Acting

Guy Madison

Born January 19, 1922 · Pumpkin Center, California, USA

Died February 6, 1996 · aged 74

Handsome American leading man Guy Madison stumbled into a film career and became a television star and hero to the Baby Boom generation. As a young man he worked as a telephone lineman, but entered the Coast Guard at the beginning of the Second World War. While on liberty one weekend in Hollywood, he attended a Lux Radio Theatre broadcast and was spotted in the audience by an assistant to Hen…

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Old Shatterhand

Old Shatterhand · 1964

Old Shatterhand

MovieWesternAdventure

Renegades trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then convince them to attack and drive out the soldiers.

Reprisal!

Reprisal! · 1956

New ranch owner Frank Madden, half Indian but posing as white, arrives just as an all white jury finds the three white Shipley brothers who lynched three Indians innocent. There is soon trouble between Frank and the Shipleys who are using Frank's land to graze their cattle. When the brother of one of the Indian victims kills a Shipley, Frank is accused and put in jail. The Shipleys then organize a lynch mob and head for the jail.

The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier · 1955

The Last Frontier

Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain who loses his fort to a hated colonel.

The Pacific Connection

The Pacific Connection · 1974

The Pacific Connection

MovieAdventureAction

Ben is a farm boy who comes into conflict with the Evil Spanish Governor and his two sons. To assist in their oppression the Governor hires a Samurai to teach his son the Japanese Katana sword. To counter this, Ben studies under a blind Franciscan monk to obtain some advanced fighting secrets and develop his warrior senses. Additionally Ben must search for the legendary “Iron Reed”. A mystical stick so strong that grows in the lava of an active Volcano.

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande · 1964

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande

Wyatt Earp comes to a small town, Rio Bravo, to help the woman saloon owner against the town villain and to save a mine owner from robbery.

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · 1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

The Hard Man

The Hard Man · 1957

A Texas Ranger turns deputy sheriff; a woman wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband.

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon · 1952

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.

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Old Shatterhand

Old Shatterhand · 1964

Old Shatterhand

MovieWesternAdventure

Renegades trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then convince them to attack and drive out the soldiers.

Capt. Bradley

Reprisal!

Reprisal! · 1956

New ranch owner Frank Madden, half Indian but posing as white, arrives just as an all white jury finds the three white Shipley brothers who lynched three Indians innocent. There is soon trouble between Frank and the Shipleys who are using Frank's land to graze their cattle. When the brother of one of the Indian victims kills a Shipley, Frank is accused and put in jail. The Shipleys then organize a lynch mob and head for the jail.

Frank Madden

The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier · 1955

The Last Frontier

Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain who loses his fort to a hated colonel.

Captain Glenn Riordan

The Pacific Connection

The Pacific Connection · 1974

The Pacific Connection

MovieAdventureAction

Ben is a farm boy who comes into conflict with the Evil Spanish Governor and his two sons. To assist in their oppression the Governor hires a Samurai to teach his son the Japanese Katana sword. To counter this, Ben studies under a blind Franciscan monk to obtain some advanced fighting secrets and develop his warrior senses. Additionally Ben must search for the legendary “Iron Reed”. A mystical stick so strong that grows in the lava of an active Volcano.

The Old Man

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande · 1964

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande

Wyatt Earp comes to a small town, Rio Bravo, to help the woman saloon owner against the town villain and to save a mine owner from robbery.

Wyatt Earp / Laramie

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · 1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

Star at Screening

The Hard Man

The Hard Man · 1957

A Texas Ranger turns deputy sheriff; a woman wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband.

Steve Burden

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon · 1952

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.

Marshal James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok

Since You Went Away

Since You Went Away · 1944

Since You Went Away

In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.

Harold E. Smith

Red Snow

Red Snow · 1952

MovieScience FictionAction

An Eskimo Army Sergeant is sent to his Arctic tribal village to gather information about a mysterious unmarked black airplane which shadows military planes in northern Alaska and equally-mysterious flashings lighting up the sky from Siberia across the Bering Strait. He soon discovers Soviet espionage at work. Along the way he must also deal with an ice-floe evacuation, an air-ice rescue, a fight with a polar bear and marriage to his fiancee.

Lt. Phil Johnson

5 Against the House

5 Against the House · 1955

5 Against the House

MovieCrimeDrama

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

Al Mercer

The Command

The Command · 1954

Once the commanding officer of a cavalry patrol is killed, the ranking officer who must take command is an army doctor.

