person

Vera Miles

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1929-08-23

Place of Birth

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Vera Miles

Biography

Vera June Miles (born August 23, 1929) is an American actress. Born in Boise City, Oklahoma, Vera Miles attended school in Pratt, Kansas and Wichita, Kansas. The patrician beauty of Miss Miles won her the title of "Miss Kansas" in 1948, leading soon to small roles in Hollywood films and television series. Fame came to the forthright, spirited Miles when she attracted the attention of two master directors, Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford. Ford cast her in the classic western The Searchers (1956) and Hitchcock, who put her under personal contract and hailed her as his "new Grace Kelly", paired her with the great Henry Fonda in The Wrong Man (1956). Hitchcock cast Miles in the potentially star-making role of Judy Barton in Vertigo (1958), but Miles withdrew from the film when she became pregnant. Hitchcock gave Miles a supporting role in another masterpiece Psycho (1960), as did Ford when he cast her opposite John Wayne and James Stewart in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), She also starred in such films as Beau James (1957) opposite Bob Hope, The FBI Story (1959) opposite Stewart, Back Street (1961) opposite Susan Hayward and John Gavin and Sergeant Ryker (1968) opposite Lee Marvin, as well as showing her consistently remarkable and versatile talent on dozens of popular television movies and series including The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Twilight Zone (1959), The Outer Limits (1963), The Fugitive (1963), My Three Sons (1960), Bonanza (1959), "Columbo" and Murder, She Wrote (1984). In 1983, she reprised her role as "Lila Crane" in the film sequel Psycho II (1983), starring Anthony Perkins. Although, too often, the stunningly beautiful Miles' gifts were underutilized, before her retirement in 1995, hers was a most intriguing and enduring Hollywood career.

Also Known For

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Man on the Ledge

Dec 28, 1955

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84

Psycho

Jun 22, 1960

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77

The Searchers

May 16, 1956

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65

Psycho II

Jun 03, 1983

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60

Roughnecks

Jul 15, 1980

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65

Into the Night

Feb 22, 1985

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78

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Apr 13, 1962

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71

The Wrong Man

Dec 22, 1956

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63

Hellfighters

Nov 27, 1968

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42

Mazes and Monsters

Dec 27, 1982

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37

The Horror Show

Feb 06, 1979

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66

Follow Me, Boys!

Dec 01, 1966

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53

The Spirit Is Willing

Jul 07, 1967

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62

Those Calloways

Nov 10, 1964

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70

Autumn Leaves

Aug 01, 1956

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58

Back Street

Oct 11, 1961

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55

The Initiation

Dec 07, 1984

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62

One Little Indian

Jun 20, 1973

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57

A Tiger Walks

Apr 12, 1964

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67

23 Paces to Baker Street

May 18, 1956

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65

The Castaway Cowboy

Aug 01, 1974

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40

24 Hour Psycho

Jan 01, 1993

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61

The FBI Story

Oct 01, 1959

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30

In Search of America

Mar 23, 1971

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60

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

Sep 24, 1974

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49

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

Feb 16, 1955

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70

Fire!

May 08, 1977

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58

A Touch of Larceny

Feb 04, 1960

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46

The Hanged Man

Nov 18, 1964

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57

Beau James

Jun 07, 1957

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45

Separate Lives

Sep 08, 1995

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65

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Apr 23, 1984

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60

Five Branded Women

Mar 15, 1960

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NA

Pride of the Blue Grass

Apr 04, 1954

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31

Kona Coast

May 01, 1968

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48

Web of Evidence

Apr 28, 1959

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62

Wichita

Jul 03, 1955

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NA

Journey to the Unknown

Jun 15, 1969

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55

One of Our Spies Is Missing

Dec 01, 1966

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50

Baffled!

Apr 11, 1973

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56

The Charge at Feather River

Jul 11, 1953

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57

And I Alone Survived

Nov 27, 1978

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60

The Wild Country

Dec 16, 1970

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67

A Great American Tragedy

Oct 18, 1972

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56

For Men Only

Jan 11, 1952

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NA

Jigsaw

Mar 26, 1972

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NA

Our Family Business

Sep 20, 1981

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60

The Unknown

May 04, 1964

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68

When Willie Comes Marching Home

Feb 17, 1950

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43

Two Tickets to Broadway

Nov 20, 1951

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56

So Big

Oct 31, 1953

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NA

Gentle Giant

Oct 25, 1967

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35

Cannon

Mar 26, 1971

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50

International Airport

May 25, 1985

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49

A Howling in the Woods

Nov 05, 1971

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40

BrainWaves

Aug 05, 1983

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30

Molly and Lawless John

Dec 01, 1972

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55

The Lawbreakers

Aug 15, 1961

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NA

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

Feb 13, 1989

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73

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Sep 05, 2015

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35

The Rose Bowl Story

Aug 24, 1952

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68

The Psycho Legacy

Oct 19, 2010

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NA

The Screen Writer

Sep 13, 1950

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60

Sergeant Ryker

Feb 01, 1968

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NA

It Takes All Kinds

Jun 12, 1969

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NA

Run for the Roses

Jun 01, 1977

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80

Live Again, Die Again

Feb 16, 1974

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54

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

Feb 02, 1976

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50

The Underground Man

May 06, 1974

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60

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Apr 22, 1976

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NA

State Fair

May 14, 1976

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NA

Mission Batangas

Nov 15, 1968

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53

Runaway!

