Climax! (1954)
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Climax! (1954)
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Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Cast & Crew.
William Lundigan
Self - Host
Martin Manulis
Producer
Elliott Lewis
Producer
Art Gilmore
Announcer
Mary Costa
Self
Michael Rennie
Lieutenant Barton
Harry Townes
Arthur Cook
Cedric Hardwicke
Clifton Lattimer
Byron Foulger
Frank Steel
Everett Sloane
Captain Henry Wirtz
Peter Lorre
Benny Kellerman
Morris Ankrum
Dr. Conrad
John Frankenheimer
Director
Allen Reisner
Director
Buzz Kulik
Director
William H. Brown Jr.
Director
Don Medford
Director
Jack Smight
Director
David Swift
Director
Ida Lupino
Director
Fielder Cook
Director
Bernard Girard
Director
Tony Barr
Director
Robert Stevens
Director
DeWitt Bodeen
Writer
Walter Newman
Writer
E. Jack Neuman
Writer
Rod Serling
Writer
Antony Ellis
Teleplay
David Dortort
Writer
Gore Vidal
Writer
Malvin Wald
Writer
Raymond Chandler
Writer
Ian Fleming
Novel
Charles Larson
Writer
Charles Bennett
Writer
Oliver Crawford
Writer
Wanda Hendrix
Maggie
Jack Lord
Charlie Mullaney
George Dolenz
Cortino
Jim Backus
Detective Herman
Nancy Kelly
Irene Marshall
Don Ameche
Sam Waterman
William Schallert
David
Brian Aherne
David
Verna Felton
Nurse
Lew Ayres
Bob Kilgore
Michael Wilding
Lieutenant MacKenzie Barton (uncredited)
Bethel Leslie
Jessica Colby
Jonathan Harris
Fritz Weiser
Milburn Stone
Mr. Dale
Ann Todd
Jane Palmer
Inger Stevens
Marge
Richard Arlen
Nevers
Barbara Nichols
Dale Benson
Corinne Calvet
Anna
Jill Corey
Linda Wallis
Linda Darnell
Helen Randall
Benay Venuta
Mrs. Stagg
Darren McGavin
Walter
Una Merkel
Maud
Mercedes McCambridge
Eliza
Coleen Gray
Amanda Shepard
Wally Brown
Tommy Haley
Richard Eyer
Muldoon
Dick Powell
Philip Marlowe
John Alvin
Sir Roscoe Crosby
Lynn Bari
Mrs. Combie
Richard Jaeckel
Hordan
Natalie Schafer
Lucrece Durhurst
Louis Jourdan
Pierre Mendes-France
Walter Catlett
The Dauphin
Pat Crowley
Sue Martin
Evelyn Keyes
Drusilla Cayley
Nancy Reagan
Carol Peterson
Gerald Mohr
Quinn
Jack Warden
Lt. Ravenna
Robert Newton
Keith Dorrant
Jean Hagen
Eleanor Gehrig
Gale Gordon
Dr. Raymond Forrest
Henry Hull
Abel Kirsch
Robert Young
Lieutenant Commander Knowles
Jean Porter
Joan
Tab Hunter
Jimmy Piersall
Akim Tamiroff
Albert Ganz
Reginald Denny
Ronnie Pond
Marie Windsor
Vivian Cummings
Jeff Morrow
Dr. Alvin C. Graves
Judith Anderson
Rachel
Frank Lovejoy
Ben Dana
Ward Bond
Sheriff Ab Kale
Arthur Treacher
Bishop Thornley
Bobby Driscoll
Gary
Sal Mineo
Miguel
Dan O'Herlihy
Ian Hamilton
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Father James Cannon
John Hoyt
Poole
Kathryn Card
Mrs. Craig
Theodore Bikel
Martin Humphries
Irene Papas
Maxanne York
Carolyn Jones
Helen
Peter Whitney
Peter Chubo
Susan Oliver
Pat Farley
Steve McQueen
