Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
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8 Seasons
Season 1
Season 128 Episodes
Season 2
Season 224 Episodes
Season 3
Season 326 Episodes
Season 4
Season 424 Episodes
Season 5
Season 522 Episodes
Season 6
Season 612 Episodes
Season 7
Season 715 Episodes
Season 8
Season 87 Episodes
Cast of Omnibus
Alistair CookeSelf - Host
Leonard Bernstein
James DalyNarrator
Helen HayesBessie Arlington
Royal Dano
Crahan Denton
Joanne WoodwardAnn Rutledge
Jessica TandySelf - Reader
Jonathan HarrisCourcelles
Bert Lahr
Christopher PlummerThomas Mendip
Nita TalbotLetitia
Neva PattersonMrs. Coade
Marian Seldes
Richard KileyThe Prosecuting Attorney
Philip AbbottThomas Jefferton
Larry BlydenTeddy Roosevelt
Edward BinnsBitter ex-beau
Peter UstinovMarshal / Director / Writer
Michael Strong
Mike Nichols
Ignatius Wolfington
William Windom
Lynn LoringEva
Elaine May
Walter Slezak
Berry Kroeger
Conrad JanisSelf
Hume Cronyn
Lloyd BochnerFirst Gentleman
William ShatnerPalace Messenger
Tammy GrimesMary Jane Jenkins
Orson BeanNarrator
John McGovern
Fritz WeaverNewspaper Photographer
Barry Jones
Victor JoryCaptain Kidd
Shepperd StrudwickCharles Francis Adams
E.G. MarshallActor
Arthur FranzFred
Jack Lord
Alexander ScourbyOdysseus
Gene ReynoldsArchie Goodwin
Ludwig Donath
Carol Burnett
Elliott Reid
Michael Redgrave
Carmen Mathews
Bea Arthur
Lilia Skala
William Saroyan
Frank Sutton
Cyril RitchardDirector
Ethel Barrymore
Eugene Ormandy
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Douglass Watson
Nancy Wickwire
Robert Altman
James Mitchell
Edwin Sherin
Johnny Unitas
Doro Merande
Yul BrynnerDirector
Charlton HestonSelf - Presenter
Nadine Conner
Dorothy Malone
Evelyn Rudie
Alan BadelFool
Joseph Schildkraut
Patrick McAlinney
Lilyan Chauvin
Tommy Rettig
Mabel Paige
Joseph Anthony
Dickie Moore
Vaughn Taylor
Sal Mineo
Edward Villella
Herb VolandM. Dupin
Mary Ure
Russell Nype
Fredric March
Siobhán McKenna
Carol Channing
Arthur O'Connell
Lew Ayres
Phyllis Hill
Buddy Ebsen
George Mitchell
James DeanBronco Evans
Jeff DonnellHelen
Susan Strasberg
Enid Markey
Everett Sloane
Jocelyn Brando
Rex Harrison
David Wayne
Beatrice StraightGoneril
Esther Williams
Rosemary Harris
Mickey Mantle
Bruce Kirby
Irwin Corey
Rip Torn
Joan Diener
Jonathan Winters
Arthur Shields
Bramwell FletcherEarl of Kent
Dennis Patrick
Gerald Hiken
Judith Evelyn
Lorne Greene
John Beal
Pat Stanley
Sam Levene
Sugar Ray Robinson
Patricia Smith
Orson WellesKing Lear
Charles Aidman
Joe Mantell
Doreen Lang
James Pritchett
Eddie Hodges
Jason Robards
Patrick Adiarte
Elizabeth Wilson
John Marriott
William Traylor
Ruth McDevitt
Dick Button
George Mathews
Frank Marth
Gene KellySelf (segment)
Addison Powell
Robert Allen
Natasha ParryCordelia
Arnold MossDuke of Albany
Wesley AddyKing of France
Ludi Clairesegment "The Fine Art of Murder"
Robert EcklesNero Wolfe
Dennis HoeyArthur Conan Doyle
Rex StoutSelf
Micheál Mac LiammóirPoor Tom
Tom Clancy
Mark Daniels
Eartha KittSelf - Singer (segment "Eartha Kitt")
Ruth DraperSelf - Monologist (segment "The Children's Party")
Audrey ChristieMiss Kingsley
Jack BennyAthanael
Lester MatthewsThe Chief
Byron FoulgerHoratio
Harry ShearerJohnny
Beverly WashburnAngela
Ann DoranAngela's Mother
Kevin McCarthy
Anne Jackson
Alan Hewitt
Harry Bellaver
Lilli PalmerAnne Boleyn
Sidney Poitier
Eva Marie SaintActress
Katharine BardLizzie Borden
Katharine Ross
Dick YorkNick
Scott ForbesDuke of Cornwall
Eric FlemingSelf
Ray Walston
Hurd Hatfield
Paul Mazursky
Harry Stanton
Ed Begley
Frances Sternhagen
Hal MarchGeorge Bidwell
Donald HarronJack Purdie
Georgann JohnsonJoanna Trout
Paul Hartman
Martin LandauJokanaan / John the Baptist
Darren McGavin
Ruth White
Hermione GingoldMrs. Hardcastle
Barbara JeffordKate Hardcastle
Art CarneySelf
John SebastianSelf - Harmonica Player
Eli Wallach
Jacqueline Scott
Edward AndrewsColonel Livingstone
Herbie FayeSelf - Performer
Bruce GordonLt. Gen. James Longstreet
Wesley LauMaj. Gen. John B. Hood
William SmithersLt. Gen. A.P. Hill
Frank AletterSkiddy
Lee MeriwetherBeautiful Witch
Ed Asner
Joseph Campanella
Kay Medford
Tom Pedi
Joseph Ruskin
George C. Scott
Andrew Duggan
Norman LloydDirector
Delbert MannDirector
Richard LeacockDirector
Sidney LumetDirector
Tad DanielewskiDirector
Charles S. DubinDirector
Paul BogartDirector
Ralph LevyDirector
Bob BannerDirector
Daniel PetrieDirector
Robert Ellis MillerDirector
David GreeneDirector
Robert SaudekProducer
Watch Omnibus Videos
Omnibus: American Profiles
Omnibus: American ProfilesTrailer
Omnibus: Leonard Bernstein
Omnibus: Leonard BernsteinTrailer
Omnibus: Leonard Bernstein (World Of Jazz)
Omnibus: Leonard Bernstein (World Of Jazz)Trailer
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