Series synopsis
CBS Playhouse is an American drama television series that premiered on CBS on December 8, 1966. It ended on February 10, 1970. It was created by Barbara Schultz. It stars Hal Holbrook, Barbara Loden, Pat Hingle and Ivan Dixon.
CBS Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series was nominated for a number of awards and featured many noteworthy actors and playwrights.
Premise
CBS Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series was nominated for a number of awards and featured many noteworthy actors and playwrights.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Hal Holbrook as Tom Wingfield
- Barbara Loden as Laura Wingfield
- Pat Hingle as Jim O'Connor
- Ivan Dixon as Olly Winter
- Maidie Norman as Mrs. Pierce
- James Hong as Vietnamese Lieutenant
- Tina Chen as Vietnamese Girl
- Patrick Adiarte as Viet Cong Guerrilla
Supporting cast
- Shirley Booth as Amanda Wingfield
- Kam Tong as Chief Elder
- Rupert Crosse as Funeral Director
- Murray Alper as Landlord
- June Dayton as Mrs. Keating
- Davis Roberts as Preacher
- Connie Sawyer as Smoker Woman
- Gil Peterson as American Pilot
- Soon-Tek Oh as Viet Cong Officer
- Melvyn Douglas as Peter Schermann
- Warren Stevens as George
- Lawrence Dobkin as Dr. Gettlinger
Guest cast
- Hal Holbrook as Tom Wingfield
- Barbara Loden as Laura Wingfield
- Pat Hingle as Jim O'Connor
- Ivan Dixon as Olly Winter
- Maidie Norman as Mrs. Pierce
- James Hong as Vietnamese Lieutenant
- Tina Chen as Vietnamese Girl
- Patrick Adiarte as Viet Cong Guerrilla
- Shirley Booth as Amanda Wingfield
- Kam Tong as Chief Elder
- Rupert Crosse as Funeral Director
- Murray Alper as Landlord
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6 | December 8, 1966 | May 15, 1968 |
| Season 2 | 4 | October 15, 1968 | May 7, 1969 |
| Season 3 | 3 | October 7, 1969 | February 10, 1970 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Glass Menagerie An aging Southern Belle complicates life for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her own warped views of what life should be. |
December 8, 1966 |
| 2 |
The Final War of Olly Winter Olly Winter, an African-American Master Sergeant in the Vietnam War, is walking back to allied-controlled land following a battle with the Viet Cong. Along the way, he meets a Vietnamese girl, an orphaned infant, and a dog. |
January 29, 1967 |
| 3 |
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Follows a carpenter who has built his own home, but is now too old and infirm to live on his own, and is sent to live in an old age home against his desires. |
October 17, 1967 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The People Next Door Comfortable New York suburbanites Arthur and Gerrie Mason discover one night that their seemingly perfect 16-year-old daughter Maxie has been using LSD. Arthur immediately suspects his 17-year-old son Artie of supplying the drug to his sister, and kicks him out. Whereupon a confused Gerrie seeks advice from high school principal David Hoffman, whose family has their own problems. Very sensibly, he advises love and understanding on part of the parents, which all but goes out the window when Maxie confesses that not only has she been tripping for some time now, but is also sexually active and on the pill. |
October 15, 1968 |
| 2 |
Saturday Adoption Rich Meridan is white, well-to-do and off to law school so he can make more money. Macy Stander is Black, a cut above poverty and young enough to dream and hope for a better life. Both youths are stifled: one has too much, the other too little. |
December 4, 1968 |
| 3 |
The Experiment Wilson Evans is a free-spirited young scientist who compromises his liberal views to accept a lucrative job with a high-tech chemical corporation. |
February 25, 1969 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Appalacian Autumn In the Appalachian town of Harper's Gap, West Virginia, the mines are closed, the community on welfare, but not for the Harper family. Rome steals coal from the closed, dangerous mines rather than take charity. Into this dying town comes Joe Borden, a VISTA worker who sees hope in Rome's son Hugh, a potter. From Hugh's talent, Joe envisions a way to bring industry back to Harper's Gap. |
October 7, 1969 |
| 2 |
Sadbird Alex Miller, perilously close to 30, has the kind of square respectability he's always shunned. Due to the fizzure of an underground-art scheme, Alex is in debt to a loan shark to the tune of $4,000. To pay it off, he is forced to enter the 9 to 5 world, taking a job at the Ajax Toy Company. Alex means to quit when the debt is paid, but finds he can't; his particular genius is well suited to the toy game, a fact that the firm's owner is quick to acknowledge with handsome rewards. Then, too, there's Carol Brandt, a unique creature totally unlike the girls Alex usually gets involved with. |
December 1, 1969 |
| 3 |
The Day Before Sunday Annamae Whiteley is a brash and fortyish department-store executive from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She's flying East to her niece's prep school graduation and a reunion with her family. On the plane, she meets Jesse Rothenberg, an attractive divorcée also attending the graduation. However, any developments in their relationship must be deferred, as Annamae faces family problems only she can cope with. |
February 10, 1970 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | CBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | December 8, 1966 |
| Last aired | February 10, 1970 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Status | ended |