"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) TV series 1963-1967

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Writers:

James B. Allardice (writer) (episode)
Jack Laird (story) (episode "Lady Is My Life, The")

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | unknown

Release Date:

27 September 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Plot:

Legendary entertainer Bob Hope hosted, and occasionally starred in, one of the last major anthology series on network TV...

Plot Keywords:

Anthology | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Won 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 11 nominations

Cast

Bob Hope	...	George Warren / ... (7 episodes, 1963-1966)
Jack Kelly	...	Fred Piper / ... (5 episodes, 1964-1967)
Jack Weston	...	Detective Sergeant / ... (5 episodes, 1964-1967)
George N. Neise	...	Alex Morrill / ... (4 episodes, 1963-1967)
Steve Ihnat	...	Doyle Ralston / ... (4 episodes, 1963-1965)
Harold J. Stone	...	Borginin / ... (4 episodes, 1963-1965)
Cliff Robertson	...	District Attorney Benjamin Reynolds / ... (4 episodes, 1964-1967)
Cyril Delevanti	...	Bishop Andrews / ... (4 episodes, 1964-1966)
Don Gordon	...	Harry Edmunds / ... (4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Leon Belasco	...	Gregor Kodlitz / ... (4 episodes, 1965)
Leslie Nielsen	...	Fryer / ... (4 episodes, 1966-1967)
J.D. Cannon	...	Dr. Webb / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1965)
Andrew Duggan	...	Captain Franks / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1966)
Peter Falk	...	Bara / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1966)
Torin Thatcher	...	Buinovsky / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1966)
Albert Paulsen	...	Avatin / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1965)
Jill St. John	...	Bunky / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1965)
John Van Dreelen	...	Niklas Strellin / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1965)
Shelley Winters	...	Clarry Golden / ... (3 episodes, 1964-1967)
Broderick Crawford	...	Bill Thayer / ... (3 episodes, 1964-1966)
Roddy McDowall	...	Arthur Biddle / ... (3 episodes, 1964-1966)
Don Marshall	...	Jerry Benton / ... (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Robert Stack	...	James Andrew Congers / ... (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Warren Stevens	...	Drake / ... (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Eleanor Audley	...	Lil Schaeffer / ... (3 episodes, 1964)
John Cassavetes	...	Harrybell / ... (3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Michael Constantine	...	Niri / ... (3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Ricardo Montalban	...	Adam Steele / ... (3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Sheree North	...	Sally / ... (3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Jim Pitts / ... (3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Eva Soreny	...	Natalie Kodlitz (3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Jean Hale	...	Fawzie / ... (3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Berry Kroeger	...	Dr. Frysen / ... (3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Jack Lord	...	Abe Perez / ... (3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Martin Milner	...	Lieutenant Eric Kurtz / ... (3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Victor Buono	...	General Leo Chareet / ... (3 episodes, 1965)
Horst Ebersberg		(3 episodes, 1965)
Stanley Baker	...	C.C. Conover / ... (3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Milton Berle	...	Parker Hite (2 episodes, 1963-1966)
Jeffrey Hunter	...	Barry Stinson / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Dina Merrill	...	Joan Cowley / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
Simon Scott	...	Dr. Bross / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Blair Davies	...	Vanderveer (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Angie Dickinson	...	Christina / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1966)
Peter Mamakos	...	Ganoulian (2 episodes, 1963-1966)
Suzanne Pleshette	...	Adrian Harris / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1966)
Jason Robards	...	Irish LaFontain / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1966)
Dan White		(2 episodes, 1963-1966)
Sorrell Booke	...	Larry Gorman / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
Eric Braeden	...	Kurt Krug / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
Claude Rains	...	Mr. Fare / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
Alfred Ryder	...	Boz / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
Stuart Whitman	...	Billy Cole / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
Dana Wynter	...	Jane Day / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
Rodolfo Acosta	...	Colonel Lu (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Stanley Adams	...	Jake Gozzo / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Leo Gordon	...	Biggie / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Anthony Jochim		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Mike Kellin	...	Kilgas / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Martha Raye	...	Herself (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Doris Singleton	...	Ellen / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Robert Strauss	...	Brother Thomas / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Barry Brooks		(2 episodes, 1963)
Robert Cummings	...	Harvey Hines / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1967)
Malachi Throne	...	Hoffman / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1967)
Bill Dana	...	Himself (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
Connie Gilchrist	...	Housekeeper / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
Joyce Jameson	...	Gloria / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
Jack Klugman	...	Markos / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
Janet Leigh	...	Carol Hartley / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
