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Season
4 (NBC) (1954-55)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Tom Alger, Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide /
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
############ Goodyear TV Playhouse ###########
############## season 4 1954-55 ##############
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NBC Sundays 9:00-10:00pm Eastern -
Alternating with "Philco TV Playhouse"
Ep 4.01 [--] TV Playhouse: GUILTY IS THE STRANGER
26Sep1954
written by Tad Mosel
guest stars
Paul Newman
Fay Bainter
Patricia Crowley
Ep 4.02 [--] TV Playhouse: THE PERSONAL TOUCH
10Oct1954
written by George Baxt
directed by Delbert Mann
guest stars
Celia Lipton
Kevin McCarthy
Rex Thompson
Ep 4.xx [--] TV Playhouse: FLIGHT REPORT
07Nov1954
guest stars
E.G. Marshall
Walter Matthau
Ep 4.xx [--] TV Playhouse: THUNDER OF SILENCE
21Nov1954
written by Stewart Stern
guest stars
Paul Newman
Herbert Berghof ....... Novak
Inga Stevens .......... Jana
Katherine Squire ...... Lola Wilson
Richard Bishop ........ Frank Wilson
Synopsis:
A troubled teenager and her father wind up moving
in with a farmer and his family.
Ep 4.xx [--] TV Playhouse: LAST BOAT FROM MESSINA
05Dec1954
written by David Shaw
guest stars
Martin Balsam
Doris Dowling
Ep 4.06 [--] TV Playhouse: CLASS OF '58
19Dec1954
written by Louis S. Peterson
guest stars
Jack Mullaney ......... David
Carol Veazie .......... The Woman
Eli Rill .............. First Boy
Jack Warden ........... Hal
Norman Field .......... The Conductor
Russell Chase ......... Second Boy
Synopsis:
A hitchhiker is picked up by a salesman who lends the musician
some advice about career choices.
Ep 4.07 [--] TV Playhouse: A CASE OF PURE FICTION
02Jan1955
guest stars
Ann Dere
Constance Ford
Laurence Hugo
Ep 4.08 [--] TV Playhouse: DOING HER BIT
16Jan1955
written by Roger O. Hirson
guest stars
Janet Blair
James Daly
Frank Maxwell
Kathleen Maguire
Synopsis:
An entertainer performs for the troops in Korea,
when she falls for a tough-as-nails Army captain. [RF]
Ep 4.09 [--] TV Playhouse: THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN
30Jan1955
guest stars
Peter Lind Hayes ...... Harry Harris
Mary Healy ............ Rosette Harris
David White ........... Martin Ramsey
Harold Stone .......... Willie
Parker McCormick ...... Justine Davis
Doris Rich ............ Mrs. Grace
Shirley Grayson ....... Sylvia Baker
Synopsis:
A writer waiting for his soon-to-be ex-wife,
discusses his trouble's with the restaurant owner.
Ep 4.10 [--] TV Playhouse: THE RABBIT TRAP
13Feb1955
Producer Fred Coe
Written by J.P. Miller
Directed by Delbert Mann
guest stars
Kathleen Maguire ....... Abby
Philip Abbott ....... Eddie
James Westerfield ....... Spellman
Kevin Coughlin ....... Duncan
Loretta Day ....... Judy
Roy Fant .............. Old Man
Frank Bolger .......... Gerry
Frank Rowan ........... Corcoran
Synopsis:
While on vacation, a father and son set a rabbit trap. They are to return
the next day to free the rabbit, a prospective pet for the boy. But the family is
forced to return to the city after a rush call from the father's demanding boss. [RF]
Ep 4.11 [--] TV Playhouse: BACKFIRE
27Feb1955
guest stars
Larry Gates
Peter Mark Richman
Ep 4.12 [--] TV Playhouse: MY LOST SAINTS
13Mar1955
Producer Gordon Duff
Associate Producer Robert Aurthur
Written by Tad Mosel
Directed by Arthur Penn
guest stars
Lili Darvas ........... Mama
Eileen Heckart ........ Kate
Barbara Robbins ....... Mrs. Hallet
Richard Keith ......... Mr. Hallet
Tirrell Barbery ....... Kitty
Synopsis:
The family maid is forced to divide her attention when her mother,
a peasant farm woman, visits. [RF]
Ep 4.13 [--] TV Playhouse: THE CHIVINGTON RAID (The Chivington Road)
27Mar1955
written by Charles K. Peck Jr.
directed by Delbert Mann
producer Gordon Duff
guest stars
Gene Lyons ............ Cole Newton
John Shellie .......... Gabe Lawson
Steve McQueen (his TV debut)
Elisabeth Fraser
Albert Dekker
Victor Thorley
Floyd Buckley
Synopsis:
Colonel Shivington is preparing a revenge attack on Indians
and one soldier stands in his way.
