query: who played the husband on the donna reed show

pos: Carl Betz Carl Betz Carl Lawrence Betz (March 9, 1921 – January 18, 1978) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in a variety of television series, including the CBS soap opera "Love of Life"; however, he is best remembered for playing Donna Reed's television husband, Dr. Alex Stone, from 1958 to 1966 in the ABC sitcom "The Donna Reed Show". Then between 1967 and 1969, Betz played defense attorney Clinton Judd in ABC's courtroom drama "Judd for the Defense", winning an Emmy Award in 1969 for his work on that series. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1921, Betz

pos: Carl Betz Carl Betz Carl Lawrence Betz (March 9, 1921 – January 18, 1978) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in a variety of television series, including the CBS soap opera "Love of Life"; however, he is best remembered for playing Donna Reed's television husband, Dr. Alex Stone, from 1958 to 1966 in the ABC sitcom "The Donna Reed Show". Then between 1967 and 1969, Betz played defense attorney Clinton Judd in ABC's courtroom drama "Judd for the Defense", winning an Emmy Award in 1969 for his work on that series. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1921, Betz

neg: Judd, for the Defense William Windom. Judd, for the Defense Judd, for the Defense is an American legal drama originally broadcast on the ABC network on Friday nights from September 8, 1967, to September 19, 1969. The show stars Carl Betz, who had previously spent eight years in the role of Dr. Alex Stone, husband of Donna Reed in ABC's "The Donna Reed Show". In his new role, reportedly based on high-profile lawyers such as F. Lee Bailey and Percy Foreman, Betz played Clinton Judd, a flamboyant attorney based in Houston, who often took on controversial cases across the country. Playing his top assistant,

neg: Judd, for the Defense Judd, for the Defense Judd, for the Defense is an American legal drama originally broadcast on the ABC network on Friday nights from September 8, 1967, to September 19, 1969. The show stars Carl Betz, who had previously spent eight years in the role of Dr. Alex Stone, husband of Donna Reed in ABC's "The Donna Reed Show". In his new role, reportedly based on high-profile lawyers such as F. Lee Bailey and Percy Foreman, Betz played Clinton Judd, a flamboyant attorney based in Houston, who often took on controversial cases across the country. Playing his top assistant, Ben Caldwell,

neg: The Donna Reed Show was released on December 4, 2012. On September 30, 2014, MPI Home Video re-released the first season on DVD. Season 2 was re-released on March 24, 2015. Season 3 was re-released on June 30, 2015. The Donna Reed Show The Donna Reed Show is an American sitcom starring Donna Reed as the middle-class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz co-stars as her pediatrician husband Dr. Alex Stone, and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage children, Mary and Jeff. The show originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1958 to March 19, 1966. When Fabares left the show in 1963,

neg: The Donna Reed Show The Donna Reed Show The Donna Reed Show is an American sitcom starring Donna Reed as the middle-class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz co-stars as her pediatrician husband Dr. Alex Stone, and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage children, Mary and Jeff. The show originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1958 to March 19, 1966. When Fabares left the show in 1963, Petersen's younger sister, Patty Petersen, joined the cast as adopted daughter Trisha. Patty Petersen had first appeared in the episode "A Way of Her Own", on January 31, 1963. Janet Landgard was a series regular

neg: Ann McCrea on the ABC/WB detective series, "Surfside 6". For its last three seasons, McCrea joined the cast of "The Donna Reed Show", in which she was cast opposite Bob Crane in the role of her television husband, Dr. Dave Kelsey, She and Donna Reed, in the role of housewife Donna Stone, were depicted on the series as close friends, as were Crane and series co-star Carl Betz as Dr. Alex Stone. While on "The Donna Reed Show", McCrea appeared four times on another ABC sitcom, "Wendy and Me", with George Burns, Connie Stevens, and Ron Harper. In three of those episodes,

neg: Donna Reed America—a loving family." In the show, Reed's character, Donna Stone, is a loving mother and wife, but also a strong, smart woman with feelings and a sense of humor. But some feminists criticized the show, asserting that it promoted submissiveness among housewives. In a 1979 interview, Reed, who had raised four children, responded, "I played a strong woman who could manage her family. That was offensive to a lot of people." In a 1984 television interview, Reed said of her show, "I felt that I was making, for women, a statement. This mother was not stupid. She wasn't domineering, but

neg: Ann McCrea been involved in the Donna Reed Festival since its establishment in 1986. She is a member of the board of directors of the Donna Reed Foundation. She and her husband, Gerald, reside in Westlake Village, a planned community on the Los Angeles/Ventura county border. Ann McCrea Ann McCrea, also known as Ann McCrea Borden (born February 25, 1931), is a former American actress best known for her role as Midge Kelsey in sixty-nine episodes from 1963 to 1966 of the ABC situation comedy series "The Donna Reed Show". Born in DuBois in Clearfield County northeast of Pittsburgh in west central

neg: The Donna Reed Show then leaves, kissing his wife good-bye. On some opening themes, he forgets to kiss Donna good-bye, but returns as she closes the door to give her a quick kiss. She closes the door and smiles happily. A late series variant showed Donna departing after her husband, possibly for shopping, church or community matters, or some other concern. Reed brought personal friends Esther Williams, Jimmy Hawkins, and Buster Keaton to the program in guest spots. On February 1, 1962, Fabares debuted her single "Johnny Angel" in the episode "Donna's Prima Donna". It rose to #1 and sold over a million copies.

neg: Johnny Crawford Birthday", which peaked at number 8, in 1962. His other hits included "Rumors" (number 12, 1962), "Your Nose is Gonna Grow" (number 14, 1962), and "Proud" (number 29, 1963). Crawford played Jeff, Wilbur's neighbor in "Mister Ed" - season 6, episode 2 (1965) - who was more interested in pop music than his algebra. Late in 1961, Crawford appeared as Victor in the episode "A Very Bright Boy" of the ABC sitcom, "The Donna Reed Show". His brother Robert had also been a guest star on "The Donna Reed Show". Once in 1964 and once in 1965, Crawford appeared on

neg: Donna Reed interest, in "The Far Horizons" (1955) at Pine-Thomas Productions, playing Native American Sacagawea; "The Benny Goodman Story" (1956) with Steve Allen at Universal, playing Goodman's wife; "Ransom!" (1956) at MGM as Glenn Ford's wife; "Backlash" (1956), a Western at Universal with Richard Widmark; "Beyond Mombasa" (1957), shot in Kenya with Cornel Wilde, during which she was injured while making the film; and "The Whole Truth" (1958), shot in England with Stewart Granger for Romulus Pictures. From 1958 to 1966, Reed starred in "The Donna Reed Show," a television series produced by her then-husband, Tony Owen. The show featured her as

neg: The Donna Reed Show Big League Shock"). David Tucker writes in "The Women Who Made Television Funny" that most family sitcoms of the 1950s such as "Father Knows Best", "The Life of Riley", and "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" focus on the father figure with the mother as "adjunct". He points out however that "The Donna Reed Show" "established the primacy of the mother on the domestic front" and notes that "Mother Knows Better" was even briefly considered as the show's title. Though "The Donna Reed Show" did sometimes use recycled "Father Knows Best" scripts that had been slightly altered, such as character

