Telephone Time (1956)

Telephone Time

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.

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John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt
as Self - Host
Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas
as
Beverly Washburn
Beverly Washburn
as
William Talman
William Talman
as
Nestor Paiva
Nestor Paiva
as
Michael Landon
Michael Landon
as
Harry Townes
Harry Townes
as
Steven Geray
Steven Geray
as
Barbara Baxley
Barbara Baxley
as
Celia Lovsky
Celia Lovsky
as
Russ Conway
Russ Conway
as
Terence de Marney
Terence de Marney
as
Rita Lynn
Rita Lynn
as
Howard Wendell
Howard Wendell
as
Leon Askin
Leon Askin
as
Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell
as
Anthony Eustrel
Anthony Eustrel
as
Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy
as
Carleton G. Young
Carleton G. Young
as
Alexander Scourby
Alexander Scourby
as Joseph Priestley
Ken Osmond
Ken Osmond
as
Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris
as
Kay E. Kuter
Kay E. Kuter
as
Philip Ahn
Philip Ahn
as
Roberto Contreras
Roberto Contreras
as
Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun
as
Adam Williams
Adam Williams
as
Russell Hicks
Russell Hicks
as
Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford
as
Robert Vaughn
Robert Vaughn
as
Jerome Cowan
Jerome Cowan
as
George Chakiris
George Chakiris
as
Ahna Capri
Ahna Capri
as
Torin Thatcher
Torin Thatcher
as
James Anderson
James Anderson
as
Tom Holland
Tom Holland
as
Scotty Beckett
Scotty Beckett
as
Joseph Cotten
Joseph Cotten
as
Martin Milner
Martin Milner
as
Laura La Plante
Laura La Plante
as
Joel Grey
Joel Grey
as
Leonid Kinskey
Leonid Kinskey
as
Osa Massen
Osa Massen
as
Patricia Blair
Patricia Blair
as
Strother Martin
Strother Martin
as
Don Taylor
Don Taylor
as
Peter Brocco
Peter Brocco
as Mr. Constantin
Argentina Brunetti
Argentina Brunetti
as
Rolfe Sedan
Rolfe Sedan
as
Greer Garson
Greer Garson
as
Beverly Garland
Beverly Garland
as
George Tobias
George Tobias
as
Robert Middleton
Robert Middleton
as
Frank Faylen
Frank Faylen
as
Ron Randell
Ron Randell
as
Tom Tully
Tom Tully
as
Alan Baxter
Alan Baxter
as
Pat O’Brien
Pat O’Brien
as
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert
as
Mike Connors
Mike Connors
as
William Campbell
William Campbell
as
Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman
as
Robert Gothie
Robert Gothie
as
Connie Gilchrist
Connie Gilchrist
as
Gene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart
as
Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter
as
Walter Winchell
Walter Winchell
as
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
as
Addison Richards
Addison Richards
as
Ben Wright
Ben Wright
as
Bill Idelson
Bill Idelson
as
Joe Flynn
Joe Flynn
as
Arthur Space
Arthur Space
as
Barton MacLane
Barton MacLane
as
John Dierkes
John Dierkes
as
Kathleen Nolan
Kathleen Nolan
as
Kathleen Hughes
Kathleen Hughes
as
Robert Ellenstein
Robert Ellenstein
as
Ben Lessy
Ben Lessy
as
Sebastian Cabot
Sebastian Cabot
as
Sean McClory
Sean McClory
as
Herbert Anderson
Herbert Anderson
as
Don Haggerty
Don Haggerty
as
Susan Whitney
Susan Whitney
as
John Crawford
John Crawford
as
Wanda Hendrix
Wanda Hendrix
as
Paul Birch
Paul Birch
as
Herbert Rudley
Herbert Rudley
as
Jackie Cooper
Jackie Cooper
as
Kem Dibbs
Kem Dibbs
as
Reginald Denny
Reginald Denny
as
Kam Tong
Kam Tong
as
James Seay
James Seay
as
Alan Napier
Alan Napier
as
Harry Bartell
Harry Bartell
as
Victor Jory
Victor Jory
as
Patrick McVey
Patrick McVey
as
Grandon Rhodes
Grandon Rhodes
as
Norma Varden
Norma Varden
as
Mason Curry
Mason Curry
as
Edd Byrnes
Edd Byrnes
as
John Banner
John Banner
as
Dan White
Dan White
as
Julia Montoya
Julia Montoya
as
Booth Colman
Booth Colman
as
Arlene McQuade
Arlene McQuade
as
Dan Seymour
Dan Seymour
as
Lawrence Dobkin
Lawrence Dobkin
as
Willis Bouchey
Willis Bouchey
as
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
as
John Larch
John Larch
as
Sammee Tong
Sammee Tong
as
Sara Seegar
Sara Seegar
as
Phil Phillips
Phil Phillips
as
Michael Bryant
Michael Bryant
as
Jim Hayward
Jim Hayward
as
Vic Perrin
Vic Perrin
as
Rachel Ames
Rachel Ames
as
George Chandler
George Chandler
as
Neil Hamilton
Neil Hamilton
as
Eddie Firestone
Eddie Firestone
as
Edith Barrett
Edith Barrett
as
John Carradine
John Carradine
as
Johnny Crawford
Johnny Crawford
as
Stephen McNally
Stephen McNally
as
Hume Cronyn
Hume Cronyn
as
Lon Chaney Jr.
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Jules Samenian
Anne Sargent
Anne Sargent
as
Dave Willock
Dave Willock
as
Tiger Fafara
Tiger Fafara
as
Joel Fluellen
Joel Fluellen
as
Corey Allen
Corey Allen
as Phil Samenian
Noel Drayton
Noel Drayton
as
Bob Okazaki
Bob Okazaki
as
Vic Morrow
Vic Morrow
as
Walter Slezak
Walter Slezak
as
John Abbott
John Abbott
as
Douglas Henderson
Douglas Henderson
as
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael
as
John Hoyt
John Hoyt
as
Edward Binns
Edward Binns
as
Henry Daniell
Henry Daniell
as
Barney Phillips
Barney Phillips
as
Jack Kruschen
Jack Kruschen
as
Bette Davis
Bette Davis
as
John Wengraf
John Wengraf
as
Wright King
Wright King
as
Theodore von Eltz
Theodore von Eltz
as
Alan Reed
Alan Reed
as
John Harmon
John Harmon
as
Katherine Warren
Katherine Warren
as
Harlan Warde
Harlan Warde
as
Stafford Repp
Stafford Repp
as
Peter Hansen
Peter Hansen
as
Walter Kingsford
Walter Kingsford
as
Kaye Elhardt
Kaye Elhardt
as
Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger
as
House Peters Jr.
House Peters Jr.
as
Robert Barrat
Robert Barrat
as
Don C. Harvey
Don C. Harvey
as
Leonard Carey
Leonard Carey
as
Alexander Lockwood
Alexander Lockwood
as
Belle Mitchell
Belle Mitchell
as Tia Maria
John Smith
John Smith
as
Erville Alderson
Erville Alderson
as
Jean Engstrom
Jean Engstrom
as Elga
Lomax Study
Lomax Study
as Clerk
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson
as Guest
Chet Stratton
Chet Stratton
as Jonathan Smithers
Lester Matthews
Lester Matthews
as
Dorothy Neumann
Dorothy Neumann
as
Robert Arthur
Robert Arthur
as Alex Samenian
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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    The golden junkman

