person

Nehemiah Persoff

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-08-02

Place of Birth

Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate

Nehemiah Persoff

Biography

Nehemiah Persoff (born August 2, 1919) was a former American film and television character actor. He was born in Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate. Born in what is now part of Israel, Persoff emigrated with his family to the United States in 1929. He began to take an interest in acting in the 1940s, and after serving in the Army during World War II, he began to pursue his acting career in the New York Theater. In 1947, he was accepted into the Actor's Studio and eventually began appearing in films. His film credits include: On the Waterfront, Some Like It Hot, Al Capone, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Voyage of the Damned, The Comancheros, Yentl (portraying Barbra Streisand's character's father), Twins and the American Tail (animated-film series) (voiced, "Papa Mousekewitz"). Persoff appeared in such television series as, Five Fingers ("The Moment of Truth"), The Big Valley ("Legend of a General", Parts I & II, episode), The Twilight Zone ("Judgment Night" episode), Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Heart of Gold" episode), The Untouchables, Naked City, The Legend of Jesse James, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, Hawaii Five-O, Ellery Queen ("The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse" episode), Mission: Impossible (3 episodes), Adam-12 ("Vendetta" episode), Charlie's Angels, Hunter, Columbo, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Magnum, P.I., Law & Order and Chicago Hope. In the mid-1980s, Persoff began to pursue painting, specializing in watercolour. This was at a time when health problems forced him to decrease his acting workload. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nehemiah Persoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also Known For

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Some Like It Hot

Mar 19, 1959

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

Mar 12, 1959

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NA

The Treasure of San Bosco Reef

Dec 01, 1968

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67

Yentl

Nov 18, 1983

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64

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Apr 09, 1965

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63

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Nov 21, 1991

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67

An American Tail

Nov 21, 1986

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66

The Comancheros

Dec 16, 1961

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62

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island

Feb 15, 1998

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71

The Wrong Man

Dec 22, 1956

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60

Twins

Dec 09, 1988

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63

An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster

Oct 06, 1999

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71

The Harder They Fall

May 08, 1956

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65

Al Capone

Mar 25, 1959

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68

Day of the Outlaw

Jul 01, 1959

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66

Men in War

May 03, 1957

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72

The Last Temptation of Christ

May 28, 1988

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62

The Power

Feb 21, 1968

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NA

Escape to Mindanao

Dec 07, 1968

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60

Green Mansions

Mar 19, 1959

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52

Psychic Killer

Dec 01, 1975

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43

Deadly Harvest

Aug 21, 1977

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64

Fate Is the Hunter

Nov 08, 1964

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60

The People Next Door

Aug 26, 1970

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40

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

Nov 07, 1969

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45

A Global Affair

Jan 30, 1964

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70

Street of Sinners

Aug 30, 1957

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58

The Wild Party

Dec 21, 1956

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60

The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones

Dec 25, 1966

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30

The Sex Symbol

Sep 17, 1974

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40

The Henderson Monster

May 27, 1980

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61

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

Feb 17, 1971

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50

The Big Show

May 10, 1961

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61

The Hook

Feb 15, 1963

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80

Never Steal Anything Small

Feb 11, 1959

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79

On the Waterfront

Jun 22, 1954

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52

Panic in the City

Oct 01, 1968

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NA

The Death of Manolete

Sep 12, 1957

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59

This Angry Age

Oct 31, 1957

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43

In Search of Historic Jesus

Aug 01, 1979

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NA

The Making of a President

Jan 01, 1978

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62

The Badlanders

Sep 03, 1958

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NA

Killing Stone

May 02, 1978

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NA

4 Faces

Mar 10, 2001

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100

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

Oct 18, 2022

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45

Too Many Thieves

Oct 13, 1966

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50

The Money Jungle

Dec 15, 1967

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58

F.D.R.: The Last Year

May 15, 1980

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NA

The Rebels

May 14, 1979

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67

Red Sky at Morning

May 12, 1971

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65

Lapin 360

Oct 08, 1972

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NA

Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident

Sep 29, 1976

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59

Voyage of the Damned

Dec 22, 1976

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67

The Stranger Within

Oct 01, 1974

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80

A Cry For Justice

May 23, 1979

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NA

Daniel in the Lions' Den

Nov 22, 1978

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50

Dracula

Jan 01, 1973

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70

The Day of the Owl

Feb 17, 1968

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10

O'Hara's Wife

Jan 01, 1982

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50

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

May 21, 1978

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NA

A Double Life

Jan 17, 1978

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70

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

Mar 20, 2012

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55

Mayerling

Feb 04, 1957

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NA

Eric

Nov 10, 1975

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75

Cutter's Trail

Feb 10, 1970

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NA

Turnover Smith

Jun 08, 1980

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NA

The Killers of Mussolini

Jun 04, 1959

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60

Michael O'Hara the Fourth

Mar 26, 1972

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62

St. Helens

Jan 01, 1982

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NA

Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

Oct 11, 1972

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48

The Thief

Jan 04, 1955

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80

Marty

May 24, 1953

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72

Magnum, P.I.

Dec 11, 1980

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81

Columbo

Sep 15, 1971

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60

Burke's Law

Sep 20, 1963

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83

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Sep 28, 1987

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71

L.A. Law

Sep 15, 1986

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79

Little House on the Prairie

Sep 11, 1974

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70

The Facts of Life

Aug 24, 1979

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64

Mr. Lucky

Oct 24, 1959

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71

Hawaii Five-O

Sep 20, 1968

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74

Gilligan's Island

Sep 26, 1964

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75

Quincy, M.E.