neg: The Donna Reed Show Petersen introduced his single "My Dad" eight months later on October 25, 1962. It peaked at #6. By 1962 Reed felt the writers were running out of fresh ideas and had exhausted plot devices. She also wanted to spend more time with her family and was worn out from producing nearly 30 episodes a year. To coincide with Fabares's plans to leave at the end of season 5 (1962-1963), Reed and her husband decided to end the show. Since the series was still very popular ABC offered Reed a more lucrative contract with an extension of three seasons, to which

neg: The Donna Reed Show friend of Donna's who is herself about to marry a doctor in "The Career Woman" (1960). In real life, Williams and Reed had been close friends since the early 1940s, when they were rising MGM contract stars. Several actors guest starred numerous times in different roles including Richard Deacon, Gale Gordon, Harvey Korman, Miyoshi Umeki, Doodles Weaver, and Dick Wilson. As Fabares co-starred in the Mickey Mouse Club serial before the Donna Reed Show, four other Annette co-stars (Deacon, Cheryl Holdridge, Doreen Tracey & Mary Wickes) would also make respective guest appearances on this show. Other notable guest stars include:

neg: Roberta Sherwood performing in the Los Angeles area well into the early 1990s and recorded a final album, "The Tribute Collection", in 1992, produced by her son Don. She is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). Her husband Don, who never made a complete recovery from his cancer, died in 1960. The couple had three sons, Don, Robert and Jerry Lanning, who all appeared with her in memorable episodes of "The Lucy Show" and "The Donna Reed Show". A retrospective CD of her first two Decca albums is currently available on Sepia Records. Her son, Robert, also known as Bob

neg: Donna Reed Get-Away" opposite Robert Sterling; she was billed as Donna Adams. MGM soon changed her name to Donna Reed, as there was anti-German feeling during World War II. "A studio publicist hung the name on me, and I never did like it," Reed once said. "I hear `Donna Reed' and I think of a tall, chic, austere blonde that isn't me. `Donna Reed' - it has a cold, forbidding sound." Reed had a good support role in "Shadow of the Thin Man" (1941) and in Wallace Beery's "The Bugle Sounds" (1942). Like many starlets at MGM, she played Mickey Rooney's love

neg: The Donna Reed Show For a limited time in 2004, General Mills offered a DVD of two episodes inside boxes of Total cereal and Oatmeal Crisp. Virgil Films and Entertainment (under license from the estates of Donna Reed and Tony Owen) released the first three seasons of the show on DVD in Region 1. Virgil also released a four-episode "best of" DVD on April 13, 2010. On December 17, 2010, it was announced that MPI Home Video had acquired the rights to release seasons 4 and 5 of "The Donna Reed Show". Season 4 was subsequently released on December 20, 2011 and Season 5

neg: The Donna Reed Show from a woman's point of view that wasn't soap opera." In addition, Reed described her show, accordingly: "I would call "The Donna Reed Show" a realistic picture of small town life - with an often humorous twist. Our plots revolve around the most important thing in America — a loving family." In its first year on the struggling ABC network, the show was up against Milton Berle's popular "Texaco Star Theater" and "Reed" ratings were low. ABC nearly cancelled the show, but it was renewed and ratings improved when the show was moved from Wednesday to Thursday nights. The series

neg: The Donna Reed Show name changes. The series was created by William Roberts and developed by Reed and her then husband, producer Tony Owen (the production company "Todon" is an amalgamation of their first names.) Roberts intended the show to respectfully picture the many demanding roles a stay-at-home woman was expected to master - wife, mom, companion, housekeeper, cook, laundress, seamstress, PTA officer, choir singer, scout leader, etc. - all the while being "effervescent, immaculate, and pretty." Reed stated, "We started breaking rules right and left. We had a female lead, for one thing, a strong, healthy woman. We had a story line told

neg: Donna Reed American mother and housewife in the sitcom "The Donna Reed Show" (1958–66), in which her character was more assertive than most other television mothers of the era. She received numerous Emmy Award nominations for this role and the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star in 1963. Later in her career, Reed replaced Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow in the 1984–85 season of the television melodrama "Dallas;" she sued the production company for breach of contract when she was abruptly fired upon Bel Geddes' decision to return to the show. Reed was born Donna Belle Mullenger on

neg: The Donna Reed Show she portrayed on screen, implying that the fictional Donna Stone was a near-identical copy of Reed herself. In a 2008 interview, Paul Petersen (Jeff Stone) stated, "The Donna Reed Show" depicts a better time and place. It has a sort of level of intelligence and professionalism that is sadly lacking in current entertainment products. The messages it sent out were positive and uplifting. The folks you saw were likable, the family was fun, the situations were familiar to people. It provided 22-and-a-half-minutes of moral instructions and advice on how to deal with the little dilemmas of life. Jeff and Mary

neg: The Donna Reed Show After 275 episodes and eight seasons on ABC, "The Donna Reed Show" ended its prime-time run. Reed expressed no interest in taking on another series, declined television guest appearances, and shunned films because she thought their depictions of women vapid. She did express interest in a television reunion for the Stone family at one point, but the concept was discarded after Carl Betz's death in 1978. Tucker writes that women libbers of the 1970s targeted the Donna Stone character as an unrealistic portrait of a modern woman and a stereotype of the impossibly perfect wife and mother. He believes that

neg: Donna Reed Donna Stone, the wife of pediatrician Alex Stone (Carl Betz) and mother of Jeff (Paul Petersen) and Mary Stone (Shelley Fabares). Reed was attracted to the idea of being in a comedy, something with which she did not have much experience. She also liked playing a wife. The show ran for eight seasons on ABC. Reed won a Golden Globe Award and earned four Emmy Award nominations for her work on the series. Reed described her show as "[...] a realistic picture of small town life with an often humorous twist. Our plots revolve around the most important thing in

neg: Spinout (film) of marriage and settling down, and Mike mentions being on the "Ed Sullivan Show". This line was likely written as an inside joke to Elvis' 1956 appearances on "Ed Sullivan". Jack Mullaney, who also appeared with Elvis in "Tickle Me" (1965), plays Curly, one of the male band members. Jimmy Hawkins, who plays Larry, the other male band member, also appeared with both Presley and Fabares in "Girl Happy" and coincidentally portrayed one of Presley's band members in that film, as well. Carl Betz (Howard) and Shelley Fabares (Cynthia) had played father and daughter before, on "The Donna Reed Show".

