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    Dabney Coleman

    1932-01-03 (92 years old) in Austin, Texas, USA

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dabney Wharton Coleman (January 3, 1932 – May 16, 2024) was an American actor. Coleman's best known films include 9 to 5 (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Tootsie (1982), WarGames (1983), Cloak & Dagger (1984), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), You've Got Mail (1998), Inspector Gadget (1999), Recess: School's Out (2001), Moonlight Mile (2002), and Rules Don't Apply (2016). Coleman's television roles included the title characters of Buffalo Bill (1983–1984) and The Slap Maxwell Story (1987–1988), as well as Burton Fallin on The Guardian (2001–2004), the voice of Principal Peter Prickly on Recess (1997–2001), and Louis "The Commodore" Kaestner on Boardwalk Empire (2010–2011). He won one Primetime Emmy Award from six nominations and one Golden Globe Award from three nominations. Coleman was a character actor with roles in well over 60 films and television programs to his credit. He trained with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City from 1958 to 1960. Coleman made his Broadway debut in the short-lived A Call on Kuprin in 1961. In a 1964 episode of Kraft Suspense Theatre titled "The Threatening Eye", Coleman played private investigator William Gunther. Two years later, he played Dr. Leon Bessemer with Bonnie Scott as his wife Judy, neighbors and friends of the protagonist in Season 1 of That Girl, episode 3, "Never Change a Diaper on Opening Night". Noted for his moustache which he grew in 1973, he appeared in the sitcom wearing horn-rimmed glasses and with no facial hair. Other early roles in his career included a U.S. Olympic skiing team coach in Downhill Racer (1969), a high-ranking fire chief in The Towering Inferno (1974), and a wealthy Westerner in Bite the Bullet (1975). He portrayed an FBI agent in Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dabney Coleman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

    Movies

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    Still Working 9 to 5
    100 %|Mar 13, 2022
    Documentary
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    Rules Don't Apply
    57 %|Nov 23, 2016
    Romance, Comedy, Drama
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    Char·ac·ter
    40 %|Nov 30, 2012
    Documentary
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    Hard Four
    55 %|Nov 1, 2007
    Comedy
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    Domino
    59.21 %|Oct 14, 2005
    Action, Crime
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    Recess: All Growed Down
    64 %|Dec 9, 2003
    Family, Comedy, Animation
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    Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
    64 %|Dec 9, 2003
    Family, Comedy, Animation
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    Where the Red Fern Grows
    58 %|May 3, 2003
    Drama, Family
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    Moonlight Mile
    63.120000000000005 %|Sep 9, 2002
    Romance, Drama
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    The Climb
    57 %|Feb 22, 2002
    Drama, Action
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    Recess: School's Out
    66 %|Feb 16, 2001
    Family, Animation
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    How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
    34 %|Jun 20, 2000
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    Stuart Little
    61 %|Dec 17, 1999
    Family, Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure
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    Must Be Santa
    30 %|Dec 12, 1999
    Family, TV Movie
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    Inspector Gadget
    44.76 %|Jul 23, 1999
    Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
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    Giving It Up
    40 %|Mar 16, 1999
    Comedy, Romance
    actor
    Taken
    50 %|Jan 1, 1999
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    You've Got Mail
    66.91 %|Dec 18, 1998
    Comedy, Romance
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    Exiled
    54 %|Nov 8, 1998
    TV Movie, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    My Date with the President's Daughter
    69.23 %|Apr 19, 1998
    TV Movie, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
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    Target Earth
    45 %|Jan 1, 1998
    Science Fiction, Horror, TV Movie
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    Witch Way Love
    53 %|Mar 19, 1997
    Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
    actor
    Devil's Food
    0 %|Sep 2, 1996
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    In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped
    43 %|Mar 12, 1995
    Thriller, TV Movie
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    Judicial Consent
    59 %|Oct 21, 1994
    Mystery, Thriller
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    Clifford
    49 %|Apr 1, 1994
    Comedy
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    The Beverly Hillbillies
    63.17999999999999 %|Oct 15, 1993
    Comedy, Family
