The Millionaire (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
Plot.
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
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Cast & Crew.

Marvin Miller
Michael Anthony

Don Fedderson
Producer

Fred Henry
Executive Producer

Marcia Henderson
Jean Griffith

Frances Morris
Mrs. Clark

Paul Frees
John Beresford Tipton / John Beresford Tipton / Martin B. Martin / John Beresford Tipton

Alfred E. Green
Director

Gerald Mayer
Director

Robert Altman
Director

James V. Kern
Director

James Sheldon
Director

John Brahm
Director

William A. Seiter
Director

Charles F. Haas
Director

R.G. Springsteen
Director

Robert Ellis Miller
Director

Edward Bernds
Director

Jerry Adelman
Writer

Mary C. McCall, Jr.
Writer

Ed Adamson
Writer

Wellyn Totman
Story

Robert Leslie Bellem
Writer

Jack Laird
Writer

Lee Erwin
Writer

Danny Arnold
Writer

Seeleg Lester
Writer

Carolyn Slade
Writer

Halsey Melone
Teleplay

Ann Codee
Madam Genet

Edward Brophy
Preliminary Feeney

K.T. Stevens
Edna Denson

Jim Davis
Jim Driskill

Marian Seldes
Dorothy 'Dot' McAllister

Jean Byron
Betty Jane Ryan / Bea Ryan

Jess Barker
Felix Lombard

Tom Drake
Dr. Alan March

Joan Marshall
Helen Rawlings

Nan Leslie
Carol Browning Schofield

Coleen Gray
Jean Smith Fortune

Donald Woods
Cobb Marley

Jacques Bergerac
Count Paul Lamada

James Craig
Tom Garrity

Sheila James Kuehl
Betty

Don Beddoe
Dan Larsen

Peggie Castle
Candy Caldwell AKA Alice C. Horton (The Face)

Tom Laughlin
Vic Carter

Douglas Spencer
Joe Brock

Harry Shannon
Judge William Jennings Westholme

Hillary Brooke
Jane Murdock

Barbara Hale
Kathy Munson / Marian Munson

Jeff Morrow
Matt Kirby

Abraham Sofaer
Dr. Krishna

Charles Bronson
Jerry Bell

Kathleen Nolan
Connie Wainwright

Vanessa Brown
Louise Williams

Scotty Beckett
Frank Collins

Cecil Kellaway
Father Gilhooley

Carleton Young
Col. Goodwin

Charles Korvin
Anton Bohrman / Anton Kosleck

Ray Danton
Nick Slade

Sally Forrest
Emily Baker

Patricia Breslin
Susan Ballard

Edmund Gwenn
Walter Clinton Carter

James Gleason
Charles Hartford Simpson

Janice Rule
Tina Bertoli

Helmut Dantine
Prof. Josef Marton

Barbara Bates
Marian Curtis

Irene Tedrow
Countess Lili Turec

Arthur Shields
J. Peveril 'Pev' Johnson

Sue Randall
Kathy Taylor Johnson

Milton Parsons
Jonathan Noble

Anita Louise
Nancy Wellington

Chuck Connors
Hub Grimes

Harry Browne
Sgt. Dunn

George Dolenz
Count Gerald (Gerry)

