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1 | He was a lifelong registered Democrat. |
2 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1623 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. |
3 | In 1951, RKO Radio Pictures tried to compose a film noir entitled "The Sins of Sarah Ferry". The story was about a courthouse clerk in Binghamton, New York who finds herself falling in love with a beautiful liar whose accused of armed robbery as well as a hit run charge involving a death. The cast would have starred Laraine Day, Fred MacMurray, Yvonne De Carlo, Hugh Beaumont, Glenn Ford, Howard Duff and Evelyn Keyes, with the studio wanting to shoot on location in Binghamton and neighboring Johnson City. This project never materialized because the plot was considered to close of a generic step-up of Double Indemnity (1944) and the studio never received a reply via phone call or standard mail from the Binghamton Courthouse or then Mayor Donald Kramer granting them permission to film on location in the area and negotiate a fair range of payment. Based on that neglect, the studio immediately canceled this project and moved on. |
4 | Ex-son-in-law of Stanley Lupino and Connie Emerald. |
5 | Unsold pilot: He was scheduled to star in a 1958 detective/mystery series called "The Green Peacock" following the cancellation of his sitcom Mr. Adams and Eve (1957), but even though episodes were produced, they were never broadcast. Episodes were written by writers such as Daniel Mainwaring and William Spier and directed by Allen H. Miner. Ramon Novarro was the co-star. |
6 | Father of Bridget Duff. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Too Much Sun | 1990 | | O.M. |
The Golden Girls | 1990 | TV Series | Mangiacavallo |
Midnight Caller | 1990 | TV Series | Montgomery Carson |
Knots Landing | 1984-1990 | TV Series | Paul Galveston |
Settle the Score | 1989 | TV Movie | Cy Whately |
The Ed Begley Jr. Show | 1989 | TV Movie | Councilman Slaney |
Island Son | 1989 | TV Series | |
Simon & Simon | 1988 | TV Series | Det. Travis |
War and Remembrance | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | William Tuttle |
Magnum, P.I. | 1988 | TV Series | Captain Thomas Sullivan Magnum I |
Dallas | 1988 | TV Series | Sen. Henry Harrison O'Dell |
Werewolf | 1987 | TV Series | Will 'Big Daddy' Fraser |
No Way Out | 1987 | | Senator Duvall |
Scarecrow and Mrs. King | 1985-1987 | TV Series | Harry Thornton / Capt. Harry V. Thornton |
Roses Are for the Rich | 1987 | TV Movie | Denton |
Monster in the Closet | 1986 | | Father Finnegan |
Love on the Run | 1985 | TV Movie | Lionel Rockland |
Hotel | 1984-1985 | TV Series | Adam Korsak / Byron Comstock |
Detective in the House | 1985 | TV Series | |
Murder, She Wrote | 1984 | TV Series | Ralph / Stephen Earl |
This Girl for Hire | 1983 | TV Movie | Wolfe Macready |
St. Elsewhere | 1983 | TV Series | Herbie |
The Love Boat | 1982 | TV Series | Glen Leciter |
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch | 1982 | TV Movie | Colonel Samuel Isaacs |
Flamingo Road | 1980-1982 | TV Series | Sheriff Titus Semple |
East of Eden | 1981 | TV Mini-Series | Jules Edwards |
Oh, God! Book II | 1980 | | Dr. Benjamin Charles Whitley |
Double Negative | 1980 | | Lester Harlen |
Charlie's Angels | 1980 | TV Series | Harrigan |
Valentine Magic on Love Island | 1980 | TV Movie | A.J. Morgan |
Young Maverick | 1979-1980 | TV Series | Herman Rusk |
The Dream Merchants | 1980 | TV Series | Charles Slade |
Kramer vs. Kramer | 1979 | | John Shaunessy |
Lou Grant | 1979 | TV Series | Wild Man Moran |
Battered | 1978 | TV Movie | Bill Thompson |
A Wedding | 1978 | | Dr. Jules Meecham |
Ski Lift to Death | 1978 | TV Movie | Ben Forbes |
Actor | 1978 | TV Movie | |
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | 1978 | TV Series | Lt. Martinelle |
Fantasy Island | 1978 | TV Series | Douglas Shane |
Switch | 1978 | TV Series | Ira Larkin |
Lanigan's Rabbi | 1977 | TV Series | Cyrus Hollister |
Police Story | 1973-1977 | TV Series | DeHart / Lieutenant Blodgett / Lt. Hyatt / ... |
In the Glitter Palace | 1977 | TV Movie | Raymond Dawson Travers |
The Late Show | 1977 | | Harry Regan |
The Rockford Files | 1977 | TV Series | Edward J. Marks |
The Streets of San Francisco | 1976 | TV Series | Larry Dobbs |
Ellery Queen | 1976 | TV Series | Eddie Morgan |
Matt Helm | 1976 | TV Series | Dan Mallory, Private Investigator |
Medical Story | 1975 | TV Series | Roger Graham |
Kung Fu | 1974 | TV Series | Mr. Jenkins / Noah Fleck |
Shaft | 1973 | TV Series | Tom Oliver |
Faraday and Company | 1973 | TV Series | Clark Sanford |
Mannix | 1973 | TV Series | Chief Harry Decken |
Search | 1973 | TV Series | Dr. Jamison |
Mod Squad | 1973 | TV Series | Walter Graham |
Snatched | 1973 | TV Movie | Duncan Wood |
The Heist | 1972 | TV Movie | Lieutenant Nicholson |
Medical Center | 1972 | TV Series | Matt McKinnon |
Night Gallery | 1972 | TV Series | Arthur Porter (segment "There Aren't Any More MacBanes") |
Alias Smith and Jones | 1971 | TV Series | George Fendler |
A Little Game | 1971 | TV Movie | Dunlap |
In Search of America | 1971 | TV Movie | Ray Chandler |
The Virginian | 1963-1971 | TV Series | Stuart Masters / Ed Frazer |
The Name of the Game | 1970 | TV Series | Wally Cook |
The Immortal | 1970 | TV Series | Arthur Cameron |
D.A.: Murder One | 1969 | TV Movie | Lynn D. Compton |
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | 1969 | TV Series | Henry Speiser |
Insight | 1967-1969 | TV Series | the Major / Simon |
Judd for the Defense | 1969 | TV Series | Det. Sgt. Sam Stone |
