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    Robert J. Wilke

    1914-05-18 (110 years old) in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Prolific American character actor of primarily villainous roles. The son of German parents, Cincinnati feed-store manager August Wilke and his wife Rose, Robert Joseph Wilke grew up in Cincinnati. He worked as a lifeguard at a Miami, Florida, hotel, where he made contacts in the film business. He was able to obtain work as a stuntman and continued as such until the mid-'40s, when he began getting actual roles in low-budget westerns and serials. A prominent appearance as one of the heavies in Le train sifflera trois fois (1952) led to work in higher-quality films. He worked extensively in television as well as movies, and became an enormously familiar face, though a fairly anonymous one to the general public. His weathered visage made him a perfect western bad guy, but he occasionally played sympathetic parts as well, as in Les moissons du ciel (1978). An expert golfer, he was said by his friend Claude Akins to have earned more money on the golf course than he ever did in movies. He died in 1989. -

    Movies

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    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
    60 %|Nov 22, 1988
    Documentary
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    Stripes
    65 %|Jun 26, 1981
    Action, Comedy
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    The Sweet Creek County War
    0 %|Jan 25, 1979
    Western
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    Days of Heaven
    75 %|Sep 13, 1978
    Drama, Romance
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    Wild and Wooly
    40 %|Feb 20, 1978
    Western, TV Movie, Comedy
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    Santee
    53 %|Sep 1, 1973
    Drama, Action, Western
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    The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
    56 %|Aug 1, 1973
    Horror, Mystery
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    The Rookies
    60 %|Mar 7, 1972
    Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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    They Call It Murder
    65 %|Dec 17, 1971
    Mystery, Drama, Crime, TV Movie
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    The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
    54 %|Nov 30, 1971
    Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
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    A Gunfight
    58 %|Aug 25, 1971
    Western
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    The Cheyenne Social Club
    64 %|Jun 12, 1970
    Western, Comedy
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    The Desperate Mission
    45 %|Nov 20, 1969
    Western, Action, Adventure, Drama, TV Movie
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    Tony Rome
    63 %|Nov 10, 1967
    Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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    The Magnificent Stranger
    67 %|Aug 26, 1966
    Western
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    Smoky
    55 %|Aug 3, 1966
    Western
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    The Hallelujah Trail
    60 %|Jun 23, 1965
    Western, Comedy
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    Fate Is the Hunter
    64 %|Nov 8, 1964
    Drama
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    Shock Treatment
    67 %|Jul 22, 1964
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    The Gun Hawk
    40 %|Aug 28, 1963
    Western
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    The Long Rope
    50 %|Mar 26, 1961
    Western
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    Spartacus
    75.45 %|Oct 13, 1960
    History, War, Drama, Adventure
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    The Magnificent Seven
    75 %|Oct 12, 1960
    Western, Action, Adventure
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    The Slowest Gun in the West
    20 %|May 7, 1960
    Western, Comedy, TV Movie
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    Never Steal Anything Small
    80 %|Feb 11, 1959
    Drama
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    Man of the West
    65 %|Jun 20, 1958
    Western
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    Return to Warbow
    58 %|Jan 15, 1958
    Western
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    The Tarnished Angels
    66.19 %|Nov 21, 1957
    Drama
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    Night Passage
    63 %|Jul 24, 1957
    Western
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    Hot Summer Night
    56 %|Feb 15, 1957
    Crime, Drama
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    Gun the Man Down
    63 %|Nov 15, 1956
    Western, Action, Crime
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    Written on the Wind
    69 %|Oct 4, 1956
    Drama, Romance
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    Canyon River
    64 %|Aug 4, 1956
    Western
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    The Rawhide Years
    55 %|Jul 1, 1956
    Western
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    Raw Edge
    58 %|Mar 24, 1956
    Romance, Western
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    Backlash
    63 %|Mar 14, 1956
    Western
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    The Lone Ranger
    61 %|Feb 25, 1956
    Adventure, Western
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    Wichita
    62.45 %|Jul 3, 1955
    Western
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    Shotgun
    52 %|Apr 23, 1955
    Western
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    Strange Lady in Town
    45 %|Apr 12, 1955
    Western
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    Smoke Signal
    67 %|Mar 1, 1955
    Action, Drama, Western
