kwebtv
Those Were the Days
Return with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear when the Lone Ranger rode the western plains and TV was young and full of variety, comedy, drama and adventure. Follow the history of TV programs as they evolved over the years.
13085 posts
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
Last Seen Blogs
Text
Siân Phillips as Clementine Churchill and Robert Hardy as Winston Churchill in "Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years"
Edward Woodward as Sir Samuel Hoare, Peter Vaughan as Sir Thomas Inskip, Robert Hardy as Winston Churchill, Eric Porter as Neville Chamberlain and Peter Barkworth as Stanley Baldwin in "Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years"
#Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years#TV#Edward Woodward#Peter Vaughan#Robert Hardy#ERic Porter#Eric Barkworth#Sian Phillips
1 note
·
View note
Text
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years - ITV - September 6, 1981 - October 25, 1981
Drama (8 Episodes)
Running Time: 60 minutes
Stars:
Robert Hardy as Winston Churchill
Siân Phillips as Clementine Churchill
Nigel Havers as Randolph Churchill
Tim Pigott-Smith as Brendan Bracken
David Swift as Professor Lindemann
Sherrie Hewson as Mrs. Pearman
Moray Watson as Major Desmond Morton
Paul Freeman as Ralph Wigram
Frank Middlemass as Lord Derby
Sam Wanamaker as Bernard Baruch
Peter Barkworth as Stanley Baldwin
Eric Porter as Neville Chamberlain
Edward Woodward as Sir Samuel Hoare
Peter Vaughan as Sir Thomas Inskip
Robert James as Ramsay MacDonald
Tony Mathews as Anthony Eden
Ian Collier as Harold Macmillan
Marcella Markham as Nancy Astor
Walter Gotell as Lord Swinton
Richard Murdoch as Lord Halifax
Clive Swift as Sir Horace Wilson
Phil Brown as Lord Beaverbrook
Diane Fletcher as Ava Wigram
Geoffrey Toone as Sir Louis Kershaw
Norman Jones as Clement Attlee
Geoffrey Chater as Lord Hailsham
Stratford Johns as Lord Rothermere
Norman Bird as Sir Maurice Hankey
Roger Bizley as Ernst Hanfstaengl
James Cossins as Lord Lothian
Guy Deghy as King George V
Stephen Elliott as William Randolph Hearst
Günter Meisner as Adolf Hitler
Frederick Jaeger as Joachim von Ribbentrop
David Langton as Lord Londonderry
Preston Lockwood as Austen Chamberlain
David Markham as the Duke of Marlborough
Richard Marner as Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin
Llewellyn Rees as Lord Salisbury
Terence Rigby as Thomas Barlow
Margaret Courtenay as Maxine Elliott
Merrie Lynn Ross as Marion Davies
Nigel Stock as Admiral Domvile
#Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years#TV#ITV#Drama#1981#1980's#Robert Hardy#Sian Phillips#Nigel Havers#Peter Barkworth#Eric Porter#Sam Wannamaker#Edward Woodward
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
From the Golden Age of Television
Series Premiere
Meet the Governor - NBC - October 5, 1955
A presentation of "Screen Directors Playhouse" Season 1 Episode 1
Comedy / Drama
Running Time: 30 minutes
Directed by Leo McCarey
Stars:
Herb Shriner as Clem Waters
Barbara Hale as Jane Waters
Rita Lynn as Mrs. Lamkin
Bobby Clark as Sonny Waters
Paul Harvey as Gov. John Dirks
Arthur Q. Bryan as Mr. Hurley
Hayden Rorke as Lawyer
Claud Allister as Cyril - the Butler
William Forrest as Mr. Green
Oliver Cliff as Decorator
Bill Baldwin as Newsman
John Breen as Courtroom Spectator
James Flavin as Governor Dirks Aide
John Hamilton as Mr. Campo
