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    John Anderson

    1922-10-20 (102 years old) in Clayton, Illinois, USA

    John Robert Anderson (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992) A tall, sinewy, austere-looking character actor with silver hair, rugged features and a distinctive voice, John Robert Anderson appeared in hundreds of films and television episodes. Immensely versatile, he was at his best submerging himself in the role of historical figures (he impersonated Abraham Lincoln three times and twice baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, men whom he strongly resembled). He was a familiar presence in westerns and science-fiction serials, usually as upstanding, dignified and generally benign citizens (a rare exception was his Ebonite interrogator in The Outer Limits (1963) episode "Nightmare"). He had a high opinion of Rod Serling and was proud to be featured in four episodes of The Twilight Zone (1959), most memorably as the tuxedo-clad angel Gabriel in "A Passage for Trumpet" (doing for Jack Klugman what Henry Travers did for James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)).

    Movies

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    Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
    62 %|Jul 1, 1994
    TV Movie, Western
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    24 Hour Psycho
    40 %|Jan 1, 1993
    Thriller
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    Bed of Lies
    0 %|Jan 20, 1992
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Daddy
    44 %|Oct 23, 1991
    TV Movie, Drama, Romance
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    Babe Ruth
    60 %|Oct 6, 1991
    TV Movie, Drama, History
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    In Broad Daylight
    57 %|Feb 3, 1991
    Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
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    Follow Your Heart
    0 %|Apr 2, 1990
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Deadly Innocents
    100 %|Jun 1, 1989
    Thriller
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    Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
    51 %|Feb 5, 1989
    TV Movie, Thriller
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    Eight Men Out
    69.24000000000001 %|Sep 2, 1988
    Drama, History
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    American Harvest
    0 %|Jan 16, 1987
    Drama
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    Scorpion
    43 %|Dec 1, 1986
    Action, Thriller
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    Never Too Young to Die
    47 %|Jun 13, 1986
    Adventure, Action, Drama
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    I-Man
    50 %|Apr 6, 1986
    Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, TV Movie
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    Sins of the Past
    50 %|Apr 2, 1984
    Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie
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    Missing Children: A Mother's Story
    67 %|Dec 1, 1982
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Zoot Suit
    61 %|Oct 2, 1981
    Drama, Music
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    Out of the Blue
    69 %|Apr 29, 1981
    Drama
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    Smokey and the Bandit II
    55 %|Aug 15, 1980
    Action, Comedy
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    In Search of Historic Jesus
    43 %|Aug 1, 1979
    Documentary, Drama
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    The Deerslayer
    50 %|Dec 18, 1978
    Western, TV Movie
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    Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
    0 %|Oct 24, 1978
    TV Movie, Adventure, Drama, History, Western
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    The Last Hurrah
    0 %|Nov 16, 1977
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
    70 %|Nov 5, 1977
    Western, TV Movie
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    The Lincoln Conspiracy
    56 %|Oct 1, 1977
    Drama, Fantasy
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    The Force of Evil
    60 %|Mar 13, 1977
    Thriller, TV Movie
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    Bridger
    0 %|Sep 10, 1976
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    The Dark Side of Innocence
    0 %|May 20, 1976
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Quest
    100 %|May 13, 1976
    TV Movie, Western
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    The Specialist
    35 %|May 1, 1975
    Action, Thriller
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    Dead Man on the Run
    60 %|Apr 2, 1975
    Thriller, TV Movie
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    The Dove
    65 %|Jun 16, 1974
    Romance, Drama, Adventure
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    Manhunter
    70 %|Feb 26, 1974
    Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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    Smile Jenny, You're Dead
    61 %|Feb 3, 1974
    Crime, Drama, TV Movie, Thriller
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    Heatwave!
