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TV series · 1957

Alcoa Theatre

First aired 30 September 1957 Drama TMDB ↗

Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16, 1960. The program also aired under the title Turn of Fate, with the stories depicting the difficulties faced by individuals who are suddenly thrust into unexpected and perilous dangers. Alcoa Theatre was syndicated together with Goodyear Theatre as Award Theatre. In 1955, The Alcoa Hour premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes, retitled Alcoa Theatre, and moved to Monday evening in 1957. The show employed an alternating rotating company of actors: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon and Charles Boyer. Each appeared in dramatic and light comedic roles through the first season.

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Paul E. Burns
as Papa Saintene
76
Paul E. Burns
as Proprietor
76
Frank Mills
as Miner (uncredited)
66
Marjorie Bennett
as Mrs. Hoskins
61
Byron Foulger
as Elkins
59
George Eldredge
as Mailman
59
Frank Ferguson
as Milbanks
57
Walter Slezak
as Finch
55
Lillian Bronson
as Granny
54
John Eldredge
as Jud Cowan
53
John Eldredge
as Dr. Leopold
53
Nestor Paiva
as Aubert
52
Steven Geray
as Station Master
52
Willis Bouchey
as Marshal
50
Arthur O'Connell
49
Walter Coy
as Confederate General
48
Robert Ryan
as Mike Ripetti
47
Whit Bissell
as Chris Wallis
47
Paul Bryar
as Corporal
47
David Niven
as Mark Garron
47
David Niven
as Paul Evans
47
David Niven
as Robert Medhill
47
David Niven
as Paul Martel
47
David Niven
as Jeff Carleton
47
Jack Carson
46
Douglas Fowley
as Pop
46
Richard Reeves
as Pal Jensen
45
Russ Conway
as Pete Bannion
44
Harold J. Stone
as Lt. Oran Nelson
44
Harold J. Stone
as Tony Busso
44
Gerald Mohr
as Jason Nichols
43
Gary Merrill
as Dick Bowen
42
Edward Binns
as Major Robert Fielding
41
Joe Mantell
as Dick Crane
41
James Nolan
as O'Brien
41
James Nolan
as Roger Donovan
41
Jesse White
as John Burke
40
Ross Elliott
as Gordon
40
Lawrence Dobkin
as Lieutenant Lacy
38
John Cliff
as Driver
38
DeForest Kelley
as Marshal
37
Alan Hale Jr.
as Sven Svenson
36
Douglas Dick
as Gordon Kennedy
36
John Stephenson
as Major Lennart
34
Jeremy Slate
as Sam Spears
31
Henry Silva
as Tom Longman
31
Richard Jaeckel
as Spenser
30
Stuart Whitman
as Captain Sam McCurdy
29
George Maharis
as Johnny Cesare
29
Dick York
as Corporal James Sloan
29
Richard Long
as Allan Bishop
29
Jane Powell
as Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
28
Jane Powell
as Harriet Kennedy
28
Jane Powell
as Kathy Dorn
28
Barbara Lawrence
as Ruth Evans
27
Angie Dickinson
as Ruth Garron
26
David Janssen
as Mike Harper
26
Joanna Barnes
as Eve Freemont
22
Lana Wood
as Pat
11
Susan Gordon
8
Charles Herbert
8
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