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    Amos & Andrew
    54 %|Mar 5, 1993
    Action, Comedy
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    Lincoln
    72 %|Dec 26, 1992
    Documentary
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    There Goes the Neighborhood
    53 %|Oct 30, 1992
    Comedy, Crime, Romance
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    Never Forget
    50 %|Apr 8, 1991
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Meet the Applegates
    55 %|Nov 8, 1990
    Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
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    Short Time
    64 %|May 4, 1990
    Action, Comedy, Crime
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    Where the Heart Is
    60 %|Feb 23, 1990
    Comedy, Drama
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    Maybe Baby
    47 %|Dec 5, 1988
    TV Movie, Comedy
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    Hot to Trot
    53.17 %|Aug 26, 1988
    Comedy
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    Baby M
    60 %|May 22, 1988
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    Plaza Suite
    60 %|Dec 3, 1987
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    Dragnet
    60 %|Jun 23, 1987
    Action, Comedy, Crime
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    Sworn to Silence
    60 %|Apr 6, 1987
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
    0 %|Feb 3, 1987
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
    62 %|Apr 18, 1986
    Crime, Mystery, TV Movie
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    Murrow
    50 %|Jan 19, 1986
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Man with One Red Shoe
    57 %|Jul 18, 1985
    Action, Comedy
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    Night of 100 Stars II
    80 %|Mar 10, 1985
    Comedy, Music, TV Movie, Documentary
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    The Muppets Take Manhattan
    65.36 %|Jun 27, 1984
    Romance, Comedy, Family
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    Cloak & Dagger
    64 %|Jun 1, 1984
    Adventure, Action, Family
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    WarGames
    70.75999999999999 %|Jun 3, 1983
    Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama
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    Tootsie
    72.16 %|Dec 17, 1982
    Comedy, Romance
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    Young Doctors in Love
    52 %|Jul 16, 1982
    Comedy
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    Modern Problems
    54 %|Dec 25, 1981
    Comedy, Science Fiction, Romance
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    On Golden Pond
    72.34 %|Dec 4, 1981
    Drama, Romance
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    Callie & Son
    70 %|Oct 13, 1981
    Drama, TV Movie
    actor
    Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
    20 %|Dec 31, 1980
    Drama, Crime
    poster
    Nine to Five
    69 %|Dec 18, 1980
    Comedy
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    Melvin and Howard
    63.83 %|Sep 19, 1980
    Comedy, Drama
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    Pray TV
    48 %|May 23, 1980
    Comedy
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    Nothing Personal
    58 %|Mar 28, 1980
    Comedy, Romance
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    When She Was Bad...
    50 %|Nov 25, 1979
    Drama, TV Movie
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    North Dallas Forty
    66.09 %|Aug 3, 1979
    Comedy, Drama
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    More Than Friends
    0 %|Oct 20, 1978
    Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
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    Maneaters Are Loose!
    0 %|May 3, 1978
    Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller, TV Movie
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    The Case of the Baltimore Girls
    0 %|Jan 23, 1978
    Crime, TV Movie
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    Rolling Thunder
    68 %|Nov 2, 1977
    Action, Drama, Crime
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    Black Fist
    43 %|Aug 31, 1977
    Action, Drama
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    Viva Knievel!
    36 %|Jun 10, 1977
    Adventure, Action, Comedy, Thriller
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    Midway
    66 %|Jun 18, 1976
    Action, Drama, History, War
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    Kiss Me, Kill Me
    70 %|May 8, 1976
    Thriller, Drama, TV Movie
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    The Other Side of the Mountain
    62 %|Nov 14, 1975
    Romance, Drama
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    Bite the Bullet
    64 %|Sep 26, 1975
    Action, Western, Adventure
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    Returning Home
    50 %|Apr 30, 1975
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
    50 %|Feb 20, 1975
    Drama, Crime, TV Movie
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    The Towering Inferno
    70.14999999999999 %|Dec 14, 1974
    Action, Drama, Thriller
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    Bad Ronald
    64 %|Oct 23, 1974