    59 %|Jan 27, 1974
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Executive Action
    63 %|Nov 7, 1973
    Thriller
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    Counselor at Crime
    56 %|Aug 30, 1973
    Crime
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    Call to Danger
    0 %|Feb 27, 1973
    TV Movie, Adventure
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    Set This Town on Fire
    0 %|Jan 8, 1973
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Molly and Lawless John
    30 %|Dec 1, 1972
    Western
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    The Stepmother
    40 %|Oct 26, 1972
    Drama
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    Man and Boy
    60 %|Jun 23, 1971
    Western, Adventure
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    Hitched
    60 %|Mar 31, 1971
    Comedy, Western, TV Movie
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    Soldier Blue
    69 %|Aug 12, 1970
    Western, Action, Drama
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    Cotton Comes to Harlem
    63 %|May 27, 1970
    Action, Comedy, Crime
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    The Andersonville Trial
    67 %|May 17, 1970
    TV Movie, Drama
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    The Animals
    41 %|Mar 9, 1970
    Western
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    Young Billy Young
    58 %|Oct 15, 1969
    Western
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    The Great Bank Robbery
    63 %|Jun 24, 1969
    Western, Comedy
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    Heaven with a Gun
    55 %|May 20, 1969
    Western
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    5 Card Stud
    62 %|Jul 28, 1968
    Western, Mystery
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    A Man Called Gannon
    45 %|Mar 8, 1968
    Western
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    Day of the Evil Gun
    62 %|Mar 1, 1968
    Western
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    Welcome to Hard Times
    50 %|Apr 30, 1967
    Western
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    A Covenant with Death
    50 %|Feb 15, 1967
    Drama
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    The Fortune Cookie
    72 %|Oct 19, 1966
    Comedy
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    Namu, the Killer Whale
    41 %|Aug 1, 1966
    Drama, Family, Adventure
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    Scalplock
    65 %|Apr 10, 1966
    Western, TV Movie
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    The Hallelujah Trail
    60 %|Jun 23, 1965
    Western, Comedy
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    The Satan Bug
    61 %|Mar 26, 1965
    Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
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    For the Love of Willadean
    60 %|Mar 8, 1964
    Family, Comedy, TV Movie
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    Ride the High Country
    70 %|Jun 20, 1962
    Western
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    Geronimo
    53 %|Apr 27, 1962
    Western, History
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    Walk on the Wild Side
    65 %|Mar 21, 1962
    Drama
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    The Wackiest Ship in the Army
    60 %|Dec 29, 1960
    Comedy, War
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    Psycho
    84 %|Jun 22, 1960
    Horror, Thriller, Mystery
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    Last Train from Gun Hill
    70 %|Jul 29, 1959
    Western
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    The True Story of Lynn Stuart
    63 %|Mar 3, 1958
    Crime, Drama
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    The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
    66 %|Oct 16, 1951
    Action, Drama, History, War

    Series

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    Quantum Leap
    80 %|Mar 26, 1989
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
    actor
    Annie McGuire
    50 %|Oct 26, 1988
    Comedy
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    Aaron's Way
    50 %|Mar 9, 1988
    Drama
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    Star Trek: The Next Generation
    84 %|Sep 28, 1987
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
    actor
    Heart of the City
    50 %|Sep 20, 1986
    Drama, Crime
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    Dream West
    50 %|Apr 13, 1986
    Drama
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    North and South
    74 %|Nov 3, 1985
    Drama, War & Politics
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    Bronk
    62 %|Apr 17, 1975
    Drama, Crime
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    The F.B.I.
    54 %|Sep 19, 1965
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Legend of Jesse James
    48 %|Sep 13, 1965
    Western, Drama
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    The Fugitive
    72 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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    The Outer Limits
    78 %|Sep 16, 1963
    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    The Lieutenant
    60 %|Sep 14, 1963
    Drama
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    Stoney Burke
    57 %|Oct 1, 1962
    Western
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    The Virginian
    64.29 %|Sep 19, 1962
    Western, Drama
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    The Virginian
    64.29 %|Sep 19, 1962
    Western, Drama
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    The Virginian
    64.29 %|Sep 19, 1962
    Western, Drama
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    The Virginian
    64.29 %|Sep 19, 1962
    Western, Drama
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    Dr. Kildare
    54 %|Sep 27, 1961
    Drama
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    The Detectives
    56 %|Oct 16, 1959
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Johnny Ringo
    57 %|Oct 2, 1959
    Western
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    Law of the Plainsman
    60 %|Oct 1, 1959
    Western
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    Law of the Plainsman
    60 %|Oct 1, 1959
    Western
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    Law of the Plainsman
    60 %|Oct 1, 1959
    Western
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    Laramie
    64 %|Sep 15, 1959
    Western, Drama
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    Rawhide
    70 %|Jan 9, 1959
    Western, Drama
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    The Walter Winchell File
    50 %|Oct 2, 1957
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    Panic!
