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The year 1953 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1953.
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Four Star Playhouse is an American anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956. Four Star Playhouse was owned by Four Star International. Its episodes ranged anywhere from surreal mysteries, such as "The Man on the Train", to light comedies, such as "The Lost Silk Hat". 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.
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George Garfield Nader, Jr. was an American actor and writer of Lebanese descent. He appeared in a variety of films from 1950 to 1974, including Sins of Jezebel (1953), Congo Crossing (1956), and The Female Animal (1958). During this period, he also did episodic television and starred in several series, including NBC's The Man and the Challenge (1959–60). In the 1960s he made several films in Germany, playing FBI agent Jerry Cotton. He is remembered for his first starring role, in the low-budget 3-D sci-fi film Robot Monster (1953), known as "one of the worst films ever made.”
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Robert Paige was an actor and a TV newscaster and political correspondent and Universal Pictures leading man who made 65 films in his lifetime.
Nancy Gates was an American film and television actress.
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Joanne Jordan was an American actress and television spokesmodel. Her film credits include Loophole and Son of Sinbad. She also portrayed Queen Mirtha on the television series "Space Patrol."
Walter Darwin Coy was an American stage, radio, film, and, principally, television actor, arguably most well known as John Wayne's character's brother in The Searchers (1956).
Where's Raymond? is an American sitcom that aired on ABC, starring Ray Bolger. The series aired from October 1953 to April 22, 1955. The series' title was spurred by Bolger's Broadway stage hit Where's Charley?
John McGreevey was an American writer and screenwriter. He is the father of former Disney star and Emmy-nominated television writer Michael McGreevey.
Dorothy Green was an American stage, film, and television actress. Her career spanned more than four decades, with her work principally being in supporting roles on many popular television series from the early 1950s into the 1980s.
This is the complete filmography of actress Marguerite Chapman.
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- ↑ "(TV listing)". Independent. Long Beach Independent. November 6, 1953. p. 29. Retrieved March 27, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