Sep 29, 1973

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NA

The House Without a Name

Jan 01, 1956

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45

Travis McGee

May 18, 1983

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75

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

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72

Magnum, P.I.

Dec 11, 1980

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52

Movin' On

Sep 12, 1974

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81

Columbo

Sep 15, 1971

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60

Burke's Law

Sep 20, 1963

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68

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Sep 10, 1950

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53

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Oct 10, 1963

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79

Little House on the Prairie

Sep 11, 1974

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54

The F.B.I.

Sep 19, 1965

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71

Hawaii Five-O

Sep 20, 1968

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69

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Sep 20, 1979

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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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69

Alias Smith and Jones

Jan 05, 1971

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66

Mannix

Sep 16, 1967

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68

Hotel

Aug 21, 1982

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61

Medical Center

Sep 24, 1969

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66

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

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62

General Electric Theater

Feb 01, 1953

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65

Cannon

Sep 14, 1971

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84

The Twilight Zone

Oct 02, 1959

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63

I Spy

Sep 15, 1965

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77

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Oct 02, 1955

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71

Crazy like a Fox

Dec 30, 1984

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60

Sam Benedict

Sep 15, 1962

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72

Rawhide

Jan 09, 1959

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72

Run for Your Life

Sep 13, 1965

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72

The Fugitive

Sep 17, 1963

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50

The Millionaire

Jan 19, 1955

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65

The Virginian

Sep 19, 1962

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63

Lux Video Theatre

Oct 02, 1950

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72

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Oct 05, 1951

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62

Matt Houston

Sep 26, 1982

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32

Climax!

Oct 07, 1954

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75

Judd for the Defense

Sep 08, 1967

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62

ABC Stage 67

Sep 14, 1966

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65

Mr. Novak

Sep 24, 1963

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62

Riverboat

Sep 13, 1959

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55

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Oct 05, 1956

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70

City Detective

Sep 07, 1953

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77

The Outer Limits

Sep 16, 1963

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50

The Asphalt Jungle

Apr 02, 1961

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65

My Three Sons

Sep 29, 1960

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63

Wagon Train

Sep 18, 1957

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75

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

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63

Route 66

Oct 07, 1960

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65

The Virginian

Sep 19, 1962

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63

Lux Video Theatre

Oct 02, 1950

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63

Lux Video Theatre

Oct 02, 1950

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62

General Electric Theater

Feb 01, 1953

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62

General Electric Theater

Feb 01, 1953

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62

General Electric Theater

Feb 01, 1953

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62

General Electric Theater

Feb 01, 1953

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72

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Oct 05, 1951

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72

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Oct 05, 1951

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63

Lux Video Theatre

Oct 02, 1950

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63

Four Star Playhouse

Sep 25, 1952

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63

Four Star Playhouse

Sep 25, 1952

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76

Arrest and Trial

Sep 15, 1963

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72

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

Sep 22, 1964

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75

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

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75

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

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68

The Name of the Game

Sep 20, 1968

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68

The Name of the Game

Sep 20, 1968

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57

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Oct 04, 1963

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55

The Dick Powell Show

Sep 26, 1961

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65

Screen Director's Playhouse

Oct 05, 1955

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75

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

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63

Journey to the Unknown

Sep 26, 1968

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60

Startime

Oct 06, 1959

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63

Wagon Train

Sep 18, 1957

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32

Climax!

Oct 07, 1954

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32

Climax!

Oct 07, 1954

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56

The Detectives

Oct 16, 1959

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72

Rawhide

Jan 09, 1959

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61

Medical Center

Sep 24, 1969

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57

Finder of Lost Loves

Sep 22, 1984

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74

Ellery Queen

Sep 11, 1975

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63

The Love Boat

Sep 24, 1977

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65

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Sep 23, 1969

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10

McNaughton's Daughter

Mar 24, 1976

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68

Ironside

Mar 28, 1967

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69

How the West Was Won

Feb 06, 1977

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68

Dan August

Sep 23, 1970

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78

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Sep 20, 1962

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NA

Studio 57

Sep 21, 1954

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78

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Sep 20, 1962

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63

The Love Boat

Sep 24, 1977

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68

Ironside

Mar 28, 1967

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68

Hotel

Aug 21, 1982

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68

Hotel

Aug 21, 1982

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64

Fantasy Island

Jan 28, 1978

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54

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Oct 05, 1955

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68

Ironside

Mar 28, 1967

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73

The Ford Television Theatre

Oct 02, 1952