    0 %|Mar 5, 1957
    Drama
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
    55 %|Oct 5, 1956
    Western, Drama
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
    55 %|Oct 5, 1956
    Western, Drama
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    Inside Detective
    0 %|Invalid Date
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    Jake and the Fatman
    59 %|Sep 26, 1987
    Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
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    Matlock
    72 %|Mar 3, 1986
    Crime, Drama
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    MacGyver
    77.41 %|Sep 29, 1985
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Family, Crime, Western
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    Murder, She Wrote
    76 %|Sep 30, 1984
    Mystery, Crime, Drama
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    Hunter
    72 %|Sep 18, 1984
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Scarecrow and Mrs. King
    64 %|Oct 3, 1983
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
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    Voyagers!
    75 %|Oct 3, 1982
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Matt Houston
    62 %|Sep 26, 1982
    Drama
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    Silver Spoons
    63.019999999999996 %|Sep 25, 1982
    Comedy
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    Bret Maverick
    40 %|Dec 1, 1981
    Comedy, Western
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    Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
    68 %|Jan 27, 1980
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    Hart to Hart
    68 %|Sep 22, 1979
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
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    Backstairs at the White House
    59 %|Jan 29, 1979
    Drama, War & Politics
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    Dallas
    67.34 %|Apr 2, 1978
    Soap, Drama, Family
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    The Incredible Hulk
    72 %|Nov 4, 1977
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Lou Grant
    72 %|Sep 20, 1977
    Comedy, Drama
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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
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    Quincy, M.E.
    75 %|Oct 3, 1976
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
    84 %|Sep 21, 1976
    Drama
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    The Quest
    64 %|May 13, 1976
    Western
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    The Rockford Files
    75 %|Sep 13, 1974
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Little House on the Prairie
    80 %|Sep 11, 1974
    Western, Drama, Family
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    Kung Fu
    76.12 %|Oct 14, 1972
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Western, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Kung Fu
    76.12 %|Oct 14, 1972
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Western, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Kung Fu
    76.12 %|Oct 14, 1972
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Western, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    M*A*S*H
    79 %|Sep 17, 1972
    War & Politics, Drama, Comedy
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    The Bob Newhart Show
    74 %|Sep 16, 1972
    Comedy
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    Emergency!
    78 %|Jan 22, 1972
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Documentary
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    The Sixth Sense
    63 %|Jan 15, 1972
    Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Bearcats!
    62 %|Sep 16, 1971
    Western, Action & Adventure
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    Cannon
    64.55 %|Sep 14, 1971
    Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Here Come the Brides
    60 %|Sep 25, 1968
    Western
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    Lancer
    47 %|Sep 24, 1968
    Western
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    Hawaii Five-O
    71 %|Sep 20, 1968
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Mannix
    67 %|Sep 16, 1967
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Drama
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    Cimarron Strip
    50.45 %|Sep 7, 1967
    Western
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    Occasional Wife
    75 %|Sep 13, 1966
    Comedy
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    Felony Squad
    70 %|Sep 12, 1966
    Crime, Drama
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    The Rat Patrol
    72 %|Sep 12, 1966
    Action & Adventure, War & Politics
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    The Rat Patrol
    72 %|Sep 12, 1966
    Action & Adventure, War & Politics
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    Tarzan
    67 %|Sep 8, 1966
    Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    The F.B.I.
