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THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE

Norden Prod. / 104x30m-e /  1956-58 black and white

Sitcom. Stories of a young would be politician and his relationship with the daughter of the town Mayor.

With:- JACKIE COOPER / PATRICIA BRESLIN

 

PERFECT STRANGERS

ABC/Miller-Boyett Prod./Lorimar/Tal Prod. / 150x30m-e / 1986-93

Executive Producers: Thomas L. Miller, Robert L. Boyett, Dale McRaven 

Sitcom. Balki Bartokomous, from the small Mediterranean island of Mypos, moves to America to live with his cousin Larry in Chicago. Larry worked at newspaper the Chicago Chronicle and got Balki a job in there in the mail room.

Balki Bartokomous................... BRONSON PINCHOT

Larry Appleton......................... MARK LINN-BAKER

Jennifer Lyons.......................... MELANIE WILSON

Mary Anne Spencer.................. REBECCA ARTHUR

Harriette Winslow(87-89)........... MARIE PAYTON-FRANKE

Donald 'Twinkle'

Twinkacetti(86-87)..................... ERNIE SABELLA

Edwina Twinkacetti(86-87)......... BELITA MORENO

Susan Campbell(86)................. LISE CUTTER

Lydia Markham(87-93).............. BELITA MORENO

Mr Gorpley(87-92).................... SAM ANDERSON

 

PERFORMING AS... 

NBC / x60mins / 2003 (First Episode: 26 August) 

Basically a version of the UK show Stars in their Eyes is this new twist in an obviously cluttered talent/reality formula, ordinary people who just happen to look like certain celebrity singers (think Whitney, Britney, Cher, Dolly and Christina) have the chance to sing in their own voices in front of a studio audience. Each week, five contestants will compete and a jury of music industry professionals will crown one winner. In the final episode each week's winner will compete for a grand prize. E! Entertainment's Todd Newton hosted.

 

PERRY MASON

CBS/Paisano Prod. / 271x60m-e / 1957-66

Creator: Erle Stanley Gardner / Music: Richard Shore, Fred Steiner / Executive Producers: Gail Patrick Johnson, Arthur Marks

Crime drama series. Cases of successful lawyer Perry Mason. Also on hand to help Perry with his investigations was P.I. Paul Drake and Mason's secretary Della Street.

Perry Mason........................... RAYMOND BURR

Della Street............................. BARBARA HALE

Paul Drake.............................. WILLIAM HOPPER

Hamilton Burger....................... WILLIAM TALMAN

Lt Arthur Tragg......................... RAY COLLINS

David Gideon........................... KARL HELD

Lt Anderson............................. WESLEY LAU

Lt Steve Drumm....................... RICHARD ANDERSON

Sgt Brice................................. LEE MILLER

Terence Clay............................ DAN TOBIN

 

PERVERSIONS OF SCIENCE

HBO/Two Fisted / 10x30m-e / 1999

Theme Music: Danny Elfman 

Based on a Marvel comic. Anthology series of bizarre and weird mostly scifi dramas. The directors included William Shatner, Richard Donner, Joel Silver & Robert Zemeckis.

 

PETE AND GLADYS

CBS / 70x30m-e / 1960-61 black and white

Sitcom. Misadventures of a married couple, spin off from December Bride.

With:- HARRY MORGAN / CARA WILLIAMS / VERNA FELTON

 

PETE KELLY'S BLUES

NBC/Universal/ Jack Webb / 13x30m-e /  1959 black and white

Period drama series. Stories of a jazz trumpeter during the 1920's.

With:- WILLIAM REYNOLDS / CONNIE BOSWELL

 

PETER BENCHLEY'S AMAZON

Syndication / x60m-e / 1999

Creator: Peter Benchley 

Fantasy adventure series. Six survivors of a plane crash find themselves stranded in a lost part of the Amazon rainforest where they tangle with a lost tribe of white people (they were stranded in the jungle some 400 years previously).