#Meet the Governor#TV#Screen Directors Playhouse#Comedy#Drama#1955#1950's#NBC#Herb Shriner#Barbara Hale
3 notes
·
View notes
Text
From the Golden Age of Television
Series Premiere
Verdict From Space - ABC - August 3, 1951
A presentation of "Tales of Tomorrow" Season 1 Episode 1
Sclence Fiction Drama
Running Time: 30 mnutes
Stars:
Lon McCallister as Gordon Kent
Martin Brandt as Professor Adrian Sykes
William Lally as Prosecutor
Bernard Lenrow as Judge
Watson White as Defense Attorney
#Verdict From Space#TV#Tales of Tomorrow#Series Premiere#1951#1950's#ABC#Sciene Fiction#Drama#Lon McCallister
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
From the Golden Age of Television
Series Premiere
The Phil Silvers Show - New Recruits - CBS - September 20, 1955
Previously known as You'll Never Get Rich
Sitcom
Running Time: 30 minutes
Written by Nat Hiken
Produced by Nat Hiken
Directed by Al Decaprio
Stars:
Phil Silvers as M/Sgt Ernest G. Bilko
Harvey Lembeck as Corporal Rocco Barbella
Paul Ford as Colonel John T. Hall
Allan Melvin as Corporal Steve Henshaw
Maurice Gosfield as Private Duane Doberman
Herbie Faye as Corporal Sam Fender
Billy Sands as Pvt. Dino Paparelli
Mickey Freeman Pvt. Fielding Zimmerman
Tiger Andrews as Pvt. Gander
Jack Healy Pvt. Mullen
Karl Lukas as Pvt. Stash Kadowski
Maurice Brenner as Pvt. Irving Fleischman
Terry Carter as Pvt. Sugarman
Harry Clark as camp cook Sgt. Stanley Sowici
Ned Glass as quartermaster Sgt. Andy Pendleton,
John Gibson as Chaplain (John)
Jimmy Little as Sgt. Francis Grover
Michael Dreyfuss as Pvt. Higgins
#New Recruits#TV#The Phil Silvers Show#CBS#Sitcom#1955#1950's#Phil Silvers#Harvey Lembeck#Alan Melvin#Paul Ford#Maurice Gosfield#Series Premiere
1 note
·
View note
Text
From the Golden Age of Television
Series Premiere
Sheena - Queen of the Jungle - Crash in the Jungle - Syndication - September 1, 1955
Action Adventure
Running Time: 30 minutes
Written by Warren Wilson
Produced by Edward Nassour
Directed by Carl K. Hittleman
Stars:
Irish McCalla as Sheena
Christian Drake as Bob Rayburn
Rebeca Iturbide as Claire Graham
Claudio Brook as Andy Howard (as Charles Brooks)
Heny Inigo as Doctor Nelson
John Langley as Duvall
Manuel Vegas as Frenchie
#Crash in the Jungle#TV#Sheena: Queen of the Jungle#Action Adventure#1950's#1955#Syndicated#Irish McCalla#Christian Drake#Rebeca Iturbide#Charles Brooks#Series Premiere
1 note
·
View note
Text
From the Golden Age of Television
Sego Lilies - Syndicated - April 28, 1953
A presentation of "Death Valley Days" Season 1 Episode 16
Western
Running Time: 30 minutes
Hosted by Stanley Andrews as The Old Ranger
Stars:
Robert Hutton as David Cannon
Sally Mansfield as Wihelmina Cannon
Ella Ethridge as Sister Sarah Whipple
John Dierkes as Erastus
Hank Patterson as Nephi
John Halloran as Mormon reporting accident
Charles Hayes as Mormon reporting accident
Art Dillard as Settler
Rudy Germane as Settler
Ray Jones as Settler
Jimmy Noel as Settler
George Sowards as Settler
#Sego Lilies#TV#Death Valley Days#Western#1950's#1953#Syndicated#The Old Ranger#Robert Hutton#Sally Mansfield#Ella Ethridge
1 note
·
View note
Text
From the Golden Age of Television
Grandpa Changes the World - CBS - July 22, 1956
A presentation of "Telephone Time" Season 1 Episode 16
Drama
Running Time: 30 minutes
Written and Hosted by John Nesbitt
Produced by Jerry Stagg
Directed by Lewis Allen
Stars:
Thomas Mitchell as Grandpa (Andrew Hamilton)
Reginald Denny as Governor William Cosby
Peter Hansen as William Smith, Sr.
