Screen Director's Playhouse poster

TV series · 1955

Screen Director's Playhouse

First aired 5 October 1955 Comedy / Drama TMDB ↗

Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.

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John Wayne
as Mike Cronin
48
Sal Mineo
as Charles Monet
16
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James Gleason
as Ed Shafer
73
Florenz Ames
as J.B. Vandemeer
72
Walter Baldwin
as Farmer Everett
66
Douglass Dumbrille
as Red Beecham
65
Zasu Pitts
as Selma
61
Wallace Ford
as Ed Rawlings
57
Jerome Cowan
as Lewis
57
Russell Custer
as Train Station Conductor (uncredited)
56
Robert Shayne
as Dave O'Bryan
55
Eddie Marr
as Alex
55
Norbert Schiller
as Old Man
55
Harry Harvey
as 2nd Senator (uncredited)
54
Ray Teal
as Farmer Clark
53
Leon Ames
as Col. T. Jennings Parker - Pop
53
Ward Bond
as Larry 'Buck' Goodhue
52
Jeanette MacDonald
as Martha
52
William Forrest
as Mr. Green
52
Bob Hope
as Bob Hope (uncredited)
52
Raymond Bailey
as Judge
51
Ralph Bellamy
as Dr. Martin Kelog
51
Jay Novello
as Lucius Morley
51
Jay Novello
as Shopkeeper
51
Chick Chandler
as Dr. Archie McCawlly / Narrator
50
Chick Chandler
as Eddie
50
Leo Genn
as Paul Bernard
50
Charles Lane
50
William Bendix
as Joe Redman
49
Roy Roberts
as Gen. Lafferty
49
Roy Roberts
as Judge
49
Willis Bouchey
as Mr. Cully
48
Sheldon Leonard
as George
48
Damian O'Flynn
as Farmer Novak
48
Barbara Morrison
as Mrs. Van Owen
48
Sol Gorss
as Brawling Sailor (uncredited)
47
Frank Sully
as Diner Patron
47
Phillip Reed
as Sir Hubert Cornwall
47
Dennis O'Keefe
as Reverend Charles Parker
47
Lew Ayres
as Dr. John Mohler
46
Walter Coy
as Father
46
Tristram Coffin
as General Cummings (uncredited)
46
Paul Bryar
as Bartender Clem
45
Jacqueline deWit
as Mercedes Fairfax
43
Russ Conway
as 1st Officer
42
Macdonald Carey
as Gil Foster
42
Harry Lauter
as Truck Driver
41
Veda Ann Borg
as Jo Hadley
40
Virginia Field
as Nurse Esther Delcotte
37
Evelyn Ankers
as Miss Loving
37
John Mitchum
as Sandhogger #4
36
Alan Young
35
Alan Hale Jr.
as Bowen
34
Rory Calhoun
as Joe Mahoney
33
Richard Deacon
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
33
Yvonne De Carlo
as Pearl Krauss
33
Leo Gordon
as Tom Martin
32
Linda Darnell
as Ellen Barber
31
Angela Lansbury
as Vera Wayne
29
Vera Miles
as Ruth Dahlberg
25
Pamela Duncan
as Velvet
23
Jana Lund
as Vocalist (uncredited)
22
Patrick Wayne
as Lyn Goodhue
16
Jerry Mathers
as Peter Jr., age 5
7
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