Capt. Robert MacClaw

Red River

Red River · 1988

Remake of the 1948 John Wayne feature about a man who rebels against his tyrannical guardian during a crucial cattle drive.

Bill Meeker, Rancher

Drums in the Deep South

Drums in the Deep South · 1951

Drums in the Deep South

Two old friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Civil War in a desperate battle atop an impregnable mountain.

Maj. Will Denning

Hell in Normandy

Hell in Normandy · 1968

Hell in Normandy

MovieDramaTV Movie

The movie is set during World War II in the days just prior to the D-Day invasion. A special parachute unit is sent to destroy a German flame thrower installation on Omaha Beach.

Capt. Jack Murphy

Till the End of Time

Till the End of Time · 1946

Till the End of Time

Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. And Cliff can't decide what he wants to do with his life, although he gets encouragement from war widow Pat Ruscomb.

Cliff W. Harper

The Charge at Feather River

The Charge at Feather River · 1953

The Charge at Feather River

A frontier scout leads prisoners on a death mission to save a railroad and rescue two women.

Miles Archer

Crossbow: The Movie

Crossbow: The Movie · 1989

Crossbow: The Movie

MovieDramaAction

A made-for-tv movie based on tv series 'Crossbow'.

Gerrish

A Place In Hell

A Place In Hell · 1969

A Place In Hell

A drunken war correspondent, a prostitute and happy-go-lucky Italian GI barely escape a bombing of Manila, only to realize that the island they land on has been captured by the Japanese. They hook up with a band of Allied survivors and attempt to escape.

Major Mac Graves

On the Threshold of Space

On the Threshold of Space · 1956

On the Threshold of Space

In the early stages of the space program, Capt. Jim Hollenbeck undergoes any experiment needed to ensure success in the new Air Force branch -- even though he's not required to be a subject in the tests. Always remaining a constant source of support, his wife, Pat, accepts his unwavering commitment to scientific progress. When Maj. Ward Thomas becomes the new head of the program, Hollenbeck must convince him of the necessity of taking the extra steps.

Capt. Jim Hollenbeck

The War Devils

The War Devils · 1969

A German Captain and an American Captain help each other survive the North African desert during WWII. They meet again a year later during combat operations in France.

Capt. George Vincent

Legacy of the Incas

Legacy of the Incas · 1965

Legacy of the Incas

MovieAdventureWestern

During the 1800s, Peru's government sends 2 envoys to negotiate peace with the rebellious Incas but a treasure-hunter bandit shoots the Inca ruler and his son, leaving the 2 envoys to take the blame for it.

Jaguar / Karl Hansen

Kidnapped to Mystery Island

Kidnapped to Mystery Island · 1964

Kidnapped to Mystery Island

Three year old Ada, daughter of the British captain McPherson, is captured by the Indian Tukh sect to represent the incarnation of Kali. Ever hidden in a vast underground system of caverns, she watches over human sacrifices, doubting her vocation. 15 years have passed when her father finally finds her and attempts a rescue, together with a snake-hunter who has fallen in love with her.

Souyadhana

Sword of the Conqueror

Sword of the Conqueror · 1961

Sword of the Conqueror

MovieHistoryAdventure

Alboino, the Lombard ruler, wants to marry the daughter of a neighboring king, but she loves another. Her father arranges the marriage to Alboino, which he believes will be beneficial to him, only to have Alboino kill him and leave Amalchi, his daughter's real love, beaten and left for dead. Amalchi recovers to lead a revolt against the murderous Alboino and reclaim his woman.

Amalchi

Climax!

Climax! · 1954

SeriesDramaMystery

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

SeriesWesternDrama

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.

Jericho - Federal Agent

The Ford Television Theatre

The Ford Television Theatre · 1952

The Ford Television Theatre

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.

John Harpurhey

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok · 1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.

Wild Bill Hickok

Crossbow

Crossbow · 1987

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Crossbow follows the adventures of William Tell and takes place in the 14th-century in Switzerland. William Tell and his son are imprisoned by the tyrannical Gessler. As Governor of Austria, Gessler plans to stop the Swiss uprising. Having split the apple on his son's head with his crossbow, much to Gessler's chagrin, there is no stopping William Tell's legendary strength and skill.

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater · 1953

General Electric Theater

SeriesComedyDrama

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.

Adam Tenney

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.