Ray Montgomery	...	Bert Wilson / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
Carroll O'Connor	...	Captain Ted Eyck / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
John Saxon	...	Augie / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
William Shatner	...	David Vincent / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
Meg Wyllie	...	Mrs. Burns / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
Lloyd Bochner	...	Commander Brand / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Dabney Coleman	...	Sergeant Harry King / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Joan Hackett	...	Florence / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Hoke Howell	...	Jimmy (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bethel Leslie	...	Clarissa / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Pat O'Brien	...	District Attorney Hightower / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Michael Pataki	...	Johnny Ridzik / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Nehemiah Persoff	...	Alverian / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Mickey Rooney	...	George M. Cohan / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Naomi Stevens	...	Aunt Clara / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
John Willis	...	Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jack Bernardi	...	Patient (2 episodes, 1964)
John Considine	...	Patterson / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Arte Johnson	...	Beatnik / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Louis Jourdan	...	Phillipe Tabor / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Sally Kellerman	...	Jerrie / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Darren McGavin	...	Franklin Carson / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Joseph Mell	...	Joey Rome (2 episodes, 1964)
Louis Nye	...	Jack Roberts / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Francine York	...	Model / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Diane Baker	...	Helen / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1967)
Gene Lyons	...	Paul Lepson (2 episodes, 1965-1967)
Patrick O'Neal	...	Father Thaddeus / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1967)
Tom Tryon	...	Eddie Simpson / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1967)
Eduardo Ciannelli	...	Boniface / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Peter Duryea	...	First Soldier / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Leif Erickson	...	Ben Stafford / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Jocelyn Lane	...	Ellie Randell / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Celia Lovsky	...	Church Goer / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Carol Lynley	...	Irene Ayers / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Don Rickles	...	Linny (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Georgia Simmons	...	Aunt Mary / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Abraham Sofaer	...	Hill Doctor / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Robert Young	...	Admiral Matt Callahan / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Danielle Aubry		(2 episodes, 1965)
Renzo Cesana	...	Pietro (2 episodes, 1965)
Mimi Dillard	...	Nurse (2 episodes, 1965)
Felicia Farr	...	Jemy (2 episodes, 1965)
John Francis		(2 episodes, 1965)
Vincent Gardenia	...	Burt Neasden (2 episodes, 1965)
Berkeley Harris	...	Mikel Hawley (2 episodes, 1965)
Joey Heatherton	...	Cress / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
Charles Horvath	...	Bartender (2 episodes, 1965)
John Hoyt	...	Dr. Lowell Richards (2 episodes, 1965)
Noah Keen	...	Captain Garbedian / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
Carol Lawrence	...	Carol / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
George Macready	...	Graham Justland (2 episodes, 1965)
Diane McBain	...	Herself / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
George Michenaud		(2 episodes, 1965)
George Nelson		(2 episodes, 1965)
Hugh O'Brian	...	Mig Semple / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
Nadia Posey		(2 episodes, 1965)
Aleta Rotell	...	Chorus Girl / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
Roger Til		(2 episodes, 1965)
Lola Albright	...	Edith Woodland / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
E.J. André	...	Calicoon / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Brooke Bundy	...	Fleming Holloway / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Nicholas Colasanto	...	Bernheim / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Bradford Dillman	...	Bannister / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Nina Foch	...	Dee / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Clarke Gordon	...	Dr. Gardner / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Farley Granger	...	Morgan Cain / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
John Holland	...	Doctor / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
L.Q. Jones	...	Ernie Packer / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Juliet Mills	...	Mary Lewis / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Laurence Naismith	...	Gordon Knight / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Michael Rennie	...	Edward Parker Greene / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Michael Sarrazin	...	Davey Cooper / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Jeff Scott	...	Lieutenant Grummond (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Jean Simmons	...	Ruth Bannister / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Emily Banks	...	Julie Thayer / ... (2 episodes, 1966)
Steve Carlson	...	Billy Tabor / ... (2 episodes, 1966)
Karen Jensen	...	Barbara Fremont / ... (2 episodes, 1966)
George Maharis	...	Michael Kolinos / ... (2 episodes, 1966)
Pippa Scott	...	Catherine Rogers / ... (2 episodes, 1966)
Robert Wagner	...	Harry Brophy / ... (2 episodes, 1966)
Deanna Lund	...	Doris (2 episodes, 1967)
Dorothy Rice	...	Ardys / ... (2 episodes, 1967)

