime series, featuring
Philip Carey
Philip Carey (born Eugene Joseph Carey, July 15, 1925February 6, 2009) was an American actor.
Early life and education
On July 15, 1925, Carey was born in Hackensack, New Jersey.[Marlowe Marlowe may refer to:
Name
* Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), English dramatist, poet and translator
* Philip Marlowe, fictional hardboiled detective created by author Raymond Chandler
* Marlowe (name), including list of people and characters w ...]
,
the fictional detective created by
Raymond Chandler
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive durin ...
.
NBC-TV financed the original pilot for a Marlowe series starring Carey, but it sold the program and Carey to ABC, which revamped it.
The show debuted on October 6, 1959, with the episode: "The Ugly Duckling" with
Virginia Gregg
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and
Rhys Williams.
The program's lack of success was attributed to its similarity to other contemporary detective series.
Sponsors were Brown & Williamson and American Home Products.
[ The series had 26 episodes.][
]
Cast
* Philip Carey
Philip Carey (born Eugene Joseph Carey, July 15, 1925February 6, 2009) was an American actor.
Early life and education
On July 15, 1925, Carey was born in Hackensack, New Jersey.[William Schallert
William Joseph Schallert (July 6, 1922 – May 8, 2016) was an American character actor who appeared in dozens of television shows and films over a career spanning more than 60 years. He is known for his roles on ''Richard Diamond, Private ...]
as Lt. Manny Harris
* Ed Kemmer
Ed Kemmer (October 29, 1921 – November 9, 2004) was an American motion picture and television actor.
Life
Kemmer was born in Reading, Pennsylvania as Edward William Kemmerer, and served as a fighter pilot in World War II. He was shot down ove ...
as Ralph Craig
References
*''A Reader's Guide to Raymond Chandler'' by Toby Widdicombe.
External links
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1950s American crime television series
1960s American crime television series
1959 American television series debuts
1960 American television series endings
American Broadcasting Company original programming
American detective television series
Television series by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions
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