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My Outlaw Brother (1951) -- A young man travels to Mexico in search of his brother, who has become involved with a dangerous gang.
Victor Victoria (1982) -- A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
The Sundowners (1950) -- Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of fueding ranchers in the old west.
How the West Was Won (1962) -- A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the nineteenth century--including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
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Date of Birth:

8 June 1918, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, USA more

Date of Death:

21 March 1987, Montecito, California, USA more

Mini Biography:

American leading man of vast charisma. The son of a garment worker and... more

Trivia:

Before starring in the musical "The Music Man", he had not only never... more

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Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 4 nominations more

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(11 articles)

The Fantasticks to Kick Off Long Wharf's 2009-10 Season Oct 7 - Nov 1
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The Last Starfighter 25th Anniversary Edition DVD Review
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Filmography

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Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Outrage! (1986) (TV) (uncredited) Dennis Riordan 1986 - 7.2 (52)
- 2. Finnegan Begin Again (1985) (TV) Mike Finnegan 1985 - 7.0 (234)
- 3. The Last Starfighter (1984) Centauri 1984 - 6.4 (9,835)
- 4. September Gun (1983) (TV) Ben Sunday 1983 - 5.1 (34)
- 5. Rehearsal for Murder (1982) (TV) Alex Dennison 1982 - 7.1 (209)
- 6. Victor Victoria (1982) Carole "Toddy" Todd 1982 - 7.3 (7,524)
- 7. S.O.B. (1981) Dr. Irving Finegarten 1981 - 6.1 (2,340)
- 8. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980) (TV) Stranger 1980 - 6.9 (21)
- 9. "The Chisholms" (1980)   Hadley Chisholm (5 episodes, 1980) 1980 - -
- 10. "The Chisholms" (1979) Hadley Chisholm (1979-80) 1979 - 6.5 (22)
- 11. Semi-Tough (1977) Big Ed Bookman 1977 - 5.7 (937)
- 12. My Father's House (1975) (TV) Tom Lindholm Sr. 1975 - 6.6 (21)
- 13. Happy Endings (1975) (TV) Harry 1975 - -
- 14. Mame (1974) Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside 1974 - 5.5 (1,151)
- 15. Child's Play (1972) Joseph Dobbs 1972 - 5.8 (197)
- 16. Junior Bonner (1972) Ace Bonner 1972 - 6.7 (1,752)
- 17. All the Way Home (1963) Jay Follett 1963 - 7.4 (168)
- 18. Island of Love (1963)   Steve Blair 1963 - 5.6 (38)
AKAs:
  • Not on Your Life (USA: alternative title)
- 19. How the West Was Won (1962) Roger Morgan 1962 $50M 7.0 (5,614)
- 20. The Music Man (1962)   Harold Hill 1962 - 7.6 (7,178)
AKAs:
  • Meredith Willson's The Music Man (USA: complete title)
- 21. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) Rubin Flood 1960 - 7.2 (371)
- 22. "The DuPont Show of the Month" (1957)   Clinton Jones (1 episode, 1960) 1960 - 8.3 (11)
1 TV episode:
- 23. The Bells of St. Mary's (1959) (TV) Father O'Malley 1959 - 7.8 (11)
- 24. "Climax!" (1954)   Cleve Gordon / 3 characters not shown (3 episodes, 1955-1957) 1957 - 7.8 (40)
AKAs:
  • Climax Mystery Theater (USA: alternative title)
3 TV episodes:
- 25. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1947)   (1 episode, 1957) 1957 - 8.2 (28)
AKAs:
  • Kraft Mystery Theatre (USA: new title)
  • Kraft Theatre (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 26. "The Alcoa Hour" (1955)   Doug Hallock / 3 characters not shown (3 episodes, 1955-1957) 1957 - 6.4 (14)
3 TV episodes:
- 27. "Playhouse 90" (1956)   Zachary Meredith (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 8.5 (67)
1 TV episode:
- 28. "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1951)   Jesse James / Thomas Howard (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 7.4 (12)
AKAs:
  • Goodyear Playhouse (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 29. "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (1955)   Captain Bob Wainer (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 6.5 (24)
AKAs:
  • Fox Hour of Stars (USA: rerun title)
1 TV episode:
- 30. The Last Frontier (1955)   Col. Frank Marston 1955 - 6.5 (336)