neg: The Donna Reed Show by Reed and her then husband, producer Tony Owen. Episodes revolved around typical family problems of the period such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children. Then-daring themes such as women's rights and freedom of the press were occasionally explored. The show had an uncertain start in the ratings and was almost cancelled, but fared better when it was moved from Wednesday to Thursday nights. In the show's middle seasons, Fabares sang what became a #1 teen pop hit "Johnny Angel", and Petersen had above average success

neg: Barbara Billingsley on TV as everyday mother June Cleaver on "Leave It to Beaver", alongside other 1950s family sitcoms such as "Father Knows Best", "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet", "Make Room For Daddy", and "The Donna Reed Show". It debuted on CBS in 1957, to mediocre ratings. The show was picked up by ABC the following year and became a hit, airing for the next five seasons. The show was broadcast in over 100 countries. Also starring on "Beaver" were Hugh Beaumont, in the role of Ward Cleaver, June's husband and the kids' father, as well as child actors Tony Dow

neg: Bob Crane "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", and "General Electric Theater". After Carl Reiner appeared on his radio show, Crane persuaded him to book a guest appearance on "The Dick Van Dyke Show". After seeing Crane's performance on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", Donna Reed offered him a guest shot on her program. After the success of that episode his character, Dr. David Kelsey, was incorporated into the story line and Crane became a regular cast member, beginning with the "Friends and Neighbors" episode. Crane continued to work full-time at KNX during his stint on "The Donna Reed Show", running back and forth from

neg: Gale Gordon Gladys". At this time, he guest starred with Pat O'Brien in the ABC sitcom, "Harrigan and Son", the story of a father-and-son lawyer team. He also appeared on the CBS/Desilu sitcom, "Angel", with Annie Fargé. On "The Danny Thomas Show", he guest starred in seven episodes. In five, he played the landlord of the building where the Williams family lived. In 1962, Gordon appeared as different characters on two episodes of another ABC sitcom, "The Donna Reed Show". In 1962, Ball created "The Lucy Show" and planned to hire Gordon to play Theodore J. Mooney, the banker who was first

neg: The Donna Reed Show show entered daytime reruns on ABC and then syndication on Nick at Nite and TV Land for several years. It is currently shown on Decades (TV network). The first five seasons have been released on DVD. This show was the first TV family sitcom to feature the mother as the center of the show. Reed's character, Donna Stone, is a loving mother and wife, but also a strong woman, an active participant in her community, a woman with feelings and a sense of humor. According to many of Reed's friends and family, Reed shared many similarities to the character that

neg: The Donna Reed Show Reed "gave motherhood a tinge of glamour it usually lacked on TV". "The Donna Reed Show" featured several celebrity guest stars appearing as themselves during its eight-year run. Baseball player Don Drysdale appeared in four episodes while Willie Mays appeared in three episodes and Leo Durocher once. Musician Harry James and singers Tony Martin and Lesley Gore appeared as themselves. Gore was featured in the series' finale, "By-Line--Jeff Stone", on March 19, 1966. Lassie and film director George Sidney appear as themselves in the 1961 episode "The Stones Go To Hollywood". The episode plugged Sidney's then current feature film, "Pepe",

neg: The Donna Reed Show The series was originally syndicated by Screen Gems, and, later, Columbia Pictures Television and Sony Pictures Television. In 2008, Sony lost the full rights to the estates of Donna Reed and Tony Owen, but reruns aired on Nick at Nite from 1985 through 1994 and on TV Land from 2002 through 2004. MeTV began airing reruns of the show (seasons 1 through 5) starting in September 2011. In 2017 Decades began airing the show as part of their daytime "Through The Decades" lineup. As at 2018, the first five seasons of the show are available on Prime Video in Canada.

neg: Gigi Perreau the Gray Flannel Suit". However, her film career lost momentum as she became an adult, so she turned to television. In 1959, she played a friend of character Mary Stone (Shelley Fabares) on ABC's "The Donna Reed Show", and had a supporting role in the sitcom "The Betty Hutton Show" on CBS, with her brother Gerald. In 1960, Perreau and Robert Harland performed as Sara Lou and Lin Proctor, a young couple from the east who have eloped and are heading west, in the ABC western series "Stagecoach West" with Wayne Rogers and Robert Bray [episode "The Land Beyond" (S1:E2)].

neg: Donna Reed she was bright and I thought rather forward-thinking, "happily" married." In a 2008 interview, Paul Petersen, who portrayed her son Jeff Stone in the series, also shared his opinions about the production's significance: That's what the show was really about, the importance of family. That's where life's lessons are transmitted, generation to generation. There's a certain way in which these are transmitted, with love and affection...["The Donna Reed Show"] depicts a better time and place. It has a sort of level of intelligence and professionalism that is sadly lacking in current entertainment products. The messages it sent out were positive

neg: Paul Petersen for those in crisis. Petersen began his show business career at the age of ten as a Mouseketeer on the "Mickey Mouse Club". He appeared in the 1958 movie "Houseboat" with Sophia Loren and Cary Grant, but achieved stardom playing teenager Jeff Stone from 1958 to 1966 on the ABC family television sitcom "The Donna Reed Show". Throughout eight seasons and decades of reruns in syndication, "The Donna Reed Show" became part of American popular culture and, in 1997, Petersen was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for his role on the

neg: Alan Hewitt "77 Sunset Strip", "Daktari", "Leave It to Beaver", "The Donna Reed Show", "Dr. Kildare", "Lost in Space", "Bewitched", "I Dream Of Jeannie", "The Lucy Show", "F Troop", "The Wild Wild West", "Ironside", "The Bob Newhart Show" and "The Phil Silvers Show". He made four guest appearances on "Perry Mason", three of which he portrayed the murderer: in 1961 he played Bruce Sheridan in "The Case of the Wintry Wife" and Dr. Marcus Tate in "The Case of the Brazen Bequest," and in 1965 he played the role of Curt Ordway in "The Case of the Fatal Fetish". The only one

neg: Sara Seegar on television throughout the 1950s and 1960s, with roles on "Suspense", "Perry Mason", and "The Donna Reed Show". She played ten different small roles on "Bewitched" over the course of that same series. In the 1962–63 season of "Dennis the Menace", Seegar played Eloise Wilson, the wife of John Wilson. She effectively replaced Sylvia Field, who portrayed Martha Wilson—the original "Mrs. Wilson"—from 1959 to 1962. Field left the series after the death of Joseph Kearns (George Wilson), due to George and Martha Wilson being written out of the series. John Wilson (Gale Gordon) began playing John Wilson, George's brother, after

neg: Jesse White (actor) Dick Van Dyke Show"; "The Donna Reed Show"; "The Andy Griffith Show"; "The Roaring 20s", "Mickey", starring Mickey Rooney; "The Beverly Hillbillies"; "Petticoat Junction";"The Munsters"; "The Addams Family"; "That Girl"; and "I Dream of Jeannie". In a memorable cameo, he played a frustrated airport tower controller (alongside a hilarious Paul Ford, Carl Reiner & Eddie Ryder) in Stanley Kramer's "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963). In 1966, he accepted the role of Donelli in The Reluctant Astronaut, playing a curmudgeonly janitorial supervisor who instructed his students in the use of a mop in a deadpan delivery rivaling that

neg: Steven Carrington and shows like that. "Dynasty" now seems unbelievably quaint." Commenting on Steven's romantic relationship with Luke Fuller (played by Billy Campbell), Coleman noted, "It was very much "The Donna Reed Show" in terms of four feet on the floor, nobody actually ever touching." It has also been suggested that the increased visibility of gay characters like Steven on network series in the late 1970s and 1980s (who owed their own existence to relaxing social restrictions and the 1969 Stonewall riots) sparked a backlash from "fundamentalists who complained to advertisers," and by the spring of 1991 there were no gay characters

