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    William Benedict

    1917-04-16 (107 years old) in Haskell, Oklahoma, USA

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Benedict (April 16, 1917 – November 25, 1999) was an American actor, perhaps best known for playing "Whitey" in Monogram Pictures' The Bowery Boys series. Born in Haskell, Oklahoma, he took part in school theatricals, and on leaving school he made his way to Hollywood. His first film was $10 Raise (1935) starring Edward Everett Horton, which launched Benedict on a busy career. The blond-haired Benedict almost always played juvenile roles, such as newsboys, messengers, office boys, and farmhands. In 1939, when Universal Pictures began its Little Tough Guys series to compete with the popular Dead End Kids features, Billy Benedict was recruited into the cast. These films led him into the similar East Side Kids movies (usually playing a member of the East Side gang, but occasionally in villainous roles). The East Side Kids became The Bowery Boys in 1946, and Benedict stayed with the series (as "Whitey") through the end of 1951. Other films included My Little Chickadee (1940) starring W. C. Fields and Mae West, The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster (1955), The Sting (1973) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Benedict never shook his juvenile image completely, and continued to play messengers and news vendors well into his sixties. He also worked often in television commercials.

    Movies

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    The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
    0 %|Jan 1, 2020
    Documentary
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    Bonanza: The Next Generation
    75 %|Mar 22, 1988
    Western, TV Movie
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    Computercide
    60 %|Aug 1, 1982
    Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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    Goldie and the Boxer
    45 %|Dec 30, 1979
    Action, Drama, TV Movie
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    Born Again
    0 %|Oct 1, 1978
    Drama
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    Sherlock Holmes in New York
    58 %|Oct 18, 1976
    Thriller, TV Movie
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    Cop on the Beat
    41 %|May 6, 1975
    Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie
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    The Dead Don't Die
    58 %|Jan 14, 1975
    Horror, Thriller, TV Movie
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    The Sting
    80 %|Dec 25, 1973
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    The Dirt Gang
    30 %|Nov 1, 1972
    Drama, Action
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    The Adventures of Nick Carter
    10 %|Feb 20, 1972
    TV Movie, Mystery, Thriller
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    Call Her Mom
    40 %|Feb 15, 1972
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    Hello, Dolly!
    69.66 %|Dec 12, 1969
    Music, Comedy, Romance
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    The Over the Hill Gang
    56 %|Jul 6, 1969
    Western, Comedy, TV Movie
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    Big Daddy
    0 %|Jun 11, 1969
    Drama, Adventure, Thriller, Horror
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    The Lottery
    67 %|Jan 2, 1969
    Horror, Mystery
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    Funny Girl
    72 %|Sep 19, 1968
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Rogue's Gallery
    60 %|Jan 1, 1968
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    What Am I Bid?
    0 %|Jan 1, 1967
    Music
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    Frankie and Johnny
    57 %|Mar 31, 1966
    Comedy, Music, Romance
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    The Hallelujah Trail
    60 %|Jun 23, 1965
    Western, Comedy
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    Dear Heart
    66 %|Mar 7, 1965
    Comedy, Romance
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    Lover Come Back
    69.46 %|Dec 20, 1961
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Hanging Tree
    67 %|Feb 19, 1959
    Western
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    The Killing
    77 %|Jun 6, 1956
    Crime, Thriller
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    Mobs, Inc.
    40 %|Mar 21, 1956
    Crime, Thriller, Action
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    Bride of the Monster
    43 %|May 11, 1955
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    The Magnetic Monster
    56 %|Feb 18, 1953
    Science Fiction, Horror
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    Crazy Over Horses
    55 %|Sep 9, 1951
    Comedy
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    Let's Go Navy!