Henry Reeves / Anthony Reeves
Robert Armstrong
Barney Farrell
Keye Luke
Chen
Betty Field
Callie Bellason
Marisa Pavan
Ginny Cabot
Jerry Colonna
Stan
Gene Raymond
Grady Lederer
Regis Toomey
Fred Warren
Marian Seldes
Betty
Walter Abel
Stewart
Patricia Cutts
Sharon Barton
Darryl Hickman
Joe Skinner
Shaike Ophir
Spider
Art Carney
Donald Lam
Eddie Bracken
Ira
Eli Wallach
Albert Anastasia
Reginald Owen
Doctor
Natalie Trundy
Sally Moore
Sebastian Cabot
Captain Wilkins
Oskar Homolka
Christy Christakos
Jacques Bergerac
Guy Pirard
John Litel
Judge Sam Crowley
Gene Reynolds
Hank
Barbara Britton
Duana Clarke
Paul Henreid
Capt. Sebastian Von Reis
Peggy Ann Garner
Nora Wallen
Elliott Reid
Scotty Henderson
Rhys Williams
Lieutenant Jamison
J. Carrol Naish
Mr. Combie
Frieda Inescort
Martha Hale
Charles Drake
Mickey Wayne
Margaret Field
M'liss
Barbara Ruick
Judith Kale
Jeff Donnell
Kay Matheson
Ethel Barrymore
Mme. Rosalie La Grange
Sean McClory
Mark Yorke
Katy Jurado
Margo Nieto
Joan Bennett
Honora
Marshall Thompson
(segment 'Child of the Wind')
Lloyd Nolan
Jack London
Louis Hayward
Randy Townsend
Brad Dexter
Harvey Bozer
John Craven
The Reporter
Claire Trevor
Phyllis Talbot
Walter Matthau
Charlie Mapes
Elaine Stritch
Kristie Crane
Don Dubbins
Chris Barker
Albert Salmi
Lt. Nichols
Peter Lawford
Tom Welles
Dennis Weaver
Steve Maclyn
Gene Lockhart
Henry Anderson
James Best
Shag
Ed Begley
Harry Rathvon
Isobel Elsom
Lady Grey
Julie Adams
Coleen
Nehemiah Persoff
Lieutenant Cal Nourse
Martha Hyer
Vi Johnson
Patricia Collinge
Mrs. Rampage
Tina Louise
Maxene Sumner
Helmut Dantine
Daniel
Mildred Dunnock
Aunt Ida
Laraine Day
Ellen Parker
Dina Merrill
Iris Farrar
Nita Talbot
Esther Gardener
Jane Darwell
B. Cool / Mrs. Koestler
Bonita Granville
Laura Jordan / Molly
Dean Stockwell
Les Marshall
Gig Young
Edgar Holt
Hoagy Carmichael
Jazzman
Robert Sterling
Husband
Osa Massen
Sister Veronica
John Ireland
Greg
Edmond O'Brien
Joel Flint / Leo Waldek
George Nader
Harry Parker
Robert Ellenstein
Dr. Bernstein
James Gleason
Reverend Mr. McCarkle
Elisha Cook Jr.
Pop
Amzie Strickland
Jane
Dorothy McGuire
Miranda / Janet Spence
Robert Middleton
Sheriff
Joanne Dru
Marcia / Nancy
James MacArthur
Hal Ditmar
Edward G. Robinson
Josef Vadassy
Henry Jones
Dr. Barney O'Keefe
Tom Laughlin
Paisan
Jean Del Val
Croupier
Virginia Grey
Edna
Farley Granger
John Haywood
Kenneth Tobey
Captain Coppedge
John Agar
Larry Dorrant
Albert Dekker
Brewster
Sylvia Sidney
Louella Wheedron
James Daly
George Norren
Janis Paige
Barbara
Tom Drake
Terry Lennox / Alan
Vic Morrow
Ted
Leo Fuchs
Moe
Dick York
Gordon Bates
Tris Coffin
The Body
Ann Harding
Mrs. Roach / Lady Bertha Wetherby
Debra Paget
Maria / Natalie
Miriam Hopkins
Amanda Hale
Forrest Tucker
Chips Murphy
Scott McKay
Tim Hampden
Steve Brodie
Bert Hendricks
Dean Harens
Michael
