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Actor:

• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1940s
• 1930s

1. Finnegan Begin Again (1985) (TV) .... Mike Finnegan
2. The Last Starfighter (1984) .... Centauri
3. September Gun (1983) (TV) .... Ben Sunday
4. Rehearsal for Murder (1982) (TV) .... Alex Dennison
5. Victor Victoria (1982) .... Carole "Toddy" Todd
6. S.O.B. (1981) .... Dr. Irving Finegarten
7. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980) (TV) .... Stranger
8. "The Chisholms" .... Hadley Chisholm (5 episodes, 1980)
       - Death in the Sierras (1980) TV episode .... Hadley Chisholm
       - Vengeance (1980) TV episode .... Hadley Chisholm
       - Endless Desert (1980) TV episode .... Hadley Chisholm
       - Betrayal (1980) TV episode .... Hadley Chisholm
       - Seige (1980) TV episode .... Hadley Chisholm
   
   
9. "The Chisholms" (1979) TV mini-series .... Hadley Chisholm (1979-80)
10. Semi-Tough (1977) .... Big Ed Bookman
11. My Father's House (1975) (TV) .... Tom Lindholm Sr.
12. Happy Endings (1975) (TV) .... Harry
13. Mame (1974) .... Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
14. Child's Play (1972) .... Joseph Dobbs
15. Junior Bonner (1972) .... Ace Bonner
    
    
16. All the Way Home (1963) .... Jay Follett
17. Island of Love (1963) .... Steve Blair
    ... aka Not on Your Life (USA)
18. How the West Was Won (1962) .... Roger Morgan
19. The Music Man (1962) .... Harold Hill
    ... aka Meredith Willson's The Music Man (USA: complete title)
20. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) .... Rubin Flood
21. "The DuPont Show of the Month" .... Clinton Jones (1 episode, 1960)
        - Years Ago (1960) TV episode .... Clinton Jones
    