    70 %|Jul 29, 1951
    Comedy
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    Ghost Chasers
    67 %|Apr 29, 1951
    Comedy, Action, Horror
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    Bowery Battalion
    80 %|Jan 24, 1951
    Action, Comedy
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    Blues Busters
    55 %|Oct 29, 1950
    Comedy
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    Triple Trouble
    62 %|Aug 13, 1950
    Comedy
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    Lucky Losers
    58 %|May 14, 1950
    Comedy
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    Blonde Dynamite
    50 %|Feb 12, 1950
    Crime, Comedy
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    Master Minds
    58 %|Nov 27, 1949
    Comedy
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    Angels in Disguise
    58 %|Sep 25, 1949
    Comedy, Crime
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    Hold That Baby!
    50 %|Jun 6, 1949
    Comedy
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    Riders of the Pony Express
    60 %|May 13, 1949
    Western
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    Fighting Fools
    50 %|Mar 17, 1949
    Comedy
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    Trouble Makers
    57 %|Dec 10, 1948
    Crime, Comedy
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    Smuggler's Cove
    47 %|Oct 10, 1948
    Comedy, Action
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    Night Wind
    0 %|Sep 1, 1948
    Adventure, Drama, War
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    Jinx Money
    47 %|Jun 27, 1948
    Comedy, Crime
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    Secret Service Investigator
    60 %|May 31, 1948
    Crime, Drama, Romance
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    Angels' Alley
    40 %|Mar 7, 1948
    Drama, Comedy, Crime
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    Bowery Buckaroos
    65 %|Nov 22, 1947
    Comedy, Western, Crime
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    Merton of the Movies
    68 %|Oct 11, 1947
    Comedy, Romance
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    News Hounds
    63 %|Aug 13, 1947
    Comedy, Crime
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    The Hucksters
    69 %|Jul 17, 1947
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
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    Fun on a Weekend
    70 %|May 15, 1947
    Comedy, Romance
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    Hard Boiled Mahoney
    64 %|May 10, 1947
    Comedy, Mystery, Crime
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    The Pilgrim Lady
    50 %|Jan 22, 1947
    Comedy, Romance
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    Mr. Hex
    67 %|Nov 9, 1946
    Comedy
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    Never Say Goodbye
    61 %|Nov 9, 1946
    Comedy
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    Spook Busters
    47 %|Aug 24, 1946
    Comedy, Crime, Horror
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    Bowery Bombshell
    60 %|Jul 20, 1946
    Comedy
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    In Fast Company
    63 %|Jun 22, 1946
    Comedy
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    One More Tomorrow
    55 %|May 24, 1946
    Romance, Drama, Comedy
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    Do You Love Me
    43 %|May 17, 1946
    Music, Romance
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    Without Reservations
    63 %|May 13, 1946
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Kid from Brooklyn
    61.67 %|Mar 21, 1946
    Comedy
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    The Gentleman Misbehaves
    0 %|Feb 28, 1946
    Comedy, Music
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    Road to Utopia
    66 %|Feb 27, 1946
    Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
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    Gay Blades
    0 %|Jan 25, 1946
    Comedy
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    Live Wires
    55 %|Jan 12, 1946
    Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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    People Are Funny
    52 %|Jan 11, 1946
    Comedy, Music
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    Come Out Fighting
    70 %|Sep 29, 1945
    Comedy
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    Mr. Muggs Rides Again
    50 %|Jul 15, 1945
    Comedy
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    Story of G.I. Joe
    64 %|Jul 13, 1945
    Drama, War
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    Hollywood and Vine
    44 %|Apr 25, 1945
    Drama, Comedy
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    Docks of New York
    60 %|Feb 24, 1945
    Action, Adventure
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    Brenda Starr, Reporter
    0 %|Jan 26, 1945
    Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Bowery Champs
    70 %|Nov 25, 1944
    Comedy, Action
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    I Won't Play
    58 %|Nov 11, 1944
    Drama, Music
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    They Live in Fear
    0 %|Oct 6, 1944
    Drama
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    That's My Baby!