Ep 4.14 [--] TV Playhouse: BELOVED STRANGER
10Apr1955
written by Sumner Locke Elliott
guest stars
Hugh Reilly ....... Joe Saxon
John Alexander ....... Charlie Wickes
Elaine Stritch
Act I
Sally Gracie ....... Bambi Saxon
Carol Veazie ....... Mother Barker
Will West ....... Possum Barker
Ed Walsh ....... Matt Clune
Act II
Constance Ford ....... Magda Owens
Margaret Hamilton ....... Letty
Act III
Maureen Hurley ....... Nan Maitland
Cynthia Latham ....... Miss Teasdale
Synopsis:
A ships' captain dies at sea before he can name the person to whom he
leaves his worldly possessions. A lawyer's search leads to the three women,
each of whom could be the "beloved stranger". [RF]
Ep 4.15 [--] TV Playhouse: DO IT YOURSELF
24Apr1955
written by Jay Presson
guest stars
Patrick O'Neal ........ Bill
E.G. Marshall ......... Upton
Gena Rowlands ......... Eve
Pat Hingle ............ Darrin
Stasia Kos ............ Katcha
Maud Scheerer ......... Jennie
Synopsis:
There's more than the do-it-yourself fever behind an unsuccessful writer's
plan to build his home himself. His almost too perfect wife, a successful
fashion
editor, would realize that, if only she hadn't just been offered a job in Paris.
Ep 4.16 [--] TV Playhouse: VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET
08May1955
Producer Gordon Duff
Associate Producer Robert Aurthur
Written by Gore Vidal
Directed by Jack Smight
guest stars
Cyril Ritchard ....... Kreton
Dick York ............. John Randolph
Alan Reed ............. General Powers
Edward Andrews ........ Roger Spelding
Theodore Bikel ........ Paul Laurent
Jill Kraft ............ Janet Spelding
Sylvia Davis .......... Ellen Spelding
Bruce Kirby ........... Aide
Gerald Milton ......... First Visitor
Louis Edmonds ......... Second Visitor
Alfred de la Fuente ... President of Paraguay
Synopsis:
A Pennsylvania radio announcer discovers that a spaceship has landed
on his farm. From it steps the dapper, clairvoyant Kreton, who's come to Earth
to see how its 'savages' live. He's also prepared to give the lowly Earthmen
a few hints on running their civilization. [RF]
Ep 4.17 [--] TV Playhouse: THE CATERED AFFAIR
22May1955
written by Paddy Chayefsky
guest stars
Thelma Ritter ......... Mother
Kathleen Maguire ...... Daughter
Pat O'Malley .......... Uncle Jack
Pat Henning ........... Father
Michael Higgins ....... Groom
Billy Greene .......... Mr. Halloran
Nancy Marchand ........ Alice
Katherine Hynes ....... Mrs. Halloran
Shelley Berman ........ Manager
Josephine Brown ....... Older Woman
Florence Stanley ...... Younger Woman
Synopsis:
An Irish family is bickering about plans for daughter's wedding. The bride-to-be
and her thrifty father favor an intimate wedding. Mother and the star boarder,
brother-in-law 'Uncle Jack' have in a mind a large and elaborate "catered
affair". [RF]
Ep 4.18 [--] TV Playhouse: MR. DOROTHY ALLEN
05Jun1955
written by Roger O. Hirson
guest stars
Gene Lyons
Martha Wright
Ep 4.19 [--] TV Playhouse: END OF THE MISSION
19Jun1955
written by Roger O. Hirson
guest stars
Lili Darvas
Roger De Koven
Paul Picerni
Gaby Rodgers
Ep 4.22 [--] TV Playhouse: THE PRIZEWINNER
03Jul1955
written by Jerome Ross
directed by Jack Smight
guest stars
Mark Daniels
Lamont Johnson
Joan Lorring
Betsy Palmer
Leora Thatcher
John Lehne
James Maloney
Susan Oliver
Sudie Bond
Vicki James
Ep 4.21 [--] TV Playhouse: MAN ON SPIKES
17Jul1955
written by Eliot Asinof
guest stars
Ned Glass
Robert Morse
Warren Stevens
Janet Ward
Bill Zuckert
Synopsis:
Recounts the life of baseball player from his youth to retirement.
4.22 [--] TV Playhouse: TANGLED WEB
31Jul1955
written by Audrey & William Roos
guest stars
John Conte
Phyllis Love
Joe Mantell
Tom Poston
4.23 [--] TV Playhouse: THE TAKERS
14Aug1955
written by William Manchester
guest stars
Martin Balsam ....... Walter Gregg
Ed Begley ........ Bernard Zysski
Luis Van Rooten
############ Goodyear TV Playhouse
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############### end of season 4 ##############
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