Wendell Corey
Lieutenant Erich Ganz / Lou Gehrig
Teresa Wright
Eilene Wade / Lorna Baylor / Louella Parsons
Fernando Lamas
Jose Aragon
George Tobias
Sergeant Levy
Boris Karloff
Dr. Philip Nestri / Vicar Tellworth
Hugh Marlowe
Jim Dekker
Steve Cochran
Jack Rice / Ralph Leslie
Leora Dana
Rose Skinner
Brian Donlevy
Sam Marvin
Hume Cronyn
Reverend Mr. Muldoon
Barbara Hale
Mamie Eunson
Richard Kiley
Charley Kincaid
Agnes Moorehead
(segment 'Child of the Wind') / Irene
Paul Stewart
Dave Hennessey / Paul Crichton
Joanne Woodward
Kathryn Winter
Rosemary DeCamp
Eleanor Farrington
John Cassavetes
Malcolm McCloud / Abel Winter
Rory Calhoun
Midge Kelly
Cathy O'Donnell
Mona Herbert
Barbara Morrison
The Dowager
Thomas Gomez
Senor Torres, Commandante of Police
Richard Carlson
Col. Dobie / Cass Terhgune
John Drew Barrymore
Herm Farley / Matt
Edward Arnold
Jock Fathian / Lieutenant Shipley
Lilia Skala
Madame Muller
Blanche Yurka
Margaret
John Qualen
Geist
Yma Sumac
Maria Santez
John Conte
Dr. Duillermo Brown
Eva Gabor
Josette / Elissa Carlton
Jack Carson
Art Shaddick / Eugene Skinner
Ernest Truex
Uncle William
Ruth Roman
Suzan Wayne
John Lupton
Eddie / The Mojave Kid
Richard Long
Max Harriss
Lori Nelson
Mary
Gigi Perreau
Laurette Bradshaw
Lorne Greene
Dr. Charles Saunders
Thomas Mitchell
Old Man Finn
Walter Cronkite
Self - Narrator (voice)
Red Skelton
Rusty Morgan
Brandon De Wilde
Robbie Eunson / Tip Malone
Peter Hansen
Lawyer
Jessie Royce Landis
Olivia Chesney
Torin Thatcher
John Philippson / Fred Beresford
Ray Danton
Eric Bartholomew / Co-Pilot
James Flavin
Hogan
Jeanette Nolan
Mrs. Barker
Marsha Hunt
Julie Brennan / Ann Williams
Neville Brand
Killer
Ralph Meeker
Alex Hill / 'Griff' Griffith
Anna Navarro
Teresa
Brian Keith
Sam Pryce
Herbert Anderson
Devlin
Don Keefer
Dr. Whittaker
Bradford Dillman
Greg Fletcher
Anne Bancroft
Audrey / Elena Vallejo
William Shatner
Ben Tate
Joi Lansing
Lucy
Maureen O'Sullivan
Lady Dominey / Miriam
Paul Douglas
Lieutenant Todd Thoman / Dr. Merle Gardner
Patricia Medina
Liz Burdock / Laura
Pat O’Brien
Police Lieutenant / Police Lieutenant Moore / Ed Talbot
Bob Sweeney
Gil Rodin / Johnny Gregg
Otto Kruger
Walter Farrington / Judge Mitchell
Barbara Baxley
Catherine Jones
Dennis O'Keefe
Howard Davenport / Inspector Marney / Evans / Fred Long
Lamont Johnson
Lionel Trent
Beverly Garland
Jean / Shirley Connors / Daisy
Geraldine Brooks
Emma Herich
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Miriam Lambert
John Kerr
Poggi / Matt Sloane / Danny Barron/Steve Barron
Claudette Colbert
Dr. Jane Everest / Sister Cecilia
Gene Nelson
Jess Shepard
Macdonald Carey
Tom Ditmar / John Benson / Harry Belgard / Allen Moore
Phyllis Kirk
Barbara Phillips / Amy Connor / Mrs. Evans
Jesse White
Philly
Sterling Holloway
Tobias
John Larch
Cab Driver
Noah Beery Jr.
