John Howard

John Howard

John Howard (born John Richard Cox Jr.) was an American screen and television actor. He made his movie debut in a bit part in Paramount's One Hour Late (1934) before moving up the Hollywood ladder to featured parts and ultimately landing his own series, the Bulldog Drummond mysteries. Decades later, when offers of work began to slow down, Howard went into teaching.

  • Title: John Howard
  • Popularity: 4.359
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1913-04-14
  • Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Also Known As: John Richard Cox Jr., John Cox Jr., John Cox
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John Howard Movies

  • 1940
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    The Philadelphia Story

    The Philadelphia Story

    7.6 1940 HD

    When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

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  • 1937
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    Lost Horizon

    Lost Horizon

    7 1937 HD

    British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like...

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  • 1950
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    Radar Secret Service

    Radar Secret Service

    3.1 1950 HD

    A federal agent and his partner track uranium-ore hijackers with radar.

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  • 1942
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    The Undying Monster

    The Undying Monster

    5.6 1942 HD

    A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like just a coincidence, but the investigating Inspector...

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  • 1940
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    The Invisible Woman

    The Invisible Woman

    5.7 1940 HD

    Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her...

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  • 1950
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    Experiment Alcatraz

    Experiment Alcatraz

    6.5 1950 HD

    A doctor testing drugs on convicts gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

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  • 1940
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    The Mad Doctor

    The Mad Doctor

    6 1940 HD

    A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.

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  • 1974
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    Psycho Sisters

    Psycho Sisters

    1 1974 HD

    After her husband dies, a woman begins to have a nervous breakdown and is consoled by her younger sister. Soon, however, other members of the family...

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  • 1966
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    Destination Inner Space

    Destination Inner Space

    5 1966 HD

    A futuristic underwater sea-lab is having problems with a UFO that's parked between them and a nearby deep ocean trench. As they investigate, they...

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  • 1949
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    The Fighting Kentuckian

    The Fighting Kentuckian

    5.9 1949 HD

    John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the...

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  • 1938
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    Arrest Bulldog Drummond

    Arrest Bulldog Drummond

    6.7 1938 HD

    The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.

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  • 1937
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    Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

    Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

    6.1 1937 HD

    Drummond's girlfriend is kidnapped by his enemies and he along with his friend Nielsen, an inspector from Scotland Yard, follow the trail and try to...

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  • 1948
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    I, Jane Doe

    I, Jane Doe

    5.9 1948 HD

    While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The...

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  • 1954
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    The High and the Mighty

    The High and the Mighty

    5.9 1954 HD

    Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine...

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  • 1947
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    Love from a Stranger

    Love from a Stranger

    5.7 1947 HD

    Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel...

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  • 1941
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    Father Takes a Wife

    Father Takes a Wife

    6.1 1941 HD

    A famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate.

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  • 1954
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    Make Haste to Live

    Make Haste to Live

    5.6 1954 HD

    A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.

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  • 1939
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    Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

    Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

    6.1 1939 HD

    Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating...

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  • 1941
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    Three Girls About Town

    Three Girls About Town

    5.3 1941 HD

    Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the...

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  • 1942
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    Submarine Raider

    Submarine Raider

    5.2 1942 HD

    On December 6, 1941, Captain Yamanada of the Japanese aircraft carrier "Hiranamu", orders full steam ahead for Pearl Harbor. His ship encounters and...

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  • 1939
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    Bulldog Drummond's Bride

    Bulldog Drummond's Bride

    6.308 1939 HD

    Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis -- but a bank robbery and a daring escape is going to get...

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  • 1937
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    Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

    Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

    5.8 1937 HD

    Captain Drummond is travelling to Switzerland to marry his girlfriend. However, when a cargo containing dangerous explosives goes missing from its...

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  • 1938
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    Bulldog Drummond in Africa

    Bulldog Drummond in Africa

    5.5 1938 HD

    Drummond has to leave for Morocco on his wedding day with his fiancee and trusted friends to rescue his friend Nielsen who is kidnapped by an...

