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    Martin Balsam

    1919-11-04 (105 years old) in Bronx, New York, USA

    Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American character actor. He is best known for a number of film roles, including detective Milton Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns (1965), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Juror #1 in 12 Angry Men (1957), and Mr. Green in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), as well as for his role as Murray Klein in the television sitcom Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983).

    Movies

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    Legend of the Spirit Dog
    0 %|Aug 19, 1997
    Adventure, Family, Drama
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    O. Henry's Christmas
    0 %|Jun 3, 1996
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Unknown Soldier
    60 %|Jan 1, 1995
    War, Fantasy, Drama
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    The Silence of the Hams
    48.94 %|Mar 11, 1994
    Thriller, Comedy
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    La Classe américaine
    77 %|Dec 31, 1993
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    24 Hour Psycho
    40 %|Jan 1, 1993
    Thriller
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    The Sands of Time
    0 %|Nov 23, 1992
    Drama, War, TV Movie
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    Cape Fear
    73 %|Nov 13, 1991
    Drama, Crime, Thriller
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    The Last Match
    50 %|Feb 1, 1990
    Action
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    Two Evil Eyes
    61.050000000000004 %|Jan 25, 1990
    Horror
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    The Child Saver
    0 %|Jan 18, 1988
    Drama
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    The Brother from Space
    25 %|Jan 1, 1988
    Science Fiction
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    Kids Like These
    0 %|Nov 8, 1987
    Drama, TV Movie
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    P.I. Private Investigations
    48 %|Jun 5, 1987
    Crime, Thriller
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    Brothers in Blood
    50 %|May 12, 1987
    War, Adventure
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    Queenie
    48 %|May 10, 1987
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Delta Force
    59 %|Feb 14, 1986
    Action, Thriller, Adventure, War
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    Second Serve
    54 %|Jan 1, 1986
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Death Wish 3
    61.89 %|Nov 1, 1985
    Action, Crime, Drama
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    Murder in Space
    48 %|Jul 28, 1985
    Mystery, Crime, Science Fiction, TV Movie, Horror
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    St. Elmo's Fire
    62 %|Jun 28, 1985
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
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    Innocent Prey
    40 %|Dec 12, 1984
    Horror
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    The Goodbye People
    0 %|Sep 11, 1984
    Comedy, Drama
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    I Want to Live
    40 %|May 9, 1983
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Night of 100 Stars
    65 %|Mar 8, 1982
    Comedy, Music, TV Movie, Documentary
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    People vs. Jean Harris
    0 %|May 7, 1981
    Crime, Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    The Salamander
    57 %|Apr 25, 1981
    Thriller, Mystery
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    The Warning
    54 %|Aug 15, 1980
    Crime
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    There Goes The Bride
    0 %|Jul 7, 1980
    Romance, Comedy
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    The Love Tapes
    30 %|May 9, 1980
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    Cuba
    54.900000000000006 %|Dec 21, 1979
    Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Adventure, War
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    Aunt Mary
    80 %|Dec 5, 1979
    TV Movie, Drama, Family
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    The House on Garibaldi Street
    55 %|May 28, 1979
    Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
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    Gardenia
    50 %|May 5, 1979
    Crime
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    The Seeding of Sarah Burns
    60 %|Apr 7, 1979
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Horror Show
    60 %|Feb 6, 1979
    Horror, Documentary, TV Movie
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    The Millionaire
    0 %|Dec 19, 1978
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Rainbow
    0 %|Nov 6, 1978
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Siege
    52 %|Apr 26, 1978
    Crime, TV Movie
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    Blood and Diamonds
    63 %|Mar 17, 1978
    Crime, Thriller
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    Eyes Behind the Stars
    40 %|Feb 21, 1978
    Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Horror
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    The Storyteller
    0 %|Dec 5, 1977
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Contract on Cherry Street
    63 %|Nov 19, 1977
    Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
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    Silver Bears
    59 %|Jun 3, 1977
    Comedy, Crime
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    The Sentinel
    61 %|Jan 7, 1977
    Horror, Mystery, Fantasy
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    Raid on Entebbe
    60 %|Dec 26, 1976
    Drama, Thriller, TV Movie, History
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    Two-Minute Warning
    61.57 %|Nov 12, 1976
    Action, Thriller
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    Death Rage
    55 %|Oct 22, 1976
    Thriller, Action, Crime
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    Meet Him and Die
    54 %|Oct 8, 1976
    Crime, Thriller
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    All the President's Men
    77 %|Apr 9, 1976
    Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
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    The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
    64 %|Feb 26, 1976
    Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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    Season For Assassins
    47 %|Dec 27, 1975