  • 1x2

    Man with a beard

  • 1x3

    Captain from kopenick

  • 1x4

    Borders away

  • 1x5

    The mystery of caspar hauser

  • 1x6

    The stepmother

  • 1x7

    Time bomb

  • 1x8

    Emperor norton's bridge

  • 1x9

    The man who believed in fairy tales

  • 1x10

    Harry in search of himself

  • 1x11

    Felix the fourth

  • 1x12

    Smith of ecuador

  • 1x13

    The gingerbread man

  • 1x14

    Joyful lunatic

  • 1x15

    The key

  • 1x16

    Grandpa changes the world

  • 1x17

    Again the stars

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Keeley's wonderful machine

  • 2x2

    I am not alone

  • 2x3

    Mr. and mrs. browning

  • 2x4

    Vicksburg, 5:35 pm

  • 2x5

    The churchill club

  • 2x6

    She sette her little foote

  • 2x7

    Uncle fred flits by

  • 2x8

    She also ran

  • 2x9

    Knockout

  • 2x10

    Chico and the archbishop

  • 2x11

    Racoon hunt

  • 2x12

    Fortunatus

  • 2x13

    Scio, ohio

  • 2x14

    The sergeant boyd story

  • 2x15

    The mountain that moved

  • 2x16

    Passport to life

  • 2x17

    The jumping parson

  • 2x18

    Parents of a stranger

  • 2x19

    The consort

  • 2x20

    The man who discovered o. henry

  • 2x21

    The greatest man in the world

  • 2x22

    The unsinkable molly brown

  • 2x23

    The intruder

  • 2x24

    Fight for the title

  • 2x25

    Escape

  • 2x26

    Castle dangerous

  • 2x27

    Hatfield, the rainmaker

  • 2x28

    Elfego baca

  • 2x29

    Rabbi on wheels

  • 2x30

    The diamond peer

  • 2x31

    Stranded

  • 2x32

    The plot to save a boy

  • 2x33

    Line chief

  • 2x34

    Pit-a-pit and the dragon

  • 2x35

    The koshetz story

  • 2x36

    The koshetz story

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Revenge

  • 3x2

    Here lies francois gold

  • 3x3

    Campaign for marriage

  • 3x4

    The gadfly

  • 3x5

    Hole in the wall

  • 3x6

    The man the navy couldn't sink

  • 3x7

    Under seventeen

  • 3x8

    The other van gogh

  • 3x9

    Arithmetic sailor

  • 3x10

    I get along without you very well

  • 3x11

    Alice's wedding gown

  • 3x12

    The rescue

  • 3x13

    Novel appeal

  • 3x14

    Sam houston's decision

  • 3x15

    The frying pan

  • 3x16

    A picture of the magi

  • 3x17

    Death of a nobody

  • 3x18

    Abby, julia and the seven pet cows

  • 3x19

    Cavalry surgeon

  • 3x20

    A stubborn fool

  • 3x21

    Flight for life

  • 3x22

    The immortal eye

  • 3x23

    Recipe for success

  • 3x24

    The checkered flag

  • 3x25

    The vestris

  • 3x26

    War against war

  • 3x27

    The quality of mercy

  • 3x28

    Man of principle

  • 3x29

    Trail blazer

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