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  • 1937
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    Sunday Night at the Trocadero

    Sunday Night at the Trocadero

    4.2 1937 HD

    A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more...

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  • 1957
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    The Unknown Terror

    The Unknown Terror

    5.1 1957 HD

    A woman leads an expedition into a remote jungle to find her long-lost brother, but instead finds a mad scientist who has created a fungus monster...

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  • 1952
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    Models Inc.

    Models Inc.

    5 1952 HD

    The wealthy owner of a modeling agency keeps a new student in the high life, unaware that she and a recently released convict share a criminal and...

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  • 1938
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    Bulldog Drummond's Peril

    Bulldog Drummond's Peril

    5.7 1938 HD

    Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the...

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  • 1940
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    Green Hell

    Green Hell

    4 1940 HD

    A group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.

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  • 1942
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    A Tragedy at Midnight

    A Tragedy at Midnight

    4 1942 HD

    The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.

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  • 1940
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    The Man from Dakota

    The Man from Dakota

    5.3 1940 HD

    A frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.

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  • 1942
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    Isle of Missing Men

    Isle of Missing Men

    6.2 1942 HD

    A young woman receives an invitation from the Governor of an island prison to spend a week with him. She does so, but conceals the fact that her...

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  • 1942
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    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 5

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 5

    1 1942 HD

    Fifth film in the Hedda Hopper documentary series.

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  • 1968
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    The Destructors

    The Destructors

    5.2 1968 HD

    Foreign agents are after a substance called "laser rubies" that can power a killer laser beam. Government agents are dispatched to protect the rubies...

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  • 1940
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    The Texas Rangers Ride Again

    The Texas Rangers Ride Again

    5.5 1940 HD

    With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the...

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  • 1935
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    Car 99

    Car 99

    5 1935 HD

    A story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its men. It follows the career of a newly-inducted...

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  • 1936
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    13 Hours by Air

    13 Hours by Air

    4.333 1936 HD

    Womanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to California while dealing with dangerous jewel thieves...

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  • 1939
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    What a Life

    What a Life

    1 1939 HD

    Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.

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  • 1938
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    Touchdown, Army

    Touchdown, Army

    1 1938 HD

    Prep football star Jimmy Howal gets a reception far different from what he expected when he enters West Point.

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  • 1972
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    Buck and the Preacher

    Buck and the Preacher

    6.1 1972 HD

    A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.

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  • 1938
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    Prison Farm

    Prison Farm

    5.7 1938 HD

    Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her boy friend (Lloyd Nolan). The male crook is sentence...

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  • 1936
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    Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

    Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

    6.125 1936 HD

    Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after forming a friendship with a young boy named Paul,...

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  • 1942
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    The Man Who Returned to Life

    The Man Who Returned to Life

    6 1942 HD

    An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.

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  • 1939
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    Grand Jury Secrets

    Grand Jury Secrets

    1 1939 HD

    A newspaper reporter gets involved with shady stock promoters when he listens in on a jury room session.

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  • 1937
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    Hold 'Em Navy

    Hold 'Em Navy

    3 1937 HD

    Two football players fight over the same girl.

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  • 1939
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    Disputed Passage

    Disputed Passage

    6 1939 HD

    A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs...

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  • 1935
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    Annapolis Farewell

    Annapolis Farewell

    1 1935 HD

    Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy with the "modern" navy, likes to talk about his...

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  • 1936
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    Soak the Rich

    Soak the Rich

    1 1936 HD

    Tycoon Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak the rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate.

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  • 1935
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    Millions in the Air

    Millions in the Air

    1 1935 HD

    A broadcasting musical.

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  • 1941
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    Tight Shoes

    Tight Shoes

    1 1941 HD

    A crook with big feet buys shoes that are too tight from a salesman, then decides to use the store as a front for illegal gambling.

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  • 1937
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    Let Them Live

    Let Them Live

    1 1937 HD

    A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.

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  • 1936
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    Easy to Take

    Easy to Take

    1 1936 HD

    To boost the ratings of a kiddie show, the host agrees to take guardianship of of a bratty boy who has a lovely older sister.