    45 %|Sep 14, 1944
    Comedy, Drama, Music
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    Janie
    55 %|Sep 2, 1944
    Comedy, Romance
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    Block Busters
    0 %|Jul 22, 1944
    Comedy
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    Follow the Leader
    35 %|Jun 3, 1944
    Action, Drama, Crime, Comedy, Adventure
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    The Whistler
    59 %|Mar 30, 1944
    Thriller, Mystery
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    Million Dollar Kid
    64 %|Feb 28, 1944
    Comedy
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    Whispering Footsteps
    53 %|Dec 30, 1943
    Crime, Drama
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    Moonlight in Vermont
    60 %|Dec 24, 1943
    Comedy, Drama, Music
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    Mr. Muggs Steps Out
    0 %|Oct 29, 1943
    Comedy
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    Thank Your Lucky Stars
    61 %|Sep 25, 1943
    Comedy, Music
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    Adventures of the Flying Cadets
    65 %|Sep 7, 1943
    Adventure, War
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    Nobody's Darling
    0 %|Aug 27, 1943
    Music
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    Ghosts on the Loose
    42 %|Jul 30, 1943
    Comedy, Horror, Drama
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    All by Myself
    0 %|Jun 11, 1943
    Comedy, Music, Romance
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    Clancy Street Boys
    73 %|Apr 23, 1943
    Comedy
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    Aerial Gunner
    44 %|Mar 20, 1943
    War, Drama
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    The Ox-Bow Incident
    77 %|Mar 11, 1943
    Western, Drama
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    The Powers Girl
    65 %|Jan 15, 1943
    Comedy, Music
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    A Night to Remember
    63 %|Dec 10, 1942
    Comedy, Mystery
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    Heart of the Golden West
    20 %|Nov 16, 1942
    Western
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    Get Hep to Love
    40 %|Oct 2, 1942
    Drama, Music
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    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
    0 %|Oct 1, 1942
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    The Glass Key
    65.57000000000001 %|Sep 8, 1942
    Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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    Wildcat
    60 %|Sep 3, 1942
    Drama
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    The Talk of the Town
    73 %|Aug 20, 1942
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Junior G-Men of the Air
    60 %|Jun 30, 1942
    Action, Adventure, War
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    Perils of Nyoka
    0 %|Jun 27, 1942
    Action
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    I Live on Danger
    57 %|Jun 16, 1942
    Thriller
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    Home in Wyomin'
    80 %|Apr 29, 1942
    Western
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    The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
    60 %|Mar 27, 1942
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    Rings on Her Fingers
    65 %|Mar 20, 1942
    Comedy, Romance
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    On the Sunny Side
    60 %|Feb 13, 1942
    Drama, War
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    Confessions of Boston Blackie
    61 %|Dec 8, 1941
    Crime, Mystery
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    Cadet Girl
    0 %|Nov 28, 1941
    Comedy, Romance, Music
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    Tuxedo Junction
    0 %|Nov 25, 1941
    Comedy, Music, Romance
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    Jesse James at Bay
    50 %|Oct 17, 1941
    Comedy, Music, Western
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    Great Guns
    58 %|Oct 10, 1941
    Comedy
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    Dressed to Kill
    63 %|Aug 8, 1941
    Mystery, Thriller
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    Time Out for Rhythm
    62 %|Jun 5, 1941
    Comedy, Music
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    She Knew All the Answers
    63 %|May 13, 1941
    Comedy
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    In Old Cheyenne
    41 %|Apr 4, 1941
    Adventure, Action, Western
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    Adventures of Captain Marvel
    62 %|Mar 28, 1941
    Fantasy, Action, Science Fiction, Family
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    Mr. District Attorney
    62 %|Mar 27, 1941
    Comedy, Crime
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    The Man Who Lost Himself
    40 %|Mar 21, 1941
    Comedy
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    Scattergood Baines
    60 %|Feb 21, 1941
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Great Mr. Nobody
    53 %|Feb 15, 1941
    Romance, Comedy, Drama
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    Second Chorus
    58 %|Jan 3, 1941
    Music, Comedy, Romance
