Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.
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1 Season
Season 1
Season 135 Episodes
Cast of Screen Directors Playhouse
Russell CusterTrain Passenger (uncredited)
Roy RobertsJudge
Raymond BaileyJudge
Sol Gorss2nd. Bully
Jay NovelloLucius Morley
Chick ChandlerDr. Archie McCawlly / Narrator
Jacqueline deWitMercedes Fairfax
Alan Young
Charles Lane
Lew AyresDr. John Mohler
Vera MilesRuth Dahlberg
Ward BondLarry 'Buck' Goodhue
Patrick WayneLyn Goodhue
James GleasonEd Shafer
Willis BoucheyMr. Cully
John FordSelf - Introduction
Jana LundVocalist (uncredited)
Dick HaymesJim Wheeler
Macdonald CareyGil Foster
Paul BryarBartender Clem
Cloris LeachmanIrma
Douglass DumbrilleRed Beecham
Florenz AmesJ.B. Vandemeer
Herb VigranStranger with $1000
Tris CoffinGeneral Cummings (uncredited)
Richard DeaconHotel Clerk (uncredited)
Roy EngelTrain Conductor (uncredited)
Dayton LummisDr. Oscar W. Hoffman
Don 'Red' BarrySoldier
Wallace FordEd Rawlings
Ray TealFarmer Clark
Kathryn CardMrs. Mohler
Robert ShayneDave O'Bryan
Damian O'FlynnFarmer Novak
Harry Harvey2nd Senator (uncredited)
Fred ShermanGeorge (uncredited)
John BannerPrefect of Police
Norbert SchillerOld Man
Buster KeatonKelsey Dutton
Zasu PittsSelma
Joe E. BrownArthur Vail
Evelyn AnkersMiss Loving
Jack KruschenErnie
Jack ElamShanks
Percy HeltonBarney
Joe CoreyArnold
Lyle LatellErnie's Friend
Charles HorvathBarber
Bob HopeBob Hope (uncredited)
Russ Conway1st Officer
Alan Hale Jr.Bowen
Edmond O'BrienThaddeus Kubaczik
Frances RobinsonMrs. Preston
Fay WrayMary Parker
Sheldon LeonardGeorge
Grant WithersWilliam Brackett Sr.
Barbara HaleJune Waters
Bobby ClarkSonny Waters
Rita LynnMrs. Lamkin
William ForrestMr. Green
John HamiltonMr. Campo (uncredited)
Jerry MathersPeter Jr., age 5
Jack CarsonLamar Kendall
Lola DeemNancy Wheeler
John BaerDude
Bob SteeleDeputy Sheriff Dodd
Frank J. Scannell2nd Gambler
Yvonne De CarloPearl Krauss
Rory CalhounJoe Mahoney
Alan ReedCapt. Otto Krauss aka Swenson (in credits)
Peter BroccoDetective Mike
Lois CollierLady Elaine
Keenan WynnGambler
Bea BenaderetWoman
William BendixJoe Redman
Dennis HopperSteve Redman
John AldersonSwede
Leo GordonTom Martin
Don KennedyForeman / Sandhogger #2
John MitchumSandhogger #4
Robert EastonStanley Moran
George SandersCharles Ferris
Robert VaughnArchibald Parker
Albert CarrierRoulette Croupier (uncredited)
Herschel GrahamGambler (uncredited)
Dan O'HerlihyDr. Donald Kent
Thomas MitchellDr. Joseph H. Walton
Jonathan HaleMayor
Eddie MarrAlex
Ken OsmondHenry Raglund
Leo GennPaul Bernard
Barbara MorrisonMrs. Van Owen
Phillip ReedSir Hubert Cornwall
May WynnSusan Bernard
Paul FieldingMr. Van Owen
Dennis O'KeefeReverend Charles Parker
Teresa WrightMary
William TalmanBarney
Peter LorreWilly
Ralph MoodyJarvis
Jeanette MacDonaldMartha
Laraine DayLaraine Day
Leo DurocherLeo Durocher
Jerome CowanLewis
Jane DarwellLena
Alfred CaiazzaJohnny
June VincentJune Foster
James DunnSheriff Garrett
Nacho GalindoMexican
Ralph BellamyDr. Martin Kelog
Basil RathbonePaul Charters
Rita GamLoti
Walter BaldwinFarmer Everett
Budd KnappCongressman
Fred MacMurrayPeter Terrance
Jimmy McHughJimmy McHugh
Marilyn ErskineMargie Terrance
Bess FlowersNight Club Patron (uncredited)
William TraylorPeter Jr., age 22
Harry LauterTruck Driver
Frank SullyDiner Patron
Duncan RichardsonPeter Jr., age 13
Darla HoodVocalist (uncredited)
Veda Ann BorgJo Hadley
Carolyn CraigJanet Owen
Errol FlynnFrancois Villon
Hillary BrookeCountess
George WaggnerSelf
Pamela DuncanVelvet
Ray MillandMarkheim
Rod SteigerVisitor
Fred ZinnemannSelf
Spencer ChanCoolie (uncredited)
Robert J. WilkeZecca
Clem BevansStryker
Linda DarnellEllen Barber
Scott ForbesDr. Bruno
Virginia FieldNurse Esther Delcotte
Gavin MuirPlainclothesman
Leon AmesCol. T. Jennings Parker - Pop
Jimmy LydonLt. Fred Green
Pitt HerbertCharlie
Jan ShepardCpl. Stella Baker
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