neg: Paul Petersen series. After "The Donna Reed Show" ended, Petersen had a small role as Tony Biddle in the 1967 musical film "The Happiest Millionaire". He also appeared in many guest roles, including one as a military officer in the short-lived 1967 ABC western series "Custer", with Wayne Maunder in the title role. He also made a guest appearance on "F Troop" as "Johnny Eagle Eye" that aired on April 12, 1966. With the fame he achieved on "The Donna Reed Show", Petersen received recording offers and had hit record singles with the songs "She Can't Find Her Keys" (also introduced on

neg: Roberta Sherwood singer. She was interviewed by Edward R. Murrow on Person to Person. In the 1960s she appeared once on Joey Bishop's sitcom and once on his talk show. She also appeared with her sons on a memorable 1964 "Lucy Show" with Lucille Ball as well as "The Donna Reed Show"s 4th season episode "Donna Meets Roberta" (May 1962). Todon Productions, Donna Reed's production company, used the end of that episode to introduce the pilot of Sherwood's own show, which co-starred Gale Gordon but never aired. She continued to headline nightclubs into the late 1970s and toured in a variety show

neg: 20th Golden Globe Awards Young "' Omar Sharif - "Lawrence of Arabia" "' Angela Lansbury - "The Manchurian Candidate" "Only winners announced" "' "Mister Ed" "' "The Dick Powell Show" "' Rod Serling - "The Twilight Zone" "' Richard Chamberlain - "Dr. Kildare" "' Donna Reed - "The Donna Reed Show" Telstar Keir Dullea Peter O'Toole Omar Sharif Terence Stamp Patty Duke Sue Lyon Rita Tushingham Bob Hope 20th Golden Globe Awards The 20th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962 films, were held on March 5, 1963. "' Gregory Peck - "To Kill a Mockingbird" "' Marcello Mastroianni - "Divorce,

neg: Abby Cunningham stage for what was to come. In season three, Abby sets her sights on the wealthy Gary Ewing, the husband of her good friend Valene Ewing. While Gary initially thwarted her attempts, he eventually gave in and had a full-fledged affair with her. Actress Joan Van Ark, who played Val, said: "I went in way early, whenever Donna Mills came on the show, and told David Jacobs that it made total sense that Gary would fall for Abby. Because they were celebrating Donna Mills and she became the center I can’t believe I did that but it really provided us

neg: Paul Petersen "The Donna Reed Show"), "Amy," and "Lollipops and Roses." In 1962, the sentimental teen pop song "My Dad" was performed on "The Donna Reed Show" with Petersen singing the tune to his on-screen father, actor Carl Betz. Released as a single in the same year, it reached No. 6 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. He also recorded for Motown/Tamla throughout the 1960s releasing such singles as "Chained" and "A Little Bit For Sandy". After his years as a child actor, Petersen returned to university and obtained a degree in literature. He went on to write sixteen adventure novels. Petersen's

neg: The Donna Reed Show with the song "My Dad", also introduced during the course of the series. "The Donna Reed Show" was one of television's top 25 shows in 1963-1964. Reed was repeatedly nominated for Emmy Awards between 1959 and 1962, and won a Golden Globe as Best Female TV Star in 1963. She eventually grew tired of the workaday grind involved in the program, and it was cancelled in 1966 after 275 episodes. The series was sponsored by Campbell Soup Company, with Johnson & Johnson as the principal alternate sponsor (succeeded in the fall of 1963 by The Singer Company). Following first-run, the

neg: Darryl Richard (actor) in 1955 and 1956 in separate roles in three episodes of CBS's "The Phil Silvers Show". On January 1, 1960, Richard appeared as Andy in the episode "Sundance and the Blood Money" on Earl Holliman's CBS western series, "Hotel de Paree". That same month, he starred as Steve in the episode "Roy Runs Away" of CBS's "The Betty Hutton Show". In the fall of 1960, Richard played the part of Turk in two episodes of CBS's "The Ann Sothern Show". On May 17, 1962, he made his first appearance on "The Donna Reed Show" in the episode entitled "The Swingin'

neg: George Sidney Stones Go To Hollywood" of the ABC sitcom, "The Donna Reed Show". The episode plugged Sidney's then current feature film, "Pepe", in which Donna Reed makes a cameo appearance. Sidney was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award four times, starting with the lush Technicolor remake of "Show Boat". In 1958 he was presented with a Golden Globe Award for Best World Entertainment through Musical Films. For his work in the art of cinema, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1966, "Variety" listed Sidney as the director with the most films earning rentals

neg: Donna Reed and uplifting. The folks you saw were likable, the family was fun, the situations were familiar to people. It provided 22-and-a-half-minutes of moral instruction and advice on how to deal with the little dilemmas of life. When "The Donna Reed Show" ended its run in 1966, Reed took time off from acting to concentrate on raising her children and engaging in political activism. She returned to acting in the late 70s, appearing in the TV movies "The Best Place to Be" (1979) and "Deadly Lessons" (1983) and a guest stint on "The Love Boat". In the 1984–85 season of the

neg: Gentle Annie (film) August — early September 1944. Additional scenes began late September 1944. John Philliber, who plays Barrow in the film, died on November 8, 1944, shortly after filming ended. "Gentle Annie" was his last picture. Gentle Annie (film) Gentle Annie is a film with a Western theme, directed in 1944 by Andrew Marton, starring Donna Reed and James Craig. Marjorie Main played the role of Annie Goss. A notable actor in this film is Harry Morgan, who plays Cottonwood Goss. Morgan is best known for his role as Col. Potter in the TV show "M*A*S*H". A frontierswoman turns her family into

neg: Sunset Gower Studios top new films such as "The Good Shepherd" and "The Good German". Television programs which have occupied several sound stages most notably include current series "Scandal" and "How to Get Away with Murder" and ended series "Heroes", "Dexter", "NewsRadio", "The Amanda Show", "Deal or No Deal", "Saved by the Bell", "Hip Hop Harry", "City Guys", "Six Feet Under", "JAG", "Married... with Children", "Soap", "That's So Raven", "Moesha", "The Parkers", "The Donna Reed Show", "Father Knows Best", "I Dream of Jeannie" (which also used the "Father Knows Best" exterior house and "Donna Reed Show" interior living room), "Bewitched", "The Monkees", the

neg: The Donna Reed Show in which Reed made a cameo appearance. Silent film comedian Buster Keaton guest starred in two episodes, "A Very Merry Christmas" (December 24, 1958) as Charlie, a hospital janitor who brings gifts to the children's ward, and "Now You See It, Now You Don't" (1965). Child actor Charles Herbert also had a recurring guest role in four episodes as David Barker, a runaway child whom the Stones assist. In the 1960 crossover episode "Donna Decorates", Jay North appeared with his "Dennis the Menace" co-star, Joseph Kearns as Mr. George Wilson. Esther Williams guest starred as Molly, a fashion designer and

neg: Ludwig Stössel 1955, he played Ludwig, a Carl the waiter clone, in the television version of "Casablanca". He made two guest appearances on "Perry Mason" during the series' second season, including the role of Adolph Van Beers in "The Case of the Shattered Dream." From 1958 to 1960, Stössel played Charles Bronson's father in ABC's television series "Man with a Camera". From 1953 to 1963, Stössel appeared as a guest in a number of television shows, including "Cavalcade of America", "My Three Sons", "The Donna Reed Show", and "The New Phil Silvers Show" (where he parodied his Gallo wine television commercials). He

