Ended
First aired 25/Sep/1952
United States
English
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine.
Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino.
The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino.
The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
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Herbert Heyes
Elderly Man
Ronald Colman
Dr. Bosanquent
Frances Rafferty
Pat
George Macready
Man
Jay Novello
Clerk
Leonard Bremen
Bartender
Rhys Williams
Raikes
Claire Carleton
Alice Hutchinson
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Freddy Ridgeway
Kevin
Walter Sande
Johnny Boss
Barbara Billingsley
Betty
Joan Camden
Doris Hepburn
Merle Oberon
Martha
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William F. Leicester
Steve Caspery
John Harmon
Joe
Dayton Lummis
Mail Clerk
William Forrest
Mr. Colter
Charles Boyer
Paul
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