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Gulf Playhouse, also known as Gulf Playhouse: 1st Person and First Person Playhouse, was an American anthology series that aired on Friday nights from 1952–53 on NBC. Originally conceived as a standard live dramatic anthology series, it was later redeveloped as a summer replacements series whose anthology stories were now told as seen through the "eye" of the camera. The actors in each episode would talk to the camera as if it were a person, animal or object.
Original Release
10/03/1952 on NBC
US Release
10/03/1952
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Westerfield | Cafe Owner |
Eddie Bracken | Lt. Merivale R. Colquhoun |
Frank Overton | Father |
Wally Cox | Corky |
Frederick Worlock | (as Frederic Worlock) |
Hanley Stafford | Colonel |
Beverly Whitney | WAC |
Rod Steiger | First Man |
Robert F. Simon | (as Robert Simon) |
Peggy Feury | Hester Thistle |
# | Title | Air Date |
---|---|---|
1 | Cafe Society | Friday, 03 July 1953 |
2 | I'd Rather Be a Squirrel | Friday, 10 July 1953 |
3 | Death of the Old Man | Friday, 17 July 1953 |
4 | Comeback | Friday, 24 July 1953 |
5 | One Night Stand | Friday, 31 July 1953 |
6 | August Heat | Friday, 07 August 1953 |
7 | The Tears of My Sister | Friday, 14 August 1953 |
8 | Crip | Friday, 21 August 1953 |
9 | The Lady Looks Ahead | Friday, 28 August 1953 |
10 | Prophet in His Land | Friday, 04 September 1953 |
11 | A Gift from Cotton Mather | Friday, 11 September 1953 |
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Directors
Frank Telford, Arthur Penn, Robert Costello
Writers
Robert Alan Aurthur, Horton Foote, James V. Kern, Stewart Stern, Don Ettlinger, Carey Wilber, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Paddy Chayefsky, David Shaw, James Thurber, Billy Rose, Harry Nuheim, Doug Johnson
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Westerfield | Cafe Owner |
Eddie Bracken | Lt. Merivale R. Colquhoun |
Frank Overton | Father |
Wally Cox | Corky |
Frederick Worlock | (as Frederic Worlock) |
Hanley Stafford | Colonel |
Beverly Whitney | WAC |
Rod Steiger | First Man |
Robert F. Simon | (as Robert Simon) |
Peggy Feury | Hester Thistle |
Catherine Doucet | (as Catharine Doucet) |
Jerome Kilty | Sam Thistle |
Alonzo Bozan | (as Alonso Bozan) |
Oliver Andes | Boy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Frank Telford | Producer |
Fred Coe | Producer |
Arthur Penn | Producer |
Robert Costello | Producer |