    TV Movie, Drama, Thriller, Horror
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    The Dove
    65 %|Jun 16, 1974
    Romance, Drama, Adventure
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    House of Evil
    60 %|May 14, 1974
    TV Movie, Horror
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    Cinderella Liberty
    67.59 %|Dec 18, 1973
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
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    The President's Plane Is Missing
    62 %|Oct 23, 1973
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie
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    Dying Room Only
    66 %|Sep 18, 1973
    Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
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    Moving Target
    0 %|May 22, 1973
    TV Movie, Thriller, Horror
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    Savage
    56 %|Mar 31, 1973
    TV Movie, Thriller, Drama
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    I Love My Wife
    20 %|Dec 21, 1970
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Brotherhood of the Bell
    59 %|Sep 17, 1970
    Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
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    Downhill Racer
    58 %|Nov 6, 1969
    Drama
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    The Trouble with Girls
    49 %|Jun 24, 1969
    Comedy, Music, Romance
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    The Scalphunters
    64 %|Feb 29, 1968
    Comedy, Western
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    This Property Is Condemned
    63 %|Aug 3, 1966
    Drama, Romance
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    The Slender Thread
    71 %|Dec 15, 1965
    Drama

    Series

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    Yellowstone
    82 %|Jun 20, 2018
    Western, Drama
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    For The People
    72 %|Mar 13, 2018
    Drama
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    Ray Donovan
    75 %|Jun 30, 2013
    Drama
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    Pound Puppies
    52 %|Oct 10, 2010
    Animation
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    Boardwalk Empire
    79.84 %|Sep 19, 2010
    Crime, Drama
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    Heartland
    65 %|Jun 18, 2007
    Drama
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    Courting Alex
    53 %|Jan 23, 2006
    Comedy
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    NCIS
    76.19 %|Sep 23, 2003
    Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    The Guardian
    69.35 %|Sep 25, 2001
    Drama
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    The Zeta Project
    72 %|Jan 27, 2001
    Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    79 %|Sep 20, 1999
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Recess
    77 %|Sep 13, 1997
    Animation, Kids, Comedy
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    E! True Hollywood Story
    80.41 %|Aug 21, 1996
    Documentary
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    Madman of the People
    0 %|Sep 22, 1994
    Comedy
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    The Magic School Bus
    76 %|Sep 10, 1994
    Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family, Action & Adventure, Kids
    actor
    Drexell's Class
    55 %|Sep 19, 1991
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    The Slap Maxwell Story
    35 %|Sep 23, 1987
    Comedy
    poster
    Fresno
    64 %|Nov 16, 1986
    Comedy, Soap, Drama
    poster
    Buffalo Bill
    61 %|May 31, 1983
    Comedy
    poster
    Diff'rent Strokes
    70.25999999999999 %|Nov 3, 1978
    Comedy, Family, Drama
    poster
    Apple Pie
    60 %|Sep 23, 1978
    Comedy
    actor
    Forever Fernwood
    50 %|Oct 3, 1977
    poster
    The Love Boat
    63 %|Sep 24, 1977
    Drama, Comedy
    poster
    Fernwood 2 Night
    56 %|Jul 4, 1977
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    Quincy, M.E.
    75 %|Oct 3, 1976
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    Quincy, M.E.
    75 %|Oct 3, 1976
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
    66.92 %|Jan 5, 1976
    Drama, Soap, Comedy
    poster
    Saturday Night Live
    69.36 %|Oct 11, 1975
    Comedy, News
    poster
    Switch
    67 %|Sep 9, 1975
    Action & Adventure, Drama
    actor
    Medical Story
    50 %|Sep 4, 1975
    Drama
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    Sons and Daughters
    0 %|Sep 11, 1974
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    The Manhunter
    50 %|Sep 11, 1974
    Drama, Crime
    poster
    Petrocelli
    69.57 %|Sep 11, 1974
    Drama
    poster
    Kojak
    69.42 %|Oct 24, 1973
    Crime, Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    Police Story
    71 %|Mar 20, 1973
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
    poster
    Barnaby Jones
    69 %|Jan 28, 1973
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    Barnaby Jones
    69 %|Jan 28, 1973
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    Barnaby Jones
    69 %|Jan 28, 1973
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    Barnaby Jones
    69 %|Jan 28, 1973