John Eldredge as James Alexander
Anthony Eustrel as Chief Justice James DeLancey
Terence De Marney as District Attorney
Barney Phillips as John Peter Zenger
Patricia Blair as Mary Hamilton (credited as Patricia Blake)
Leonard Carey as Associate Justice
George Pelling as Baliff
#Grandpa Changes the World#TV#Telephone Time#Drama#1950's#NBC#1956#Thomas Mitchell#Reginald Denny#Peter Hansen#John Eldredge#Barney Phillips
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
Lewis Rae as Roger, Shaun Curry as Bosun, Craig Charles as Captain Butler, Roger Griffiths as Cliff and Sanjeev Bhaskar as Adeel in "Captain Butler"
1 note
·
View note
Text
Captain Butler - Channel 4 - February 3 - 7, 1997
Sitcom (6 Episodes)
Running Time: 30 minutes
Stars:
Craig Charles as Captain Butler
Roger Griffiths as Cliff
Shaun Curry as Bosun
Lewis Rae as Roger
Sanjeev Bhaskar as Adeel
#Captain Butler#TV#Channel 4#Sitcom#1997#1990's#Craig Charles#Roger Griffiths#Shaun Curry#Lewis Rae#Sanjeev Bhaskar
1 note
·
View note
Text
Frances Barber as Princess Catherine Radziwill and Martin Shaw as Cecil John Rhodes in "Rhodes"
6 notes
·
View notes
Text
Rhodes - BBC One - September 15, 1996 - December 3, 1996
Period Drama (8 Episodes)
Running Time: 60 minutes
Stars:
Martin Shaw as Cecil John Rhodes
Joe Shaw as Young Cecil Rhodes
Ken Stott as Barney Barnato
Frances Barber as Princess Catherine Radziwill
Neil Pearson as Leander Starr Jameson
Oliver Cotton as Joseph Chamberlain
Ron Smerczak as Edward Arthur Maund
Frantz Dobrowsky as Alfred Beit
Paul Slabolepzi as Frederick Selous
Philip Godawa as John X. Merriman
Owen Dell as Robert Coryndon
Nicky Rebelo as Solomon Joel
Margaret Heale as Queen Victoria
Rex Garner as Henry Loch
Ken Stott as Barney Barnato
Washington Xisolo as Lobengula
Carel Trichardt as Paul Kruger
Ian Roberts as Johannes Wilhelm Colenbrander
#Rhodes#TV#BBC One#Period Drama#1990's#1996#Martin Shaw#Frances Barber#Ken Stott#Tim Dutton#Joe Shaw
6 notes
·
View notes
Photo
Character Actor
Tom Fadden (January 6, 1895 – April 14, 1980) was an American actor. He performed on the legitimate stage, vaudeville, in films and on television during his long career.
Fadden was an early arrival on television. One of his first TV roles was that of Eben Kent, the earthman who adopts Kal-El on the inaugural episode of The Adventures of Superman. He appeared in other television shows during the decade, including recurring roles on Broken Arrow (1956–58) and Cimarron City (1958–59). Although he appeared in few films in the 1960s, he worked regularly on television during the decade, including Gunsmoke (in 1961 as “Enoch” in “A Man and A Day”, and a recurring role on Petticoat Junction. (Wikipedia)
His television credits include:
General Electric Theater
The Twentieth Century-Fox Hour
Four Star Playhouse
Hey, Jeannie!
State Trooper
Studio 57
Cavalcade of America
Schlitz Playhouse
Jayne Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre
Code 3
Fury
Casey Jones
The Thin Man
The Californians
Trackdown
Lux Playhouse
Peter Gunn
Lawman
Maverick
Cheyenne
The Texan
Sugarfoot
Rawhide
Bourbon Street Beat
77 Sunset Strip
Riverboat
Westinghouse Playhouse
The Untouchables
Bronco
Mr. Ed
Laramie
87th Precinct
Death Valley Days
The Tall Man
Temple Houston
Perry Mason
The Legend of Jesse James
Green Acres
The Big Valley
Laredo
The Virginian
Run For Your Life
Bonanza
Daniel Boone
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Lancer
The Outcasts
3 notes
·
View notes
Photo
TV Guide - April 18 - 24, 1964
Dean Jagger (November 7, 1903 – February 5, 1991) Film, stage, and television actor who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Henry King's Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
In the 1960s, Jagger increasingly worked on television appearing in The Twilight Zone ("Static"), Sunday Showcase, Our American Heritage, General Electric Theater, Dr. Kildare, The Christophers, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Jagger achieved success with the television series Mr. Novak (1963–1965), receiving Emmy Award nominations for his role in 1964 and 1965, as well as the California Teachers Association's Communications Award, along with star James Franciscus, in 1963 for his portrayal of high-school principal Albert Vane.