Alex Kennedy......................... C. THOMAS HOWELL

Karen Oldham......................... CAROL ALT

Jimmy Stack........................... CHRIS MARTIN

Pia Claire................................ FABINA UDENIG

Will Bauer............................... TYLER HYNES

Andrew Talbott......................... ROB STEWART

 

PETER GUNN

NBC/Spartan / 114x30m-e /  1958-61 black and white

Creator/Producer: Blake Edwards / Music: Henry Mancini 

Crime drama series. Cases of jazz loving Los Angeles private Detective Peter Gunn. Gunn's office was 351 Ellis Park Road.

Peter Gunn.............................. CRAIG STEVENS

Edie Hart................................. LOLA ALBRIGHT

Lt Jacoby................................. HERSCHEL BERNADI

'Mother'.................................... HOPE EMERSON

 

PETER LOVES MARY

NBC/Four Star / 32x30m-e /  1960 black and white

Sitcom. Stories in the home life of a couple involved in show business.

With:- PETER LIND HAYES / MARY HEALY

PETER PAN

A staple of Yuletide TV, this seen many times spectacular was first broadcast on 7 March 1955 with Mary Martin in the lead role and production by Jerome Robbins. Following the success of this production other ones were tried including the likes of Aladdin in 1957 with Cyril Ritchard in the lead role. 

 

PETROCELLI

NBC/Miller-Milkie/ Paramount / 46x60m-e / 1974-76

Creators: Sydney J. Furie, Harold Buchman, E. Jack Newman / Producers: Thomas L. Miller, Edward J. Milkis 

Crime drama series. Cases of underdog lawyer Anthony Petrocelli in San Remo. Petrocelli and his wife Maggi lived in a trailer whilst he tried to build their own house brick by brick.

Anthony Petrocelli.................... BARRY NEWMAN

Maggie Petrocelli..................... SUSAN HOWARD

Pete Ritter............................... ALBERT SALMI

Lt Ponce................................. DAVID HUDDLESTON

 

PETTICOAT JUNCTION

CBS/Filmways / 212x30m-e  ( 64 black and white) /  1963-70

Creator/Executive Producer: Paul Henning / Executive Producers: Dick Wesson, Al Simon, Charles Stewart, 

Sitcom. Kate Bradley runs a hotel, the Shady rest, with her three daughters, in rural Hooterville. The series also focused on the other residents of Hooterville, such as Sam Drucker's General Store. Following the death of lead actress Bea Benaderet the character of Dr Janet Craig was brought in.

Kate Bradley(63-68)................. BEA BENADERET

Uncle Joe Carson..................... EDGAR BUCHANAN

Betty Jo Bradley Elliott............. LINDA KAYE HENNING

Billie Jo Bradley(63-65)............. JEANNINE RILEY

Billie Jo(65-66)......................... GUNILLA HUTTON

Billie Jo(66-70)......................... MEREDITH MacRAE

Bobbie Jo Bradley(67-68).......... PAT WOODELL

Bobbie Jo(65-70)...................... LORI SAUNDERS

Floyd Smoot............................ RUFE DAVIS

Charlie Pratt............................ SMILEY BURNETTE

Homer Bedloe.......................... CHARLES LANE

Dr Janet Craig(68-70)................ JUNE LOCKHART

Steve Elliot.............................. MIKE MINOR

Sam Drucker........................... FRANK CADY

Newt Kiley............................... KAY E. KUTER

 

PEYTON PLACE

ABC/TCF / 514x30m-e / 1964-69

Creator/Executive Producer: Paul Monash / Music: Fanz Waxman 

Peyton Place was a 1960's night time soap set in the small town of the title (itself situated somewhere in New England), the series storylines mainly dealt with matters of the heart but took in soap staples such as murder and the like. The show also turned two of young actors Mia Farrow and Ryan O'Neal into stars.  Between 1972 & 1974 and for 50x30m-e the series had a daytime revival under the title Return to Peyton Place.

