Playhouse 90 (1956)
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Playhouse 90 (1956)
Plot.
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator.
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Cast & Crew.
Frank Stanton
Creator
Hubbell Robinson
Creator
Paul Lambert
Al Capone
Helen Kleeb
Birdy
Malcolm Atterbury
Col. Schwimmer
Franchot Tone
Allen Grant
Tom Palmer
Carruthers
Peter Lorre
Café Owner
John Frankenheimer
Director
Sidney Lumet
Director
David Swift
Director / Screenplay
David Lowell Rich
Director
Robert Stevens
Director
Ralph Nelson
Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
Director
George Roy Hill
Director
Martin Manulis
Producer
Julian Claman
Associate Producer
Pat Frank
Novel / Writer
Rod Serling
Writer / Screenplay
Ernest Lehman
Novel
Abby Mann
Writer
Martin Goldsmith
Writer
Leonard Spigelgass
Writer
E.A. Ellington
Story
David Shaw
Teleplay
Peter Kortner
Story Editor
Charles Einstein
Writer
Charlton Heston
Col. Jesse Price
Tab Hunter
Stanley Smith
Diana Lynn
Catherine Hume
Vincent Price
Clark Simmons
Victor Jory
Rear Admiral Batt
Jack Palance
Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock / Self - Host
Ed Wynn
Army
Max Baer
Mike
Maxie Rosenbloom
Steve
Edgar Stehli
Doctor
Stanley Adams
Pirelli
Harry Landers
Fox
Charles Herbert
Jeffrey
Charles Bickford
Gen. Keaton
Ned Glass
Bartender
Ivan Rasputin
Wrestler
Frank Richards
Fighter in Bar
Karl 'Killer' Davis
Wrestler
Eddie Cantor
Self - Host
Charles Perry
Cornerman (uncredited)
Mickey Rooney
Sammy Hogarth
Kim Hunter
Grace Carney / Julie Hogarth / Helen Bragg
Edmond O'Brien
Al Preston
Mel Tormé
Lester Hogarth
Constance Ford
Connie
Whit Bissell
Elwell
King Donovan
The Director
Eddie Ryder
Jake
H.M. Wynant
Sonny
Michael Ross
Masseur
Robert Crawford Jr.
Richard
Rita Moreno
Rita
Dana Andrews
Mark Bragg / Leo Bass
Don Murray
Randy Bragg
Burt Reynolds
Ace
Cliff Robertson
Danny Carson
Barbara Rush
Liz
Everett Sloane
Dr. Gunn
Anne Baxter
Pat Bass
Leslie Nielsen
Ralph Mohr
John Williams
Self (Pianist)
Herbert Berghof
Gen. Golz
Joseph Bernard
Primitivo
Nicholas Colasanto
Eladio
Steven Hill
Agustin
Marc Lawrence
El Sordo
Nehemiah Persoff
Pablo
Keenan Wynn
Maish Rennick / Marshall Keats
Sydney Pollack
Andres
Jason Robards
Robert Jordan
Maria Schell
Maria
Milton Selzer
Fernando
Vladimir Sokoloff
Anselmo
Maureen Stapleton
Pilar
Eli Wallach
Rafael
Macdonald Carey
Alexander Lamar
Felicia Farr
Valerie Lamar
Thomas Mitchell
Mr. Carson
Ted de Corsia
Jenkins
Dan Blocker
George
Chubby Johnson
Trey
Keith Vincent
Ledbetter
Lorna Thayer
Belle
Harry Lauter
Breed
Charles Fredericks
Rench
Bill Walker
Rudy
Herb Vigran
Manager
Ethel Barrymore
Herself
Hans Conried
Rene the French Waiter
Evelyn Rudie
Eloise
Louis Jourdan
Himself
Kay Thompson
Herself / Book
Claude Rains
Judge Dan Haywood
Paul Lukas
Ernst Janning
Maximilian Schell
Otto Rolfe
Martin Milner
Captain Byers
Melvyn Douglas
Gen. Parker
Ludwig Donath
Dr. Wickert
Peter Capell
Geuter
Werner Klemperer
Emil Hahn
Albert Szabo
Rudolph Petersen
Marketa Kimbrell
Maria Wallner
Torben Meyer
Werner Lammpe
Gregory Gaye
Frederich Hoffstetter
Wendell Holmes
Judge Ives
Alex Gerry
Judge Norris
Oliver McGowan
Senator
Tyler McVey
General
Celia Lovsky
Elsa Lindnow
Mary Adams
Mrs. Haywood
William Lundigan
Ben Gammon
Betsy Palmer
Emmy Verdon
Charles Bronson
Wolf Hagan
Jane Greer
Karen
Cliff Edwards
Webber's Manager
Harry Eisenstein
Mr. Laurie
Jay C. Flippen
Happy Gallant
Reginald Gardiner
Felix Allardyce
James Gleason
Dolph Grimes
Jack Haley
Stanley Leeds
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Wiki.
Playhouse 90 was an American television anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. The show was produced at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s usually were hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual: a weekly series of hour-and-a-half-long dramas rather than 60-minute plays.
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