    
22. The Bells of St. Mary's (1959) (TV) .... Father O'Malley
23. "Climax!" .... Cleve Gordon / ... (3 episodes, 1955-1957)
    ... aka "Climax Mystery Theater" (USA)
        - Trail of Terror (1957) TV episode .... Lieutenant Hogue
        - The Midas Touch (1956) TV episode .... Cleve Gordon
        - The Box of Chocolates (1955) TV episode .... William Struthers
24. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka "Kraft Mystery Theatre" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Kraft Theatre" (USA: new title)
        - Nothing Personal (1957) TV episode
25. "The Alcoa Hour" .... Doug Hallock / ... (3 episodes, 1955-1957)
        - The Animal Kingdom (1957) TV episode .... Tom Collier
        - Long After Summer (1956) TV episode .... Tom Waycroff
        - Undertow (1955) TV episode .... Doug Hallock
26. "Playhouse 90" .... Zachary Meredith (1 episode, 1956)
        - Made in Heaven (1956) TV episode .... Zachary Meredith
27. "Goodyear Television Playhouse" .... Jesse James / ... (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka "Goodyear Playhouse" (USA: new title)
        - Missouri Legend (1956) TV episode .... Thomas Howard / Jesse James
28. "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" .... Captain Bob Wainer (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka "Fox Hour of Stars" (USA: rerun title)
        - Child of the Regiment (1956) TV episode .... Captain Bob Wainer
29. The Last Frontier (1955) .... Col. Frank Marston
    ... aka Savage Wilderness (USA: TV title)
30. "Robert Montgomery Presents" (2 episodes, 1953-1955)
    ... aka "Lucky Strike Theater"
    ... aka "Montgomery's Summer Stock"
    ... aka "The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater"
        - Woman in the Window (1955) TV episode
        - Maggie, Pack Your Bags (1953) TV episode
31. "General Electric Theater" .... Jim Tweedy (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka "G.E. Theater" (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka "G.E. True Theater" (USA: new title)
        - It Gives Me Great Pleasure (1955) TV episode .... Jim Tweedy
32. "Lux Video Theatre" .... Dowey / ... (6 episodes, 1951-1955)
    ... aka "Summer Video Theatre" (USA: summer title)
        - It Grows on Trees (1955) TV episode
        - The Betrayer (1953) TV episode .... Tom
        - Happily, But Not Forever (1952) TV episode .... Isaac Eaton
        - Kelly (1952) TV episode .... Kelly
        - Cafe Ami (1951) TV episode .... Jed Kennedy
          (1 more)
33. "The Elgin Hour" .... Ben Wagner (1 episode, 1955)
        - Crime in the Streets (1955) TV episode .... Ben Wagner
34. "The United States Steel Hour" .... Dr. Abbott / ... (3 episodes, 1953-1955)
    ... aka "The U.S. Steel Hour" (USA: alternative title)
        - The Bogey Man (1955) TV episode .... Jack Roberts
        - The End of Paul Dane (1954) TV episode .... Dr. Abbott
        - Hope for a Harvest (1953) TV episode
35. "Campbell Playhouse" (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka "Campbell Soundstage" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Campbell Summer Soundstage" (USA: new title)
        - Al Toolum and His Buddy Leo (1954) TV episode
36. "Danger" (1 episode, 1953)
        - The Boys on the Corner (1953) TV episode
37. "Medallion Theatre" (1 episode, 1953)
        - The Quiet Village (1953) TV episode
38. "ABC Album" (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka "The Plymouth Playhouse" (USA: new title)
        - Baby and Me (1953) TV episode
39. "Your Show of Shows" (2 episodes, 1951-1953)
    ... aka "Sid Caesar's Show of Shows" (UK: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 24 January 1953 (1953) TV episode
        - Episode dated 24 November 1951 (1951) TV episode
40. Face to Face (1952) .... Sheriff Jack Potter ('The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky')
41. "Curtain Call" (1 episode, 1952)
        - The Promise (1952) TV episode
42. "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1 episode, 1952)
        - The Jungle (1952) TV episode
43. "Man Against Crime" (1949) TV series .... Pat Barnett (unknown episodes, 1951)
    ... aka "Follow That Man"
44. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1 episode, 1951)
    ... aka "Herald Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Schlitz Playhouse" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
        - The Nymph and the Lamp (1951) TV episode
45. My Outlaw Brother (1951) .... Joe Walter
    ... aka My Brother, the Outlaw
46. Best of the Badmen (1951) .... Matthew Fowler
47. When I Grow Up (1951) .... Father Reed
48. Cloudburst (1951) .... John Graham
49. The Sundowners (1950) .... James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')
    ... aka Thunder in the Dust (UK)
    
    
50. The Lady Gambles (1949) .... David Boothe
51. Tulsa (1949) .... Brad Brady
52. Whispering Smith (1948) .... Murray Sinclair
53. Blood on the Moon (1948) .... Tate Riling
54. Big City (1948) .... Rev. Philip Y. Andrews
55. Wild Harvest (1947) .... Jim Davis
56. The Macomber Affair (1947) .... Francis Macomber
    ... aka The Great White Hunter (USA: reissue title)
57. Night Plane from Chungking (1943) .... Capt. Nick Stanton
58. Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) (uncredited) .... Finale
59. Wake Island (1942) .... Pvt. Joe Doyle
60. This Gun for Hire (1942) .... Det. Michael Crane
61. Reap the Wild Wind (1942) .... Dan Cutler
    ... aka Cecil B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind (USA: complete title)
62. Pacific Blackout (1941) .... Robert Draper
63. Night of January 16th (1941) .... Steve Van Ruyle
64. New York Town (1941) .... Paul Bryson, Jr.
65. Parachute Battalion (1941) .... Donald 'Don' Morse
66. The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) .... Steve Lewis
67. Moon Over Burma (1940) .... Chuck Lane
68. North West Mounted Police (1940) .... Ronnie Logan
    ... aka Northwest Mounted Police
69. Typhoon (1940) .... Johnny Potter
    ... aka The Big Haircut
    
    
70. Beau Geste (1939) .... Digby Geste
71. Union Pacific (1939) .... Dick Allen
72. Disbarred (1939) .... Bradley Kent
73. Illegal Traffic (1938) .... Charles Bent Martin
74. King of Alcatraz (1938) .... Robert MacArthur
    ... aka King of the Alcatraz (UK)
    