Oct 03, 1976

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63

Route 66

Oct 07, 1960

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73

Highway to Heaven

Sep 19, 1984

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69

The Streets of San Francisco

Sep 23, 1972

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65

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Sep 23, 1969

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63

Baretta

Jan 17, 1975

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66

Land of the Giants

Sep 22, 1968

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55

Naked City

Sep 30, 1958

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67

Charlie's Angels

Sep 22, 1976

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63

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Oct 03, 1983

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68

Hotel

Aug 21, 1982

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77

MacGyver

Sep 29, 1985

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63

The Mod Squad

Sep 24, 1968

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54

The Bill Cosby Show

Sep 14, 1969

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66

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

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70

Wonder Woman

Nov 07, 1975

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76

Mission: Impossible

Sep 17, 1966

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70

Adam-12

Sep 21, 1968

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72

Hunter

Sep 18, 1984

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85

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Dec 24, 1951

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84

The Twilight Zone

Oct 02, 1959

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72

Chicago Hope

Sep 18, 1994

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77

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Oct 02, 1955

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60

Sam Benedict

Sep 15, 1962

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NA

Bus Stop

Oct 01, 1961

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72

Rawhide

Jan 09, 1959

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70

Vega$

Sep 20, 1978

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69

Police Story

Mar 20, 1973

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65

The High Chaparral

Sep 10, 1967

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55

The Chicago Teddy Bears

Sep 17, 1971

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69

Search

Sep 13, 1972

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71

McCloud

Feb 17, 1970

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72

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Oct 05, 1951

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32

Climax!

Oct 07, 1954

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57

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Oct 04, 1963

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61

The Big Valley

Sep 15, 1965

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30

Armstrong Circle Theatre

Jun 06, 1950

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50

The Word

Nov 12, 1978

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67

Tarzan

Sep 08, 1966

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62

The Philco Television Playhouse

Oct 03, 1948

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56

Ben Casey

Oct 02, 1961

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74

Ellery Queen

Sep 11, 1975

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65

Mr. Novak

Sep 24, 1963

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70

The New Breed

Oct 03, 1961

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70

CBS Playhouse

Dec 08, 1966

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70

Honey West

Sep 17, 1965

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60

Playwrights '56

Oct 04, 1955

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80

The Wonderful World of Disney

Sep 24, 1961

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48

The Legend of Jesse James

Sep 13, 1965

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65

Jericho

Sep 15, 1966

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50

J.J. Starbuck

Sep 26, 1987

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66

Logan's Run

Sep 16, 1977

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69

The Bionic Woman

Jan 14, 1976

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62

The United States Steel Hour

Oct 27, 1953

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55

Naked City

Sep 30, 1958

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55

Naked City

Sep 30, 1958

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55

Naked City

Sep 30, 1958

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55

Naked City

Sep 30, 1958

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55

Naked City

Sep 30, 1958

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50

B.A.D. Cats

Jan 04, 1980

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57

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Oct 04, 1963

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78

The Wonderful World of Disney

Oct 27, 1954

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78

The Untouchables

Oct 15, 1959

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72

Rawhide

Jan 09, 1959

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76

Mission: Impossible

Sep 17, 1966

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NA

Purple Playhouse

Feb 25, 1973

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78

The Untouchables

Oct 15, 1959

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66

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

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68

The Name of the Game

Sep 20, 1968

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66

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

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66

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

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66

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

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66

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

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71

Battlestar Galactica

Sep 17, 1978

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37

Condominium

Apr 06, 1980

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60

Burke's Law

Sep 20, 1963

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60

Burke's Law

Sep 20, 1963

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86

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

Sep 21, 1976

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70

The French Atlantic Affair

Nov 15, 1979

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72

The Six Million Dollar Man

Jan 18, 1974

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71

Hawaii Five-O

Sep 20, 1968

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71

Hawaii Five-O

Sep 20, 1968

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71

Hawaii Five-O

Sep 20, 1968

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74

Law & Order

Sep 13, 1990

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71

Hawaii Five-O

Sep 20, 1968

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71

Hawaii Five-O

Sep 20, 1968

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77

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Oct 02, 1955

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75

The Wild Wild West

Sep 17, 1965

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76

Playhouse 90

Oct 04, 1956

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76

Mission: Impossible

Sep 17, 1966

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80

Hunter

Feb 18, 1977

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68

McMillan & Wife

Sep 29, 1971

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63

The Mod Squad

Sep 24, 1968

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NA

The Treasure of San Bosco Reef

Nov 24, 1968

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66

Mannix

Sep 16, 1967

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73

Barney Miller

Jan 23, 1975

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10

McNaughton's Daughter

Mar 24, 1976

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73

Barney Miller

Jan 23, 1975

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75

The Time Tunnel

Sep 09, 1966

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75

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

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70

It Takes a Thief

Jan 09, 1968

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61

The Invisible Man

May 06, 1975

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68

Dan August

Sep 23, 1970

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50

Cool Million

Oct 28, 1972

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60

Love, American Style

Sep 29, 1969

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71

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Jan 30, 1977

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62

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Jan 12, 1958

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75

The Wild Wild West

Sep 17, 1965

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72

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Sep 22, 1964

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76

Playhouse 90

Oct 04, 1956