Murray Hamilton
Chris Daniels

Herbert Heyes
Dr. Christy

Jack Larson
Buzz

Barbara Bestar
Janet Johnson

Virginia Christine
Mrs. Barnett

Linda Stirling
Martha

Gale Robbins
Cynthia Saunders

Norma Crane
Carol Wesley

Joe Besser
Chester Pips

William Forrest
Quimby

Jack Kelly
Fred Graham

Richard Webb
Jerry Patterson

Peter Graves
Paul Hartley

Anthony George
Ken Foster

Joyce Carey
Mrs. Vinton

Jan Clayton
Irene Marshall

Rita Moreno
Alicia Conception Osante Williams

Fay McKenzie
Ruth Spencer

Fay Spain
Aileen Evans

Martha Vickers
Ruth Murdock

Debra Paget
Mara Robinson

Mary Tyler Moore
Linda

John Larch
Thomas J. 'Tom' Mead

Paul Burke
Bill Nellis

Carleton Carpenter
Gilbert Burton

Gregg Palmer
Johnson

Bethel Leslie
Dorothy Ferris

Robert Gothie
Bill Marsden

Joyce Meadows
Ann Lawrence

Robert Easton
Florida Cates

Terry Becker
Jimmy - Thug

Maris Wrixon
Mrs. Robinson - Ellen's Mother

Gene Nelson
Lt. Steven Q. Forrest

Harry Townes
Mitchell Gunther

Peggy Maley
Velma Fullerton

James Daly
Tom Bryan

Corey Allen
Dan Marshall

Charles Winninger
Terrence Costigan

Vladimir Sokoloff
Uncle Jacques Monet

Barbra Fuller
Milly Carter

Ellen Drew
Julia Conrad

Peter Marshall
Harry Mercer

Charles Herbert
Bobby Brown

Tommy Noonan
Jim Hayes

James Coburn
Lew Bennett

Mark Miller
Alan Duncan

Emile Meyer
Lt. Peyser

Philip Abbott
Carl Bronson

Frieda Inescort
Regina Wainwright

Johnny Washbrook
Peter Barkley as a boy

Sara Haden
Miss Kendis

Edna Skinner
Jane Palmer

Royal Dano
Hap Connolly

Richard Anderson
Rod Matthews

Mike Connors
Victor Volante

Jean Del Val
Grandpere

Mari Blanchard
Policewoman Laura Hunter

Rex Reason
Doug Hamlon

Dan Tobin
Dr. Alan Mitchell

Harry Landers
Link Bailey

Jack Lord
Lee Randolph

Keith Larsen
Paul

Ross Elliott
Sheriff Jack Driscoll

Joan Weldon
Star Conway

Richard Crenna
Ralph McKnight

Dorothy Provine
Rosemary MacIntyre

Patric Knowles
Martin Scott

Luana Patten
Susan Birchard

Lori Nelson
Lorraine Daggett

Florence Marly
Elena Yanacek

Connie Hines
Nancy Pearson

Don Drysdale
Eddie Cano

Stubby Kaye
Uncle George

Kent Smith
Bill Franklin

John Craven
Dr. Ted Allen

Denver Pyle
Arthur Darner

Andy Clyde
Andrew C. Cooley

Margaret Lindsay
Martha Crockett

Michael Bryant
McGinnis

Robert Bray
Tom Buckley

Dorothy Bernard
Mrs. Aggie Martin

Ron Ely
Jim Phillips

William Hopper
Capt. Jonathan Carroll

Richard Ney
Robert Cavanaugh

Tommy Kirk
Tom Morrison

Elisabeth Fraser
Susan Simms

Susan Oliver
Cathy Burnell

Dean Harens
James R. Sterling

Phillip Pine
Sgt. 1st Class Alexander 'Lex' Demos

Ronnie Burns
Vic Griffin

Jean Carson
Marie

Agnes Moorehead
Katherine Boland

Harry Guardino
Roy Delbridge

Olive Carey
Agnes Burke

Robert Paige
Whitney Ames

John Beal
Paul Naylor

Dick Foran
Hugh Waring

Tommy Tucker
Floral Messenger

Carol Ohmart
Phyllis Hopper

James Franciscus
Tom Doane

Patrick McVey
John Richards

James Griffith
Allan Reese

Peggy Knudsen
Irene Borden

Merry Anders
Helen Forrester

Douglas Henderson
Martin

Kasey Rogers
Jane Foley

Walter Baldwin
Dr. Frank Kenston

Jeanne Carmen
Mary Evans

Tol Avery
Vince - Trucking Co. Asst.

