Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse had four rotating actors they were, Dick Powell, David Niven, Charles Boyer and Ida Lupino. Originally it was to be Dick Powell, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea and Rosalind Russell, but that never happened. In its first year Four Star was on every other week sharing its spot with Amos 'N Andy show. Into the second season Four Star became weekly. Dick Powell played a character named Willie Dante who ran Dante's Nightclub. This character was shown in several episodes. The photo is from the episode 'Go Ahead and Jump' with Dick Powell as Eddie the cabdriver. The format of the episodes varied from comedy to drama.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 76740
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired September 25, 1952
  • Recent August 2, 1956
  • Network CBS
  • Average Runtime 25 minutes
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 0
Season 1 September 1952 June 1953 20
Season 2 September 1953 April 1954 31
Season 3 September 1954 June 1955 38
Season 4 October 1955 August 1956 42
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 131
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 February 1954 June 1956 3
Unassigned Episodes 128
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Roy Kellino 23 09/24/1953 - 03/22/1956
Robert Florey 20 09/25/1952 - 04/26/1956
Blake Edwards 7 11/20/1952 - 03/04/1954
Richard Kinon 3 03/11/1954 - 07/19/1956
Robert Aldrich 3 09/10/1953 - 10/22/1953
Ida Lupino 3 07/19/1956
William A. Seiter 2 02/17/1955 - 01/26/1956
Harold Shumate 2 01/29/1953
Frank McDonald 2 02/11/1954 - 04/22/1954
John Bingham 1 03/24/1955
William Asher 1 11/11/1954
Rose Simon Kohn 1 02/24/1955
James Neilson 1 06/23/1955
Robert Aldridge 1 12/24/1953
Thomas Flanagan 1 06/09/1955
Charles Einstein 1 12/30/1954
Anthony Coldeway 1 10/21/1954
Jules Bricken 1 12/31/1953
Lord Dunson 1 10/23/1952
Mary Synon 1 06/18/1953
Octavus Roy Cohen 1 03/04/1954
Somerset Maugham 1 01/21/1954
Jackson Hill 1 03/18/1954
Ty Cobb 1 03/18/1954
George Jenkins 1 12/18/1952
William Cameron Menzies 1 01/21/1954
Thomas W. Phipps 1 01/28/1954
Amory Hare 1 12/24/1953
Name Number of Episodes Dates
John Bagni 8 12/04/1952 - 12/31/1953
Gwen Bagni 8 12/04/1952 - 12/31/1953
Frederick Brady 5 02/11/1954 - 07/19/1956
Frederick J. Lipp 3 10/14/1954 - 04/07/1955
Merwin Gerard 3 06/18/1953 - 10/22/1953
Dick Carr 3 12/09/1954 - 12/15/1955
Seeleg Lester 3 06/18/1953 - 10/22/1953
Richard Carr 2 04/28/1955 - 01/26/1956
Larry Marcus 2 09/25/1952 - 10/21/1954
Ronald Colman 2 10/23/1952
Milton Merlin 2 10/23/1952 - 05/21/1953
Joseph Grushkin 1 06/23/1955
Leonard St. Clair 1 12/18/1952
James Neal Harvey 1 11/11/1954
Kenneth Higgins 1 05/26/1955
Eugene Vale 1 12/16/1954
Paul Elbogen 1 10/21/1954
Harold Swanton 1 04/26/1956
Joyce Selznick 1 12/15/1955
Leroy H. Zehren 1 04/14/1955
Robert L. Hecker 1 03/17/1955
Arthur Weiss 1 02/24/1955
Leonard Freeman 1 12/23/1954
László Görög 1 05/12/1955
Don Ettlinger 1 01/21/1954
Willard Wiener 1 12/08/1955
Thelma Robinson 1 03/18/1954
Clock Dailey 1 11/18/1954
Marc Brandel 1 03/22/1956
Frederic Brady 1 02/17/1955

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