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    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    70 %|Dec 23, 1954
    Adventure, Science Fiction, Family
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    Two Guns and a Badge
    0 %|Sep 11, 1954
    Western
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    The Lone Gun
    53 %|Apr 25, 1954
    Western
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    The Far Country
    69 %|Feb 12, 1954
    Western
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    War Paint
    55 %|Aug 28, 1953
    Western, Adventure, War
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    From Here to Eternity
    73 %|Aug 28, 1953
    War, Romance, Drama
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    Arrowhead
    59 %|Aug 3, 1953
    Action, Western
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    Cow Country
    44 %|Apr 25, 1953
    Western
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    The Maverick
    0 %|Dec 14, 1952
    Western
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    Wyoming Roundup
    60 %|Nov 9, 1952
    Western
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    Fargo
    65 %|Sep 7, 1952
    Action, Western
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    Cattle Town
    67 %|Sep 6, 1952
    Western
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    Hellgate
    67 %|Sep 4, 1952
    Western
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    High Noon
    76.72 %|Jun 9, 1952
    Western, Thriller
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    Road Agent
    55 %|Mar 29, 1952
    Western
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    The Las Vegas Story
    58 %|Jan 30, 1952
    Drama, Crime, Thriller
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    Overland Telegraph
    67 %|Dec 15, 1951
    Western
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    Hot Lead
    63 %|Sep 30, 1951
    Western
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    Pistol Harvest
    52 %|Aug 30, 1951
    Western
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    Cyclone Fury
    50 %|Aug 14, 1951
    Western
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    Best of the Badmen
    68 %|Aug 9, 1951
    Western
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    Gunplay
    62 %|Jul 23, 1951
    Western
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    Saddle Legion
    63 %|Apr 7, 1951
    Western, Action, Adventure, Drama
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    Vengeance Valley
    53 %|Feb 14, 1951
    Western
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    Frontier Outpost
    0 %|Dec 29, 1950
    Western
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    Across the Badlands
    0 %|Sep 14, 1950
    Western
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    The Desert Hawk
    51 %|Aug 5, 1950
    Action, Adventure
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    Outcasts of Black Mesa
    0 %|Apr 13, 1950
    Western
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    Mule Train
    50 %|Feb 22, 1950
    Western
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    Coyote Canyon
    0 %|Nov 17, 1949
    Western
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    Flaming Fury
    0 %|Jul 28, 1949
    Crime, Drama
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    The Wyoming Bandit
    40 %|Jul 15, 1949
    Western
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    Laramie
    65 %|May 19, 1949
    Western
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    Homicide for Three
    50 %|Dec 8, 1948
    Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance
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    Daredevils of the Clouds
    60 %|Jul 26, 1948
    Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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    Carson City Raiders
    0 %|May 13, 1948
    Drama, Western
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    The Ghost Goes Wild
    50 %|Aug 8, 1947
    Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Mystery
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    Blackmail
    40 %|Jul 24, 1947
    Action, Crime, Romance
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    Web of Danger
    48 %|Jun 10, 1947
    Adventure, Action
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    Law of the Canyon
    0 %|Apr 23, 1947
    Western
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    Buck Privates Come Home
    63 %|Apr 4, 1947
    Comedy, Romance, Action
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    Twilight on the Rio Grande
    25 %|Mar 31, 1947
    Adventure, Music, Romance, Western
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    White Tie and Tails
    70 %|Aug 30, 1946
    Comedy
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    The Inner Circle
    52 %|Aug 7, 1946
    Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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    Rendezvous with Annie
    60 %|Jul 22, 1946
    Comedy, War
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    Traffic in Crime
    60 %|Jun 28, 1946
    Action, Crime
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    Passkey to Danger
    0 %|May 11, 1946
    Crime, Mystery
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    Badman's Territory
    58 %|May 4, 1946
    Action, Western
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    The Catman of Paris
    55 %|Apr 20, 1946
    Horror, Thriller
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    Rough Riders of Cheyenne
    0 %|Oct 31, 1945
    Western
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    Sunset in El Dorado
    42 %|Sep 29, 1945
    Action, Adventure, Music, Romance, Western
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    Bandits of the Badlands
    35 %|Sep 14, 1945
    Western
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    Hitchhike to Happiness
    50 %|Jul 16, 1945
