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SERIES PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1950

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Dangerous Assignment debuted over the NBC airwaves on February 6, 1950
and ran until 1953. It starred Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, a globe-trotting 
agent for an unnamed U.S. government agency who investigates cases of
espionage, sabotage and threats to National Security.

 

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Brian Donlevy

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TV SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1950

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Robert Montgomery Presents is a dramatic television series which was produced
by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. It was one of the top big-
budget “live” anthology series of “The Golden Age of Television”. The show
had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to
feature the sponsor, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky
Strike Theater
, and The Johnson’s Wax Program.   

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Robert Montgomery

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SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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Indictment
was a courtroom CBS radio drama that aired through 1959. The 
series was based on the actual case files of former New York City assistant
District Attorney Eleazar Lipsky. The show starred Nat Polen as Assistant
District Attorney Edward McCormick.

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Nat Polen

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ALAN ALDA IS 79 TODAY

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Original run on CBS-TV: September 17, 1972 – February 28, 1983.

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Alan Alda (born Alphonso Joseph D’Abruzzo in New York City)

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Alda in his supporting role in the 2004 film The Aviator, for which he was 
was nominated for an Academy Award.

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TELEVISION WESTERN DRAMA FOR ADULTS

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The TV series ran from September 10, 1955, to March 31, 1975, on CBS
with 635 total episodes.

Gunsmoke Cast Credits

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