neg: Darryl Richard (actor) Darryl Richard (actor) Darryl Richard (born March 18, 1946 as Darryl Richard Rosenberg), is a former child actor who appeared on television from 1955 until 1966. He is best remembered for the role of Morton "Smitty" Smith, the best friend of the character Jeff Stone, played by Paul Petersen, in thirty-two episodes of ABC's situation comedy series "The Donna Reed Show". Richard's first television appearance occurred at the age of eight on January 18, 1955, as Tony in the episode "The Bogey Man" of "The U.S. Steel Hour", an acclaimed live-drama series, which then aired on ABC. Richard also appeared

neg: Stuart Erwin on "Theater Guild on the Air", "Lux Radio Theatre", "The Old Gold Radio Theatre" and "Cavalcade of America". In 1950, Erwin made the transition to television, in which he starred in "Trouble with Father", which was retitled "The Stu Erwin Show", with his co-star and real-life wife, actress June Collyer. In 1963-1964, he played Otto King on "The Greatest Show on Earth". Erwin guest starred on the religion anthology series "Crossroads", on the CBS sitcom "Angel", starring Annie Fargé, and on ABC's "The Donna Reed Show", "Our Man Higgins", with Stanley Holloway. Erwin made four guest appearances on CBS's "Perry

neg: Esther Dale the 1958-1959 season of "The Donna Reed Show", Dale played a job-seeking housekeeper who is frightened from the Stone home by Jeff Stone's pet mouse, and she appeared in the 1957 "Maverick" episode "According to Hoyle" opposite James Garner. Dale died in the summer of 1961 following surgery in Queen of Angels Hospital in Hollywood. She had been married to writer and director Arthur J. Beckhard, who predeceased her by four months. Esther Dale Esther Dale (November 10, 1885 – July 23, 1961) was an American actress, best known perhaps for her role as Aunt Genevieve in the 1935 Shirley

neg: Stu Phillips (composer) movie, "Ride the Wild Surf". He also founded Colpix Records and produced hits for Nina Simone, The Skyliners and Shelley Fabares, (pronounced 'fab bray'). Stu Phillips produced "Johnny Angel" for Shelly Fabares, who played the teen-age daughter on The Donna Reed Show. According to Joel Whitburn's 'Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits' "Johnny Angel" was released March 17, 1962 and was a #1 hit from April 7–20, 1962 staying on the charts for 13 weeks. There was also a follow-up hit to "Johnny Angel" called "Johnny Loves Me" which also made the Top 40 (#21) in July of '62. In

neg: Ida Lupino directing, however, going on to a successful television career throughout the 1960s and '70s. Lupino continued acting until the 1970s. Her directing efforts during these years were almost exclusively for television productions such as "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Thriller", "The Twilight Zone", "Have Gun – Will Travel", "Honey West", "The Donna Reed Show", "Gilligan's Island", "77 Sunset Strip", "The Rifleman", "The Virginian", "Sam Benedict", "The Untouchables", "Hong Kong", "The Fugitive", and "Bewitched". Lupino appeared in 19 episodes of "Four Star Playhouse" from 1952 to 1956. From January 1957 to September 1958, Lupino starred with her then-husband Howard Duff in the sitcom

neg: Harry Cheshire "I Love Lucy", "My Little Margie", "December Bride", "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", "The People's Choice", "The Donna Reed Show", "The Real McCoys", "Pete and Gladys", "Dennis the Menace", and "The Ann Sothern Show". Harry Cheshire Harry V. Cheshire (August 16, 1891 – June 16, 1968) was an American character actor originally from Emporia, Kansas, with more than 150 film appearances to his credit. Cheshire was active on stage with the Hi Jinks Company and Liberty Players acting troupes. With a raspy voice, Cheshire frequently played the parts of bankers and western townsmen but occasionally outlaws too. He

neg: Carl Betz pediatrician Dr. Alex Stone in ABC sitcom "The Donna Reed Show". The show revolves around the home and school problems of a middle-class American family in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Alex was often called upon to rescue wife Donna Stone (Reed) from awkward situations and to monitor the behavior of their children, Mary (Shelley Fabares) and Jeff (Paul Petersen). Jeff Stone introduced the sentimental hit song "My Dad" in a 1962 episode, specifically singing the tune to Betz. The series was a hit for ABC and aired for eight seasons from September 1958 to March 1966. During the

neg: Gentle Annie (film) Gentle Annie (film) Gentle Annie is a film with a Western theme, directed in 1944 by Andrew Marton, starring Donna Reed and James Craig. Marjorie Main played the role of Annie Goss. A notable actor in this film is Harry Morgan, who plays Cottonwood Goss. Morgan is best known for his role as Col. Potter in the TV show "M*A*S*H". A frontierswoman turns her family into a band of bank robbers. "Hollywood Reporter" news items and MGM publicity material provide the following information about the production: MGM purchased MacKinlay Kantor's novel in February 1942. Filming began on October 6, 1942,

neg: Ellen Corby Wyatt Earp", "Fury", "The Donna Reed Show", "Frontier Circus", "Hazel", "I Love Lucy", "Dennis the Menace", "Tightrope", "Bonanza", "The Big Valley, Meet McGraw", "The Virginian", "Channing", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Batman", "Get Smart", "Gomer Pyle", "The Addams Family", "The Beverly Hillbillies", "The Invaders", "Lassie", and "Night Gallery". From 1965 to 1967, she had a recurring role in the NBC television series "Please Don't Eat the Daisies", based on an earlier Doris Day film. Her best-known role came as Grandma Esther Walton on the made-for-TV film "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story" (1971), which served as the pilot for "The Waltons". Her husband,

neg: Maudie Prickett Jack Benny Program" and five appearances as various characters on ABC's "Bewitched". In 1959, she played a secretary, Miss Sanders, to the Howard McNear character, Wilbur Wilgus, on ABC sitcom, "The Donna Reed Show". Prickett played Alice MacAvity in 1954 in the NBC sitcom "It's a Great Life", featuring Frances Bavier. She guest-starred in the 1957-1958 NBC sitcom "Sally", starring Joan Caulfield, and on CBS's "Dennis the Menace", with Jay North. She appeared as a dentist's secretary in the episode "The Dentist" on another CBS sitcom, "Angel", starring Annie Fargé. Parley Baer played Dr. Mathews in the episode. Prickett appeared

neg: Fay Baker leading roles in the 1950 crime drama "Double Deal", and later played one of Ethel Barrymore's two daughters trying to seize control of and sell editor Humphrey Bogart's newspaper in the 1952 drama "Deadline - U.S.A.". During her California years, she also appeared frequently on television. She is credited with guest parts on 30 different series beginning with "Your Show Time" in 1949 up to her final performance on "Dr. Kildare" in 1963. Her roles included comedy sitcoms ("Hazel", "The Donna Reed Show"), drama ("Perry Mason"), and westerns ("Have Gun - Will Travel"). In 1958, she made two guest appearances

