Ralph Edwards Production
for
NBC (Summer 1953, Summer 1955)
CBS (1953-54)
US Quiz Game show 1953-55
Host Jack Smith (1953)
Host Jack Bailey (1953-54)
Host Bill Cullen (1954-55)
Announcer Jack Narz
Premise: Guests will be asked to identify a face or place from their past.
################ Place the Face ##############
############ season 1 Summer 1953 ############
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NBC Thurs 8:30pm as a summer replacement (02-Jul-1953 to 27-Aug-1953)
[01] Place the Face
02Jul1953 [Premiere]
Host Jack Smith
[02] Place the Face
09Jul1953 NBC
Host Jack Smith
Guest
Mark Stevens
[03] Place the Face
16Jul1953 NBC
Host Jack Smith
Guest
Zsa Zsa Gabor
[04] Place the Face
23Jul1953 NBC
Host Jack Smith
[05] Place the Face
30Jul1953 NBC
Host Jack Smith
[06] Place the Face
06Aug1953 NBC
Host Jack Smith
[07] Place the Face
13Aug1953 NBC
Host Jack Smith
[08] Place the Face
20Aug1953 NBC
Host Jack Smith
[09] Place the Face
27Aug1953 NBC
Host Jack Smith
guest
Robert Stack
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############### season 2 1953-54 #############
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CBS Thurs 10:30pm (moves from NBC to CBS)
2.01 [10] Place the Face
24Sep1953 CBS Thurs 10:30pm
Host Jack Smith
Guest
Piper Laurie
2.02 [11] Place the Face
01Oct1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Smith
Guest
2.03 [12] Place the Face
08Oct1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Smith
Guest
2.04 [13] Place the Face
15Oct1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Smith
Guest
2.05 [14] Place the Face
22Oct1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Smith
Guest
Charlton Heston
2.06 [15] Place the Face
29Oct1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Smith
Guest
Charles Coburn
2.07 [16] Place the Face
05Nov1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Smith
Guest
Rock Hudson
2.08 [17] Place the Face
12Nov1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Smith
Guest
Vera Vague
2.09 [18] Place the Face
19Nov1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Smith
Guest
Louis Calhern
2.10 [19] Place the Face
26Nov1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Smith
Guest
2.11 [20] Place the Face
03Dec1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Bailey (replaces Jack Smith as host)
Guest
2.12 [21] Place the Face
10Dec1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Bailey
Guest
Keenan Wynn
2.13 [22] Place the Face
17Dec1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Bailey
Guest
Turhan Bey
and Ken Murray.
2.14 [23] Place the Face
24Dec1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Bailey
Guest
Rose Marie
2.15 [24] Place the Face
31Dec1953 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Bailey
Guest
2.16 [25] Place the Face
07Jan1954 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Bailey
Guest
2.17 [26] Place the Face
14Jan1954 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Bailey
Guest
2.18 [27] Place the Face
21Jan1954 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Jack Bailey
Guest
2.19 [28] Place the Face
28Jan1954 CBS Thur 10:30pm
Host Bill Cullen (replaces Jack Bailey)
Guests
Andy Devine
and Sheree North.
2.20 [29] Place the Face
04Feb1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Frank De Vol
and Elyse Knox
2.21 [30] Place the Face
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11Feb1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Xavier Cugat
and Joanne Gilbert
2.22 [31] Place the Face
18Feb1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Joan Bennett
Brian Donlevy
and Gilda Gray
2.23 [32] Place the Face
25Feb1954
Host Hal March
Guests
Joan Bennett
and Charles Farrell.
2.24 [33] Place the Face
04Mar1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Bob Crosby
and Benny Rubin.
2.25 [34] Place the Face
11Mar1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Pat O'Brien
John Carradine
and Carol Richards.