    Music, Comedy
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    Trail of Kit Carson
    0 %|Jul 11, 1945
    Western
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    Santa Fe Saddlemates
    50 %|Jun 1, 1945
    Western
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    Corpus Christi Bandits
    0 %|Apr 20, 1945
    Western, Action, Romance
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    Earl Carroll Vanities
    50 %|Apr 5, 1945
    Romance, Music
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    Sheriff of Cimarron
    60 %|Feb 28, 1945
    Western
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    Faces in the Fog
    30 %|Nov 30, 1944
    Drama
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    Vigilantes of Dodge City
    0 %|Nov 15, 1944
    Western
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    Sheriff of Sundown
    0 %|Nov 7, 1944
    Western
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    Code of the Prairie
    0 %|Oct 6, 1944
    Action, Western
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    San Antonio Kid
    0 %|Aug 16, 1944
    Western
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    Bordertown Trail
    0 %|Aug 11, 1944
    Western
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    Call of the Rockies
    60 %|Jul 14, 1944
    Western
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    Cowboy and the Senorita
    50 %|May 13, 1944
    Western
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    Hidden Valley Outlaws
    0 %|Apr 1, 1944
    Western
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    The Fighting Seabees
    62 %|Jan 27, 1944
    Drama, Action, War
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    Whispering Footsteps
    53 %|Dec 30, 1943
    Crime, Drama
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    Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
    57 %|Dec 27, 1941
    Crime
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    Sierra Sue
    0 %|Nov 12, 1941
    Adventure, Music, Romance, 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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    In Old Missouri
    55 %|Apr 17, 1940
    Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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    In Old Monterey
    53 %|Aug 14, 1939
    Western
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    Daredevils of the Red Circle
    55 %|Jun 10, 1939
    Action, Crime
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    S.O.S Tidal Wave
    57 %|Jun 2, 1939
    Crime
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    Star Reporter
    41 %|Feb 22, 1939
    Crime, Drama
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    The Fighting Devil Dogs
    60 %|May 27, 1938
    Action, Science Fiction
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    San Quentin
    65 %|May 24, 1937
    Action, Drama
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    That Man's Here Again
    50 %|Apr 16, 1937
    Romance, Comedy

    Series

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    Dallas
    67.34 %|Apr 2, 1978
    Soap, Drama, Family
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    How the West Was Won
    70 %|Feb 6, 1977
    Western, Drama
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    Starsky & Hutch
    72.43 %|Sep 10, 1975
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
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    Run, Joe, Run
    62 %|Sep 7, 1974
    Family
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    Kung Fu
    76.12 %|Oct 14, 1972
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Western, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Lancer
    47 %|Sep 24, 1968
    Western
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    The Outcasts
    53 %|Sep 23, 1968
    Western, Action & Adventure
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    The Guns of Will Sonnett
    57 %|Sep 8, 1967
    Western
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    The Guns of Will Sonnett
    57 %|Sep 8, 1967
    Western
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    Cimarron Strip
    50.45 %|Sep 7, 1967
    Western
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    Rango
    0 %|Jan 13, 1967
    Western, Comedy
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    Tarzan
    67 %|Sep 8, 1966
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    The Monroes
    57 %|Sep 7, 1966
    Western, Family, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    The Wild Wild West
    75 %|Sep 17, 1965
    Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    The Legend of Jesse James
    48 %|Sep 13, 1965
    Western, Drama
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    Daniel Boone
    69 %|Sep 24, 1964
    Action & Adventure, Western
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    Daniel Boone
    69 %|Sep 24, 1964
    Action & Adventure, Western
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    Daniel Boone
    69 %|Sep 24, 1964
    Action & Adventure, Western
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    The Greatest Show on Earth
    50 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Drama
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    The Fugitive
    72 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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    The Dakotas
    57 %|Jan 7, 1963
    Western
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    The Lucy Show
    70.88 %|Oct 1, 1962
    Comedy
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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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    Sam Benedict
    60 %|Sep 15, 1962
    Drama
    actor
    The Beachcomber
    0 %|Feb 20, 1962
    Drama
    actor
    The Beachcomber
    0 %|Feb 20, 1962
    Drama
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    Target: The Corruptors!