neg: Barbara Perry (actress) the Chorus. In 1950 she was Mrs. Larry in "Happy as Larry" on Broadway. By the mid-1950s to the early-1960s, she had studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England, while performing opposite George Formby, Warde Donovan, and Sara Gregory in "Zip Goes a Million" at the Hippadrom and Palace Theatres, and upon her return to the USA had started appearing in numerous television series such as "The Donna Reed Show", "The Andy Griffith Show", "My Three Sons" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show", where she played Buddy Sorrell's wife Pickles, before being replaced by Joan

neg: United States in the 1950s "The Skin of Our Teeth", and "The Fourposter" with original Broadway cast members Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Other anthology series included "Lux Video Theatre", "Fireside Theater". and "Kraft Television Theater". Sitcoms offered a romanticized view of middle class American life with "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" (1952–1966), "Father Knows Best" (1954–1960), and ABC's "The Donna Reed Show" (1958–1966) exemplifying the genre. Emmy-winning comedy "I Love Lucy" (1951–1960) starred husband and wife Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball and enjoyed such popularity that some businesses closed early on Monday nights in order to allow employees to hurry home for the

neg: Fay Bainter "White Banners" (1938), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for "Jezebel" (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year. In 1940 she played Mrs. Gibbs in the film production of the Thornton Wilder play "Our Town". In 1945 she played Melissa Frake in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "State Fair". She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "The Children's Hour" (1961). Finally, in 1962, Fay appeared as a guest star on "The Donna Reed Show". She has a star on the Hollywood

neg: Leonard Stone "The Case of the Hateful Hero." Stone played Farnum the Great in 2 episodes of "Lost in Space" (1965-1968). In 1966, he had a supporting role as Morton on the short-lived CBS sitcom "The Jean Arthur Show" starring Jean Arthur and Ron Harper.. He appeared twice on ABC's "The Donna Reed Show", as Mr. Trestle in "The Good Guys and the Bad Guys" (1961) and as Harlan Carmody, Jr., in "Joe College" (1965). In the 1965-1966 season, he appeared as Doc Joslyn in "Camp Runamuck" on NBC. In 1967, he had the role of Judge Gilroy in "Cimarron Strip" on

neg: Ted Knight Defector". In the 1962-1963 season, he appeared as "Haskell" in the short-lived drama and situation comedy "The New Loretta Young Show" on CBS. He played Phil Sterling on the ABC soap opera "The Young Marrieds" in the early 1960s. He appeared frequently in television shows such as "The Invaders", "Highway Patrol", "How to Marry a Millionaire", "Peter Gunn", "The Outer Limits" episode "The Invisible Enemy", "Bourbon Street Beat", "The Donna Reed Show" (in the episode "April Fool" on April 1, 1959), "Pete and Gladys", "The Eleventh Hour", "Bonanza", "The Man and the Challenge", "Combat!", "McHale's Navy" (including one episode as

neg: Goodbye Cruel World (James Darren song) on the UK Singles Chart (no. 28). Darren, playing pop idol "Kip Dennis", performed the song on a late 1961 episode of "The Donna Reed Show". (He had previously played a different character in a 1959 episode of the sitcom). The song's lyrics were changed to "join the Army" instead of "join the circus" to reflect his character's reason to exit the show as Shelley Fabare's "love interest" ala Elvis' zeitgeist Army stint. The song was also used in a film on Pop Art directed by Ken Russell for the BBC TV series "Monitor" which was aired in March 1962;

neg: Roberta Shore screen version of "Blue Denim", duetting with Warren Berlinger, and an uncredited cameo appearance in "A Summer Place" as Sandra Dee's gossipy schoolmate Anne Talbert. Later she played Ricky Summers in the 1960 movie "Because They're Young", Jenny Bell in "The Young Savages" (1961), and in an uncredited role as Lorna in Stanley Kubrick's 1962 version of "Lolita". Shore's television credits include appearances on "Playhouse 90", "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet", "The Donna Reed Show", "The Lawrence Welk Show" (a singing appearance in 1959), several Western series including "Maverick", "Wagon Train", "The Tall Man", "Laramie" and "Lawman", and regular

neg: Florence MacMichael include "Woman Obsessed" (1959), "The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit" (1968) and "Welcome Home, Soldier Boys" (1972). On television she played Florence Pearson in "My Three Sons" (1960–61), Winnie Kirkwood in "Mister Ed" (1963–65) and Barney Fife's girlfriend in two episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show". She also appeared in several episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", and guest-starred on "The Twilight Zone" (in "Mr. Bevis"), "Bachelor Father", "Dennis the Menace", "The Donna Reed Show" and "Alcoa Premiere". MacMichael was active in local theater, both as an actor and director. She was the founder of the Sierra Madre Studio Players

neg: Lou Reed '04", was released. It reached No. 10 in the UK Singles Chart. In October 2006, Reed appeared at Hal Willner's Leonard Cohen tribute show "Came So Far for Beauty" in Dublin, along with Laurie Anderson, Nick Cave, Anohni, Jarvis Cocker, and Beth Orton. He played a heavy metal version of Cohen's "The Stranger Song". In December that year, Reed played a series of shows at St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, based on "Berlin". Reed played with guitarist Steve Hunter, who played on the original album and "Rock 'n' Roll Animal", and was joined by singers Anohni and Sharon Jones. The show

neg: Shelley Fabares lived series "Annette" (1958) starring Annette Funicello. In 1958, Fabares landed the role of Mary Stone in the long-running family sitcom "The Donna Reed Show". This ran until 1966. Fabares quickly established herself as a favorite with teen audiences. "Donna Reed was simply an extraordinary woman, a woman of great strength, kindness, integrity and compassion,"said Fabares later. Fabares' national popularity led to a recording contract and two "Top 40" hits, including "Johnny Angel," which went to number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in April 1962, and peaked at number 41 in the UK. It sold over one million copies

neg: Paul Reed (actor) to work on Broadway and in sitcoms through the 1960s, appearing in various episodes of Bewitched, "The Donna Reed Show", "Beverly Hillbillies" and "I Dream of Jeannie". In 1965, he appeared with former "Car 54, Where Are You?" co-stars Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis in an episode of "The Munsters". In later years, Reed was a staple in television commercials until the 1990s. A book about his life and career titled "You Grew Up", written by Paul Reed Jr. was released in 2010 and is available through Bear Manor Media. Paul Reed (actor) Paul Reed was an American actor known

neg: Donna Reed second mother. She was a role model and remains so to this day. I still periodically hear her voice in my head when I am making a decision about doing something, I hear her urging me on to make the stronger decision of the two. I just adored her.Fabares also described Reed as "a real Iowa girl. There is a bedrock decency to people in the Midwest. They are thoughtful and ready to help you if something needs to be done. She never lost that Midwest girl." Donna Reed Donna Reed (born Donna Belle Mullenger; January 27, 1921 – January

neg: Miss Ellie Ewing Barbara Bel Geddes, and 24 episodes played by Donna Reed. Miss Ellie's storylines focus on her family's troubles. As the matriarch of the Ewing family, she is portrayed as a strong and loving mother. Miss Ellie's marriage to oil baron Jock Ewing was central to the character for the first few years she appeared in the show, until his death in an episode in 1981, following the real-life death of actor Jim Davis. Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow is one of the original characters invented by the creator of "Dallas", David Jacobs. Before the creation of the show, Jacobs originally had

