Acting

Lisa Howard

Born April 24, 1926

Died July 4, 1965 · aged 39

Howard was a film actress and soap opera star before breaking into journalism. In 1960 she scored the first major interview with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the United Nations. She was hired by ABC news as a reporter and subsequently became the anchor for ABC's noontime news broadcast, "The NewsHour with Lisa Howard." Her two specials on Cuba, in 1963 and 1964, were the most …

Known For

The Man Who Cheated Himself

The Man Who Cheated Himself · 1950

The Man Who Cheated Himself

MovieCrimeThriller

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain · 1953

Donovan's Brain

MovieScience FictionHorror

A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.

Sabaka

A fire worshipping cult of Indian is disbanded by a man, his elephant and tiger.

Mandrake the Magician

Mandrake the Magician · 1954

Mandrake the Magician

MovieActionTV Movie

Mandrake and Lothar battle enemy agents who have kidnapped the beautiful Princess Narda to force the magician to assist them locate a counter-intelligence agent who possess vital information.

Mobs, Inc.

Mobs, Inc. · 1956

MovieCrimeThriller

Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them of three precarious and dangerous cases of con artistry. Included are tracking down a dance hall girl, who, together with a big operative, are thwarted in attempting a robbery; a racketeer fleecing a book publisher on a Trans-Atlantic voyage, and the tripping up of the plans of a phony land syndicate.

Inner Sanctum

Inner Sanctum · 1954

Mr. & Mrs. North

Mr. & Mrs. North · 1952

Mr. & Mrs. North

SeriesComedyCrime

Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · 1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

SeriesDramaComedy

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.

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The Man Who Cheated Himself

The Man Who Cheated Himself · 1950

The Man Who Cheated Himself

MovieCrimeThriller

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

Janet Cullen

Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain · 1953

Donovan's Brain

MovieScience FictionHorror

A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.

Chloe Donovan

Sabaka

A fire worshipping cult of Indian is disbanded by a man, his elephant and tiger.

Indira

Mandrake the Magician

Mandrake the Magician · 1954

Mandrake the Magician

MovieActionTV Movie

Mandrake and Lothar battle enemy agents who have kidnapped the beautiful Princess Narda to force the magician to assist them locate a counter-intelligence agent who possess vital information.

Princess Narda

Mobs, Inc.

Mobs, Inc. · 1956

MovieCrimeThriller

Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them of three precarious and dangerous cases of con artistry. Included are tracking down a dance hall girl, who, together with a big operative, are thwarted in attempting a robbery; a racketeer fleecing a book publisher on a Trans-Atlantic voyage, and the tripping up of the plans of a phony land syndicate.

Ronnie Miles

Inner Sanctum

Inner Sanctum · 1954

Mr. & Mrs. North

Mr. & Mrs. North · 1952

Mr. & Mrs. North

SeriesComedyCrime

Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · 1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

SeriesDramaComedy

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.

Mrs. Sawyer