The Sheriff / Rev. Hall
Peggy Maley
Grace Knight
Susan Kohner
(segment 'Child of the Wind')
Ethel Waters
Aunt Kate
Harry Bellaver
Craig / Inspector Matthews
Vanessa Brown
Vera / Marie Bannerman / Marian
Jeffrey Hunter
Phil Aubry / Wesley Jerome Penn
Jimmy Cross
Frankie Frannis
Booth Colman
Bruno McKee
Horace McMahon
Detective
Howard Duff
Dr. John C. Clark
Dale Robertson
Nicky Jordan
Katherine Warren
Matron
Elizabeth Montgomery
Betsy
Dan Duryea
Dr. Dennis Sullivan
Eduard Franz
Dr. James Lifford / Dr. Skinner
Marguerite Chapman
Wife / Mrs. Carter / Myra Saunders / Kitty
Ralph Bellamy
Phillip Hardecker, Sr. / Hap Kennelly / Damon Runyon
Irene Hervey
Nancy Blount
Stephen Wootton
Jimmie Eunson
Warner Anderson
David Allen / Fleet
Ricardo Montalban
Pete McLean / Joe Bermudes
Ray Collins
Jerome Harris
Janet Blair
Joan Hale
Eddie Albert
Barney Kanda / Gabe Douglas / David Adams
Ralph Sanford
The Warden
Raymond Burr
Lieutenant Shea / Sergeant Ben Gurnick / Philip Moran
Edward Binns
Lieutenant Lewis
Lloyd Bridges
Mark Gillis / Paul Bellamy / Jason Burrage / Joe Donner / Jay Brackett
Cloris Leachman
Anne Colt / Mrs. Sullivan
Dick Ryan
Detective Ryan
Buddy Baer
Moe
Ann Rutherford
Mary Townsend / Edith Enders / Bette Sullivan
Estelle Winwood
Mrs. Oliver / Mrs. Humphries
Dick Foran
Robert Maxwell / Luke Bradshaw
Rusty Lane
Luther Reeves
Terry Moore
Rosa / Chris / Julie
James Gregory
Joe McCarthy / Dr. Froelich
Barry Sullivan
Dr. Donald Carter / Dr. Edwards
John Emery
Abel Dennis
John Carradine
John Evan / The Duke / Colonel Archer
Conrad Nagel
Mr. Diamond
Raymond Massey
Doc Woodward / Sir George Sidney
Rex Ingram
Petraca
Charles Korvin
General Steck / Dr. Andre Demerre
Henry Silva
Slayer / Marc
June Lockhart
Jean Patterson / Irene Mitchell
John Williams
Sir Keith Nottingham / Harold Johnson
Barry Nelson
Jimmy Bond
Whit Bissell
Mr. Grubbs / Whitfield Cook
Michael Pate
Clarence Leiter
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Princess Stephanie / Mme. Florizel
Linda Christian
Valerie Mathis
Jay C. Flippen
Ed Bagley / Happy / Joe / Detective
Eugene Borden
Chef de Parte
Kurt Katch
Zoltan
Karen Steele
Gloria / Lee Rogers
Gene Roth
Basil
William Talman
Gene / Joe MacKenzie / Dr. Harry Martin / Stan
Sue George
Ann
Buddy Ebsen
Ben / Gaffney
Johnny Desmond
Johnny Spain / Mike Owens
James Dunn
Eldon Abernathy / Warren
Phyllis Thaxter
Joan Long / Helen Ditmar / Olive / Mary
Beulah Bondi
Countess / Aunt Caroline / Mrs. Jordan
Margaret Hayes
Eileen Shelton / Sylvia
Gloria Talbott
Carol / Susan Anders
Doris Dowling
Maria / Alicia
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Edna / Angele Corton / Kate
Addison Richards
Papa
Betsy Palmer
Connie Rankin Hill / Elizabeth / Fran Coates
Warren Stevens
Phil / Dr. Alec McGregor / Henry Oliver
Viveca Lindfors
Soledad Barojo / Lisa Muller / Solange Tanbeau
Royal Dano
Sergeant / Doctor
Victor Jory
Sam Bellows / John Coulter / Robert
Wallace Ford
Dr. Karl Wexdig / Sheriff / Bunco Kelly / Samuel Cramer
Charlton Heston
Lt. Paul Peterson / Chipman
Nina Foch
Caroline Emmet / Emily Rone
Leif Erickson
Richard Carmichael / Doug Randell / Richard Moore / Robert Eunson
Diana Lynn
Julie Morton / Hilde Fraser / Catherine Barkley / Ruth Barrows
Harry Carey, Jr.
