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The Colgate Comedy Hour

This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.
Premiered: Sep 10, 1950 | 6 seasons | 207 episodes

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Creator: Fred Hamilton
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The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
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Name Character Episodes
Eddie Cantor Self 35
Dean Martin Self 30
Jerry Lewis Self 29
Bob Hope Self 20
Bud Abbott Self - Host 18
Lou Costello Self - Host 17
Donald O'Connor Self 16
Jimmy Durante Self 14
Gordon MacRae Self 12
Danny Arnold Self 12
Tom D'Andrea Self 10
Hal March Self 10
Eddie Fisher Self 9
Ben Blue Self 9
Peggy Lee Self 8
Anna Maria Alberghetti Self 7
Fred Allen Self 7
Scatman Crothers Self 6
Cesar Romero Self 6
Marilyn Maxwell Self 6
Frank Sinatra Self 5
George Raft Self (uncredited) 5
Phil Harris Self 5
Danny Thomas Self 5
Tony Martin Self 5
Gene Nelson Self 5
Charlton Heston Self 4
Tony Curtis Self 4
Joel Grey Self 4
Milton Berle Self 4
Harpo Marx Self 4
Edgar Bergen Self 4
Jack Carson Self - Host 4
Jack Albertson Self 4
Bob Fosse Self 4
George Jessel Self 4
Hedy Lamarr Self 3
Mickey Rooney Self 3
Harry von Zell Self 3
Janet Leigh Self 3
Broderick Crawford Self 3
Wally Cox Self 3
Robert Cummings Self 3
Harry Belafonte Self 3
Jack Carter Self 3
Ed Wynn Self 3
Sheldon Leonard Self 3
Jack Webb Self 3
Mike Mazurki Self 3
Paul Winchell Self 3
Bert Lahr Self 3
Robert Strauss Self 3
Gale Robbins Self 3
Rosemary Clooney Self 3
Louis Armstrong Self 3
Peter Leeds Self 3
Dinah Shore Self 3
Ethel Merman Self 3
Liberace Self 3
Corinne Calvet Self 3
Vivian Blaine Self 3
Jan Peerce Self 3
Janis Paige Self 3
Ronny Graham Self 3
John Wayne Self 2
Kirk Douglas Self 2
Rex Harrison Self 2
Debra Paget Self 2
Shelley Winters Self 2
William Holden Self 2
Alan Young Self 2
Bob Hope Self - Host 2
Ann Sheridan Self 2
Jackie Gleason Self 2
Dorothy Lamour Self 2
Rhonda Fleming Self 2
Gale Storm Self 2
Hedda Hopper Self 2
Irene Dunne Self 2
Sheree North Self 2
Milton Frome Self 2
Sharon Baird Self 2
Robert Alda Self 2
Fred MacMurray Self 2
Zsa Zsa Gabor Self 2
Cecil Kellaway Self 2
Gloria DeHaven Self 2
Hoagy Carmichael Self 2
Jeff Chandler Self 2
George Abbott Self 2
Kaye Ballard Self 2
Martha Raye Self 2
Beatrice Lillie Self 2
Franklin Pangborn Self 2
Frances Langford Self 2
Benny Rubin Self 2
Constance Moore Self 2
Jerry Colonna Self 2
Lily Pons Self 2
Jack Benny Self 2
Gwen Verdon Self 2
Nelson Eddy Self 2
Kenny Delmar Self 2
Dorothy Dandridge Self 2
Helen Gallagher Self 2
Norman Abbott Self 2
Stan Freberg Self 2
Debbie Reynolds Self 1
Audrey Hepburn Self 1
Charlton Heston Self - Host 1
Audie Murphy Self 1
Glenn Strange The Monster 1
Rudy Vallee Self 1
Mitzi McCall Self 1
Elaine Stritch Self 1
Frank Cady Self 1
Jean Wallace Self 1
Phil Foster Self 1
Kirk Douglas Ulysses (archive footage) 1
Buster Keaton Self 1
Jackie Cooper Self 1
Carolyn Jones Self - Hazel 1
Merle Oberon Self 1
Eddie Albert Self 1
Jane Wyman Lucy Gallant (archive footage) 1
Joan Crawford Self 1
Ralph Bellamy Self 1
Julie Adams Self 1
Betty Garrett Self 1
Arlene Dahl Self 1
James Stewart Self 1
Lon Chaney Jr. Self - Frankenstein Monster 1
Jack Palance Self 1
Shirley Jones Self 1
Eddie Bracken Self 1
Gloria Grahame Self 1
Moe Howard Self 1
Rory Calhoun Self 1
Burt Lancaster Self 1
Lauren Bacall Self 1
Eartha Kitt Self 1
Eva Gabor Self 1
Yul Brynner Self 1