Soundtrack:

• 2000s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1930s

1. "Great Performances" (1 episode, 2003)
       - Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003) TV episode (performer: "Trouble")
   
   
2. Victor Victoria (1982) (performer: "Gay Paree", "You And Me", "Finale/Shady Dame From Seville (Reprise)")
   
   
3. Mame (1974) (performer: "Mame", "Loving You")
   
   
4. The 21st Annual Tony Awards (1967) (TV) (performer: "Nobody's Perfect")
5. The Music Man (1962) (performer: "Main Title", "Ya Got Trouble", "Ya Got Trouble/76 Trombones", "Sadder But Wiser Girl For Me", "Marian The Librarian", "Gary, Indiana", "Till There Was You", "Goodnight My Someone/76 Trombones")
   ... aka Meredith Willson's The Music Man (USA: complete title)
   
   
6. Union Pacific (1939) ("(Oh My Darling) Clementine" (1884))
   

Self:

• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1940s

1. The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984) (TV) .... Himself - Co-Host
2. Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984) .... Host
3. Circus of the Stars #8 (1983) (TV) .... Himself (ringmaster)
4. Bob Hope's Pink Panther Thanksgiving Gala (1982) (TV) .... Himself
5. The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
6. Night of 100 Stars (1982) (TV) .... Himself
7. The 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982) (TV) .... Himself (co-host)
8. "Looks Familiar" .... Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1981)
       - Episode dated 28 April 1981 (1981) TV episode .... Himself - Guest
   
   
9. The 31st Annual Tony Awards (1977) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter & Performer
10. The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974) (TV) .... Himself - Co-Host
11. The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971) (TV) .... Himself - Performer
    
    
12. The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
13. The 21st Annual Tony Awards (1967) (TV) .... Himself - Host
14. "What's My Line?" .... Guest Panelist / ... (5 episodes, 1957-1966)
        - Episode dated 13 March 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 12 January 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
        - Episode dated 3 March 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 22 December 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
        - Episode dated 17 March 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
15. "This Proud Land" (1965) TV mini-series .... Himself - Host
16. "The Bell Telephone Hour" .... Himself - Host / ... (4 episodes, 1960-1965)
    ... aka "The Telephone Hour" (USA: syndication title)
        - Great Moments (1965) TV episode .... Himself - Singer
        - Episode #6.1 (1963) TV episode .... Himself - Host
        - Encore! (1961) TV episode .... Himself - Singer
        - One Nation Indivisible (1960) TV episode .... Himself - Host
17. "Toast of the Town" .... Himself - Singer (1 episode, 1964)
    ... aka "The Ed Sullivan Show" (USA: new title)
        - Episode #18.12 (1964) TV episode .... Himself - Singer
18. "Password" .... Himself (1 episode, 1964)
    ... aka "Password All-Stars" (USA: new title)
        - Carol Burnett vs. Robert Preston (1964) TV episode .... Himself
19. An Evening with Carol Burnett (1963) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka Carol and Company (UK)
    
    
20. "You Asked for It" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
        - Backstage Broadway (1959) TV episode .... Himself
21. "Playhouse 90" .... Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show (1 episode, 1956)
        - Eloise (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show
22. Sentinels in the Air (1956) (voice) .... Narrator
23. "The Martha Raye Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1955)
        - Episode dated 15 May 1955 (1955) TV episode .... Himself
24. "Anywhere, U.S.A." (1952) TV series .... Doctor
    
    
25. Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood (1948) .... Himself
26. Variety Girl (1947) .... Himself
27. Wings Up (1943)
    

Archive Footage:

1. "Broadway: The American Musical"
       - Tradition: 1957-1979 (2004) TV episode .... Harold Hill (in 'The Music Man')
2. Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) (TV) .... Himself
3. "Great Performances"
       - Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003) TV episode
4. Cinerama Adventure (2002) (uncredited) .... Roger Morgan
5. "Biography"
       - Shirley Jones: Hollywood's Musical Mom (2000) TV episode .... Harold Hill
6. Carol Burnett: The Special Years (1994) (TV) .... Himself