Don DeFore

Don DeFore

Donald John "Don" DeFore (August 25, 1913 – December 22, 1993) was an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet from 1952 to 1957 and the sitcom Hazel from 1961 to 1965, the former which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

  • Title: Don DeFore
  • Popularity: 0.9436
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1913-08-25
  • Place of Birth: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
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  • Also Known As: Donald John DeFore, Don J. DeFore, Don De Fore, Don DeForest
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Don DeFore Movies

  • 1946
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    Without Reservations

    Without Reservations

    6.2 1946 HD

    Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.

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  • 1949
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    Too Late for Tears

    Too Late for Tears

    6.798 1949 HD

    Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.

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  • 1950
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    Dark City

    Dark City

    6.5 1950 HD

    Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.

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  • 1944
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    A Guy Named Joe

    A Guy Named Joe

    6.7 1944 HD

    A cocky U.S. Army Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he's sent back to Earth by a heavenly General with a new assignment.

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  • 1947
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    Ramrod

    Ramrod

    6.5 1947 HD

    A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.

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  • 1952
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    Jumping Jacks

    Jumping Jacks

    6.4 1952 HD

    Nightclub entertainer Hap Smith has a new act since his former partner Chick Allen joined the army. With his lovely new female partner, Hap now plays a clownish parody of a soldier. When Chick organises a soldier show at Fort Benning, he realizes he needs his former partner's help—so, to get onto the base, Hap impersonates a hapless real soldier, but circumstances force them to prolong the masquerade, creating an increasingly tangled Army-sized SNAFU.

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  • 1948
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    Romance on the High Seas

    Romance on the High Seas

    6.6 1948 HD

    Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.

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  • 1960
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    The Facts of Life

    The Facts of Life

    5.1 1960 HD

    Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner grating, they fall in love when thrown together--without their spouses--on vacation. On returning home they try to break things off, only to grow closer. A holiday together will finally settle whether they should end their marriages.

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  • 1943
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    The Human Comedy

    The Human Comedy

    6.2 1943 HD

    Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.

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  • 1950
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    Southside 1-1000

    Southside 1-1000

    5.9 1950 HD

    The U.S. Secret Service goes after a counterfeiting ring by placing one of its Treasury agents inside a criminal mob.

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  • 1944
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    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

    6.667 1944 HD

    In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

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  • 1947
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    It Happened on Fifth Avenue

    It Happened on Fifth Avenue

    7 1947 HD

    A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.

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  • 1957
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    Battle Hymn

    Battle Hymn

    6.5 1957 HD

    Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Rejoined to train pilots early in the Korean War, he finds Korean orphans raiding the airbase garbage. With a pretty Korean teacher, he sets up an orphanage for them and others.

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  • 1958
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    A Time to Love and a Time to Die

    A Time to Love and a Time to Die

    7.2 1958 HD

    A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.

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  • 1952
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    A Girl in Every Port

    A Girl in Every Port

    4.8 1952 HD

    After two sailors are conned into buying a lame race-horse, they go ashore to sort out the problem, but when they realize that the horse is one of a pair of identical twins, their plan for revenge becomes more complicated.

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  • 1942
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    Wings for the Eagle

    Wings for the Eagle

    5.7 1942 HD

    Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.

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  • 1945
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    The Stork Club

    The Stork Club

    4.7 1945 HD

    After aspiring singer Judy Peabody rescues the elderly J.B. Bates from drowning, she assumes that the disheveled man is a vagrant and goes back to her job checking hats at New York City's famed Stork Club. But Bates is actually a grateful millionaire who becomes Judy's anonymous benefactor, and before long the working girl is swathed in minks and diamonds, much to the dismay of her suspicious beau.

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  • 1942
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    Winning Your Wings

    Winning Your Wings

    5.8 1942 HD

    Winning Your Wings is a 1942 short American World War II recruitment film produced by Warner Bros. Studios for the US Army Air Forces, starring Jimmy Stewart. It was aimed at young men who were thinking about joining the Air Force.

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  • 1937
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    Kid Galahad

    Kid Galahad

    7 1937 HD

    Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

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  • 1952
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    No Room for the Groom

    No Room for the Groom

    5.5 1952 HD

    A young GI elopes to Las Vegas with his housekeeper’s daughter, but delays to their wedding night arise from illness, her manipulative mother, and a house full of relatives.

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  • 1952
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    She's Working Her Way Through College

    She's Working Her Way Through College

    5.1 1952 HD

    Shapely burlesque dancer Hot Garters Gertie aka Angela Gardner meets her future drama professor. Her new landlady proves to be the professor's wife. Angela helps breath life into the annual school stage show...but someone has discovered her secret past.

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  • 1945
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    The Affairs of Susan

    The Affairs of Susan

    6.1 1945 HD

    Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay party girl and and the third describes a serious intellectual.

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  • 1948
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    One Sunday Afternoon

    One Sunday Afternoon

    6 1948 HD

    The third film version of James Hagan's play, this time with songs added, starring Dennis Morgan as a dentist who marries patient and loyal Dorothy Malone despite his constant infatuation with sexy flirt Janis Paige.

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  • 1941
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    We Go Fast

    We Go Fast

    6.2 1941 HD

    A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcycle cops, Curtis and Defore. She soon realizes that Mohr is actually a crook and goes back to flirting with her fast cop friends.