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The Streets of San Francisco
    70 %|Sep 23, 1972
    Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
    poster
    The Streets of San Francisco
    70 %|Sep 23, 1972
    Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
    actor
    Banyon
    70 %|Sep 15, 1972
    Drama
    poster
    Search
    69 %|Sep 13, 1972
    Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    poster
    McMillan & Wife
    73 %|Sep 29, 1971
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    McMillan & Wife
    73 %|Sep 29, 1971
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
    63 %|Sep 16, 1971
    Drama
    poster
    Columbo
    81 %|Sep 15, 1971
    Crime, Drama
    poster
    Columbo
    81 %|Sep 15, 1971
    Crime, Drama
    poster
    Cannon
    65 %|Sep 14, 1971
    Drama, Action & Adventure
    poster
    Dan August
    65 %|Sep 23, 1970
    Drama, Crime
    poster
    The Mary Tyler Moore Show
    75 %|Sep 19, 1970
    Comedy
    poster
    Nanny and the Professor
    56 %|Jan 21, 1970
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
    poster
    Medical Center
    61 %|Sep 24, 1969
    Drama
    poster
    Then Came Bronson
    48 %|Sep 17, 1969
    Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
    40 %|Sep 14, 1969
    Drama
    poster
    Room 222
    57 %|Sep 11, 1969
    Comedy, Drama
    poster
    The Mod Squad
    65 %|Sep 24, 1968
    Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Mannix
    67 %|Sep 16, 1967
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Drama
    poster
    Mannix
    67 %|Sep 16, 1967
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Drama
    poster
    Judd for the Defense
    75 %|Sep 8, 1967
    Drama
    poster
    The Flying Nun
    65 %|Sep 7, 1967
    Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    poster
    Ironside
    69 %|Mar 28, 1967
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The Invaders
    68 %|Jan 10, 1967
    Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
    poster
    The Invaders
    68 %|Jan 10, 1967
    Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
    poster
    That Girl
    61.150000000000006 %|Sep 8, 1966
    Comedy
    poster
    The F.B.I.
    54 %|Sep 19, 1965
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The F.B.I.
    54 %|Sep 19, 1965
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The F.B.I.
    54 %|Sep 19, 1965
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The F.B.I.
    54 %|Sep 19, 1965
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The F.B.I.
    54 %|Sep 19, 1965
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The F.B.I.
    54 %|Sep 19, 1965
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The F.B.I.
    54 %|Sep 19, 1965
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    I Dream of Jeannie
    78 %|Sep 18, 1965
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family
    poster
    I Dream of Jeannie
    78 %|Sep 18, 1965
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family
    poster
    Please Don't Eat the Daisies
    66 %|Sep 14, 1965
    Comedy
    poster
    Run for Your Life
    71.67 %|Sep 13, 1965
    Drama
    poster
    12 O'Clock High
    73 %|Sep 18, 1964
    Drama, War & Politics
    poster
    12 O'Clock High
    73 %|Sep 18, 1964
    Drama, War & Politics
    poster
    Kraft Suspense Theatre
    53 %|Oct 10, 1963
    Mystery, Drama
    poster
    Kraft Suspense Theatre
    53 %|Oct 10, 1963
    Mystery, Drama
    actor
    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
    55 %|Oct 4, 1963
    Drama, Comedy, Talk
    actor
    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
    55 %|Oct 4, 1963
    Drama, Comedy, Talk
    poster
    The Fugitive
    72 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The Fugitive
    72 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The Fugitive
    72 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The Fugitive
    72 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The Outer Limits
    78 %|Sep 16, 1963
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    poster
    The Outer Limits
    78 %|Sep 16, 1963
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    poster
    The Outer Limits
    78 %|Sep 16, 1963
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    poster
    Arrest and Trial
    70 %|Sep 15, 1963
    Crime, Drama
    poster
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
    78 %|Sep 20, 1962
    Crime, Mystery, Drama
    poster
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
    78 %|Sep 20, 1962
    Crime, Mystery, Drama
    poster
    Ben Casey
    57 %|Oct 2, 1961
    Drama
    poster
    Hazel
    70 %|Sep 28, 1961
    Comedy
    poster
    Dr. Kildare
    54 %|Sep 27, 1961
    Drama
    actor
    Kraft Mystery Theatre
    60 %|Jun 14, 1961
    Drama, Mystery
    poster
    Bonanza
    75 %|Sep 12, 1959
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
    poster
    Bonanza
    75 %|Sep 12, 1959
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
    poster
    Naked City
    53 %|Sep 30, 1958
    Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
    poster
    The Donna Reed Show
    63 %|Sep 24, 1958
    Comedy, Family
    poster
    Golden Globe Awards
    68 %|Jan 20, 1944
    Talk
    poster
    Golden Globe Awards
    68 %|Jan 20, 1944
    Talk