Also Known As:

The Chrysler Theater
Theatre of Stars (UK)
Universal Star Time (syndication title)

Runtime:

60 min (114 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Hovue Enterprises

Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre:1963-1967

"Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre" was one of television's last attempt at a quality anthology series. However,this was one of the last anthology series to came out of the 1960's. The Chrysler Theatre was a mixed bag of sorts all wrap up into a very impressive hour long series. You have a mixed bag of drama,espionage,westerns,comedies not to mention musical and "event" specials,all involving Bob Hope in one role or another. However besides Bob Hope as the host,The Chrysler Theatre featured some big-name guest stars,impressive full color photography,and a much higher production budget than those offered in the classic black-and-white anthology series of the 1950's such as "Playhouse 90",and "General Electric Theatre". But those series tended to feature dramas of stark realism featuring protagonists with whom the audience could identify with. "Chrysler Theatre",along with another successful anthology series from the early 1960's "Suspense Theatre",had a penchant for espionage suspensers and noir crime dramas,featuring characters unlike anybody the viewers were ever likely to meet.

Bob Hope,the nominal host of this series and at the beginning of each episode would strut out in front of the Chrysler PentaStar logo(which was the show's sponsor)and make a few comments about the story we are about to see. After the epilogue,he would return to make a few comments about next week's story. This was however another fine anthology series produced by Universal Television and under the guidance of Roy Huggins who served as executive producer of this series along with Richard Berg, Frank P. Rosenberg,and Jack Laird. 107 episodes were produced in full color and it ran for four seasons for NBC-TV from October 4,1963 until May 17,1967 for Hovue Productions and Universal Television. The program ifself was a landmark chapter of television history. Among some of the memorable episodes of Chrysler Theatre were"One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich",starring Jason Robards; "The Seven Little Foys",starring Mickey Rooney, Eddie Foy,Jr.,and the Osmond Brothers,and "Think Pretty",a musical starring Fred Astaire and Barrie Chase. Other episodes included "Gulity or Not Gulity",starring Robert Ryan,and "Have Girls Will Travel",starring Aldo Ray. Some of the episodes were presented live and in color which includes the classic "Murder at NBC",which stars not only Bob Hope but with special guest stars Frank Sinatra,Bill Cosby,Dean Martin and James Stewart.

In the four years that this show was on the air,performers who starred in at least two of the episodes in this series were Peter Falk,Jack Lord,Hugh O'Brien,Shelley Winters,John Cassavetes,Robert Stack,Dina Merrill,Leslie Nielsen,Darren McGavin,Angie Dickinson,Broderick Crawford,and Stuart Whitman. Others included William Shatner,Jack Klugman,Janet Leigh,Suzanne Pleshette,Carroll O'Connor,Dana Wynter,and Ernest Borgnine. Another fine series from Roy Huggins,the man who brought you "Maverick","77 Sunset Strip","The Fugitive",and "Kraft Suspense Theatre","Run For Your Life",and "The Rockford Files".