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  • 1987
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    Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour

    Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour

    1 1987 HD

    Jay Leno hosts "Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour," a one hour special featuring a humorous look at the American family.

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  • 1945
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    You Came Along

    You Came Along

    7 1945 HD

    War hero flier Bob Collins goes on a war bond selling tour with two buddies, and substitute "chaperone" Ivy Hotchkiss. Bob's a cheerful Lothario with several girls in every town on the tour. After some amusing escapades, Bob and Ivy become romantically involved, agreeing it's "just fun up in the air." Then Ivy finds out the real reason why it shouldn't be anything more.

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  • 1951
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    The Guy Who Came Back

    The Guy Who Came Back

    5 1951 HD

    Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. He seems convinced of his own unworthiness, but a chance to play in a charity football game helps him see his life in a new light.

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  • 1942
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    The Male Animal

    The Male Animal

    3.9 1942 HD

    The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.

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  • 1938
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    Brother Rat

    Brother Rat

    5 1938 HD

    Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.

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  • 1943
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    City Without Men

    City Without Men

    5 1943 HD

    A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she moves into a boardinghouse near the prison whose residents are the wives of inmates.

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  • 1976
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    All This and World War II

    All This and World War II

    5.2 1976 HD

    Peter Gabriel is among the rockstars performing the music of Lennon and McCartney against a montage of World War II newsreel footage.

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  • 1949
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    My Friend Irma

    My Friend Irma

    6.8 1949 HD

    Prototype dumb blonde Irma and her slacker, wheeler-dealer boyfriend Al interfere in the love life of Irma's level-headed room mate Jane.

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  • 1942
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    Men of the Sky

    Men of the Sky

    3.5 1942 HD

    A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Air Force pilots receiving their wings from Lt. General H.H. Arnold. An off-screen narrator introduces four of them to us; we see them before the war, during flight training, and in their first assignments as pilots.

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  • 1944
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    Return from Nowhere

    Return from Nowhere

    5 1944 HD

    In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.

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  • 1984
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    Rare Breed

    Rare Breed

    1 1984 HD

    A real-life story of a kidnapped horse in Italy, and a young girl's quest to retrieve it.

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  • 1942
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    You Can't Escape Forever

    You Can't Escape Forever

    5.4 1942 HD

    A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.

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  • 1942
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    Right to the Heart

    Right to the Heart

    1 1942 HD

    John T. Bromley III is a young man from high society who is physically humiliated by a prizefighter before his socialite sweetheart, Jenny Killian. He goes to a training camp to redeem his self-respect and ensure his success in a return engagement with the fighter.

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  • 1937
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    Kid Galahad

    Kid Galahad

    7 1937 HD

    Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

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  • 1982
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    St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

    5.6 1982 HD

    St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.516 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1960
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    My Three Sons

    My Three Sons

    6.5 1960 HD

    A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.3 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.

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  • 1962
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    The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

    6.2 1962 HD

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    5 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6.4 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.6 1951 HD

    Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.8 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1978
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    Vega$

    Vega$

    7 1978 HD

    Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas. The show stars Robert Urich as private detective Dan Tanna, who drove around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    6.3 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    7.2 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.

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  • 1952
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.4 1952 HD

    This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.

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  • 1982
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    Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

    6.2 1982 HD

    Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.

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  • 1961
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    Hazel

    Hazel

    6.8 1961 HD

    Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers, the Baxters. The five-season, 154-episode series aired in primetime from September 28, 1961 until April 11, 1966 and was produced by Screen Gems. The show aired on NBC for its first four seasons, and then on CBS for its final season. The first season, except for one color episode was in black and white, the remainder in color. The show was based on the popular single-panel comic strip by cartoonist Ted Key, which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.

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  • 1953
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    Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

    6.5 1953 HD

    Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.

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  • 1952
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    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

    5.9 1952 HD

    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television where it continued its success, running on both radio and television for a few years. The series stars Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson, and their young sons, David and Eric "Ricky" Nelson. Don DeFore had a recurring role as the Nelsons' friendly neighbor "Thorny".

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    6.3 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    7.2 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    6.3 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.

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  • 1978
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    Black Beauty

    Black Beauty

    7 1978 HD

    Born free in the American West, Black Beauty is a horse rounded up and brought to Birtwick Stables, where she meets spirited teenager Jo Green. The two forge a bond that carries Beauty through the different chapters, challenges and adventures.

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  • 1975
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    Ellery Queen

    Ellery Queen

    7.5 1975 HD

    Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 television season and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen, and Tom Reese as Sgt. Velie. Created by the writing/producing team of Richard Levinson and William Link, the title character "breaks" the fourth wall to ask the audience to consider their solution.

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  • 1952
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    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

    5.9 1952 HD

    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television where it continued its success, running on both radio and television for a few years. The series stars Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson, and their young sons, David and Eric "Ricky" Nelson. Don DeFore had a recurring role as the Nelsons' friendly neighbor "Thorny".

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  • 1962
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    The Virginian

    The Virginian

    6.4 1962 HD

    The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.

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  • 1967
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    Mannix

    Mannix

    6.7 1967 HD

    Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.

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  • 1968
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    The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

    6.2 1968 HD

    The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas. The iconic counter-culture police series earned six Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America award, and four Logies. In 1997 the episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.

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