Peter J. Votrian

Acting

Peter J. Votrian

Born June 12, 1942 · Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Died August 30, 2015 · aged 73

No biography available.

Known For

The OklahomanThe Oklahoman · 1957
The Oklahoman
5.81957
MovieWestern
After his wife dies in childbirth, a doctor settles down in the small Oklahoma town of Cherokee Wells to raise his newborn daughter. Unfortunately, not all the citizens there are hospitable, especially when the doctor hires a pretty Indian teenager as his child's nanny.
Hell on Frisco BayHell on Frisco Bay · 1955
Hell on Frisco Bay
5.31955
MovieCrimeThriller
A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeers who are responsible.
Fear Strikes OutFear Strikes Out · 1957
Fear Strikes Out
7.21957
MovieDrama
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Man with the GunMan with the Gun · 1955
Man with the Gun
6.11955
MovieWestern
A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. The stranger is a town tamer by trade, and he accepts a $500 commission to sort things out.
Hans Christian AndersenHans Christian Andersen · 1952
Hans Christian Andersen
6.21952
MovieFamilyComedy
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
Big House, U.S.ABig House, U.S.A · 1955
Big House, U.S.A
6.61955
MovieActionThriller
A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate lands Barker in Casabel Island Prison.
Her Twelve MenHer Twelve Men · 1954
Her Twelve Men
5.91954
MovieDrama
An inexperienced female teacher is hired at a private elite school for boys where she raises a few eyebrows among the all-male faculty.
Crime in the StreetsCrime in the Streets · 1956
Crime in the Streets
6.21956
MovieCrimeDrama
A social worker tries to end juvenile crime by getting involved with a street gang.

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Four Star PlayhouseFour Star Playhouse · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
6.81952
SeriesDramaComedy
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.

Freddie Hodges

DuPont Show of the MonthDuPont Show of the Month · 1957
DuPont Show of the Month
7.41957
SeriesDramaComedy
DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour anthology drama series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Haskell Carter