Philip Ober

Philip Ober

Philip Nott Ober (March 23, 1902 – September 13, 1982) was an American screen and stage actor. He later retired from acting to work as a diplomat. Ober is best remembered for his roles in the films From Here to Eternity (1953) and North by Northwest (1959). His other notable credits include The Magnificent Yankee (1950), Broken Lance (1954), Torpedo Run (1958) and The Ugly American (1963).

  • Popularity : 5.398
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1902-03-23
  • Place of Birth : Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
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Philip Ober Movies

  • 1959
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    North by Northwest
    North by Northwest

    7.983 1959 HD

    Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

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  • 1960
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    Elmer Gantry
    Elmer Gantry

    7.254 1960 HD

    When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her...

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  • 1953
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    From Here to Eternity
    From Here to Eternity

    7.3 1953 HD

    In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.

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  • 1966
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    The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
    The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

    6.7 1966 HD

    Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20...

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  • 1954
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    Broken Lance
    Broken Lance

    6.3 1954 HD

    Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes...

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  • 1959
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    The Mating Game
    The Mating Game

    5.8 1959 HD

    Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn't paid his back taxes. Charlton has to stay for a day to try to...

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  • 1960
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    The Facts of Life
    The Facts of Life

    5.2 1960 HD

    Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner...

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  • 1951
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    The Unknown Man
    The Unknown Man

    4.8 1951 HD

    A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.

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  • 1958
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    Torpedo Run
    Torpedo Run

    5.9 1958 HD

    A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas during World War II.

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  • 1950
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    The Secret Fury
    The Secret Fury

    5.4 1950 HD

    The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen...

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  • 1952
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    Come Back, Little Sheba
    Come Back, Little Sheba

    7.3 1952 HD

    A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.

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  • 1953
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    The Clown
    The Clown

    5.4 1953 HD

    Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks as a result of his drinking. His son Little...

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  • 1950
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    The Magnificent Yankee
    The Magnificent Yankee

    5.4 1950 HD

    Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.

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  • 1954
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    About Mrs. Leslie
    About Mrs. Leslie

    7 1954 HD

    A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and the lonely, unhappy man she once loved.

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  • 1953
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    The Girls of Pleasure Island
    The Girls of Pleasure Island

    5 1953 HD

    In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard, a dignified, strait-laced Englishmen, lives on a South Sea atoll with his...

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  • 1957
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    Escapade in Japan
    Escapade in Japan

    5.5 1957 HD

    A plane is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. A young American boy is later befriended by a fisherman's son, with the two setting off...

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  • 1934
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    Chloe, Love Is Calling You
    Chloe, Love Is Calling You

    2.9 1934 HD

    A black voodoo priestess comes out of the Louisiana swamps to take revenge on the white plantation owner she believes killed her husband. The old...

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  • 1961
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    Go Naked in the World
    Go Naked in the World

    5 1961 HD

    A domineering San Francisco businessman is determined to put an end to his son's romance with a high-priced hooker.

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  • 1952
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    Washington Story
    Washington Story

    6 1952 HD

    A reporter (Patricia Neal) suspects the "nice guy" image of a respected Congressman (Van Johnson) is all a facade and sets out to uncover the truth.

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  • 1953
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    Scandal at Scourie
    Scandal at Scourie

    6.7 1953 HD

    After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitoba. All of them are available for adoption and at...

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  • 1959
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    Beloved Infidel
    Beloved Infidel

    6.4 1959 HD

    Toward the end of his life F. Scott Fitzgerald is writing for Hollywood studios to be able to afford the cost of an asylum for his wife. He is also...

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  • 1968
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    Assignment to Kill
    Assignment to Kill

    6 1968 HD

    A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance...

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  • 1950
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    Never a Dull Moment
    Never a Dull Moment

    5.4 1950 HD

    Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widowed rancher, Chris Heyward, she meets at the...

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  • 1957
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    Tammy and the Bachelor
    Tammy and the Bachelor

    7 1957 HD

    An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.

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  • 1960
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    Let No Man Write My Epitaph
    Let No Man Write My Epitaph

    6.1 1960 HD

    Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him...

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  • 1963
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    The Ugly American
    The Ugly American

    6.6 1963 HD

    An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become...

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  • 1958
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    Ten North Frederick
    Ten North Frederick

    7.2 1958 HD

    A wealthy, aging businessman with political ambitions conducts an adulturous affair with his daughter's roommate.

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  • 1964
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    The Brass Bottle
    The Brass Bottle

    6.2 1964 HD

    A genie tends to get his master into more predicaments than he gets him out of.

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  • 1964
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    The Adventures of Gallegher
    The Adventures of Gallegher

    1 1964 HD

    An energetic newspaper copyboy in 1889 wants to become a reporter, and he is soon more deeply involved in his stories than he had expected. When he...

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  • 1958
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    The High Cost of Loving
    The High Cost of Loving

    5.7 1958 HD

    Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he...

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  • 1939
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    The Glass Case
    The Glass Case

    1 1939 HD

    The automotive glass industry was one of the most competitive industries in America in 1939. Automobile makers were very slow to adopt the much more...

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  • 1966
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    Family Affair
    Family Affair

    6.6 1966 HD

    Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do...

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  • 1961
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    Cain's Hundred
    Cain's Hundred

    4.667 1961 HD

    A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top criminals to justice.

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  • 1959
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    Mr. Lucky
    Mr. Lucky

    7 1959 HD

    Mr. Lucky is a CBS adventure/drama television series that aired from October 24, 1959, to June 18, 1960, with repeats until September 3. Blake...

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  • 1965
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    I Dream of Jeannie
    I Dream of Jeannie

    7.838 1965 HD

    While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted...

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  • 1964
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    The Munsters
    The Munsters

    8 1964 HD

    A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

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  • 1951
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    I Love Lucy
    I Love Lucy

    7.979 1951 HD

    Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana...

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason
    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater
    General Electric Theater

    6 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...

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  • 1959
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    The Twilight Zone
    The Twilight Zone

    8.442 1959 HD

    A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a...

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  • 1960
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    Bringing Up Buddy
    Bringing Up Buddy

    1 1960 HD

    Bringing Up Buddy is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS during the 1960–1961 season.

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.733 1955 HD

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

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  • 1966
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    The Monkees
    The Monkees

    6.531 1966 HD

    Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid...

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  • 1962
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    Sam Benedict
    Sam Benedict

    6 1962 HD

    Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The series was created and executive produced by E. Jack...

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  • 1958
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    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    5.25 1958 HD

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958...

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  • 1962
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    The Eleventh Hour
    The Eleventh Hour

    6 1962 HD

    The Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack Ging, and Ralph Bellamy, which aired sixty-two new...

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  • 1960
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    Thriller
    Thriller

    6.406 1960 HD

    Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre
    Lux Video Theatre

    6 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...

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  • 1957
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    M Squad
    M Squad

    5.2 1957 HD

    Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption...

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  • 1955
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    The 20th Century Fox Hour
    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    5.167 1955 HD

    The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this...

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  • 1964
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    Profiles in Courage
    Profiles in Courage

    5 1964 HD

    Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965. The series was...

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  • 1955
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    Matinee Theater
    Matinee Theater

    4.6 1955 HD

    Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily...

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  • 1963
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    Grindl
    Grindl

    5.5 1963 HD

    Grindl is an American situation comedy that began in the fall of 1963 on NBC, originally sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The show, starring Imogene...

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  • 1957
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    Sugarfoot
    Sugarfoot

    4.2 1957 HD

    Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner...

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  • 1958
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    Bat Masterson
    Bat Masterson

    6.3 1958 HD

    Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat...

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  • 1965
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    Honey West
    Honey West

    7 1965 HD

    After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.

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  • 1953
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    City Detective
    City Detective

    1 1953 HD

    Crime drama starring Rod Cameron as 43-year-old Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City police lieutenant.

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  • 1953
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    Letter to Loretta
    Letter to Loretta

    6.2 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...

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  • 1966
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    The Tammy Grimes Show
    The Tammy Grimes Show

    5 1966 HD

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  • 1963
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    Channing
    Channing

    7 1963 HD

    Professor Joe Howe is a Korean War veteran who is hired to teach English at Channing College. The dean Fred Baker is his mentor as Howe is writing a...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater
    General Electric Theater

    6 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...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre
    Lux Video Theatre

    6 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...

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  • 1960
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    Checkmate
    Checkmate

    4.1 1960 HD

    Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure. The show aired on CBS Television...

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason
    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason
    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason
    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason
    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1959
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    Startime
    Startime

    6 1959 HD

    Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was...

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.733 1955 HD

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

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  • 1962
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    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    7.8 1962 HD

    A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and...

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