Barbara Pepper
Fat Woman

John Howard
Edward Harper

Jane Nigh
Rose Russell

Dan Seymour
Sawyer - Mining Co. Executive

William Haade
Tim

Barney Phillips
Frank Gans

Reginald Gardiner
Waldo Francis Turner

David Lewis
Dave Scott

Rand Brooks
Allan Carter

Constance Ford
Anna Hartley

Dennis Patrick
Kirk McLaughlin

Lamont Johnson
Charles Lomar

Lloyd Corrigan
James Dickingson

Strother Martin
Pete Hill

Don Gordon
Paul Rameau

Ann Robinson
Josie Howard

Vaughn Taylor
Lucas

Elisha Cook Jr.
Ed Nevins

Taylor Holmes
Shelby Lincoln

Inger Stevens
Betty Perkins

Donald Foster
Dr. Jim Lawrence

Ann Baker
Shirley Hampton

Michael Pate
Mark Jason

Jack Rice
Room Clerk

Jerry Paris
Robert R. 'Bob' Fielding

Mabel Albertson
Emmy Haynes

Barbara Ruick
Crystal Sands

James Best
Fred Morgan

Olaf Hytten
Hakes - Butler

Phyllis Coates
Alice Sands

Martín Garralaga
Swega - Freedom Fighter

Bobby Jordan
Press Agent

Ernest Truex
Andrew Sterling

George Eldredge
Doc the Vet

Vera Miles
Merle Roberts

Dick Sargent
Dixon Cooper

Percy Helton
Robert P. Chesley - Uncle Robby

Patricia Donahue
Martha Halloran

Robert Quarry
Myles (uncredited) / Andy Murray

Joe Mantell
Charlie Weber

Ray Stricklyn
Pat Lawrie

Marjie Millar
Joyce Page Sargent

Audrey Dalton
Ellen Curry

Jeanette Nolan
Sister Mary Robert

Carl Benton Reid
Reverend John Hardin

Lee Aaker
Tommy Spencer

Frank McHugh
Charles N. Bradwell

Don Haggerty
Detective Ed Murdock

Phyllis Avery
Shelley Hayes

Mary Murphy
Janie Harris

Frank Maxwell
Hackett

Rhys Williams
Wilbur T. Gerrold

Harry Bellaver
Dan Carter

Scott Forbes
Phillip Burnell

Howard McNear
Mayor Tom Palen / Smitty

Jon Lormer
Job Foreman

John Alvin
Defense Atty. Bill Irvin / Prosecuting Attorney

Christopher Dark
Jerome Wilson / Jerry Cantucci

Leif Erickson
Norman Conover / Brian Hendricks

Warren Stevens
Robert Croft

Adele Mara
Cara Rosselli Volante

Frances Rafferty
Dr. Olivia L. Grainger

Margaret Hayes
Lee Scott

Raymond Bailey
Charles Carson / Henry Forrester

Gene Barry
Steve Carey

Carl Betz
Miller / Phil Williams

Karen Steele
Rita Morgan / Rita Louise Hanley

Gertrude Flynn
Martha Chambers

Richard Jaeckel
John Hawley / Joey Saxon

Mary Ford
Miss Minnesota

Pat Conway
William Courtney

Elliott Reid
Philip Sargent / Douglas Thorp

Venetia Stevenson
Sally Simms

George D. Wallace
Ted / Pete

John Ashley
Ken Clarkson

Will Wright
Grandpa Costello

Bert Freed
M / Sgt. Matthew Brogan

Joan Banks
Ruth Ferris Carson

Marshall Thompson
Bill Andreson / Tom Hunt

William Campbell
Nick Cannon / Nicholas Cannonvich / Tom Hampton

Brett Halsey
Tony Cassella

Tod Andrews
Tony Cardell / Dr. Joseph Frye

George N. Neise
Ed Grady

Rhodes Reason
Gilbert

Jerome Cowan
Max Goodson

Joanna Moore
Doris Winslow Smith / Peggy Carlisle

Louise Fletcher
Holly

Celia Lovsky
Frau Becker / Madam Boisvert

Judi Meredith
Janie Naylor

Wayne Rogers
Allan Merrick

Claude Akins
Sgt. Mike Harden

Torin Thatcher
Max MacIntyre

Dick York
Ken Leighton / Sandy Newell

John Carradine
Karl Miller AKA Count Karl Millevich

Charles Aidman
Eddie Daggett

Ed Kemmer
Jefferson B. 'Jef'f' Ellis / Paul Torrance

Lee Meriwether
Nancy McKuehn

Irene Hervey
Maxine AKA Max

Whit Bissell
James Mahoney

Whitney Blake
Nancy Cortez / Linda Hudson

Ron Randell
Georges Sorel / Rafe Peterson

Darryl Hickman
Johnny Pearson

Alex Gerry
Art Gallery Manager Webster

Louis Merrill
Cipriano Martez

Dick Wilson
Sullivan - Antique Proprietor

Rebecca Welles
Amy - a Nurse

Regis Toomey
Pete Marlowe

Reta Shaw
Margaret Dubrock

Bobby Driscoll
Lew Conover

Hurd Hatfield
Jack Miner

Beverly Washburn
Chris Hanley

Dolores Donlon
Maggie 'Margo' Carter

Joan Taylor
Mary Ann Wilson

Elvia Allman
Mrs. Case

Eddie Firestone
Joe Seaton

Helen Kleeb
Evelyn Vaughan

Robert Alda
Gilbert Patterson

William Reynolds
Timothy Mackail

Al Freeman Jr.
Houseboy

John Vivyan
Bart Hewitt

Robert Hutton
Donald Bonyton Lewis

Cathy Downs
Dr. Eve Saunders

Stanley Fafara
Boy (uncredited)

