The Philco Television Playhouse

1948    60mDrama
7.5
During its 8-year run, the show began with Broadway adaptations hosted by Bert Lytell, then featured Book-of-the-Month Club novels, and later varied content. It briefly changed names and alternated with other programs.

Where to Watch The Philco Television Playhouse

8 Seasons

  • Season 1
    Season 145 Episodes
  • Season 2
    Season 245 Episodes
  • Season 3
    Season 356 Episodes
  • Season 4
    Season 425 Episodes
  • Season 5
    Season 533 Episodes
  • Season 6
    Season 626 Episodes
  • Season 7
    Season 725 Episodes
  • Season 8
    Season 812 Episodes

Cast of The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Bert LytellSelf - Host
  • E.G. MarshallHorace Greeley
  • Vinton HayworthH.L. Potter
  • David OpatoshuGeorge
  • Alfred RyderPhilip
  • John NewlandSteven Kent
  • Walter MatthauIago
  • William PrinceHadrian the adopted son
  • Loring SmithGhost of Christmas Present
  • Vaughn TaylorPa Blanchard
  • Grace KellyBethel Merriday
  • Leora DanaEmmy Blanchard
  • Eileen HeckartJessie Mae
  • Warren Stevens
  • Leo Penn
  • Jack Warden
  • Sidney BlackmerMarvin Platt
  • James Daly
  • Rod SteigerMarty Pilletti
  • Neva PattersonElizabeth Chapin
  • Werner KlempererLeopold
  • John McQuade
  • Shepperd StrudwickBenedict Arnold
  • James GregoryLester Thompson
  • Frances ReidRoxane
  • Bramwell FletcherMaxim de Winter
  • Everett SloaneVincent Van Gogh
  • Cloris LeachmanJenny Blanchard
  • Addison PowellChester
  • Eva Marie SaintBonnie Keel
  • Peter Mark RichmanJack
  • Paul McGrath
  • Wesley Addy
  • Lesley Woods
  • Augusta DabneyLaura Wilkins
  • Edmon Ryan
  • Murray Hamilton
  • Philip Bourneuf
  • Marian SeldesEmilia
  • J. Pat O'MalleyBrannigan
  • Bethel Leslie
  • Anthony RossFather
  • Dorothy GishMary Surratt
  • Ralph BellamyTice Collins
  • Mildred Natwick
  • Eli WallachNacho
  • Arthur TreacherUncle Fred
  • Jack Klugman
  • Frank MaxwellCaptain Dana Healey
  • Edward Binns
  • Leo G. CarrollDuncan
  • Pat Hingle
  • William EytheFoxworth
  • Jo Van FleetShirley
  • Kent SmithJohn Wilkes Booth
  • Kevin McCarthyRomeo
  • Betsy PalmerJanice Gans
  • Wright King
  • Lillian GishAbby
  • Florida FriebusMary Greeley
  • Philip AbbottDavid Lomak
  • Herbert BerghofZuker
  • James BroderickDanny Keel
  • Frank SuttonBill
  • Martin BalsamCharlie Malick
  • Frank OvertonPat Garrett
  • Arthur O'ConnellJim Elkins
  • Tonio Selwart
  • John Marley
  • Nydia Westman
  • Walter Brooke
  • Margaret Wycherly
  • Hugh Reilly
  • Dorothy Peterson
  • Brandon De Wilde
  • John Ireland
  • Geoffrey Horne
  • Charlton Heston
  • Frank Albertson
  • Ruth McDevitt
  • Enid Markey
  • Dane Clark
  • Cyril Ritchard
  • Lee Meriwether
  • Nehemiah PersoffEd Kagan
  • Kim Hunter
  • Henry Calvin
  • Peggy McCay
  • Audra Lindley
  • John Forsythe
  • Gaby Rodgers
  • Marsha HuntPhoebe Throssel
  • Melvyn DouglasRichard Gordon
  • Patricia BreslinJuliet
  • Constance Ford
  • Ernest Truex
  • Madge EvansElinor Dashwood
  • Ethel GriffiesGrandmother
  • Bartlett Robinson
  • David WhiteCary Sloane
  • John BealLudie
  • Torin ThatcherOthello
  • Steven HillGeorge
  • Anne JacksonDaughter
  • Helen WagnerInez
  • Betty FieldRose
  • Bert FreedAl Rago
  • Maureen StapletonDaughter
  • Biff McGuire
  • Michael StrongJohn Poe
  • Peggy WoodMrs. Oliver Jordan
  • Robert H. Harris
  • Walter AbelMacduff
  • Paul Ford
  • Alex MarchChauffeur
  • Ernest GravesChristian de Neuvillette
  • Mildred DunnockBerdina Ferris
  • Richard SandersProsecuting Attorney
  • Eddie AlbertCharlie
  • Don MurrayAxel Nordman
  • Anne CrawfordMargaret Fuller
  • James WesterfieldH.T. Carmichael
  • Tony RandallErnest Winkler
  • John RandolphNeil Dalton
  • Larry Blyden
  • Howard St. JohnAbbot
  • Kim StanleyWilma Thompson
  • Hildy ParksPenny Benson
  • Ross MartinRodney Wilkins
  • Kathleen MaguireHelen
  • Ernest BorgnineMathew O'Rourke
  • Hume CronynBen Marriott
  • Joanne WoodwardEmily
  • William Hansen
  • Johnny DesmondNick Mercer
  • Sidney PoitierTommy Tyler
  • Larry GatesDarcy
  • Ed BegleyErnie Barger
  • Jason RobardsMason
  • Barbara O'NeilMme. Pollard
  • Kay MedfordBetty Winston
  • Charles DingleDaddy Tom
  • Madeleine Carroll
  • Jerome Cowan
  • Joseph Anthony
  • Madeleine SherwoodTweed's daughter
  • Natalie Schafer
  • Phyllis KirkDolly
  • Robert Keith
  • Buster Crabbe
  • Gerald S. O'Loughlin
  • Vanessa Brown
  • Nancy Kelly
  • Joey AdamsBill Dix
  • Sylvia Sidney
  • Carlos MontalbánSaguro
  • Robert EllensteinDr. Lehmbruck
  • Tom TullyMajor Avery
  • Lenka Peterson
  • John Cassavetes
  • Joan Lorring
  • Jeffrey Lynn
  • Peter Brandon
  • Terry Becker
  • Edna Best
  • Hugh Marlowe
  • Claude Dauphin
  • John QualenGus Gruntle
  • Ward CostelloInvestigator Robert Wheelock
  • William Smithers
  • Patrick O'NealCliff
  • Mark Roberts
  • Charlotte Rae
  • Jean StapletonBus Girl
  • Sal Mineo
  • Jessica TandyLiz Marriott
  • Jack Lord
  • William BendixGenteman Suitor
  • Jean-Pierre AumontJohn James Audubon
  • Mary WickesAmelia Coop
  • Cameron MitchellPvt. Kenneth Dowey
  • Conrad Janis
  • Bert LahrSkid Johnson
  • Jeanne Bates
  • Cara Williams
  • Richard Webb
  • Edward Everett Horton
  • Mark Rydell
  • Robert MulliganDirector
  • Bess Myerson
  • Lee Grant
  • Paul MuniGeorge Simon
  • Vivian Blaine
  • Una O'Connor
  • Donald Woods
  • Joan Greenwood
  • Georges Renavent
  • Catherine McLeod
  • Marjorie Gateson
  • Joyce Van Patten
  • Delbert MannDirector
  • Fred CoeDirector / Producer
  • Vincent J. DonehueDirector
  • Jack SmightDirector
  • Arthur PennDirector
  • Gordon DuffDirector
  • Albert McCleeryDirector
  • Horton FooteDirector
  • Jeffrey HaydenDirector
  • Robert Alan AurthurWriter / Producer
  • Paddy ChayefskyWriter
  • David SwiftWriter
  • Sumner Locke ElliottWriter
  • Sam HallWriter

 

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