Jagger's appearances in the 1960s included episodes of The F.B.I. and The Fugitive, as well as the TV filmm The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970), with Ford, and an episode of The Name of the Game.
He had a semiregular role on the series Matt Lincoln (1970) as the father of the title character, and parts in Vanishing Point (1971), Bonanza, and Incident in San Francisco (1971).
In 1971, Jagger appeared on The Partridge Family. He played a prospector named Charlie in the Christmas episode "Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa".
In his later career Jagger was in The Glass House (1972), Columbo, Kung Fu (Jagger appeared as Caine's grandfather, who wants little to do with him, but starts Caine on his series-long search for his half-brother Danny), Alias Smith and Jones, Medical Center, The Stranger (1973), The Delphi Bureau, The Lie (1973), Shaft, I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973), Love Story, The Hanged Man (1974), The Great Lester Boggs (1974), The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), Harry O, Hunter, The Waltons ahd Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
He won a Daytime Emmy award for a guest appearance in the religious series This Is the Life.
His last role was as Dr. David Domedion in the St. Elsewhere season-three finale "Cheers" in 1985. (Wikipedia)
James Grover Franciscus (January 31, 1934 – July 8, 1991) Film and television actor, known for his roles in feature films and in six television series: Mr. Novak, The Naked City, The Investigators, Longstreet, Doc Elliot, and Hunter.
His first major role was as Detective Jim Halloran in the half-hour version of ABC's Naked City. Franciscus guest starred on the CBS military comedy–drama Hennesey, starring Jackie Cooper, and on the NBC drama about family conflicts in the American Civil War entitled The Americans. CBS soon cast him in the lead in the 13-week series The Investigators, which aired from October 5 to December 28, 1961. He played the insurance investigator Russ Andrews, with James Philbrook as a co-star. Franciscus was also cast in the role of Tom Grover in the 1961 episode "The Empty Heart" of the CBS anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson. He performed in many feature films and television programs throughout the 1960s and 1970s, preceded by a minor role in an episode of The Twilight Zone titled "Judgment Night" in 1959, and a major role in episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "Forty Detectives Later" in 1960, and "Summer Shade" in 1961. (Wikipedia)
4 notes
·
View notes
Text
From the Golden Age of Television
Around the Horn to Matrimony - ABC - May 23, 1955
A presentation of "TV Reader's Digest" Season 1 Episode 19
Drama
Running Time: 30 minutes
Stars:
Robert Hutton as Asa Mercer
Donna Martell as Emma Scofield
Jan Shepard as Louella
Dee J. Thompson as Hope
Juney Ellis as Rachel
Nancy Kulp as Ruth
Dan Seymour as Captain
Harry W. Harvey, Sr. as Ben Holladay
Dennis King Jr as Editor
Robert Clarke as Rev. Dr. Scofield
Edmund Cobb as Cop
Leonard P Geer as Seattle Man
Earle Hodgins as Deputy Marshall
A precursor of "Here Come the Brides" starring Robert Brown, , David Soul, Bobby Sherman, Bridget Hanley, Mark Lenard, Joan Blondell, Henry Beckman and Susan Tolsky.
#Around the Horn to Matrimony#TV#TV Reader's Digest#Drama#1955#1950's#ABC#Robert Horton#Donna Martell#Nancy Kulp
3 notes
·
View notes
Text
From the Golden Age of Television
Too Good With a Gun - CBS - March 24, 1957
A presentation of "General Electric Theater" Season 5 Episode 27
Western Drama
Running Time: 30 minutes
Hosted by Ronald Reagan
Stars:
Robert Cummings as Russ Baker
Rachel Ames as Edie Duncan (Billed as Judith Ames)
Michael Landon as Claude Duncan
Frank Ferguson as Mack Duncan
Dayton Lummis as Arnold Hoffman
Edith Evanson as Ma Duncan
Jack Lambert as Slick Everett
Ed Hinton as Big Nick
#Too Good With a Gun#TV#General Electric Theater#Western#Drama#1957#Ronald Reagan#Robert Cummings#CBS
3 notes
·
View notes
Text
Andy Favreau as Matthew Cook, Josie Totah as Michael Prashant Patel, Anders Holm as Vince Cook and Mindy Kaling as Priya Patel in "Champions"
0 notes