Acting
Perry Wilson
Born July 13, 1916 · Bound Brook, New Jersey, USA
Died December 30, 2009 · aged 93
No biography available.
Known For
The Matchmaker · 1958The Matchmaker
★ 7.01958
MovieComedyRomance
Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.
Fear Strikes Out · 1957Fear Strikes Out
★ 7.21957
MovieDrama
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
All the King's Men · 1958All the King's Men
★ 8.01958
MovieDramaTV Movie
The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, based upon the Robert Penn Warren-novel.
Goodyear Television Playhouse · 1951Goodyear Television Playhouse
★ 6.01951
SeriesDrama
The Goodyear Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was telecast live on NBC from 1951 to 1957 during the "Golden Age of Television". Sponsored by Goodyear, Goodyear alternated sponsorship with Philco, and the Philco Television Playhouse was seen on alternate weeks.
In 1955, the title was shortened to The Goodyear Playhouse and it aired on alternate weeks with The Alcoa Hour. The three series were essentially the same, with the only real difference being the name of the sponsor.
Producer Fred Coe nurtured and encouraged a group of young, mostly unknown writers that included Robert Alan Aurthur, George Baxt, Paddy Chayefsky, Horton Foote, Howard Richardson, Tad Mosel and Gore Vidal. Notable productions included Chayefsky's Marty starring Rod Steiger, Chayefsky's The Bachelor Party, Vidal's Visit to a Small Planet, Richardson's Ark of Safety and Foote's The Trip to Bountiful.
From 1957 to 1960, it became a taped, half-hour series titled Goodyear Theater, seen on Mondays at 9:30pm.
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