    Drama, Action
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    Mitchell
    33 %|Sep 10, 1975
    Crime, Drama, Action
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    Cry, Onion!
    50 %|Aug 25, 1975
    Western, Comedy
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    Smiling Maniacs
    0 %|Jan 16, 1975
    Crime, Thriller
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    Miles To Go Before I Sleep
    60 %|Jan 8, 1975
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Murder on the Orient Express
    71.39 %|Nov 22, 1974
    Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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    Trapped Beneath the Sea
    58 %|Oct 22, 1974
    TV Movie, Action, Drama
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    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
    74.63 %|Oct 2, 1974
    Crime, Thriller, Action
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    Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
    56 %|Oct 21, 1973
    Drama
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    The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
    65 %|Oct 20, 1973
    Science Fiction, Action, Drama, TV Movie
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    Counselor at Crime
    56 %|Aug 30, 1973
    Crime
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    The Stone Killer
    62 %|Aug 8, 1973
    Crime, Action
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    La colonna infame
    60 %|Apr 19, 1973
    Drama, History
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    The Six Million Dollar Man
    67 %|Mar 7, 1973
    Science Fiction, Adventure, TV Movie
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    A Brand New Life
    0 %|Feb 20, 1973
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Night of Terror
    62 %|Oct 10, 1972
    TV Movie, Thriller
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    The Man
    63 %|Jul 19, 1972
    Drama
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    The Hassled Hooker
    65.71 %|Apr 7, 1972
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Chronicle of a Homicide
    56 %|Feb 4, 1972
    Crime, Drama
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    The Anderson Tapes
    61 %|Jun 17, 1971
    Crime, Thriller, Drama
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    Confessions of a Police Captain
    67 %|Mar 26, 1971
    Crime, Drama
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    Little Big Man
    75.16 %|Dec 23, 1970
    Adventure, Western, Comedy, Drama
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    The Enemy Before Us
    0 %|Oct 16, 1970
    Adventure, Science Fiction
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    The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
    60 %|Oct 13, 1970
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Catch-22
    67 %|Jun 24, 1970
    War, Comedy
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    Hunters Are for Killing
    45 %|Mar 12, 1970
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    71.64 %|Jan 26, 1970
    War, History, Drama
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    The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
    54 %|Oct 10, 1969
    Comedy, Western
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    Me, Natalie
    56 %|Jul 13, 1969
    Drama, Comedy
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    Trilogy
    60 %|Jun 8, 1969
    Drama
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    Around the World of Mike Todd
    60 %|Sep 8, 1968
    Documentary, Adventure
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    Hombre
    70 %|Mar 21, 1967
    Western
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    After the Fox
    60 %|Sep 8, 1966
    Crime, Comedy
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    A Thousand Clowns
    70 %|Dec 13, 1965
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    The Bedford Incident
    69 %|Oct 11, 1965
    Action, Drama, Thriller, War
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    Harlow
    54 %|Jun 23, 1965
    Drama
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    The Carpetbaggers
    58 %|Apr 8, 1964
    Drama
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    Seven Days in May
    72 %|Feb 1, 1964
    Drama, Thriller
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    Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
    57.86 %|Dec 25, 1963
    Comedy
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    Conquered City
    43 %|Dec 5, 1962
    Drama, War
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    Cape Fear
    74.36 %|Apr 12, 1962
    Thriller
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    Breakfast at Tiffany's
    76.61 %|Oct 6, 1961
    Comedy, Romance, Drama
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    Ada
    61 %|Aug 25, 1961
    Drama
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    Everybody Go Home!
    76 %|Oct 27, 1960
    Comedy, War, Drama
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    Psycho
    84.27 %|Jun 22, 1960
    Horror, Thriller, Mystery
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    Winterset
    0 %|Oct 26, 1959
    Crime, Drama
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    Middle of the Night
    70 %|May 20, 1959
    Drama, Romance
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    Al Capone
    66 %|Mar 25, 1959
    Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
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    Bomber's Moon
    0 %|Aug 7, 1958
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Marjorie Morningstar
    62 %|Apr 24, 1958
    Drama, Romance
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    Time Limit
    70 %|Oct 23, 1957
    Drama, Mystery, War
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    12 Angry Men
    85.46 %|Apr 10, 1957
    Drama
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    The Defender (Studio One)
    72 %|Feb 25, 1957
    Drama, TV Movie
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    A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
    0 %|Oct 2, 1955
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    On the Waterfront
    79.2 %|Jun 22, 1954
    Crime, Drama, Romance
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    The Living Bible
    60 %|Jan 1, 1952
    Drama, Family
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    Concerning a Woman of Sin
    0 %|Mar 24, 1949
    Drama
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    Winged Victory
    55 %|Dec 22, 1944
    Drama, War

