Playhouse 90
Premiered: Oct 04, 1956 | 4 seasons | 134 episodes
Popularity: 13
| Creator: | Frank Stanton, Hubbell Robinson |
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| Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Wallach | Rafael | 2 |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | Anselmo | 2 |
| Sydney Pollack | Andres | 2 |
| Maria Schell | Maria | 2 |
| Nehemiah Persoff | Pablo | 2 |
| Steven Hill | Agustin | 2 |
| John Ericson | 2 | |
| Nicholas Colasanto | Eladio | 2 |
| Marc Lawrence | El Sordo | 2 |
| Milton Selzer | Fernando | 2 |
| Jason Robards | Robert Jordan | 2 |
| Maureen Stapleton | Pilar | 2 |
| Charles Bronson | Wolf Hagan | 1 |
| Leslie Nielsen | Ralph Mohr | 1 |
| Burt Reynolds | Ace | 1 |
| John Williams | Self (Pianist) | 1 |
| Charlton Heston | Col. Jesse Price | 1 |
| Mickey Rooney | Sammy Hogarth | 1 |
| Ned Glass | Bartender | 1 |
| Vincent Price | Clark Simmons | 1 |
| Richard Crane | Alvy Webber | 1 |
| Eddie Ryder | Jake | 1 |
| Peter Capell | Geuter | 1 |
| Ludwig Donath | Dr. Wickert | 1 |
| Buster Keaton | Harrison | 1 |
| Rita Moreno | Rita | 1 |
| Jack Palance | Self - Host | 1 |
| Jack Palance | Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock | 1 |
| Melvyn Douglas | Gen. Parker | 1 |
| Victor Jory | Rear Admiral Batt | 1 |
| Dana Andrews | Mark Bragg | 1 |
| Dana Andrews | Leo Bass | 1 |
| Louis Jourdan | Himself | 1 |
| Maximilian Schell | Otto Rolfe | 1 |
| Piper Laurie | 1 | |
| Claude Rains | Judge Dan Haywood | 1 |
| Cliff Robertson | 1 | |
| Cliff Robertson | Danny Carson | 1 |
| Edmond O'Brien | Al Preston | 1 |
| Dan Blocker | George | 1 |
| Everett Sloane | Dr. Gunn | 1 |
| Martin Milner | Captain Byers | 1 |
| Thomas Mitchell | Mr. Carson | 1 |
| Sterling Hayden | 1 | |
| Kim Hunter | Grace Carney | 1 |
| Kim Hunter | Julie Hogarth | 1 |
| Kim Hunter | Helen Bragg | 1 |
| Charles Herbert | Jeffrey | 1 |
| Don Murray | Randy Bragg | 1 |
| Charles Bickford | Gen. Keaton | 1 |
| Charles Bickford | 1 | |
| Reginald Gardiner | Felix Allardyce | 1 |
| Anne Baxter | Pat Bass | 1 |
| Jack Haley | Stanley Leeds | 1 |
| Sylvia Sidney | Mrs. Kramer | 1 |
| Bill Walker | Rudy | 1 |
| Barbara Rush | Liz | 1 |
| H.M. Wynant | Sonny | 1 |
| Ed Wynn | Army | 1 |
| Tab Hunter | Stanley Smith | 1 |
| Stanley Adams | Pirelli | 1 |
| Jay C. Flippen | Happy Gallant | 1 |
| Celia Lovsky | Elsa Lindnow | 1 |
| Claudette Colbert | 1 | |
| Macdonald Carey | Alexander Lamar | 1 |
| Ted de Corsia | Jenkins | 1 |
| Felicia Farr | Valerie Lamar | 1 |
| Werner Klemperer | Emil Hahn | 1 |
| Keenan Wynn | Maish Rennick | 1 |
| Keenan Wynn | Marshall Keats | 1 |
| Whit Bissell | Elwell | 1 |
| Constance Ford | Connie | 1 |
| Hans Conried | Rene the French Waiter | 1 |
| Kathryn Card | Bertram's Mother | 1 |
| Chubby Johnson | Trey | 1 |
| Frank Wilcox | Harry | 1 |
| Eddie Cantor | Self - Host | 1 |
| Robert Crawford Jr. | Richard | 1 |
| Torben Meyer | Werner Lammpe | 1 |
| Tyler McVey | General | 1 |
| Herb Vigran | Manager | 1 |
| King Donovan | The Director | 1 |
| Gregory Gaye | Frederich Hoffstetter | 1 |
| Betsy Palmer | Emmy Verdon | 1 |
| Mel Tormé | Lester Hogarth | 1 |
| Regis Toomey | Regis Toomey | 1 |
| William Lundigan | Ben Gammon | 1 |
| Jane Greer | Karen | 1 |
| Paul Lukas | Ernst Janning | 1 |
| Cliff Edwards | Webber's Manager | 1 |
| Alex Gerry | Judge Norris | 1 |
| Lorna Thayer | Belle | 1 |
| Shepperd Strudwick | Reagan | 1 |
| Harry Lauter | Breed | 1 |
| Chico Marx | Mr. Kramer | 1 |
| Edgar Stehli | Doctor | 1 |
| Maxie Rosenbloom | Steve | 1 |
| Wendell Holmes | Judge Ives | 1 |
| Sam Gilman | Night Desk editor | 1 |
| Karl 'Killer' Davis | Wrestler | 1 |
| James Gleason | Dolph Grimes | 1 |
| Albert Szabo | Rudolph Petersen | 1 |
| Harry Landers | Fox | 1 |
| Michael Ross | Masseur | 1 |
| Herbert Berghof | Gen. Golz | 1 |
| Kay Thompson | Herself | 1 |
| Max Baer | Mike | 1 |
| Charles Perry | Cornerman (uncredited) | 1 |
| Cameron Prud'Homme | Joseph Farrell | 1 |
| Mary Adams | Mrs. Haywood | 1 |
| Diana Lynn | Catherine Hume | 1 |
| Charles Fredericks | Rench | 1 |
| Ethel Barrymore | Herself | 1 |