neg: Joan Tompkins woman named “Patience” in NBC's western series "The Californians", and as a gossip columnist named Beverly King in an episode of The Danny Thomas Show. Subsequent appearances were on the situation comedies, "The Donna Reed Show", and "Bachelor Father". In 1960, she played Martha in “The Twisted Root” of the syndicated series, "The Brothers Brannagan". In 1960, she also appeared in three Warner Brothers/ABC series, "Maverick", as Mary Burch in the episode “Bullet for the Teacher”; "Hawaiian Eye", as a tourist in “Man in a Rage”, and "The Roaring Twenties", as Celia Morton in “Layoff Charley”. In 1960-1961, she appeared

neg: Cindy Carol in an episode of "Medic" that same year. This was followed by guest appearances in seven episodes of "Leave It to Beaver" in the years 1957–60, four of them in the role of Alma Hanson, the other three (one uncredited) in various other roles. Following guest appearance on "My Three Sons" in 1961 and "The Donna Reed Show" in 1962, she played the roles of Betty in the film "Cape Fear" and Binkie Massey in the 1962–63 CBS television series "The New Loretta Young Show", which ran only for 26 weeks. In 1963, taking the new stage name of Cindy

neg: The Donna Reed Show flourished for the next seven years, but made television's top 25 only in 1963-1964. In a 1964 interview, Reed said, "We have proved on our show that the public really does want to see a healthy woman, not a girl, not a neurotic, not a sexpot...I am so fed up with immature 'sex' and stories about kooky, amoral, sick women." The opening credits showed Reed coming down the stairs to answer the telephone. She hands the receiver to Alex, then goes to the front door to hand the children their bag lunches and schoolbooks as they leave for school. Alex

neg: Fruitcake continued with "The Fruitcake Lady" (Marie Rudisill), who made appearances on the show and offered her "fruitcake" opinions. In fact, the fruitcake had been a butt of jokes on television programs such as "Father Knows Best" and "The Donna Reed Show" years before "The Tonight Show" debuted and appears to have first become a vilified confection in the early 20th century, as evidenced by Warner Brothers cartoons. Since 1995, Manitou Springs, Colorado, has hosted the Great Fruitcake Toss on the first Saturday of every January. "We encourage the use of recycled fruitcakes," says Leslie Lewis of the Manitou Springs Chamber

neg: Donna Reed Donna Reed Donna Reed (born Donna Belle Mullenger; January 27, 1921 – January 14, 1986) was an American film and television actress and producer. Her career spanned more than 40 years, with performances in more than 40 films. She is well known for her role as Mary Hatch Bailey in Frank Capra's 1946 film "It's a Wonderful Life." In 1953, she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Lorene Burke in the war drama "From Here to Eternity". Reed is probably most widely known for her work in television, notably as Donna Stone, a middle-class

neg: Hollywood Studio Club the money, went out and bought a set of black lingerie. Other residents of the Studio Club included Donna Reed (star of "It's A Wonderful Life" and "The Donna Reed Show" and Oscar winner for "From Here to Eternity"), Rita Moreno (winner of an Academy Award in 1961 for "West Side Story", a Grammy Award in 1972, a Tony Award in 1975, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004), Linda Darnell (star of "Forever Amber", "Unfaithfully Yours" and "A Letter to Three Wives" in the late 1940s), Nancy Kwan (star of "The World of Suzie Wong" and "Flower Drum

neg: Richard Deacon (actor) 1954 costumer "Désirée", where he played Jean Simmons' elder brother, an 18th-century Marseilles silk merchant. Philadelphia-native Deacon played the role of Morton Stearnes' butler, George Archibald, whose courtroom testimony is a turning point in "The Young Philadelphians" (1959), starring Paul Newman. He played an imbibing Justice of the Peace, Reverend Zaron, in the classic 1957 Budd Boetticher-directed western "Decision at Sundown". Deacon appeared in many sitcoms, including "It's a Great Life", "The People's Choice", "How to Marry a Millionaire", "Guestward, Ho!", "Pete and Gladys", "The Donna Reed Show", "The Real McCoys" (in the episode "The Tax Man Cometh", he clashes

neg: Donna Reed cameos in "Thousands Cheer" (1943).. Her "girl-next-door" good looks and warm onstage personality made her a popular pin-up for many GIs during World War II. She personally answered letters from many GIs serving overseas. Reed was the love interest in "See Here, Private Hargrove" (1944) and "Gentle Annie" (1945), a Western. She was in "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1945) and played a nurse in John Ford's "They Were Expendable" (1945), the love interest of John Wayne. MGM were very enthusiastic about Reed's prospects at this time. Reed collaborated with her Denison High school chemistry teacher Edward R. Tompkins (who,

neg: Ricky Kelman Machine." In 1961, Kelman was cast in conflicting roles as John and Oliver Hadley in the episodes "The Bully" and "The Sissy", respectively, of NBC's "National Velvet" family drama series, starring Lori Martin as the teenaged equestrian Velvet Brown. On December 7, 1961, he was cast as "Butch" in the episode "The Fabulous O'Hara" of ABC's sitcom, "The Donna Reed Show". In 1961 and 1962, he appeared twice on CBS's "Gunsmoke" with James Arness. In 1962, he played the youthful Alex in the episode "Young Man's Fancy" of CBS's "The Twilight Zone", co-starring with Phyllis Thaxter. Kelman appeared on CBS's

neg: Peter Helm appeared five years apart on ABC's "The Donna Reed Show" as Danny in "The Love Letter" (1960) and as Walter Gordon in "The Unheroic Hero" (1965). He appeared also in 1965 as Norman Quigley in "The Leopard's Spots" episode of "My Three Sons", starring Fred MacMurray, in one of the last episodes while the series was still aired on ABC. Other Helm roles in 1965 were as Bob Hyatt in "The Case of the Cheating Chancellor" of CBS's "Perry Mason" starring Raymond Burr. He played a character called "Gwylem" of NBC's "Bonanza" in the episode "Devil on Her Shoulder". He

neg: Shelley Fabares shifted after "Roseanne". It was a hit and played until 1997. For her work, Fabares was nominated twice for a Primetime Emmy Award, and, in 1994, she was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for her role as Mary Stone on "The Donna Reed Show". During the series' run Fabares appeared on "Love or Money" (1990), "Deadly Relations" (1993), "The Great Mom Swap" (1995), and "A Nightmare Come True" (1997). After "Coach" ended in 1997, Fabares voiced the role of Martha "Ma" Kent on "". She reprised the role twice, once for

neg: James Darren Cruel World" (#3 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1961). It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Another sizeable hit was "Her Royal Majesty" (#6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962). He is also featured in one of the Scopitone series of pop music video jukebox films ("Because You're Mine"). Twice, in 1959 and 1961, Darren played teen idols on episodes of "The Donna Reed Show". He did an episode of "The Lineup" (1959). Darren was third billed in a series of films for Columbia: "The Gene Krupa Story" (1959), a biopic with Sal