    54 %|Sep 19, 1965
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The Big Valley
    60 %|Sep 15, 1965
    Western, Drama
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    Kraft Suspense Theatre
    53 %|Oct 10, 1963
    Mystery, Drama
    poster
    My Favorite Martian
    59 %|Sep 29, 1963
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family
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    The Great Adventure
    0 %|Sep 27, 1963
    Drama
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    Redigo
    50 %|Sep 24, 1963
    Western, Drama
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    The Fugitive
    72 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
    78 %|Sep 20, 1962
    Crime, Mystery, Drama
    poster
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
    78 %|Sep 20, 1962
    Crime, Mystery, Drama
    poster
    The Virginian
    64.29 %|Sep 19, 1962
    Western, Drama
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    The Virginian
    64.29 %|Sep 19, 1962
    Western, Drama
    poster
    Sam Benedict
    60 %|Sep 15, 1962
    Drama
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    Ben Casey
    57 %|Oct 2, 1961
    Drama
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    87th Precinct
    75 %|Sep 25, 1961
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    Cain's Hundred
    46.67 %|Sep 19, 1961
    Drama
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    Harrigan and Son
    0 %|Oct 14, 1960
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    Route 66
    64 %|Oct 7, 1960
    Drama, Crime
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    Stagecoach West
    60 %|Oct 4, 1960
    Western, Crime
    poster
    The Westerner
    67 %|Sep 30, 1960
    Western
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    Outlaws
    62 %|Sep 26, 1960
    Western, Drama
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    Thriller
    62 %|Sep 13, 1960
    Crime
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    The Tall Man
    63.33 %|Sep 10, 1960
    Western
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    Adventures in Paradise
    57 %|Oct 5, 1959
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    The Rebel
    53 %|Oct 4, 1959
    Western
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    The Twilight Zone
    84 %|Oct 2, 1959
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
    poster
    The Twilight Zone
    84 %|Oct 2, 1959
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
    poster
    The Twilight Zone
    84 %|Oct 2, 1959
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
    poster
    The Twilight Zone
    84 %|Oct 2, 1959
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
    poster
    Bonanza
    75 %|Sep 12, 1959
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
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    Bonanza
    75 %|Sep 12, 1959
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
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    Black Saddle
    60 %|Jan 10, 1959
    Western, Drama
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    Rawhide
    70 %|Jan 9, 1959
    Western, Drama
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    Bat Masterson
    63 %|Oct 8, 1958
    Western, Drama
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    Yancy Derringer
    60 %|Oct 2, 1958
    Western, Action & Adventure
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    The Rifleman
    70 %|Sep 30, 1958
    Action & Adventure, Western, Family
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    The Rifleman
    70 %|Sep 30, 1958
    Action & Adventure, Western, Family
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    The Rifleman
    70 %|Sep 30, 1958
    Action & Adventure, Western, Family
    poster
    Bronco
    48 %|Sep 23, 1958
    Western
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    Peter Gunn
    65 %|Sep 22, 1958
    Crime, Drama
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    Wanted: Dead or Alive
    69 %|Sep 6, 1958
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Sea Hunt
    65 %|Jan 4, 1958
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Trackdown
    64 %|Oct 4, 1957
    Western, Action & Adventure
    poster
    Perry Mason
    76 %|Sep 21, 1957
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
    poster
    Perry Mason
    76 %|Sep 21, 1957
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
    poster
    Perry Mason
    76 %|Sep 21, 1957
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
    poster
    Have Gun, Will Travel
    74 %|Sep 14, 1957
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Richard Diamond, Private Detective
    62 %|Jul 1, 1957
    Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
    55 %|Oct 5, 1956
    Western, Drama
    poster
    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
    55 %|Oct 5, 1956
    Western, Drama
    poster
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
    poster
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
    poster
    Cheyenne
    58 %|Sep 20, 1955
    Western, Drama
    poster
    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
    67 %|Sep 6, 1955
    Drama, Western
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    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
    67 %|Sep 6, 1955
    Drama, Western
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    The Wonderful World of Disney
    76 %|Oct 27, 1954
    Action & Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Kids, Family
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    Lassie
    61.33 %|Sep 12, 1954
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Family, Comedy
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    88 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    88 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama