Actors Studio
Actors Studio is an American TV show which aired for 65 episodes, from September 26, 1948 to October 26 on the fledgling ABC Television Network; then from November 1, 1949 to June 23, 1950 on CBS Television. It was hosted by Mark Connelly. The series showcased short pieces of adapted, classic and original drama, performed and produced live each week. Among some of the known authors were William Saroyan, James Thurber, Ring Lardner, Edgar Allan Poe, Irwin Shaw and Budd Schulberg. Featured actors included Martin Balsam, Richard Boone, Marlon Brando, Hume Cronyn, Julie Harris, Jean Muir and Jessica Tandy. Recurring performers included Jocelyn Brando, Tom Ewell, Steven Hill, Kim Hunter and Cloris Leachman. In February 1950, the series moved to Friday nights and was expanded to one hour, alternating every other week with broadcasts of Ford Theatre. In March, the name of the show was changed to The Play's the Thing. The series received a Peabody Award in 1948 for pioneering in the field of televised drama.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Portrait of a Madonna
26-09-194830m - Ep 2
2.Night Club
03-10-194830m - Ep 3
3.The Giant's Stair
10-10-194830m - Ep 4
4.The Thousand Dollar Bill
17-10-194830m - Ep 5
5.The Catbird Seat
24-10-194830m - Ep 6
6.The Inexperienced Ghost
31-10-194830m - Ep 7
7.Ropes
07-11-194830m - Ep 8
8.Esther
14-11-194830m - Ep 9
9.Good Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden
21-11-194830m - Ep 10
10.Ten Percent
28-11-194830m - Ep 11
11.The Night the Ghost Got In
05-12-194830m - Ep 12
12.The Widow of Wasdale Head
12-12-194830m - Ep 13
13.The Man Who Lost Christmas
19-12-194830m - Ep 14
14.To the Lovely Margaret
26-12-194830m - Ep 15
15.A Day in Town
02-01-194930m - Ep 16
16.I'm No Hero
09-01-194930m - Ep 17
17.The Little Wife
16-01-194930m - Ep 18
18.The Lady on 142
23-01-194930m - Ep 19
19.A Trip to Czardis
30-01-194930m - Ep 20
20.Jim Pemberton and His Boy Trigger
06-02-194930m - Ep 21
21.Zone of Quiet
13-02-194930m - Ep 22
22.The Tell-Tale Heart
20-02-194930m - Ep 23
23.Greasy Luck
27-02-194930m - Ep 24
24.Joe McSween's Atomic Machine
06-03-194930mJoe McSween is a factory worker who builds a machine in his basement. The machine doesn't do anything—it just runs. Naturally, everyone thinks that it's an atomic machine, and th...
- Ep 25
25.Dead Man
13-03-194930m - Ep 26
26.Concerning a Woman of Sin
24-03-194930m - Ep 27
27.Three O'Clock
31-03-194930m - Ep 28
28.A Reputation
07-04-194930m - Ep 29
29.I Can't Breathe
14-04-194930m - Ep 30
30.From Paradise to Butte
21-04-194930m - Ep 31
31.Here Comes Spring
28-04-194930m - Ep 32
32.Somebody Has to Be Nobody
05-05-194930m - Ep 33
33.Salt of the Earth
12-05-194930m - Ep 34
34.Spreading the News
19-05-194930m - Ep 35
35.You're Breaking My Heart
26-05-194930m
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