    35 %|Sep 29, 1961
    Mystery, Crime, Drama
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    Stagecoach West
    60 %|Oct 4, 1960
    Western, Crime
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    The Westerner
    67 %|Sep 30, 1960
    Western
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    My Three Sons
    65 %|Sep 29, 1960
    Comedy, Family
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    Outlaws
    62 %|Sep 26, 1960
    Western, Drama
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    The Tall Man
    63.33 %|Sep 10, 1960
    Western
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    The Untouchables
    78 %|Oct 15, 1959
    Drama, Crime
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    The Untouchables
    78 %|Oct 15, 1959
    Drama, Crime
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    Bourbon Street Beat
    50 %|Oct 5, 1959
    Drama
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    Adventures in Paradise
    57 %|Oct 5, 1959
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    The Third Man
    64 %|Oct 2, 1959
    Drama
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    Law of the Plainsman
    60 %|Oct 1, 1959
    Western
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    Wichita Town
    42 %|Sep 30, 1959
    Western
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    Laramie
    64 %|Sep 15, 1959
    Western, Drama
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    Riverboat
    62 %|Sep 13, 1959
    Western
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    Riverboat
    62 %|Sep 13, 1959
    Western
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    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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    Bonanza
    75 %|Sep 12, 1959
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
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    The Deputy
    62 %|Sep 12, 1959
    Western
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    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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    Rawhide
    70 %|Jan 9, 1959
    Western, Drama
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    Rawhide
    70 %|Jan 9, 1959
    Western, Drama
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    Rawhide
    70 %|Jan 9, 1959
    Western, Drama
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    77 Sunset Strip
    67 %|Oct 10, 1958
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Bat Masterson
    63 %|Oct 8, 1958
    Western, Drama
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    Bat Masterson
    63 %|Oct 8, 1958
    Western, Drama
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    Lawman
    54 %|Oct 5, 1958
    Western
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    Lawman
    54 %|Oct 5, 1958
    Western
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    Lawman
    54 %|Oct 5, 1958
    Western
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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 Texan
    55 %|Sep 29, 1958
    Western
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    The Texan
    55 %|Sep 29, 1958
    Western
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    The Texan
    55 %|Sep 29, 1958
    Western
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    The Texan
    55 %|Sep 29, 1958
    Western
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    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
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    Wanted: Dead or Alive
    69 %|Sep 6, 1958
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Wanted: Dead or Alive
    69 %|Sep 6, 1958
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Tombstone Territory
    63 %|Oct 16, 1957
    Western
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    Tombstone Territory
    63 %|Oct 16, 1957
    Western
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    Zorro
    75 %|Oct 10, 1957
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Family
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    The Walter Winchell File
    50 %|Oct 2, 1957
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    Maverick
    68 %|Sep 22, 1957
    Comedy, Western
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    Maverick
    68 %|Sep 22, 1957
    Comedy, Western
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    Perry Mason
    76 %|Sep 21, 1957
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    The Thin Man
    76 %|Sep 20, 1957
    Drama
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    Wagon Train
    64 %|Sep 18, 1957
    Western, Drama, Family
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    Wagon Train
    64 %|Sep 18, 1957
    Western, Drama, Family
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    Wagon Train
    64 %|Sep 18, 1957
    Western, Drama, Family
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    Wagon Train
    64 %|Sep 18, 1957
    Western, Drama, Family
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    Have Gun, Will Travel
    74 %|Sep 14, 1957
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Have Gun, Will Travel
    74 %|Sep 14, 1957
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Have Gun, Will Travel
    74 %|Sep 14, 1957
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Have Gun, Will Travel
    74 %|Sep 14, 1957
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Have Gun, Will Travel
    74 %|Sep 14, 1957
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    The Adventures of Jim Bowie
    37 %|Sep 7, 1956
    Western
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    Screen Director's Playhouse
    65 %|Oct 5, 1955
    Comedy, Drama
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    Cheyenne
    58 %|Sep 20, 1955
    Western, Drama
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    Cheyenne
    58 %|Sep 20, 1955
    Western, Drama
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    Cheyenne
    58 %|Sep 20, 1955
    Western, Drama
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    Cheyenne
    58 %|Sep 20, 1955
    Western, Drama
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    Cheyenne
    58 %|Sep 20, 1955
    Western, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    The Wonderful World of Disney
    76 %|Oct 27, 1954
    Action & Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Kids, Family
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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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    The Abbott and Costello Show
    73 %|Dec 5, 1952
    Comedy, Family
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    Cavalcade of America
    35 %|Oct 1, 1952
    Drama
    actor
    Four Star Playhouse
    57 %|Sep 25, 1952
    Drama, Comedy
    actor
    Four Star Playhouse
    57 %|Sep 25, 1952
    Drama, Comedy
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    Adventures of Superman
    66.57 %|Sep 19, 1952
    Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Family
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
    65 %|Oct 5, 1951
    Drama, Comedy
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
    65 %|Oct 5, 1951
    Drama, Comedy
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
    65 %|Oct 5, 1951
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Adventures of Boston Blackie
    40 %|Sep 8, 1951
    Crime, Drama
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    The Cisco Kid
    64 %|Sep 5, 1950
    Western
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    The Cisco Kid
    64 %|Sep 5, 1950
    Western
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    The Cisco Kid
    64 %|Sep 5, 1950
    Western
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    The Gene Autry Show
    48 %|Jul 23, 1950
    Western, Comedy
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    The Gene Autry Show
    48 %|Jul 23, 1950
    Western, Comedy
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    The Gene Autry Show
    48 %|Jul 23, 1950
    Western, Comedy
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    The Gene Autry Show
    48 %|Jul 23, 1950
    Western, Comedy
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    The Lone Ranger
    68 %|Sep 15, 1949
    Western, Action & Adventure