IMPORTANT CHARACTERS INCLUDE:- DOROTHY MALONE as Constance Mackenzie/Carson (1964-68) / MIA FARROW as Allison Mackenzie (1964-66) / ED NELSON as Mr Michael Rossi / WARNER ANDERSON as Matthew Swain (1964-65) / PAUL LANGTON as Leslie Harrington (1964-68) / RYAN O'NEAL as Rodney Harrington / CHRISTOPHER CONNELLY as Norman Harrington / BARBARA PARKINS as Betty Anderson-Harrington-Cord / KASEY ROGERS as Julie Anderson / HENRY BECKMAN as George Anderson (1964-65) / KENT SMITH as Dr Robert Morton / JAMES DOUGLAS as Steven Cord / RUTH WARRICK as Hannah Cord (1965-67) / TIM O'CONNOR as Elliott Carson (1965-68) / ERIN O'BRIEN-MOORE as Nurse Choate (1965-68) / LESLIE NIELSEN as Dr Vincent Markham (1965) / DAVID CANARY as Dr Russ Gehring (1965-66) / LANA WOOD as Sandy Webber (1965-66) / LEIGH TAYLOR-YOUNG as Rachel Welles (1966-67) / DAN DURYEA as Eddie Jacks (1967-68) / BARBARA RUSH as Marsha Russell (1968-69) / DIANA HYLAND as Susan Winter (1968-690 / BOB HOGAN as Rev. Tom Winter (1968-69)      

 

PHENOM

ABC/Gracie Films/ Columbia TV / 22x30m-e / 1993-94

Creators: Dick Blasucci, Marc Flanagan, Sam Simon / Executive Producers: James L. Brooks, Dick Blasucci, Danny Kallis 

Sitcom. Exploits of teen Tennis sensation Angela Doolan, especially her dealings with tennis coach Lou. 

Dianne Doolan......................... JUDITH LIGHT

Angela Doolan......................... ANGELA GOETHALS

Mary Doolan............................ ASHLEY JOHNSON

Brian Doolan........................... TODD LOUISO

Roanne................................... JENNIFER LIEN

Lou Del La Rosa...................... WILLIAM DEVANE

 

PHILIP MARLOWE

ABC / 26x30m-e / 1959-60 black and white

Producer: Glen Wang 

Crime drama series. Cases of the Los Angeles based Gumshoe. 

Philip Marlowe.......................... PHILIP CAREY

 

THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW

CBS /  142x30m-e  1x60m-e / 1955-59

Creator: Nat Hiken / Producers: Nat Hiken(1955-57), Edward J. Montague(57-59) 

Sitcom. Exploits of the scheming Sgt Ernie Bilko, who spends most of his time trying to con money out of his fellow soldiers at Fort Baxter in Kansas. The show is also known as You'll Never Get Rich and Sgt Bilko.

Sgt Ernest G. 'Ernie Bilko......... PHIL SILVERS

Cpl Rocco Barbella................... HARVEY LEMBECK

Cpl Steve Henshaw................... ALLAN MELVIN

Col John T. Hall........................ PAUL FORD

Sgt Joan Hogan(55-58)............. ELISABETH FRASER

Sgt Francis Grover................... JIMMY LITTLE

Sgt Andrew Pendleton(55-56).... NED GLASS

Sgt Stanley Sowici(55-56)......... HARRY CLARK

Sgt Rupert Ritzik(56-59)........... JOE E. ROSS

Mrs Emma Ritzik(56-59)........... BEATRICE PONS

Pte Duane Doberman............... MAURICE GOSFIELD

Pte Sam Fender...................... HERBIE FAYE

Pte Fleischman....................... MAURICE BRENNER

Pte 'Stash' Kadowski............... KARL LUCAS

Pte Mullen.............................. JACK HEALY

Pte Dinjo Paparelli................... BILLY SANDS

Pte Fielding Zimmerman........... MICKEY FREEMAN

Pte Sugarman/Thompson......... TERRY CARTER

PHYLLIS

CBS/MTM Enterprises / 49x30m-e / 1975-77

Executive Producers: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels 

Sitcom. Spin off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. A now widowed Phyllis Lindstrom moves to San Francisco, living with her mother-in-law and trying to start a new life for herself.

