Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal

Last updated
Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal
Dr hudson's secret journal.jpg
Series title sequence
Genre Medical drama
Directed byPeter Godfrey
Harry R. Sherman
Starring John Howard
Jack Kelly
Olive Blakeney
Cheryl Callaway
Frances Mercer
Theme music composerIgor Stravinsky
Opening themeInfernal Dance from "The Firebird"
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes78
Production
ProducersBrewster Morgan
Eugene Solow
Running time2224 minutes
Original release
Network Syndication
ReleaseNovember 5, 1955 (1955-11-05) 
November 1, 1957 (1957-11-01)

Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal is an American medical drama which aired in syndication from 1955 to 1957. It was based on a 1939 book of the same name by Lloyd C. Douglas, that was a prequel to his 1929 novel Magnificent Obsession . [1] A total of 78 episodes were produced. [2]

Contents

Hudson, a neurosurgeon, was a widower who lived with his daughter, Kathy, and their housekeeper, Mrs. Grady. His work at Center Hospital involved use of his "strange and rather mysterious gift" to help patients psychologically. [3]

In 1955 a nationwide competition was held in TV Guide to find a young actor to play Dr. Hudson's protégé, Tim Watson, for several episodes. Those entering had to submit a photo and recording in which they read emotional dialogue. The winner was a young actor named Joe Walker. [3]

Cast

John Howard as Doctor Wayne Hudson, 1955. John Howard Dr Hudsons Secret Journal 1955.JPG
John Howard as Doctor Wayne Hudson, 1955.

Production

Brewster Morgan and Eugene Solow were the program's producers. [4] Directors were Peter Godfrey and Harry R. Sherman. [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dennis O'Keefe</span> American actor (1908–1968)

Dennis O'Keefe was an American actor and screenwriter.

Lloyd Cassel Douglas was an American minister and author.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Drake (actor)</span> American actor

Charles Drake was an American actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leon Ames</span> American actor (1902–1993)

Leon Ames was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing father figures in such films as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Little Women (1949), On Moonlight Bay (1951) and By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953). His best-known dramatic role may have been in the crime film The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946).

<i>Mr. District Attorney</i> Radio, television, and comic book crime drama series

Mr. District Attorney is a radio crime drama produced by Samuel Bischoff that aired on NBC and ABC from April 3, 1939 to June 13, 1952. The series focused on a crusading district attorney initially known only as Mister District Attorney or Chief, and was later translated to television. On television, the attorney's name was Paul Garrett, and the radio version adopted the name in its final years when David Brian played the role. A key figure in the dramas was secretary Edith Miller.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edgar Buchanan</span> American actor (1903–1979)

William Edgar Buchanan II was an American actor with a long career in both film and television. He is most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies television sitcoms of the 1960s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marilyn Maxwell</span> American actress (1921–1972)

Marvel Marilyn Maxwell was an American actress and entertainer. In a career that spanned the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War II and the Korean War on USO tours with Bob Hope.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kent Taylor</span> American actor (1907–1987)

Kent Taylor was an American actor of film and television. Taylor appeared in more than 110 films, the bulk of them B-movies in the 1930s and 1940s, although he also had roles in more prestigious studio releases, including Merrily We Go to Hell (1932), I'm No Angel (1933), Cradle Song (1933), Death Takes a Holiday (1934), Payment on Demand (1951), and Track the Man Down (1955). He had the lead role in Half Past Midnight in 1948, among a few others.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Litel</span> American actor (1892–1972)

John Beach Litel was an American film and television actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beverly Garland</span> American actress (1926–2008)

Beverly Lucy Garland was an American actress. Her work in feature films primarily consisted of small parts in a few major productions or leads in low-budget action and science-fiction movies; however, she had prominent recurring roles on several popular television series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Don "Red" Barry</span> American actor (1912–1980)

Don Barry, also known as Red Barry, was an American film and television actor. He was nicknamed "Red" after appearing as the first Red Ryder in the highly successful 1940 film Adventures of Red Ryder with Noah Beery Sr.; the character was played in later films by "Wild Bill" Elliott and Allan Lane. Barry went on to bigger budget films following Red Ryder, but none reached his previous level of success. He played Red Doyle in the 1964 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Simple Simon".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tris Coffin</span> Film and television actor

Tristram Chockley Coffin was a former film and television actor from the latter 1930s through the 1970s, usually in Westerns or other B-movie action-adventure productions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Florence Lake</span> American actress (1904–1980)

Florence Lake Owens was an American actress best known as the leading lady in most of the Edgar Kennedy comedy shorts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carl Benton Reid</span> American actor (1893–1973)

Carl Benton Reid was an American actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ian Wolfe</span> American actor (1896–1992)

Ian Marcus Wolfe was an American character actor with around 400 film and television credits. Until 1934, he worked in the theatre. That year, he appeared in his first film role and later television, as a character actor. His career lasted seven decades and included many films and TV series; his last screen credit was in 1990.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bob Steele (actor)</span> American actor (1907–1988)

Bob Steele was an American actor. He also was billed as Bob Bradbury Jr..

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephen Dunne (actor)</span> American actor, radio personality and disc jockey

Francis Michael Dunne was an American actor, radio personality and disc jockey. He was active in television and films from 1945 to 1973, and was also credited as Steve Dunn, Michael Dunne, Stephan Dunne, and Steve Dunne.

City Detective is a half-hour syndicated television crime drama starring Rod Cameron as Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City police lieutenant.

<i>TV Readers Digest</i> American TV anthology series (1955–1956)

TV Reader's Digest is a 30-minute American television anthology drama series, which aired on ABC from January 17, 1955, to July 9, 1956. Its theme music was "Polonaise" from Act III of Eugene Onegin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Olive Blakeney</span> American actress (1894–1959)

Olive Blakeney was an American actress.

References

  1. Douglas, Lloyd C. (1939). Doctor Hudson's Secret Journal. Houghton Mifflin. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. Erickson, Hal (1989). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987'. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 64. ISBN   0-7864-1198-8.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present . Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 317. ISBN   0-345-45542-8.
  4. Richman, Daniel (January 9, 1956). "'NBC Comedy Hour' Flops in Debut" . The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 21. Retrieved December 6, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Television Series and Specials Scripts, 1946-1992: A Catalog of the American Radio Archives Collection. McFarland. October 21, 2009. p. 79. ISBN   978-0-7864-5437-2 . Retrieved December 6, 2024.