David Swift

David Swift

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David "Dave" Swift (July 27, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American screenwriter, animator, director, and producer. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 1967 film How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Swift also worked as an animator and filmmaker at The Walt Disney Studios where he adapted the story of Pollyanna for the screen and wrote and directed The Parent Trap (1961).

  • Title: David Swift
  • Popularity: 3.501
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1919-07-27
  • Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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  • Also Known As: Dave Swift, Bud Swift
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David Swift Movies

  • 1960
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    Pollyanna

    Pollyanna

    7 1960 HD

    A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hayley Mills

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  • 1964
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    Good Neighbor Sam

    Good Neighbor Sam

    6.3 1964 HD

    To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Lemmon

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  • 1964
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    Hamlet at Elsinore

    Hamlet at Elsinore

    7.7 1964 HD

    The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Christopher Plummer

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  • 1979
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    Gossip From The Forest

    Gossip From The Forest

    1 1979 HD

    The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Hugh Burden

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  • 1967
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    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    6.856 1967 HD

    A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Robert Morse

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  • 2002
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    Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece

    Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece

    1 2002 HD

    Interviews with cast and crew members detail the making of the Disney classic.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kevin Corcoran

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  • 2002
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    Recreating Pollyanna's America

    Recreating Pollyanna's America

    1 2002 HD

    Members of the cast and crew of Disney's Pollyanna, look back on location shooting in Santa Rosa.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: David Swift

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  • 1964
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    Good Neighbor Sam

    Good Neighbor Sam

    6.3 1964 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Lemmon

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  • 1964
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    Good Neighbor Sam

    Good Neighbor Sam

    6.3 1964 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Lemmon

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  • 1964
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    Good Neighbor Sam

    Good Neighbor Sam

    6.3 1964 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Lemmon

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  • 1967
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    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    6.856 1967 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Robert Morse

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  • 1960
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    Pollyanna

    Pollyanna

    7 1960 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hayley Mills

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  • 1960
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    Pollyanna

    Pollyanna

    7 1960 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hayley Mills

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  • 1998
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    The Parent Trap

    The Parent Trap

    7.188 1998 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Lindsay Lohan

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  • 1977
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    Candleshoe

    Candleshoe

    6.9 1977 HD

    Genre: Family

    Cast: David Niven

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  • 1941
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    The Nifty Nineties

    The Nifty Nineties

    5.8 1941 HD

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Walt Disney

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  • 1961
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    The Parent Trap

    The Parent Trap

    7 1961 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hayley Mills

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  • 1962
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    The Interns

    The Interns

    5.4 1962 HD

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Michael Callan

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  • 1967
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    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    6.856 1967 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Robert Morse

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  • 1963
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    Under the Yum-Yum Tree

    Under the Yum-Yum Tree

    6.2 1963 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Lemmon

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  • 1963
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    Under the Yum-Yum Tree

    Under the Yum-Yum Tree

    6.2 1963 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Lemmon

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  • 1937
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    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    7.124 1937 HD

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Adriana Caselotti

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  • 1961
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    The Parent Trap

    The Parent Trap

    7 1961 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hayley Mills

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  • 1967
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    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    6.856 1967 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Robert Morse

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  • 1980
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    Foolin' Around

    Foolin' Around

    6.2 1980 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Gary Busey

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  • 1962
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    The Interns

    The Interns

    5.4 1962 HD

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Michael Callan

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  • 1963
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    Love Is a Ball

    Love Is a Ball

    4.6 1963 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Glenn Ford

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  • 1963
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    Love Is a Ball

    Love Is a Ball

    4.6 1963 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Glenn Ford

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  • 1948
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    So You Want to Be a Detective

    So You Want to Be a Detective

    6.8 1948 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: George O'Hanlon

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  • 1948
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    So You Want to Be a Gambler

    So You Want to Be a Gambler

    4.7 1948 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: George O'Hanlon

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  • 1985
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    The Hugga Bunch

    The Hugga Bunch

    6 1985 HD

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Gennie James

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  • 1970
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    Şeker Gibi Kızlar

    Şeker Gibi Kızlar

    5 1970 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Fatma Girik

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  • 1958
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    No Time at All

    No Time at All

    1 1958 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: William Lundigan

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  • 1958
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    No Time at All

    No Time at All

    1 1958 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: William Lundigan

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  • 1973
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    War and Peace

    War and Peace

    7.3 1973 HD

    The classic BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Anthony Hopkins

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  • 1956
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.6 1956 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bert Lytell

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  • 1972
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    3 1972 HD

    Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Sue Ane Langdon

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  • 1982
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    7.193 1982 HD

    Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hal Linden

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  • 1966
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1966 HD

    Camp Runamuck is an American sitcom which aired on NBC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series was created and executive produced by David...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hermione Baddeley

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  • 1966
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1966 HD

    Camp Runamuck is an American sitcom which aired on NBC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series was created and executive produced by David...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hermione Baddeley

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  • 1966
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1966 HD

    Camp Runamuck is an American sitcom which aired on NBC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series was created and executive produced by David...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hermione Baddeley

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  • 1981
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6.1 1981 HD

    Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dick Van Patten

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  • 1958
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    4.4 1958 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1962
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    7.704 1962 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Alfred Hitchcock

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  • 1953
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.5 1953 HD

    Mr. Peepers is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from July 3, 1952 to June 12, 1955.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Wally Cox

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  • 1956
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.6 1956 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bert Lytell

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  • 1965
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    7.049 1965 HD

    The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: Clint Eastwood

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  • 1960
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.75 1960 HD

    Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1957
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    3.5 1957 HD

    The Goodyear Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was telecast live on NBC from 1951 to 1957 during the "Golden Age of...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1958
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    2.7 1958 HD

    Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: William Lundigan

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  • 1963
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    7.045 1963 HD

    The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Chuck Connors

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  • 1979
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    1 1979 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Edd Byrnes

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  • 1972
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    3 1972 HD

    Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Sue Ane Langdon

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  • 1963
    imgS5 E26

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    7.045 1963 HD

    The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Chuck Connors

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  • 1965
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6.36 1965 HD

    The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: John McIntire

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  • 1957
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1957 HD

    This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses...

    Genre:

    Cast:

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  • 1960
    imgS3 E36

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.75 1960 HD

    Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1987
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6.3 1987 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Gavin MacLeod

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  • 1960
    imgS3 E36

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.75 1960 HD

    Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1962
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.5 1962 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ronald Reagan

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  • 1962
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.5 1962 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ronald Reagan

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  • 1960
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    7.5 1960 HD

    Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1960
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    7.5 1960 HD

    Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1972
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    3 1972 HD

    Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Sue Ane Langdon

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  • 1966
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1966 HD

    Camp Runamuck is an American sitcom which aired on NBC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series was created and executive produced by David...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hermione Baddeley

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  • 1953
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.5 1953 HD

    Mr. Peepers is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from July 3, 1952 to June 12, 1955.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Wally Cox

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  • 1964
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.5 1964 HD

    Grindl is an American situation comedy that began in the fall of 1963 on NBC, originally sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The show, starring Imogene...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Imogene Coca

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  • 1955
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    1 1955 HD

    Norby is an American sitcom television series that aired from January 5 until April 6, 1955 on NBC in color. RCA's color system wasn't used until the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Warden

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