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    Bowery Boy
    30 %|Dec 28, 1940
    Crime
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    The Mad Doctor
    60 %|Dec 20, 1940
    Crime, Romance, Thriller
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    Give Us Wings
    60 %|Dec 20, 1940
    Crime, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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    Melody Ranch
    55 %|Sep 15, 1940
    Western
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    Young People
    46 %|Aug 30, 1940
    Drama
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    Rhythm on the River
    70 %|Aug 28, 1940
    Comedy, Music
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    Lucky Partners
    59 %|Aug 2, 1940
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    The Great McGinty
    69 %|Aug 1, 1940
    Comedy
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    Stage to Chino
    48 %|Jul 26, 1940
    Western
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    Adventures of Red Ryder
    55 %|Jun 28, 1940
    Action, Western
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    Grand Ole Opry
    70 %|Jun 25, 1940
    Comedy, Music
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    And One Was Beautiful
    62 %|Apr 5, 1940
    Romance, Drama
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    My Little Chickadee
    64 %|Feb 9, 1940
    Comedy, Western
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    Legion of the Lawless
    52 %|Jan 5, 1940
    Western
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    Pack Up Your Troubles
    62 %|Oct 24, 1939
    War, Comedy
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    Hollywood Hobbies
    56 %|May 3, 1939
    Comedy
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    Code of the Streets
    70 %|Apr 13, 1939
    Drama, Crime
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    Newsboys' Home
    60 %|Dec 24, 1938
    Action, Crime, Drama
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    Say It in French
    0 %|Nov 25, 1938
    Comedy
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    Little Tough Guys in Society
    0 %|Nov 1, 1938
    Comedy
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    Hold That Co-ed
    66 %|Sep 16, 1938
    Comedy, Music
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    Young Fugitives
    10 %|Jun 30, 1938
    Crime, Drama
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    Hold That Kiss
    65 %|May 13, 1938
    Romance, Comedy
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    There's Always a Woman
    58 %|Apr 20, 1938
    Comedy, Mystery
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    King of the Newsboys
    60 %|Mar 18, 1938
    Drama, Romance
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    Walking Down Broadway
    57 %|Mar 11, 1938
    Drama
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    Bringing Up Baby
    75.31 %|Feb 18, 1938
    Comedy, Romance
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    I Met My Love Again
    55 %|Jan 14, 1938
    Drama, Romance
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    Tim Tyler's Luck
    0 %|Dec 27, 1937
    Family, Adventure
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    The Last Gangster
    63 %|Nov 12, 1937
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    That I May Live
    65 %|Sep 13, 1937
    actor
    Tramp Trouble
    0 %|Aug 7, 1937
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    Flying Fists
    50 %|Jul 1, 1937
    Action, Adventure
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    Rhythm in the Clouds
    50 %|Jun 21, 1937
    Music, Comedy
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    Jim Hanvey, Detective
    59 %|Apr 5, 1937
    Mystery, Action, Crime, Romance
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    They Wanted to Marry
    50 %|Feb 5, 1937
    Comedy, Romance
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    After the Thin Man
    73 %|Dec 25, 1936
    Comedy, Mystery, Crime
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    Crack-Up
    57 %|Dec 14, 1936
    Thriller, Drama
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    Laughing at Trouble
    60 %|Dec 11, 1936
    Drama, Comedy, Crime
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    Can This Be Dixie?
    0 %|Nov 13, 1936
    Comedy, Music
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    Theodora Goes Wild
    66 %|Nov 12, 1936
    Comedy, Romance
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    Libeled Lady
    73 %|Oct 9, 1936
    Comedy, Romance
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    Ramona
    51 %|Sep 25, 1936
    Romance, Adventure
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    M'Liss
    50 %|Jul 27, 1936
    Drama
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    The Witness Chair
    62 %|Apr 23, 1936
    Drama, Romance
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    Captain January
    67 %|Apr 17, 1936
    Comedy, Family
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    The Country Doctor
    60 %|Mar 12, 1936
    Drama
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    Your Uncle Dudley
    10 %|Dec 13, 1935
    Comedy
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    Show Them No Mercy!
