Four Star Playhouse
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.
Cast (530)
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Directors
Roy Kellino
Director
Ages 40-44
Robert Florey
Director
Ages 52-55
Robert Aldrich
Director
Ages 34-37
Blake Edwards
Director
Ages 30-34
Frank McDonald
Director
Ages 52-56
Hal Walker
Director
Ages 56-60
László Benedek
Director
Ages 47-51
William A. Seiter
Director
Ages 62-66
William Cameron Menzies
Director
Ages 56-59
Ida Lupino
Director
Ages 34-38
William Asher
Director
Ages 31-34
Harry Horner
Director
Ages 42-46
Writers
Producers
Original Language
en
Spoken Languages
English
Production Countries
US