AKAs:
  • Savage Wilderness (USA: TV title)
- 31. "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950)   (2 episodes, 1953-1955) 1955 - 7.9 (25)
AKAs:
  • Lucky Strike Theater
  • Montgomery's Summer Stock
  • The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater
2 TV episodes:
- 32. "General Electric Theater" (1953)   Jim Tweedy (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 8.1 (72)
AKAs:
  • G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
  • G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 33. "Lux Video Theatre" (1950)   Dowey / 5 characters not shown (6 episodes, 1951-1955) 1955 - 6.4 (31)
AKAs:
  • Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
6 TV episodes: 1 episode not shown.
- 34. "The Elgin Hour" (1954)   Ben Wagner (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 5.9 (6)
1 TV episode:
- 35. "The United States Steel Hour" (1953)   Dr. Abbott / Jack Roberts (3 episodes, 1953-1955) 1955 - 8.4 (32)
AKAs:
  • The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
3 TV episodes:
- 36. "Campbell Playhouse" (1952)   (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - 4.9 (5)
AKAs:
  • Campbell Soundstage (USA: new title)
  • Campbell Summer Soundstage (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 37. "Danger" (1950)   (1 episode, 1953) 1953 - 7.2 (14)
1 TV episode:
- 38. "Medallion Theatre" (1953)   (1 episode, 1953) 1953 - 6.5 (7)
1 TV episode:
- 39. "ABC Album" (1953)   (1 episode, 1953) 1953 - -
AKAs:
  • The Plymouth Playhouse (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 40. "Your Show of Shows" (1950)   (2 episodes, 1951-1953) 1953 - 8.5 (60)
AKAs:
  • Sid Caesar's Show of Shows (UK: rerun title)
- 41. Face to Face (1952) Sheriff Jack Potter ('The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky') 1952 - 5.8 (16)
- 42. "Curtain Call" (1952)   (1 episode, 1952) 1952 - 4.7 (14)
1 TV episode:
- 43. "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1950)   (1 episode, 1952) 1952 - 8.0 (6)
1 TV episode:
- 44. "Man Against Crime" (1949)   Pat Barnett (unknown episodes, 1951) 1951 - 7.1 (26)
AKAs:
  • Follow That Man
- 45. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1951)   (1 episode, 1951) 1951 - 7.1 (49)
AKAs:
  • Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
  • Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title)
  • The Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
1 TV episode:
- 46. My Outlaw Brother (1951)   Joe Walter 1951 - 5.3 (57)
AKAs:
  • My Brother, the Outlaw
- 47. Best of the Badmen (1951) Matthew Fowler 1951 - 6.0 (126)
- 48. When I Grow Up (1951) Father Reed 1951 - 7.1 (35)
- 49. Cloudburst (1951) John Graham 1951 - 6.7 (55)
- 50. The Sundowners (1950)   James Cloud ('Kid Wichita') 1950 - 6.0 (133)
AKAs:
  • Thunder in the Dust (UK)
- 51. The Lady Gambles (1949) David Boothe 1949 - 6.7 (135)
- 52. Tulsa (1949) Brad Brady 1949 - 6.2 (299)
- 53. Whispering Smith (1948) Murray Sinclair 1948 - 6.6 (271)
- 54. Blood on the Moon (1948) Tate Riling 1948 - 6.7 (563)
- 55. Big City (1948) Rev. Philip Y. Andrews 1948 - 6.0 (56)
- 56. Wild Harvest (1947) Jim Davis 1947 - 6.5 (46)
- 57. The Macomber Affair (1947)   Francis Macomber 1947 - 6.9 (155)
AKAs:
  • The Great White Hunter (USA: reissue title)
- 58. Night Plane from Chungking (1943) Capt. Nick Stanton 1943 - 6.4 (6)
- 59. Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) (uncredited) Finale 1942 - 6.7 (184)
- 60. Wake Island (1942) Pvt. Joe Doyle 1942 - 7.0 (588)
- 61. This Gun for Hire (1942) Det. Michael Crane 1942 - 7.7 (2,108)
- 62. Reap the Wild Wind (1942)   Dan Cutler 1942 - 6.8 (920)
AKAs:
  • Cecil B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind (USA: complete title)
- 63. Pacific Blackout (1941) Robert Draper 1941 - 6.8 (8)
- 64. Night of January 16th (1941) Steve Van Ruyle 1941 - 7.3 (16)
- 65. New York Town (1941) Paul Bryson, Jr. 1941 - 6.1 (14)
- 66. Parachute Battalion (1941) Donald 'Don' Morse 1941 - 5.4 (47)
- 67. The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) Steve Lewis 1941 - 6.3 (23)
- 68. Moon Over Burma (1940) Chuck Lane 1940 - 5.8 (11)
- 69. North West Mounted Police (1940)   Ronnie Logan 1940 - 6.5 (471)
AKAs:
  • Northwest Mounted Police
- 70. Typhoon (1940)   Johnny Potter 1940 - 6.2 (21)
AKAs:
  • The Big Haircut
- 71. Beau Geste (1939) Digby Geste 1939 - 8.0 (2,000)