John van Dreelen
Hugh Wilson

Byron Morrow
Mr. Baker

Angie Dickinson
Jane Carr / Janice Corwin

Lyle Talbot
Joe Price

John Archer
Tom Williams

Hildy Parks
Mildred 'Millie' Milliken

Christopher Olsen
Wilbur - Orphan / David

Carolyn Jones
Emily Short / Carol Fletcher

Ruta Lee
Angela Temple McLaughlin

Richard Deacon
Jeweler / Foundation Rep. Gibson

Howard Wendell
C. F. Walters

Peter Hansen
Nick Hamilton / Paul Duchamp

Skip Ward
Burt Bridges

Sheila Bromley
Letita Wainwright

Skip Homeier
Wally Chaarles Bannister

Ed Reimers
Newt Newton / Radio Reporter

Paul Cavanagh
Dean Cosgrove

John Wengraf
Count Victor Turec

John Qualen
Harry Stonewall Jackson

Robert Vaughn
Joseph Jameson 'Jay' Powers

Carole Mathews
Julie Lewis / Helen Hendricks

Ray Teal
Roger Willard

Jerome Courtland
John Cole

Doris Packer
Mrs. Westholme

Del Moore
Freddie Howard / Sam Smith

Allison Hayes
Linda Kendall

Douglas Fowley
Tom Diamond

Peter Leeds
Martin Wilson

Benny Rubin
Waiter

Barbara Eden
Billie Walker

Veda Ann Borg
Flo Sullivan

John Lupton
Jimmy Reilly / Dan Corbin

Betty White
Virginia Lennart

Carl Milletaire
Manny Manson / Scanlon - Trucking Executive

Bill Williams
Donald Abbott / Clint Halloran

Arthur Franz
Frank Harrigan / Carl Nelson

Jack La Rue
Cricket Rosselli

Frank Puglia
Papa Pucci / Salvatore Michelangelo Buonarotti

Jeanne Baird
Danny Rawlins

Russ Conway
Prison Chaplain (uncredited) / Lt. Wolman / Paul Travers

Jack Kruschen
Mike Sharkey

Nelson Leigh
Mr. Voorhees - American Embassy Official / Colonel Henshaw

Maudie Prickett
Nurse Sandy / Rose Steadman

Edgar Buchanan
William Eliot Vaughan

Jean Willes
Gail (uncredited) / Judy Bennett

William Boyett
Lt. Decker

Adam Williams
Todd Burke / Jackson Greene

Hayden Rorke
Burt Costello

Charles Lane
Simon Whipple

Lisa Simone
Miss France

George Grizzard
Jerry Mitchell

Richard Lupino
Doug Whitfield

Rick Jason
Vin Buckley / Jack Garrison

Herbert Anderson
Dave

DeForest Kelley
Dr. Michael Wells

Larry Pennell
Larry Maxwell / USAF Sgt. Elliot Smith

Robert Shayne
Jack Stewart (uncredited)

Roy Barcroft
Sergeant Bailey

Virginia Field
Claire Franklin

Virginia Grey
Iris Millar / Marjorie Martinson

Marjorie Reynolds
Barbara's Mother / Louise Malcolm

Carol Nugent
