Actors Studio
Actors Studio is an American TV show which aired for 65 episodes, from September 26, 1948 to October 26 on the fledgling ABC Television Network; then from November 1, 1949 to June 23, 1950 on CBS Television. It was hosted by Mark Connelly. The series showcased short pieces of adapted, classic and original drama, performed and produced live each week. Among some of the known authors were William Saroyan, James Thurber, Ring Lardner, Edgar Allan Poe, Irwin Shaw and Budd Schulberg. Featured actors included Martin Balsam, Richard Boone, Marlon Brando, Hume Cronyn, Julie Harris, Jean Muir and Jessica Tandy. Recurring performers included Jocelyn Brando, Tom Ewell, Steven Hill, Kim Hunter and Cloris Leachman. In February 1950, the series moved to Friday nights and was expanded to one hour, alternating every other week with broadcasts of Ford Theatre. In March, the name of the show was changed to The Play's the Thing. The series received a Peabody Award in 1948 for pioneering in the field of televised drama.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Portrait of a Madonna
26-09-194830 min - Ep 2
2.Night Club
03-10-194830 min - Ep 3
3.The Giant's Stair
10-10-194830 min - Ep 4
4.The Thousand Dollar Bill
17-10-194830 min - Ep 5
5.The Catbird Seat
24-10-194830 min - Ep 6
6.The Inexperienced Ghost
31-10-194830 min - Ep 7
7.Ropes
07-11-194830 min - Ep 8
8.Esther
14-11-194830 min - Ep 9
9.Good Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden
21-11-194830 min - Ep 10
10.Ten Percent
28-11-194830 min - Ep 11
11.The Night the Ghost Got In
05-12-194830 min - Ep 12
12.The Widow of Wasdale Head
12-12-194830 min - Ep 13
13.The Man Who Lost Christmas
19-12-194830 min - Ep 14
14.To the Lovely Margaret
26-12-194830 min - Ep 15
15.A Day in Town
02-01-194930 min - Ep 16
16.I'm No Hero
09-01-194930 min - Ep 17
17.The Little Wife
16-01-194930 min - Ep 18
18.The Lady on 142
23-01-194930 min - Ep 19
19.A Trip to Czardis
30-01-194930 min - Ep 20
20.Jim Pemberton and His Boy Trigger
06-02-194930 min - Ep 21
21.Zone of Quiet
13-02-194930 min - Ep 22
22.The Tell-Tale Heart
20-02-194930 min - Ep 23
23.Greasy Luck
27-02-194930 min - Ep 24
24.Joe McSween's Atomic Machine
06-03-194930 minJoe McSween is a factory worker who builds a machine in his basement. The machine doesn't do anything—it just runs. Naturally, everyone thinks that it's an atomic machine, and th...
- Ep 25
25.Dead Man
13-03-194930 min - Ep 26
26.Concerning a Woman of Sin
24-03-194930 min - Ep 27
27.Three O'Clock
31-03-194930 min - Ep 28
28.A Reputation
07-04-194930 min - Ep 29
29.I Can't Breathe
14-04-194930 min - Ep 30
30.From Paradise to Butte
21-04-194930 min - Ep 31
31.Here Comes Spring
28-04-194930 min - Ep 32
32.Somebody Has to Be Nobody
05-05-194930 min - Ep 33
33.Salt of the Earth
12-05-194930 min - Ep 34
34.Spreading the News
19-05-194930 min - Ep 35
35.You're Breaking My Heart
26-05-194930 min
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