The Felony Squad | 1966-1969 | TV Series | Det. Sgt. Sam Stone |
Panic in the City | 1968 | | Dave Pomeroy |
Batman | 1966-1968 | TV Series | Cabala Det. Sgt. Sam Stone |
I Spy | 1966 | TV Series | Sean |
Mr. Novak | 1965 | TV Series | Joe Stillman |
The Rogues | 1965 | TV Series | G. Carter Huntington |
The Changing Geometry of Flight | 1965 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
Calhoun: County Agent | 1964 | TV Movie | Sid Rayner |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Leo |
Burke's Law | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Charlie January / Lou Cole |
The Eleventh Hour | 1964 | TV Series | Harold Baker |
Arrest and Trial | 1963 | TV Series | Robert Forbes |
Sam Benedict | 1963 | TV Series | Gregory Tyler |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1962 | TV Series | Peter Harding |
War Gods of Babylon | 1962 | | Sardanapolo |
Combat! | 1962 | TV Series | Col. Hobey Jabko |
Boys' Night Out | 1962 | | Doug Jackson |
Bus Stop | 1962 | TV Series | Steve Martyck |
Dante | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Willie Dante |
The Twilight Zone | 1960 | TV Series | Arthur Curtis Gerry Reagan |
Alcoa Theatre | 1959 | TV Series | Joe Kane |
Bonanza | 1959 | TV Series | Samuel Clemens Mark Twain |
The George Burns Show | 1959 | TV Series | Howard Duff |
Mr. Adams and Eve | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Howard Adams |
Teenage Idol | 1958 | TV Movie | |
Target | 1958 | TV Series | |
Sierra Stranger | 1957 | | Jess Collins |
Studio 57 | 1956 | TV Series | Matt |
Climax! | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Dr. John C. Clark |
Celebrity Playhouse | 1956 | TV Series | |
While the City Sleeps | 1956 | | Lt. Burt Kaufman |
The Ford Television Theatre | 1953-1956 | TV Series | Johnny Abel / Charlie O'Connor / John Stevens aka Johnny Nighthawk |
Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado | 1956 | | Tom 'Blackjack' Ketchum |
The Broken Star | 1956 | | Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed |
Lux Video Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Jim |
Front Row Center | 1956 | TV Series | Phil Nyack |
The Star and the Story | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Tom / Henry Pell / Malcolm Rainey |
Chevron Hall of Stars | 1956 | TV Series | |
Crossroads | 1956 | TV Series | |
Science Fiction Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Dr. Tom Mathews |
Flame of the Islands | 1956 | | Doug Duryea |
Women's Prison | 1955 | | Dr. Crane |
Schlitz Playhouse | 1954 | TV Series | |
The Yellow Mountain | 1954 | | Pete Menlo |
The Whistler | 1954 | TV Series | Ernie Madden |
Private Hell 36 | 1954 | | Jack Farnham |
Tanganyika | 1954 | | Dan Harder McCracken |
Jennifer | 1953 | | Jim Hollis |
Spaceways | 1953 | | Dr. Stephen Mitchell |
Roar of the Crowd | 1953/I | | Johnny Tracy |
Models Inc. | 1952 | | Lennie Stone |
Steel Town | 1952 | | Jim Denko |
The Lady from Texas | 1951 | | Dan Mason |
Shakedown | 1950 | | Jack Early |
Spy Hunt | 1950 | | Steve Quain |
Woman in Hiding | 1950 | | Keith Ramsey |
Johnny Stool Pigeon | 1949 | | George Morton |
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass | 1949 | | Sam Bass |
Illegal Entry | 1949 | | Bert Powers |
Red Canyon | 1949 | | Lin Sloane |
The Life of Riley | 1949 | | Voice of Sam Spade on Radio Show (voice, uncredited) |
All My Sons | 1948 | | George Deever |
The Naked City | 1948 | | Frank Niles |
Brute Force | 1947 | | Robert 'Soldier' Becker (as Howard Duff Radio's Sam Spade) |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour | 1959 | TV Series | Himself |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1959 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The Linkletter Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
The Ed Sullivan Show | 1957 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
I've Got a Secret | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
Climax! | 1956 | TV Series | Himself |
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars on Parade | 1954 | Documentary short | Himself |
The Ed Wynn Show | 1950 | TV Series | Himself |
Know Your Enemy - Japan | 1945 | Documentary | Narrator (uncredited) |
American Playhouse | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
Lily for President? | 1982 | TV Special | General |
The Merv Griffin Show | 1982 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The John Davidson Show | 1981 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Bob Hope's All-Star Look at TV's Prime Time Wars | 1980 | | Himself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1968-1980 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself - Actor |
Dinah! | 1978 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration | 1978 | TV Special | Himself |
Celebrity Bowling | 1974 | TV Series | Himself |
The Movie Game | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
The Jonathan Winters Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The Hollywood Squares | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
The Joey Bishop Show | 1967 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Gypsy | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
You Don't Say | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1963 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
Here's Hollywood | 1960 | TV Series | Himself |
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | 1958-1960 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The Juke Box Jury | 1956-1959 | TV Series | Himself |