Judy Morrison

Joanna Barnes
Karen Summers

Richard Long
Terry Flannagan

Harlan Warde
Police Detective / Fred Lang

Aline Towne
Doris Carroll

Lee Kinsolving
Jerry Scott

John Milford
Sam (uncredited)

June Kenney
Janie Williams

Kaye Elhardt
Dora McKenna

Jeanne Cooper
Vicki Delbridge

Jon Shepodd
Sgt. Hank Levitt

Frank Gorshin
Hal

Larry Thor
Mr. Taylor - Salesman

Tomas Milian
Second Sailor

Gustavo Rojo
Carlos Cortez

Isobel Elsom
Mrs. Buckley

Marguerite Chapman
Myra Putnam

Byron Foulger
Bank Manager Morrow

Don Kennedy
Chuck

Hanley Stafford
Colonel Ralph Farnsworth

Jim Backus
Henry Banning

Joan Vohs
Rita Alice Keeley AKA Dinah Might / Patricia Collins / Marianne Leighton

Tuesday Weld
Beth Boland

Edmon Ryan
Matt Cameron

Marion Ross
Cathy Hardin

Dennis Hopper
Adam Spencer

Tom Tryon
Tony Drummond

Frances Bergen
Eva Lewis Ames

Jack Lambert
Norman J. Obara

Liam Sullivan
Bob Martin / Allan Malcolm

Diane Brewster
Hospital Operator / Barbara Lydon / Sylvia Whitfield Merrick

Tyler McVey
Farley - Attorney

Johnny Crawford
Wally

Joe Maross
Paul Carson

Sally Corner
Mrs. MacGregor / Mrs. Johnson

Addison Richards
Police Chief James L. Peterson / H. H. Hungerford

Lawrence Dobkin
Lewis Austin / John McKuehn

Jay Novello
Harry Crockett / Harvey Blake

Gloria Talbott
Bonnie Shields Burke / Lisa - Young Artist

Burt Mustin
Josh Wilson

Vic Morrow
Joseph F. 'Joey' Diamond

James Flavin
Dan Mulcahy

Les Tremayne
Fred Malcolm

Roy Gordon
Andrew V. McMahon

Lillian Bronson
Ann Trenner / Tessie Thorne

Mark Roberts
Bob Harris

Lester Dorr
Court Clerk

Harry Lauter
Andrew Stevens / Anders - Phone Co. Supervisor

Robert B. Williams
Lou Borders / Man in Hotel Lobby

Frank Albertson
Howard Bayliss

James Seay
J. Leeland Bush / Dr. Barton

Dorothy Morris
Nora Blaine

James Hong
Lee - Waiter

Preston Hanson
Bob McKeever

Bill Kennedy
Truck Driver

David Janssen
Peter Miller / David Barrett

Nestor Paiva
Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes

Selmer Jackson
Dr. Jim O'Toole

John Stephenson
Dr. Charles Cartwright / Chet - Publication Executive

Virginia Carroll
Fur Saleswoman

Beverly Garland
Louise Benson / Clara Nelson

William Phipps
Lt. Jordan

Jean Vander Pyl
Party Guest

Mark Scott
Man (uncredited)

