# 1950's TV Show: "Playhouse 90" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-tv-show-playhouse-90/255973 "2004-07-20T08:27:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-tv-show-playhouse-90/255973/1 "2004-07-20T08:27:25Z")
I have a few questions: -how long did this show run for? -was it really a talent incubator? -was it shot in B+W only? -are the reruns available today? Finally, was the late George Scott ever on Playhouse 90? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-tv-show-playhouse-90/255973/2 "2004-07-20T09:47:10Z")
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**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-tv-show-playhouse-90/255973/3 "2004-07-20T10:29:31Z")
It ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961. It was always in black and white. As far as reruns, I’ve never heard of them being played on TV, although some of them are available on VHS and maybe DVD. A lot of the episodes were later remade as feature films and some of the episodes that those films were based on have been released on video over the years. And yes, George C. Scott was in the episode “Target for Three”, which aired on October 1, 1959. Some other famous people who were on the show at one time or another (this may help answer your question about the show being a talent incubator, although some of these actors were certainly famous before “Playhouse 90”) (also, this isn’t the complete list of all the actors to ever appear on the show, just the ones whose names I recognized): Jackie Coogan Charlton Heston Tab Hunter Vincent Price Kim Hunter Jack Palance Keenan Wynn Eddie Cantor Peter Lorre Boris Karloff Shirley Jones Red Skelton Ralph Bellamy Lloyd Bridges Ethel Barrymore Louis Jourdan June Lockhart Imogene Coca Robert Preston Lew Ayres Nanette Fabray John Carradine Harpo Marx Mary Astor Piper Laurie Anne Bancroft Billie Burke Raymond Burr Melvyn Douglas Zsa Zsa Gabor John Drew Barrymore Burl Ives Patricia McCormack (who played Hellen Keller in “The Miracle Worker”! Most people know her as the evil little girl from _The Bad Seed_. I also never knew that _The Miracle Worker_ had appeared in any format other than live theatre before the movie version with Patty Duke.) Teresa Wright (Annie Sullivan in “The Miracle Worker”) Mickey Rooney Mel TormĂ© Claudette Colbert Paul Henreid Royal Dano Barbara Hale Lee Remick Hedda Hopper Art Carney Johnny Carson Carol Channing Joan Blondell Patricia McCormack (Here she is again! This time in “Child of Trouble”. Hmm
) Ricardo Montalban Richard Kiley Polly Bergen Sylvia Sidney John Cassavetes Michael Rennie Errol Flynn E.G. Marshall Ernie Kovacs Carl Reiner Sterling Hayden Patricia Neal Tony Randall Jack Lemmon Joseph Cotten DeForest Kelley Maureen O’Sullivan Farley Granger Patricia McCormack (!) Ben Gazzara Robert Vaughn Keenan Wynn Lee J. Cobb Vera Miles Robert Stack James Mason Hope Lange Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Charles Bronson Buster Keaton Chico Marx Betsy Palmer Geraldine Page Dick York Fess Parker Patricia McCormack (#4) Dennis Weaver Yvonne De Carlo Angela Lansbury Rod Taylor Barbara Bel Geddes Patricia Hitchcock (Alfred’s daughter) Robert Loggia Martin Balsam Rip Torn William Shatner Rod Steiger Jeanne Crain Elizabeth Montgomery Cliff Robertson Jackie Gleason Jack Klugman Theodore Bikel Eartha Kitt Roddy McDowall Beatrice Straight Ray Walston Melvyn Douglas Buddy Ebsen George Balanchine (in “The Nutcracker”) Bonnie Bedelia (Clara in “The Nutcracker”) Peter Graves Dyan Cannon Art Carney Micky Dolenz Leslie Nielsen Burt Reynolds Maximilian Schell Dean Stockwell George Takei Jason Robards Eileen Heckart Tommy Kirk Richard Beymer Suzanne Pleshette Lee J. Cobb Patricia McCormack (#5) Dale Evans Ricardo Montalban Martin Landau Claire Bloom Dana Andrews Rita Moreno Mike Nichols Arthur Kennedy Robert Redford (as a Nazi Lieutenant)