neg: Travco and shorter model directed at the economy market typified by Winnebago. Sightseer was a conventional box-style motorhome that did not share the distinctive flowing aerodynamic Travco signature body style. A fourth-season episode of "The Donna Reed Show" titled "The Caravan" which premiered on May 10, 1962, extensively showcased a 1962 Dodge Travco. As the Stone family travels west on vacation the Travco is shown in a variety of locations on the Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems backlot as well in numerous live action sequences along the Las Vegas strip and at the Riviera (hotel and casino). Throughout the show Donna and the

neg: Jimmy Hawkins Jimmy Hawkins James F. Hawkins (born November 13, 1941), known as Jimmy Hawkins, and later, Jim Hawkins, is an American actor and film producer whose career began as a child actor to such Hollywood stars as Lana Turner, Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, and Donna Reed. His acting career spans the time frame from 1944–1974, after which he devoted his energies to the production of films and later to his construction/contracting business. Hawkins had starring roles in several television series: "The Ruggles" (1949–1952), "Annie Oakley" (1954–1957, syndicated), "The Donna Reed Show" (1958–1966, ABC), and "Petticoat Junction" (the first four seasons, 1963–1967,

neg: Donna Reed government or the military. I've learned a lot from Tony. In addition to opposing the Vietnam War, Reed also opposed nuclear power plants. She supported Democratic Senator Eugene McCarthy from Minnesota in the 1968 presidential election. He was a strong anti-war advocate. Donna Reed died of pancreatic cancer in Beverly Hills, California, on January 14, 1986, 13 days shy of her 65th birthday. She had been diagnosed with the illness three months earlier and told it was at a terminal stage. Her remains are interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. [Donna Reed] definitely became my

neg: Buster Keaton Cellulose acetate film from deteriorating nitrate film stock. On April 3, 1957, Keaton was surprised by Ralph Edwards for the weekly NBC program "This Is Your Life". The program also promoted the release of the biographical film "The Buster Keaton Story" with Donald O'Connor. In December 1958, Keaton was a guest star in the episode "A Very Merry Christmas" of "The Donna Reed Show" on ABC. He returned to the program in 1965 in the episode "Now You See It, Now You Don't". In August 1960, Keaton played mute King Sextimus the Silent in the national touring company of the

neg: Lawrence Dobkin on the ABC religion drama, "Going My Way", starring Gene Kelly. In the 1957-1958 television season, Dobkin played a director on the CBS sitcom, "Mr. Adams and Eve", starring Howard Duff and Ida Lupino as fictitious married actors residing in Beverly Hills, California. He guest-starred in 1958 in the first season of ABC's "The Donna Reed Show". In 1957, Dobkin appeared in the third episode of the first season of the TV western "Have Gun – Will Travel", entitled “The Great Mohave Chase”, as the owner of water rights in the small western town of Mohave. In a May 1958

neg: Paul Petersen Paul Petersen William Paul Petersen (born September 23, 1945) is an American actor, singer, novelist, and activist. Petersen first rose to prominence in the 1950s playing Jeff Stone on "The Donna Reed Show", and transitioned to a singing career in the 1960s. In the early 1980s, he had a recurring role as a police officer on "Matt Houston", and in the late 1990s, he played the author Paul Conway in the film "Mommy's Day". In 1990, Petersen established the organization "A Minor Consideration" to support child stars and other child laborers through legislation, family education, and personal intervention and counseling

neg: Fintan Meyler shows. She portrayed memorable characters in shows, such as "The Donna Reed Show", "Perry Mason", "Bonanza", "Have Gun - Will Travel" and "Gunsmoke". In the 1959 "Perry Mason" episode "The Case of the Howling Dog", she played three-time murderer Thelma Brent. She died of cancer in San Jose, California. Notes Fintan Meyler Fintan Meyler (December 14, 1929 - July 23, 2005) was an actress on stage, on television, and in films. Meyler was born Gertrude Anne Meyler in Ireland, as one of seven children. Her early education came at a convent in Dublin, before she began studying acting at the

neg: Olive Sturgess crush on series star Will Hutchins: "I had a mad crush on Will Hutchins. He was so handsome, so charming. I wonder why that show went off the air [in 1961] — it was good." She appeared twice each on "The Donna Reed Show", "Thriller", "Wagon Train", "Bonanza", and "The Rebel", starring Nick Adams, whom she twice dated. Adams introduced her to Natalie Wood, who encouraged Sturgess in the pursuit of her burgeoning acting career. In "The Rebel" episode "The Pit", Sturgess volunteered her real life nephew, Leonard Sturgess, for the part of a six-month-old baby needed in the script.

neg: Franklin Parker Franklin Parker Franklin Parker (November 8, 1902 – June 12, 1962), also known as Frank Parker or Franklyn Parker, was an American character actor who appeared in over 100 films during his twenty-five career. Born in Fillmore, Missouri on November 8, 1902, he began his show business career on the vaudeville and Broadway stages, where he proved himself an admirable singer. During those years he would often be billed as Pinky. In his final screen performance, on the small screen's The Donna Reed Show in 1961, he would return to his roots and be credited as Franklin Pinky Parker. His

neg: Carter DeHaven was the only film in which Keaton and Lloyd appeared together and also marked Keaton's last film appearance with Arbuckle, his former partner. DeHaven went on to work with Charlie Chaplin as assistant director on "Modern Times" (1936) and assistant producer for "The Great Dictator" (1940). In the latter film, he also played the Bacterian Ambassador. In the 1959-60 season, he appeared four times in various roles, and his daughter Gloria once as Rosemary Blaker, in the episode "Love Affair" on the television series "Johnny Ringo". At this time he also guest-starred on "The Donna Reed Show" in the role

neg: Estelle Winwood 1940s, but expressed a willingness to participate in the new medium of television, starring in a television production of "Blithe Spirit" in 1946. During the 1950s, she appeared more frequently in television than she did in film in such series as "Robert Montgomery Presents", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", and "The Donna Reed Show". She played the character Hortense in the episode "Where's There's a Will" (August 30, 1960) on the ABC sitcom "The Real McCoys" starring Walter Brennan. Her few films from that period include "The Glass Slipper" (1955), "The Swan" (1956), and "23 Paces to Baker Street" (1956). Her other

neg: Charles Herbert expressed deep appreciation of the work Paul Petersen's organization, A Minor Consideration, does by assisting present and former child actors both financially and emotionally. Herbert and Petersen played brothers in the film "Houseboat" (1958), starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren, and he guest-starred four times as David Barker from 1958 to 1960 on Petersen's ABC series, "The Donna Reed Show". Charles Herbert appeared annually for six years in the celebrity lineup at the Monster Bash, held each June, at the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Airport Four Points with his "The Boy and the Pirates" costar Susan Gordon. He died in Las Vegas

neg: Mary Wickes Berg and Cedric Hardwicke in "Mrs. G. Goes to College". For her work in the sitcom, Wickes was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress". In 1964, she appeared on "The Donna Reed Show" in the episode "First Addition". In 1964, she appeared as Ida Goff in five episodes of the series "Temple Houston", with Jeffrey Hunter as a historical figure, the frontier lawyer Temple Lea Houston, youngest son of Sam Houston.. She played Adeline Ashley in The Beverley Hillbillies 1967 episode 'The Social Climbers". A longtime friend of Lucille Ball, Wickes