    Series

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    Oceano
    50 %|Aug 20, 1989
    Drama
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    Midnight Caller
    74 %|Oct 25, 1988
    Drama
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    The Twilight Zone
    77 %|Sep 27, 1985
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
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    The Twilight Zone
    77 %|Sep 27, 1985
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
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    Space
    65 %|Apr 14, 1985
    Drama
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    Murder, She Wrote
    75 %|Sep 30, 1984
    Mystery, Crime, Drama
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    The Octopus
    80 %|Mar 11, 1984
    Drama, Crime
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    Little Gloria... Happy at Last
    68 %|Oct 24, 1982
    Drama
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    Hotel
    68 %|Aug 21, 1982
    Drama, Soap
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    Archie Bunker's Place
    65 %|Sep 23, 1979
    Comedy
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    Quincy, M.E.
    75 %|Oct 3, 1976
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Kojak
    69.42 %|Oct 24, 1973
    Crime, Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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    Police Story
    71 %|Mar 20, 1973
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
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    Great Performances
    52 %|Jan 28, 1971
    Comedy, Documentary, Drama
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    The Name of the Game
    68 %|Sep 20, 1968
    Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    CBS Playhouse
    70 %|Dec 8, 1966
    Drama
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    12 O'Clock High
    73 %|Sep 18, 1964
    Drama, War & Politics
    actor
    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
    55 %|Oct 4, 1963
    Drama, Comedy, Talk
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    The Fugitive
    72 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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    Arrest and Trial
    70 %|Sep 15, 1963
    Crime, Drama
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    The Eleventh Hour
    60 %|Oct 3, 1962
    Drama
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    The New Breed
    70 %|Oct 3, 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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    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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    The Defenders
    62 %|Sep 16, 1961
    Drama
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    The Defenders
    62 %|Sep 16, 1961
    Drama
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    The Defenders
    62 %|Sep 16, 1961
    Drama
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    Route 66
    64 %|Oct 7, 1960
    Drama, Crime
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    The Twilight Zone
    84 %|Oct 2, 1959
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
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    Rawhide
    71 %|Jan 9, 1959
    Western, Drama
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    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
    52.5 %|Oct 6, 1958
    Drama
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    Naked City
    53 %|Sep 30, 1958
    Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
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    Naked City
    53 %|Sep 30, 1958
    Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
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    Naked City
    53 %|Sep 30, 1958
    Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
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    Naked City
    53 %|Sep 30, 1958
    Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
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    Decoy
    62 %|Oct 14, 1957
    Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure, Mystery
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    Have Gun, Will Travel
    74 %|Sep 14, 1957
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
    55 %|Oct 5, 1956
    Western, Drama
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    Tony Awards
    50 %|Apr 1, 1956
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
    actor
    The Greatest Gift
    0 %|Aug 30, 1954
    poster
    Inner Sanctum
    70 %|Jan 9, 1954
    actor
    Valiant Lady
    50 %|Oct 12, 1953
    Soap
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    86.67 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    86.67 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama
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    The Living Christ
    50 %|Jan 7, 1951
    Drama
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    Studio One
    47.27 %|Nov 7, 1948
    Drama
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    Studio One
    47.27 %|Nov 7, 1948
    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 Philco Television Playhouse
    60 %|Oct 3, 1948
    Drama
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    Actors Studio
    65 %|Sep 26, 1948
    Drama
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    The Ed Sullivan Show
    66.32 %|Jun 20, 1948
    Comedy, Talk