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    Sidney Blackmer

    1895-07-12 (129 years old) in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA

    Sidney Alderman Blackmer (13 July 1895 – 6 October 1973) was an American actor. Blackmer was born and raised in Salisbury, North Carolina. He started off in an insurance and financial business but gave up on it. While working as a builder's laborer on a new building, he saw a Pearl White serial being filmed and immediately decided to go into acting. Blackmer went to New York hoping to act on the stage. While in the city, he took jobs and extra work at various film studios at the then motion picture capital, Fort Lee, New Jersey, including a bit part in the highly popular serial, The Perils of Pauline (1914). He made his Broadway debut in 1917, but his career was interrupted by service in the U.S. military in World War I. After the war, he returned to the theatre and in 1929 returned to motion pictures and went on to be a major character actor in more than 120 films. He won the 1950 Tony Award for Best Actor (Drama) for his role in the Broadway play, Come Back, Little Sheba. In film, Blackmer is remembered for his more than a dozen portrayals of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and for his role in the Academy Award-winning 1968 Roman Polanski film about urban New York witches, Rosemary's Baby, in which he played an over-solicitous neighbor. A humanitarian, Blackmer served as the national vice president of the United States Muscular Dystrophy Association. In 1972, he was honored with the North Carolina Award in the Fine Arts category. It is the state of North Carolina's highest civilian award. On his passing in 1973, Blackmer was interred in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery in his hometown of Salisbury, North Carolina. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Blackmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Movies

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    Do You Take This Stranger?
    50 %|Jan 18, 1971
    Drama, TV Movie
    actor
    Revenge Is My Destiny
    35 %|Jan 1, 1971
    Mystery, Drama
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    Rosemary's Baby
    78 %|Jun 12, 1968
    Drama, Horror, Thriller
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    A Covenant with Death
    50 %|Feb 15, 1967
    Drama
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    Joy in the Morning
    35 %|May 5, 1965
    Drama
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    How to Murder Your Wife
    63 %|Jan 26, 1965
    Comedy
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    What Makes Sammy Run?
    70 %|Sep 27, 1959
    TV Movie
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    Strange Witness
    0 %|Mar 23, 1958
    Mystery
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    Tammy and the Bachelor
    70 %|Jun 14, 1957
    Comedy, Romance
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    Accused of Murder
    45 %|Dec 21, 1956
    Action, Thriller
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    The Little Foxes
    0 %|Dec 16, 1956
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
    69 %|Sep 13, 1956
    Crime, Drama
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    High Society
    69 %|Jul 17, 1956
    Music, Comedy, Romance
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    The View from Pompey's Head
    35 %|Nov 4, 1955
    Drama
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    The High and the Mighty
    59 %|Jul 3, 1954
    Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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    Johnny Dark
    50 %|Jun 25, 1954
    Action, Drama
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    Washington Story
    60 %|Jul 1, 1952
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    The San Francisco Story
    48 %|May 11, 1952
    Western
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    People Will Talk
    71 %|Aug 29, 1951
    Comedy, Romance, Drama
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    Saturday's Hero
    57 %|Mar 1, 1951
    Drama
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    A Song Is Born
    65 %|Oct 19, 1948
    Comedy, Music
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    My Girl Tisa
    0 %|Feb 7, 1948
    Drama
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    Duel in the Sun
    63 %|Dec 31, 1946
    Western, Romance, Drama
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    Wilson
    55 %|Aug 1, 1944
    Drama
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    The Lady and the Monster
    58 %|Apr 17, 1944
    Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller
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    Buffalo Bill
    57 %|Apr 2, 1944
    Drama, Action, Western
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    Broadway Rhythm
    55 %|Jan 19, 1944
    Family, Music, Comedy, Romance
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    In Old Oklahoma
    63 %|Dec 6, 1943
    Western
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    I Escaped from the Gestapo
    55 %|May 14, 1943
    Mystery, Drama
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    Murder in Times Square
    46 %|Apr 1, 1943
    Mystery, Thriller
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    Quiet Please, Murder
    66 %|Mar 19, 1943
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Sabotage Squad
    60 %|Aug 27, 1942
    Crime
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    March On, America!
    47 %|Jun 20, 1942
    History
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    Gallant Lady
    50 %|May 29, 1942
    Drama
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    Obliging Young Lady
    50 %|Apr 1, 1942
    Comedy, Romance
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    Always in My Heart
    60 %|Mar 14, 1942
    Drama, Music
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    The Panther's Claw
    60 %|Mar 3, 1942
    Thriller, Mystery, Crime
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    Nazi Agent
    66 %|Mar 1, 1942
    Crime, Drama
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    Down Mexico Way
    0 %|Oct 15, 1941
    Western, Comedy
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    The Officer and the Lady
    60 %|Oct 12, 1941
    Action, Crime, Drama
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    The Feminine Touch
    51 %|Oct 1, 1941
    Comedy, Romance
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    Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
    58 %|Aug 14, 1941
    Mystery
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    Angels with Broken Wings
    37 %|May 27, 1941
    Romance, Comedy, Music
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    Love Crazy
    71 %|May 23, 1941
    Comedy, Romance
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    Rookies on Parade
    0 %|Apr 16, 1941
    Comedy
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    The Great Swindle
    0 %|Apr 10, 1941
    Drama, Mystery
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    Murder Among Friends
    0 %|Feb 28, 1941
    Mystery
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    Cheers for Miss Bishop
    59 %|Feb 21, 1941
    Comedy, Drama
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    Third Finger, Left Hand
    68 %|Oct 11, 1940
    Comedy
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    I Want a Divorce
    0 %|Sep 20, 1940
    Drama, Comedy
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    Dance, Girl, Dance
    64 %|Aug 30, 1940
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    Maryland
    62 %|Jul 19, 1940
    Drama
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    Framed
    58 %|Feb 23, 1940
    Crime, Drama
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    Teddy the Rough Rider
    64 %|Feb 21, 1940
    Drama, History
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    Law of the Pampas
    50 %|Nov 3, 1939
    Adventure, Western
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    The Monroe Doctrine
    70 %|Oct 14, 1939
    War, Drama, History, Romance
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    Hotel for Women
    60 %|Aug 3, 1939
    Drama
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    Land of Liberty
    0 %|Jun 15, 1939
    History
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    Trapped in the Sky
    0 %|Jun 1, 1939
    Drama
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    Unmarried
    30 %|May 20, 1939
    Romance, Action, Drama
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    It's a Wonderful World
    64 %|May 19, 1939
    Comedy, Romance, Crime, Mystery
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    Within the Law
    60 %|Mar 17, 1939
    Crime, Drama, Romance
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    Fast and Loose
    56 %|Feb 17, 1939
    Mystery, Comedy
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    Convict's Code
    65 %|Jan 18, 1939
    Crime, Drama
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    Trade Winds
    63 %|Dec 28, 1938
    Romance, Comedy, Mystery
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    While New York Sleeps
    0 %|Dec 16, 1938
    Crime, Drama
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    Sharpshooters
    0 %|Nov 18, 1938
    Adventure
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    Suez
    52 %|Oct 28, 1938
    Drama, History, Romance
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    Down on the Farm
    0 %|Oct 11, 1938
    Comedy
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    Straight, Place and Show
    60 %|Sep 30, 1938
    Comedy, Music
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    Speed to Burn
    60 %|Jun 7, 1938
    Drama, Crime
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    In Old Chicago
    64 %|Apr 15, 1938
    Drama, History
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    Thank You, Mr. Moto
    62.779999999999994 %|Dec 24, 1937
    Mystery, Thriller, Crime
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    Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
    65 %|Dec 17, 1937
    Mystery, Comedy
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    The Last Gangster
    63 %|Nov 12, 1937
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Heidi
    68.35 %|Oct 15, 1937
    Drama, Family, Music
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    Wife, Doctor and Nurse
    60 %|Sep 17, 1937
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Women Men Marry
    55 %|Sep 10, 1937
    Drama, Crime
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    This Is My Affair
    73 %|May 28, 1937
    Romance, Crime, Drama
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    Michael O'Halloran
    0 %|May 15, 1937
    Drama
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    John Meade's Woman
    0 %|Feb 26, 1937
    Drama
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    A Doctor's Diary
    100 %|Feb 16, 1937
    Romance, Drama
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    Girl Overboard
    0 %|Feb 1, 1937
    Mystery
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    The House of Secrets
    56 %|Oct 28, 1936
    Thriller, Mystery
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    The President's Mystery
    53 %|Sep 28, 1936
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    Missing Girls
    50 %|Sep 10, 1936
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Early to Bed
    70 %|Jun 5, 1936
    Comedy
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    Florida Special
    60 %|Apr 21, 1936
    Comedy
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    Woman Trap
    0 %|Mar 6, 1936
    Drama, Crime
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    Heart of the West
    45 %|Feb 24, 1936
    Western
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    Forced Landing
    0 %|Dec 2, 1935
    Mystery
    actor
    The Fire-Trap
    50 %|Nov 26, 1935
    Romance, Crime
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    False Pretenses
    50 %|Oct 21, 1935
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Girl Who Came Back
    57 %|Sep 20, 1935
    Crime, Drama, Romance
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    Streamline Express
    47 %|Sep 15, 1935
    Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
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    Smart Girl
    0 %|Jul 16, 1935
    Drama
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    Shadows of the Orient
    50 %|Jul 6, 1935
    Romance, Action, Drama
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    Great God Gold
    90 %|Apr 14, 1935
    Drama
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    Behind the Green Lights
    0 %|Mar 11, 1935
    Crime, Drama
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    The Little Colonel
    63.550000000000004 %|Feb 22, 1935
    Family, Music
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    A Notorious Gentleman
    60 %|Jan 21, 1935
    Drama
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    The President Vanishes
    70 %|Nov 17, 1934
    Mystery, Crime
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    Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
    42 %|Nov 2, 1934
    Mystery, Comedy, Music
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    The Count of Monte Cristo
    67 %|Sep 6, 1934
    Drama, Adventure
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    Down to Their Last Yacht
    60 %|Aug 31, 1934
    Romance, Comedy, Music
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    This Man Is Mine
    55 %|Apr 13, 1934
    Drama, Romance
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    Good-bye Love
    55 %|Nov 9, 1933
    Comedy
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    Deluge
    55 %|Aug 17, 1933
    Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller
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    The Wrecker
    10 %|Jul 10, 1933
    Romance, Action
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    Cocktail Hour
    48 %|Jun 5, 1933
    Drama, Romance
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    From Hell to Heaven
    72 %|Feb 24, 1933
    Drama
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    The Lady Who Dared
    50 %|May 29, 1931
    Drama
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    It's a Wise Child
    0 %|Apr 10, 1931
    Comedy
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    Woman Hungry
    0 %|Apr 4, 1931
    Western, Romance
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    Little Caesar
    69 %|Jan 25, 1931
    Drama, Crime
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    Mothers Cry
    0 %|Dec 4, 1930
    Drama
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    Kismet
    35 %|Oct 30, 1930
    Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
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    The Bad Man
    0 %|Sep 11, 1930
    Western
    actor
    Sweethearts and Wives
    0 %|Jun 15, 1930
    Mystery, Comedy, Romance
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    Strictly Modern
    0 %|Mar 2, 1930
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Love Racket
    0 %|Dec 8, 1929
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    A Most Immoral Lady
    10 %|Sep 22, 1929