Phyllis Lindstrom...................... CLORIS LEACHMAN

Bess Lindstrom ....................... LISA GERRITSEN

Julie Erskine(75)....................... BARBARA COLBY

Julie(75-760.............................. LIZ TORRES

Leo Heatherton......................... RICHARD SCHAAL

Audrey Dexter.......................... JANE ROSE

Judge Jonathan Dexter.............. HENRY JONES

Sally Dexter............................. JUDITH LOWRY

 

PICKET FENCES

CBS/NBC / 1x120m-e 86x60m-e / 1995-97

Creator/Executive Producer: David E. Kelly 

Crime drama series. Stories of small town Sheriff Jimmy Brock. The town was Rome, Wisconsin and Brock's wife was a doctor. 

Sheriff Jimmy Brock.................. TOM SKERRITT

Dr Jill Brock............................. KATHY BAKER

Dr Jill Brock............................. LAUREN HOLLY

Kenny Locos............................ COSTAS MANDYLOR

 

PISTOLS 'N' PETTICOATS

CBS/Universal / 26x30m-e / 1966-67 First Episode: Saturday 17 September 1966 / 8.30pm Last Episode: Saturday 19 August 1967 / 9.30pm

A period sitcom set in the Old West, in 1870's Wretched, Colorado to be exact, it concerned the Hanks family, Grandpa and Grandma, Henrietta and her daughter Lucy. Lucy had spent quite a bit of time in the city and was at odds with the rest of her gun slinging family. The family prided themselves on their toughness and fair ruled it over the town much to the distress of Sheriff Harold Sikes. The Hanks also had a rather unusual pet in the form of a wolf called Bowser. Other regulars on the series included Buss Courtney and the Indians whom the family did regular battle with, Chief Eagle Shadow, Gray Hawk and Little Bear.

With:- ANN SHERIDAN as Henrietta Hanks / DOUGLAS FOWLEY as Grandpa / RUTH McDEVITT as Grandma / CAROLE WELLS as Lucy Hanks / GARY VINSON s Sheriff Harold Sikes / ROBERT LOWERY as Buss Courtney / LON CHANEY JR as Chief Eagle Shadow / MARC CAVELL as Gray Hawk / ALEX HENTELOFF as Little Bear

 

THE PJ'S

Touchstone/Imagine/ Murphy/Will Winton /  x30m-e / 1999-2000

Creators: Eddie Murphy, Will Vinton / Executive Producers: Eddie Murphy, Larry Williams, Ron Howard, Steve Tompkins

Animated sitcom. Day to day life in a tough inner city housing project.

VOICE CAST

Thurgood Orenthal Stubbs.......... EDDIE MURPHY

Muriel Stubbs........................... LORETTA DEVINE

Calvin...................................... CRYSTAL SCALES

Juicy....................................... MICHELE MORGAN

Haiti Lady................................ CHERYL FRANCIS HARRINGTON

Mrs Avery................................ JA'NET DUBOIS

Sanchez.................................. PEPE SERNA

Bebe....................................... JENNIFER LEWIS

Jimmy Ho................................ MICHAEL PAUL CHAN

Smovay................................... SHAWN MICHAEL HOWARD

 

THE PLANET OF THE APES

CBS/TCF / 14x60m-e / 1974

Creator: Pierre Boule / Music: Lalo Schufrin / Producer: Stan Hough / Executive Producer: Herbert Hirschman

SciFi drama series. Two astronauts land on an Earth of the future and discover that apes rule. The two, Burke and Virdon, never managed to get home as the series was swiftly cancelled. Based on the movie series. 

Burke.................................... JAMES NAUGHTON

Virdon.................................... RON HARPER

Galen..................................... RODDY McDOWELL

Urko....................................... MARK LENARD

Zauis...................................... BOOTH COLMAN

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