CBS Playhouse

Season: 1

Episode: 1

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie

Air Date:08/12/1966

Story about an African American soldier in Vietnam. It focuses on the past and present of a war-weary GI who, after 20 years of professional soldiering, begins a quest for life. Master Sergeant Olly Winter, winding up a long career, is serving as an advisor in Vietnam. When his platoon is ambushed by the Viet Cong, Olly, the only survivor, sets out on the long trek back to safety. Along the way he picks up company, a young Vietnamese girl, her dog, and an orphaned baby. The girl doesn't understand English, but Olly talks to her--and himself about the wars he's seen, his family, and the life he plans to lead 'If I get out of here alive.'

Crew

The Glass Menagerie

Name: Paul Bogart

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Guest Stars

The Glass Menagerie

Name: Shirley Booth

Character:

Department: Acting

The Glass Menagerie

Name: Barbara Loden

Character:

Department: Acting

The Glass Menagerie

Name: Pat Hingle

Character:

Department: Acting

The Glass Menagerie

Name: Hal Holbrook

Character:

Department: Acting

Episode: 2

The Final War of Olly Winter

The Final War of Olly Winter

Air Date:29/01/1967

When carpenter Peter Schermann needed a home, he built it with his own hands. And the house, like Peter, was strong; solid as a tree. But now he's old, too old. His children have no room for him. Peter winds up in a rest home--where he angrily rebels. He resents being treated as if he were senile or crippled. And he is offended by the empty atmosphere of waiting for death. Loring Mandel's compassionate drama follows Peter's lonely, courageous struggle to find a life in a world that has shut him out.

Crew

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: George Schaefer

Role: Director

Department: Directing

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Paul Bogart

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Guest Stars

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Murray Alper

Character:

Department: Acting

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Ivan Dixon

Character:

Department: Acting

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Sara Berner

Character:

Department: Acting

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Rupert Crosse

Character:

Department: Acting

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: James Hong

Character:

Department: Acting

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Patrick Adiarte

Character:

Department: Acting

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Soon-Tek Oh

Character:

Department: Acting

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Kitty Kelly

Character:

Department: Acting

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Kam Tong

Character:

Department: Acting

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Connie Sawyer

Character:

Department: Acting

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Maidie Norman

Character:

Department: Acting

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Tina Chen

Character:

Department: Acting

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Bob Okazaki

Character:

Department: Acting

The Final War of Olly Winter

Name: Paulene Myers

Character:

Department: Acting

Episode: 3

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Air Date:17/10/1967

After 15 years of marriage, Michael and Lois Graves have decided to pack it in. No bitterness or tears; just a divorce. Their friends think it's childish. They invite the couple to dinner, where blind to their personal motives, they hope to talk Mike and Lois out of splitting up. What they ultimately do to themselves is quite another story.

Crew

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: George Schaefer

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Reginald Rose

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Paul Bogart

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Guest Stars

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Shirley Booth

Character:

Department: Acting

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Don Beddoe

Character:

Department: Acting

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Lois Smith

Character:

Department: Acting

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Martine Bartlett

Character:

Department: Acting

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Val Avery

Character:

Department: Acting

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Warren Stevens

Character:

Department: Acting

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Melvyn Douglas

Character: Peter Schermann

Department: Acting

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Amanda Randolph

Character:

Department: Acting

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Mary Jackson

Character:

Department: Acting

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Karl Swenson

Character:

Department: Acting

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Madge Kennedy

Character:

Department: Acting

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Lawrence Dobkin

Character:

Department: Acting

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Burt Mustin

Character:

Department: Acting

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Name: Art Smith

Character:

Department: Acting

Episode: 4

Dear Friends

Dear Friends

Air Date:06/12/1967

Ned, a New York magazine editor, tries to escape the responsibilities of his rocky marriage, the neediness of his two teen daughters and especially the agony of putting his autistic son into an institution by thinking back on his boyhood in Massachusetts. As he returns to that life as an adult—walking into scenes of the 1940s with his parents as an adult—he realizes that life always was a challenging proposition. The boomeranging back and forth in time presented Schaefer and Gene Hackman, in his most outstanding TV performance, with enormous demands.

Crew

Dear Friends

Name: George Schaefer

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Dear Friends

Name: Paul Bogart

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Guest Stars

Dear Friends

Name: Anne Jackson

Character:

Department: Acting

Dear Friends

Name: Hope Lange

Character:

Department: Acting

Dear Friends

Name: Pernell Roberts

Character:

Department: Acting

Dear Friends

Name: Eli Wallach

Character: Douglas Lambert

Department: Acting

Dear Friends

Name: David Wayne

Character:

Department: Acting

Dear Friends

Name: Rosemary Harris

Character:

Department: Acting

Dear Friends

Name: James Daly

Character:

Department: Acting

Episode: 5

My Father and My Mother

My Father and My Mother

Air Date:13/02/1968

After 21 years, Doris Gray learns that her husband holds a secret. She knows Bryan has nothing to hide, but fear and circumstance urge her to panicky speculations that wedge them apart. (90 mins)

Crew

My Father and My Mother

Name: George Schaefer

Role: Director

Department: Directing

My Father and My Mother

Name: Paul Bogart

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Guest Stars

My Father and My Mother

Name: Ralph Bellamy

Character:

Department: Acting

My Father and My Mother

Name: Bonnie Bedelia

Character:

Department: Acting

My Father and My Mother

Name: Inga Swenson

Character:

Department: Acting

My Father and My Mother

Name: Gene Hackman

Character:

Department: Acting

Episode: 6

Secrets

Secrets

Air Date:15/05/1968

Crew

Secrets

Name: Paul Bogart

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Guest Stars

Secrets

Name: Barbara Bel Geddes

Character:

Department: Acting

Secrets

Name: Eileen Heckart

Character:

Department: Acting

Secrets

Name: Arthur Hill

Character:

Department: Acting