    70 %|Dec 6, 1935
    Action, Crime, Drama
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    Way Down East
    30 %|Oct 25, 1935
    Drama, Romance
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    3 Kids and a Queen
    60 %|Oct 21, 1935
    Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
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    Steamboat Round the Bend
    75 %|Sep 6, 1935
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Doubting Thomas
    70 %|Jul 10, 1935
    Comedy
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    College Scandal
    52 %|Jun 21, 1935
    Drama, Mystery, Crime
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    $10 Raise
    80 %|May 4, 1935
    Comedy

    Series

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    Highway to Heaven
    74.00999999999999 %|Sep 19, 1984
    Family, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Hill Street Blues
    75.97 %|Jan 15, 1981
    Drama, Crime
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    The Incredible Hulk
    72 %|Nov 4, 1977
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Quincy, M.E.
    75 %|Oct 3, 1976
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Matt Helm
    74 %|Sep 20, 1975
    Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
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    Ellery Queen
    74 %|Sep 11, 1975
    Mystery, Drama
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    Little House on the Prairie
    80 %|Sep 11, 1974
    Western, Drama, Family
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    Police Story
    71 %|Mar 20, 1973
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
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    Police Story
    71 %|Mar 20, 1973
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
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    The Streets of San Francisco
    70 %|Sep 23, 1972
    Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Emergency!
    78 %|Jan 22, 1972
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Documentary
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    All in the Family
    78.35 %|Jan 12, 1971
    Comedy
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    Alias Smith and Jones
    69 %|Jan 5, 1971
    Western, Crime
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    The Immortal
    74.29 %|Sep 24, 1970
    Drama
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    The Brady Bunch
    67 %|Sep 26, 1969
    Comedy
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    Here's Lucy
    69 %|Sep 23, 1968
    Comedy
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    Mayberry R.F.D.
    57 %|Sep 23, 1968
    Comedy, Family
    poster
    Mayberry R.F.D.
    57 %|Sep 23, 1968
    Comedy, Family
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    Land of the Giants
    66 %|Sep 22, 1968
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Adam-12
    71 %|Sep 21, 1968
    Crime, Drama
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    Mannix
    67 %|Sep 16, 1967
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Drama
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    Hondo
    62 %|Sep 8, 1967
    Western
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    The Guns of Will Sonnett
    57 %|Sep 8, 1967
    Western
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    Ironside
    69 %|Mar 28, 1967
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Mission: Impossible
    76.09 %|Sep 17, 1966
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Monkees
    65 %|Sep 12, 1966
    Comedy, Family
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    Felony Squad
    70 %|Sep 12, 1966
    Crime, Drama
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    I Dream of Jeannie
    78 %|Sep 18, 1965
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family
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    Honey West
    70 %|Sep 17, 1965
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Branded
    64 %|Jan 24, 1965
    Western
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    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
    71 %|Sep 25, 1964
    Comedy, Family
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    Petticoat Junction
    58 %|Sep 24, 1963
    Comedy, Family
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    Route 66
    64 %|Oct 7, 1960
    Drama, Crime
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    The Barbara Stanwyck Show
    62 %|Sep 19, 1960
    Drama
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    Dennis the Menace
    67 %|Oct 4, 1959
    Comedy, Family
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    The Twilight Zone
    84.47 %|Oct 2, 1959
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
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    The Rifleman
    70 %|Sep 30, 1958
    Action & Adventure, Western, Family
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    Wagon Train
    64 %|Sep 18, 1957
    Western, Drama, Family
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    The Adventures of Jim Bowie
    37 %|Sep 7, 1956
    Western
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    Navy Log
    45 %|Sep 20, 1955
    War & Politics, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Lassie
    61.33 %|Sep 12, 1954
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Family, Comedy
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    I'm the Law
    50 %|Feb 13, 1953
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    88 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama
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    Dragnet
    65 %|Dec 16, 1951
    Drama, Crime
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    The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
    45 %|Apr 15, 1951
    Western