''Stage 13'' is a 30-minute American anthology television series produced and directed and hosted by

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. Ten episodes aired on

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in early 1950. Featured actors included

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. Actor

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played one of the first vampires on TV, in an episode of ''Stage 13''.

External links

''Stage 13'' List of episodes at CVTA
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''Stage 13'' Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed., page 1008, #8766

''Stage 13'' Broadcasting & Telecasting, Vol. 38, No. 25, June 19, 1950. Washington DC. Page 15.
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