    Series

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    The Name of the Game
    68 %|Sep 20, 1968
    Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    The Name of the Game
    68 %|Sep 20, 1968
    Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
    66 %|Sep 13, 1966
    Action & Adventure
    actor
    Profiles in Courage
    50 %|Nov 8, 1964
    War & Politics, Drama
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    Daniel Boone
    69 %|Sep 24, 1964
    Action & Adventure, Western
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    The Outer Limits
    78 %|Sep 16, 1963
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Ben Casey
    57 %|Oct 2, 1961
    Drama
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    Target: The Corruptors!
    35 %|Sep 29, 1961
    Mystery, Crime, Drama
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    Dr. Kildare
    54 %|Sep 27, 1961
    Drama
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    Dr. Kildare
    54 %|Sep 27, 1961
    Drama
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    Cain's Hundred
    47 %|Sep 19, 1961
    Drama
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    Thriller
    64 %|Sep 13, 1960
    Crime
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    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
    52.5 %|Oct 6, 1958
    Drama
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    The Rifleman
    71 %|Sep 30, 1958
    Action & Adventure, Western, Family
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    The Texan
    55 %|Sep 29, 1958
    Western
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    Wanted: Dead or Alive
    69 %|Sep 6, 1958
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
    55 %|Oct 5, 1956
    Western, Drama
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    The Adventures of Jim Bowie
    37 %|Sep 7, 1956
    Western
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    Matinee Theater
    46 %|Oct 31, 1955
    Drama
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77.39 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77.39 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    The Star and the Story
    0 %|Jan 8, 1955
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    Climax!
    30 %|Oct 7, 1954
    Drama, Mystery
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    Climax!
    30 %|Oct 7, 1954
    Drama, Mystery
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    General Electric Theater
    60 %|Feb 1, 1953
    Comedy, Drama
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    87 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    87 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama
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    Tales of Tomorrow
    60 %|Aug 3, 1951
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Robert Montgomery Presents
    52 %|Jan 30, 1950
    Drama
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    Robert Montgomery Presents
    52 %|Jan 30, 1950
    Drama
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    Robert Montgomery Presents
    52 %|Jan 30, 1950
    Drama
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    Lights Out
    53 %|Jul 19, 1949
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime, Drama, Reality
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    Suspense
    46 %|Jan 6, 1949
    Drama
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    Suspense
    46 %|Jan 6, 1949
    Drama
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    The Philco Television Playhouse
    60 %|Oct 3, 1948
    Drama
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    The Philco Television Playhouse
    60 %|Oct 3, 1948
    Drama
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    The Ed Sullivan Show
    66 %|Jun 20, 1948
    Comedy, Talk