Walter Woolf King
Supermarket Owner Walton

Ben Cooper
Seaman William Williams

Gloria Castillo
Anna Krishna / Theresa Buonarotti

Jocelyn Brando
Janet Conover

Joe Downing
Pete Fullerton / Frankie

Martin Milner
Neal Bowers / Mark Fleming

Paul Langton
John 'Jack' Martin / Dr. Ralph Spencer

John Hoyt
Dr. Knut Sorens

Sherry Jackson
Susan Johnson

May Wynn
Nancy Cameron

Patrick O'Neal
David Stevens / Harvey Borden

Rachel Ames
Jessica March / Georgette French

Orson Bean
Newman Johnson

Leonid Kinskey
Woody - Bradwell's Friend

Frank Jenks
Martin Fletcher / Frank Keegan

Nicholas Georgiade
Salvatore Rios

Henry Corden
Al Newman

James Anderson
Eric Vincent

Carol Morris
Vera Benson

Walter Reed
Dr. Tom Dunlap / James Mitchell

Louis Mercier
Gendarme

Brad Morrow
Jimmy Allen

Gilman Rankin
Nick Ferris / Man

Naura Hayden
Connie Olson / Mardee - a Jim Love Interest

Olan Soule
Teller

Stafford Repp
Willy Grayson / Lou Carotti

Aaron Spelling
Max

Peggy Stewart
Mary - Secretary

Harry Antrim
Mr. Leonard - Restaurant Owner

James McCallion
Eddie Norman

Louis Jean Heydt
Andre Hedior

S. John Launer
John Bateman

Lisa Gaye
Carol Yates

Douglass Dumbrille
B.G. Greenwise

Dick Ryan
Bradley - Butler

Lurene Tuttle
Polly Thorne / Maggie Tremayne

Carol Stone
Helen Vincent

John Bryant
Richard Curtis

Ellen Corby
Nancy Marlborough / Bedelia Buckley

Myrna Dell
Helen - Secretary

Leonard Carey
Chester - Butler

Gavin Gordon
Boss Rigney

Kim Charney
Martin

John Dehner
Prof. Ridgely

Amzie Strickland
Miss Cross / Amy Taylor / Donna McKeever

John Harmon
Hotel Desk Clerk

Don C. Harvey
Detective Brophy

Harry Tyler
Ownie - Laborer / Cal Purdy

Edna Holland
Head Mistress / Mrs. Walsh

Jock Mahoney
Vance Ludlow

John Smith
Charles 'Lucky' Swanson

Eleanor Audley
Glori Van Enger - Columnist / Cynthia Semple

Grace Lem
Sulu - Japanese Woman

Sue George
Sally Steadman / Linda Buckley

Steve Brodie
Ray Wilson / Rip Matson

John Ericson
Sgt. Peter Barkley

Fran Bennett
Cindy Bowen

Joseph Mell
Deli Mgr. Levy / Counterman

Robert Rockwell
Prof. Amberson Adams / Dolph Randolph

Ann Doran
Jane Costello / Mrs. Johnson

Barbara Woodell
Mrs. Birchard / Mary

Nora Marlowe
Mrs. Gallager / Mrs. Pritchett / Bessie Mulcahy

William Fawcett
Charlie the Janitor / Mr. Miggs - Caretaker

Peter Cookson
Alan Bruce
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Wiki.
The Millionaire is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1955 to 1960. It was originally sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive. The series, produced by Don Fedderson and Fred Henry, explored the ways that sudden and unexpected wealth changed life, for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars ($11.4 million in 2023 dollars) from a benefactor who insisted they must never know his identity, with one exception.
The series became a five-season hit during the Golden Age of Television, finishing in the Nielsen ratings at #9 for the 1955–1956 season, #13 in 1956–1957, #17 in 1957–1958 and #30 in 1958–1959. In syndication, it was known by two titles: The Millionaire and If You Had a Million.
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