Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
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Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Tay Garnett
Director

John Brahm
Director

Leo McCarey
Director

Stuart Heisler
Director

Ida Lupino
Director / Story

John Rich
Director

Andrew L. Stone
Director

Byron Haskin
Director

Hugo Haas
Director

William A. Seiter
Director

Norman Z. McLeod
Director

Ted Post
Director

George Marshall
Director / Story

Frank Tuttle
Director

Lewis Allen
Director

George Sherman
Director

Ted Tetzlaff
Director

H. C. Potter
Director

William Dieterle
Director

David Butler
Director

Claude Binyon
Director

Gene Raymond
Writer / Story

Barbara Avedon
Writer / Story

William R. Cox
Writer

Zoe Akins
Writer

Richard Wormser
Writer

W.R. Burnett
Story

Michael Fessier
Writer

Philip MacDonald
Writer

Winston Miller
Writer

David Dortort
Writer

Malvin Wald
Writer

John L. Greene
Writer

DeWitt Bodeen
Writer

Lee Loeb
Writer

Peter Milne
Writer

Frank S. Nugent
Writer

Frank Gill Jr.
Writer

Lew Ayres
Dr. John Mohler

Vera Miles
Ruth Dahlberg

Ward Bond
Larry 'Buck' Goodhue

Patrick Wayne
Lyn Goodhue

James Gleason
Ed Shafer

Willis Bouchey
Mr. Cully

John Ford
Self - Introduction / Director

Jana Lund
Vocalist (uncredited)

Dick Haymes
Jim Wheeler

Macdonald Carey
Gil Foster

Paul Bryar
Bartender Clem

Cloris Leachman
Irma

Douglass Dumbrille
Red Beecham

Florenz Ames
J.B. Vandemeer

Roy Roberts
Gen. Lafferty / Judge

Herb Vigran
Stranger with $1000

Tris Coffin
General Cummings (uncredited)

Richard Deacon
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Roy Engel
Train Conductor (uncredited)

Dayton Lummis
Dr. Oscar W. Hoffman

Don 'Red' Barry
Soldier

Wallace Ford
Ed Rawlings

Ray Teal
Farmer Clark

Kathryn Card
Mrs. Mohler

Robert Shayne
Dave O'Bryan

Damian O'Flynn
Farmer Novak

Raymond Bailey
Judge / Howard Barnes

Harry Harvey
2nd Senator (uncredited)

Fred Sherman
George (uncredited)

John Banner
Prefect of Police

Norbert Schiller
Old Man

Buster Keaton
Kelsey Dutton

Zasu Pitts
Selma

Joe E. Brown
Arthur Vail

Evelyn Ankers
Miss Loving

Jack Kruschen
Ernie

Jack Elam
Shanks

Percy Helton
Barney

Joe Corey
Arnold

Lyle Latell
Ernie's Friend

Charles Horvath
Barber

Russell Custer
Servant (uncredited) / Train Passenger (uncredited) / Rancher (uncredited)

Bob Hope
Bob Hope (uncredited)

Russ Conway
1st Officer

Alan Hale Jr.
Bowen

Edmond O'Brien
Thaddeus Kubaczik

Frances Robinson
Mrs. Preston

Fay Wray
Mary Parker

Sheldon Leonard
George

Grant Withers
William Brackett Sr.

Barbara Hale
June Waters

Bobby Clark
Sonny Waters

Rita Lynn
Mrs. Lamkin

William Forrest
Mr. Green

John Hamilton
Mr. Campo (uncredited)

Jerry Mathers
Peter Jr., age 5

Jack Carson
Lamar Kendall

Lola Albright
Nancy Wheeler

John Baer
Dude

Bob Steele
Deputy Sheriff Dodd

Frank J. Scannell
2nd Gambler

Yvonne De Carlo
Pearl Krauss

Rory Calhoun
Joe Mahoney

Alan Reed
Capt. Otto Krauss aka Swenson (in credits)

Peter Brocco
Detective Mike

Sol Gorss
2nd. Bully / Brawling Sailor (uncredited)

Lois Collier
Lady Elaine

Keenan Wynn
Gambler

Jay Novello
Lucius Morley / Shopkeeper

Bea Benaderet
Woman

William Bendix
Joe Redman

Dennis Hopper
Steve Redman

John Alderson
Swede

Leo Gordon
Tom Martin

Don Kennedy
Foreman / Sandhogger #2

John Mitchum
Sandhogger #4

Chick Chandler
Dr. Archie McCawlly / Narrator / Eddie

Robert Easton
Stanley Moran

George Sanders
Charles Ferris

Robert Vaughn
Archibald Parker

Albert Carrier
Roulette Croupier (uncredited)

Herschel Graham
Gambler (uncredited)

Dan O'Herlihy
Dr. Donald Kent

Thomas Mitchell
Dr. Joseph H. Walton

Jonathan Hale
Mayor

Eddie Marr
Alex

Ken Osmond
Henry Raglund

Leo Genn
Paul Bernard

Barbara Morrison
Mrs. Van Owen

Phillip Reed
Sir Hubert Cornwall

May Wynn
Susan Bernard

Paul Fielding
Mr. Van Owen

Dennis O'Keefe
Reverend Charles Parker

Teresa Wright
Mary

William Talman
Barney

Peter Lorre
Willy

Ralph Moody
Jarvis

Jeanette MacDonald
Martha

Laraine Day
Laraine Day

Leo Durocher
Leo Durocher

Jerome Cowan
Lewis

Jane Darwell
Lena

Alfred Caiazza
Johnny

June Vincent
June Foster

James Dunn
Sheriff Garrett

Nacho Galindo
Mexican

Ralph Bellamy
Dr. Martin Kelog

Basil Rathbone
Paul Charters

Rita Gam
Loti

Walter Baldwin
Farmer Everett

Budd Knapp
Congressman

Fred MacMurray
Peter Terrance

Jimmy McHugh
Jimmy McHugh

Marilyn Erskine
Margie Terrance

Bess Flowers
Night Club Patron (uncredited)

William Traylor
Peter Jr., age 22

Harry Lauter
Truck Driver

Frank Sully
Diner Patron

Duncan Richardson
Peter Jr., age 13

Darla Hood
Vocalist (uncredited)

Veda Ann Borg
Jo Hadley

Carolyn Craig
Janet Owen

Errol Flynn
Francois Villon

Hillary Brooke
Countess

George Waggner
Self / Director

Pamela Duncan
Velvet

Ray Milland
Markheim

Rod Steiger
Visitor

Fred Zinnemann
Self / Director

Spencer Chan
Coolie (uncredited)
Media.

Details.
Release DateOctober 5, 1955
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes35
Running Time30m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
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