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  • 1960
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    Moochie of Pop Warner Football

    Moochie of Pop Warner Football

    6.5 1960 HD

    Moochie joins a Pop Warner Football team, but has troubles with the mayor’s son. When the two make amends, they help the team win and go to the...

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  • 1937
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    Hitting a New High

    Hitting a New High

    5 1937 HD

    A Paris cabaret singer dreams of becoming a Metropolitan Opera singer. A press agent arranges her Manhattan debut by way of Africa.

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  • 1937
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    Mountain Music

    Mountain Music

    6.5 1937 HD

    Mary Beamish, a folksy Ozark girl, yearns for the glitter of show business and for a man. She knows she is anything but gorgeous, but figures her...

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  • 1936
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    Border Flight

    Border Flight

    6 1936 HD

    Frances Farmer's second film is a typical B-programmer from the Paramount lot of 1936--up and coming stars (John Howard, Robert Cummings, Grant...

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  • 1978
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    My Boys Are Good Boys

    My Boys Are Good Boys

    7.2 1978 HD

    Teenagers at a correctional facility devise a plan to rob an armored van.

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  • 1938
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    Penitentiary

    Penitentiary

    1 1938 HD

    The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted.

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  • 1966
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    Family Affair

    Family Affair

    6.635 1966 HD

    Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do...

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  • 1958
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    77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

    6.7 1958 HD

    Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office...

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  • 1955
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    Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

    5.8 1955 HD

    Cheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first...

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  • 1969
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    The Brady Bunch

    The Brady Bunch

    6.7 1969 HD

    When widower Mike Brady marries a lovely lady widow Carol Ann, their two families become one. These are the misadventures of this new couple, their...

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  • 1962
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    7.1 1962 HD

    The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in...

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  • 1967
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    Mannix

    Mannix

    6.66 1967 HD

    Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed...

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  • 1960
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    Surfside 6

    Surfside 6

    5 1960 HD

    Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and...

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.6 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1975
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    Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

    7 1975 HD

    With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

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

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  • 1960
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    Outlaws

    Outlaws

    6.2 1960 HD

    Outlaws is an NBC Western television series, starring Barton MacLane as U.S. marshal Frank Caine, who operated in a lawless section of Oklahoma...

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  • 1959
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    Rawhide

    Rawhide

    7 1959 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...

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  • 1974
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    Police Woman

    Police Woman

    6.3 1974 HD

    Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover...

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  • 1955
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    The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

    5 1955 HD

    An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were...

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    6.5 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1958
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    Bronco

    Bronco

    4.8 1958 HD

    Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco...

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  • 1964
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    Profiles in Courage

    Profiles in Courage

    5 1964 HD

    Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965. The series was...

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  • 1954
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    The Whistler

    The Whistler

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1949
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    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.2 1949 HD

    An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

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  • 1965
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    The Legend of Jesse James

    The Legend of Jesse James

    4.8 1965 HD

    The Legend of Jesse James is an American western series starring Christopher Jones in the tile role of notorious outlaw Jesse James. The series aired...

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  • 1949
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    Lights Out

    Lights Out

    5.3 1949 HD

    Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the...

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  • 1947
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    Public Prosecutor

    Public Prosecutor

    1 1947 HD

    Public Prosecutor is a 26-episodes American television series produced in 1947–1948, and first aired in 1951.

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  • 1953
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    Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

    5.8 1953 HD

    Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show...

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  • 1975
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    Bronk

    Bronk

    6.2 1975 HD

    Bronk is an American television series starring Jack Palance as Detective Lieutenant Alex Bronkov. The series is set in the fictional Ocean City,...

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  • 1961
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    The Americans

    The Americans

    6 1961 HD

    The Americans is a 17-episode American drama television series that aired on NBC from January to May 1961. Set during the American Civil War, the...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1952
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    5.7 1952 HD

    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...

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.6 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.6 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.6 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1974
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    The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

    7.5 1974 HD

    Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit,...

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