Agnes Moorehead Self 1
Jane Russell Self 1
Joan Bennett Self 1
Andy Devine Self 1
Jim Backus Self 1
Errol Flynn Self 1
Ray Bolger Self 1
Vera-Ellen Self 1
Groucho Marx Self 1
Dick Van Patten Self 1
Cornel Wilde Self 1
Monty Woolley Self 1
Imogene Coca Self 1
Polly Bergen Self 1
Charles Laughton Self 1
Jack Kruschen Self 1
Nina Foch Self 1
Jack Haley Self 1
Carol Channing Self 1
Edward Everett Horton Self 1
Shemp Howard Self 1
Jonathan Winters Self 1
Farley Granger Self 1
Helen Hayes Self 1
Frank Faylen Self 1
Lilli Palmer Self 1
Edie Adams Self 1
Pat O’Brien Self 1
June Havoc Self 1
Richard Loo Self 1
Milton Frome Minor Role 1
Milton Frome Self - Col. Frome / Det. Murphy / restaurant Patron 1
Milton Frome Mr. Groh / Waiter 1
Bruce Cabot Self 1
Doris Singleton Self 1
Claudette Colbert Self 1
Coleen Gray Self 1
Fritz Feld Self 1
Thelma Ritter Self 1
Edgar Bergen Self - Host / Ventriloquist 1
Larry Storch Self 1
Isobel Elsom Self 1
Andy Clyde Self 1
Lizabeth Scott Self 1
Walter Abel Self 1
Jimmy Durante Self - Cameo 1
Sam Levene Self 1
Douglas Fowley Self 1
Arthur Treacher Self 1
Tracy Morgan Self 1
Sarah Vaughan Self 1
Bud Abbott Self 1
Walt Disney Self 1
Brandon De Wilde Self 1
Anita Ekberg Self 1
Vera Miles Self 1
Yvonne De Carlo Self 1
Charles Coburn Self 1
Billy Barty Self 1
William Bendix Self 1
Nestor Paiva Self 1
Gordon Jones Self 1
Hans Conried Self 1
Brian Donlevy Self 1
Celeste Holm Self 1
Brian Aherne Self 1
Arnold Stang Self 1
Verna Felton Self 1
Phil Silvers Self 1
Connie Sawyer Self 1
Joe E. Brown Self 1
Sonja Henie Self 1
Ann Blyth Self 1
James Nolan Self - Palmolive Spokesman 1
Byron Foulger Self 1
Hy Averback Self 1
Lynn Loring Self 1
Peggie Castle Self 1
Eddie Cantor Self - Host 1
Larry Fine Self 1
Jan Clayton Self 1
Victor Borge Self 1
Jeanne Carmen Self 1
Frank De Vol Self 1
Frank De Vol Self - Orchestra Leader 1
Elaine Stewart Self 1
Jules Munshin Self 1
Richard Carlson Self 1
Martha Scott Self 1
Sid Caesar Self 1
Lou Costello Self 1
Billy Sands Self 1
Joan Blondell Self 1
Roy Rogers Self 1
Brenda Marshall Self 1
Alan Reed Self 1
Emory Parnell Self 1
Adele Jergens Self 1
Mara Corday Self 1
Chester Conklin Self 1
Terry Moore Self 1
George Gobel Self 1
Robert Montgomery Self 1
Joyce Jameson Self 1
Lee Erickson Self 1
Margaret Dumont Self 1
Barry Kelley Self 1
Patti Page Self 1
Teresa Brewer Self 1
Faye Emerson Self 1
Chico Marx Self 1
Eddie Mayehoff Self 1
Perry Como Self 1
James Gleason Self 1
Barbara Morrison Self 1
Marion Marshall Self 1
Ilona Massey Self 1
Allan Jones Self 1
Ben Alexander Self 1
Robert Clary Self 1
Betty Furness Maggie Watson 1
Bobby Van Self 1
Art Linkletter Self 1
Jaye P. Morgan Self 1
Maxene Andrews Self 1
Shirley Mitchell Self 1
Gloria Jean Self 1
Buddy Rich Self 1
Abbe Lane Self 1
Abbe Lane Self (archive footage) 1
Leonard Barr Self 1
Wilda Taylor Self 1
Eddie Foy Jr. Self 1
Ella Fitzgerald Self 1
Louis Prima Self 1
Tommy Farrell Self 1
Dale Evans Self 1
Connie Russell Self 1
Leigh Snowden Self 1
Fay McKenzie Self 1
Tallulah Bankhead Self 1
Dave Barry Self 1
Judy Canova Self 1
Michael Ross Self (uncredited) 1
Dave Brubeck Self 1
Laverne Andrews Self 1
Les Paul Self 1
Ezio Pinza Self 1
Jarmila Novotná Self - Restaurant Owner 1
Bil Baird Self 1
Leo Durocher Self 1
Hank Henry Self 1
Tony Bennett Self 1
Joanne Gilbert Self 1
Richard Arlen Self 1
Robert Paige Self 1
Robert Paige Self - Host 1
Anne Jeffreys Self 1
Nancy Walker Self 1
James Komack Self 1
Mary Treen Self (uncredited) 1
Lena Horne Self 1