Bill Dickey
Sally Forrest
Jean Hamilton / Cherry Carson / Nina
Cesar Romero
Mendy Mendez / Miguel
Ruth Hussey
Alice Moore / Martha / Katherine Benson
Edgar Buchanan
Spencer / Constable
Scott Brady
Matt Beldon / Johnny Stanton
Anna May Wong
Clerk / Mayli
Hurd Hatfield
Ted / Paul Randolph / Morini
Alex Nicol
Michael Patterson / Robert Brewster
Richard Boone
Detective Ed Brooks / Col. William Hughes / David Neff / Jarech
Arthur Franz
Dr. Joyce / Franco / Walt / Dick Crosby
James Whitmore
Stash Prohaska / Tom Miller
Stephen McNally
Steve Corbett / Clark Rutman
Elizabeth Patterson
Nellie Eldredge / Aunt Polly / Jane Connor / Mrs. Garr
Kurt Kasznar
Lustig / Karfas / Jean Duclerc
Angela Lansbury
Justina Marshall / Judith Beresford
Robert Preston
Lt. Hogue / William Struthers / Cleve Gordon
Kathleen Crowley
Louise / Jeanne Warren / Laura Harriss / Sally
Audrey Totter
Edna Shaddick / Anna Lederer / Dr. Helen Koenig
Cameron Mitchell
San
Edward Andrews
Arnold / George Emlen
Vincent Price
Dr. Farrin / Gideon Rone / Casey Lodge
Dane Clark
Detective Nick Vallejo / Harry Harper
Judith Evelyn
Lydia / Evelyn / Nurse Helm / Susan Garsten
Mary Astor
Mrs. Harriss / Clarissa Bowman / Ethel Allen / Martha
Jan Sterling
Dinah Lake / Audrey Caldwell
Shelley Winters
Leona Stevenson / Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann / Carol
Peter Graves
Steve Baxter / Stanley
Skip Homeier
Dr. Landry / John Moran / Tim
Constance Ford
Helen / Ellen MacKenzie / Harriet Adams
Lon Chaney Jr.
Frank Wiggins / Old Man Hawley
Lee Marvin
Mannon Tate / Capt. Cavallero / 'Little Man' Brush
John Forsythe
Graham Johnson / Joe Sullivan / Frank Colby / Tommy Jordan / Adam Barclay
Kevin McCarthy
Brooks / Halsey / Hal Carmichael
Franchot Tone
Henry Hutton / Kurt Baumann / Scott Malone / Dr. Ken Jaynes
Robert H. Harris
Grady / Porfear
Joe Mantell
Father Maclyn / Angelo / Chet Martin
Eduardo Ciannelli
Papa Raoul / Martinez / Mr. Brenero / Amelio / Guilio
Milton Parsons
Paul Guilfoyle
Marjorie Lord
Tyler McVey
Mimi Gibson
Werner Klemperer
Lenore Kingston
Tiger Fafara
Lillian Bronson
Ivan Triesault
Leonard Carey
Anthony Eustrel
Sheila Bromley
Louis Jean Heydt
Melville Cooper
Paula Winslowe
Paul Cavanagh
Queenie Leonard
Martin E. Brooks
Jay Novello
Steven Geray
Paul Picerni
David O'Brien
Robert B. Williams
Nestor Paiva
Mari Blanchard
Mona Freeman
Helen / Polly / Sylvia Marshall / Mary Piersall / Cynthia Crane
Kim Hunter
Barbara Williams / Ann Brewster / Lynn Griffith
Vera Miles
Sally Jordan / Jan Michaels / Janet Reese
Rita Moreno
Irene / Francesca / Denise Cardoza / Maria
Don Taylor
John Appleby / Julian Coates / Timothy Colt
Sidney Blackmer
Frank Bellason / Prrof. Watson
Alexander Scourby
Eric Betzdorff / Frank Martin / David Potter
Margaret O'Brien
Kathy Fathian / Chip / Angie Hawley
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Climax! (later known as Climax Mystery Theater) is an American television anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color, using the massive TK-40A color cameras pioneered and manufactured by RCA, and used primarily by CBS's rival network, NBC (the broadcasting division of RCA). Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live, but, although the series was transmitted in color, only black-and-white kinescope copies of some episodes survive to the present day. The series finished at #22 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1955-1956 season and #26 for 1956-1957.
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