- 72. Union Pacific (1939) Dick Allen 1939 - 7.2 (638)
- 73. Disbarred (1939) Bradley Kent 1939 - 6.6 (6)
- 74. Illegal Traffic (1938) Charles Bent Martin 1938 - -
- 75. King of Alcatraz (1938)   Robert MacArthur 1938 - 6.0 (21)
AKAs:
  • King of the Alcatraz (UK)
Soundtrack
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- 1. "Great Performances" (1972)   (1 episode, 2003) 2003 - 8.3 (107)
1 TV episode:
- 2. Victor Victoria (1982) (performer: "Gay Paree", "You And Me", "Finale/Shady Dame From Seville (Reprise)") 1982 - 7.3 (7,524)
- 3. Mame (1974) (performer: "Mame", "Loving You") 1974 - 5.5 (1,151)
- 4. The 21st Annual Tony Awards (1967) (TV) (performer: "Nobody's Perfect") 1967 - -
- 5. The Music Man (1962)   (performer: "Main Title", "Ya Got Trouble", "Ya Got Trouble/76 Trombones", "Sadder But Wiser Girl For Me", "Marian The Librarian", "Gary, Indiana", "Till There Was You", "Goodnight My Someone/76 Trombones") 1962 - 7.6 (7,178)
AKAs:
  • Meredith Willson's The Music Man (USA: complete title)
- 6. Union Pacific (1939) ("(Oh My Darling) Clementine" (1884)) 1939 - 7.2 (638)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984) (TV) Himself - Co-Host 1984 - -
- 2. Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984) Host 1984 - 7.3 (23)
- 3. Circus of the Stars #8 (1983) (TV) Himself (ringmaster) 1983 - 5.6 (27)
- 4. Bob Hope's Pink Panther Thanksgiving Gala (1982) (TV) Himself 1982 - -
- 5. The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982) (TV) Himself - Presenter 1982 - 5.8 (9)
- 6. Night of 100 Stars (1982) (TV) Himself 1982 - 7.0 (108)
- 7. The 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982) (TV) Himself (co-host) 1982 - 5.5 (15)
- 8. "Looks Familiar" (1970)   Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1981) 1981 - -
1 TV episode:
- 9. The 31st Annual Tony Awards (1977) (TV) Himself - Presenter & Performer 1977 - 6.0 (10)
- 10. The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974) (TV) Himself - Co-Host 1974 - 4.5 (14)
- 11. The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971) (TV) Himself - Performer 1971 - -
- 12. The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969) (TV) Himself - Presenter 1969 - 5.2 (17)
- 13. The 21st Annual Tony Awards (1967) (TV) Himself - Host 1967 - -
- 14. "What's My Line?" (1950)   Guest Panelist / Mystery Guest (5 episodes, 1957-1966) 1966 - 8.9 (268)
5 TV episodes:
- 15. "This Proud Land" (1965) Himself - Host 1965 - -
- 16. "The Bell Telephone Hour" (1959)   Himself - Host / Himself - Singer (4 episodes, 1960-1965) 1965 - 6.2 (12)
AKAs:
  • The Telephone Hour (USA: syndication title)
4 TV episodes:
- 17. "Toast of the Town" (1948)   Himself - Singer (1 episode, 1964) 1964 - 8.4 (100)
AKAs:
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 18. "Password" (1961)   Himself (1 episode, 1964) 1964 - 7.8 (93)
AKAs:
  • Password All-Stars (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 19. An Evening with Carol Burnett (1963) (TV)   Himself 1963 - 7.1 (7)
AKAs:
  • Carol and Company (UK)
- 20. "You Asked for It" (1950)   Himself (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 6.3 (11)
1 TV episode:
- 21. "Playhouse 90" (1956)   Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 8.5 (67)
1 TV episode:
  • Eloise (1956) Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show
- 22. Sentinels in the Air (1956) (voice) Narrator 1956 - 5.2 (23)
- 23. "The Martha Raye Show" (1955)   Himself (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - -
1 TV episode:
- 24. "Anywhere, U.S.A." (1952) Doctor 1952 - -
- 25. Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood (1948) Himself 1948 - -
- 26. Variety Girl (1947) Himself 1947 - 6.4 (100)
- 27. Wings Up (1943) 1943 - 8.0 (6)
Archive Footage
- 1. Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009) (V) Himself
- 2. "Broadway: The American Musical"  
1 TV episode:
- 3. Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) (TV) Himself
- 4. "Great Performances"  
1 TV episode:
- 5. Cinerama Adventure (2002) (uncredited) Roger Morgan
- 6. "Biography"  
1 TV episode:
- 7. Carol Burnett: The Special Years (1994) (TV) Himself

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Portrayed Mack Sennett in the 1974 Broadway musical, "Mack and Mabel." more

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