2.26 [35] Place the Face
18Mar1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.27 [36] Place the Face
25Mar1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Pat O'Brien
2.28 [37] Place the Face
01Apr1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.29 [38] Place the Face
08Apr1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Ronald Reagan
and Rita Moreno
2.30 [39] Place the Face
15Apr1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Clyde Beatty
2.31 [40] Place the Face
22Apr1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Dorothy Lamour
and Milani
2.32 [41] Place the Face
29Apr1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.33 [42] Place the Face
06May1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.34 [43] Place the Face
13May1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Jack Bailey
2.35 [44] Place the Face
20May1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Sally Rand
Lord Blears
and Jack Carson
2.36 [45] Place the Face
27May1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.37 [46] Place the Face
03Jun1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Cesar Romero
and Wanda Hendrix
2.38 [47] Place the Face
10Jun1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.39 [48] Place the Face
17Jun1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Earl Wilson
2.40 [49] Place the Face
24Jun1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.41 [50] Place the Face
01Jul1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.42 [51] Place the Face
08Jul1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.43 [52] Place the Face
15Jul1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Elena Verdugo
and Blackstone
2.44 [53] Place the Face
22Jul1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.45 [54] Place the Face
29Jul1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.46 [55] Place the Face
05Aug1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.47 [56] Place the Face
12Aug1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.48 [57] Place the Face
19Aug1954
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
2.49 [58] Place the Face
26Aug1954 CBS Thurs 10:30
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
*Note: "Name That Tune" hosted by Bill Cullen premieres September 2, 1954
in this timeslot. Guest on the show was Willie Mays.
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############### season 3 1954-55 #############
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Moves from Thursdays to Saturdays at 8:30pm
3.01 [59] Place the Face
18Sep1954 CBS Sat 8:30pm [Premiere]
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Spike Jones
3.02 [60] Place the Face
25Sep1954 CBS Sat 8:30pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Phil Harris
Cleo Moore
and Hans Conried.
3.03 [61] Place the Face
02Oct1954 CBS Sat 8:30pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Dennis Day
and Lynn Bari.
3.04 [62] Place the Face
09Oct1954 CBS Sat 8:30pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Tennessee Ernie Ford
David Niven
and Ina Ray Hutton.
3.05 [63] Place the Face
16Oct1954 CBS Sat 8:30pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
3.06 [64] Place the Face
23Oct1954 CBS Sat 8:30pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Jack Carson
and the Ames Brothers.
[--] Place the Face
30Oct1954 CBS Sat 8:30pm
pre-empted for Political Address by Adlai E. Stevenson.
3.07 [65] Place the Face
06Nov1954 CBS Sat 8:30pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
3.08 [66] Place the Face
13Nov1954 CBS Sat 8:30pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Edward Everett Horton
3.09 [67] Place the Face
20Nov1954 CBS Sat 8:30pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Bonita Granville
Ella Logan
and Maxie Rosenbloom.
3.10 [68] Place the Face
27Nov1954 CBS Sat 8:30pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
3.11 [69] Place the Face
04Dec1954 CBS Sat 8:30pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Joe E. Brown
and Maxie Rosenbloom.
3.12 [70] Place the Face [Final episode on CBS]
11Dec1954 CBS Sat 8:30pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Dinah Shore
and George Montgomery
################ Place the Face ##############
############ season 4 Summer 1955 ############
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Series returns as a summer replacement series on NBC.
4.01 [71] Place the Face
28Jun1955 NBC Tue 8pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Jeff Donnell
Aldo Ray
and Gale Robbins.
4.02 [72] Place the Face
05Jul1955 NBC Tue 8pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
June Havoc
and Pedro Gonzales.
4.03 [73] Place the Face
12Jul1955 NBC Tue 8pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
4.04 [74] Place the Face
19Jul1955 NBC Tue 8pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Elyse Knox
Barbara Hale
and Andy Devine.
4.05 [75] Place the Face
26Jul1955 NBC Tue 8pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Joan Bennett
and George Liberace.
4.06 [76] Place the Face
02Aug1955 NBC Tue 8pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Bob Cummings
The Mills Brothers.
4.07 [77] Place the Face
09Aug1955 NBC Tue 8pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Sammy Davis Jr.
and Mona Freeman.
4.08 [78] Place the Face
16Aug1955 NBC Tue 8pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Dick Powell
and Helen O'Connell.
4.09 [79] Place the Face
23Aug1955 NBC Tue 8pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
4.10 [80] Place the Face
30Aug1955 NBC Tue 8pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
Dorothy Lamour
and Keefe Braselle
4.11 [81] Place the Face
06Sep1955 NBC Tue 8pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
4.12 [82] Place the Face [Final episode of the series]
13Sep1955 NBC Tue 8pm
Host Bill Cullen
Guests
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